Gu Xi followed Old Man Gu downstairs.
As soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw a girl walking to the top of the stairs, pretending to go upstairs, until she saw the old man coming down, and the other party stopped.
Gu Xi looked at the other party, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
- Gu Xueer
If she remembered correctly, it was her name.
Gu Xi recalled: this person was Gu Xueer, who led the team from the group Gu Xi and Dong Mingming came out of the library that day, and the other party also took them to take a picture on the photo wall.
Just seeing Gu Xue'er at Gu's house made Gu Xi a little surprised.
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Gu Xue'er on the other side was also a little surprised when she saw Gu Xi. And he also quickly thought of Gu Xi—the girl he saw at school that day.
At that time, because the girl was very beautiful, Gu Xue'er had a little more impression of Gu Xi.
Later, Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao helped this girl canvass votes in the circle of friends.
At that time, Gu Xueer still thought it was strange, why did those two people help Gu Xi canvassing votes, did they know each other
"Grandpa, is this a guest from the house today?" Suppressing a trace of scruples in her heart, Gu Xue'er blinked and asked with a sincere look at Old Man Gu.
"Not a guest." The old man said straight to the point, and added, "This is your second uncle's daughter."
"Xixi lived with her mother before, and now she's back," the old man said. He gave an explanation to Gu Xi's appearance, but didn't say too much about Gu Xi's previous situation in the Lin family, or what happened back then.
This is a kind of protection from the old man to Gu Xi.
Hearing the old man's explanation, Gu Xue'er was surprised for a while: Er Uncle has been alone for so many years, and no one has heard of Er Uncle's past marriage experience or relationship history, why did he suddenly have a child
Bastard? Or some unexpected child? I don't know if it's true or not...
Gu Xue'er thought to herself, but she quickly concealed the surprise on her face.
Before Grandpa Gu could introduce her to Gu Xi, Gu Xue'er cast a very warm smile at Gu Xi.
"Hello Xixi, my name is Gu Xue'er, nice to meet you." Gu Xue'er took the initiative to say to Gu Xi.
"We met at school before, do you still have any impressions?" Gu Xue'er asked, not concealing that the two of them had seen this incident at school before, and there was no embarrassment at all because of that incident.
"I have an impression." Gu Xi nodded.
The smile on Gu Xue'er's face widened a bit, and she continued: "I felt a little familiar when I saw you for the first time. I didn't expect that we are so destined to be a family."
- No wonder Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao would help Gu Xi canvass for votes, it seems that they should have known about Gu Xi long ago.
Gu Xue'er thought to herself.
Looking at Gu Xi again, he said, "I should be a little older than you, you can just call me Sister Xue'er."
Gu Xi nodded again and called out to the other party as a greeting.
Gu Xueer said that the affinity and friendliness she showed was just like when she was in school before, and people couldn't pick out what was wrong.
However, Gu Xi was a little strange.
It seems that Gu Xue'er is also a member of the Gu family, but she has never heard from Gu Chenyi and the others before. Even when Gu Shao introduced her to the composition of the Gu family, he only mentioned the uncle's family and the three boys.
Gu Xi subconsciously looked in the direction of the living room. It was found that in addition to Gu Shao and Gu Xuan, there was one more person in the living room.
At this time, Gu Shao and Gu Xuan were sitting on the side of the sofa, while the man in the dark gray suit was sitting on the sofa opposite them.
The three are chatting.
There was nothing wrong with her expression, but Gu Xi faintly felt that the atmosphere over there was indescribably strange.
Although it was just a normal conversation, and there was nothing special about listening to the content of the conversation vaguely, the three people sitting together didn't feel like a chat, but more like a game.
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At this time, the other party looked over and saw the old man. The man nodded towards Gu Shao and Gu Xuan, then got up and walked towards him.
Walking to the old man Gu and standing still, the man shouted at the old man: "Dad."
By the way, he glanced at Gu Xi next to the old man.
This glance made Gu Xi shudder inexplicably.
The man in front of him looked about the same age as Gu Shao and Gu Xuan, with gentle facial features and a humble smile, but there was a hint of coldness behind this smile.
This kind of coldness is completely different from Gu Shao's coldness, and the high coldness of other Gu family members when they don't speak - people don't feel that something is wrong, but they just feel cold on their backs.
