"The house is in chaos now, and I don’t want to deal with irrelevant people," he said indifferently. "You’ve got the wrong place; there’s no girl named Lei Qianqian in our family."
The onlooking villagers became discontent, clamoring, "Hey, how can there not be? Dabao, isn’t your wife called Lei Qianqian?"
Meanwhile, Lei Qianqian in the courtyard turned deathly pale when she heard this voice, clutching the child so tight that she made the baby wail.
"Hey, Qianqian, what are you doing? Bin Bao is crying."
Huang Xiangwen, feeling distressed, took the child from Lei Qianqian’s arms and began walking in circles in the courtyard, trying to soothe him.
She was so focused on Gu Youyou that she didn’t bother about what was happening outside.
She was convinced that the person knocking was the gossipy woman from next door.
"Ah, the baby’s wet himself, really!"
She hurriedly took the child to the backyard to change his diaper.
Gu Youyou, seeing Lei Qianqian’s reaction, stared at her and burst out laughing.
Lei Qianqian came to her senses, looked at Gu Youyou, and realizing what Youyou’s schadenfreude meant, her eyes filled with venom and resentment.
Jin Zijin placed his hand on Gu Youyou’s, whispering, "We have guests, let’s go out to meet them."
Gu Youyou agreed, "That’s exactly what I had in mind."
"No, don’t!" Lei Qianqian, her face ashen, suddenly stood up, ran over, and blocked the way in front of Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin.
She panicked and couldn’t control her volume. Her shout was loud enough that Jing Wen, the man in the blue shirt outside, heard her. Overjoyed, he loudly called into the courtyard, "Qianqian, are you in there? It’s Jing Wen!"
Gu Dabao sensed trouble and blocked the entrance fiercely, not letting him in.
"There’s no one here you’re looking for, leave now."
"How can there not be? I heard her voice."
The onlookers, sensing drama, began gossiping.
"Who is this guy? What’s his relationship with Lei Qianqian?"
"Isn’t he a relative from her parents’ home? Didn’t you hear him saying he’s from Anqing Town?"
"A relative? Then why is Gu Dabao not letting him in?"
Someone asked, "Dabao, if he’s a relative from Qianqian’s side of the family, why won’t you let him in?"
Gu Dabao was taken aback. Why shouldn’t he let him in?
He didn’t know, just felt instinctively that the man was up to no good and didn’t want to let him in.
But if it were true, as the villagers said, that the man was Qianqian’s relative from her parents’ side, then how could he justify keeping relatives out?
While he was worrying about this, Gu Youyou came out.
"Dabao, let him in; Qianqian’s family... a relative is here," she said.
On the other side, Lei Qianqian had already been immobilized by Jin Zijin, sitting stiffly next to the table.
Dabao stepped aside, and Jing Wen hurriedly rushed in.
Gu Dabao, however, stayed behind to close the door and bar it, keeping all the onlookers out.
"Ah, Qianqian, you really are here. I couldn’t believe it when I heard you were. Jing Wen saw Lei Qianqian and rushed over to hug her without regard for the others present.
Lei Qianqian had been immobilized by Jin Zijin; she couldn’t fight back, and even her expression remained blank and stunned.
But inside, she was seething with hatred towards Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin.
They must have done this. How could they possibly know about her and Jing Wen?
Huang Xiangwen, who had just come back after changing the diaper, was shocked at the sight before her.
Who is this man? Why is he holding her daughter-in-law Qianqian? And why was Qianqian letting him?