The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

"While you were watching the commotion from the courtyard house, did anyone cause you any trouble?"

He Yu shook her head:

"How could that be? Everyone just pretended they didn't see anything, how could they possibly cause me any trouble!"

Looking at He Yu's expression, Chen Xueru asked curiously:

"how could be?"

He Yuzhu said disdainfully:

"First, Yu hasn't been to a courtyard house for many years. Second, the He Yu they know is still a child."

He Yu is now a grown woman.

Third, how did He Yu get there? She drove a car.

The people in our courtyard are all bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. If you drive a car, they wouldn't know your background.

Therefore, neither of them would want to create an enemy they don't know the full story about!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Yang Xiaodi said:

"So they didn't recognize He Yu's identity!"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Guess so!"

In fact, He Yuzhu's guess was completely correct; the people in the courtyard saw He Yu leave.

Third Uncle Yan Bugui looked at Han Chunyan, who had come with He Yu, and then asked;

"I remember you're the second son of the Han family, right?"

Han Chunyan nodded:

"Yes, I know you. You're the third uncle in this compound. Uncle, what's wrong?"

Yan Bugui knew that people from other courtyards would never call him Third Uncle, since it was a term of endearment specific to this particular courtyard.

"But the other party calls me 'Grandpa,' that's just politeness," Yan Bugui asked Han Chunyan.

Who was that car that just drove away?

Han Chunyan was taken aback, then blurted out:

"Rain, don't you recognize me?"

Yan Bugui was also stunned:

"He Yu?"

Han Chunyan nodded:

"Yes, didn't she used to live in this compound?"

Yan Bugui nodded:

"Yes, yes, they used to live in the main house in the central courtyard. That house still belongs to them, but it's been rented out now."

By the way, how come He Yu is driving a car?

Han Chunyan said:

"Didn't you know? Yu graduated from university, and this is a gift from her brother!"

Upon hearing Han Chunyan's words, Yan Bugui was immediately shocked. He never expected that He Yuzhu would dote on his younger sister so much that he would buy her a toy car.

What has He Yuzhu been doing all these years? Now, there are hardly any people in this courtyard who would even buy a bicycle.

He had a second-hand bicycle, and Xu Damao had a bicycle, which belonged to the steel rolling mill.

It wasn't Xu Damao's; none of the others owned a bicycle.

And He Yuzhu actually started buying cars.

Yan Bugui did some calculations and then said:

"Isn't He Yu 17 years old this year?"

Han Chunyan nodded:

"Yes, Yu and I were high school classmates, but He Yu skipped a grade and has now graduated from university."

"Work has been assigned. What, none of you knew?"

Yan Bugui said with a smile:

"He Yu no longer lives here, so we didn't know!"

Hearing Yan Bugui's words, Han Chunyan knew she had said too much, and then said:

"Oh, I see. My brother has some things to take care of at home, so I'll have to go now!"

Seeing Han Chunyan run away, Yan Bugui opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

After all, Han Chunyan and he didn't live in the same compound, so he couldn't ask her to do anything.

However, Yan Bugui learned about He Yu's situation and also about He Yuzhu's family.

Yan Bugui ran back. Seeing the usually very dignified Yan Bugui, the third aunt asked curiously:

"Husband, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Bugui asked mysteriously:

"Honey, guess who that little girl who drove up just now was?"

The three aunties said:

"Who was it? Wasn't it with the second son of the Han family? It just quietly observed what was happening in our compound."

Besides, that's just how things are in our compound.

What else can we do?

Upon hearing what the third aunt said, Yan Bugui said:

"That's how things are in our compound now; we no longer have any honorary titles for being advanced."

I won't insist on that. I was talking about the little girl from earlier; you'd never guess who she was!

The three women asked curiously:

"Who is it? I know them."

Yan Bugui nodded:

"That's right, you know him!"

The three aunties said:

"Oh, stop being so mysterious, who is it?"

Yan Bugui said to the three aunties:

"He Yu!"

The three women were extremely shocked:

"He Yu?"

Yan Bugui nodded, then smiled:

"Yes, you didn't expect that, did you? He Yu is only 17 this year, and she has already graduated from university."

I heard that, like his brother, he also went to Tsinghua University. After graduation, He Yuzhu gave He Yusong a graduation gift—that toy car!

Hearing Yan Bugui's words, the third aunt was extremely shocked:

"What? What kind of family is this? Sending a bicycle is shocking enough, but now they're sending a car!"

Yan Bugui said:

"Think about it, He Yu is 17 this year, and she is the same age as our second son, Yan Jiefang."

We used to be from the same compound, we know each other inside and out, do you think there's a chance?

The three aunties rolled their eyes:

"What are you thinking? He Yu is a college student, and she will become a cadre after graduation."

Don't you know what kind of person Jiefang is? Now, he hasn't even passed the entrance exams for high school or vocational school.

If I hadn't graduated a year earlier, I'd probably be living in the countryside by now.

"You need to focus on your studies, Jie Kuang. If you don't get into high school this year, you'll have to go to the countryside!"

Yan Bugui felt utterly helpless after hearing what the third aunt said:

"You know Jie Kuang's grades. With those grades, he would never have been able to pass the exam, let alone now, or even in the past."

Now it's even more impossible!

When she heard Yan Bugui say that her child was not good, the third aunt immediately became unhappy.

"Why is it impossible now?"