Chapter 337 However Ugly the Wife Is, She Has to Meet Her Parents-in-law

Gu Nianbin did not expect his mother to have such a big reaction. He quickly pulled her back. “Mom, look carefully. She doesn’t look like me. Don’t…”

Fang Yaru was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes. She nodded her head nonstop. “I saw it clearly. I saw it clearly. She must be a member of our Gu family. Don’t hold me back. I need to tell your father and make him happy too!”

Gu Nianbin felt that his mother was unusually excited. How could she affirm that Du Niannian was his child just by looking at the photo? But seeing that Fang Yaru was so happy, he could not put a damper on her enthusiasm. So he went downstairs with her.

Gu Guangxian was sitting in the hall. He looked up at Fang Yaru, who was going downstairs. “What’s wrong? I just heard you shouting upstairs!”

“Big good news!” Fang Yaru walked up to him and showed him the photo in her hand. “We have a granddaughter, our granddaughter!”

Gu Guangxian was baffled, but when he saw Du Niannian in the photo, his expression immediately changed, and his fingers trembled. “Is… is she really…our granddaughter?”

“Yes, Xiaoxian and Nianbin’s child!” Fang Yaru pointed happily at Du Niannian in the photo. “Look at her big eyes and small lips. They look so much alike!”

“Perfect. She’s so beautiful!” Gu Guangxian was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. His fingers that were holding the photo kept trembling.

Gu Nianbin did not expect Gu Guangxian to react the same way as Fang Yaru did. Looking at his parents’ happy expressions, he was confused. At this time, Xiao Bonian was coming in from outside, and Fang Yaru waved happily at him. “Old Xiao, come and see our granddaughter. Oh, I am so happy. Come and have a look!”

Xiao Bonian walked over quickly and was surprised to see the photo. “This is?”

Fang Yaru said happily, “Nianbin and Xiaoxian’s child.”

The surprise on Xiao Bonian’s face immediately turned into happiness. “That’s really good news. Sir, Madam, congratulations!”

“Thank you! Thank you!” Gu Guangxian grinned happily.

Gu Nianbin was completely confused. He himself was not sure whether Du Niannian was his child, but his family had already begun to celebrate. Finally, he could not help but say, “Dad, Mom, look carefully. Which part of her is like me?”

“You are so alike!” Fang Yaru suddenly remembered. “Old Xiao, go and bring the pictures of Nianbin in his childhood and let him see himself.”

Xiao Bonian answered “yes” and went upstairs to get a photo album. Fang Yaru pointed to one of the photos and showed it to Gu Nianbin. “Does this look like her? You are exactly the same.”

Gu Nianbin looked at it. Fang Yaru was referring to a photo of Gu Shanshan at the age of five or six. He always thought that Du Niannian was like Du Xiaoxian, but now it seemed that she was more like Gu Shanshan. When the two photos were put together, they looked like twins.

He was confused. “Why does my daughter look like Shanshan?”

Fang Yaru smiled and said, “Isn’t there an old saying that the nephew looks like his uncle? So it’s reasonable for Niannian to look like her aunt.”

Gu Guangxian stared at the photo and suddenly shouted, “Nianbin, where is the child? Hurry up and get her back!”

“Don’t worry, she will be taken back.” Fang Yaru comforted him. “The child is in Yawan, thousands of kilometers away!”

“Hurry up and get someone to book a plane ticket. Let’s pick her up together!” Gu Guangxian looked anxious.

Fang Yaru gave him a blaming glance. “You always have a carefree attitude and remain silent, but now you are more anxious than me. You are not in good health. You shouldn’t go.”

“Sir, you’d better stay at home. I can go with Madam.” Xiao Bonian, who had always been low-key and reliable, volunteered to go.

“Don’t go. I’m worried about Guangxian being alone at home.” Fang Yaru said, “I’ll have Shanshan accompany me.”

Gu Nianbin interjected, “She’s busy with work. I’ll go with you.”

“Didn’t you say that Du Xiaoxian refused to give you the child? I’ll go to beg her. After all, I was wrong in what happened back then…”

“Wait,” Gu Guangxian found that something was wrong. “What do you mean? Xiaoxian won’t give you the child? The child is yours after all!”

Gu Nianbin said lightly, “She is going to marry someone else.”

Gu Guangxian was shocked again. “You are the father of the child. If she is to get married, she should marry you. How can she marry someone else? Go and bring them back. We let her suffer grievances back then. This time, we must give her a grand wedding.”

Gu Nianbin raised his eyebrows. “Do you and Mom not object to us being together?”

“Why should I object? My granddaughter is already about five years old! Besides, your mother has long regretted it. She said that we puffed ourselves up at our own cost. If we hadn’t opposed you back then, maybe we would have a grandson now.” Gu Guangxian said emotionally, “I didn’t expect that Xiaoxian secretly helped our Gu family raise the child for so long. Such a loving and loyal daughter-in-law, we more than like her. Why would we object?”

Gu Nianbin was silent for a moment. “I want the child, but I don’t want Du Xiaoxian.”

Hearing this, Gu Guangxian, Fang Yaru, and Xiao Bonian were all stunned. They all knew how deep Gu Nianbin’s love for Du Xiaoxian had been. In the years that Du Xiaoxian had left, they had all witnessed Gu Nianbin’s change. Now that they had children, the family should have a happy reunion. Why did Gu Nianbin say so?

