Chapter 136: Everyone Says Jin Xing Is Good

"Did you argue?" Grandma asked, looking at Gu Yunci with concern.

Gu Yunci pondered, "Hmm."

Grandma's hand tightened slightly, "Seven years ago, when I found out, you two were already at each other's throats.

"This time..."

Gu Yunci's hand tightened slightly, "Grandma, please don't interfere, or you'll disrupt my rhythm.

"My people, my affairs, I can control them."

Grandma's brows twitched, and she turned her gaze toward the distant red maples.

Gu Yunci looked at her and smiled lightly, "I've grown up; I'm no longer a child who needs your protection."

The man's Adam's apple rolled very slightly, and the emotions churning in his eyes were tightly suppressed beneath his calm exterior.

Meng Shutang is the person he took.

She is the person he has endured for four years, just as she was about to turn away.

He has chased her for so many years, not to let her go back to someone else.

In the car.

Gu Jin Xing pointed at a pastry shop, "Shutang, do you still remember? When our class ordered pastries before, we always came to this place."

Meng Shutang nodded, "Of course I remember. Even now, Manman and I still come here often."

"Has Chen Man gotten married?"

"She already has a child, a boy a year older than Xin Xin, and he's quite mischievous."

"Who did she marry? Chen Mu!"

"That's right."

The two walked and talked, soon arriving at Wanxing Ge.

Chen Man is the type who becomes instantly familiar; although she hadn't seen Gu Jin Xing for many years, within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea they chatted as comfortably as when they were in school.

"Where's your husband? Invite him too; when we have time we can get together."

Gu Jin Xing extended the invitation.

"My husband recently took on a big project and is on a business trip; it will be a while before he can return," Chen Man replied with a smile.

Gu Jin Xing asked, "Where does he work, being so busy?"

"At Gu Group, under Gu Yunci..."

The calm just now was broken by an offhand remark from Chen Man.

She pursed her lips and glanced at Meng Shutang, whose heart fluttered slightly; she apologized to Gu Jin Xing, "After graduating, Chen Mu joined Gu Group; I forgot to tell you on the car."

They all thought Gu Jin Xing would be embarrassed, perhaps stand up and leave.

Gu Jin Xing's brows and eyes were gentle and easygoing; he smiled lightly, "Working with my brother is a good thing!"

Both were taken aback.

Chen Man, with nothing hidden in her heart, asked, "Jin Xing, do you really... not resent Gu Yunci?"

"The past, I've long let it go," he said calmly and unruffled, leaving no one able not to believe him.

While Gu Jin Xing was leisurely strolling around the studio, Chen Man leaned close to Meng Shutang and said, "Our old classmate is still gentle and magnanimous, not holding grudges over the past at all."

"All these years have passed, and he still treats you as peacefully as back then; I now even wonder if I was crazy back then."

"I can't believe those flower-obsessed classmates of ours envied you for marrying Gu Yunci!"

"Look at him—he's either overbearing or domineering."

After the tour, Gu Jin Xing returned to the reception room, "Your studio is really great; if there's a chance later, we could collaborate."

Chen Man's eyes brightened, "Jin Xing, you couldn't possibly be the..."

"I heard that billionaire has risen rapidly abroad in recent years, acting very low-key..."

"Even when featured in the news, it's only a silhouette."

Gu Jin Xing smiled lightly, "Your imagination is truly rich; you should write novels."

Everyone took it as just Chen Man and Gu Jin Xing flattering each other and joking; no one took it seriously.

At lunchtime, Gu Jin Xing said he needed to leave.

Meng Shutang lifted her bag, "I'll see you off."

Chen Man stopped them, "Don't go; your grandmother will be coming over in a bit."

Meng Shutang was surprised, "My grandmother is coming? Why didn't she tell me?"

She said that one night she saw a man downstairs holding you, and when she asked who he was, you wouldn't say, only that he was a colleague.

So she'll come over in a while to see which colleague it actually is.

