"Miss your mother?" Gu Qingdai finally asked about the crux of Lian Beichuan's problem.
He lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips tightly, and did not admit it to the person in front of him.
But Lian Beichuan's look could explain everything.
He was walking along the river embankment with his back to Gu Qingdai, but he didn't know where he was looking.
He was wearing a well-tailored dark gray suit, without a tie, and a long leather trench coat.
Even though he was dressed so thickly, in Gu Qingdai's eyes, he still looked very thin at the moment.
She didn't understand the grudges and resentments of the aristocratic family, but she estimated that this young and mature Mr. Lian must have experienced a lot.
After a while, Lian Beichuan seemed to have reinstalled the clockwork and turned around, "I burned all the paper money, tobacco, alcohol, and fruit for Li Zheng."
Gu Qingdai suddenly stepped forward and pushed him hard with both hands, staggering him and almost pushing him into the Luancheng River.
"You don't have to tell me where he was buried, but you shouldn't lie to me about it. Only the two of us know how tragic his death was."
Even Beichuan held his chest with his hands for half a day without taking a breath, secretly wondering how Gu Qingdai was so strong as a man.
"You...are trying to murder me." His throat was hoarse and his breath was broken.
Only then did Gu Qingdai realize that her attack seemed a bit harsh, "Did I get a gunshot wound from touching you?"
Lian Beichuan did not refute.
His gunshot wound has been healed, but he is a bit achy due to the cold weather, and having Gu Qingdai push him so hard is really unbearable.
The two stopped staying by the Luancheng River and quickly returned to the car.
Lian Beichuan closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, relaxing for a long time, "I will take you back to the teahouse right now."
"Let me see?"
Lian Beichuan was a little confused, why was Gu Qingdai's voice so close to him?
He opened his eyes suddenly, what a boy, Gu Qingdai's beautiful face was not even two inches away from him!
"Look, what are you looking at?" Even Beichuan sat up straight and his ears turned red unconsciously.
Gu Qingdai stared at him seriously, "Look at the gun scar. Who knew you were so weak? What if I really beat you up?"
"I'm fine, let's go!" Lian Beichuan quickly started the car.
Gu Qingdai stretched out a hand and pressed it on the steering wheel, "Let me take a look first to make sure everything is okay before driving back. If you get too tired halfway and can't apply the brakes anymore, today next year will be our death anniversary."
"Bah, can you say something auspicious for the Chinese New Year?" Lian Beichuan waved her arm away and ordered her to return to her seat and sit down.
Gu Qingdai came up and lost her temper, "You undress yourself and I'll take a look. Don't force me to do it and hurt you by mistake!"
"Don't you hate being in contact with me? Now you don't care about it anymore?"
"Nonsense, wasn't it me who did it just now?"
Lian Beichuan couldn't hide his pride. He unbuttoned his clothes and leaned towards her arrogantly, "Shopkeeper Gu has to be responsible for me."
Even in this dim light, the gun scar on the chest is shocking enough.
After a while, she just asked lightly: "How did you reconcile with the bandits?"
Lian Beichuan tied up his clothes one by one and started the car steadily. On the road, he could still hear the sound of fireworks and firecrackers in the air.
He felt that there was nothing to talk about, except that he was trying his best to save his and Cheng Liyuan's lives.
This shot was actually blocked by Cheng Liyuan, and Cheng Liyuan burst into tears for this.
But Cheng Liyuan's trip was not for Lian's Trading Company, so he felt it was his responsibility to protect others' safety.
"In short, this trip was quite successful. The machine has been finalized and the money has been transferred. We just have to wait for the river to open up in spring before it can be transported here."
When talking about this, Lian Beichuan finally swept away all the haze and showed his grand ambition to Gu Qingdai with great joy.
Gu Qingdai interrupted him mercilessly, "Workaholic, I'm here."
"You are the workaholic! The teahouse never closes for a day. I have never seen anyone who is more willing to make money than you."
"I'm obsessed with money." Gu Qingdai turned around and got out of the car.
Lian Beichuan no longer had any reason to entangle her. Although he was reluctant to let her go, he only showed half of his face and smiled gratefully at her, "I wish shopkeeper Gu a fortune in the New Year!"
Gu Qingdai felt that the New Year's Eve was a chaotic one. Fortunately, Qin Liuer and the others drank a lot of wine and never noticed that she had left the teahouse midway.
The teahouse is open for business as usual. I thought there would be no customers during the New Year party, but there are actually a few relatives and friends who come here to drink tea and chat.
Qin Liuer and Gu Qingdai were cleaning the corridor on the second floor. Downstairs, Gu Qingsong raised his head and shouted: "Shopkeeper, come downstairs quickly!"
"What's wrong with the second shopkeeper? Isn't it usually the elder sister who calls you the younger sister?" Qin Liu'er leaned down and looked downstairs.
Gu Qingdai put down the broom in her hand and said, "I'll go down and take a look. Is there some distinguished guest here?"
Gu Qingdai just said casually. Unexpectedly, there were no distinguished guests downstairs, but there were three or four old relatives of the Gu family.
No wonder Gu Qingsong has this attitude. These relatives have little contact with the Gu family. That is to say, when Gu's father was alive, he walked around with them during the New Year.
Among many relatives, only the Gu family is doing well, so Gu's father often plays the role of benefactor.
Now that Gu's father passed away and the Gu family's old house was sold by Gu Qingdai, these old relatives actually found themselves in the teahouse.
It’s self-evident what the purpose is, it’s just to beat the autumn wind.
Gu Qingsong has no blood relationship with them, and Gu Qingdai can't even call them by their names.
It's just that people are here, and there's no reason to drive them out.
Gu Qingdai prepared a table of food to entertain them politely, thinking that they would leave after they had eaten and drank enough.
But they had no intention of leaving at all. They were still waiting for Gu Qingdai to arrange a place to stay, and planned to spend a few more days in Luancheng.
"Relatives who are beyond our reach, we didn't even see them extend a hand when we were in trouble, but now that the teahouse has just started to look a little brighter, they come to the door to eat and drink."
Gu Qingsong hid in the kitchen and complained, hating those people's faces for being so ugly.
"Where can we place them? If not, why don't I go back to my relatives' house for two nights?" Mantang was also worried.
"What are you two hiding here for? The shopkeeper is about to be besieged by them!" Qin Liu'er hurried in to report the news.
Before Gu Qingsong could react, Mantang rushed out in a hurry.
He picked up a bench next to him and vowed to fight it back for Gu Qingdai.
He had promised Lian Beichuan that he would ensure her safety.
However, when the crowd rushed over, they saw Gu Qingdai pinching the ear of one of the men and shouting: "Who are you beating? Who are you scolding? I treat you so well, why don't you come out?"
"Oh my god, I'm beating someone..." Another elderly woman suddenly sat on the ground and howled.
"Shut up, grandma! If you dare to mess around in the teahouse again, I will kick you all out!"
This momentum shocked the entire hall.
Gu Qingdai also happened to see him and rushed over, "Man Tang, go get all the shovels in the backyard for me!" This chapter has been completed!