Chapter 405 - 389: Heart Knot
Lu Yun said in surprise, "Didn’t Gu Meng swear to my aunt and uncle that he would wait for Gu Feng to get married before he got married himself? What happened to Gu Feng and his girlfriend?"
"Gu Feng broke up with his ex-girlfriend more than two or three years ago. Right after they split, the girl immediately married a middle-aged businessman who came from Xiangjiang to do business on the mainland, and now she even has a child.
Gu Feng seemed unaffected and not heartbroken, and even attended the girl’s wedding. Everyone thought he had moved on, but for the past few years, he’s stubbornly refused to embark on a new romance or to go on arranged dates. Now he’s nearly thirty, and after borrowing money from your aunt and uncle, he’s started his own business. He’s devoted himself to his career day in and day out, living like a monk, free from all desires."
Xia Yuan sighed, "They say children have their own fortunes. I did try to persuade my sister-in-law, and even my brother-in-law talked to her in private. Although the girl was a bit money-minded and delicate, no one is perfect. Marriage is a matter of mutual consent, as long as the child likes the other person, that should be enough, even if he regrets it later. But she wouldn’t listen at the time and just had to interfere. Well, now she’s tasting the bitter fruit of her actions..."
As a result, everything is like this now. Despite all my sister-in-law has said and cried about, Gu Feng simply does as she asks to her face, agreeing to everything nicely, but as soon as she turns around, it’s as if he’s developed amnesia. If my sister-in-law talks too much, he starts to play disappearing acts, heading off on business trips where he can be gone for months without showing up.
Even my brother-in-law has tried to talk some sense into him behind her back, but to no avail. Unlike with my sister-in-law, Gu Feng just nods along to whatever my brother-in-law says but remains silent.
My sister-in-law is completely out of options with him now. She even cried to me the other day, saying if she knew it would turn out like this and that he was so taken with that girl, she would have given her approval from the start."
It’s funny and infuriating when Xia Yuan talks about it, "I told her, why did she make such a big fuss at the time, even threatening with a breakup, and now she’s changed her tune."
"Mom, why haven’t I heard you mention this before?" Lu Yun’s mouth fell open. In her previous life, this never happened, as both her cousins had gotten married and had children smoothly in Haicheng.
Lu Yun tried hard to recall and suddenly realized that over these years, the spouses of her married cousins seemed to have changed somewhat due to changes in their environments.