Cutting In and Crashing – Is This Your Driving School Instructor? 89

Chapter 89: Asking for a Favor?

2025-01-21

Chapter 89: Asking for a Favor?

“Pitter-patter…”

It rained that night.

The northern region is terribly dry in winter; even getting three or five snowfalls throughout the entire winter is something to be thankful for. Rain in mid-to-late November is therefore quite rare.

It was a rare day off. Although the rain was a bit of a bummer, at least it provided good sleeping conditions. Gu Yin had an unusually early night last night, washing up and going to bed at around 10 pm. He slept for a solid twelve hours, only waking up at 10 am the next day.

In a daze, he heard his mother knocking on the door and muttering:

“Wake up! What time is it? The sun’s already past its peak!”

“Huh… Is the sun up?” Gu Yin rubbed his eyes and mumbled back lazily.

“…” Gu Yin’s mother was momentarily speechless. She had spoken without thinking; she had forgotten it was a cloudy day…

“Get up, don’t be lazy!” Like a furious nanny, she grumbled, “You’re like a pig, sleeping all day. You’re not growing anymore, I don’t know where you get all this sleep.”

“Being able to sleep is a good thing…” Gu Yin remained in bed, refusing to get up, and retorted, “It’s being unable to sleep that’s the problem.”

“…Who are you talking about?!” Gu Yin’s mother was so angry she almost burst through the door.

“No, Mom…” Gu Yin, getting dressed as he got out of bed, was puzzled. “I finally have a day off, why are you yelling at me so early in the morning?”

He pondered, he hadn’t done anything wrong; he had been quite well-behaved recently…

While his mother’s words were harsh, when Gu Yin opened the door, she had prepared a bowl of thick millet porridge and two warm egg pancakes for him at the table.

Having a meal at 10 am, only possible at home. If you were married, your wife would be thrilled to cook for you…

Mom’s the best.

It’s worth mentioning that just as Gu Yin sat down to eat, he heard the toilet flushing.

“Who’s here?” With his mouth full, Gu Yin asked while drinking his porridge, “Didn’t Gu Yue go to school?”

It was Monday, and at this time, only his mother and he should be home.

“Your aunt.” Gu Yin’s mother glared at him, her expression unreadable.

“Pfft…cough…cough…”

Gu Yin choked on his porridge. A few grains of millet even came out of his nose. He coughed repeatedly and nervously asked his mother, “What’s she doing here?”

His aunt’s full name is Zhou Li. She’s notoriously petty, and she’s famously overprotective of her beloved son…

When Gu Yin and his older male cousin were picking peaches on the mountain as kids, the peaches have fuzz on them, right? His cousin picked a peach, didn’t wash his hands, and touched everything, making him itchy all over, scratching until many places were broken and his face was a bit allergic, she insisted it was all Gu Yin’s fault for persuading his cousin to pick the peaches…

Who was hurt and who was in the right, huh?

They were all just country bumpkins, wild as can be, only she treated her son like a young master, even now that her son is married, she still dotes on him excessively…

The forklift incident must have been exposed, otherwise, without a holiday or festival, why would she be paying a visit on a Monday morning, like a weasel paying respects to a chicken?

His mother’s words confirmed Gu Yin’s thoughts. His mother, mopping the floor in the kitchen, glared at Gu Yin: “Why do you think your aunt is here?”

“I…”

Gu Yin was speechless.

His cousin really was something, such a grown man, still telling his mother everything…

Gu Yin hadn’t instructed him, but couldn’t he have kept it confidential?!

Didn’t he know his mother’s and his aunt’s personalities?

Really…

While they were talking, the bathroom door opened, and a plainly dressed, thin woman came out. When she saw Gu Yin, she smiled kindly: “Little Yin, awake?”

“Yep, Aunt…” Gu Yin lifted his porridge bowl. “Have you eaten? Want to have some together?”

“I have, we ate early, unlike you youngsters…” His aunt said while washing her hands.

