Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife

The more Mrs. Sheng thought about it, the more wronged she felt. "Yueyue wasn’t in the wrong this time. If anyone’s to blame, it’s that shameless granddaughter of the Jiang family for trying to snatch the groom."

Divine Doctor Jiang, who had just walked in, suddenly turned pale. He never expected Ren Cuiping to say something like that.

But what she said was indeed the truth. "It is I, this old man, who failed to discipline Ruyan properly. I am here to offer you all my sincerest apologies."

As Divine Doctor Jiang spoke, he offered the gift in his hands to Mrs. Sheng. He had come to give Sheng Shiwen a follow-up examination.

Mrs. Sheng was momentarily embarrassed. She turned away, not accepting the gift from Divine Doctor Jiang. After all, she had just been caught red-handed bad-mouthing someone.

Gu Jiaojiao was called away to treat the wounded. This time there were no particularly severe cases, just a large number of them returning at once.

Dean Rong and Elder Xu were busy as well, while Mr. Han personally attended to Gu Jiaojiao, following behind her to wipe her sweat and hand her water.

They were busy for the entire afternoon before all the wounded had been treated.

Gu Jiaojiao and Mr. Han walked out side-by-side. "Thank you, Han, for always being here to take care of me."

"It’s this old man who should be thanking you, little sister. Wounds get infected easily in the height of summer. If you hadn’t treated them so promptly, they would have really suffered!"

"Since I am here, of course I’m not going to stand by and do nothing. These soldiers were injured serving their country and its people."

"You have such a strong sense of duty, little sister. You’ve not only boosted the other doctors’ morale, but you’ve also taught them new skills. They’ve really made great progress."

"Haha... It’s just what I ought to do. Han, I’m going to wash up first, then I’ll join you for dinner."

"Go on."

Mr. Han watched his sworn sister. In her white doctor’s coat, she had a slender figure, fair skin, and delicate features.

Her face held a gentle smile that was a pleasure to see.

He went to wash his hands as well, preparing for dinner. The meal was once again served in the hospital room.

Xiao Yue and Han Jingshen, both dressed in hospital gowns, were sitting on their beds, waiting for the Little Divine Doctor to join them for dinner.

Gu Jiaojiao ate lunch with her grandpa and dinner with her sworn brother and patients. Her days were truly packed.

After dinner, she had to administer silver needle acupuncture for Han Chenyu and Xiao Yue, a process that took about an hour per patient.

Luckily, Elder Xu handled the acupuncture for Han Jingshen and Sheng Shijing; otherwise, she would have been busy late into the night every day.

Gu Jiaojiao was generally able to call home at the scheduled time. She started by calling the new courtyard house.

Grandpa Gu answered. Judging by his tone, he had been waiting for her call. He got straight to the point.

He told Gu Jiaojiao they were heading back to the Imperial City ahead of her, mainly because the university had extended another invitation.

Another reason was that they wanted to return early to settle the Gu Family’s affairs. Grandpa Gu had two sons and two daughters.

Back then, the only ones affected by the political turmoil had been his eldest son’s family—Mr. Gu’s family—because his second son had decisively cut all ties with him.

His two daughters had married into powerful families, so they and their households were not implicated.

He Shen Yi, Li An, and Cheng Tao had gone back and spread the news far and wide that Grandpa Gu was living very well in Qing City.

As a result, Old Sir Gu’s second son and two daughters had all started calling, wanting to come to Qing City to visit him.

Song Zijin and Sheng Yueyue had also been visiting their house every day. Eldest Brother Gu saw that Sheng Yueyue was being bullied by her mother-in-law and seemed inclined to help her.

Anyway, for all these reasons, Grandpa Gu wanted to leave Qing City and head back to the Imperial City.

Gu Jiaojiao had no objection to this. She only asked if her grandfather had enough money and didn’t pry into any other matters.

’Anyway, when she moved to the Imperial City, Su Shuochi would be the only one she’d be living with. Therefore, she planned to buy a small courtyard house near the university for them to live in alone.’

’In Qing City, the Gu Family didn’t have other relatives or entanglements, and since there were just a few patients, it made sense for them all to live together.’

