Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 99: Fainted from Anger Again

Su Shuochi gave Gu Jinghua a deep look. "Jiaojiao bought you new clothes last time. Want to change into them?"

"I’ll go upstairs and change."

Gu Jinghua knew his brother-in-law was blatantly showing his disapproval, but he also knew it wasn’t because he disliked them living at the Su family’s home.

Rather, he disapproved of Gu Jinghua’s lack of drive, which was making Jiaojiao worry.

’Jiaojiao can definitely tell I’m weighed down by worry. I shouldn’t overthink things so much.’

But that was an eighteen-year bond between a brother and sister. How could he just forget it in an instant!

Weren’t Sheng Shijing and Sheng Shiwu also trying every way they could to come to the Su family home and see Jiaojiao?

Lost in thought, Gu Jinghua changed his clothes. The white Dacron shirt looked like it was tailor-made for him.

The man in the mirror looked a bit more spirited, and Gu Jinghua’s mood improved considerably.

Seeing her eldest son walk downstairs looking so full of life, Mrs. Gu’s eyes lit up.

"Jinghua, you look so much better! You all should walk slowly; Jiaojiao doesn’t get out of school for another hour or so."

"Don’t worry, Mom." Seeing his mother happy, Gu Jinghua felt a little more at ease himself.

Geng Ruixian went with them as well. Although his health was poor, it was still a tiny bit better than Gu Jinghua’s.

Besides, he felt it would be awkward to stay at home alone with his friend’s wife.

That afternoon, Su Shuochi had intimidated some people on the road—precisely the group that loved to gossip the most.

They would wait for Su Shuochi to leave before spreading rumors wildly, so everyone in the compound knew not to casually gossip about him.

So, when everyone saw Su Shuochi slowly making his way down the main road with a few strangers...

...they suppressed their burning desire to gossip, especially upon seeing the sickly-looking Geng Ruixian and Gu Jinghua.

They couldn’t wait to start discussing it the moment Su Shuochi was gone, but they were all terrified of him.

So, from a great distance, they all turned onto side paths.

Someone who was walking too slowly had no choice but to brace themselves and greet him. "Commander Su, is that Jiaojiao’s grandfather, Mr. Gu, and Eldest Brother Gu?"

"That’s her grandfather and older brother. My father-in-law went to his stall. This is a friend of my father-in-law."

’My father-in-law isn’t nearly that old!’ Su Shuochi made a point of explaining to the passerby.

"You must be on your way to pick up Jiaojiao from school. I won’t hold you up then, I’ll be going."

"Mm."

After speaking, the person who had greeted them scurried away.

Gu Jinghua saw the pedestrians deliberately avoiding him. ’Am I really that scary?’ he wondered.

’So what if my complexion is a bit sallow and I look a little haggard? Is that any reason to avoid me like the plague?!’

A bitter feeling welled up inside him. His steps felt exceptionally heavy, as if he could barely lift his feet.

"Grandpa, Uncle Geng, would you two like to go rest on that bench for a bit?"

Geng Ruixian was also a bit tired after walking for a while. "Jinghua, let’s go wait for Jiaojiao over there."

"Okay, you two go rest over there for a bit. Shuo Ci and I will go to the school gate to get Jiaojiao."

Old Sir Gu didn’t feel tired at all; he just wanted to pick up his granddaughter from school.

Su Shuochi maneuvered his wheelchair, trying to keep the speed slow so that his wife’s grandfather could keep up.

The people on the side paths perked up their ears, and as soon as Su Shuochi was far enough away, they gathered together to gossip.

No one noticed Geng Ruixian and Gu Jinghua heading for the bench right next to them.

"Oh my god! Eldest Brother Gu really is just skin and bones. It’s such a tragic sight."

"Hah! My younger cousin’s older male cousin’s female cousin said the Gu Family saved all the good food in their house for Sheng Yueyue."

"What a pity, they raised an ungrateful wretch. Sigh! And to think we used to misunderstand Jiaojiao and think *she* was the ungrateful one."

"Jiaojiao risked her life to save Aunt Sheng several times. How could she possibly be an ungrateful wretch?"

"Exactly. Look at the entire Gu Family living at the Su family’s place. The Su family must be doing it for Jiaojiao’s sake."

"Even Mr. Gu’s friend is staying there. Commander Su is such a magnanimous man!"

"It’s a good thing the Su family makes a lot of money from their stall every day, otherwise how could they afford to support so many people?"

"I heard Eldest Brother Gu has to take medicine, and it costs even more than what’s spent on Commander Su."

"How do you know all this in such detail?"

"My daughter is colleagues with the Zhou family’s eldest daughter. That Zhou girl has a crush on Su the Cripple, so she’s always leaning over her balcony watching their house."

"You guys should stop talking about the Su family. Commander Su is not someone we can afford to provoke."

Someone in the crowd offered a reminder, but the passion for gossip wouldn’t die down, so another person immediately changed the subject.

"Did you guys hear? That ungrateful wretch from the Sheng Family was exposed in a public notice this morning."

"Of course, I heard! How could I not? My son goes to their school."

Geng Ruixian and Gu Jinghua were standing right behind the gossiping crowd, hearing every single word clearly.

Gu Jinghua didn’t feel much upon hearing the first part of the conversation; it was all true.

The Su family was indeed taking care of the Gu Family with good food and drink for Jiaojiao’s sake.

But when he heard that Sheng Yueyue was publicly exposed, his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat’s claws. He was desperate to know what had happened.

"What was Sheng Yueyue exposed for?" Gu Jinghua couldn’t help but ask.

"You don’t even know about this?"

"No, I haven’t been out today. I haven’t heard anything."

"Well, let me tell you. Everyone in the whole compound knows that Sheng Yueyue has been skipping class to ’taste the forbidden fruit’ with Song Zijin in the woods."

The person spoke with great animation, as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.

"Everyone at school knows because the two of them were caught in the act by a teacher."

"Sigh, how can our compound have someone so shameless? It must have angered the Sheng couple half to death."

"Isn’t that the truth? Hah, kids raised on a farm just have no class, no upbringing, no sense of shame."

"THUD—"

Gu Jinghua, who was already in low spirits, was so incensed that he fainted on the spot.

Geng Ruixian’s body was also very weak, and he couldn’t possibly catch him, so Gu Jinghua collapsed spectacularly at the fork in the road.

Geng Ruixian never would have imagined that Gu Jinghua would faint from anger over his adoptive sister’s shamelessness.

If he had known this would happen, he would have grit his teeth and gone to the school gate to pick up Jiaojiao. By now, Gu Jinghua was completely unconscious.

Geng Ruixian roared weakly, "You’ve angered him to death! Aren’t you going to hurry up and get Su Shuochi?!"

The gossips: ...

After exchanging a glance, they vanished as if they were fleeing for their lives. Who would dare summon Su Yama?

If Su Yama found out that they were the ones who had angered his brother-in-law to the point of collapse, they wouldn’t live to see another day.

Geng Ruixian looked at Gu Jinghua on the ground, then glanced around. Not a single person was left.

Just as he was growing frantic, a resonant baritone voice called out, "What happened? What’s going on here?"

"Comrade, do you know Su Shuochi? Could you please do me a favor and find him on the road up ahead?"

"I know Su Shuochi. Who’s this on the ground?"

"It’s Su Shuochi’s brother-in-law. A group of people was just saying his adoptive sister has no shame, and it made Jinghua faint from anger."

Mr. Sheng: ...

He had spent the entire afternoon at work enduring the strange looks from his colleagues. He couldn’t stand it anymore, so he had left work early.

’Where did this old man come from, twisting the knife in my heart like this!’