Chapter 2227

Hearing her daughter's words, Li Weilan couldn't help but burst into laughter. She gently raised her hand and extended a finger to lightly tap her daughter on the head.

"Oh my, who let you treat me like a fool?"

Seeing this, Gu Haihui hurriedly grabbed Li Weilan's arm, shaking it coquettishly, muttering an explanation.

"Oh, Mom~ It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I'm afraid you'll be angry after you know. I don't want to be an unfilial daughter and make you unhappy."

Li Weilan raised her eyebrows, pushed her daughter away mercilessly, her expression becoming extremely serious, and said solemnly.

"Regardless of whether I'm angry or not, you must explain it clearly to me honestly today."

Actually, Gu Haihui didn't intend to hide it either. After all, saying it now could still give her and her old mother some buffer time.

As for Comrade Old Gu, she could completely handle him and wasn't afraid at all, so she wasn't worried about his reaction.

But if she waited until after graduation to say it, or even acted first and reported later, the consequences would be unimaginable.

One could guess with their toes that it would definitely lead to a falling out with Old Li, which was definitely not what she hoped to see.

Gu Haihui took a deep breath, gathered her courage, and said loudly: "Mom, Dad, I have already decided; after graduation, I am going to Qiudongfang!"

As soon as the words fell, she carefully peeked at Li Weilan, only to find that Comrade Old Li was expressionless at this moment, without the slightest ripple.

This eerie silence suddenly made Gu Haihui feel a chill rise from her spine, and her scalp began to go numb involuntarily.

At this time, no matter what Old Li said, even if she gave her a couple of slaps or scolded her severely, it would be better than this; just not saying a word was a bit scary.

As for Old Gu sitting in the front, he was still keeping his eyes tightly closed at this moment, pretending to be fast asleep. However, the previously loud snoring had quietly stopped, but his ears were pricked up high, capturing any slight movement behind him.

"Mom?"

Gu Haihui hugged Li Weilan's arm and shook it coquettishly: "I am your own daughter; if you have anything on your mind, just say it directly. Why be shy?"

Gu Mingbo, who had been pretending to sleep in the front, couldn't help but have his eyelids twitch; this daughter of his really didn't let anyone worry.

Since your mother doesn't want to talk right now, you should just stay put and stop provoking her. In a couple of days, when she wants to talk to you, she will naturally come to you. At that time, her anger will have dissipated, and she can chat with you calmly.

Time passed second by second. After a long while, Li Weilan finally spoke slowly: "What do you want me to say?"

Gu Haihui tightened her grip on Li Weilan's arm and said in a faint tone: "Mom, actually I understand in my heart that no matter what you say or do, it is ultimately for me to live better and take fewer detours.

But have you ever thought that I am now twenty-one and an adult? Perhaps you will say that no matter how old I am, in your eyes, I will always be a child."

It is true that the bridges you have crossed add up to more than the roads I have walked, and the salt you have eaten is more than the rice I have eaten. But Mom, if a person doesn't experience wind and rain, how can they see a rainbow?

A person's life is truly too short, a mere few decades. If one cannot even arrange their own life, cannot do the things they like, and cannot pursue their own ideals, and just spends their life in a daze, where is the meaning of living?

You and Dad will grow old sooner or later, and this path of life is one I have to walk myself. If there are no accidents, by then I should be married and established, with children surrounding my knees.

In that case, even if I want to live for myself for once, I'm afraid I won't have the time. When I am old and frail, I can only sit in a wheelchair, recalling the regrets of my youth!

Can you bear to watch me, at the last moment of my life, filled with remorse and unwillingness, waiting for death to arrive, without ever having possessed even a single moment of a brilliant life that belonged to me?"

Just as Gu Haihui uttered this last sentence, Li Weilan's originally ripple-less face finally showed a slight change. However, even so, she still pursed her lips tightly and didn't utter a single word.

Gu Haihui naturally understood that this matter couldn't be rushed; it needed to be gradual and must not be hurried. Thus, she stopped the topic at the right moment, obediently tilted her head, and leaned gently on her old mother's shoulder.

At this moment, Gu Mingbo, sitting in the front, saw this and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, then stretched his back in a somewhat "the thief has no silver here" manner and said with slight exaggeration.

"Oh my, I'm really too tired today; in just this short while, I actually fell asleep without knowing it."

Gu Haihui glared at her old man with annoyance, and Li Weilan also rewarded Gu Mingbo with a roll of her eyes, but that tense face of hers still didn't relax in the slightest.

At the same time, on the other side, Zhou Andong was chatting with Shen Mingsheng and others about the site selection for the automobile manufacturing base.

Shen Mingsheng was peeling an orange in his hand: "Qin Changzhi found us; no matter where we put the base in Liaoning Province, he will definitely be able to gain quite a lot of political achievements from it."

Zhou Andong smiled slightly and glanced at the time: "Cheng Zhanjun is now the full-time Deputy Secretary of Liaoning Province. I will give him a call and ask him to come to the capital personally to talk to you.

At that time, you can hold a press conference and announce the news that we are investing more than three billion and accepting Cheng Zhanjun's invitation to go to Liaoning Province to invest in building an automobile manufacturing base."

"This method is good." Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Hold a press conference and tell everyone that we are accepting Cheng Zhanjun's invitation to invest in Liaoning Province, which has nothing to do with Qin Changzhi. Moreover, our automobile manufacturing plant will also receive attention."

"By the way!" Li Zhou remembered the matter of publicly soliciting car logos: "We publicly solicited car logos, and the response was very enthusiastic. The newspaper office receives thousands of submissions every day, but not a single one is satisfactory."

"No rush!" Zhou Andong leaned lazily against the sofa: "There is still quite a bit of time before the deadline. Let's wait and see; perhaps a car logo that makes people's eyes light up will appear."

Li Zhou asked: "Brother Dong, I'll bring the submissions to you tomorrow; will you take a look too?"

"Sure!" Zhou Andong nodded and agreed: "Sending them to me tomorrow or the day after is fine; I will be at home these few days."

Several people chatted for a while longer, and Shen Mingsheng and Zhang Hua left.

Finally, only Gu Bing, Tang Lin, and Zhang Zuo remained. These three guys saw that it was too late and simply didn't leave; anyway, there was plenty of room where Boss Zhou lived, so they dragged Zhou Andong to play mahjong.

Zhou Andong said helplessly: "Wait, let me give Chen Dadan a call first."