"Come on." The old man responded.
"I encountered some minor troubles and delayed it for a while. Dad specially entrusted a person to bring some ginseng from country A, and I asked Butler Zhou to take it." Gu Yaobai said.
The old man nodded: "It's good to deal with it."
Apart from this sentence, Mr. Gu didn't make any more comments.
Gu Xi secretly glanced at the old man Gu's face, and found that the old man's face was no longer the kind smile that he used to have, although there was a little bit of disobedience.
At this time, the old man Gu didn't have much expression on his face, as if this was the serious and calm look he should have.
"Everyone is here, then let's go and eat." Old Man Gu said.
The tone sounds okay, nothing special about it.
When Mr. Gu said something, everyone in the family naturally moved.
Gu Yaobai and Gu Xueer also followed the old man towards the restaurant.
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At this time, Aunt May came over.
She helped in the kitchen before, and after she was done, she went back to her previous room and changed into clothes that did not smell of oily smoke.
Seeing Gu Yaobai over there, Aunt Mei was stunned for a moment: "The third young master is here too."
After muttering, Aunt Mei saw that Gu Xi's face was not in the situation, and she wondered if the old gentleman forgot to introduce it, so she came over and introduced to Gu Xi in a low voice: "That is the third child of the Gu family, you have to be called 'Third Uncle'. , next to you is your third uncle's daughter, who is one year older than you."
Hearing Aunt Mei's introduction, Gu Xi not only did not feel enlightened, but became even more puzzled.
-Gu Shao is the second child of the Gu family, and his uncle is the fourth child. The two are so close together that they are less than two years apart.
Without waiting for Gu Xi to think about it, after the old man in front of Gu took two steps, he felt something was wrong, only to realize that his granddaughter was not following, so he stopped and called Gu Xi back.
"Xixi go, go to dinner with grandpa."
When Old Man Gu spoke to Gu Xi, his tone naturally became kind, and the expression on his face became kind at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
"Okay." Gu Xisan followed in two steps.
Seeing Gu Shao coming over, Gu Xi moved to Gu Shao's side without a trace.
Looking down at Gu Xi who had come beside him, a smile flashed in Gu Shao's eyes - fortunately, he forgot his father before he got to Gu's house.
Several people entered the restaurant together.
The restaurant in the main house of the Gu family, like the other rooms, is very large.
In the center of the restaurant is a large round table. At this time, dishes are already prepared on the table. At first glance, almost half of the dishes are sweet and sour.
Gu Xi had heard from Aunt Mei before that the entire Gu family's eating habits were more inclined to sweets, except for Gu Shao.
"Let's all sit." Old Man Gu took the seat first, and then opened his mouth to the others.
Although the Gu family usually doesn't pay attention to these things, and some of the boys are often neither big nor small, but during the festivals, they still have to pay attention to it.
Gu Xi originally thought that the uncle and his elders should be seated next. Unexpectedly, Gu Shao was the second person to be seated.
What made Gu Xi even more puzzled was that Gu Shao was not sitting on the left hand side of the old man, but he sat directly opposite the old man.
Gu Xi looked puzzled.
At this moment, Gu Chenyi whispered in Gu Xi's ear, "Do you think it's strange?"
Gu Xi nodded.
Gu Chenyi smiled again and explained, "This order is correct, because the second uncle is the head of the Gu family."
"Ah?!" Gu Xi was stunned, and looked at Gu Chenyi in surprise, she really didn't know this.
Then why didn't Gu Shao live in Gu's house? It seems that Dad and Grandpa don't seem to have any estrangement.
Gu Xi thought secretly in her heart.
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The rest of the people don't care.
Gu Xi took a look, and finally sat next to Gu Shao.
On the opposite side, Mr. Gu, who originally wanted his baby granddaughter to sit with him, saw this, and was sad in his heart for a long time.
However, he was afraid that Gu Xi would not feel comfortable eating at home on the first day, so the old man did not force Gu Xi to leave Gu Shao and come to sit with him.
"I'll sit with Xi and my sister." Gu Chenyi moved the fastest, grabbing the seat next to Gu Xi, while Gu Yanxiao and Gu Yanlin sat next to each other in turn.