She immediately put Gu Yin down a peg. Gu Yin couldn’t help but roll his eyes: “Yes, you’re older, irregular eating habits can cause health problems; unlike us young people, we’re healthy, we eat whenever we want.”

The mirror above the sink reflected the middle-aged woman’s slightly twitching lips. His aunt remained composed and quietly said, “But you can’t take your youth for granted and ignore your health, or you’ll suffer when you’re older…”

Adults are interesting. When they see younger people, they always want to lecture them, as if that’s the only way to assert their status.

Gu Yin never indulged those who liked to lecture. Chewing on an egg pancake, he mumbled, “Auntie, I remember you were quite health-conscious when you were young, you haven’t had fewer illnesses these past two years, what’s up with that?”

“You little…” His aunt immediately put her hands on her hips, almost about to scold Gu Yin.

Fortunately, Gu Yin’s mother came out of the kitchen in time, holding a freshly boiled egg. She cracked it on Gu Yin’s head, and immediately said, “Eat your food and shut your mouth!”

Gu Yin shrugged, took the egg from his head, and went back to eating…

“Sister, you have to control your good-for-nothing son…” Zhou Li, with a typical village woman’s demeanor, said, “He’s almost at the age to get married, but he still talks like a child. How is he ever going to find a wife?”

Unable to deal with Gu Yin directly, she decided to pressure his mother. To be honest, this was only because they were family; if it were a stranger, regardless of age, Gu Yin would have chased them away.

“Ha, yes, yes…”

Although they weren’t biological sisters, Gu Yin’s mother wasn’t one to be taken advantage of. She verbally agreed, leading her sister to the sofa, picking up the thermos to pour water, she also put on a gentle appearance and asked:

“Is Qianqian still as busy as before, no time to look after the child?”

Gu Yin’s mother’s “Qianqian” is Gu Yin’s cousin’s wife, a nurse (one of the “three professions men don’t marry into”), who works at a town hospital over ten kilometers away. She is always busy, not only is she away from home but also has no time to take care of her child…

Zhou Li, as the mother-in-law, has had many conflicts with her daughter-in-law, constantly urging her to change jobs. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarrel frequently; the neighbors all know about it, and it’s considered a “family scandal.” Gu Yin’s mother bringing this up clearly meant to get back at Gu Yin’s aunt.

This aunt was truly clueless…

“Oh my god, don’t even mention it…”

Mentioning this, she talked endlessly, using his mother as a confidante, badmouthing her daughter-in-law.

“Tsk tsk…”

Gu Yin listened while eating breakfast, thinking to himself, what bad luck his sister-in-law had with her mother-in-law.

Their family situation…

Every family has its own problems. She’s in that profession, if you had reservations before getting married, you should have said so earlier. After getting married and having children, you ask her to change jobs, why didn’t you say anything sooner?

Also…

Talking about family matters at home is fine, but you open your mouth and talk to outsiders, telling others bad things about your family, aren’t you an idiot?

Gu Yin despised people who badmouthed their family to outsiders. She never understood who was closest to her.

That morning…

It was raining outside. Gu Yin wanted some peace and quiet, but his aunt was nagging the whole morning.

At first, she was just complaining and venting to his mother, saying how difficult it was to make ends meet these past few years with the economic downturn…

Then she started complaining that her son’s repair shop was barely making ends meet, spending more than it earned.

Then…

She brought up the topic of Gu Yin borrowing the forklift.

She said that the police called his cousin yesterday…

As ordinary citizens, receiving a call from the police is like committing a huge crime; she didn’t explain what happened, she only cared that the police contacted her son, and it was because of Gu Yin.

“I always say this about young people nowadays, try to avoid trouble, it’s better to be on the safe side, be lenient when you can, don’t always be so angry, don’t you think so, sister?”

It was unclear who she was being sarcastic towards. His aunt held his mother’s hand and nagged.

These words were extremely irritating to Gu Yin…

He felt that their generation had been brainwashed. What… better to be on the safe side… be lenient when you can… avoid trouble…

It’s like nonsense!

