The small sobbing in the room was not loud, but the sounds of panic and despair mixed in it made one's heart tighten.
Gu Shao's footsteps suddenly stopped, frowned, and approached the door of Gu Xi's room.
Inside, the girl's cry continued.
"Xixi, what's wrong?"
"Xixi?" Gu Shao called out and knocked on the door again.
However, there was no response from Gu Xi.
"I'm in."
After hesitating for a few seconds, Gu Shao finally pushed open Gu Xi's door uneasy.
The light was not turned on in the room, and by the light thrown in from the door, we could see that Gu Xi was lying on the bed at this time, huddled under the quilt as if afraid, and the sound of sobbing still did not stop. Qing Guxi is awake now, or is she still in a dream.
Gu Shao went to the bed.
The light from outside fell on Gu Xi's face. At this time, the girl on the bed closed her eyes tightly, her face was pale, and the tears on her face had not dried up. Although she was crying, she should not have woken up.
In the dream, Gu Xi seemed to be experiencing some kind of terrible situation, with a face wrinkled and panic.
From the first time Gu Xi found herself in front of her, when Gu Shao saw that this girl was so afraid of being wronged, she couldn't help but feel tight.
Gu Shao leaned over, put his hand on Gu Xi's forehead, and called out "Xi Xi" twice, trying to wake him up.
"Xixi, wake up."
Gu Shao's voice entered Gu Xi's ears, the original dream came to an abrupt end, and Gu Xi's consciousness gradually pulled away from her sleep and woke up.
—Did she dream again? Who is calling her? Is that Gu Shao
Gu Xi opened his eyes in a daze, and then saw Gu Shao's face in front of him.
Just woke up, Gu Xi was still a little stunned, and when she saw Gu Shao, she jumped into Gu Shao's arms without thinking.
"Well, Dad..." Gu Xi cried out with a 'wow'.
When facing that dream alone before, Gu Xi didn't cry so hard, but when she saw Gu Shao, she couldn't control her emotions all of a sudden.
All the fears and grievances came out at this moment.
Facing such Gu Xi, Gu Shao felt a little helpless—he could feel that Gu Xi was afraid, but he didn't know how to appease the girl.
So, Gu Shao could only comfortably pat on the back of Gu Xi's head, trying to say something to calm Gu Xi's emotions.
"Have you had a nightmare?"
"It's just a dream, don't be afraid."
…
It wasn't Gu Shao's words that made the difference, but Gu Shao's presence made Gu Xi feel at ease, the trembling body gradually calmed down, and the sobbing gradually subsided.
Feeling the change in Gu Xi's mood, Gu Shao breathed a sigh of relief, stroked Gu Xi's hair lightly, and said, "Dreams are all fake."
He originally wanted to appease this girl, but before Gu Shao's words were finished, he heard Gu Xi lying on top of him, and suddenly retorted, "It's true!"
Gu Xi's tone was firm, perhaps because she had just cried, her voice was muffled, and she was a little choked up.
"It's true!" Gu Xi tugged at Gu Shao's clothes tightly again and emphasized.
Gu Xi's persistent tone made Gu Shao a little helpless, but she did not interrupt her.
It wasn't until a long time later that Gu Xi's emotions really calmed down, and her consciousness was completely separated from the dream just now and recovered.
Gu Xi still grabbed Gu Shao's clothes with both hands, sniffed, and then subconsciously rubbed her head on Gu Shao's body. It wasn't until he felt refreshed on his face that he raised his head and looked at Gu Shao firmly, and said again: "I didn't lie to you, my dreams are all true."
Lin Yize really wants to deal with the Gu family and wants to hurt her and Gu Shao.
—The problem is that you haven’t said what you dreamed…
Gu Shao looked at Gu Xi at this time, and he couldn't help laughing and crying.
However, he still raised his hand and rubbed it on top of Gu Xi's head, then said in a serious tone, "Don't worry, I won't let it come true."
Gu Shao didn't know that his words had a great comforting effect on Gu Xi at this time.
Compared with the plot of the novel, Gu Xi instinctively was more willing to trust Gu Shao.
"Okay." Gu Xi nodded obediently.
Gu Xi took Gu Shao's hand on top of her head and rubbed it on her face. The familiar feeling instantly occupied Gu Xi's entire senses.
Gu Xi's eyes widened: This is it!
