C11 There Is a Difficult Book at Home

"What exactly happened?" Chang Yuan asked, feeling neither anxious nor angry.

Gu Heng glanced at him leisurely and said, "Aunt is only slightly sick this time, but you have to take care of yourself properly. Uncle said that he plans to close down the wholesale department, sell off the third floor, and live in a house in the city."

"Since I can't demolish the building, I won't be able to sell it for much even if I sell it for three floors." Since I can't demolish the building, I won't be able to sell it for much money even if I sell it for three floors. Moreover, Aunt and Uncle are old, so they can't desperately earn money like they did in the past. Anyway, their current savings are enough for them to live in. "

Gu Heng stopped and looked at the confused Chang Yuan, asking, "What do you plan to do?"

His voice was neither loud nor low, just like Gu Heng's. However, to Chang Yuan, this voice was like a thunderclap, causing him to be at a loss of what to do.

That's right … What should he do... Chang Yuan asked himself.

He used to think that his family had savings and that his parents would earn a lot from doing small businesses. With a house in the city, a car, and even some money from the demolition, he didn't care if he worked or didn't work or earned a lot of money … What about now? No matter how much he messed around, it was impossible for him to snatch that bit of pension money from his parents …

His parents couldn't support him anymore … What should he do? He didn't know anything at all. After graduating from university, he had no proper job. Initially, he thought he knew how to play, but after coming to A City, he only went out twice before being schemed against twice …

Chang Yuan didn't answer Gu Heng, and Gu Heng didn't intend to listen to him either. He finished drinking the water, changed his clothes and took a bath. Then, he turned off the lights and went back to his bedroom to sleep.

Without the lights, the already big living room seemed even more empty. Outside, there were some lights leaking in through the gaps between the curtains, and the light and shadow constantly changed on the wall, on the ground, and on Chang Yuan's body.

Chang Yuan stood alone in the middle of the living room. For the first time in his life, he felt how terrifying it was to think about the future. He seemed to have just realized that he was already twenty-eight years old, yet he had failed to accomplish anything in the past twenty-eight years …

Gu Heng said those things to scare Chang Yuan, but they were not lies. Aunt was indeed sick. She had had a small operation two days ago, and Aunt Gu told her on the phone today. In the afternoon, Gu Heng even called Aunt to say hello.

Aunt originally didn't want Gu Heng to tell Chang Yuan, and Gu Heng also agreed. Who would have thought that Chang Yuan would have such a thing happen tonight? Gu Heng naturally changed his mind. Gu Heng understood his aunt's meaning — although Chang Yuan was twenty-eight years old, he was still a child psychologically. He could not bear any responsibilities, nor could he bear the hardships of life. So there was no use telling him that except for one more person to worry about.

But Gu Heng had his own ideas.

Chang Yuan was not a bad kid in essence. He didn't like studying hard in school and didn't want to work hard after graduation. Because he had some spare money at home, he felt like he could eat and drink to his heart's content. They were all the same as those children who didn't understand the affairs of the world. There was nothing wrong with that. They just didn't want to take responsibility, didn't want to put in effort, and liked to enjoy life … Just by looking at how he had been playing for so many years without knowing anything about the tricks in the A City Night Hotel, one could tell that the games he was playing would at most involve eating and drinking with a few friends and dancing and singing in the nightclub.

It should be said, the way Chang Yuan acted today had a lot to do with his parents' attitude towards him.

Gu Heng knew in his heart that even though his aunt often told him to let Chang Yuan be like him and learn from him, even if she and her sister would complain that Chang Yuan fought with her over work and money, even if he knew that his child couldn't work hard enough, he was still his son. He didn't dare to call Chang Yuan because he was sick. He didn't want Chang Yuan to worry about him being upset. He didn't want to tell Chang Yuan about his family's financial problems as well. He was afraid that Chang Yuan would feel that he had no one to rely on …

However, Chang Yuan was, after all, an adult and a man. He should have his own responsibilities. If the person here wasn't Chang Yuan, but his aunt's cousin Sun Qiqi, Gu Heng wouldn't have told him about the situation of his family so straightforwardly.

In Gu Heng's mind, his cousin was a girl, so it didn't matter if she joined him or not. As long as she didn't mess around, his cousin could still find her a similar job. However, Chang Yuan was a man, so there was always more responsibility on a man's shoulders.

Therefore, after leaving Chang Yuan alone in the living room, Gu Heng didn't bother with him. He turned around and thought about the problem he mentioned earlier, which was the demolition of his hometown, and frowned.

Grandpa, grandma, great-aunt, and great-aunt were all at home now. Grandfather had a total of three daughters, Aunt Gu ranked amongst Lao Er. She was also the only daughter in the family who was assigned to be a teacher and eat "public meals" after graduating from university.

My aunt got married early and has been doing business ever since. After all these years, at least he had saved some wealth.

Aunt had been alone with her cousin since the divorce many years ago. Aunt's diploma wasn't high, her body wasn't good, and she was just doing odd jobs. The money she earned from it was not even enough to make her suffer from a single illness …

Grandpa and grandma grew older and older. Grandpa had stomach cancer years ago and had surgery to remove the entire stomach. His body had been on the decline for years. When Gu Heng occasionally went back to see the old man, he only took a glance and saw the skinny old man sitting alone in the middle of the brick bed. However, he still had to use his increasingly eccentric temperament to constantly maintain the dignity of a cultured scholar and the head of his family.

From the looks of it, these relatives of the outer sect had been counting on the demolition fee. Now that he was sure that it was not within the demolition range, he didn't know what he should do in the future.

Thinking of this, Gu Heng couldn't help but knock his head. After calculating the date, Aunt Gu's inspection would end at the end of the month. He reckoned that he wouldn't be able to make it back in time …

Gu Heng put himself on the bed and listened to the silence outside. He also didn't urge Chang Yuan to go to bed.

He closed his eyes. He was the one who led his own life. Every family had their own problems, especially their own. Chang Yuan could only think of the questions he said about his family. What he was thinking about was the problems of everyone here … He's been working for a few years now, and people are looking at him and thinking that his annual salary is high enough, but he still feels that it's not enough...

The family needed money for every single one of them. As they were old, it was really inconvenient for them to heat up during the winter when they lived in the countryside … It was unknown whether it was due to genetic factors or environmental factors, but all three daughters of his grandparents suffered from the same relatively rare disease. Aunt Gu had previously suffered from breast cancer, but thanks to Uncle Gu, she was able to treat it in time. After so many years, there was basically nothing wrong with her after the operation, but Gu Heng and Uncle Gu insisted that Aunt Gu go to the hospital for a check-up every six months … In addition, her cousin was now older and would have to consider studying in university in a few years' time …

Gu Heng only thought about it briefly and felt that he still had a lot of things to do, and the so-called results were not enough yet.

A city was filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The water was unfathomably deep. Since Gu Heng was fighting with Chu Xi here, he naturally had to go through a lot of trials.

Gu Heng sighed. It was a very, very light kind of sigh. He temporarily put aside those matters that needed to be considered. Turning around, his breathing gradually calmed down …