novelraw Chapter 481 "Bonus Chapter: See you again after the New Year".
Chapter 481 "Bonus Chapter: See you again after the New Year".
Chapter 481 "Extra Chapter: We'll Meet Again in a Hundred Years".
China.
By the time Gu Zhiheng was thirty-five, his assets had accumulated to an unbelievable level.
He truly deserves the title of the richest man.
Meng Jingmo came in second, having lost the bet he made years ago.
He was generous, willing to accept defeat, and readily handed out the chips.
"It seems that not putting all your eggs in one basket is still quite useful," he remarked. "Zhiheng, you have a slight edge, but I won't admit defeat. Sooner or later... sooner or later I will surpass you."
Gu Zhiheng's posture was casual and relaxed. "Whatever you want, I'm happy to play along. What are we betting this time?"
"Let me give you two an idea," Lin Zhao interjected.
"What?" Gu Zhiheng looked over.
"Whoever loses will donate to build a hundred Hope Middle Schools in various places, how about that?" Lin Zhao asked.
"I have no objection." Gu Zhiheng does charity work every year, donating amounts that many people cannot earn in a lifetime.
Meng Jingmo received the same instruction from the Lin family.
He nodded in agreement, "Yes, I agree. Aunt's idea is excellent."
"I'm glad you're satisfied," Lin Zhao said with a smile.
Over the years, she has become increasingly lazy and prefers to stay at home watching TV, one show after another, which has damaged her eyesight. Fortunately, she still has a few bottles of magical eye drops in her storage ring. After using them, her vision is restored to normal, and she can see everything clearly without even needing glasses.
"Mom, how about we go to the amusement park? It's newly opened and has lots of interesting rides. Let's go play together," Gu Zhiheng suddenly suggested, remembering the task his father had given him.
"No, thank you." Lin Zhao didn't want to move. "I'm still watching the show. Let's talk about it after I finish watching it."
Gu Zhiheng continued, "Mom, after you finish watching this one, there's another one. When will it end? Go check it out. I'll be right back. It won't interfere with your watching."
Following his father's instructions, Meng Jingmo added, "Yes, let's go take a look. I haven't been to any of the newly opened ones yet."
"Are you two plotting something? It's weird." Lin Zhao squinted, his face full of suspicion.
"You're being too sensitive." Gu Zhiheng knew that her attitude had softened, so he took the bag off the hanger and waited for Lin Zhao to get ready to go out together.
It's nothing, I just wanted my mother to go out for a walk.
"What bad intentions could we possibly have? We just want you to go out and relax."
Lin Zhao's eyes felt slightly dry and she really needed to rest. She stood up and said, "Okay, let's go take a look. It's been a while since I've been out."
The group arrived at a large shopping mall that had been widely reported by major media outlets.
Here you can shop, eat, and enjoy many fun activities, including thrilling rides and rides suitable for children.
Lin Zhao disliked thrilling games, so she didn't join in and watched the younger generation play.
Gu Zhiheng and Meng Jingmo are quite grown up. People who know them outside call them President Gu and President Meng. The two men, with the physiques of male models, stand there in line, making them very conspicuous.
In a short while, Lin Zhao saw three girls approach them and ask for their contact information.
Unfortunately, those two blockheads kept everyone at arm's length.
In two more years I'll be an uncle, time to live with the company!
She shook her head helplessly and continued to outwit the claw machine next to her.
This thing is really fun; she's determined to catch that little polar bear.
Despite failing again, Lin Zhao was not discouraged and continued playing with coins.
No wonder young people love to play this game, it's really great.
After the children finished playing, Lin Zhao, with the help of a young passerby, managed to grab the small toy she wanted.
This passerby was strange. He was wearing a black baseball cap, had a tall and straight figure, and was wearing a mask even though he was indoors. His exposed skin was pale and clean, and his eyes seemed familiar to her.
"Mom, I just saw you talking to someone. Who was that?" Gu Zhiheng asked as he walked over.
"I don't know him. He's a kind young man. He helped me win the claw machine," Lin Zhao explained. She looked in the direction the young man had left, but saw nothing.
It looks so familiar.
Who is it?
