Rebirth: Regaining Joyful Moments
Chapter 35 - 035: Zhong Family and Gao Family

Chapter 35: Chapter 035: Zhong Family and Gao Family

"What’s going on?" Mr. and Mrs. Gao hurried back upon hearing that something had gone wrong at home.

Seeing their son beaten into a pulp, Mr. Gao’s gaze fixed on Xu Nian’an like a wolf stalking its prey.

A few days ago, Mr. Gao had been very angry, but it was out of frustration that his own son hadn’t lived up to expectations. He felt that if he wanted to scold or beat his son, he had the right to do so, but he wouldn’t stand for someone else doing it.

"Uncle Gao, this is between me and Gao Jianshe," Xu Nian’an took a deep breath. Having thrown his punches, the rage in his heart had quieted down. He said, "Gao Jianshe, let there not be a next time for something like this."

With that, Xu Nian’an was ready to leave with Xu Nianhua.

Of course, Mr. Gao wouldn’t allow it.

Gao Jianshe already felt guilty. Having been beaten by Xu Nian’an, he was in great pain and wanted his father to take his side. However, he knew he had been in the wrong.

He hadn’t witnessed the incident that day, but Xu Nianhua couldn’t swim, and a person who couldn’t swim had fallen into the lake. Had it not been for the chance that Xu Nian’an came looking for someone, he might now be a murderer.

"Dad, it was my fault, and it has nothing to do with Xu Nian’an," Gao Jianshe said.

Mr. Gao was so angry he felt like beating his son all over again.

After Xu Nian’an left, Mrs. Gao asked about the incident. Gao Jianshe told her, and with a complicated look, Mrs. Gao sighed and asked, "What about you and Zhong Juan? If you truly like each other, why didn’t you tell me? We could have arranged an engagement. Why sneak around? Did you... have you been with her?"

"Mom, I was afraid you wouldn’t like her," said Gao Jianshe, feeling guilty.

He knew very well the situation with Zhong Juan’s family. Her parents demanded a particularly high bride price, and it was said that the Zhong Family was selling their daughter, not marrying her off.

Mrs. Gao had made it clear several times that they couldn’t afford a wife from the Zhong family, but he liked her all the same.

So, the two of them got together in secret. They were both young, and amidst the romance, one thing led to another. After the first time, naturally, there was a second...

"You knew I wouldn’t like it, yet you still got together with her!" Mrs. Gao was at her wit’s end with Gao Jianshe.

"You deserve it!"

Even if the Xu family wasn’t favored by the Xu Family of Shuangzhu Village, they were still a prominent surname there!

If Xu Nianhua had really drowned, wouldn’t the Xu Family have raised the roof?

"What do we do now?" Mr. Gao looked at his son disappointedly. It was one of many frustrating moments they had since the incident. Marrying her seemed like a forced move for Mr. and Mrs. Gao, but if they didn’t, who would want to marry Gao Jianshe?

At that moment, news came discreetly from the Zhong Family: Zhong Juan was pregnant.

This settled it. They had to marry. The Gao Family’s grandson had to be kept, and there had been a stalemate over the bride price with the Zhong Family. At last, after Zhong Juan attempted suicide, the Gao and Zhong Families hurriedly proceeded with the wedding.

A very simple ceremony ushered Zhong Juan into their household.

The affairs between the Zhong and Gao families thus came to an end.

"The feast was too... simple, right?" Xu Nianhua just came back from the feast and thought about how basic it was—calling it a feast seemed an overstatement. What did Zhong Juan see in Gao Jianshe?

Even if the Gao Family was indeed well off, but under such circumstances, could Gao Jianshe’s mother ever like this daughter-in-law?