Chen Yazhi always deliberately avoids this topic in front of her daughter-in-law. She explained with an uncomfortable look, "He has shared the same difficulties with me, so he takes better care of me."
"A friend in need is a friend indeed." Gu Nan asked her in a low voice with a gossipy face, "Is he single?"
Chen Yazhi nodded.
"Then what do you mean by that?"
Gu Nan looked like someone who had come before, and said in an old-fashioned way, "If you are not interested in someone, we can't let them live in our home. They will still be looking for a partner in the future."
Chen Yazhi was just about to say that if they didn't accept David living here, they could let him move out.
As a result, before she could speak, Gu Nan smiled slyly and suggested, "How about you consider him?"
"I..." Chen Yazhi is an elder after all. It always feels a bit strange to discuss this topic with her daughter-in-law, and she is cautious and does not dare to express her feelings.
But she immediately remembered that last time when Gu Nan faced Gu Lan and Gu Zheng'an, she was so mature and open-minded, with a transparency that was not suitable for her age, and she was no longer so awkward.
"Mom, look at your relationship. To the uninitiated, you look like a couple. But if you suddenly explain to people that you are not a couple, what will others think?"
She looked at Chen Yazhi and asked, "Do you like him?"
Chen Yazhi's face burned when her daughter-in-law asked such a young question.
Does she like David?
She may not know what she likes anymore.
To her, David was a relative, a lover, and her closest comrade-in-arms.
Their relationship has long transcended any single emotion.
However, with her sickly body, she really didn't want to drag him down.
Therefore, I have always hoped that David could pursue his own happiness.
Especially now that she has found her son, she doesn't want her children to think anything of her.
I didn’t remarry when I was young, and now I’m about to have a grandson. Is it okay to remarry?
Seeing Chen Yazhi's silence, Gu Nan smiled and said, "If you don't speak, you just like her, right?"
"My body..." Chen Yazhi's face was full of doubts.
Gu Nan patted his chest and said, "Your health will get better. As long as I'm here, don't worry, I will make sure you live a long life."
When David came in again, he had a faint smile on his face and was obviously in a happy mood.
David looked at Gu Nan with admiration in his eyes.
As soon as he came in, Gu Nan was sensible and didn't say anything more. Chen Yazhi quickly changed the subject, "Did your dad go to Bincheng? Did you call?"
Gu Nan shook his head, "No."
She asked Chen Yazhi, "Has my sister-in-law called you? Has my father found her?"
Chen Yazhi replied, "No."
Just as he said that, Gu Nan's phone rang.
Gu Nan thought it was Gu Zhengan and quickly picked it up.
It turned out it was a call from my hometown.
It was Xu Yuqin's voice.
"Nan Nan, is your garment factory on holiday?"
Gu Nan glanced at Chen Yazhi, stood up, took two steps outside, and replied, "Aunt Xu, we are on vacation."
"Last night, your grandfather called the village and told us that Xiaoyue would return to her hometown today and asked us to pick her up at the train station. However, your father and I waited at the train station and no one has seen her yet. Is she still in Lancheng?"
Xu Yuqin sounded anxious.
Gu Nan was shocked when he heard what she said, "What did you say? Lu Xiaoyue didn't come home?"
"She left in the morning and refused to let us send her away. Where did she go if she didn't come home?"
Gu Nan's heart skipped a beat.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. That dead girl is determined not to be sent away, something must be wrong.
Xu Yuqin on the other end of the phone was already crying, "Oh my god, where can she go alone? Is she lost?"
Lu Shengmin answered the phone.
He asked Gu Nan to confirm, "Nan Nan, are you sure Xiaoyue got in the car? Please ask if she is still in Lancheng."
"okay."
Gu Nan hung up the phone with a frown on her face.
Chen Yazhi came over and asked with concern, "Nan Nan, what's wrong?"
Gu Nan hesitated for a moment, then told the truth, "Lu Hao's sister took a car back to her hometown this morning, but she hasn't arrived home yet."
"Did you miss the morning bus and sit down?"
Gu Nan shook his head, "It's just one train a day."
Chen Yazhi's expression also became serious.
She didn't know what kind of person Lu Hao was. If her daughter was lost in Lancheng, would she complain to Gu Nan and Lu Hao?
Gu Nan was also very tired and regretted taking that dead girl out of the countryside.
This is something a dog cannot change from eating shit.
In her previous life, she was taken to the south to work by her cousin and was deceived by men. In this life, she was able to secretly run away with men under their noses.
It really makes people speechless.
She sighed in her heart and said to Chen Yazhi, "Mom, I'm leaving first. I'm going to the factory to see if anyone is there."
"Go ahead and be careful on the road."
Gu Nan said hello to David and ran away quickly.
Chen Yazhi actually heard the male voice on the other end of the phone just now.
She knew that it should be Lu Shengmin's voice.