"Oh." Knowing that he wasn't a malicious person, Gu Zhiheng felt relieved. Fearing that Lin Zhao would be bored, he said, "Mom, let's go play games. I want to play."
"Sure, whatever you two decide today, I'm all set. This is what you call risking my life to accompany you." Lin Zhao stuffed the little doll he had his eye on into his backpack, still stubbornly insisting.
After they left, a person appeared in the corner, and upon closer inspection, it was the young man who had offered to help Lin Zhao.
He watched from afar, without getting close, and when they left, he followed them without making a sound.
Lin Zhao and his group arrived at the game area.
Each person gets a controller and starts playing.
The games here are all newly introduced, with a wide variety, making them perfect for killing time.
"This game is actually pretty fun, I'll install it at home," Lin Zhao said.
“I’ll arrange it,” Gu Zhiheng replied.
"Having a game room means that when the kids come over, at least they'll have a place to pass the time, and it also prevents them from ruining the flowers and plants I've been carefully tending." As she got older, Lin Zhao became fascinated with farming and planted many flowers at home.
There are also many rare and valuable varieties.
She still has nutrient solution on hand, and anything she plants will survive. Two years ago, someone offered 500,000 yuan for one of her potted plants, but she didn't sell it.
Growing flowers is a hobby, and the sense of accomplishment she feels watching them bloom is indescribable. She wouldn't sell them even for ten million, let alone five hundred thousand. Money is the last thing she lacks.
"The downside is that they'll be reluctant to leave," Gu Zhiheng said bluntly.
"That's true. It doesn't matter. How could Sun Wukong possibly get over the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha? With their parents around, I don't need to worry so much," Lin Zhao said casually.
The moment she spoke, Little Red Riding Hood on the screen fell to her death.
She quickly revived and continued playing.
After playing the game for an hour, Lin Zhao felt stiff all over and finally stood up.
I checked the time; it was getting late.
"Time to go back," she said. "Today went by so fast, I didn't even notice, it just slipped by."
Gu Zhiheng took the coat from Lin Zhao and said with a smile, "Time flies when you're out and about. Mom, if you like it, I'll take you out to play often in the future."
“You’re such a busy person, it’s enough if you can find time to come back and visit me occasionally.” Lin Zhao followed her son outside.
This trip has broadened my horizons.
People should get out and about more often.
Gu Zhiheng sensed something and paused slightly. "Mom, you guys go outside first. I'm going to the restroom."
Lin Zhao waved her hand and walked out of the mall with Meng Jingmo.
*
Gu Zhiheng stopped in front of someone.
"What are you doing following us?" He sized up the person in front of him, a strange feeling rising in his heart, as if he should know this person.
But judging from his face, I've never seen him before.
Something's strange.
Even more bizarrely...
He should have been wary, but subconsciously he felt that this person wouldn't harm them.
"You're so forgetful! You've already forgotten me?" The speaker asked instead of answering. "We've been together day and night. I know what you're thinking. How long has it been? You've already forgotten everything."
Gu Zhiheng had a sudden inspiration.
It was that bastard who took over his body.
He grabbed the man's arm with his right hand, held him tightly, and led him to a deserted place.
"What...what's going on? You've possessed an innocent person's body?!" Gu Zhiheng's face was full of sternness.
That's fierce.
Gu Guaibao remained expressionless. "Now that I am a cultivator, how can I possess another body? It would be bad to get entangled in karma."
He came to eliminate his attachments, not to be tainted by karma.
"Cultivation? It seems you're doing quite well. If you're doing well, why did you come back?" Gu Zhiheng questioned.
"Why are you being so sensitive? It's not because of you." Gu Guaibao said calmly.
"I don't care either." Gu Zhiheng found the scene strange. The person in front of him had fought with him for the body, and was also another version of himself. Yet they were able to have such a calm conversation.
It’s ridiculous.
"Go back, don't worry about me, just pretend you never saw me," said Gu Zhiheng from the Nine Provinces Continent.
It was a wisp of his divine consciousness that came here. He had been here for some time, traveled to many places, and seen that his family was doing well and enjoying the simple pleasures of life. The 'Gu Erzai' who had been trapped in the past broke free of his shackles, and a trace of relief appeared in his dark eyes.