Gu Xue'er was originally going to sit here, but when she came over, she found that there was no place left, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed standing there.
However, Gu Xue'er quickly smiled indifferently, eased the embarrassment, walked over, and sat in the seat opposite Gu Xi.
Gu Xue'er didn't let herself be cold, she looked at Gu Xi and asked curiously, "Xi Xi, did you just transfer to the attached middle school?"
"Yes." Gu Xi nodded.
Gu Xue'er smiled: "No wonder, I didn't see you at school before."
After that, Gu Xue'er asked again with concern: "Then you come to the new school, are you still getting used to it?"
"It's okay." Gu Xi replied.
"That's good," Gu Xue'er said enthusiastically, "I'm in Class 6 of the third grade. If you encounter anything at school, you can come to my class to find me."
As soon as Gu Xueer finished speaking, Gu Xi was about to politely express her thanks when she heard Gu Chenyi whispering, "I still need you."
Gu Xi looked at Gu Chenyi and was also very puzzled: since Gu Xue'er is also from the Gu family, why did she never hear them mention this third uncle and Gu Xue'er before.
Seeing Gu Xi's puzzlement, Gu Chenyi whispered, "Tell you in the group."
Just now, Gu Xi was not only dragged into a group of 'happy family', 'amusing family'... by these people, but a few other people also created a small group: [Gu Family Four Handsome and Beautiful Base]
This group name Gu Xi didn't want to complain, and felt that only the [Decisive Battle at the Peak of Tianchuang] on another app could compete.
[Gu Xueer didn’t grow up in the Gu family, we don’t actually know her very well. 】 Gu Chenyi said in the group.
Then, Gu Yanxiao also added: [And she can't be regarded as the Gu family. 】
Gu Xi:
In the end, it was Gu Yanlin who explained it to Gu Xi in more detail: [The third uncle is not the grandfather's child, but the child of the old acquaintance adopted by the Gu family. The third uncle moved out of the Gu family more than ten years ago. Just get together for the holidays. Therefore, everyone and Gu Xue'er didn't interact much. 】
Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi didn't know much about the third uncle's family. Gu Yanlin knew it from his father at the beginning.
-The relationship between grandfather and grandma has always been very good. At that time, grandma was pregnant with fourth uncle. One day, a woman named Yang Wanni came to the door and brought a child less than one year old.
This Yang Wanni was a nurse at Mr. Gu's camp at the time, but she disappeared for a while, and when she came back, she gave birth to a child.
Yang Wanni insisted that Gu Qinghua had sex with her while she was asleep on duty, which caused her to become pregnant.
There was no surveillance in the ward at that time, and Mr. Gu was indeed recuperating in the ward where Yang Wanni was on duty.
Although Yang Wanni is not a lady, she still looks like a little girl, plus she is usually docile, she always gives the impression of being a good girl.
So after the news of this incident spread, most people believed Yang Wanni's words, and Mr. Gu was speechless for a while.
At that time, the paternity test was not so easy. Gu Qinghua spent a lot of time to prove that the child was not his, and he didn't do anything bad to Yang Wanni.
It's a pity that the woman died before Gu Qinghua could find Yang Wanni. It is said that Yang Wanni was already ill and would die soon.
The child was thrown at the Gu family.
Out of sympathy, after consultation between Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, they adopted the child, who is now the third child of the Gu family.
So in fact, Gu Yaobai and Gu Shao are about the same age.
Later, he may have grown up slowly, and he also learned about his life experience from some people around him, and Gu Yaobai gradually left the Gu family.
…
After reading Gu Yanlin's explanation, Gu Xi finally understood and nodded: That's right.
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In the main seat, looking at his four bow-headed clans and not knowing what they were playing, the old man raised his face and coughed with a serious expression: "Eat well when you eat! Holding mobile phones one by one and wanting to be immortals? "
Hearing the old man's words, the four Gu Xi put away their mobile phones almost simultaneously, and then looked at the old man with the same 'well-behaved and sensible' face.
Looking at his eldest grandchildren and good granddaughters, the old man Gu felt in a good mood for a while, and the seriousness on his face could not be restrained any longer.
"Alright, alright, let's eat."
When Mr. Gu spoke, everyone moved their chopsticks.
