Chapter 48 Hu Guihua
At 1 p.m. on October 13, 1996, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Tong County People's Hospital, Li Juanjuan successfully gave birth to a son and named him Hu Yunbei, nicknamed Beibei.
After Beibei's full month, Hu Jiaoxuan sent his wife, children and mother back to Nanhu and prepared to go back to handle the handover procedures. He has been officially transferred to the School of Politics and Law of Nanzhao University, serving as the party secretary, at the deputy director level.
On November 27, Hu Jiao saw Guilan in Guatian Village, Tieshu Township. She was dressed as a peasant woman with her hair tightly knotted and a plain floral cotton coat that concealed the attractive lines of her waist.
Hu Jiao came into the room. Guiying was holding the child, while Guilan was busy serving tea to Hu Jiao and lighting the fire to keep him warm.
Seeing Guilan's calm smile, Hu Jiao relaxed a little. "Sister Lan, is it a boy or a girl? How old is it?"
Guilan reached out and took the child. "Little girl, she's almost two months old."
"What's your name?"
Hu Jiao looked at Guilan. After having a child, she was completely different. Guilan's face was filled with deep maternal love. Like Juanjuan, she was a beautiful mother.
"Osmanthus fragrans."
Guilan used her fingers to tease her daughter's pink little mouth and glanced at Hu Jiao, "You were born in August, when the sweet osmanthus flowers are fragrant. I heard that you are a father too?"
Hu Jiao nodded, "On the 13th of last month, it was a son, named Hu Yunbei."
Guiying turned around from the stove and said, "Oh, what a fate. We were born on the same day as Xiaohua! When was your son born?"
Hu Jiao didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. "One o'clock, one o'clock in the afternoon."
When Guilan heard this, she couldn't help but laugh, "What a coincidence! Our Guihua also blooms at 1pm."
Hu Jiao then asked about her life and work, and whether she needed any help.
Guilan shook her head, but Guiying started to curse, "County Magistrate Hu, you should take care of Lu Dawei's family. His wife has come here twice, and each time she barked like a dog in the township government, using those dirty words... If it weren't for Lanlan's kindness, I would have torn the stinky bitch's mouth apart long ago."
"sister!"
Guilan was unhappy, "If a dog bites you, will you bite the dog back?"
Hu Jiao smiled, "I heard about it, so I came down specially to see you." He stared into Gui Lan's eyes, "I've already asked someone to talk to Mrs. Lu. If you keep bothering you, I'll transfer you out of town. Sister Lan, do you want to move to another place?"
Guilan shook her head. "I'm used to it. I'll just stay at Tieshu. Maybe I'm destined to be here. And my sister can help me."
Guiying brought some freshly steamed potatoes and said, "Lanlan, how about changing places? You can't live like this forever. You are still young..."
"sister……"
Seeing her sister's pitiful eyes, Guiying could only beg for mercy, "Okay, I won't say anything, okay? If you are happy to live here for the rest of your life, I would love for you to do the same. You guys chat, I'll go home and take a look. County Magistrate Hu, don't leave tonight, I'll give you a whole chicken to try."
Hu Jiao hurriedly shook his hand, "No, no, the car is waiting for me."
After some persuasion, Guiying left.
"Sister Lan, I've been transferred back to Nanhu."
Guilan stared at Hu Jiao in a daze, unable to speak. After a while, she asked, "Oh, I'd like to be transferred back. Which unit?"
"Nanzhao University, Secretary of the School of Political Science and Law."
Guilan's smile was very forced, with tears in her eyes. Her daughter seemed to sense her mother's sadness and cried loudly. Guilan hurriedly lifted the hem of her clothes to feed the child.
Hu Jiao turned his head away, and a blush appeared on Guilan's face.
The room became quiet. Little Guihua was sucking breast milk, making gurgling and gasping sounds from time to time. Guilan had no intention of breaking the silence.
Hu Jiao had been sitting there quietly, not daring to turn around. Gui Lan saw the child slowly falling asleep, so she asked, "When are we leaving?"
