A: Pretend you didn’t see it.
B: Ask the reason.
C: Direct comfort.
D: Scold her!
Option A, you don't have to waste your words and also reduce Gu Pandi's embarrassment. (Does not increase favorability)
Option B, ignore Gu Pandi's embarrassment, and satisfy your curiosity. (It may increase or decrease your favorability, so choose carefully)
C option, don't ask the reason, just comfort directly, if you do this for a long time, you will easily become a bootlicker. (Slightly increase the favorability)
Option D: Gu Pandi apologizes and becomes even more sad. (Greatly reduces favorability, 1% chance of encountering a masochistic personality, greatly increases favorability, the other party may even fall in love with you because of this)
Xu Xiuwen decisively chose B.
He walked to the dining table, picked up the paper towels on the table, then walked to Aunt Gu and sat down.
While handing over the tissue, he gently asked, "Why are you crying alone in the living room? Are you thinking of something sad?"
"(inhales) I'm... fine (inhales)"
"You're like this and you don't say you're okay? You're hiding in the living room crying in the middle of the night? Do you think I'm a child?"
"You... don't mind the adults' business. Go back to sleep."
"You won't say it, right? Then I'll sit here until you say it."
Gu Pandi is Xu Xiuwen's elder.
She was ashamed to let Xu Xiuwen know about her failed marriage.
So she decided not to tell anyone.
But she didn't know that Xu Xiuwen actually knew everything a long time ago.
Seeing that Gu Pandi wanted to save face, she refused to say anything.
Xu Xiuwen did not continue to force her.
He suddenly suggested: "In this case, Aunt Gu, please accompany me to watch a movie."
"Watch... a movie?"
"Well, I want to watch a movie. Please watch it with me."
Xu Xiuwen stood up to play the disc.
He picked a horror movie.
Although Gu Pandi didn't know why he did this, she didn't want to go back to her room.
The two of them sat on the sofa and watched a horror movie.
The expressions on their faces kept changing as the TV screen changed.
Suddenly a horrifying scene popped up on TV.
Gu Pandi was startled.
She subconsciously hid behind Xu Xiuwen.
She grabbed Xu Xiuwen's sleeves with both hands and hid her head behind his shoulder.
Xu Xiuwen did not dodge, and even took the initiative to lean his shoulder towards that side.
He said, "If you are scared, just keep crying. I won't laugh at you."
After Xu Xiuwen finished speaking, he continued to watch the movie seriously.
Less than five minutes passed.
He suddenly heard sobbing next to him.
The sound was very small at first, and then gradually became louder.
Barely disguised at the end.
Xu Xiuwen put the tissue on his legs.
Gu Pandi kept pulling out tissues.
Soon the movie ended.
He turned off the TV, turned to look at Gu Pandi, and asked, "Are you done crying? Can you tell me the reason now?"
Gu Pandi still didn't want to say it.
Seeing this, Xu Xiuwen asked, "Aunt Gu, have you heard of Bacon's law?"
"What is that?"
"Bacon's law means that if you share happiness with friends, you will have two shares of happiness, and if you share sorrow with friends, you will only have half of the sorrow. Therefore, if you are in a bad mood or have been wronged, you should talk to your friends more."
Chapter 510 Aunt Gu Becomes Sister Gu
Gu Pandi nodded first, seeming to agree with Bacon's law.
But after Xu Xiuwen finished speaking, he suddenly burst out laughing.
"Aunt Gu, what are you laughing at?" Xu Xiuwen asked in confusion.
Gu Pandi glanced at him and asked, "How disrespectful! Are you my friend?"
"Uh..." Xu Xiuwen paused, "I can be."
"Oh, Xiao Xu, Auntie knows you want to comfort me, but I—"
She hesitated to speak.
Xu Xiuwen looked into Gu Pandi's eyes and said seriously, "Aunt Gu, so you think I'm too young to be your friend?"
These words made Gu Pandi speechless.
It seems that answering yes or no is not a good answer.
Gu Pandi was worried that Xu Xiuwen would be angry, so she hurriedly explained, "Auntie didn't mean that. Um—"
There was a pause.
"Okay, since you don't mind that I'm so much older than you, I'm willing to be your friend."
"Okay, from now on, Auntie and I will be friends."
"Um."
"Since we're friends, I don't have to call you aunt, right?"
Gu Pandi glanced at him with a strange expression, as if reminding him not to push his luck.
Xu Xiuwen pretended not to see it and continued, "Gu Pandi—Sister Pandi—never mind, it's more convenient to call her Sister Gu."
Gu Pandi was amused by Xu Xiuwen again.
She rolled her eyes at Xu Xiuwen for the first time and said with a smile, "Xiao Xu, I don't mind if you call me Sister Gu, but if your mother finds out and gets angry, I won't be able to help you."
Thinking of Ning Wanqiu's personality.
If she knew that, she would start calling Gu Pandi "Sister Gu".
She'd probably pick up the clothes rail and have a women's singles match.
Xu Xiuwen wanted to retreat.
But after he caught a glimpse of the smile on Gu Pandi's lips, he became more determined.
"It's okay. At most, I will continue to call you Aunt Gu in front of my mother, and I will call you Sister Gu in private."
Gu Pandi did not object, but continued to ask, "You call me Sister Gu, then I am with your mother, how should I call her."
Xu Xiuwen said without hesitation: "You can call me whatever you want, we can talk about our own things and not interfere with each other."
Gu Pandi didn't say anything, and seemed to be thinking seriously about the feasibility.
Seeing this, Xu Xiuwen said, "Sister Gu, you are actually very young. If I call you aunt, I am afraid that I will call you old. Calling you sister is just right."
"You're so smooth-talking. I'm old enough to be your mother, how can I still be young?"
"Well, Sister Gu, you are not old at all. You are the most attractive at this age. You just don't like to wear makeup. If you put on a little makeup and we go out together, people will only think you are my sister. If you do your hair, I guarantee that some people will think you are my girlfriend. If you don't believe me, we can give it a try."
"You are going to die, kid. You dare to say anything funny. You even have a girlfriend. If Wanqiu finds out, I will still have shame!"
"Hehe, I just want to tell you that you are still very young, and Xiaoyu is in college now, so you should think more about yourself. If someone makes you angry, just scold him. Do whatever you want, don't care what others say, and don't wrong yourself."
The smile on Gu Pandi's face suddenly stopped.
She could tell there was something else behind Xu Xiuwen's words.
After a while.
Gu Pandi then looked at Xu Xiuwen again and asked, "Do you know about the relationship between me and your uncle Jiang?"
Xu Xiuwen didn't want to lie to her, so he nodded.
Only then did Gu Pandi realize that Xu Xiuwen already knew about her failed marriage.