’But now that the old man’s other children were involved, Gu Jiaojiao was determined not to live with them all.’

’While she wasn’t afraid of trouble, she hated dealing with it. Wouldn’t it be much better to focus on her career and studies than to get caught up in endless family squabbles!’

’Besides, in this life, she had already found her soulmate, Su Shuochi, with whom she shared a deep spiritual connection.’

’The most difficult thing in the world was to stay true to oneself amidst the temptations of a prosperous world.’

Eldest Brother Gu was too ashamed to take the call, because he had promised Sheng Yueyue he would be a guest at the Song Family’s home tomorrow.

Second Brother Gu then got on the phone and chattered on, telling Gu Jiaojiao that Dong Qiming had learned how to make savory Chinese crepes.

The two of them had partnered with Su Qinchun to run a stall, and the three of them had not only earned enough for tuition but for living expenses as well.

They stayed inside the compound and never went out, so his mother couldn’t find them even when she came looking.

Li Dahua had been having a very hard time since her divorce. She went to wait for Second Uncle Dong outside his workplace every day.

Her own parents and six younger sisters all blamed her for ruining the Li family’s only male heir.

After being detained for fifteen days, the Li family matriarch had become extremely irritable and had reportedly even hit Li Dahua.

Second Brother Gu recounted all this with dramatic flair, his voice dripping with schadenfreude. Gu Jiaojiao could just picture his gloating expression.

She burst out laughing. Her laughter seemed to give Second Brother Gu a boost of courage.

He then lowered his voice and told her that Eldest Brother Gu had been swayed by Sheng Yueyue’s words and had already agreed to visit the Song Family the next day.

Although Grandpa Gu and Mr. Gu were academics, they were also swift and decisive in their actions.

Having received Gu Jiaojiao’s approval, they were planning to take the family on a train to the Imperial City that very night.

"Won’t Sheng Yueyue be furious tomorrow?" Gu Jiaojiao chuckled.

"I don’t know if she’ll be furious enough to die, but Song Zijin will definitely deal with her. I saw him grab Sheng Yueyue and start kissing her like crazy the moment they left our courtyard..."

After listening to Second Brother Gu’s long-winded gossip, Gu Jiaojiao teased him.

"Why is a single guy like you spying on couples making out? Haha... That’s hilarious..."

"Jiaojiao, I have to go! Grandpa and Dad are calling me to pack my things."

"Okay. Remember to call me when you get to the Imperial City."

"Hah! Of course! I’ll call you the second we get there. And hey, let me tell you a little secret... we’re also going back to fight our second uncle for the house!"

"Jingtai, don’t waste Jiaojiao’s time! She still needs to call Shuo Ci. Hurry up and come pack."

Gu Jiaojiao heard Mr. Gu’s voice on the other end of the line, and then the call quickly disconnected.

’She didn’t blame Eldest Brother Gu. Instead, she was looking forward to the drama with Sheng Yueyue. Today, Song Zijin had gotten the response he wanted from Eldest Brother Gu.’

’He would surely go back and dote on Sheng Yueyue. But what would happen when they came back to the compound tomorrow, only to find it completely empty?’

’What would Song Zijin think? How would Sheng Yueyue maintain her standing in the Song Family after that? These were all things Gu Jiaojiao wanted to find out.’

’She’d have to call Song Zijie in a couple of days to get the scoop. Hahaha!’ Gu Jiaojiao laughed heartily to herself.

Gu Jiaojiao then called Mr. and Mrs. Su. Su Qinchun answered the phone and immediately started telling her sister-in-law the news.

Shi Wu had told her that Sheng Shiwen had fainted out of anger at his own mother and that Mr. Sheng had come very close to hitting Mrs. Sheng.

Su Qinchun was excitedly rattling on when Su Shuochi snatched the phone away from her.

Since the Gu Family was preparing to return to the Imperial City, Su Shuochi was there with them. He and Gu Jiao then chatted happily for several minutes.

She didn’t even have time to ask Su Shuochi about the situation with Jiang Ruyan, as they had too many other things to talk about.

Topics like the construction progress on their factory and personnel matters... Su Shuochi had to report everything to his "wifey"...