Hu Jiao saw from the corner of his eye that Gui Lan had already lowered her collar. "In the next two days, wait for the new county chief to arrive and complete the handover and then leave. Oh, by the way, I left the things with Liu Shiqun, and he will deliver them tomorrow."
Guilan was a little curious, "A gift for me? What is it?"
Hu Jiao was a little embarrassed. "There are a lot of baby diapers and some imported milk powder. The car can't hold them all."
Guilan asked in a somewhat annoyed tone, "How much did you buy?"
"No, not much."
Seeing Hu Jiao's embarrassed expression, Gui Lan could not help but be stunned. Little county magistrate, little county magistrate...
"Sister Lan, I'm leaving now. If you go to Nanhu next time, come to my house and play."
Guilan nodded, stood up and walked towards the room with the child in her arms. Hu Jiao felt a little disappointed. Looking at his opponent's trembling shoulders, he sighed sadly, turned around and left.
Guilan felt that her steps had never been so heavy before. Just a few steps into the room made her feel the pain of separation from life and death, and tears kept falling down.
She resisted the urge to look back, but in her heart she was screaming, the child's full name is Hu Guihua! Hu Guihua! Hu Guihua... my little county magistrate...
He covered the child with the quilt, grabbed the pillowcase, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it hard. A whimpering cry vibrated out of his nose.
Wu Yulan leaned tightly against the wall of the main room, tears streaming down her face.
Lanlan, Lanlan, I'm sorry...
If she hadn't been so competitive and wanted to compete for the position of chairman, Lanlan wouldn't have ended up with her family broken up and her reputation ruined.
She has a crush on Lu Dawei, and this crush tortures her like crazy. But this is destined to be a tragedy, as Lu Dawei has no feelings for her at all.
During their interactions, his love for Guilan was revealed.
Wu Yulan has been very competitive since she was a child. She will find ways to get what she wants no matter what.
Hu Jiao presided over the enterprise reform in Tong County. This was an opportunity, a chance to grow and develop and get rich, and she would never miss it.
Through Lu Dawei's advantage as the police chief, she gained the support of several guesthouses and state-owned restaurants and kicked Tang Wang into the position of general manager.
Only Guilan knew that she had a crush on Lu Dawei, after all, they were close sisters.
Guilan, however, likes Hu Jiao.
That night the catering group was established and Wu Yulan was officially elected as the chairman. The four of them, Lu Dawei, Hu Jiao and Guilan, drank to celebrate.
Wu Yulan added something to the rice wine she brewed.
She and Guilan each got what they wished for.
The madness, the decadence and the happiness of that night were all vividly expressed.
But afterwards, she was afraid that Lu Dawei would find out the truth and leave her, and they would not even be friends anymore. Guilan was afraid that Hu Jiao would be angry and disappointed after finding out the truth.
The two women, who were worried about everything, had no choice but to decide to change it.
The two of them helped Hu Jiao clean up, and then Gui Lan slept next to Lu Dawei...
In this way, in just five dates with Lu Dawei, they were all after drinking, and it was Guilan who woke up.
They didn't expect Li Changxue's hidden dangers, let alone his madness.
However, Lu Dawei is convinced that he and Guilan are having an affair, but he doesn't know that what he sees is often an illusion.
Lu Dawei is dead, but it was Wu Yulan who caused all this.
At first she blamed Guilan. In that situation, why didn't she tell Lu Dawei that it was actually her, Wu Yulan, who slept with him?
Guilan looked at her miserable smile and the dejection in her eyes, and felt extremely guilty for asking this question.
"Yulan, go ahead and be the chairman of the board."
From then on, Guilan no longer saw her, no matter what she did or how she begged!
Guilan rushed to the door, held on to the door frame tightly, and watched the young county magistrate's car slowly disappear into the distance.
Wu Yulan rushed over and grabbed her, "Come on, follow me and tell him that the child is his!"
Guilan threw him away fiercely, and roared with a ferocious face, "What did you say? What do you want me to say? You said that you drugged his wine and I raped him? Is that right? Is that right?"
Wu Yulan knelt on her knees, holding her face and sobbing, then slapped herself again and again.