At the end of the dream, in the darkness, Gu Xi felt someone approaching her and seemed to put her hand on her face. No wonder she felt so familiar. That feeling was exactly the same as Gu Shao's hand on her face now.
Gu Xi felt incredible.
Why did Gu Shao appear in her dream
Although he was reluctant to recall, Gu Xi still recalled the plot of the novel and the last few scenes in his mind, and some things gradually became clear.
—Obviously, her last dream was the scene in the novel where 'Lin Xi' was killed by a group of gangsters...
Fanwaili said that 'Lin Xi' had nothing to do with the Lin family and Lin Yize.
But in the dream, she clearly saw the person in the distance, that is Lin Yize.
If her dream didn't lie to her, wouldn't all this be so simple, or could it be actually a conspiracy of Lin Yize
Also, why did she feel that Gu Shao also appeared in the end.
Countless questions swirled in Gu Xi's mind.
Gu Shao didn't know what was going on in Gu Xi's mind. Seeing that Gu Xi's eyes were dazed, Gu Shao was about to pinch her face to bring her back to his senses, when he saw that Gu Xi had raised his head, his eyes were serious. look at him.
"Dad, if I am in danger, will you come to save me?" Gu Xi asked.
"Yes." There is no second answer to this question.
"Then what if you didn't know that I was your child?" Gu Xi tilted her head again and asked.
Hearing this, Gu Shao's eyes were stunned for a second: If he didn't know that Gu Xi was his own child, then faced with this problem, he really wasn't sure how he would make a choice.
This is the truest answer in Gu Shao's heart.
However, upon meeting Gu Xi's nervous gaze, Gu Shao felt relieved, raised his hand and rubbed Gu Xi's head, smiled, and replied, "Yes, whether you know it or not, I will save you, no matter where you are. "
Although Gu Xi vaguely guessed that Gu Shao said this mostly to appease her, she couldn't help but feel a little warm in her heart.
Gu Xi no longer struggled with this question, raised his head and smiled at Gu Shao: "Then remember, I am in any danger, you must come to save me."
Just as Gu Shao was about to say yes, he saw Gu Xi shook his head again and said, "But if you are also in trouble, then don't come here yet."
Maybe she can learn taekwondo, karate or something, and then practice long-distance running just in case
Gu Xi thought distractedly.
Gu Xi said this seriously, but Gu Shao didn't take it to heart, because no matter when, as a father, he would definitely put his daughter's safety first.
"Okay?" Seeing that Gu Xi had already turned her eyes and wondered what she was thinking, Gu Shao thought that the energy of Gu Xi's nightmare just now should have eased.
"All right."
"Aren't you afraid?"
Gu Xi shook his head, smiled at Gu Shao again, and said, "Don't be afraid."
"Then go to sleep." Gu Shao said.
"Oh..." Gu Xi was still struggling to get Gu Shao to stay for a while, but they separated, and Gu Xi noticed the piece of the pajamas in front of Gu Shao... the snot and tears that she had just rubbed against her.
Gu Xi's face turned red with a 'bang'.
"Anything else?" Gu Shao asked.
"Hmm, no." Gu Xi quickly retracted herself into the quilt, as if trying to cover up, and said, "Good night, Dad."
Then, he buried his entire head in the quilt.
Seeing that Gu Shao was about to leave, Gu Xi got out of the quilt again, and could not carelessly glance at his masterpiece on the other party's clothes.
shameful…
Shouldn't be beaten.
Gu Xi thought randomly in his mind.
Fortunately, Gu Shao actually noticed it, but didn't care.
—
After Gu Shao went out, he actually stayed at the door and did not leave.
It's not in it just because the child is old, and you should pay attention to it.
It wasn't until there was no movement in the room and Gu Xi was sure that Gu Xi was asleep that Gu Shao completely closed the door.
At this time, Aunt Mei also seemed to be alarmed, and looked over worriedly.
"Sir, what's wrong with Xiaoxi?"
"It's a nightmare." Gu Shao said, paused, and then said, "It's not a big problem, Aunt Mei doesn't need to worry."
Aunt May nodded: "Have you slept? Do you want me to make something to eat?"
"Already asleep, Aunt Mei should go to rest too."
"Okay." Aunt Mei responded.
He was about to leave, but was stopped by Gu Shao again.
"Aunt Mei, do you think Xixi would want her mother's love?" Gu Shao asked in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Aunt Mei was stunned, and immediately understood in her heart: Sir, this is probably because he is worried that his father is not doing well enough.
