“Wife of Liao Qi, what are you trying to
say?” At the end of the day, they were still seeing him as a burden and not
want to have anything to do with him! Gu Xiao snickered within himself. He was
glad he changed into old clothes in town and wrapped the gold that he brought
with him in worn out cloth. It was that easy to see a person’s true colors.
Mrs. Gu grabbed Gu Ming, dragged him next
to her and continued, “Fifth Uncle, you said my husband father has an oral
agreement with you way back when and we are not going to go back on our words.
We will compensate you with a son! This is the eldest son in our family, he
will be turning 12 after the new year. He was better than some adults when it
comes to working. Look, he’s not too old, you can still bond with him as if he
is your own. You have a limp in your leg, he was just the right age to take
care of you, what do you say?”
“Well, what do you say, little boy?” Gu
Xiao noticed that the body wasn’t too emotional being “sold” by his stepmother.
He merely looked at a corner of the house. He looked at the same direction as
him and find a scrawny little girl standing there.
Seeing that everybody’s attention was
focused on him, Gu Ming frowned slightly. He didn’t replied the old man right
away but looked over at where Gu Qiao was and asked nonchalantly, “Dad, is it
also your wish to have Fifth Grandpa adopt me?”
Ever since they returned from the town,
Gu Qiao noticed that his son was no longer on the same side as him. He always
had his guard up like he was facing a thief and that the damned girl was his
only family. If he was not going to be his son anymore, he might as well take
his place as the adopted son to repay him for raising him all these years.
Thinking of that, Gu Qiao said with faked
concern, “Ming-er, even after you are adopted, you will still be my great son.
Understand that dad... doesn’t have any options either!”
Gu Ming didn’t have too much hope to
begin with so naturally there weren’t a lot of disappointment either. He said
nonchalantly, “I get it. But… dad, once I have adopted I will be someone else’s
son. Even if I still want to see you as my father I’ll need to have Fifth
Grandpa’s consent. By then you will only be my “Seventh Uncle”, and that will
be that!”
Gu Qiao’s lips moved a bit, but at the
end he did not say a word to try and keep him.
Gu Ming lowered his eyes so nobody could
see his disappointment. When he looked up again, it was only clarity in his
eyes. He looked straight at Gu Xiao and said with determination, “Fifith
Grandpa, I am willing to be your adopted child, but I have a condition?”
“Oh? What condition?” A shred of
curiosity flashed passed Gu Xiao’s eyes.
“Adopt my sister too! Don’t worry, I can
support her. My sister is very obedient and hardworking, she won’t be a burden
to you.” There was a sense of urgency in Gu Ming’s voice. He looked at Gu Xiao
pleadingly while awaiting his answer.
After Gu Xiao entered the village, he had
asked around about Gu Qiao’s family. He wasn’t too thrill to learn about him
and his wife being abusive to the two children from his late wife. As the
saying goes, even a vile tiger won’t eat its own young. Truth be told, he’d be
worried to have an adoptive son like that!
That being said, even though there were
some complications surrounding the adoption issue, he was quite happy with the
outcome after all. This child was way better than his father. Even at his young
age he knew to take care of his sister; he was certainly a man with a sense of
responsibility!
“Okay! Let’s do it then!” Gu Xiao looked
at the clan leader and smiled, “May I trouble Second Brother to pick a good day
and time so I can officially adopt these two kids? I will go into town tomorrow
to take care of the paperwork!”
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Thanks for the chapter! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween to you too! ^__^
DeleteI think their lives will be much better now.
ReplyDeleteYup, yup! It sure will. You have (as a reader) made it to the part when MC's life started to go up and up. ^__^
DeleteThank you
ReplyDeleteHurray! `\ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ/`
ReplyDeleteWell, because they are such greedy and opportunists, they missed their chance to leech on that rich old man.
ReplyDeleteWhile the siblings gained such fortunes instead.
Now that's a great brother
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