Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 365: No Suspense

Chapter 365: Chapter 365: No Suspense

Old Master Gu thought Gu Huai’an would glance at him faintly as he always did before silently turning to leave.

But who would have thought the brat would actually step forward?

Old Master Gu’s eyes suddenly widened.

Unexpectedly, in the next moment, Gu Huai’an stiffly extended his hand, hesitated, and then embraced his grandfather.

It was in the instant of that embrace that Gu Huai’an realized the grandfather who had always seemed like a mountain to him as a child now seemed very frail.

His voice was very low, "Grandpa, don’t overwork yourself, get some rest early."

Afterward, he let go, turned around, and left the study, ready to talk to his parents.

He indeed still had to be busy for a while.

Yet, in two months, the peaceful stability of life would be turned upside down, and he had no choice but to make some preparations.

Old Master Gu, who had been embraced for a moment, blinked hard, feeling as if he were dreaming.

It must be fake, right?

It had to be fake; that brat would never act like this towards him.

It caused a cold sweat to break out on his back.

But for some reason, Old Master Gu’s lips turned upwards, and he chuckled to himself.

Gu Chao and Qin Suyun had not yet retired for the night, and they both paused, startled to see their son.

Gu Chao’s health was poor, his chronic illness had recurred, and he had stepped down at the beginning of the year.

But he could not just sit idly by.

So, he went to work at the agency’s library.

Qin Suyun was busy with the External Liaison Office every day and seemed to have a rare day of leisure today because she was fiddling with a piece of musical score with her husband.

They said it was incomplete, discovered in a book, and both had a deep proficiency in music, so they were preparing to continue the musical score.

Gu Huai’an didn’t have time for preliminaries. After closing the door, he spoke very seriously, "I got news that someone is planning to move against Grandpa. I didn’t tell Grandpa, worrying that his body couldn’t take it."

Even Qin Suyun did not expect that this was what her son would say after entering the room and closing the door.

Because just now, she thought he had come to talk about Song Yunuan.

Indeed, Song Yunuan, there wasn’t a person in the Gu family who didn’t know about her now.

But Old Master Gu had instructed not to get involved; since it affected neither work nor studies, they should let nature take its course.

After all, the future held so many uncertainties.

And Secretary Fan had a good impression of Song Yunuan, the kind that came from actual interaction.

Secretary Fan genuinely liked Song Yunuan.

Qin Suyun pretended to know nothing.

Deep down, she was not very pleased.

With Song Yunuan’s lack of restraint, with her son’s reckless impulsiveness,

Knowing it was impossible, he should have firmly rejected her, not have any entanglement with Huai’an; that would be better for both of them.

Huai’an was always steady, but this time he’d been too impulsive; she equally had an opinion on this. A girl’s reputation was always very important. If he couldn’t offer her a future, he shouldn’t disturb her.

Therefore, she wasn’t very keen on talking to the son who had finally come home after a long while.

But she never imagined that the subject her son brought up would be this, and both parents became very serious.

This kind of conversation, coming from their son’s mouth, was definitely not a joke.

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The mathematics competition was held as scheduled.

Due to time constraints, it was only divided into preliminary and final rounds.

The finals were divided into first, second, and third prizes.

There was only one first prize, which was the championship of the mathematics competition.

Beiquan Province had only two finalists, one of whom was Song Yunuan.

And Xiaocao couldn’t make it to Beidu, returning to school to continue her classes.

But for her to stand out from Nanshan County was already quite an achievement.

Her starting point had been the lowest.

No one questioned her results this time.

Because during the finals, there was not only a written test but also an on-site assessment.

Song Yunuan was undoubtedly the most outstanding.

Naturally, she had also won first place in the competition.

She received a prize of 500 yuan and a certificate.

Teacher Li led the team this time, bringing along ten students.

They stayed in a hostel.

After applying to Teacher Li, Song Yunuan then stayed at Second Grandpa’s home.

She only stayed at Second Grandpa’s for two days.

When the finals began, she did not return to Old Mr. Ji’s place, instead, she moved into the hostel.

For the two students who made it to the finals, Teacher Li was to give them special one-on-one coaching.

Initially, Teacher Li did not understand Song Yunuan.

Knowing that she had family in Beidu, he was somewhat disapproving.

Since Song Yunuan did not stay at the hostel, it was seen as favoritism.

No matter how good or bad her studies were, or whether she had family there, Teacher Li’s impression of her was diminished.

However, after one lesson, Teacher Li found he could use a student like her by the dozen.

First of all, there was Song Yunuan’s concentration.

Once she opened her textbook, regardless of whether she understood the material or not, she could immediately focus her full attention on it.

A seventeen-year-old young girl, she could enter a state of learning extremely quickly.

In school, whether it’s from teachers or students, the most common term heard is "concentration."

Indeed, these five words for "concentration" are the most important in learning.

As long as one truly concentrates, it seems there is nothing that cannot be learned.

It’s only a matter of sooner or later.

Of course, Teacher Li never doubted the authenticity of Song Yunuan’s grades.

After all, they had reviewed her papers.

And so, for the first time since participating in math contests, Beiquan Province won the national championship at the high school level.

By the time Song Yunuan returned to Nanshan County Town, it was already covered in snow.

The school gave her a day off to prepare a speech for the day after tomorrow, when she was to address the students in the school auditorium.

Song Yunuan agreed to it.

Grandpa picked her up from the station; winter was approaching, and the horse cart was surrounded by boards with thick beds of wheat straw and feather mats on top.

Sitting on it felt very warm, and she didn’t feel cold as they returned to the village.

Just out of the village entrance, she saw Chu Zizhou’s car. After the car stopped, Chu Zizhou said, "Oh, our math competition champion is honored to be back, welcome welcome!"

Song Yunuan chuckled, "Where are you headed, Captain?"

"Going to pick up a train ticket, I’m returning to Beidu tomorrow."

Old Man Song said, "After being away for such a long time, you should indeed go back for a visit."

Chu Zizhou smiled and drove off towards the county town.

First, he picked up the train ticket.

He took a round in the county town, buying some local products.

Nanshan County Town already had a special store for local products.

This year, there was a foreign exchange order for local products.

Hence, the mountain products here suddenly became popular.

The various supply and marketing cooperatives were all purchasing these goods to sell them in other regions or to Xiangjiang.

Then a special sales department was established locally to sell these products and also to purchase them, though the purchase was done at the back.

Chu Zizhou didn’t buy too much, as he didn’t like to carry so many things when he went out.

He put everything in the jeep’s trunk.

Now, it was time for him to drive back.

Song Yunuan had asked him previously whether he was interested in fragrant rosewood.

He definitely was.

However, Little Nuan only allocated 3000 yuan worth of goods to him, and he had already given the money to her in advance.

But Little Nuan told him not to pick up the goods yet, saying they should wait a while longer.

Although curious, Chu Zizhou, as the village chief of Erdao River Village, had no business meddling with the affairs of a seventeen-year-old Song Yunuan, who was already a chairman, in Beidu’s export trading company.

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