Fang Yaru suddenly realized something and glared at Gu Nianbin. “With your attitude, no wonder Du Xiaoxian wants to marry someone else. What exactly are you thinking? Now she has your child, but you refuse to marry her. She raised the child by herself all these years! How difficult!” Her expression turned cold. “No, Xiaoxian can’t marry someone else. I can’t let my granddaughter find the father but lose her mother.”

Gu Nianbin sat on the sofa with a gloomy face. No matter how his parents tried to persuade him, his attitude was still very firm.

While Gu Nianbin was arguing with his family, Lu Haochen also went back to the Lu family and invited his parents to sit in the living room. He looked very cautious and serious.

“I have something to tell you. I’m getting married next week.”

Lu Dingshen and Xiao Meiyuan looked at each other in surprise.

“Haochen, marriage is such a significant event. Why didn’t you tell us in advance?”

“Am I not telling you in advance now?”

Xiao Meiyuan looked reproachfully at him. “You’ll get married next week, but you didn’t inform us until now. How can we have enough time to make preparations?”

“You don’t have to worry about it. I’ve almost prepared everything. When the time comes, you just need to attend the ceremony.”

Lu Dingshen had not spoken. At this time, he smiled and said slowly, “Haochen, what kind of girl is she? Why didn’t you bring her back for us to see? Do you want us to go to the wedding to see her?”

Lu Haochen said with a smile, “She is timid. I am afraid that you will scare her.”

Xiao Meiyuan also laughed. “Hey, you hide her so well! However ugly your wife is, she has to meet her parents-in-law!”

Lu Haochen scratched his brow. “I’m afraid that you will object.”

“See,” Lu Dingshen smiled at Xiao Meiyuan and said, “I knew there was something wrong with him. Tell me, what is the story of my future daughter-in-law?”

“She was born in an ordinary family. Her mother was gone when she was very young. She has a father at home.”

“That’s not a problem. Your mother and I are not that traditional. We don’t need you to find one with equal status.”

“I know you don’t care about this. The problem is that she has a daughter, who is almost five years old.”

Xiao Meiyuan’s face darkened. “Haochen, there are so many outstanding girls who want to marry you, but you don’t want them. In the end, you find yourself a single mother, why?”

“Mom, what’s wrong with a single mother? It’s my pleasure to have such a five-year-old daughter as soon as I get married.”

“But she is not your biological daughter after all! It doesn’t matter if her family is rich or not, as long as it doesn’t bring us trouble. But the child has a biological father. I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to deal with the relationship.”

“You don’t have to worry about this. I will take care of it.”

“Son, how about this,” Lu Dingshen thought for a moment and said, “Your mother and I won’t say yes or no to this marriage for the time being. You should bring them home and let us see them first. We will express our opinions after that.”

“Alright, I will arrange for you to meet as soon as possible. You will definitely like her. Well,” Lu Haochen said, leaning against the sofa. “Let’s get down to something serious.”

“Isn’t this serious?” Lu Dingshen looked at him in surprise. “You won’t stop if you don’t scare your mother out of her wits today, right?”

“It’s okay, I can hold on.” Xiao Meiyuan smiled and said, “Haochen, tell me, is there anything else?”

Lu Haochen looked at Lu Dingshen. “Dad, I want to borrow some money from you.”

“Borrow money?” Lu Dingshen smiled. “Do you remember what we agreed on?”

“I do.” Lu Haochen said, “Don’t worry, as long as you lend me the money, I will promise to come back to be your successor.”

“Fine, it’s a deal! Tell me, how much do you need?”

Lu Haochen stretched out his hand and gestured.

“No problem, I will get someone to transfer the money to you in the afternoon.”

“Thank you, Dad.” Lu Haochen stood up. “I’m done talking. I’m leaving.”

“Leave after dinner,” Xiao Meiyuan stopped him. “You don’t come back often and yet you want to leave so soon. Do you still have your father and me in your heart?”

“Mom, I’m busy. The wedding will be held next week. There are a lot of things to prepare. When the time comes, I will bring my wife and your granddaughter home. We will accompany you every day, okay?”

Lu Dingshen smiled and shook his head. “Alright, alright. Let him go. He won’t feel at ease even if he stays here.”

Lu Haochen smiled. “Dad knows me the best.” He waved at them and strode out.

Xiao Meiyuan sighed helplessly. “This child really makes me worry.”

“Don’t worry! Haochen knows what to do.”

Xiao Meiyuan was still worried. “Why don’t you ask him why he asked for such a large sum of money?”

“I trust him. Back then, I gave him a sum of money to start the business. In the past few years, he has managed Tianchen Company well and didn’t ask me for another cent. He has probably encountered some difficulties this time.”

“Did the girl ask him for money?”

“No, Haochen is not stupid. Besides, who would dare to ask for such a large sum of money?” Lu Dingshen said, “I am very curious, what kind of girl can make Haochen so obsessed?”

“Yes!” Xiao Meiyuan said, “We have introduced so many girls to him in the past few years, but he didn’t take a fancy to any of them. Now he actually finds a single mother without anyone knowing. I really don’t know what he is thinking.”

“Don’t worry too much. And again, I think we should talk about it after we see her. If she’s really a good girl, we shouldn’t object. After all, our son likes her. His happiness is the most important thing.”