50: Chapter 50 Unworthy of You 50: Chapter 50 Unworthy of You “Pig Hu, how can you talk to my second uncle like that?”
“Hey, you little brat, all that preaching was for nothing, you turn your back on the mont things go south.
You ungrateful wretch, watch …
Ow ow ow, stop stop stop, my old arms and legs can’t take disassembling…”
Watching the two of them causing a commotion again, Ye Tian smiled, looked at Yue, and said, “Let’s go.”
Even though the old man had told Ye Tian to co take a look, he didn’t say others couldn’t co along.
Hesitating, Zhang Houtu still let them in the car.
Worst case scenario, he would just drop them off at the entrance and let Ye Tian enter alone.
It was probably because of Zhang Houtu’s deadpan face that, aside from Yue speaking up a few tis, no one else took the initiative to say anything during the ride—including Shen Jingwei and Pig Hu, who are usually at each other’s throats.
This lasted until they entered the Church’s vicinity, when Pig Hu mumbled to himself, “All these years, and nothing’s changed.”
Yue gave him a cold look, still angry about what had happened just now at the precinct’s entrance.
A woman’s resentnts are indeed petite, able to store a lifeti’s worth of tiny grievances like sesa seeds and green beans.
As the car entered the backyard, Zhang Houtu and Yue went inside the building.
Ye Tian and the other two stayed outside, with Pig Hu unapologetically sitting on the car’s roof.
Shen Jingwei followed suit, while Ye Tian leaned on the side, calmly surveying the surroundings.
This was an old habit left over from years on the battlefield, hard to break.
By the ti Yue and Zhang ca out, Ye Tian had already ntally calculated the building’s best sniping positions, tactical squad movents, optimal cover, pri demolition points, and retreat routes.
“Old Master Gu wants you all to co in.” Zhang Houtu glanced at Ye Tian and then at the two unabashed fellows on the car roof.
Old Master Gu wanted to see Ye Tian—this, he could understand.
But he couldn’t fathom why he would want to see these other two.
From all angles, these two didn’t seem like significant figures.
Could it really just be that Old Master Gu, cooped up inside, simply wanted to liven things up with their presence?
“Big dummy, stop staring.
You can’t figure out why your old man wants to see , can you?
Heh heh, I’ll tell you straight… I don’t know either.”
Zhang Houtu’s expression changed, growing colder, “Show so respect to Old Master Gu!”
Seeing the mood turn sour, Pig Hu took off and was the first to bolt into the building.
Ye Tian, smiling, patted Yue’s shoulder, motioning him not to worry, then waved his hand and walked inside with Shen Jingwei.
Gu Canghai saw the three n enter, took off his reading glasses, looked left and right, and said, “Not many people co here, so there are no chairs.
Sorry to trouble you three, but you’ll have to stand.”
“What kind of treatnt is this?
You invite us in then make us stand to talk?
This big property of yours can’t even afford chairs?
Are you intentionally ssing with us?” Pig Hu was always the first to comnt.
“Hu Xiaoye, I can’t believe that after all these years, that foul temper of yours hasn’t changed a bit.
I still have your record here, the case of the grave robbery at Emperor Shi’s Tomb.
You were lucky to escape quick as you did, otherwise I would’ve been the first to have you executed!”
At those words, Pig Hu exploded like a bomb, jumping up, “Now you bring that up!
If it weren’t for foreseeing trouble, your whole squad wouldn’t have been enough for reimbursent.
How’s the military district doing?
What can modern weaponry do?
I told you, one can’t underestimate the cunning of an emperor.
And you talk about executing ?
Old Gu, you should have so conscience when you speak.”
Ye Tian was taken aback—is it possible these two knew each other?
Noticing Ye Tian’s confusion, Gu Canghai said, “Yes, we know each other, or I wouldn’t have invited him here.
Sigh, let’s not bring up the past.
Let’s talk about now.
Hu Xiaoye, what do you think of him?”
Pig Hu dusted off the dirt from his clothes and sat down on the floor, “Not bad.
With a little polishing, he might turn out to be soone.
But this kid’s got too much on his shoulders.
Otherwise, he would have turned out exceptional.”
Gu Canghai nodded and turned to Ye Tian, “Boy, if it weren’t for my granddaughter, I wouldn’t even know who you are.
But having learned about you, I regret not being better off in ignorance.
While I don’t know the specifics of your troubles, one thing I’m sure of is that you’re always looking for opportunities.
I’ve seen many like you in my years of commanding troops.
Those climbing the ranks—soldiers, sergeants, battalion and company officers, they all struggle step by step.
So offer bribes, so pull strings—I’ve seen it all.
But I can’t seem to see right through you.
However, I do know that you’re not of bad nature.
That’s enough for .
Children and grandchildren will have their own destinies.
Though I won’t ddle in specific situations, I will keep an eye on the broader strategies.
Whether you want to leverage the power of the Gu Family or find a shortcut to fulfill your responsibilities, I’ll tell you one thing, don’t betray your own heart.”
Ye Tian nodded, then shook his head, “I understand what you’re saying, but…
Sorry, I don’t deserve Yue; I have no designs on the Gu Family.”
“Uncle, what’s wrong with you?
Didn’t everything go well on this trip?” Shen Jingwei saw that Ye Tian’s mood was off and looked up at him.
Gu Canghai sighed, “Another stubborn one.”
With a “creak”, the door opened.
It was Yue, and the clichéd storyline happened abruptly.
When Tang Jiaoqian questioned Yue about whether she liked Ye Tian, her answer was no.
In school, she was recognized as the campus beauty, with countless suitors, including so standout young n, but she was not interested in any of them.
Perhaps influenced by her military family background, Yue always found those so-called handso guys at school lacking a certain masculine vigor.
And those society thugs who got into fights seed to her nothing but rash and rely bouncers.
Only Ye Tian, graceful yet with the bearing of a military commander, neither reckless like young punks nor subservient like the scholarly types.
Though she denied it, the mont she heard Ye Tian’s words, “I don’t deserve her,” resentnt—or perhaps hate—stirred in her heart.
Tang Su had once told her that when you say you love soone, it may not be true, but when you say you hate soone, that’s almost invariably love.
Seeing Yue enter from outside, Gu Canghai glanced over at Zhang Houtu standing behind her, scratching his head in difficulty, speechless and looking pitiful.
Old Master Gu couldn’t be bothered to scold him, “Yue, go see your mother first, I’ll call you back in a bit.”
Yue looked at her grandfather, then at Ye Tian, her eyes brimming with tears, “Brother Tian, tell , is it because you’ve seen my family that you feel you don’t deserve ?”
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