CHAPTER 409: CHAPTER 408: TASTELESS FOOD

Zhen Yan thought his sister was giving the ’bowl smashing signal’!

As soon as he heard the sound of the bowl breaking, he instinctively stood up immediately! And with a sweeping gesture, he sent most of the bowls, chopsticks, cups, and dishes on the table crashing to the floor!

"Zhen Yu! What are you doing?!" Mrs. Zhen was startled by the smashing of the bowl by Zhen Yu, her heart pounding!

She was so shocked by what followed from Zhen Yan that she couldn’t even bother being amazed.

Not amazed is not amazed.

But however! But indeed!

Mrs. Zhen was furious!

Such behavior by her children was a blatant disrespect to her face! Mrs. Zhen was just about to open her mouth to scold them again for the sake of her dignity, but Zhen Yu suddenly stood her ground and said with a voice as solid as a rock, "The Gu Family’s meal! Forgive my brother and me; we cannot afford it!!"

Gu’s father had a purple face, but he remained seated without moving. Not just him, but also Xiao Gu and Gu Qing, they all buried their heads into their chests, silent.

Such a posture by the Gu Family! Zhen Yu saw right through it! Clearly, they wanted to sit back and watch the mother and daughter of the Zhen Family fight among themselves!

And indeed, Mrs. Zhen fulfilled the expectations of the Gu Family, immediately saying, "Zhen Yu! Apologize to your Uncle Gu right now!"

Zhen Yu looked her mother in the eye and said, "Mom! One can’t be too foolish! Being used as a pawn by the Gus! Turning against your own children! You really are... Heh! From now on, take care of yourself! Unless it’s a matter of life and death, there’s no need to contact me and my brother again!"

"Zhen Yan! Let’s go!"

Zhen Yan clenched his teeth fiercely! However, he still opened his mouth to plead one more time!

"Mom! If you can’t stand it anymore, come back! My sister and I can take care of you!"

Mrs. Zhen felt a sharp pain in her chest from her son’s words suggesting separation! Yet, her children didn’t even look back at her, turning around and walking away in unison.

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"Zhen Yu!! Aren’t you too heartless? That’s your own mother!" Gu Qing couldn’t hold back and sharply criticized Zhen Yu.

Zhen Yu pondered for a moment but still stopped in her tracks. However, she didn’t turn around, and just with her back facing everyone said, "From now on, my brother and I from the Zhen family will go our separate ways from ’all’ people named Gu! Never to interact in life or death!"

Mrs. Zhen immediately exclaimed in shock, "Xiao Yu!!"

"If you have married into the Gu Family, you are now a Gu housewife! As the old saying goes—when the father dies, the mother remarries, everyone fends for themselves! From now on, you only need to manage your own life!" Zhen Yu’s tone was calm, devoid of any emotion. As her words fell, silence filled the room.

Zhen Yu waited for a while, and seeing that indeed no one else spoke up, she said: "...Well then, that’s that."

Mrs. Zhen’s body trembled, and her face turned ashen in an instant! Her son... actually didn’t stand with her! He just accepted it like that!

Gu’s father was so frightened that he immediately stood up to support her and also didn’t dare to let Zhen Yu continue speaking! He opened his mouth to usher them out, saying, "Alright! Since it’s like this, you two hurry up and leave! You are not welcome here!"

The moment Zhen Yan heard this, he turned his head fiercely in anger!

"Damn it,"

Zhen Yu didn’t need to look back to know Mrs. Zhen was very angry, and certainly, Gu’s father must be worried about the child in Mrs. Zhen’s belly! Zhen Yu, in fact, also feared that her mother would truly become upset, so she immediately grabbed her brother, gave him a significant look, and said in a solemn voice, "Let’s go!"

Zhen Yan’s chest heaved several times, but ultimately he swallowed the frustration and followed his sister out of the wonton restaurant.

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Even if they parted on bad terms, dinner still had to be eaten. The siblings casually found a noodle shop for a quick bite, then returned to the Han Family’s store.

Zhen Yan silently locked the front door of the main hall from the inside and then turned to go upstairs!

Zhen Yu suddenly called out, "Brother!"

Her call made Zhen Yan stop in his tracks, but he did not turn around.

"Are you angry with me? Why?" Zhen Yu was somewhat confused about why her brother was dissatisfied with her.

Seeing that Zhen Yan was refusing to make a sound, Zhen Yu had no choice but to guess on her own. "Are you... blaming me for creating a scene?"

Zhen Yan didn’t respond.

"...or are you blaming me for being too cold-hearted and ruthless to our mom?"

Still no response!

God damn it, "guys shouldn’t guess what girls are thinking!" But trying to guess what guys are thinking is just as freaking impossible!

In her anger, Zhen Yu chose to speak up directly: "Zhen Yan!"

Zhen Yan was startled by his sister’s shout and turned around all of a sudden! And it was a good thing he did...

"Hey! Little sister, don’t kick me... Listen! Did Gu Qing bully you at school?"

"Huh?" Zhen Yu had just begun to fight back when she suddenly stopped! She asked with a frown, "Me, bullied by her?"

Where did that come from!?

But as soon as she asked this question, Zhen Yan immediately started to play the victim! "You never tell me anything that happens at school! You don’t treat me like your brother at all!"

Zhen Yan had thought he would receive his sister’s consolation, but straight-talking Yu suddenly made an appearance!

"I don’t treat you as a brother."

Zhen Yan felt a sting in his nose, immediately feeling heartbroken!

And then Zhen Yu followed up with another comment!

"I’ve been raising you like you’re my younger brother!"

All right then! Now Zhen Yan felt no heartache at all! He roared and lunged at Zhen Yu! "Zhen Yu! I am your brother! Not your little brother!"

Zhen Yu immediately met him head-on without showing any weakness! "Win a fight against me, then I’ll call you brother!"

"This is your own words! Today I won’t hold back anymore..."

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Compared to the carefree Zhen siblings at this moment, the atmosphere at the Gu Family’s store was dead and gloomy.

Mrs. Zhen didn’t say a word, just sitting and shedding tears. Gu’s father, worried about the baby in her belly, had no choice but to coax her with a patient and soft voice!

Xiao Gu was very astute, already getting tools to clean up the aftermath. Gu Qing sat in a corner sulking alone. While she pulled at the corners of the cushion, she was seething with resentment in her heart, "Excessive! So excessive! This is just too much!"

There really are all kinds of people in this world! Zhen Yu, she didn’t even give face to her own mother! Who in the future could handle her!

At first, when her father mentioned remarriage, Gu Qing thought this new stepmother was quite formidable! She seemed to control everything inside and outside the house! Gu’s father even said, although it was Zhen Yu’s ideas that were making money, but as Zhen Yu was young after all, wasn’t it always Cheng who was doing the actual business and collecting money!

But later... it truly turned out to be all for nothing!

No, that’s not right! After the takeout business was transferred to the Gu surname, the stepmother could only ’produce an egg’!

"Today, I have truly witnessed it! This Cheng is just a paper tiger! Totally useless!"

Thinking this, Gu Qing snorted disdainfully through her nose without any attempt to hide it.

"Hmph!!"

Gu’s father gave his upset daughter a sidelong glance, and when he turned back to face Mrs. Zhen, there was a slight look of disdain between his brows.

On the surface, he was still cooing soft, soothing words, but inside he was already very impatient!

If it weren’t for the sake of the ’son’, Gu’s father really freaking wanted to stop pandering and just walk away! The thought that kept turning over and over in his mind was clear!

Useless as chicken ribs! Truly freaking tasteless...