Chapter 249: Wedding Date

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Wedding Date

"Nuannuan, what do you think of Uncle Song?"

Although her daughter had always told her she hoped she would find love again, saying that she’d like anyone her mother liked, Zhang Minzhen was still full of hesitation and doubt now that it was certain she would be remarrying Song Yong. She was afraid Gu Nuan Nuan would feel uncomfortable knowing she was truly getting married again. Therefore, she had insisted on waiting until after Gu Nuan Nuan’s high school entrance exams to tell her, so as not to affect her studies.

"Uncle Song? He’s great."

Gu Nuan Nuan watched her awkward and anxious mother with great interest. A wide smile spread across her face as she went over and hugged her. "Mom, you two finally broke through that last barrier! Hehe, that saves me some trouble. If you two had kept dragging your feet, I was going to have to bring out my secret weapon."

Zhang Minzhen: "..."

She stared at her daughter, dumbfounded. Her reaction was completely beyond her expectations. She opened her mouth, taking a long moment to find her voice before asking, still a bit awkwardly and curiously, "What do you mean, ’dragging our feet’? What secret weapon were you going to bring out?"

"Hehe, I’m not blind. It was so obvious with Uncle Song. Every time he sees you, the grown man blushes and even stammers like a shy maiden. And he thinks he’s being subtle, but his eyes are always glued to you. You’re the same way—every time you run into Uncle Song, you get all uncomfortable. Especially when the two of you are talking alone. If someone accidentally stumbles upon you, you both jump like you’ve been caught stealing..."

The more Gu Nuan Nuan thought about it, the funnier it was. She clutched her stomach and burst out laughing. "I was even thinking that if Uncle Song didn’t make a move this year, I’d hire someone next year to pretend to be your admirer and send you roses every day. Hmph, let’s see if Uncle Song could hold back then!"

"No wonder they say ’spare the rod and spoil the child.’ I think I spoil you too much, that’s why you dare to make fun of your own mother, right?" After hearing her daughter’s words, Zhang Minzhen didn’t know how to describe her feelings. Annoyed but affectionate, she pulled Gu Nuan Nuan over and gave her a light smack on the bottom with a soft "thwack."

"Waaah." Gu Nuan Nuan deliberately clutched her behind and pretended to cry. Then, she pouted and threatened, "Mom, if you treat me like this, I’ll have to get my revenge on my future little brothers and sisters..." Fearing her mother might actually fly into a rage out of embarrassment, she made a quick getaway. As she was leaving, she grinned and called back, "I’m finally relieved. I knew you would find someone who truly loves and cherishes you, and someone you love and cherish in return. Now that you’ll have someone by your side, Mom, I can finally go do the things I want to do without worrying. So, you and Uncle Song have to be happy together forever, okay? Oh, and give me a few little brothers and sisters to play with."

"..."

Gu Nuan Nuan’s words successfully made Zhang Minzhen’s face flush beet red. She was incredibly shy, but her heart felt warm. Watching her daughter’s departing figure, she touched her cheek. ’Happy together forever, huh?’ That didn’t sound too bad. She couldn’t help but smile, then wondered to herself, ’Were Song Yong and I really that obvious? Not only did my own mother see it, but even my daughter figured it out long ago. What about everyone else?’

The more she thought about it, the more she couldn’t suppress the shy feeling in her heart. At the same time, a sweet, blissful feeling welled up inside her. When she got divorced, how could she have ever imagined that in just three short years, she would meet someone who would make her willing to step into marriage once again?

After running out of the room, Gu Nuan Nuan went to find her grandmother. She hugged her arm and said sweetly, "Grandma, why didn’t you tell me about Mom and Uncle Song sooner? Oh, right, I was afraid of embarrassing Mom, so I didn’t ask her in detail—which one of them made the first move?"

"It was all because your mother was afraid of affecting your exams." Seeing that her granddaughter didn’t object to her daughter and Song Yong’s relationship at all, Wen Xiu couldn’t help but feel happy. She then went on to complain, "Those two are both so reserved. It wouldn’t have been easy waiting for either of them to make the first move. Naturally, your uncle and I had to give them a little push..."

Wen Xiu enthusiastically pulled Gu Nuan Nuan aside and shared everything, including what she had heard from Zhang Wei Qiang. Then she sighed contentedly. "Your Uncle Song is a thoughtful man. It turns out he bought a villa in the same complex right after we bought ours. So even after your mother marries him, we can all still live in the same neighborhood."

"That’s wonderful. Uncle Song is so considerate." ’This is great,’ she thought. ’That way, everyone can still live together, and we don’t have to worry about Uncle Song feeling awkward about living in the wife’s family’s property.’

Gu Nuan Nuan felt quite gratified. She knew that as a founding member of the company who had been with the family since they started the business, Song Yong’s income wasn’t just his salary. He also earned sales commissions, annual bonuses, and stock dividends. With all of that combined, at current housing prices, he could afford not just one villa in the city, but probably two without much difficulty.

"Nuannuan, your grandfather, uncle, aunt, and I have all talked it over," Wen Xiu said. "Your mother and Uncle Song aren’t getting any younger, so we think it’s best they get married sooner rather than later. We were thinking, if you don’t object, we should just have them register their marriage this year. What do you think?" Seeing how happy Gu Nuan Nuan was, Wen Xiu felt very pleased, figuring she was unlikely to push back. As expected, Gu Nuan Nuan nodded without a second thought and even made a thoughtful suggestion. "The end of the year is too busy. Why not set their big day on the Mid-Autumn Festival? The fifteenth of the eighth lunar month is a wonderful day for family reunions."

"Yes! The Mid-Autumn Festival is perfect! That’s a great date." Wen Xiu slapped her thigh and agreed enthusiastically. "It’s a little soon, and the preparations will be rushed, but the symbolism is just too good, too perfect."

And just like that, after some discussion, Song Yong and Zhang Minzhen’s wedding date was set. Once the date was fixed, preparations began in a flurry of activity.

The Zhang family didn’t deliberately hide such a joyous occasion. Soon, Gu Jinhua, who worked at the town’s supply and marketing cooperative, was the first to hear the news, followed by the rest of the Gu Family. Gu Wu didn’t have much of a reaction; he seemed to have long expected this day would come. Gu Lihui, on the other hand, was a different story. Since Gu Nuan Nuan hadn’t visited the Gu Family at all over the summer, he couldn’t get a confirmation from her. Listening to the rumors swirling around, he tried to convince himself not to believe them, but couldn’t help it. He threw several huge tantrums at Chen Suxiang and Gu Jinhua, and even smashed everything he could in his room—

Even Gu Jiayi was inevitably caught in the crossfire, getting beaten and scolded and suffering quite a bit as a result.

Oh, right, I forgot to mention: Gu Jiayi’s current situation was a repeat of the disastrous path Gu Nuan Nuan had walked in her previous life.