Time Travel Article: My parents divorced at the beginning

Chapter 200: Meeting Chen Qingxue by Chance & Exposing Himself

Chen Mingzhu had just received a big red envelope from Gu Qingyu and was now well off, so as soon as she entered the department store, she became as excited as a fish entering the sea.

"Qingyu, just pick whatever you want. Consider it your back-to-school gift from me!" Chen Mingzhu patted her chest, pointed at the items on the counter, and said to Gu Qingyu generously.

Hearing this, Gu Qingyu looked at Chen Mingzhu's ostentatious appearance with amusement, and said teasingly, "Really? Anything is fine, then I won't be soft-hearted!"

Chen Mingzhu looked at Gu Qingyu's malicious smile and quickly begged for mercy, "Well, you know the state of my wallet, so be gentle!"

Gu Qingyu looked at Chen Mingzhu's heartbroken expression and laughed helplessly, "Okay, I was just teasing you!"

"We don't care about these things. Just keep your money for yourself!"

Chen Mingzhu was not happy after hearing this. She said to Gu Qingyu, "That won't do. I can't take back what I've said. You must pick a gift today!"

Gu Qingyu looked at Chen Mingzhu who was arguing with her, shook her head helplessly, and then pointed to a pen on the counter and said, "Why don't you give me a pen? I'll need it when school starts!"

Chen Mingzhu looked at the pen that Gu Qingyu pointed at and frowned in dissatisfaction. It was too cheap!

Seeing this, Gu Qingyu quickly added, "I won't accept anything else. I just want this pen."

Seeing Gu Qingyu's firm attitude, Chen Mingzhu didn't say anything else!

Although Gu Qingyu's new home is right at the back gate of Peking University, Peking University has a rule that freshmen must live on campus, so she has to prepare a set of toiletries and leave them at school.

The two of them went to the department store, following the shopping list they had drawn up at home. After finally buying everything on the list, Gu Qingyu was too tired to talk.

Just when Gu Qingyu was about to find a place to rest, Chen Mingzhu suddenly grabbed Gu Qingyu's arm, pointed at a few people not far away and said, "Qingyu, do you think that person is your stepmother?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyu turned her head and looked in the direction Chen Mingzhu pointed, and saw two elderly ladies opposite her, who were shopping with several young people. It seemed that they were also preparing for the start of school. One of the women with short hair and glasses was Gu Qingyu's stepmother, Chen Qingxue.

However, Gu Qingyu's attention was focused on those young people. She had recognized that they were Gu Tingchao and the Liu sisters whom she had met outside the examination room before.

But Gu Qingyu didn’t understand why Chen Qingxue was hanging out with these people.

Seeing Gu Qingyu staring at the opposite side, Chen Mingzhu couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Qingyu, is this your stepmother?"

"Yes, it's her!"

"Who is the person next to her?" Chen Mingzhu asked curiously.

Gu Qingyu shook her head when she heard that, "Me neither..." She stopped short before she could finish her answer.

She just suddenly thought of a possibility, that the strange woman might be Lin Juemin's confidante.

Isn’t it said that Chen Qingxue and that woman are distant sisters? If you think about it this way, it is really possible.

If this is the case, then Gu Tingchao's identity is worth pondering. I wonder if Young Master Lin knows that he has a half-brother.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingyu whispered to Chen Mingzhu, "Let's quietly go over and listen to what they are saying?"

Huh? Chen Mingzhu looked at Gu Qingyu in confusion, not knowing why he suddenly became excited. "Ah? Are you really going?"

"Yeah!" Gu Qingyu nodded affirmatively and said to Chen Mingzhu, "I have some guesses that I want to confirm. If you don't want to go, just wait for me here."

As he said that, Gu Qingyu let go of Chen Mingzhu's hand and planned to move over quietly.

Seeing this, Chen Mingzhu quickly grabbed Gu Qingyu and said, "Hey, wait, I'll go with you!"

The two people took advantage of the cover of shopping bags and quietly came near Chen Qingxue and others, listening to their conversation.

"Wanwan, Tingchao was admitted to Peking University this time. You can finally have your reward after all the hard work." Chen Qingxue said to the woman opposite with satisfaction.

