Gu Qingwu went straight back to her room after taking a shower. She sat quietly on the edge of the bed, her eyelashes slightly raised, looking around the unfamiliar environment. The floor was light-colored, making it look exceptionally clean and tidy. The curtains had lace edges and were embroidered with delicate aster flowers, hanging low against the wall.
She drew the curtains, instantly making the light glow a little warmer.
After a long time, He Suichen pushed the door handle in, saw that she had finished washing, walked up to her slowly, and kissed her forehead naturally.
Gu Qingwu said nothing. She raised her hands and hugged his neck tightly, burying her face in it and breathing shallowly.
He Suichen leaned over to let her hug him as much as she wanted, and his posture did not change until he heard Gu Qingwu whisper, "Brother, do you want me to give birth to a son?"
She had obviously overheard Fu Wanwan's words at the stairs after taking a shower, and because of her personality, she was destined to be unable to hide her words. Her dark and beautiful eyes were filled with unconscious confusion, and she repeatedly asked him, "Do you want a son?"
He Sui Chen held her on his lap, his slender fingers gently combing her half-dried black hair, and calmly talking to her about future generations: "Big brother already has a biological son... From the day he abdicates, the pressure of continuing the He family's lineage will not be on me. Qing Wu, having a son or a daughter is destined by fate, just go with the flow."
Gu Qingwu was inexplicably depressed, especially since she became pregnant. This aspect was no longer under her control. She asked again, "Will you spoil our daughter?"
"Yes." He Sui Chen answered her accurately within a second without hesitation: "For the rest of my life, I will only do two things, okay? Pamper you and the little princess in your belly."
Gu Qingwu was convinced by these two sentences, and gradually a kind of ignorant and fearless sense of security rose in her heart. She didn't know where it came from, but looking at He Suichen's dark and deep eyes, feeling the steady heartbeat and warm temperature of his chest with her palm, made her feel particularly at ease.
She is working hard to build her career in the entertainment industry and is capable enough to be self-reliant. The glamorous career of a female star will allow her to have no worries about food and clothing throughout her life and to be able to raise the child in her belly.
But Gu Qingwu wanted to rely on He Sui Chen and draw a little warmth from this man.
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In the next week, the prosperous world outside was still bustling, and Gu Qingwu's self-exposure of her love affair would occasionally appear on the Internet. However, the person concerned was very calm in this isolated town to take care of her pregnancy.
Every day when I wake up, I stay in the yard and look at the trees and flowers, and use vegetable leaves to tease the big white goose. Occasionally, when the weather is fine, I go out for a walk with Fu Wanwan, go to the lake to watch people fishing and catching loaches, and pick fruits from neighbors.
Whenever the neighbors saw her, they would take a closer look and marvel at how much the mother and daughter looked alike.
Gu Qingwu was really beautiful and very popular with children. She also had candies in her pocket. When the neighborhood children saw her, they happily gathered around her and kept calling her "sister."
She put the bamboo basket on the ground and bent down to talk to a little girl who was pulling at her skirt.
The little girl's eyes were almost narrowed into crescents. She took the initiative to kiss her cheek and said softly, "Sister, I like you so much."
Not far away, the neighboring grandmother saw this and laughed. She pulled Fu Wanwan and said, "How old is your child? He looks so pretty. He doesn't have a boyfriend yet, right?"
Gu Qingwu has been wearing loose clothes since she became pregnant, and because of her slim figure, she doesn't look like a pregnant woman.
Before Fu Wanwan could speak, the neighboring grandmother inquired about Gu Qingwu's situation and enthusiastically acted as a matchmaker: "I have a nephew who runs a company outside. He earns a million dollars a year, but his standards are too high... He usually doesn't like many girls that his family introduces to him. I think your child is very good..."
"My son-in-law is at home."
Fu Wanwan's casual words interrupted the neighbor old lady's words that she hadn't finished speaking.
After a while, he smiled awkwardly: "Ah, your child got married so early."
Fu Wanwan said nothing, waved to Gu Qingwu in the distance, and told her to go home.
He Suichen was at home because he had recently been asking Aunt Zhang for advice on cooking and was willing to help in the kitchen. The reason was simple: Gu Qingwu could eat half a bowl of rice more here, and she almost never had morning sickness, and she didn't even feel sick when she smelled fish or shrimp.
Although the He family had hired an experienced chef who had worked for decades to prepare her three meals a day, the little one in Gu Qingwu's belly liked the food from her grandmother's house.
