Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Expelling Soone Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Expelling Soone They walked directly into the house after passing through the main gate, as the courtyard was empty.
Zhang Huishu was sitting on the sofa, reading a newspaper, or to be more precise, she was following Yang Jia’s novel.
Seeing them return didn’t surprise her, and she stood up with the air of a hostess, “Brother Lu has co back. Please, sit wherever you like; I’ll go pour you so water.”
Gu Pan had never seen anyone with such thick skin, and such a short mory at that. It seed she had completely forgotten what had happened just two days ago. Lu Ruisheng’s hit had definitely caused Lu Ruiming to break a bone, and yet now, she acted as if nothing had happened. This woman had so nerve.
Lu Jianguo imdiately interrupted her, “I ca back to give you the keys to the new house you’re renting. You should move out now, I need to get back to my own ho.”
Zhang Huishu had no intention of leaving, “Big brother, this house is so big, and it’s wasted on just one person. They both have their own hos and can’t live here either. If we stay, we can dine together; it saves you the trouble of cooking alone.”
Lu Jianguo said, “My ho isn’t for you to arrange. I’m just informing you that you need to move out, right now, imdiately.”
Gu Pan actually approved of her father-in-law’s approach. He didn’t bother explaining himself—just straight to evicting them. Very refreshing.
Just then, Lu Ruiming ca out, leaning on crutches, “It was your son who injured , wasn’t it? Shouldn’t you take responsibility for ? And, Uncle, aren’t you my father’s own brother? Can’t you even keep a bit of sentint for family?”
Lu Jianguo laughed, “I am not your father’s own brother. I only have one brother, nad Lu Jianshe. I have no sentint for you. And isn’t your injury self-inflicted? I didn’t make you go to jail with your injuries; consider it cutting you so slack.”
Of course, he wouldn’t say that sending soone to jail would add pressure to the base. There was no need to let him mooch food and heal for free inside; it was better to let him move to a bungalow and start suffering sooner. Without money, injured, and two people incapable of anything, even eating would be a problem for them. That was the real punishnt.
Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng hadn’t anticipated Lu Jianguo to be so cunning, but they quite liked it.
In fact, Gu Pan was even more curious. Since the apocalypse, how did those two manage to survive? Such detestable people, and yet they held on until Lu Jianguo went to pick them up, and even their clothes looked quite nice. It couldn’t be that simple, could it?
What other secrets did they harbor? It surely wasn’t as straightforward as it appeared, so just as her father-in-law said, pressuring them would naturally make them start exposing clues. That was indeed a good strategy.
Zhang Huishu looked pitifully at Lu Jianguo with innocent eyes, “Big brother, are you really so heartless as to let us die?”
Lu Jianguo said, “The base has its laws; don’t speak nonsense. You have hands and feet; if you can’t survive, that’s not our problem.”
Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng nodded in agreent, their father really made a good point. Suddenly, they both felt there was truth in the saying, “The older, the wiser.”
Lu Jianguo, seeing the admiration in his son and daughter-in-law’s eyes, swelled with confidence, a proud look on his face.
Infuriated, Lu Ruiming said, “Just wait, I will surely make grandfather deal with you.”
After speaking, he turned to Zhang Huishu, “Mom, we don’t need their rented house. Can’t believe it, are we unable to live without them?”
Zhang Huishu seed to want to say more, but Lu Ruiming, with a strong sense of pride, went back to his room to pack.
Gu Pan handed the rental contract to Zhang Huishu, “Don’t say we left you to sleep on the streets. The base wouldn’t treat anyone like that. This house is rented for you by the Base Commander. Whether you live there is up to you.”
Zhang Huishu took the contract without looking to see where the house was and followed Lu Ruiming. They closed the door, and it was unclear what they discussed, but in a short while, Zhang Huishu ca out and then went upstairs to pack.
Gu Pan and the others sat down in the living room. Gu Pan took out three bottles of coffee from her bag and handed one to each. They sat, drinking and talking.
