Chapter 2216: My Good Brother-in-Law

As soon as Gu Minglan saw Zhou Andong's expression, she knew what he was thinking and couldn't help but laugh.

"Do you think your eldest uncle is very young?"

Zhou Andong nodded, then reached out to shake hands with Gu Mingxiang and asked respectfully: "Eldest Uncle, may I take the liberty of asking your age?"

Gu Mingxiang laughed heartily upon hearing this, his laughter very bright, clearly in a very good mood at the moment.

"Take a guess, how old am I this year!"

Zhou Andong said with great emotion: "On the surface, you look at most in your early forties. However, I made a rough calculation based on Fifth Brother's age, and your real age this year should be nearly sixty."

Gu Mingxiang nodded with a smile, also feeling quite touched: "That's right. I married your aunt when I was eighteen, and the following year, when I was nineteen, I had your eldest brother."

"In the blink of an eye, forty years have passed. Your eldest brother is exactly forty, already at the age of no confusion. And I have reached the threshold of fifty-nine; in a few more years, I'll be honorably retired!"

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Eldest Uncle, you look so young and your mental state is so good. Let alone normal retirement, even if you delayed it for another ten or eight years, it would absolutely be no problem!"

Gu Mingxiang laughed again: "If I could go one step further, then working for a few more years wouldn't be a problem. It's a pity that I, your eldest uncle, have reached the end of the road and can't go any further."

"However, this is actually quite good. Retiring normally at sixty-five is also a way to make room for those young leading cadres, giving them more space to display their talents and ambitions."

"As for me, I can rest assured at home, bring up my grandchildren, and enjoy family happiness. In my spare time, I can stroll around the park, look at flowers and plants; that's also quite good."

"Dongzi!"

Gu Minglan called out and pointed to a very beautiful woman.

"This is your maternal aunt, Ji Chaoyun. It's the 'Ji' from 'deposit' (jicun), not the 'Ji' from 'commemoration' (jinian). This surname is quite rare; you probably haven't heard of it."

Zhou Andong opened his mouth slightly, looking at the young and beautiful eldest aunt in front of him. He really didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

Ji Chaoyun wore her hair in an exquisite bun, had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of her nose, and was dressed in a yellow dress printed with small white floral patterns, appearing exceptionally fresh and elegant.

What Zhou Andong found most incredible was that this woman had fair skin, and not a single wrinkle could be found on her face; even the crow's feet that usually appear easily at the corners of the eyes were absent.

Not only that, but her figure was also very well maintained. Especially that graceful temperament, which could only be felt in women from the Jiangnan region.

Zhou Andong turned his head to look at Gu Bing, then cast his gaze toward the eldest aunt in front of him. If his mother-in-law hadn't introduced the eldest uncle first and he hadn't seen that young face, he would have really thought this was a young stepmother Gu Mingxiang had married for Gu Bing.

Now he even doubted whether there really was an elixir of immortality in this world that this couple had accidentally obtained and secretly consumed.

If it were just one person, it could be attributed to genetics, but both of them were like this. If it wasn't that they had eaten an elixir of immortality, how could this be explained?

Seeing Zhou Andong's dumbfounded appearance, everyone present couldn't help but burst into laughter. Ji Chaoyun, meanwhile, kept a smile on her face, quietly observing Zhou Andong. She was clearly long accustomed to his reaction at this moment.

"Andong, they all say you are talented and learned. Do you know the origin of my name?"

"Ji Chaoyun!" Zhou Andong whispered, then smiled slightly: "I want to send a colorful brush in a dream, wanting to write on flowers and leaves to send to Chaoyun. These two lines come from Li Shangyin's seven-character regulated poem 'Peony,' and the 'Chaoyun' here refers to the Goddess of Wushan."

Ji Chaoyun laughed: "I didn't expect you to really know. Not bad, not bad, truly worthy of your reputation."

Zhou Andong flattered her: "I think you, Eldest Aunt, are the Goddess of Wushan, because only a legendary goddess would be as beautiful as you and have your temperament."

