B5SB -Chapter 205 Rumors Ruining Reputations

By the time she returned to the family compound, it was already getting dark.

Lu Huailin held his wife’s soft hand and said, “Wife, you go home first.”

Gu Yihan nodded, knowing that Lu Huailin would probably be busy until very late.

Just then, Aunt Chen had stepped out of her house and, seeing Gu Yihan at the door, smiled warmly: “Xiaohan, you’re back?”

Gu Yihan looked at the quilt in Aunt Chen’s arms, puzzled. “Aunt Chen, can you still be sunning quilts at this hour?”

Aunt Chen’s eyes nearly squinted shut from smiling. “Isn’t this the new regiment leader?”

“Mom, hurry up! We still need to tidy up at home!”

Aunt Chen’s daughter, holding some things in her arms, shouted from a short distance away.

“Xiaohan, I won’t bother you now. We’ll chat another time.”

With that, she carried the quilt toward her daughter.

Meanwhile, in the living room, Haohao was sitting on the floor playing with a wooden toy, giggling.

When Gu Yihan pushed open the door, their eyes met.

The little boy blinked up at her, his eyes brimming with tears, and his small mouth pouted.

“Waaah…”

Hearing his loud cries, Gu Yihan felt her nose sting, almost on the verge of tears herself.

She quickly went to Haohao’s side and bent down to pick him up.

Grandma Gu, who had just picked up the thermos in the bedroom to make milk, heard the child crying.

With a thermos in one hand and a bottle in the other, she rushed out.

She saw her granddaughter kissing Haohao’s cheek and chuckled: “Oh? You don’t usually cry, and now you see someone and start crying?”

Gu Yihan held Haohao while walking and gently patted his back to soothe him.

Glancing at the quilt spread on the straw mat, she laughed: “Grandma, your idea was really clever.”

Grandma Gu was pleased by the compliment and quickly went to the table to prepare the milk.

Gu Yihan hadn’t finished entertaining Haohao when he became restless, pointing at the quilt on the floor and calling out: “Sit…”

Grandma Gu looked at her granddaughter’s pleading expression and laughed.

“Haohao really likes crawling and playing by himself now,” she said with a smile.

Gu Yihan had no choice but to place him on the quilt.

Watching the little one happily play, she lightly tickled his nose: “You little ungrateful one.”

Grandma Gu sighed. “I wonder if the new neighbors are easy to get along with.”

Gu Yihan looked at her, puzzled, thinking she might have misheard. “New neighbors?”

Grandma Gu nodded. “Yes, the new regiment leader.”

“Can the family compound houses really be swapped like that?” Gu Yihan asked curiously.

But then she remembered: the family compound houses were allocated by the army. If both families agreed, it wasn’t impossible.

Grandma Gu sat next to her granddaughter and whispered in her ear: “I heard they gave Aunt Chen quite a few benefits.”

Gu Yihan stared in surprise. “They gave… benefits?”

Grandma Gu shook her head with a sigh. “They’re really rich.”

Now Gu Yihan was even more curious about the neighbor who hadn’t moved in yet.

The next morning, after breakfast, Gu Yihan kissed her little one, who was drinking milk.

Grandma Gu quickly pushed her away, exasperated: “We don’t have a pig’s tail in this house!”

Gu Yihan smiled. “Grandma, I’m saving my strength.”

Grandma Gu didn’t believe her. Last time, after Gu Yihan had pinched Haohao’s cheeks once, she drooled for days.

At the textile factory

Bicycle parking area

“Let go!” Secretary Jiang shouted softly.

“No!” Ye Qingqing clutched his arm tightly and refused to let go.

Secretary Jiang looked at her coldly, then gave a strong push, knocking Ye Qingqing down. He snorted, “I am no gentleman.”

Before leaving, he glanced at Gu Yihan, who was hiding behind a bicycle.

Ye Qingqing, having been pushed down, gave up resistance and flopped on the ground, kicking her legs and crying loudly like a child.

Seeing that Secretary Jiang didn’t even look back, she stopped crying.

Gu Yihan, seeing Ye Qingqing’s behavior, was utterly exasperated and prepared to leave.

“Xiaohan, why are you squatting there?”

Hu Shan, pushing her bicycle, looked at Gu Yihan in surprise.

Gu Yihan quickly stood up and whispered: “The bike chain came off.”

As she bent down to fix it, she heard the voices of Secretary Jiang and Ye Qingqing—what rotten luck!

“Oh.” Hu Shan nodded, parked her bike, and linked arms with Gu Yihan as they walked toward the office.

Ye Qingqing, tired from crying, stood and wandered aimlessly, accidentally bumping into Cheng Bo.

“Are you blind?!” she shouted, covering her nose in pain.

Cheng Bo turned to her, teeth gritted: “Who’s blind? You ran into my back and blame me?”

When Ye Qingqing saw it was Cheng Bo, she immediately reached out and patted him: “Waa… you’re all bullying me!”

Cheng Bo, initially ready to mock her, couldn’t help but comfort her seeing her so upset: “There are so many outstanding men here—aren’t they all better than Secretary Jiang?”

“Hic!” Ye Qingqing hiccupped, glared at him, and shoved him away. “Mind your own business!”

A female worker in the workshop accidentally witnessed this scene and was so shocked her heart raced; she didn’t even go to the restroom.

She ran back to the workshop and shouted loudly: “Oh no! Cheng Qianshi’s ruining someone’s reputation!”

With that, the entire workshop exploded with gossip.

“Really?” another textile worker asked doubtfully.

“Didn’t I see it with my own eyes?”

The workshop worker raised her hand to swear: “If I lie, may heaven strike me down!”

In no time, the entire workshop knew that Cheng Bo was supposedly involved with a beautiful female colleague.

Meanwhile, in the accounting office, Sister Min looked at Gu Yihan, wiping the desk, and asked curiously: “Xiaohan, are the clothes in the provincial city nicer?”

Gu Yihan glanced at her and shook her head: “I don’t know.”

“Didn’t you go to the department store?” Hu Shan asked in surprise.

“What’s the point? All the department stores are the same,” Gu Yihan retorted.

Anything you want to buy is available in Kun City too. Buying from there would just be more trouble.

Sister Min: “…”

Hu Shan saw Sister Min’s expression and couldn’t help but laugh.

Su Yonghong glanced at Sister Min and chuckled: “The farthest place you’ve been is Kun City; you can’t compare with Xiaohan.”

Sister Min’s face turned cold at Su Yonghong’s words.

Gu Yihan wasn’t going to let Su Yonghong stir up trouble and said coldly: “Comrade Su, why do you like dragging me into things so much?”

Su Yonghong frowned. “Is it wrong to praise you?”

Hu Shan, unable to tolerate Su Yonghong’s scheming, said crossly: “Stepping on Sister Min to praise Xiaohan! Is that your way of complimenting someone?”

Su Yonghong turned red with anger.

“Su Yonghong, you rotten hearted thing!”

“I just said what you said earlier—why does it make me so uncomfortable!” Sister Min pointed at Su Yonghong and cursed loudly.