Chapter 1649: Chapter 1648: Seize the Day
Chapter 1648 Picking a Date Is Worse Than Bumping Into One
Gu Dongxing was just reluctant to part for a moment when he said that; in fact, the moment the words left his mouth, he regretted it—this mission was very dangerous, how could he let his wife and child take risks just because of his selfishness?
The two of them reached an understanding in the end, and Mengyu still didn’t get packed up and taken away by Gu Dongxing. After a thousand repeated instructions, Gu Dongxing reluctantly left, carrying the large stash of Pills and food that Mengyu had prepared for him.
Mengyu stared at the doorway where Gu Dongxing had disappeared for a long time, then lowered her head to look at her belly, gently stroking it with her hand as she said, "Babies, your dad’s gone out on a mission again. This time, he might be gone for a bit longer. But Mom is here with you two. You have to be good, okay?"
The two spiritual bodies immediately twined around her. They still didn’t understand the bitterness of parting, so all they showed was pure joy.
And in the spiritual exchange with her two little ones, Mengyu slowly tucked Gu Dongxing away into the depths of her heart.
Once she heard Gu Dongxing had gone out on a mission, Ou Xue moved in right away.
Only, she had to touch Mengyu’s belly at least a dozen times a day, telling the two babies inside, "Babies, I’m your grandma."
Sometimes she’d mutter, "Why aren’t you growing bigger yet?"
Then she’d go rack her brains over what kinds of tonics she could find to stew for Mengyu to drink.
Not long after Gu Dongxing left on his mission, the new semester started. Mengyu got fed up with Ou Xue wanting to stew tonics for her every single day—she couldn’t refuse to drink them, but honestly, how could they compare to what she had in her own space?
Since she couldn’t do Cultivation, she simply moved back to live at school, using the excuse that commuting back and forth was a hassle, and Ou Xue was still in charge of the Charity Hall’s affairs and busy herself.
Yes, after they returned from Xiangjiang, they set up a Charity Hall, and Mengyu directly injected a hundred million in funding and let Ou Xue have free rein.
Over the past two years, Ou Xue first went around delivering various supplies to orphanages, sending any street children she found there. When she was told the orphanage was too small and couldn’t take in so many, she simply turned the courtyard house she’d bought into an orphanage and took the street kids in herself.
The children needed caretakers, so she hired aunties; she also had to get household registrations for the kids and prepare for their schooling, running herself ragged.
In the past two years, the number of orphans taken in kept increasing, and there was no more room. So Mengyu gave her several unused courtyard houses she’d bought, and Ou Xue got even busier.
Using this as her excuse, Mengyu left Ou Xue with no way to object. She couldn’t really forbid Mengyu from living on campus—after all, Mengyu wasn’t wrong; going back and forth every day was indeed a pain.
She was only worried that Mengyu wouldn’t get enough nutrition eating at the school cafeteria.
"Don’t worry, Mom, we’ve got a small canteen on campus. As long as you have money, you can eat anything. I’m not going to shortchange myself."
Only then did Ou Xue feel at ease.
Mengyu’s bed in the dorm had been kept since she’d paid the accommodation fees, so now that she was back, all she had to do was change to a new set of bedding.
Since Mengyu hadn’t been living on campus for a long time, she’d almost forgotten what her roommates looked like.
The classical beauty Zhu Chunhua, the straightforward beauty Hong Jinxiu. And Wang Yan, Zhou Wenmei, and Lin Xiuzhi. She greeted each of them one by one, then brought out little trinkets she’d bought in Xiangjiang as gifts for everyone—pretty hair clips, digital watches, and so on.
The roommates were all very happy to see Mengyu back. The forthright Hong Jinxiu even said bluntly, "Haha, now we’ve got someone generous to treat us again."
And Mengyu didn’t care about spending a bit of money, so she immediately said, "No problem, picking a date is worse than bumping into one—this afternoon, I’ll treat all our roommates to a big meal outside."
"Great, great!" Classmate Hong Jinxiu cheered, but then, looking a little embarrassed, quickly asked, "Can I bring my boyfriend?"