Gu Bing rolled his eyes violently, which happened to be seen by Zhou Andong: "Why are you rolling your eyes? Do you think my eldest aunt isn't beautiful or doesn't have temperament?"

Gu Bing immediately felt a murderous aura envelop him. He didn't need to look to know that this murderous aura came from his own mother.

"Don't talk nonsense." Gu Bing's survival instinct was very strong, and he denied it without hesitation: "My mother is young and beautiful, and her temperament is good. This is recognized by all. Does it need you to flatter her here?"

Zhou Andong completely ignored Gu Bing and turned his gaze directly to Gu Minglan, asking: "Mom, where are my second brother and eldest sister?"

A beautiful woman with neat short hair and a crisp police uniform walked out of the crowd with big strides. Her face had a sixty percent similarity to Ji Chaoyun's, beautiful without losing her heroic spirit.

"I am your eldest sister, Gu Haitang."

Gu Haitang's face was filled with a smile, and she took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Zhou Andong.

"Hello, Eldest Sister!"

No sooner had Zhou Andong finished speaking than a tall and straight young man, about one meter eight, also walked out. He was wearing a military uniform with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, looking very masculine and handsome.

"Dongzi, I am your second brother—Gu Sheng!"

Gu Sheng said while shaking the hand Zhou Andong had extended.

"Hello, Second Brother!"

Zhou Andong first greeted Gu Sheng, then turned his head to look at Gu Bing on the side, shaking his head and sighing, then said earnestly.

"I say, Comrade Gu Bing, although I haven't seen the eldest brother and third brother with my own eyes, just looking at Uncle and Aunt, and then looking at Second Brother and Eldest Sister's appearance, I can't help but doubt it."

"In this whole family, the men are handsome and the women are beautiful. Why is it that you grew up crooked and are so ugly? I think you can't go on being so heartless anymore; you need to ponder why you turned out like this."

"Hahaha..."

The crowd burst into a roar of laughter, especially Gu Haitang, who laughed most exaggeratedly. She covered her stomach with one hand and kept patting Zhou Andong's shoulder with the other, saying while laughing.

"Dongzi, you've seen the essence of the problem. It's not just you who has doubts; we've also had them and even specifically asked your eldest uncle and aunt if Xiao Wu was picked up, but they won't admit it."

Zhou Andong looked at Gu Bing, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, laughing incessantly and constantly stimulating Gu Bing's sensitive nerves.

"Alright, alright!"

Gu Minglan hurriedly changed the subject, unable to laugh or cry. She was really afraid that her nephew, Gu Xiaowu, would be angered into a bad state.

"Come, come, come, Dongzi, this is your eldest brother-in-law Gao Heng, and this is your second sister-in-law Liu Meitong."

"Brother-in-law, sister-in-law, hello!"

Zhou Andong hurriedly put away the smile on his face and enthusiastically shook hands with them.

Immediately after, Gu Minglan introduced the second uncle, third uncle, second aunt, and the family of the youngest aunt to Zhou Andong.

It had to be said that the appearance of everyone in the Gu family was quite high.

And Jian Qiu had clearly inherited the Gu family's excellent genes, but Gu Bing...

Thinking of this, he looked at Gu Xiaowu again. Actually, this guy was a little handsome if taken out alone.

But compared to his brothers and sisters, there was really a gap. This could only be said that the dragon gives birth to nine sons, and he was the only defective product among them.

"Zhou Andong!" Feeling Zhou Andong's gaze on him, Gu Bing looked over fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "What are you looking at? Do you think I don't dare to hit you?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he felt the murderous aura envelop his whole body again. He reflexively looked at his father and immediately piled a smile on his face.

"Dad, I was joking with Dongzi."

As he spoke, he walked two steps to Zhou Andong's side, then hugged Zhou Andong's shoulder forcefully, turned his head, and said word by word through gritted teeth.

"Isn't that right, my good brother-in-law!" ===== CHAPTER 2217 =====