All the wild fish in the town were directly contracted by He Sui Chen, and he would go to buy them when the time came.
In addition to the endless chicken and duck, there is also endless fish soup.
After dinner, Gu Qingwu asked He Sui Chen to take her out for a walk to digest the food as usual, but Fu Wanwan called her upstairs.
The master bedroom was also decorated in the style of aster flowers. Gu Qingwu looked around and found that Fu Wanwan really liked this kind of flower. Everything was purple. She wore a slightly tighter dress after taking a bath. Her belly was slightly bulging, and she finally looked like a pregnant woman.
Fu Wanwan asked Gu Qingwu to sit on the edge of the bed and took out a well-preserved wooden box from the closet.
"This phoenix coronet and bridal robe was passed down from your grandmother... It is passed down from girl to girl, and you are an adult now, and will soon become a mother. It is time to give it to you."
Fu Wanwan opened the wooden box and found an exquisite phoenix coronet and bridal veil inside. The fabric was embroidered with intricate patterns. It was said that it was specially made by a court tailor when the Fu family was at its peak.
Later, it was passed down from generation to generation as dowry for children.
It can be said that it is a family heirloom.
When Gu Qingwu got married, she never thought that Fu Wanwan would give her a dowry, nor did she want anything from her parents. Apart from her life and the fact that she needed to rely on the Gu family to support her when she was a minor to stay healthy, she relied on the stubbornness in her bones to support herself for the rest of her life.
Seeing this now, Gu Qingwu lowered his eyelashes to conceal a slight emotion, and did not speak for a long time.
Fu Wanwan also gave her a box of jewelry and jadeite jewellery, which was the real dowry. These were all jewellery she wore when she was young. Compared with the collectible jewellery at the auction, they might not be worth much, but they have been preserved intact until now.
"When this thing comes out of your belly, mom will put a longevity lock on you."
Gu Qingwu stroked the carved texture of the wooden box with his fingertips. He tried very hard to hide his true emotions, but he couldn't help but look into Fu Wanwan's eyes. He couldn't read her heart after she saw through the world: "Mother... Can I ask you a question?"
Fu Wanwan seemed to guess what she wanted to ask. She sat on the edge of the bed with a calm expression on her beautiful face: "Ask."
Gu Qingwu was silent for a while, and did not ask if it was because she had Gu family blood in her body that Fu Wanwan had such a weak feeling towards her. Perhaps, as He Suichen comforted her, some people were naturally slow in emotions, and it was not that they really did not love their own flesh and blood.
What she wanted to ask was: "Who is your true love, my father or Uncle Shen?"
When talking about Gu Wenhan, Fu Wanwan's cold eyes revealed irony that she never concealed: "Your father looks like a beautiful gift from God to women, but he is rotten to the core... When I was young, I was blind to be moved by his self-torture tricks every now and then, but I didn't know that he loved my face and my body."
Gu Wenhan had no idea of her true character and fell in love with her hastily just because of her beautiful appearance.
After living together for a long time after marriage, he was surprised to find that Fu Wanwan was not a weak character, nor was she willing to stay in a deep courtyard to take care of her husband and children. She seemed like a dodder that could only survive by relying on men, but in fact she was a poisonous rose with thorns.
Before Fu Wanwan complained about being cheated by a promiscuous scumbag, Gu Wenhan was already furious, saying that her Fu family was in poverty and that in order to marry into a wealthy family... she pretended to be a beautiful little flower before marriage, but she stopped pretending after marriage.
Regardless of whether Gu Qingwu was there or not, Fu Wanwan and Gu Wenhan had already grown tired of each other and couldn't stand each other's true personalities.
Gu Qingwu listened quietly, and finally sat on the carpet like a child, leaning forward slightly, hugging Fu Wanwan's knees with both hands and resting her chin on them. This action was instinctive. When she was very young, she also liked to listen to her mother telling stories in this way.
Fu Wanwan paused for a long time, her delicate white fingers gently stroked her cheek, and her voice became softer: "Not everyone is lucky enough to meet the person they love the most and find the love they dream of... Mom doesn't know where her love is... Maybe, she will never find it in this lifetime."
She was born with beauty and wealth, and lived aimlessly for decades, but she could never find the love she most longed for.
There were a few years when Fu Wanwan gave Shen Yu a chance, but unfortunately he was not interested.
