Chapter 54: That Stupid Woman, Her Sister

Gu Yan’an randomly picked up a bag of clothes and walked out with it. Pan Huijuan wanted to stop him but didn’t know how to speak up.

Seeing Gu Yan’an leave, Bai Wei quickly chased after him!

“Brother Gu, wait for me.”

Gu Yan’an didn’t want to pay her any attention and strode forward. Bai Wei stopped pretending to be refined and sprinted after him.

“Brother Gu, please don’t leave yet. Can you listen to what I have to say?”

Hadn’t he already made everything clear just now? Why was she still bothering him? Ugh, women were so annoying.

A cold glint flashed in Gu Yan’an’s eyes, and his tone turned sharp. “I’ve already made myself clear. I’m in a hurry to get to my grandfather’s house now. Please step aside.”

Bai Wei knew that if she missed this chance to confess her feelings, she would never have another opportunity.

So she decided to speak her mind. Gathering her courage, she said, “Brother Gu, I like you. I’ve liked you for many years. Can you give me a chance?”

After saying this, she felt an inexplicable panic. Please don’t reject me!

Suddenly, she recalled a poem by Wei Zhuang, “Thinking of the Emperor’s Hometown—Spring Outing”: “Spring outing, apricot blossoms blow all over my head. On the path, whose young man is so dashing? I wish to marry him, and end my life with him. Even if abandoned heartlessly, I shall feel no shame.”

A cold voice rang in her ears, “Comrade Bai Wei, I already have someone. Even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t like you. For the past twenty-some years, all female comrades have been no different from male comrades in my eyes. You’re no exception.”

If he were going to like her, why would he wait until today? Honestly, he had already made things clear enough earlier. Why couldn’t she understand plain words? Did she have to come running over just to be humiliated?

Boom!

Bai Wei’s mind went completely blank…

Gu Yan’an’s heartless words were like a gut-hooking knife plunged into her body—agonizing and bloody when it went in, and tearing her heart and lungs out, leaving her a bloody mess when it was pulled out.

A trace of pain flickered in Bai Wei’s eyes. In the end, she couldn’t hold back and burst into tears with a loud wail.

It seemed her youthful admiration had been misplaced after all. Sentimentality was always vexed by indifference.

Bai Wei quickly turned around and ran home without looking back.

Gu Yan’an couldn’t care less whether she cried or not. He hadn’t hit her or scolded her. If outsiders wanted to gossip, let them.

All he cared about was whether Momo would shed tears. Everyone else was like a mere ornament in his eyes. Whether they lived or died was none of his business!

Bai Zhi had run home as soon as Bai Wei dragged Gu Yanting to the kitchen to find Auntie Pan. She had just finished reheating the leftover lunch when her older sister, Bai Wei, came running home in tears.

Cui Li was heartbroken to see Bai Wei’s tear-streaked face. “Weiwei, what’s wrong? Who bullied you?”

Bai Wei sobbed, “Mom, Gu Yan’an really does have someone. He doesn’t want me. Now his whole family supports him seeing someone. Even Auntie Pan, the only one who spoke up for me, has turned against me.”

Bai Zhi pursed her lips and muttered quietly, “As if Brother Gu ever had anything to do with you before. When did he ever want you?”

Her sister was truly shameless, always fantasizing about being with that ice-cold face.

Cui Li shot her younger daughter, Bai Zhi, a sharp glare. She said to Bai Wei with a mix of reproach and sympathy:

“Look at you, you used to be as close as mother and daughter with that Pan woman, sending all sorts of things to her house.

“I thought she would put in a good word for you, but now it seems she still thinks her own son is more important, right?”

“Mom, what should I do now? I’ve liked him for so many years. Why can’t he just take a good look at me? How am I any worse than that woman from Haishi?”

“My daughter, Cui Li’s daughter, is naturally the best and smartest. Gu Yan’an is blind in both eyes and heart. If he doesn’t want my daughter, he’ll regret it one day. By the way, dear, what kind of person has Gu Yan’an found as his partner?”

Bai Wei sniffled, tears and snot running down her face, and sobbed, “Hmph… How would I know? I only heard that woman is from Haishi. I know nothing else. Mom, what should I do in the future?”

Seeing her daughter so heartbroken, Cui Li felt as if her own flesh were being cut. She hugged Bai Wei tightly and patted her gently. “Weiwei, as long as Gu Yan’an isn’t married yet, you still have hope. That girl is from Haishi, right? Since they aren’t married yet, she probably won’t come over for now, right? During this time, you can think of a way to win him over, can’t you?”

Bai Wei suddenly realized—yes! So what if he has a partner? That woman isn’t even in Jingshi. As long as she can win Gu Yan’an over during this time, that woman from Haishi will just have to step aside.

Bai Wei’s mood instantly brightened, and she laughed. “Mom, I understand. I’ll definitely find a way to pursue him.”

“Silly child, even if you can’t win him over, it doesn’t matter. Isn’t Gu Yannan born around the same time as you? Among the three Gu brothers, he looks the most like Gu Yan’an, and their personalities are similar too. Besides, he’s doing quite well at the Railway Bureau now. If you still can’t win over Gu Yan’an, you could try dating Gu Yannan instead.”

Gu Yannan scoffed inwardly. Thank you, thank you and your whole family for thinking so highly of me. I’m not a garbage collector who picks up every piece of trash. You might as well crawl back into your trash can and stay there!

Nearby, Bai Zhi pursed her lips in disdain. Just because you can’t marry the older brother, does that mean you have to marry his younger brother? Why don’t you just marry their father instead? He’s a bureau chief!

Her mother was really something—had her sense of morality been eaten by dogs too?

Seeing her sister like this, Bai Zhi wanted to stay as far away from the three Gu brothers as possible, lest she end up getting dragged into the mess.

Bai Wei gently pushed Cui Li away, lifted her head, and said, “Mom, I only like Gu Yan’an. I don’t want that cheap imitation, Gu Yannan. He’s so unpleasant—whenever I talk to him, he acts like he can’t be bothered, as if I owe him hundreds of yuan.”

“Sis, Elder Brother Gu has an even darker face—why do you like him? At least Gu Yannan is much gentler than Elder Brother Gu, isn’t he? You’ve lived this long without a man before, so why are you so fixated on Elder Brother Gu now?”

“You used to say that most of the young men in the compound liked you. Just pick any one of them—there’s bound to be someone who genuinely likes you.”

“They say when you pick melons from a basket, you’ll end up confused by all the choices! If you keep being picky, you’ll just end up with the worst ones at the bottom of the basket. You’ll regret it later.”

“You’re getting older too. By then, those leftover melons at the bottom of the basket might even start picking you, and you’ll become the leftover orange at the bottom, slowly withering away with no one paying you any attention…”

Bai Wei was so angry she wanted to curse out loud. Shut up, you damn tomboy! You’re the one who’s leftover goods that nobody wants. You’re the perfect match for some rotten, misshapen melon…

There were plenty of guys who liked her, okay? All she had to do was casually beckon, and they’d come running obediently—like Gu Yandong, who had liked her since they were kids.

“Mom, look at Younger Sister…!”

“Bai Zhi, how can you talk like that? No respect for your elders! Weiwei is your older sister!”

Fine, this foolish woman really was her biological older sister. Whatever, she couldn’t be bothered with her.