Guilan squatted beside Wu Yulan with her arms around her shoulders, and just watched her former good sister slap each other... until blood came out of the corners of Wu Yulan's mouth.
Guilan couldn't help herself and hugged her.
Hu Jiao stood on the hillside at the entrance of Guatian Village, where there were dense forests. After turning the foot of the mountain, he stopped the car, walked under a tree, looked into the distance, and looked at the two women who were crying and holding their heads.
Hu Jiao's mouth twitched. There are some medicines in this world that are very effective the first time and the second time, but may not be effective if used multiple times.
Of course I knew it was my daughter!
Of course I know her name should be - Hu Guihua!
Otherwise, why would I buy so much milk powder, diapers, baby strollers, baby toys, baby bathtubs...
I wish I could move a baby products store here!
The corners of Hu Jiao's mouth twitched in pain, making his face a little distorted. If it weren't for the series of murders that happened later, he might not have dared to admit it.
And now, Juanjuan has given birth to Beibei, and there is also grandpa's eyes, which almost saw through Hu Jiao's courage in the study.
Wait, until I am strong enough that no one can order me around, no one can manipulate me, and no one can shake me, then I will come to pick you up.
Hu Jiao turned around and got in the car, "Go back."
Guiying wiped her tears. She had heard what her sister and Wu Yulan had just said. She was not sad but felt relieved instead.
As long as it's not Lu Dawei's bastard, anything is fine.
When she thought of Lu Dawei's wife, Guiying felt disgusted for no reason. That shrew, that bitch...
Guiying was so happy for Lanlan that she turned around and went home to catch a chicken and kill it to nourish Lanlan's body.
Guilan pulled Wu Yulan up and they went into the house. Their crying just now did not wake up little Guihua.
Guilan poured water to wash her face and handed it to Wu Yulan, "Wash."
Wu Yulan felt a burning pain on her face. When the wet towel was applied to it, she cried out in pain.
Seeing her like this, Guilan couldn't help but laugh and scold, "You deserve it! It would be best if you were beaten into a pig's head!"
There were still tears in Wu Yulan's eyes. She looked at Guilan with great grievance, "Lanlan, I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"
Guilan looked at her sister who was usually like a child now, and smiled, "What else can I do if I don't forgive you? I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!"
Be shameless if you want to.
Wu Yulan quickly picked up Guilan's face and kissed her, then said with a smile, "I'll go see Hu Guihua... What a rustic name!"
Guilan stared, Wu Yulan stuck out her tongue and ran quickly into the room.
Lying beside Little Osmanthus, Wu Yulan quietly looked at the little girl. Feeling Guilan's footsteps, she lowered her voice and said, "She is as pretty as a carved jade... She will definitely be prettier than you when she grows up! Hey, did you notice that the lower half of her face, nose and mouth look exactly like the little county magistrate's."
Guilan said nothing, but just looked at her daughter, who was also the daughter of the young county magistrate.
Little County Magistrate...
Closing his eyes, his thoughts and body drifted towards those passionate nights. The young county magistrate looked frail but full of power.
The power of man.
The power of man's impulse.
The power that pushes people to the clouds and to heaven time and time again.
So, God gave me a little life, and at the same time, God severely punished my sins!
I will spend my whole life atonement for those who died in unclear circumstances.
When Guilan thought of this, the heat in her body turned into tears.
Wu Yulan sensed her good sister's emotions, stood up and quietly supported Guilan, holding her in her arms, "Lanlan, all of this is my fault. If..."
Guilan gently pushed her away, "There are no ifs in this world! I don't blame you. After all, I was involved. I won't think about anything in the future, and I won't expect him to know."
At this point, Guilan stared at her and said, "You have to promise not to leak any information without my permission!"
Wu Yulan looked at her with sincerity in her eyes, "I swear to you! But you have to agree to one condition of mine."
"What?"
Wu Yulan smiled mischievously, "I want to be Guihua's godmother!"
Guilan smiled helplessly, "Am I getting old, or are you getting younger?"
"Look at Osmanthus, what a beautiful baby. We are all old in front of her."