The feeling of loneliness haunted her all year round and had penetrated deep into her bones. As time passed, Fu Wanwan became increasingly emotionally cold. She began to live in seclusion in this peaceful town, waiting day by day for the passing of life and the day when she would grow completely old.
Fortunately, her daughter was a little more fortunate in that regard.
At the best age of my life, I can meet a man who loves me deeply with all his strength and will not be let down by me.
Fu Wanwan smiled gently at Gu Qingwu: "You should be happier, and make your mother happy, which is what she desires most in her life."
Gu Qingwu pressed his forehead against her knees, slowly calming his breathing, and after a while he said, "Uncle Shen... actually cares about you a lot."
"Shen Yu?" Fu Wanwan mentioned him without any sarcasm or sneer, but calmly without any emotion: "I only have sexual needs for him."
Gu Qingwu raised his head, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
It turns out that when Shen Yu was deeply in love, Fu Wanwan just used him as a tool.
"Before I married Shen Yu, he was my sex partner... He was a good lover in bed, but he had a lot of bad relationships, and he also had a crazy ex-wife who was entangled with me. It really annoyed me."
Fu Wanwan and Shen Yu have known each other since childhood and know each other's love history too well. When they break the boundaries of friendship and want to become the closest bedmates, they will find that those things that they didn't care about will become more concerned.
But Shen Yu's love was too obsessive, and she had enough of it after one year of marriage.
Fu Wanwan gently stroked Gu Qingwu's face with her fingers, carefully looking at this young face that looked very much like her own. Her light voice paused for a long time, and then continued: "You are yourself, the mother of the child in your belly, and my daughter..."
Gu Qingwu put his face against her fingertips, then slowly pressed it against her palms, and his voice slowly leaked out from between his lips and teeth: "Everyone has difficulties."
Fu Wanwan's situation back then was even more difficult than hers, but the coldness in her nature prevented her from being like an abandoned woman who blamed everyone and everything on the world, but instead she chose to face a new life alone.
Gu Qingwu never resented Fu Wanwan for bringing her into this world but abandoning her in the Gu family without raising her.
Never resented.
Perhaps the mother and daughter were not destined to be together, and it was just unfortunate that she came into this world through Fu Wanwan's belly.
The conversation tonight softened Gu Qingwu's cold and strong character, and she unconsciously showed her attachment to her mother to Fu Wanwan, which she did not notice. The next day, the two of them got along with each other as usual, without any changes.
After living in the small town for half a month.
Gu Wenhan couldn't help being angry and came to harass her once, but in the end he wasn't even qualified to enter the small western-style building.
He could only stand outside the yard, suppressing his anger and warning Fu Wanwan not to forget who had the custody of their daughter. Perhaps the trauma of domestic violence from his ex-wife was too deep, so he did not forget to bring two bodyguards with him.
Fu Wanwan, wearing a soft purple gauze dress, stood in the yard watering the flowers and plants. Her long hair was casually tied up, revealing the delicate and cold curve of her profile. She was still beautiful, shrouded in white mist, like a fairy who had just descended to the earth.
If it were any other man, he might be so obsessed that he would lose his mind.
But when Gu Wenhan saw her, his bones ached. The more beautiful she was, the more he could imagine the scene of her smashing his knee with a golf club.
His knees ached slightly, and he wanted to lean against the wall but felt it was inappropriate, so he straightened the collar of his suit and said coldly, "Don't ruin the relationship between me and my daughter. Gu Qingwu's surname is Gu, and he has nothing to do with your Fu family."
Fu Wanwan waited until the mad dog outside the wall stopped howling, put the flower-watering tools on the stone bench, and took out a pair of silver scissors from the basket.
When Gu Wenhan saw her holding the scissors, he subconsciously looked at the burly bodyguard behind him, but he endured it and did not take a step back.
Who would have thought that Fu Wanwan was just pruning the branches of the camellia, her movements were careless, and the cut was like cutting a man's flesh. She didn't even look at Gu Wenhan, and her voice was cold and sarcastic: "It seems that some people only remember that they have a daughter when they are old and want to enjoy the blessing of children... Aren't you quite capable? You have a child at this age, why do you come to harass my daughter?"
Gu Wenhan looked unhappy and was about to retort, but he saw Fu Wanwan's eyes curled up and finally looked at him straight in the eye: "I remembered that you are not destined to have a son. The child born by a woman outside is not as legitimate as my daughter."
"Fu Wanwan, please be more kind-hearted with your mouth!"
