Chapter 443: Street Urchin
Dangdang’s question left Father Wu dumbfounded.
Father Wu looked at Tang Chuxia and Gu Nanzhi.
The two had been watching the drama the whole time.
Tang Chuxia and Gu Nanzhi showed no intention of helping Father Wu, not even looking at him but looking left and right, clearly uncooperative.
Father Wu could only sigh, "Forget it, I’ll go look for Haipeng myself!"
Father Wu believed that only a private conversation with his son could clear up the misunderstanding.
When Father Wu left, he instructed Dangdang, "Daughter-in-law, keep an eye on your grandmother-in-law, don’t let your mother-in-law see her alone!"
It seemed he was just afraid that Mrs. Wu might harm the old lady, which would completely ruin the family.
Dangdang didn’t really want to take on this responsibility, but she also knew she was the only suitable one in the family.
If not her helping her grandmother-in-law, then who else?
Tang Chuxia and Gu Nanzhi shook their heads and sighed—Dangdang was just too obliging. Would this family not bully her to death in the future?
Dangdang, burdened with her troubles, could only sit at the door of her grandmother-in-law’s room playing with the four children.
"If you guys have things to do, go ahead! I’m too busy here to help you out!"
Once Tang Chuxia had made sure Dangdang could handle the four children, she and Gu Nanzhi left the Wu Family.
"What do you mean by this? Why not help?" Gu Nanzhi was utterly confused.
After all, Dangdang was also from her elder sister-in-law’s family and they had a good relationship; it seemed impossible not to help Dangdang when she was so flustered.
Tang Chuxia dragged Gu Nanzhi far away before whispering, "Haven’t you noticed something wrong?"
Gu Nanzhi shook her head, very straightforwardly.
Her focus had been entirely on listening to the old lady’s words. How could she think there was any problem? Now that Tang Chuxia had brought it up, she still reflexively tried to think it over but was clueless.
"With Haipeng’s character, could he really do something like have his wife go to work the day after they got married?"
According to common sense, he wouldn’t, but Haipeng had done just that.
If there wasn’t some problem, she simply wouldn’t believe it.
Gu Nanzhi rubbed her chin, "Do you think, there’s a possibility that this man is completely different when he’s married from when he’s not?"
To the public, an upright person, but behind closed doors, a total scumbag!
Tang Chuxia shook her head, "I suspect something has happened!"
This morning, Beihuai had left without waiting for her to wake up, and she only got the gossip from Gu Nanzhi. So, based on Beihuai’s actions, was this normal?
Obviously not.
"What happened?"
Gu Nanzhi curiously pursued.
Tang Chuxia slapped her forehead, "Are you stupid? If I knew, would I be analyzing it here?"
Gu Nanzhi, holding her forehead, said, "You don’t have to bully me, do you?"
Tang Chuxia sneered; she and Gu Nanzhi knew each other too well, very aware of each other’s mannerisms. Besides, Tang Chuxia had controlled her strength before hitting; otherwise, Gu Nanzhi’s head would have split open.
"Come on, let’s go find your brother!"
Tang Chuxia gestured that they should go look for answers.
Gu Nanzhi was no longer worried about her forehead and immediately grabbed Tang Chuxia onto a rickshaw.
With a wave of her hand, she signaled the driver to get moving.
Focusing on speed.
While Tang Chuxia admired the scenery around her, she honestly saw no speed.
It wasn’t until they reached Beihuai’s base that they finally understood what the situation was.
It was just a mess.
This place was hardly an office, because there were only some punching bags and metal racks around.
"Is this really where they work?"
Gu Nanzhi was the first to disbelieve it, whereas Tang Chuxia only thought: shell company?
Was this really where Beihuai worked every day?
There wasn’t even a single chair.
"My oh my, my brother really put a lot of effort into fooling us!" Gu Nanzhi kicked a punching bag on the floor, her face full of disbelief.
She sought confirmation from Tang Chuxia, "Shouldn’t we be nicer to my brother from now on? He’s had it so rough just trying to find something to do, could it be that he can’t even pay the rent here?"
Tang Chuxia held her forehead.
She too was suspicious of this whole thing.
Although Tang Chuxia had never been too obsessed with money since arriving in this world, if her man couldn’t make money, that would be hard to accept.
"Shall we leave first?" Tang Chuxia helplessly expressed her idea.
Gu Nanzhi nodded with difficulty.
It was too miserable!
After the two left, they remembered they were looking for Wu Haipeng. If he wasn’t here, where would they go?
Surely they wouldn’t be hiding under a bridge?
Given how tough life was nowadays.
"It’s too sad!"
Gu Nanzhi and Tang Chuxia were about to go out for a walk, looking for clues. Surely they wouldn’t have to beg outside, right?
What they didn’t know was that shortly after they left, a crack suddenly formed on the floor of that dilapidated room, and a head popped out from underground.
He looked left and right to make sure no one was around, then with some confusion scratched his head and closed the hole again.
"Brother Huai, no one is here!"
After the man disappeared into the hole, he appeared in a massive underground space, filled with lots of training equipment and fully stocked with weapons; Beihuai and Wu Haipeng were sparring.
"It must be the landlord lady coming for a surprise inspection again, she always thinks we are up to no good!"
Wu Haipeng collapsed on the ground, drenched in sweat.
He had just had a match with Beihuai and his muscles were sore, yet it felt quite relieving.
He could finally vent out the frustrations he had from marriage issues.
Beihuai took off his boxing gloves, grabbed a water bottle nearby, and chugged a big mouthful.
"Forget about the landlord lady, what are you thinking? Don’t you care about your parents anymore?"
Beihuai kindly reminded Wu Haipeng, letting him understand that he really shouldn’t be staying here now.
Wu Haipeng sighed, "I just can’t understand, what was my dad thinking? Abandoning his wife of many years; how could he do such a thing?"
Beihuai didn’t engage with him.
Many men could do that.
Wu Haipeng probably still had a ’father filter’.
A brother nearby snickered, "Brother Haipeng, actually back then many people divorced their first wives to marry younger women!"
Wu Haipeng cursed under his breath, massaging his legs.
Because of his leg, Beihuai had not gone all out, it was just to let him vent.
"It just feels horrible, thinking about how all three of my elder brothers and sisters-in-law are gone, leaving four nephews behind. What are we going to do?"
He grew up under the Red Flag; he couldn’t just ignore it, but if he had to step up and become a father figure to four nephews, that would be unfair to Dangdang.
"You should still ask your dad about this whole thing!"
Beihuai threw out one final word, "You can hide, but what about your wife? Aren’t you afraid she’ll run away?"
Wu Haipeng’s face went pale.