Lu Jianguo was no longer surprised by his daughter-in-law pulling out unusual items. The two of them were indeed impressive, bringing back more than just necessities. To speak of it, it was quite bourgeois.
Those unaware might think they don’t know how to live properly, but Lu Jianguo knew better. Soone who could store so much before the acid rain was no short-sighted person. The good stuff they hid was most likely all outside the base, and there was probably a lot of it.
About half an hour later, Zhang Huishu ca down with two suitcases in tow.
Lu Ruiming had long since packed up and hurried out when he heard the noise, saying to Zhang Huishu, “Mom, let’s go.”
Zhang Huishu still left herself a glimr of hope, speaking to Lu Jianguo, “Big brother, we’re moving out for now. Perhaps there’s been a misunderstanding between us. Once things calm down, I still hope we can all get along well as a family.”
Lu Jianguo replied with a firm boundary, “It’s not a misunderstanding, so there’s nothing to calm down. From now on, you go your way, and I’ll go mine. Take care, but I won’t see you out.”
Before Zhang Huishu could say anything more, Lu Ruiming had already grabbed her arm, leaning on his crutch, and began moving forward, “Mom, if we’re going to leave, we’re going to leave with dignity.”
Gu Pan couldn’t help but laugh. Dignity? She wondered if they would be crying in a few days.
Zhang Huishu, looking worried, gave Lu Jianguo one more gaze, her eyes filled with tenderness and reluctance, and then, with teary eyes, followed Lu Ruiming out.
Lu Ruiming, leaning on the crutch and with a backpack on, supporting Zhang Huishu with one hand, moved quite quickly. You could even say he hopped along quite briskly.
After they left, Gu Pan said, “Dad, I’ll go back and grab so cleaning supplies and tidy up the house.”
It would be more convenient since they lived close by and had a vacuum cleaner at ho.
Lu Jianguo replied, “Let Ruisheng do it. Why should you carry such heavy things?”
Ruisheng thought to himself, she couldn’t bring them if she didn’t go—her vacuum cleaner was in her ‘Space’…
Gu Pan suggested, “Dad, why don’t you co over to our place, too? We can get the tools together.”
Lu Jianguo naturally had no objections, “Alright, I also wanted to familiarize myself with where you live.”
The three of them locked up and headed to Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng’s ho.
It wasn’t far, they didn’t even need to take the main road; just through two alleyways, it was a re three to five minutes’ walk.
Upon entering the yard, Lu Ruisheng said, “We haven’t had the chance to clean up the yard yet. During the upcoming idle ti, we’re planning to build a greenhouse and try planting so vegetables. I know a place where the soil hasn’t been contaminated.”
Because what followed was the polar day, it would suffice to use blackout curtains at night. However, that wouldn’t do during the polar night since they couldn’t rely on a generator to provide a light source continuously.
Lu Jianguo advised, “If you have any technical questions, go ask the experts in the base’s greenhouse.”
Gu Pan quickly agreed, “Right,” since indeed it would be a sha not to utilize such a great resource.
After they entered the house, Gu Pan went upstairs first to tuck away items not ant for others to see into her ‘Space’, then Lu Ruisheng took Lu Jianguo upstairs for a tour.
Lu Jianguo was already pleased with his son and daughter-in-law, and looking around the house, he felt even more content.
After a tour, they took the tools back to Lu Jianguo’s house, cleaned up thoroughly, threw away the things Zhang Huishu and Lu Ruiming hadn’t taken, and then replaced all the locks in the house.
In the evening, they cooked dinner together at the house and ate. Afterward, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng went back to their own ho.
Just as they got ho, a young man riding a bicycle, drenched in sweat, caught up to them, calling out, “Wait up, Brother Lu.”
It was still light outside, despite being late, when they arrived ho.
So Lu Ruisheng looked over and quickly recognized him—it was Xiao Lin, the deputy head of the base’s gate guards.
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