"Your old lady told me that you don't have a son... Whose mouth is not good enough?"
Fu Wanwan could make Gu Wenhan furious with just a few words, especially when she asked, "After so many years, is the old lady still alive? If so, go home and ask her."
Gu Wenhan was already on the verge of losing his mind. He came here because he was angry that Gu Qingwu didn't get close to the Gu family, but brought He Suichen to find his ex-wife. Now he was scolded mercilessly, and he was so angry that he pointed at her and said, "You crazy woman!"
Fu Wanwan curled her lips coldly, holding the scissors in her hand, her purple skirt moving slightly, and took a few steps towards him.
Only a short wall separated them. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Gu Wenhan, who had been surrounded by women for many years and had been stained with a lot of powder. The more she looked at him, the more disgusting he became. Her cold voice was soon blown away by a wisp of white mist: "I warn you, my daughter's marriage to the He family has nothing to do with you, Gu Wenhan, or me, Fu Wanwan..."
"If you dare to rush to get close to this relative, put on the airs of a father-in-law to get close to the rich and powerful, and let your daughter be laughed at for nothing... Gu Wenhan, oh Gu Wenhan, then for the rest of your life, you lie in a coffin and I go to jail, is that okay?"
When Gu Wenhan heard these words, the long-lost pain in his kneecap began to spread again, and it was like a needle hitting the nail on the head, directly hurting his scar.
Fu Wanwan was a cruel woman, and she would never change her mind. Before the divorce, she warned him not to play with other women outside, otherwise she would break his knees. Later, even though he cried and begged for mercy, Fu Wanwan did not soften her heart for a moment.
Fu Wanwan left her words there and ignored this stupid and useless man. She turned around and walked into the villa.
I don’t know if the warning worked, or if Gu Wenhan had been clinging to the wall for a long time but didn’t see Gu Qingwu come out to see his father. In the evening, he was no longer seen wandering around the villa.
Fu Wanwan and Gu Qingwu have a good understanding and don't mention the waste Gu Wenhan.
And the statement that Gu Wenhan was not destined to have a son actually came true as the old lady of the Gu family said.
During the time Yi Xiaorong was secretly pregnant, she was prone to miscarriages due to her physical condition. Despite all the careful efforts she made, she still lost the baby.
Gu Wenhan's son died completely. After spending a large sum of money to nurse Yi Xiaorong back to health, he gave her a villa as compensation. As for marrying her, he had never planned to do so.
After working so hard for so long, Yi Xiaorong's career in the entertainment industry ended up failing, and she didn't get to marry into a wealthy family as she wished.
When Gu Qingwu learned the news, he heard it from Jiang Dianying.
"The one who was almost your stepmother went to the reporters to expose false information, saying that she was going to marry into a wealthy family... Damn, she wanted to stir up some hype and make a comeback, but no media was willing to give her free marketing."
Gu Qingwu asked her: "Where did you hear the news?"
Jiang Dianying: "The reporters were unwilling to expose false information, so Yi Xiaorong went on some variety shows, hoping to expose the love and hatred between her and the wealthy families. I am a variety show star now, so what can't I know?"
Then, she added, "I have said privately that I refuse to be on the same stage with Yi Xiaorong. Directors who want to find Yi Xiaorong to record variety shows should also consider who they should not offend."
Jiang Dianying directly cut off Yi Xiaorong's way to make a comeback by relying on the red and black gangs. Otherwise, this woman is very scheming and would have revealed some random information about the Gu family on the show, which would have made things difficult to deal with if it involved Gu Qingwu.
Gu Qingwu is no pushover either. Luo Yuan had already made arrangements with his own network of contacts and would not give others the opportunity to take advantage of the popularity.
After staying in the town for a month, Gu Qingwu's body became fair and smooth at a visible speed, and she was no longer as thin as she was in the early stages of pregnancy. She was more than five months pregnant and could no longer hide her pregnancy, so she prepared to return to the He family's old house to rest.
The night before leaving.
Gu Qingwu sat by the window, his eyes fixed on the big white goose in the backyard, still thinking about the food.
The next day, she got up early, changed into a knitted skirt, and went downstairs wrapped in a warm blue shawl. She saw Aunt Zhang catching a white goose in the yard early in the morning. The yard was fluttering around as if it had been robbed. In the end, the white goose was no match for Aunt Zhang's magic grasp and was pinned to the ground.
This big white goose is usually spoiled and is Fu Wanwan's pet.
