Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 109: The Legendary Love Triangle

The next morning.

The moment Gu Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she saw the man was already fully dressed in a white shirt and army-green pants.

The spotless, plain white shirt seemed to drape him in the morning light.

She had to admit, his proportions were perfect—broad shoulders, a lean waist, V-cut abs. His sharp, aggressive features were a tantalizing mix of austere and sensual.

’A single look from him could get a woman pregnant. He really is hard to resist. No wonder he drove Dong Yuanyuan mad.’

Gu Jiaojiao found herself swooning. "Hi, handsome... Morning..."

"Jiaojiao, get up. You need to eat breakfast and get to school. If you keep dawdling, you’re going to be late."

Su Shuochi fought the urge to kiss her. It wouldn’t do to make his wife late for school.

When the couple came out, the dining table was already set with congee, steamed buns, and boiled eggs.

"Jiaojiao, quickly, sit down and have some breakfast," Grandpa Gu called out warmly.

When Mrs. Gu saw her son-in-law and daughter, she busied herself ladling porridge. Geng Ruixian and Eldest Brother Gu sat down for breakfast as well.

Seeing how much healthier everyone looked, Gu Jiaojiao was deeply satisfied. ’Good, all that medicinal water and advanced nutrient solution wasn’t a waste after all.’ 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

She glanced over at Gu Jinghua. The melancholic, world-weary look was gone from his face. He kept his head down, seriously eating his bun and drinking his porridge.

Su Shuochi didn’t need to put food on his wife’s plate for breakfast, so he finished eating rather quickly. Once he was full, he spoke with a smile.

"Grandpa, Mom, Uncle Geng, Eldest Brother, feel free to take a walk around the compound after you finish eating. Here are the house keys—one for you, Grandpa, and one for Mom."

"Alright. Shuo Ci, where are you headed today?" Grandpa Gu asked, hoping to go along with his grandson-in-law.

"Grandpa, I’m going out to look at houses today. If I find a suitable one, I’ll buy a courtyard house big enough for two families. We can all chip in for it, what do you think?"

"Oh, that’s wonderful! In that case, I won’t go with you. My body still isn’t up for such a long walk. It’s enough if you find one you like."

Grandpa Gu said happily. For the past year, he and his two grandsons had been receiving a monthly salary.

Most of the back pay they’d received before was spent on finding a school for Sheng Yueyue and buying her clothes to convince her to study.

Besides, everyone in the Gu Family was in poor health, so once they started getting paid, they had daily expenses for medicine and doctor’s visits.

As a result, when Sheng Yueyue later stopped coming home, they had no money to spare. After their eldest grandson was severely injured, money became even tighter, and just putting food on the table became a struggle again.

Just when their suffering had become unbearable, they were reunited with their biological granddaughter and grandson-in-law. Their granddaughter treated their illnesses for free and even helped them earn money, rescuing them from the depths of despair.

"You want to buy a house, Shuo Ci, and right now we’re living with you for free.

Starting next month, we’ll give you our entire salaries until we’ve paid our share back, haha..."

Geng Ruixian watched Su Shuochi and Gu Jiaojiao with immense envy. He desperately wanted to buy a house too, but he had no salary!

"Shuo Ci, Jiaojiao, when you buy your house, could I help look after the courtyard? I don’t need a salary, just meals would be fine."

"Uncle Geng, my grandpa will help you get in touch with the Organization. Once your health improves, you can still contribute to the nation. You’re still very young."

"Thank you for your auspicious words, Jiaojiao. I hope that day will come," Geng Ruixian said, his eyes welling up with tears as he spoke.

"Grandpa, Uncle Geng, Jiaojiao is going to be late, so we’ll get going now," Su Shuochi said, maneuvering his wheelchair out ahead.

Gu Jiaojiao slung her schoolbag over her shoulder and waved goodbye. "Grandpa, Uncle Geng, Mom, don’t forget to go out for a walk!"

In reality, she still had plenty of time before class, but they needed to leave the compound and find a deserted spot to unload their goods.

