Chapter 806: People from Different Worlds

Sheng Zerong proposed a solution: "I have booked a table at Yan Chi Lou. You haven't had lunch yet, let's go eat something."

"No need."

Did he think he could gloss over this matter with a single meal?

Although Gu Zhihao was just a scrap collector, he was a man with self-respect.

He said coldly: "Keep an eye on your family members in the future, don't let her run around."

"She ran to my place on her own, and you didn't even bother to ask before treating others like bad people; that is going too far. Also, don't think that just because someone is poor, they are all coveting your money. I may not have money, but I still have backbone."

He left after saying this, and Yuke shouted from behind: "Hey, wait for me."

Gu Zhihao did not look back; instead, he quickened his pace.

Although he did not dislike Yuke, and even liked her a little, her family background was indeed something he could not climb up to. It was better to put away thoughts that shouldn't exist.

Don't force yourself into a circle you don't belong to.

He shouldn't think about beautiful women anymore; he planned to honestly save money and return to his hometown to find a woman who could bear children.

It didn't matter what she looked like; as long as she could bear children and live a steady, honest life, that was better than anything.

"Boo-hoo-hoo, the uncle doesn't want me anymore, boo-hoo-hoo..." Yuke started to cry.

Jian Yixin and her husband looked at each other; for a moment, they didn't know how to end this.

Gu Zhihao was right; that was exactly what they had thought just now, and they had indeed wronged him, so they had nothing to say.

But they were also well-intentioned; the way Yuke was now, going out alone with a man was a very dangerous thing, and that man had a criminal record. Who knew if it was Yuke who had taken the initiative to find him?

In short, good intentions led to bad results.

One hour later.

Shi Family, living room.

"Boo-hoo-hoo... The uncle must be angry with me. I want to play with the uncle; he is a good person, you are all bad eggs..."

Yuke was still crying, with no sign of stopping at all.

Shi Youxuan, Jian Yixin, and Shi Yucheng sat together to discuss what to do about Yuke in the future.

Shi Yucheng sighed: "I am old and cannot look after Yuke for a lifetime. If that man can be good to our Yuke forever, entrusting Yuke to him would be fine."

Jian Yixin disagreed: "No, he has no money now and not many choices, so maybe he will be good to Yuke. But once such a person gets used to big scenes and has money in his hands, will he still be like this?"

Shi Youxuan also agreed with Jian Yixin's view.

Not long ago, the property management lady passed away. Less than half a month after she died, her husband brought a new woman into the house. This incident had given them quite a shock.

The property management lady's husband was a typical "phoenix man."

Although Gu Zhihao could not be considered a phoenix man, no one could say for sure about the future!

Seeing that his second daughter and goddaughter both said this, Shi Yucheng thought what they said made sense, so the matter was dropped.

They hired two more servants for the house to take turns looking after Yuke's daily life and playing with her.

This was to prevent her from being too lonely and sneaking out to find that man again.

Gu Zhihao's figure was no longer seen in the residential complex; he stopped coming.

Yuke couldn't see him in the complex and wasn't allowed to go out; she was no longer smiling every day, and was always pouting and looking miserable.

She couldn't leave the complex, and when at home, she would hide in her room... especially liking to hug a doll and hide in the wardrobe.

Her originally chubby face thinned out rapidly in just a few days.

Moreover, she often talked to herself: "The uncle must be angry with Yuke. Yuke is a good child; Yuke won't eat delicious food in the future, just steamed buns will do."

She felt that eating steamed buns was the worst meal.

Yet she didn't know that the steamed buns from that restaurant were also a luxury expense for Gu Zhihao!

"Yuke, time to eat."

Lunch was very sumptuous. Shi Yucheng had heard his daughter mention "steamed buns" these past few days, so he specifically packed steamed buns, bird's nest, lobster, and abalone from that restaurant... all were the restaurant's signature dishes, and also the few dishes the two of them had eaten that day.

His thinking was simple; Shi Yucheng thought that if his daughter could eat them often, she wouldn't mention them again.

However...

Not only did Yuke not start eating happily, but upon seeing such a table of food, she suddenly burst into tears: "Wah—"

"I want to eat with the uncle. He didn't even want to eat them himself and gave them all to me. He must really like eating them. I want to eat with the uncle..."

A perfectly good meal ended with no one eating anything.

He called his second daughter and goddaughter together to discuss the same topic as before.

Shi Yucheng thought that if it didn't work, they should just let them meet.

If that man was truly sincere about being with his eldest daughter, letting them get married might be a good choice.

He hadn't been idle these past few days and had carefully asked the neighbors about the scrap collector.

Everyone spoke highly of Gu Zhihao, praising him for being warm-hearted, kind, honest, and reliable in character.

Furthermore, Gu Zhihao was not as old as he looked; he was only five or six years older than Yuke.

It was just that being exposed to the wind and sun all year round made him look older. The reason he wasn't married yet was that the bride price in the countryside was too high, and women in the city didn't look favorably upon him.

He felt it was okay, but fearing he might have misjudged, he called the two of them over again to discuss.

Shi Youxuan offered an idea: "I think this is also possible. We hire Gu Zhihao to play with her, just as a job. If the two get along, that's fine too. My sister's assets have nothing to do with him; he just needs a salary."

This idea received Jian Yixin's approval.

Both felt this was good, to avoid being cheated of money or affection.

And so it was decided.

The plan was well thought out, but when the three arrived at Gu Zhihao's door, they saw a padlock on it.

He wasn't home; he had probably gone out to collect scrap.

They thought they would just wait until next time, but after going several times in a row, they didn't see Gu Zhihao, but they did see the landlord.

The landlady is a very enthusiastic woman, the type who says a hundred words for every one you ask.

She went on incessantly: "Oh, you're asking about little Gu? Little Gu went back to his hometown, saying his aunt's sister-in-law's maternal second aunt's cousin is just the right age, though she is divorced and has two children, tsk tsk."

"Little Gu used to have very high standards, only wanting to find a beautiful woman, but this time he said he's going back to take a look, and he doesn't have any requirements anymore; divorced with children is fine, even an ugly woman is fine, as long as she can breathe and is a woman..."

The three of them left, returned to the Shi Family, and told Shi Yuke the truth: "Gu Zhihao has gone back to his hometown to get married, you shouldn't think about him anymore."

"What does 'get married' mean?"

Shi Yuke blinked her big eyes; she felt the term was very familiar, but she still didn't understand it.

Jian Yixin explained: "Getting married means a man and a woman living their lives together."

Shi Yuke: "What does 'living their lives' mean?"

Jian Yixin:...

This question was not complex, but it was not easy to answer.

Shi Youxuan: "Living your life means a man and a woman are in one room, eating together every day, sleeping together, and... playing together."

Tears immediately filled her eyes.

She pouted and said aggrievedly: "I want to live my life with Uncle, can't Uncle marry me?"

Jian Yixin: "He is not good enough for you."

Shi Yuke: "Why is he not good enough?"

And so, everyone fell silent.

That's right, why is he not good enough?