"Don't think of marriage in such a scary way. The upper class pays attention to strong alliances, while ordinary people pay attention to being well-matched. Isn't it the same?"
Gong Yu said, looking at her and laughing again, "If we get married and have children, my son will be the heir of the Gong family from now on, not counting your children. After all, I still take advantage. I have been free for more than ten years. There is still such a big family business waiting for me to inherit when I come back."
He said it so meaninglessly, as if he was the one who benefited.
Shi Xiaonian looked at him with red eyes and said, "I'm asking, do you want to get married? Do you?"
The look on Gong Yu's face was stagnant for a moment. He turned to look at her, a hint of sadness in his eyes flashed away. After a long time, he leaned back on the chair and said, "Xiao Nian, don't be so confident about me. Responsibility and guilt.”
“…”
"Let me tell you something, maybe you will feel better." Gong Yu said, putting his hands on his legs and looking down at his fingers, "There was a time when I was deeply burdened by my father. I always failed to complete the tasks assigned to me, and my father always scolded me and always said that I could have given half of Gong Ou's IQ. That was the most stressful period for me."
“…”
Shi Xiaonian listened quietly.
"That's when I met your brother."
Gong Yu said in a low voice. When he heard him mention his younger brother, Shi Xiaonian's body trembled. He was finally going to tell this story.
But why now.
"At first, I only thought of him as a lively and cheerful little girl. He broke into my world like a pistachio. Whenever I was depressed, he could always relieve me and bring me happiness." Gong Yu He said, mentioning that the man's lips slightly curved, "He is very good at painting, and his paintings always have a bright color, which makes people feel comfortable."
Shi Xiaonian listened quietly, her eyes becoming increasingly red due to the wind.
"We are quite different in age, but I am attracted to him. I can't describe the feeling. It's like a huge magnetic field that makes people unable to control themselves." Gong Yu said in a low voice, turning his eyes to look at her, "This feeling gets more and more... The feeling became stronger and stronger, so one day, I gave him a note saying, Xi Yu, my brother likes you, will he marry you when you grow up?"
“…”
Shi Xiaonian looked at him.
On the observation platform, Gong Yu suddenly laughed bitterly, "He told me, brother, your Chinese is not good. My jade is not a beautiful jade, but a jade with gold characters next to it, which means hard gold and precious jade. This kind of name Only boys take it.”
Xi Yu, Xi Yu.
Yu is a treasure, solid gold, indestructible, and has a powerful metaphor. It is completely different from the jade character often given to girls.
Hearing this, Shi Xiaonian was shocked and looked at Gong Yu blankly.
"At that moment, I realized that my Chinese was really bad." Gong Yu said with a wry smile, a trace of indescribable sadness flashing across his eyes, "At that time, I stood in front of him like a fool, and then left."
"you left?"
Shi Xiaonian asked in a daze.
"I had a girlfriend when I was 16, and I couldn't accept it." Gong Yu said frankly, "Later I returned to England and was scolded by my father again. At that time, my pressure had reached the limit, so I decided to prepare my The plan to fake death that has been going on for a year has been brought up."
"that's all?"
Shi Xiaonian asked.
"At that time, I stopped answering any calls from Xi Yu, but one time I answered it by mistake. He was very concerned about me, so I just casually said that I was under too much pressure recently and didn't have time to chat with him." Gong Yu said, "I thought if this continues, the relationship between me and him will slowly fade away."
Usually there is a sad "but" when it comes to this.
"But that little fool actually chased him to the UK. I accepted his time perfunctorily. He asked me out, and Gong Ou also asked me out. And that day was the day I was going to fake my death and escape." Gong Yu said, his voice low. , "I can't change the time. I've done so much research, prepared the body, calculated the extent of the burnt car, and even the weather. I can't just change it."
"So, you still chose to cheat your death that day."
Shi Xiaonian said, so Gong Ou blamed himself for this for many years and even committed suicide; Xi Yu was deeply affected and fell seriously ill when he returned to Italy, and he has been a good son since then.
Gong Yu's plan affected two people.
"Yes." Gong Yu nodded, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, "I thought my death was just a matter of me. Gong Yu would be sad for a while and then it would be fine. As for Xi Yu, who is younger, he would soon forget about me."
“…”
"Xiao Nian, I am such a selfish person. When the plan was successful, you don't know how excited I was. I didn't think about my father, my brother, or the housekeepers, Servant, let alone... Xi Yu." Gong Yu paused and said Xi Yu's name, with a tremor in his voice.
Shi Xiaonian looked at him, "This is where you said you felt sorry for Xi Yu."