The previous night, Su Shuochi had already quartered a wild boar and packed the meat into burlap sacks.

He had also prepared several boxes of soap, toothpaste, and toothbrushes for Houzi to sell.

Gu Jiaojiao had a four-wheeled handcart in her dimensional space. Once they found a deserted spot, she willed the cart and the goods Su Shuochi had prepared to appear.

Seeing Su Shuochi manage his wheelchair with one hand while pulling the cart with the other, Gu Jiaojiao felt reassured and headed back through the compound toward her school.

On her way, she ran into Dong Qiming. "Cousin Jiaojiao! I just stopped by your place, but my aunt said you had already left. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to catch you."

"I’m on foot and you’re on a bike. Of course you’d catch up," Gu Jiaojiao said, feeling wonderful.

"Cousin Jiaojiao, let me give you a ride."

"Alright, since we happened to meet, I’ll take you up on that. But Cousin Dong, you really don’t have to go out of your way to come find me."

"It’s no trouble. I don’t have anything else going on, and it’s just a small detour. Wasn’t your husband with you?"

"We left together, but he went outside the compound to find an old army buddy and see if they could buy some good food."

Gu Jiaojiao gave a casual excuse. She certainly wasn’t going to tell Dong Qiming the truth.

The two cousins chatted and laughed as they rode through the compound. The residents were afraid of Su Shuochi, but they weren’t afraid of Gu Jiaojiao.

So, instead of avoiding her, people came over to say hello. "Gu Jiaojiao, your husband isn’t with you today?"

"Her husband went out to buy some fresh ingredients for her," Dong Qiming chimed in, smacking his lips at the thought.

The stir-fried river snails he’d eaten yesterday were the freshest dish imaginable. When he went home and told his uncle and older cousin about it, they were incredibly envious.

They said they’d only ever heard of such a dish but had never tried it, which made him feel quite proud.

’It was so delicious at the time, though it’s a shame there wasn’t more. I didn’t realize it was such a delicacy. Cousin Jiaojiao is truly good to me.’

"Young man Dong, you’re grinning from ear to ear. Did you eat something special?"

An exceptionally gossipy auntie asked in a conspiratorial whisper.

Another auntie immediately chimed in, "Go on, tell us! What delicious dish was it? I heard Jiaojiao’s mother-in-law is a professional chef. The food from the Su family’s house smells heavenly every day."

"Why should I tell you? DING DING..." Dong Qiming rang his bicycle bell and sped off.

"Cousin Dong, why didn’t you tell them you ate stir-fried river snails yesterday?"

"They wouldn’t get it even if I told them. My own uncle has only heard of it and never tried it, hehe..."

Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.

’Why would Uncle Dong lie? Could it be that the Dong Family is hard to get along with?’

’That makes sense. That Dong Yuanyuan is a real piece of work, so it stands to reason. I’ll have to be more careful about giving Dong Qiming food from now on.’

She had been about to give Dong Qiming a couple of sausages to try, but she immediately changed her mind.

By the time they reached the school, Gu Jiaojiao had learned all about the Dong Family from Dong Qiming.

The uncle Dong Qiming described was indeed Gu Jiaojiao’s own Uncle Dong, but he sounded quite different from the man she knew.

’So, people really are multifaceted,’ Gu Jiaojiao concluded based on Dong Qiming’s description. ’You get a different impression depending on your perspective. His fundamental character seems about the same, but his personality comes across very differently.’

Second Uncle Dong was completely henpecked; he handed his entire salary over to his wife. And his wife, in turn, was the type who would give anything and everything to her own younger brother.

Uncle Dong’s daughter, Dong Lili, had a crush on Sheng Shijing, but Sheng Shijing wasn’t interested in her.

Meanwhile, Sheng Shiwen liked Dong Lili, but she didn’t like him back. ’Isn’t this a classic love triangle!’

’Well, what do you know. That gullible simpleton Sheng Shiwen actually knows how to like a girl! How rare,’ Gu Jiaojiao mused.

But she kept the thought to herself. It wouldn’t do for a big mouth like Dong Qiming to go spreading it around.