Gu Xi's situation is rather special. Although everything seems normal on the surface, in fact, her psychology is not as good as that of children in ordinary families.
Sensitive, cautious, subconsciously catered for fear of being disliked, these are what Aunt May felt.
Aunt Mei sighed secretly and said without concealment, "Children of this age must have natural expectations for maternal love."
"However," Aunt Mei turned around a bit and added, "Xiao Xi's biological mother doesn't seem to be very good, and she can't understand it at all. In my opinion, Xiao Xi probably doesn't have any expectations for her anymore."
"Sir, I'd like to pay more attention to Xiaoxi in the future." Aunt Mei said, and after a pause she couldn't help but say something she shouldn't have said: "As for the future, Xiaoxi will have a new mother, I also hope that you can consider her feelings more, sir, and hope that it is someone who can sincerely treat Xiaoxi well."
Hearing Aunt Mei's words, Gu Shao was stunned, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes: Actually, he hadn't thought about that.
—
On the other side, the Lin family.
Seeing that the person in the photo is Meng Zixin, Lin Yize's first love, Song Kexin was completely confused and lost her usual self-confidence.
Song Kexin didn't dare to go to Lin Yize, so she had to wait for Lin Yize at home.
It was not until late at night that Lin Yize returned home and saw Song Kexin in the living room with a resentful face. For the first time, Lin Yize did not show a good face to the other party, and directly ignored Song Kexin and went upstairs.
"Stop." Song Kexin stopped Lin Yize, tried to control her emotions, and asked, "Where have you been? Who have you met?"
Hearing Song Kexin's questioning, Lin Yize suddenly sneered: "You already know what to ask me?"
He admitted that his current tone was not good - seeing the woman he loved and hated again after more than ten years, Lin Yize's mood was very complicated, and the attitude of the other party also made Lin Yize quite annoyed.
- Originally, Lin Yize planned to use a tougher attitude to get the other team to terminate the 'transportation control' project, but he didn't expect to see Meng Zixin.
After a while of surprise, Lin Yize changed his original plan.
He and Meng Zixin left the banquet and started the topic in a way of reminiscing the old days. Lin Yize gave the other party enough hints: he hoped that Meng Zixin could come to him to do things and help him in this matter.
It is a pity that Meng Zixin's attitude towards the 'kindness' offered by Lin Yize was firm, and the conversation between the two broke up unhappily.
He hit a wall at Meng Zixin, and seeing a similar face at this time, Lin Yize subconsciously poured his anger on Song Kexin.
It wasn't until he saw Song Kexin's pale face and red eyes that Lin Yize was startled by his gaffe, stepped forward and took his wife into his arms and began to apologize.
"Don't get me wrong, Kexin. I didn't want to lose my temper at you. It's just that the business in the southeast has some problems, and it hasn't been resolved for the time being, so I'm not in a good mood. I'm sorry."
Hearing Lin Yize's explanation, Song Kexin was also nervous: "You mean about the batch of goods you were detained?"
"That's right." Lin Yize nodded and explained the whole thing roughly to Song Kexin.
"So, you went today to solve this trouble?"
"Well," Lin Yize responded and said again: "It was indeed an accident to meet Meng Zixin. I didn't expect her to be the agent over there."
After listening to the explanation, Song Kexin's unease still remained: "Then you and that woman, you..."
"I just went to talk about things with her. Since she betrayed me, she is not worth another look at me." After speaking, Lin Yize looked at Song Kexin and said, "Also, the person I love now is you. , my wife is also you, what are you worried about?"
"Besides, what that woman is doing now is ruining my business, so she is destined to be my Lin Yize's enemy." Lin Yize's words were harsh, but he temporarily calmed Song Kexin's unease.
"Then will you meet her in the future?" Song Kexin asked.
"Meeting will only be enemies." Lam Yize sneered. But he didn't tell Song Kexin that he was planning to invite Meng Zixin out again.
In Lin Yize's heart, he still did not give up the idea of wooing Meng Zixin and using the other party to help him.
He believed that with the past relationship between the two and Meng Zixin's debt to him, as long as he met the other party twice more and got closer, he would soon make the other party fall in love with him again and use it for him.
…
The night passed.
The next day, when Gu Xi woke up in the morning and just got out of the room, Aunt Mei put an egg in her hand.
"This is a custom in our hometown. Children have nightmares at night, and they will be fine by eating a salted egg the next day." Aunt Mei said.