Except for Gu Qingwu who would tease it when she was bored, no one would bother it normally. It was rare to see Aunt Zhang use violence to tie it up with ropes. She stood on the steps and watched for a while, then asked, "Aunt Zhang, what are you doing?"
Aunt Zhang: "Wuwu is awake... Your mother asked me to kill this big white goose and stew it for you."
Gu Qingwu had been coveting it for a whole month and was still thinking about it when she was leaving. Fu Wanwan had given instructions last night. Aunt Zhang looked everywhere for the kitchen knife and then remembered that it was in the kitchen. She wiped her hands and hurried to get it.
The big white goose that was tied up was still flapping its wings on the ground. It was as fat as a ball of cotton and was struggling to hold its neck straight. Its small black eyes showed a sense of confusion and innocence about life and death.
I don’t understand what’s wrong with this world. Why would we disturb its sweet dreams for no reason
Gu Qingwu watched it flutter for a while before she slowly walked over to it. It was as dirty as a black ball. She half-knelt down, patted the goose's head with a little disdain, and chuckled to herself: "Let me tell you a secret. You won't understand it anyway."
"I don't have much appetite for you, nor am I envious... I'm just a little jealous that you are Fu Wanwan's pet. She has never raised me like this."
The big white goose's small black bean eyes stared at her, not knowing that it was almost being stripped of its feathers and put into the pot.
Then, Gu Qingwu untied the rope on the big white goose, slowly stood up, and took two steps back.
Perhaps the big white goose heard Aunt Zhang's footsteps and was instantly aroused to survive. After a while, it twisted its fat and tender butt and rushed out of the yard. When Aunt Zhang came out with hot water and a kitchen knife, she saw only a rope on the ground but no goose.
"Eh? Why did he run away... Wuwu, did you see which direction he ran to?"
Gu Qingwu walked into the house, pulling at her shawl with her fingers, and said lightly, "I didn't see clearly, Aunt Zhang... I want to drink egg drop soup, not anything meaty."
"Egg drop soup? Sit here for a moment, I'll make it right away."
"Mm, sweet..."
A few whispered conversations downstairs drifted away with the wind. On the balcony on the second floor, Fu Wanwan stood quietly, watching indifferently.
When the morning mist dissipated, one luxury car after another stopped in front of the villa in a low-key manner.
Gu Qingwu was helped into the car and sat in the back seat. The warm light set off her body, making it dim. Outside, He Sui Chen and Fu Wanwan whispered for a while, and three minutes later, they also got into the car.
She lowered her eyes and was very quiet. She heard the sound of the car door being locked, as if the atmosphere of the town was completely cut off.
At this time, He Sui Chen handed her the thermal box, which was wrapped in a napkin and still warm.
Gu Qingwu took a look before opening it, and found that inside was a delicate little white goose made of steamed bun. The shape was so lifelike that even its black bean-like little eyes looked very much like the fat white goose.
She was stunned for a while, and subconsciously looked out the window. As the driver drove forward, the small western-style building full of aster flowers gradually became blurred...
One could only vaguely see that the hem of Fu Wanwan's lavender skirt was slightly blown by the wind as she stood outside the yard.
This moment also left a very shallow mark in Gu Qingwu's heart, almost silently. She couldn't see Fu Wanwan's figure anymore. Her fingertips tightly grasped the edge of the thermal box, looking at the little white goose bun. Gradually, her nose became sore, but she smiled.
Everything was said without words. He Suichen did not ask her anything. He accompanied her silently and gently. After a while, he handed her a clean and fragrant handkerchief: "I will bring you here again when I am free in the future."
Gu Qingwu pinched the little white goose's bun with her fingertips, took a small bite of it, but couldn't taste anything, so she put it back.
She took He Suichen's handkerchief, wiped away the tears from her eyes, took a few deep breaths, stopped looking at the town outside the car window, and said calmly, "Brother, I won't come next time... I don't want to disturb her quiet life again."
Fu Wanwan chose to live in seclusion in a small town in loneliness, but she was deeply immersed in the prosperous world outside and also had her own home.
The bond between mother and daughter cannot be forced.
That’s good…
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●°u°●This chapter is a bit touching~ Huanhuan hopes that the little fairy who meets love can be like Gu Qingwu, and be pampered in the palm of her hand for the rest of her life.
The little fairy who hasn't found love yet will sooner or later meet a perfect man like He Sui Chen, mumumu