Have they ever considered why people think that way?

It’s simply because when they think that way, they become good people, easy to bully, convenient for those who bully them.

It’s a form of mental confinement, a cage!

Gu Yin could only say…

Mountain Winter Region, the land of Confucius and Mencius, has been suffering for a long time.

Historically, it is said that the Mountain Winter Region has never produced emperors or rebels; everyone is honest and simple…

Are they all honest and simple?

It’s because the seeds of PUA have been planted in their DNA for generations!

“No, Auntie, do you even know what happened before you keep nagging?”

Gu Yin couldn’t take it anymore. He slammed his bowl on the table; he was never good-tempered…

“No matter what happened! You can’t resort to extreme measures!” His aunt immediately adopted a lecturing tone, “You’ve always been too easily agitated and too hot-headed!”

“Hot-headed?” Gu Yin thought, if you were there, you might have been even more furious than I was! I didn’t directly ram into that Audi, I was already very calm, okay!

He had countless complaints to make, but just as Gu Yin was about to start his rant, he was silenced by his mother…

“Say less!”

Gu Yin’s mother frowned and shouted at Gu Yin, finally managing to restrain him. To avoid conflict, she quickly said:

“It’s getting late, Yueyue will be home from school soon. Go prepare lunch, give yourself a chance to be a good brother.”

It wasn’t that Gu Yin’s mother wasn’t willing to defend her son; it was mainly that…

He used someone else’s forklift.

The police did call his cousin…

As relatives, they had to console them.

That’s how things worked in small towns.

“Hmph…”

Gu Yin shrugged, rolling his eyes as he went into the kitchen.

Washing dishes, cooking again, seamless transition from breakfast to lunch, that’s the life of a modern young person.

The living room: his aunt was still chattering away; these women could really talk. In the blink of an eye, it was almost noon, she had been nagging his mother for almost two hours…

At first, Gu Yin was angry, then he got numb. He simply put on his headphones, listened to music while cooking, ignoring the noise.

For a rare leisurely lunch, Gu Yin, who hadn’t cooked in a while, chopped a bunch of leeks his great-aunt gave him last night, cracked three eggs, added some salt and seasoning, and fried a leek and egg dish.

He also added some string beans and sliced meat, making string beans with meat.

He took out the leftover mung bean dumplings from the cupboard and made a dumpling soup…

He reheated the leftover chicken and duck in the microwave. In a short while, there were four or five dishes on the table.

Perhaps because of the rainy weather, the aroma spread more easily. Even with the range hood on, the house was soon filled with the smell of oil and vegetables.

His mother was a good cook, and Gu Yin learned from her; he had no fear of cooking since he was a child. His aunt had always envied this, her child couldn’t do anything…

Seeing Gu Yin quickly prepare several dishes, his aunt complained even more loudly.

A little after noon, Gu Yue arrived home on time. As soon as she entered, she heard her aunt complaining. What Gu Yin found strange was that his sister didn’t seem surprised at all, her eyes even showed a hint of schadenfreude…

“Did you tell Mom?” Gu Yin found something fishy; his mother’s eyes had seemed off since last night before he went to bed.

“I… impossible!” Gu Yue, who had been lying since she was little, couldn’t look people in the eyes and hesitated. Gu Yin saw through her immediately.

“You’re dead, you must die!” Gu Yin grabbed his sister by the back of her neck with a cleaver in his hand, acting like he was about to chop her. Die, you evil monster!

From afar, his aunt shouted, “Oh my… don’t wave that cleaver around, you’ll hurt someone! Look…”

Not only Gu Yin, even Gu Yue felt a headache. It was the mother who should be saying something about the siblings playing around. Why was the aunt lecturing them?

“Auntie, shouldn’t you be going home to cook for my nephew?” Gu Yin rolled his eyes and said directly, “I didn’t make lunch for you.”

