Chapter 389 : Green Plum Meets Wine 40 (2/2)

Yu Jiu shot him an uncomprehending look. Seeing the seriousness on Yu Xingyun’s face, he still followed him upstairs.

After the two left, Shi Sheng entered the kitchen. “Uncle Gu.”

“Xiaoxia.” Gu Yan gave a slight smile that held some nervousness.

“Don’t worry. He’ll understand.” Shi Sheng patted his shoulder.

Gu Yan spoke in a low voice, “His mother’s passing left a deep mental scar on him. I’m afraid he won’t accept us.”

“…Just give him some time.” She couldn’t make his decision for him in this case.

“How’s the company doing?” Gu Yan switched topics.

Shi Sheng followed along. “The gov’s offered a couple of projects, but I didn’t want to accept them cos they were too troublesome. Since my subordinates wanted it though, I handed it over to them.”

Ever since she handed over those materials to the country, the government had given Sheng Shi Group a lot of special treatment.

If the project had something to do with her company’s business, they’d ask her before anyone else. As long as she accepted it, they could pretty much skip the whole auction tender stage.

“They’ve gotten a feel of your character, so they know you won’t accept any project but the ones you’re interested in. Still, you have to be careful. Their minds are hard to predict.” Gu Yan reminded Shi Sheng.

“Okay.”

By the time Gu Yan finished cooking, Yu Xingyun and Yu Jiu descended the stairs.

Yu Jiu looked at Gu Yan expressionlessly before pulling Shi Sheng along with him and leaving.

“Xiaojiu…” Gu Yan was a bit anxious—one could hear it from his tone. Yu Jiu’s steps paused before he strode off.

Yu Xingyun wrapped an arm around Gu Yan’s shoulders and sighed slightly.

Yu Jiu got Shi Sheng to get into the car before speeding off. They got onto the highway before driving down a road that led to a tiny town.

“Yu Jiu…”

“You knew about this long ago, didn’t you?” Yu Jiu’s hands were still on the steering wheel, his eyes staring straight into the distance, his profile appearing a bit cold.

“En… I ran into them a few times.” Shi Sheng nodded.

“Follow me somewhere.” Yu Jiu undid his seatbelt and got out of the car. The first impression Shi Sheng got of this little town was that it was an idyllic place.

As Yu Jiu walked along the road, Shi Sheng followed behind him as she tried to think of what to say. But this made her walk too slowly, so Yu Jiu stopped to wait for her. Once she got close, he caught her hand and continued forward.

“This is my mother’s hometown.” It was also where she was buried.

“He neglected my mother because of work.”

Yu Jiu spoke rather slowly. Those memories were probably pretty hard for him to deal with.

“When I was overseas, he never expressed any concern for me. All he knew was to give me money.”

“Yet, today he told me… This is the first time I’ve seen him this concerned about someone.”

“I bet you thought I was completely unaware, huh? If you’ve managed to run into them before, I would have too. And it was at home… Though they didn’t notice me.”

Shi Sheng tightened her grip on his hand.

Yu Jiu looked at her. “I’m sorry. I can’t accept them for now.”

He could still recall his mother collapsing in a puddle of blood.

“En. I know.” It was because she’d known that she never told him.

Yu Jiu brought Shi Sheng to his mother’s grave. The woman in the picture appeared very cute and bore some resemblance to Yu Jiu.

Shi Sheng bowed deeply to the gravestone, causing Yu Jiu to feel surprised for a while. It seemed his wifey wasn’t prickly to everyone.

Although Yu Jiu couldn’t accept it, he didn’t object to them either. Only after several years did he finally find it in him to accept the two of them being together.