Wanxing Studio has no permanent male staff.

Meng Shutang smiled lightly, "You just tease my grandmother; be careful when she comes, watch your skin."

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives.

Li Xiuyun entered carrying a basket of vegetables.

Gu Jin Xing saw her and, from afar, went over to help carry it.

Li Xiuyun, knowing Wanxing Ge had no male staff, was slightly startled when she suddenly saw such a handsome young man.

Gu Jin Xing said, "Grandma, we haven't seen each other for years; you don't recognize me?"

Grandma, upon hearing his voice and looking at him closely, still saw a few features of Gu Yunci in his brows and facial outline.

"Are you... Jin Xing?"

Seven years ago, after confirming their relationship, Meng Shutang had taken Gu Jin Xing home to meet her grandmother, letting the grandmother keep an eye on them.

Gu Jin Xing stood tall, his appearance dignified and noble; every word and action exuded innate elegance and ease, and Li Xiuyun was very satisfied with him at that time.

It was only later that that incident happened.

Meng Shutang fled the engagement banquet, chose to go with Gu Yunci, and the old lady scolded her harshly, but after learning her intentions, she naturally accepted Gu Yunci as her grandson‑in‑law.

Thinking that they could break through the worldly cage and be together, it must be a lifelong pair.

Who could have known that fate would not favor them, and Meng Shutang was divorced again four years ago.

Even if Meng Shutang was wrong to run away with Gu Yunci, she is not a bad person at heart.

Li Xiuyun harbored a certain resentment toward Gu Yunci deep in her heart.

But it was different with Gu Jin Xing.

Li Xiuyun thought that her guidance of her granddaughter was inadequate, which led Meng Shutang to commit such a scandalous, marriage‑breaking, shocking act.

She grabbed Gu Jin Xing's hand and said, "Child, it's Tangtang who has wronged you."

Gu Jin Xing shook his head repeatedly, "Grandma, I have never blamed Shutang."

"Shutang?" Li Xiuyun, hearing Gu Jin Xing call Meng Shutang so distant and cold, smiled and asked, "I recall when you and Tangtang hadn't defined your relationship, you called her Tangtang throughout the whole university. Why the sudden change now?"

Gu Jin Xing pressed his lips together, timidly unable to speak.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiuyun grew more curious.

"After I returned, I also called Shutang 'Tangtang', but last night my brother said I couldn't call her Tangtang.

After all, he and Shutang were married, and hearing me call her that sounded harsh to him."

Li Xiuyun laughed outright, "Your brother is indeed overbearing, but after several years of interaction, Grandma doesn't think he's that bad.

He was probably just angry at the time, said it offhand, the key is how you feel about it."

Gu Jin Xing pressed his lips, "Grandma, actually I still want to call Shutang 'Tangtang'; the nickname feels intimate."

Honestly, I don't want to become estranged from Shutang."

Grandma looked at him, silent.

Gu Jin Xing, seeing this, immediately explained, "Grandma, you don't need to have any concerns about me because of what happened seven years ago.

My return this time isn't aimed at Shutang.

But if we are to have fate, that would be the best possible."

Li Xiuyun thought he meant that he had returned, only to realize that Gu Yunci and Meng Shutang had long been divorced.

"Jin Xing, Grandma's question just now had no other meaning.

I only have Tangtang as my granddaughter; to be frank, I think when she interacts with you, there's no need for her to cling so tightly—being a bit more relaxed is better."

Gu Jin Xing knew Li Xiuyun's character; she was a relatively clear‑headed elderly lady.

She would not interfere in the younger generation's emotional games, only doing what she ought to.

"Grandma, I understand."

At lunch, Meng Shutang suggested eating at a hotel near the studio, "Jin Xing, didn't you want to have Guo Bao Rou? This place makes it fairly authentic."

As the group just arrived, the car hadn't stopped yet, and they saw Gu Yunci standing at the hotel entrance with one hand in his pocket, making a phone call.