Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 980: The Abandoned Toy 4

Chapter 980: Chapter 980: The Abandoned Toy 4

He Zhilan laughed innocently after hearing Wang Juan’s words, "I truly don’t know them; I’ve never seen them before. If I had, how could I possibly have no impression of them?"

"That’s really strange," Chen Cui chimed in. "They recognized you at a glance, even accurately stating your name, saying they wanted to talk to you alone. Who knows what about?"

"How would I know what they want to talk about with me? But I don’t know them, why should I talk to them alone? Haven’t they said, don’t talk to strangers? How could I be sure if they’re good people or bad? I would be foolish to go off alone to talk with them. What if they did something to me? Wouldn’t it be too late for me to cry then?"

"That’s true," Chen Cui raised an eyebrow in agreement.

While the three were discussing Gu’s mother and Lan’s mother, at the shopping mall, the two mothers were also talking about He Zhilan.

"She..." Gu’s mother sighed, "must utterly detest me now. I heard that He Teng and she had been long looking forward to having a child, but then, because of me, the child was lost."

Lan’s mother patted Gu’s mother on the shoulder, but didn’t know how to comfort her either.

"Dad passed away with a smile. Mom has always wanted to know what they talked about before he left. Actually, Mom is very grateful that she accompanied Dad during his last minutes and made him leave with a smile." Gu’s mother choked up a bit. "After Xiao’en angered Dad into hospitalization, even though he was conscious, he never showed a smile again; he was obsessed with the couplet that Xiao’en tore."

"What’s done is done; even without all these incidents, He Zhilan wouldn’t have been pleased with the Gu Family anyway. Xiao’en did so many things to her, she already deeply resented the Gu Family." Lan’s mother spoke the truth, but couldn’t help but sigh over her own child, "Originally, He Teng and Lan Li had a great relationship, but unexpectedly, due to Xiao’en and He Zhilan’s conflict, it made He Teng choose to stand on Xing Ye’s side. Although He Teng doesn’t have much background, his capabilities are really strong; sooner or later, he would become a key figure in the military. It’s really quite a pity."

Long ago, the Gu Family and Lan Family had started to take notice of Lan Li, their comrade. He Teng, having been in the military for over a decade, never rose above a junior leader due to not meeting rigid requirements. However, he was later offered an opportunity for advanced training and managed to break free from those rigid constraints through his own abilities.

Originally, due to the relationship between Lan Li and He Teng, the Gu and Lan families had thought they could pull He Teng over to their side. But unexpectedly, along the way, things changed when He Teng’s wife ended up being Xiao’en’s dormmate, turning Gu En and He Zhilan into enemies.

"Let’s not think about these things. Let’s go to the train station to wait for Lan Li," Lan’s mother shifted the topic. However, speaking of her own son brought an unspeakable bitterness to Lan’s mother because of Gu En’s actions. Lan Li was forcibly transferred from the capital to a far place in S Province. The underlying reasons were clear to everyone.

It was also due to Lan Li being sent to S Province that he never managed to come back even after Old Master Gu had passed away. Only now finally having some free time, Lan Li made a special trip back.

After leaving the mall, He Zhilan and the others didn’t return to the translation agency but instead visited another place. Later, they found a café to sit down for coffee until evening, when everyone got off work. Only then did the three of them reluctantly leave the café and part ways, each returning to their own homes.