Gu Zhiheng gave him a deep look, curled his lips into a smile, and turned to leave. In his heart, he and 'Gu Erzai' were never the same person. He was quite happy that the other person could break free from his predetermined fate and embark on his own path.
I also hope he will stop thinking about the past, look forward, and walk forward with his head held high.
"Why did it take so long? I was starting to think you'd fallen into the toilet." Lin Zhao handed the coffee to her son.
Gu Zhiheng took the drink, took a sip, and said good-naturedly, "I was delayed by something on the way."
"What happened? Is it resolved?" Lin Zhao asked with concern.
"It's nothing serious," Gu Zhiheng said.
"Okay, let's go back," Lin Zhao urged.
The group got into the car and drove away.
A young man wearing a baseball cap appeared, his dark, deep eyes fixed on the car. He stood there for a long time before disappearing from the spot.
His mother knew that her son had a terrible reputation and deserved to die, but she still gave him a precious talisman to preserve a sliver of his sanity so that he could be reincarnated.
He naturally had to return the favor.
He did something to that little bear—
We will meet again a hundred years from now.
Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Little Sister... I'm waiting for you.
*
Gu Zhiheng felt a sense of relief wash over him, guessing that the so-called cultivator had already left, and his brows and eyes relaxed.
He picked up Gu Zhiyao and Ning Xiao's little tyrant and put him on his shoulder.
"High, so high!!" The little tyrant was overjoyed, excitedly tugging at Gu Zhiheng's neatly combed hair.
"Be gentle, my little darling, this is real hair!" Gu Zhiheng exclaimed.
Seeing her son acting so naughty, Gu Zhiyao slapped Ning Xiao's arm and said, "You need to control your son."
Ning Xiao stepped onto the stage, his tone gentle yet carrying an air of unyielding authority, "Have you had enough? Didn't I tell you not to pull anyone's hair anymore?"
The child's name is Ning Zhan. He is the youngest of the Gu and Lin families and is spoiled by everyone. He is fearless, except for his father.
Upon hearing this, the fierce expression on her face immediately turned docile. She rubbed her uncle's hair with her little hands and said apologetically, "Second Uncle, I was wrong, please don't be angry."
Gu Zhiheng put the person down, half-squatted down, and pulled out a few strands of his hair.
The child hissed twice in pain, and tears welled up in his big, innocent eyes.
"Does it hurt?"
"It hurts," came the childish, aggrieved reply.
"If you're in pain, I'm in pain too. Are you going to pull people's hair again?" Gu Zhiheng said.
"No, no, no, it hurts," the child said hurriedly.
Explaining a principle a thousand or ten thousand times is not as effective as letting him experience pain.
"Good boy." Gu Zhiheng was best at giving a slap followed by a sweet treat, and immediately said, "I'll buy you a toy tomorrow."
The child's eyes lit up. He didn't hold a grudge at all and snuggled affectionately next to his second uncle, serving him tea and fruit, being very attentive.
Lin Zhao was not used to seeing her usually mischievous grandson suddenly so quiet.
Ning Zhan is a cunning man, and he can't even handle so many people in his family. Lin Zhao is quite grateful that there aren't many children in the family, otherwise she would have suffered a nervous breakdown.
"Zhiyao, keep an eye on Zhanzhan, be careful he's up to something again," Lin Zhao reminded the child's mother.
As the saying goes, "When a child is quiet, he must be up to no good," and this couldn't be more true for Ning Zhan.
“…I know.” Gu Zhiyao was also on high alert.
She originally wanted to have another child, a son, but she was already devastated by having just one, and her desire for a daughter was completely extinguished.
Ning Zhan is a high-energy, high-emotional-needs kid who throws a tantrum at the slightest inconvenience.
Ning Xiao complained, but in reality, he doted on his son like the plague.
Chief Ning is even more so.
He had missed out on his son's growth, and after having a grandson, he treated Ning Zhan exceptionally well, as if to make up for it, giving him everything he wanted.
Before Gu Zhiyao could notice, little Ning Zhan started playing in the mud in the corner.
