Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Gu Jiandong, Are You Useless or What?

""Isn't that the truth!"" Wang Dilai also looked regretful. ""Who knows what kind of dumb luck the Yu family ran into—almost three hundred yuan! If that money had come to our family, we wouldn't have to worry about finding you a good wife!""

Gu Jiandong nodded in agreement at first, but then quickly shook his head. ""Mom, I won't marry anyone else. I only want Chunxiang.""

Wang Dilai: ""......""

Hearing this, Wang Dilai suddenly lost all interest in gossiping and turned to walk back into the yard.

Maybe it was because she was distracted, but Wang Dilai suddenly felt something round and smooth under her foot. It hurt as it pressed into her sole, and before she knew it, she lost her balance and fell backward.

Gu Jiandong had been standing right behind her, but when he saw Wang Dilai suddenly fall, his first instinct wasn't to catch her—instead, he took two steps back, narrowly dodging her.

Wang Dilai crashed hard onto the ground, letting out a wail so loud it could shake the heavens and move the ghosts.

Her cry immediately drew everyone's attention.

Xu Shuhua looked over impatiently. When she saw what happened, she was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. ""Falling like that right at your own doorstep, in front of your own son—Wang Dilai, what kind of bad karma did you rack up?""

Wang Dilai wanted to snap back, but the pain had her gritting her teeth, unable to get a word out.

Gu Jiandong finally snapped out of it, his face full of embarrassment as he stammered, ""Don't talk nonsense, I didn't dodge her on purpose!""

Xu Shuhua nodded knowingly. ""You didn't do it on purpose—it was just instinct!""

""Exactly!"" Gu Jiandong nodded again without thinking, then realized something was off. ""No, that's not it! I just... I just...""

He stammered for ages but couldn't explain himself.

""Alright, that's enough, say no more—we get it!"" Xu Shuhua said, and everyone burst out laughing. Gu Jiandong wished he could dig a hole and crawl into it.

He wanted to run inside, but Wang Dilai was still lying on the ground, so he had no choice but to bend down and help her up.

Wang Dilai was average-sized, not particularly heavy, but since she couldn't use her strength right now, she felt much heavier than usual.

Gu Jiandong, flustered and panicked, tried several times but still couldn't get her up.

This only made everyone laugh harder.

Someone even teased, ""Gu Jiandong, are you useless or what? You're a strapping young man, but you can't even help your own mother up!""

Hearing that, Gu Jiandong's face turned even redder.

Whether it was from embarrassment or anger, it was hard to say.

All this noise filled Yu Nuannuan's ears, but none of it interested her in the slightest.

Her bright, dark eyes had been fixed on the stone by Wang Dilai's foot the whole time.

There was nothing special about a stone, but this one was different.

When Yu Nuannuan looked over after hearing Wang Dilai's scream, the stone looked just like any other.

But gradually, she noticed the stone's color fading and its size shrinking.

She kept staring, and right before her eyes, the stone disappeared into thin air.

If it weren't for the round dent left in the ground, Yu Nuannuan would have thought she was seeing things.

Just as she was wishing she could take a closer look, Wang Dilai finally managed to stand up with Gu Jiandong's help, after kicking her legs a few times.

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