"There's no such thing as hard work and happiness after all. Even if my Tingchao was admitted to Peking University, wouldn't the Lin family still not let us mother and daughter in?"

Chen Qingxue said soothingly, "Why are you so anxious? The young master next door has already lost his legs. What hope is there for him? Your young master will definitely be relying on our Tingchao to inherit the family business in the future."

After hearing this, Gu Qingyu confirmed his previous guess that Gu Tingchao was indeed a member of the Lin family!

Thinking of the strange-mouthed Liu Qingqing who kept trying to curry favor with Gu Tingchao, Gu Qingyu had a bold guess.

Maybe in Liu Qingqing's memory, this Gu Tingchao really returned to the Lin family to recognize his ancestors.

From this point of view, this unfortunate Young Master Lin must have disappeared in Liu Qingqing's memory due to some accident.

Otherwise, based on the information heard before, the other party's in-laws are so powerful that they will never let Gu Tingchao return to his ancestral home.

Gu Qingyu planned to secretly give the other party a warning. After all, she was planning to use the other party to teach the Gu family a lesson!

After her guess was confirmed, Gu Qingyu didn't plan to hide here any longer. She winked at Chen Mingzhu, and the two of them retreated quietly.

When they were far away, Chen Mingzhu couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked, "Qingyu, did you hear any useful information when you went over there just now?"

"Well, I got some useful information! Do you know who the woman opposite is?" Gu Qingyu asked back.

"Who?"

"Lin Juemin's confidante!"

Chen Mingzhu was surprised when she heard this, "Is that the Lin family you and my brother mentioned last time, Lin Juemin?"

"Yes, it's her! And the boy just now is their illegitimate child!"

"Oh my God!" Chen Mingzhu covered her mouth in surprise, looking at Gu Qingyu in disbelief, and then said, "Judging from the age of that child, these two must have been together for a long time!"

"I didn't realize that the head of the Lin family is such a person."

Chen Mingzhu looked at Gu Qingyu's calm expression and asked curiously, "Aren't you surprised?"

Gu Qingyu shook her head upon hearing this. She said calmly, "Actually, this isn't that unusual. Boss Lin's original wife was General Ren's youngest daughter, so it was a political marriage between the two families."

"No matter how much Boss Lin likes this beauty, he can't possibly tell his ex-wife about his extramarital affair. Otherwise, it would be a slap in the face of the Ren family!"

Chen Mingzhu nodded in understanding. "It seems this woman couldn't hold back and showed up because the lady had passed away."

"That's about it!" Gu Qingyu replied.

Chen Mingzhu sighed deeply after hearing this. She said to Gu Qingyu, "I suddenly feel a little sorry for the young master of the Lin family. He was seriously injured and his legs are broken. His biological father even gave him an illegitimate brother. He's so unlucky!"

Lin Zhao had no idea that two little girls were feeling sorry for him. Since he returned to Beijing, he had been staying at home and recuperating in the courtyard left by his mother.

In fact, his injury is not as serious as rumored by the outside world. Although his leg is broken, it has been reconnected now. If he listens to the doctor and rests well, he will be able to recover to normal condition.

The only bad thing was that the wound that ran across the entire right side of his face was too deep, and the scar left behind would never heal, but for a man, this was nothing.

Lin Zhao is still frightened when he thinks of the injury. At that time, he was sent abroad to carry out a secret mission. When he successfully completed the mission and returned to the border, he was suddenly ambushed by the enemy.

Lin Zhao fought a desperate battle with the enemy on the border. Just when he was about to give up, his teammates who came to support him finally arrived and rescued him.

After emergency treatment, Lin Zhao finally woke up after being in a coma in the hospital for half a month, and thus saved his life.

In fact, when Lin Zhao woke up, there was something on his mind that he had never told anyone.

Just before he was to go on the mission, he suddenly had a strange dream. In the dream, he would be ambushed and die on the border during this mission.

After his death, the dream did not end. In the dream, his father married a new wife shortly after his death and brought the illegitimate son into the Lin family.

From then on, the illegitimate son, who changed his name to Lin Tingchao, was navigating the love-hate relationship between the two sisters.

Lin Zhao didn't believe this dream at first, but after he investigated privately and found out that his father really had a mistress outside, he had to believe it.