Although Gu Xi felt that feudal superstition was not good, but hearing Aunt Mei said that, holding the warm egg in her hand, Gu Xi couldn't help but feel a touch of warmth in her heart.
"Thank you, Grandma Mei." Gu Xi smiled at the other party.
Aunt Mei also smiled and asked with concern, "Are you alright now? Didn't you have any more nightmares yesterday?"
"No." Gu Xi shook his head.
When she woke up, the fear of being frightened by the nightmare at night had vanished. The memory of last night was very clear in Gu Xi's mind, and she was so stubborn that she couldn't forget it.
Thinking of how she was crying in front of Gu Shao last night, and rubbing her body with tears and snot, Gu Xi felt so ashamed that her toes almost pierced the floor.
"Dad, have you gone out yet?" Gu Xi asked, Gu Shao should have already gone out at this time.
Gu Xi was a bit lucky, hoping not to run into Gu Shao.
As a result, before Gu Xi's voice fell, he saw Gu Shao walking out of the restaurant.
Looking at Gu Xi, Gu Shao's expression was as usual. Come over, patted Gu Xi on the head, and said, "Go have breakfast, and I'll take you to school after eating."
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Gu Xi always felt that the tone of Gu Shao's speech today was more gentle than usual.
And send her? !
—
Gu Shao listened to what Aunt Mei said yesterday, and planned to pay more attention to his daughter.
In normal times, when Gu Shao was about to send her off, Gu Xi would definitely be secretly overjoyed, but today—
"No need, I'll just go by myself." After Gu Xi finished speaking, she quickly ran into the restaurant, grabbed her breakfast, and went out.
Gu Shao was left with an inexplicable look on his face.
No matter how Gu Shao guessed, he would never have thought that Gu Xi didn't want him to give it away because he thought of his shameful behavior yesterday and felt it was too shameful, so he didn't want to face him.
—
If he could not get his daughter, Gu Shao had to go to the company by himself.
NTN, in the office, Gu Shao just finished a meeting when the secretary reported that Lisa was here.
Looking at Meng Zixin in front of him, Gu Shao didn't speak, and gave him the opportunity to explain the situation.
Meng Zixin did not hesitate to report yesterday's incident to Gu Shao, including her and Lin Yize's leaving alone, and Lin Yize's intention to win over her.
"That's what happened last night. As for me leaving alone with Mr. Lin Yizelin, I didn't want to affect the banquet. I came here to explain it so that Mr. Gu would not misunderstand."
After Meng Zixin finished speaking, she looked at Gu Shao quietly, waiting for the other party to speak.
Meng Zixin originally thought that Gu Shao would ask about her relationship with Lin Yize and her current attitude towards Lin Yize, but she didn't.
Gu Shao just asked: "It is normal for the Lin family to come forward to suppress the project when the project starts. What does Mr. Qiao plan to do?"
Gu Shao asked Qiao Luo, not Meng Zixin, which also represented his attitude. He just wanted to know how Qiao Luo responded, and he didn't care about the stories of Meng Zixin and Lin Yize.
After Meng Zixin was slightly surprised, she understood.
"I can answer this question on behalf of our boss," after a pause, Meng Zixin added: "We have been cooperating with the southeastern side for many years, and there will be no accidents with the projects that have been commissioned. In addition, Huaguo also has Please rest assured Mr. Gu, if the current channel is suppressed by Lin, we also have another channel."
After that, Meng Zixin smiled and said again: "Also, NTN's projects have always been in line with regulations. I think that even if Lin wants to do something, it is unlikely to succeed."
Taking this opportunity, Meng Zixin reported to Gu Shao about the current connection of the project, and then left.
After Meng Zixin left, Xu Fei looked at the direction of the door and commented in a low voice: "Fortunately, this Meng Zixin is sober." He didn't do anything stupid.
Hearing this, Gu Shao glanced at Xu Fei, noncommittal.
- In his opinion, Meng Zixin just made a normal choice and judgment.
"Keep an eye on it, if Lin's has any small actions, it will be handled easily." Gu Shao ordered casually.
"Okay." Xu Fei responded.
—
On the other hand, when Gu Xi arrived at the school, all he could think about was what happened last night and that dream.
In the novel, the description of 'Lin Xi' going offline is too simplistic. Except for one result, even the process is very vague. And in that dream, Gu Xi always felt that there was still a big part missing.