After so many years, the person I thought I couldn't live without, the person I thought about day and night, now hears his voice, just like that, I feel nothing.
She could imagine him and his current wife waiting eagerly for their daughter at the train station, and she could also imagine his and his wife's anxious expressions when their daughter disappeared.
Everything has nothing to do with her.
After so many years, everything about Lu Shengmin has nothing to do with her.
There is only this man next to them. Ever since a boat brought them to Country Y more than 20 years ago, their fates have been tied together, crying and laughing together, and struggling for a living together.
We have struggled together until now.
At this moment, Chen Yazhi suddenly felt relieved.
She turned around and saw David standing behind her, his hands in his suit trouser pockets, looking at her comfortably and lazily.
Chen Yazhi walked over, held his hand, looked at him with soft and hungry eyes, and said, "Thank you for these years."
"Without you, I really don't know if I could survive until now."
David held her hand instead and smiled warmly at her, "Me too. Without you, I probably wouldn't be alive today. We are already a community."
"Nan Nan said that my health will get better, but I don't know if that girl tricked me."
If her health could really get better, she wanted to give herself a chance.
David helped her sit by the stove to keep warm, "Whether it's okay or not, I'll be there."
He was about to let go of Chen Yazhi's hand, but Chen Yazhi grabbed him, looked at him seriously, and said, "Then let's give each other a name. We must have a name in front of juniors."
What Gu Nan said just now makes sense. In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them are a couple. But when people ask, they deny that relationship. How do others see them?
People who didn't know it thought she had found a male secretary for herself.
As she gets older, she has to think about the reputation of her son and daughter-in-law.
When David heard that Chen Yazhi was finally going to give him a status, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he gently pulled her into his arms, "I've been waiting for your words for a long time."
When Gu Nan took the car to the garment factory, the factory door was locked, but the door to the reception room was still open. Mr. Lu and warehouse Mr. Li were watching TV and drinking tea.
She was afraid that Mr. Lu would be worried, so she tried not to act too impatient, "Grandpa, are all the workers in the factory gone?"
"They're gone. They're all gone. Only me and your old Uncle Li are left. Several other leaders have just left."
Mr. Lu thought that Gu Nan was here to take him home again. He said, "It's good for me to be here. I chat with Lao Li and drink tea. The stove is still warm. It's much more comfortable than at home."
Lao Li is single, his home is in the suburbs, and he has no plans to go back during the Chinese New Year. Mr. Lu is afraid that if he returns home, Lao Li will be lonely.
Gu Nan asked, "Grandpa, did Xiaoyue leave this morning? What time did she leave?"
Mr. Lu replied, "Let's go. She left before it was completely light at seven o'clock. I want to see her off, but I won't let her go, so I will let her go alone."
"Where are you going?" Gu Nan felt more and more that Lu Xiaoyue deliberately concealed them and went somewhere else.
Mr. Lu pointed to the fork in the road on the left, "Just go through here, I said I was going to take the bus."
Gu Nan asked again, "Did you get a lot of things?"
"I got a duffel bag."
After hearing what Gu Nan said, Mr. Lu thought that Gu Nan had lost something and Lu Xiaoyue took it away.
He asked doubtfully, "Nan Nan, what's wrong?"
Gu Nan said with a solemn expression, "My Aunt Xu called and said that they didn't expect Xiaoyue at the station."
"Did you go by car?" Mr. Lu guessed.
Gu Nan shook his head, "You should arrive home at 11 o'clock by car."
"Where did that girl go? Why didn't she go home?"
Mr. Lu was worried and called Gu Nan's elder brother again to the village canteen. Xu Yuqin went crazy with worry and Lu Xiaoyue didn't come home at all.
Mr. Lu also became nervous, "Yuqin, don't worry, we'll find out more here."
Mr. Lu looked at Gu Nan and thought deeply, "Then where can she go? If she doesn't catch the bus, she should contact us."
It was almost dark now, and Gu Nan planned to go home and tell Lu Hao first.
Mr. Lu asked Lao Li to stay in the reception room, and he went home with Gu Nan.
When he went upstairs, his door was still locked, Lu Hao hadn't come back yet, and Jiang Zhigang was waiting for Gu Nan at Wang Cuiping's house.
"Lu Xiaoyue is gone. She didn't go back to her hometown at all."
"Didn't you go back to your hometown?" Wang Cuiping and Jiang Zhigang were also shocked.
Gu Nan asked Wang Cuiping, "Who does she have the best relationship with in the factory?"
Wang Cuiping thought for a few seconds and replied, "In the workshop, she was just like everyone else. In the dormitory, she should be pretty good with that little flower."
"Little flower?"
Gu Nan quickly took out the phone book from her bag, flipped through it, and found Xiaohua's pager number.
Xiaohua is the second squad leader of the sewing department, so Gu Nan has her contact information.