The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 450: Extra Seven_2

It surprised Gao Qing instead. Every time she mentioned the topic of divorce recently, everyone tried to persuade her to stay. She’d heard all kinds of voices, to the point where her ears felt numb. She was a bit annoyed, but she couldn’t refute them.

Hearing Lu Jingqiu’s words now, for some reason, her eyes suddenly stung. She linked her arm with Lu Jingqiu’s and leaned on her shoulder, saying, "Qiuqiu, you really understand me the best in this world. You truly deserve to be my best friend."

"Of course. That Ma Song... ahem, I never thought she was great for you. Unfortunately, you liked her, so I didn’t say much. It’s good you left her. Seeing you unhappy over these years, it tears me up inside."

"Qiuqiu, you have no idea how determined I was about this divorce. I truly couldn’t live with him anymore."

"I support you. Don’t worry about the psychological burden. Our lives are just these few short decades, and we’re here for ourselves, not others. Let’s do whatever makes us happy.

You’re a university teacher, beautiful, with a good family background, money, and a career to your name. You can find anyone. Look at Xia Lin, she remarried a leader after her second marriage."

"Don’t mention her, she’s like a punching bag in our family now.

Whenever anything happens with the kids, my mom has to scold her before she feels better.

The kid was only two months old when she divorced. Never seen someone as heartless as her. Glad she divorced; otherwise, Gao Shu would have suffered, and his career could be seriously affected."

"... Which grade is Yian in?"

"He’ll start middle school next year. Over the years, my eldest and second sister-in-law have had their opinions, but Yian was basically raised by my mom to help Gao Shu."

Lu Jingqiu listened as Gao Qing called Gao Shu’s name, not even referring to him as her fifth brother, knowing she hadn’t forgotten that particular hurdle from years ago.

"The kids are grown now. His dad can take care of him. If he can’t, he should hire a nanny. Aunt Gao is quite elderly, she shouldn’t be overworked.

So the real daughters-in-law and grandsons won’t feel neglected."

Lu Jingqiu knew that Gao Yi An was not easy to please.

"Yes, I said the same. Gao Shu was transferred to a county district below, and I directly told him to take care of the kid himself and not ignore things every day."

"You told him?"

"Yes, I found him alone, and I won’t be polite with him. The kid is big enough now; it’s not like when he was little. He can go to and from school on his own with no problem. Anyway, he’ll be in middle school soon. What’s he got to learn? Eating is simpler. Gao Shu’s unit’s family building is not far; going directly to the unit’s cafeteria is just right."

"Did Gao Shu agree?"

"He felt guilty, so he agreed. I don’t want my mom, at such an old age, to keep worrying. There are quite a few real grandsons and granddaughters, too. We can’t let my third and fourth sister-in-law have concerns.

Luckily, my third and fourth sisters-in-law are not as petty as my second sister-in-law. My third sister-in-law lives far away, has her own family, and doesn’t rely on my mom to look after the kids. My fourth sister-in-law knows my mom’s struggle, and my fourth brother directly hired a nanny. I also don’t understand what Gao Shu was thinking, not taking care of his own child."

Lu Jingqiu chuckled twice to herself. Gao Shu was the kind to preach some big ideas to his son but wouldn’t bother with daily life details.

Since there was someone to help him, as long as the son belonged to him, eventually, the son would listen to him.

"You’re right, I noticed Uncle Gao’s health isn’t great." Over New Years, Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou visited the Gao Family.

Dad also went once, and they all saw Uncle Gao’s health wasn’t good.

"Old problems and he’s quite the smoker. Sigh, all the ailments of old age. I just want Gao Shu to handle his child himself, so Mom can better take care of Dad and nurture him properly.

When they have free time, they should go out, stroll around. Look at Uncle Lu, Uncle Yang, how they’re living after retirement.

My dad and mom have been busy since retirement."

"You’ve got the right idea."

"After the New Year, I’ll take Dad to the hospital for a check-up and to help him recuperate, and I plan to buy him a car. The grandsons and granddaughters are grown now; they don’t need to take care of them. When they have free time, let Dad take Mom for some trips nearby, relax a bit, and enjoy their retirement lives."

"Buying a car, you should ask my second brother for a discount... hey, you’re paying yourself?"

Gao Qing laughed, "I divorced; the Ma Family gave me ten thousand. But I can’t really buy it myself, so my eldest, second, third, and fourth brother contributed to the money. Eldest brother, second brother, and third brother each gave five thousand, my three thousand, and the rest my fourth brother handled. No wonder having more sons has benefits; our family, only fourth brother has money now, and we don’t compete with him."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "That’s right."

Gao Da’s transport company was now one of the top ones in West City.

Luckily, he hadn’t gotten mixed up with Xia Lin back then.

His company was getting better and better; he married and had children who were four or five years old now.

After graduating, Gao Yi stayed in Capital City and was developing well. He married a leader’s daughter, the one he liked before.

They had a son, and his wife was a chief surgeon at the hospital, quite impressive.

In the Gao Family, everyone was excellent career-wise, but in family matters.

The children were doing well, of course, except Gao Shu.

Aunt Gao always tried to teach the children that when marrying, find someone with compatible backgrounds.

Look at the fuss Xia Lin caused when she was with the Gao Family.

Now with Gao Shu, perhaps he’s hurt. So many years of trying to set him up, but he didn’t take to any of them.

He didn’t want to remarry.

Sometimes the second daughter-in-law would tease, "I think he regrets it. Look at Lu Jingqiu now—she got married, had kids, settled down, can earn money, and take care of the family. Who knows what Gao Shu was seeing back then."

This couldn’t be said; mentioning it made Aunt Gao internally angry.

Who knows what he was thinking back then? Such a great girl he didn’t fancy and insisted on finding someone from the countryside.

After divorcing, Gao Qing transferred her job to here, teaching dance at West City Normal University.

Speaking of Wu Zhengran, Gao Qing took a long pause before saying, "Let nature take its course."