"Where did the water come from?" Gu Zhiyao went over and tried to pull her son back.
With mud on his nose and bright, round eyes, little Ning Zhan said, "No water, I need to pee."
Gu Zhiyao: "..."
She didn't want to deal with her restless son anymore, so she buried her face in Lin Zhao's arms and sobbed, "Mom, raising children is so hard. You and Dad are so amazing for raising us so well."
Gu Chenghuai said, "It's mainly thanks to your mother; I dare not take credit for it."
"Look at what you're saying, you've done a lot." Lin Zhao smiled, her eyes crinkling. No matter how well she took care of herself, as she got older, fine lines appeared at the corners of her eyes, but that didn't diminish her beauty.
"Let him be," Gu Chenghuai said to Gu Zhiyao. "Which boy doesn't play in the mud when he's little? Let him play. When he's tired of playing, you can take him to wash up."
Gu Zhiyao: "But he uses urine, that's so dirty."
She still plays the hand-biting game with her son every day, but it seems she can't bite anymore.
"After washing, it's still usable," Lin Zhao said with a smile.
Gu Chenghuai nodded.
That's what he meant.
"Alright." Gu Zhiyao didn't care anymore. She looked at Ning Xiao and said, "You can give your son a bath later."
Ning Xiao smiled, "Okay, I'll wash it."
Just then, Qiao Hui answered a phone call. She was overjoyed, and no one knew what the other person said.
"What?! Zhiyu is having a baby?!"
Upon hearing this sound, everyone in the living room turned to look.
Gu Zhiyu and Han Shuang naturally got together and have been married for several years now.
Lin Zhao walked over quickly and took the phone from Qiao Hui.
"Shuangshuang".
Han Shuang smiled as she held the report, "Mom, I'm pregnant. I wanted to tell you the good news as soon as the results came in, but no one answered your cell phone, so I called the landline."
"It was too noisy, I didn't hear the phone ring," Lin Zhao explained, then asked with concern, "How are you feeling? How many months pregnant are you?"
She thought her eldest son's family didn't plan to have children anymore, but she never expected the shock to come so suddenly!
"I'm fine, it's only been a little over two months..." Han Shuang said softly.
"It's good that you're not feeling unwell. I'll pack some food and supplies and send them over to you later. Tell Zhiyu to make sure they're delivered..." Lin Zhao muttered a lot of things to note, but Han Shuang showed no impatience whatsoever.
Lin Zhao didn't plan to take care of her daughter-in-law during her postpartum period. Instead, she paid the full amount of money and even hired two nutritionists to be sent over, with their salaries paid by her.
The third branch of the Gu family finally had an heir, and the Gu family was overjoyed.
Especially Gu's mother.
She clasped her hands together and murmured, "May the Bodhisattva protect me, may the Bodhisattva protect me, I'm finally pregnant, and the third child won't be lost."
Father Gu didn't like to hear this. "How is it cutting off the lineage? Doesn't Ning Zhan also have Gu family blood in his veins?"
“That’s different.” Gu’s mother stammered; she was old-fashioned and couldn’t change her mind.
The third son has three sons, so he should at least have a grandson, or a granddaughter would also be fine.
“I think they’re all the same,” said Mr. Gu. The old man is becoming more and more open-minded these days.
Upon learning that his sister-in-law was pregnant, Gu Zhiheng was overjoyed.
"Why are you so happy?" Lin Zhao asked.
“My older brother has a child, so my dad will have an heir. It’s no big deal if I don’t get married or have children. Suddenly, I’m free from pressure. How could I not be happy?” Gu Zhiheng spoke his true thoughts without any reservations.
Lin Zhao: "..."
"You think about a lot of things," she said speechlessly.
"There's nothing I can do, my grandma keeps nagging me every day." Grandma is so old, and as her grandson, he can't very well disagree with her.
Brother and sister-in-law, you've come at the perfect time!
From the second child's perspective, this child is indeed a lifesaver, no doubt about it.
"Fine, we won't get married, but you're not allowed to bully young girls!" Lin Zhao warned.
Gu Zhiheng touched the tip of his nose, “…”
(End of this chapter)