Why did the Gu family collapse? And Gu Shao, did it really appear
These questions gave Gu Xi a headache.
However, soon, Gu Xi had no time to think about these troublesome things.
The official website of the 'Tianchuang Contest' officially posted a notice: the time for the first round of the open competition was determined on Saturday morning, at the CYC Science and Technology Center Hall.
After seeing the notice, the three Gu Xi also began to make the final preparations before the first round of competition.
In the group of [Decisive Battle on the Top of Tianchuang], [Lin] posted the latest test results and a video of the machine running.
[Lin]: I ran twice again, and the situation is stable now.
【X】: It feels amazing!
Gu Xicheng praised sincerely.
[AAA]: I'm not good
【X】: All amazing~
After all, Gu Xi also sent the style diagram of the intelligent companion machine he designed to the group.
The machine style on the picture is a teardrop-shaped villain with special wheels under it, which can be moved when necessary.
【X】: Let’s see how it goes.
【AAA】: Cute.
[Lin]: Not bad.
Then, [Lin] suddenly asked again: [Is there no color? 】
Seeing this news, Gu Xi was taken aback - she didn't paint, mainly thinking that white is more conventional.
【X】: Can you use white? Or you can customize it in other colors if you need it later.
【Lin】: I think pink is better.
Seeing the news, Gu Xi was almost dumbfounded. After reading it several times, he made sure that he didn't watch the serial. The suggestion of 'pink' really came from the concise boss [Lin].
Gu Xi: "..." She thought that this kind of boss would prefer white, or black.
Fortunately, in the next second, [Lin] said again: White is also fine, it can be made with special yu-w materials.
Such materials are somewhat similar to mobile phone screens, but are white and can show different colors through electromagnetic perception.
In this way, users can customize the appearance color of the machine according to their own preferences.
【X】: Then do you want to choose another name
[Lin]: Yes.
【Lin】: How about Xibao
"Xibao?" Gu Xi muttered about the name, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, but it just felt a little dirty
Originally, Gu Xi thought that this name would definitely be criticized by the big brother [AAA] in the group, but unexpectedly, [AAA] actually said: Yes, it sounds good!
[AAA]: Or Xibao, Xibao, or Xibao.
[Lin]: Well, it could also be Xibao, Xibao.
…
Seeing the serious discussion between the two, Gu Xi fell into confusion. I don't know why these two people have such a soft spot for the word 'xi'.
—
After confirming these miscellaneous things, the three once again talked about the game itself.
[Lin]: The open competition starts at 9:00 on Saturday morning. Although our number of appearances is not in front of us, we will start showing one after another as soon as we arrive at the venue that day. There is no time to prepare, so we have to go to the venue in advance. Take a look at the arena and test the equipment in the field.
Speaking of this matter, Gu Yanlin really wanted to complain.
The three of them have teamed up for such a long time, and they have made everything, but they haven't even touched their heads.
[Lin]: On Friday afternoon, we met at the venue and just had a face-to-face discussion.
Seeing the other party's proposal, Gu Xi of course had no objection, so she immediately replied in the group: [ok].
However, [AAA] suddenly went offline.
After a long time, [AAA] replied: All is fine.
—
After sending these two words, Sheng Xiuyan threw away the phone with a tangled face, then picked it up again, and looked at where the order he had placed was.
At this moment, there was movement from the door, Shen Ye came back with a courier box in his hand.
"Who bought the courier? I took it in." As he said, Shen Ye glanced at the name on it and raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that Dad bought some messy things on the video again?"
"Tsk tsk, I'm so old, what's the name of the recipient [the number one handsome ratio in the universe]..." Shen Ye complained again.
On the side, Sheng Xiuyan's ears hit these words, and the expression on his face froze.
This is his package, and he didn't know what was in his mind at the time. Out of some strange idea that he didn't want to expose, he specially used a small size when placing an order.
Sheng Xiuyan tried his best to maintain a calm expression, stood up, and walked towards Shen Ye: "It's grandpa's, give it to me, I'll get it for him."
"Don't worry, I'll take a look first. If there's something useless and money-sucking, I'll just give it back to him."
Hearing this, Sheng Xiuyan frowned, and before he stepped forward to stop him, he heard a 'tear' and the express box had already been opened by Shen Ye.
In the next second, Shen Ye let out a disgusting exclamation: "What the heck", the contents of the express box were thrown out in a throwing arc.
A green and ugly headgear fell to the ground...