"After I successfully faked my death, I felt more relaxed than ever before, and it took me a long time to relax." Gong Yu said, "Later, by chance, I met Xi Yu. At that time, he had just joined the army. Come out, a photo fell out of his book, it’s mine.”
“…”
Shi Xiaonian's eyes were very red.
"I ran away like a cowardly deserter, and he stayed in that place from day to night." Gong Yu looked at Shi Xiaonian and said, his eyes gradually turning red, "For a whole month, he stayed there every day. When I went to that place, I knew he was looking for me and waiting for me, but I hoped he would regard what he saw of me as an illusion."
Shi Xiaonian sat there, feeling extremely uncomfortable and couldn't help but say, "You are really a little selfish."
"It's not a little bit, it's very selfish."
Gong Yu said mockingly, raising his eyes to the blue sky, "At that time, I knew that I owed him. I had been protecting him secretly in those years. I tried my best to protect him no matter what he did. I was always looking for an opportunity. Make everything clear so he doesn’t wait any longer.”
"Did you say that?"
Shi Xiaonian asked.
Gong Yu shook his head and closed his red eyes in self-reproach, "I never showed up in front of him until his plane crashed. When his body was recovered, I was the first to go to him."
“…”
When the plane crashed, Shi Xiaonian thought of that feeling of suffocation in her heart. It was the first and last telepathy between her and Xi Yu.
"Before the plane crashed, he put a book on his body and opened it. There was still a photo of me inside." Gong Yu said, "Do you know what was written behind that photo? It was the note I wrote in Chinese at that time. What’s written on it.”
Xi Yu, my brother likes you. Will he marry you when you grow up
“…”
"He tied the book to himself. I didn't understand why he did that at first, but then I understood. Maybe he always knew that I was watching him secretly." Xi Yu knew that he would be the first to come to him in front of me, so I will keep the book with me until I die.
Hearing this, Shi Shangnian could no longer hold back, tears flowed down, and his voice trembled, "So, my brother has been waiting for you until his death?"
He knew Xi Yu was waiting for him, but he still refused to show his face and make it clear
Just like Gong Ou, he knew how much Gong Ou had suffered because of his death, but he refused to show up.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Nian." Gong Yu closed his eyes, "Only now do I understand why my father looked down on me so much. It's because I am a weak, incompetent, timid and selfish man. I even look down on myself."
“…”
Shi Xiaonian bit her lip and raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
She finally heard the story that belonged to her brother, but why was this story so sad? She even thought that Gong Yu cheated his death for love and eloped, and even thought that Xi Yu cheated his death in a plane crash. Maybe the two of them had been secretly together. There are contacts.
She never thought the story would be like this.
Her good brother had been waiting for someone since he was a teenager, and he waited until he died.
Gong Yu's eyes were also red and covered with water, and his voice became a little hoarse, "So Xiaonian, don't feel sorry for me. I am a person who can't do anything well. I can't do anything for my brother." , my own mother doing something is already all my value."
At this time, the two horses came back one after another, and the red horse returned to the racecourse first.
"I lost." Gong Yu said to the servant below, "The winner will be rewarded with a set of jewelry. Go to my room to get it later."
"Thank you, young master."
Gong Yu smiled with red eyes, "This horse can run very fast. The Gong family's land is so big and it can run back so quickly."
“…”
Shi Xiaonian couldn't listen anymore, so she stood up and walked downstairs, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Xiao Nian!" Gong Yu shouted behind her, "I'm sorry!"
The voice was filled with deep guilt.
This sorry sentence shouldn't be for her, it should be for Xi Yu, but Xi Yu has never heard it.
Shi Xiaonian ran back and returned to the room. Gong Ou was sitting barefoot on the bed. On the bed was a pile of ancient books. He was rummaging through the books while wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
Seeing him, Shi Xiaonian quickly turned to her side, rubbed her eyes vigorously with her hands, and wiped her face, not wanting to look like she had just cried.
Gong Ou was flipping through the book there. He flipped through the book very quickly. After flipping through one book, he threw the book to the ground and then went to the second one.
There were also books lying on the ground.
Shi Xiaonian walked over and looked at him, "What are you doing?"
"Looking for something!" Gong Ou said coldly.
"What are you looking for?"
Shi Xiaonian asked.
"Looking for a book on how to overthrow the eldest son and seize the right of inheritance." Gong Ou impatiently threw out another book in his hand.
Damn it, there are so many rules and regulations, is there any precedent for the second son to inherit them
So annoying.
Reading this kind of book is really boring.
Hearing this, Shi Xiaonian looked at him quietly, then bent down to pick up the books on the ground and tidied them up, then sat down on the floor, leaning against the end of the bed. (To be continued)