Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 2338: Chapter 142: Gu Kai’s Intention

Because Gu Zhitong came back from a business trip.

Gu Kai specially rushed back to have lunch.

At the dining table, Gu Zhitong didn’t mention Tang Zhixian at all.

But Gu Kai couldn’t help but bring it up.

He shoved a chopstick of food into his mouth, looked warmly at Gu Zhitong who was eating, and after swallowing the food, he casually asked, "Tongtong, did you see Tang Zhixian?"

Gu Zhitong’s expression changed slightly.

She looked up and met Gu Kai’s smiling eyes, "Yes, I did."

"I didn’t tell you when you were in the Imperial City earlier, but he joined our hospital a few days ago."

"Dad, have you been bribed by him?"

Saying this, Gu Zhitong didn’t hide her tone of complaint.

Gu Kai chuckled lightly, "Am I that easy to bribe? I kept him at the hospital because I appreciate his talent. Our hospital needs people like him."

Bai Yiyi put a piece of meat in Gu Kai’s bowl and said, "Tongtong, if you don’t like Tang Zhixian, your dad won’t force you."

"Exactly, if I were forcing you, would you still be single now?"

Gu Kai restrained his smile, showing the authority of a father.

"But you shouldn’t keep this from me."

"Tang Zhixian said he met you in the Imperial City." Gu Kai straightforwardly put down his chopsticks, looking at his daughter inquisitively.

Tang Zhixian said Tang Jinchen is pursuing Tongtong.

He doesn’t want Tongtong to marry far away.

Even more, he doesn’t want Tongtong to be a military wife.

Say he’s selfish or narrow-minded, but the princess he raised in the palm of his hand, he doesn’t want to only see a few times a year, no matter how advanced transport and communication are. If Tongtong marries thousands of miles away, he can’t bear it.

"..."

Gu Zhitong blinked.

After a brief reflection, she put down her chopsticks, leaned over and grabbed Gu Kai’s arm with both hands, acting coy, "Dad, can you let Tang Zhixian leave Kangning? I don’t want to see him."

Gu Kai didn’t speak, just looked at her.

Gu Zhitong pouted, pretending to be wronged, "Is it because Zinan is coming back to China that you don’t love me anymore and want to hurry and marry me off."

"Nonsense."

Gu Kai frowned.

Sinking his tone.

But Gu Zhitong insisted, "I don’t care, I just don’t want to see Tang Zhixian. If he continues to stay at the hospital, I’ll, I’ll resign."

She let go of Gu Kai’s arm, stood up and said, "I’ll go write my resignation letter now."

"Stop, come back and eat."

Gu Kai looked at Gu Zhitong with a bit of a headache.

Bai Yiyi’s face also showed a worried expression.

Their father-daughter relationship had always been good, situations like this were rare.

But Gu Zhitong was determined this time to get Gu Kai to remove Tang Zhixian, she snorted twice, "I won’t eat, I’m going to find Grandpa now."

"..."

Gu Zhitong really left.

Gu Kai frowned, watching her stride out of the living room without calling her back again.

Bai Yiyi asked Gu Kai worriedly, "Tongtong seems really upset. Is it really good to keep Tang Zhixian around?"

Gu Kai smiled indifferently.

Picking up his chopsticks to serve Bai Yiyi food, he comforted her, "Don’t worry, Tongtong is our daughter. If she doesn’t care for Tang Zhixian, he won’t affect her."

"Then you..."

"When Tongtong was heartbroken after Tang Zhixian left back then, I thought to myself, if I ever meet Tang Zhixian, I’ll definitely give him a hard time."

The smile faded from Gu Kai’s face, a layer of faint melancholy settling over his brows, "But I kept him at the hospital to let Tongtong face him again, if she has no feelings for him, this can at least heal her past hurt and free her from any influence."

Bai Yiyi was a bit surprised, not expecting Gu Kai’s real reason to be this.

Touched, she said, "You, as a father, are even more attentive to our daughter than I am."

"Tang Zhixian isn’t giving up on Tongtong. If I don’t keep him, he will probably keep appearing in front of Tongtong. Now that I’ve kept him, given him a chance, if Tongtong still doesn’t like him, he has no reason to pester her anymore."

"Then why didn’t you tell Tongtong earlier and let her get mad at you?"

Bai Yiyi placed more meat into Gu Kai’s bowl.

"If I told her now, she wouldn’t necessarily listen."

Gu Kai paused, then asked, "Did Tang Zhixian send Tongtong back without coming in?"

"No."

"There you go."

He said, "She was already upset seeing Tang Zhixian; she wouldn’t necessarily believe anything I say."

"But what Tang Zhixian said, about Tang Jinchen pursuing Tongtong, is that true?"

"Eat first, we’ll talk about it after the meal." Gu Kai noticed Bai Yiyi talking without eating, so he stopped that topic and chose not to continue.

After eating, Gu Kai and Bai Yiyi moved from the dining room to the living room.

Before answering Bai Yiyi’s question, he dialed Mo Ziye’s number, saying, "Tongtong went on a business trip to the Imperial City these days. Ziye and Qingqing were also in the Imperial City. If she had anything going on with Tang Jinchen, Ziye would know."

After a few rings, Mo Ziye’s voice came across the line, "Hello, Uncle."

"How’s the recovery going, and was the Qin Family’s case resolved last night?"

"It hasn’t finished yet."

"Then when are you and Qingqing coming back, will Momo be coming back with you?"

Gu Kai asked a few questions, inquiring about the situation in the Imperial City.

A few minutes later, he directly asked, "Ziye, these days in the Imperial City, has Tongtong been close with Tang Jinchen?"

Mo Ziye’s laughter came through.

After the laughter, Mo Ziye teasingly said, "Uncle, did Tongtong tell you about her and Tang Jinchen?"

"No."

Gu Kai’s voice dropped a notch.

He had a bad premonition, could it be that Tongtong was already dating Tang Jinchen?

That’s why she’s so mad about him keeping Tang Zhixian.

"Tang Jinchen really likes Tongtong. The way he looks, he’s very determined, he might even become my brother-in-law. Uncle, if Tongtong wants to be with him, would you firmly oppose it?"

Mo Ziye probed.

From what he observed these days, Tang Jinchen had completely stepped into the role of Tongtong’s boyfriend, acting good towards her in that capacity.

Gu Kai felt even more troubled hearing this.

Even across the vast distance, Mo Ziye sensed his mood.

He laughed comfortingly, "Uncle, don’t be sad. Who Tongtong is with isn’t what’s important; what matters is that the man treats her as well as you do. Otherwise, you can just bring him into the family so you can see Tongtong anytime."

"Tang Jinchen is a soldier; what’s the point of joining the family."

Gu Kai was very distressed.

Could it be that the beloved daughter he raised in the palm of his hand really has to not only marry far away, but also marry a soldier, becoming the hardest-working military wife?

The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached.

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[Additional Chapter added for Indifference Darling’s ten thousand reward, adding one more Chapter first.]