So when he set out to carry out the mission, he specifically asked the pick-up person to wait at the border in advance to prevent any accidents.

Fortunately, Lin Zhao made arrangements in advance, otherwise he would have died at the border just like in his dream.

Lin Zhao was enjoying the cool under the shade of a tree in the yard when he saw his subordinate Wang Qiang walking towards him.

"Boss, I have something to tell you. My brothers have been patrolling recently and have noticed that there are always unknown people wandering around our yard."

Lin Zhao frowned upon hearing this, wondering who could be so bored as to actually have someone come over and stare at him. "Have you figured out who it is?"

"They're just a bunch of idiots who were gathering information for people in the Forty-Nine City. I don't know how they targeted us."

When Lin Zhao heard that the people outside were actually a group of hooligans, he crossed out the list of enemies he had just thought of. If it were them, they would definitely not hire such people to do work.

After ruling out these people, the first person Lin Zhao thought of was Gu Wan. After all, if she wanted to marry into the Lin family, the first person she had to deal with was his original son.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhao instructed Wang Qiang, "Don't alert the enemy yet. My brothers have them firmly on their radar. I want to see what these people are up to!"

Just when Gu Qingyu hadn't received a reply for a long time and was getting anxious, the person who was taken out finally brought back news about Lin Zhao.

"We've already found out. The person you're talking about has been living in the courtyard house in Qianfu Lane recently. We've hardly seen him go out!"

Gu Qingyu nodded after hearing this, and then asked, "Is there anyone guarding the yard over there? Have you figured out the schedule there?"

Upon hearing this, the visitor nodded and replied, "It's guarded. There are quite a few burly men living in the yard. We didn't dare get too close!"

"Basically, apart from going out for shopping in the morning, there are always people patrolling the yard."

After finding out the daily routine of that courtyard from these people, Gu Qingyu gritted her teeth and frowned. She didn't expect the other party's security to be so tight. It would not be a good idea to approach rashly.

"Oh, why do I have to take risks on my own!" Gu Qingyu suddenly slapped herself. Why was she so stubborn and ended up in a dead end?

After finding out the other party's address, she can just mail the information to him anonymously!

This is both safe and secure, why didn't she think of it before?

Gu Qingyu felt like she was going to cry because of her own stupidity!

Gu Qingyu acted quickly, packed up the documents, picked up the file bag, and took the bus to the mailbox more than 10 kilometers away from home to mail the documents.

At the same time that Gu Qingyu was sending the information to Lin Zhao, Lin Zhao's men also found out Gu Qingyu's information.

"Boss, I've found out. These idiots were sent by a young woman named Gu Qingyu to find out about you!"

After hearing his subordinate's report, Lin Zhao looked at him with a puzzled look and asked, "Who is this Gu Qingyu? Do I know him?"

Wang Qiang looked at Lin Zhao with a gossipy look on his face and said, "You don't know this person, but you definitely wouldn't guess who this Gu Qingyu is."

"How to say?"

"Gu Qingyu's stepmother and Gu Wan are distant cousins. I heard that they plan to introduce Gu Qingyu to you!" Wang Qiang said to Lin Zhao with a gossipy look on his face.

Wang Qiang's words made Lin Zhao's face turn ugly. He said in a cold tone, "That hand is really long!"

"It seems some people are convinced that I'm doomed, and now they can't wait to interfere in the Lin family's affairs!"

"Boss, I also heard something interesting. It is said that Gu Qingyu and her parents don't have a harmonious relationship. The two sides had a falling out years ago, and now she lives alone outside!"

Wang Qiang's words surprised Lin Zhao. He didn't expect that the relationship between Gu Qingyu and her parents was like this.

Lin Zhao pondered for a moment before slowly speaking, "If that's the case, then they sent someone here to inquire about me. I'm afraid they have other motives!"

Wang Qiang looked at Lin Zhao in confusion and asked, "Boss, what exactly does this guy want to do by asking someone to come here to get information?"

"Since they've already learned all about our situation, let's just wait and see what happens and wait for them to make their move!"

Gu Qingyu didn't know that she had been exposed by Lin Zhao. She was now going to Beijing University to register with her admission letter.