Gu Xi was still digging into the rice as always, very quiet.
However, Gu Shao, who felt too 'quiet' next to him, looked down at Gu Xi and frowned immediately.
Gu Shao had noticed before that Gu Xi's state of eating was not quite right - this may have been a habit formed in the Lin family. In the meal, I rarely stretch out my hand to pick up the dishes on the table, eat whatever is in the bowl, and occasionally pick the nearest dishes in front of me, but the movements are also very light.
Gu Xi was like this when he was brought home by Gu Shao, but he finally got better. Gu Xi would talk to him on the table, and he would also go to pick dishes by himself.
As a result, now that there are more people, Gu Xi unconsciously returns to the state of the past.
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In fact, Gu Xi didn't realize this, knowing that a piece of her favorite sweet and sour pork ribs appeared in the bowl.
Gu Xi was stunned for a moment, then looked up and found that Gu Shao had prepared the dishes for her.
"Don't patronize the meal." Gu Shao reminded.
"Okay." Gu Xi nodded blankly, and smiled at Gu Shao Zhanyan again.
Gu Xi ate the sweet and sour pork ribs: as soon as she ate it, she knew it was Aunt Mei's craft, but I don't know if it was an illusion, Gu Xi felt that the sweet and sour pork ribs this time were even better than the ones made by Aunt Mei before.
"Clip what you like." Gu Shao reminded again.
"Oh."
As a result, before Gu Xi could move her chopsticks, there was already a plate of pumpkin shortcake in front of her.
Not one, but a whole plate.
It was Gu Yanlin who brought the pumpkin shortcake to Gu Xi: "Xi Xi, try it, you should like it."
Without waiting for Gu Yanlin's words to fall, Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi who were on the side, not to be outdone, brought what Gu Xi liked to her.
"You must like this glutinous rice dumpling."
"That's too dry, this cheesecake is amazing."
…
So, in the blink of an eye, a mountain was piled up in front of Gu Xi.
Looking at the three pairs of bright eyes next to her, Gu Xi silently retracted her gaze.
Kindness is difficult.
But she can't eat it!
"Delicious." Gu Xi said to the three of them with a pumpkin shortcake in the bowl, a glutinous rice dumpling on his chopsticks, and a bite of cheesecake in his mouth.
Finally, after waiting for a few people to look away, Gu Xicai quietly pushed the plates of dim sum in front of Gu Chenyi.
"It's delicious, you eat it."
"Hey, good." Sure enough, Xixi still had the best relationship with him.
As a result, before Gu Chenyi froze for a few seconds, he was caught by the opposite Gu Xuan.
"Xixi you eat your food, don't worry about him, this guy can't be hungry." Gu Xuan said, obviously a misunderstanding.
And the old man Gu in the main seat also echoed: "Yes, there is no need to give them a few, and if Xixi wants to eat, Grandpa will let the kitchen do it."
Gu Xi: "..." No, she just couldn't eat it, really.
Seeing the well-behaved appearance of his granddaughter, Old Man Gu had something in his heart for a while.
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Old Man Gu's gaze passed Gu Yaobai, and he asked, "Yaobai, how are you doing recently?"
Hearing the old man call Gu Yaobai, the others didn't respond, but the spoon in Gu Xi's hand fell into the bowl.
"What's wrong?" A few people next to him looked over nervously.
"It's nothing, my hand slipped a bit." Gu Xi smiled embarrassedly and said, causing a moment of horror in his eyes.
When calm was restored, Gu Xi pulled Gu Chenyi's clothes under the table.
"What do you want to eat, I'll get it for you."
"No." Gu Xi shook his head, motioned for Gu Chenyi to come closer, and then asked in a two-person voice, "What did Grandpa call Third Uncle just now?"
"Oh, Gu Yaobai, the third uncle's name," Gu Chenyi thought that Gu Xi was wondering why the third uncle's name was different from other people's, so he explained, "The third uncle's name should have been given by his biological mother before, so it is the same as our father's. Different."
"Brilliant Yao, white white?"
Gu Chenyi thought about it and nodded.
But he didn't notice Gu Xi's gradually solidified expression.
-In the novel, there is also a person with this name, but it is not Gu Yaobai, but Xie Yaobai.