He was blatantly lying. With a whole table of food, even without the leftovers, his aunt only needed an extra pair of chopsticks…

Normally, when relatives visit, you should at least accommodate them, right?

Especially in Mountain Winter, if you let your relatives leave at mealtime, you’d be laughed at…

Only Gu Yin was so unconcerned.

“Tsk…” His mother was annoyed, “What are you saying? It’s lunchtime, can you let your aunt go?”

His mother was also clever; as soon as she spoke, his aunt had nothing to say…

“Then wash your hands and eat, stop nagging.” Gu Yin rolled his eyes and started serving the food.

At the dinner table.

Gu Yin’s words went completely unheard by his aunt. Not only did she continue to nag, but her words became increasingly unpleasant, lecturing him non-stop…

“Gu Yin, what was that all about? They just blocked your car, right? Why did you have your brother send you a forklift in the middle of the night? Why did the police call your brother? That’s so scary!”

She just thought it was scary, didn’t want her family involved. This kind of person only dares to be tough with her family, pretending to be a good person to outsiders…

Gu Yin didn’t know how she and Gu Yue described the situation to his mother, but his mother also said:

“Exactly, be lenient when you can, don’t be so confrontational with people…”

During lunch, Gu Yin didn’t want to argue with them. He wanted to put down his chopsticks and ask them if they knew that the person who blocked the car was already being investigated by the police and was in detention?

To tell them it was the other party’s fault, the police said it was the other party’s fault.

But who knew…

Gu Yin just slammed his bowl on the table, before he could even open his mouth…

“Knock knock knock…”

A knocking sound suddenly came from the front door.

“Who is it?”

In the middle of the day, at lunchtime, who would be knocking at the door?

In Mountain Winter, whether it’s visiting or attending to matters, people generally choose after 10 am, after everyone has woken up. In the afternoon, it’s mostly after 2 pm, not to disturb people’s naps…

Knocking at this time of day was unusual.

“Stop eating…” Gu Yin slapped his annoying sister Gu Yue on the head, “Open the door.”

“…You’re like a cockroach bully…” Gu Yue rolled her eyes and complained as she went to open the door.

There were many people at home, not just the mother and daughter, so Gu Yue didn’t look through the peephole and opened the door directly.

However, when she saw the two uniformed police officers standing outside…

Gu Yue froze on the spot.

“Wrong address?”

At the door, Xiao Chen scratched his head and looked at Su Nuan beside him…

The Police Beauty remained calm, smiling and asking Gu Yue: “Little sister, is this Gu Yin’s home?”

“Ah… yes, it is.” Gu Yue nodded blankly.

The silly, clever sister was stunned seeing the police. She was still young and hadn’t seen much of the world…

“Who is it?” His mother’s voice came from inside.

Gu Yin and his aunt also looked over…

“Mom…” Gu Yue took a step back, saying, “The police.”

“The police?!”

Ironically, hearing that it was the police, Gu Yin’s mother and Gu Yin didn’t react much, but his aunt shrieked in fright, dropping her bowl to the floor, shattering it.

At that moment, she probably thought that Gu Yin was in trouble, the police were here to arrest him…

Would her son also be arrested?!

Would he be implicated?!

What a fragile heart…

Not only her, his mother also frowned, looking worried.

“Auntie…” Gu Yin didn’t know what to say, so he just said, “You’ll pay for the bowl!”

He then helplessly stood up and walked over…

There’s no smoke without fire. Gu Yin wasn’t sure why Su Nuan and Xiao Chen were at the door, but what was interesting was…

There were more than just Su Nuan and Xiao Chen. Behind them were three women and one man: two middle-aged women, a long-haired girl who looked like a college student, and a young man with glasses, around the same age as the girl.

They were carrying various gifts: milk, fruit, health products, and so on. Bags and bags of them. When they saw Gu Yin, they all smiled obsequiously.

Gu Yin was stunned…

Wait, this looks like a scene where people are visiting to give gifts and ask for favors?

…

(End of Chapter)

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