Chapter 18 A family gathering of three

Gu Yunsu knew that it was not her that Gu Kangqi wanted to see, but Wu Limei.

After thinking it over again and again, she decided to tell Wu Limei about it. After all, this was Ms. Wu's own emotional problem, the love and hatred of their previous generation. Even as her daughter, Gu Yunsu still felt that she should not get involved and did not want to get involved.

You know, when people get older, they will find that they really lack energy, especially for someone like her who practices Taoism and goes to bed at three or four in the morning every day. She doesn't even remember what she ate last night, let alone meddle in other people's affairs. Even if she has the energy, she doesn't have enough energy.

Wu Limei didn't say a word when she first heard the news. Gu Yunsu quietly observed her expression, but couldn't guess what she was thinking.

According to Gu Yunsu's own speculation, Gu Kangqi was just greedy and wanted to pry open the corner. She was disdainful of this behavior because it revealed an old and simple truth that has been said to be rotten: if you don't cherish it when you have it, you will regret it when you lose it. And there are so many opportunities to regret, but he insisted on waiting until others have gained happiness before secretly destroying it.

If this was the male protagonist in the movie, when he came to his senses, he would definitely successfully rescue the female protagonist who still loved him deeply in her heart. After going through hardships, the two of them would finally be together happily ever after.

But Gu Kangqi is not the male lead.

It's cruel, but it's the truth. Not everyone can be the protagonist of their life. Some people will become the foil of others even in their own life.

Perhaps at some point in the past, Gu Kangqi did occupy the position of the leading man, but he messed up and disappeared from the lives of Wu Limei and Gu Yunsu.

So there is no need to cook pork twice now, right? After all, vegetables should be eaten fresh.

Besides, you are already so old and still involved in a love triangle. It's very tiring!

Of course, all of the above are Gu Yunsu's irresponsible guesses. If Gu Kangqi simply wanted to see how his wife and daughter were doing, or was simply bored and wanted to find someone to chat with, then she would just treat everything she thought as rubbish, and she would apologize in her heart.

Wu Limei didn't respond for a long time, so Gu Yunsu couldn't help but ask, "Do you need me to go with you?"

"No need." Wu Limei replied.

Gu Yunsu tilted her head slightly without expressing any opinion: "Got it." She stood up and turned to leave.

Wu Limei changed her mind after taking two steps: "Why don't we just stay together, mother and daughter?"

Gu Yunsu nodded again, still without saying anything extra: "Got it."

Made an appointment with Gu Kangqi on a weekend afternoon.

Li Jianxiong was also at home, but Gu Yunsu used the excuse of taking her mother shopping. Li Jianxiong didn't want to get involved, but he didn't doubt it and even asked the two of them to have something delicious.

The mother and daughter responded hesitantly, feeling inexplicably betrayed and guilty.

Gu Kangqi was extremely happy to see his relatives.

The mother and daughter were very reserved, so Gu Kangqi took charge of the situation and kept chatting:

"How are you doing lately?"

"Are you all right?"

"Are you feeling wronged?"

"Just let me know if you need my help."

Gu Yunsu was too lazy to say a word, and Wu Limei responded lukewarmly, keeping the atmosphere at a polite yet distant distance.

As the saying goes, a dog licker cannot last long, which means that one-way enthusiasm will always run out. Gu Kangqi tried hard for five minutes but failed to heat up the atmosphere. He was a little lacking in skills and a little discouraged mentally.

It's easy to have a dull moment.

None of the three spoke, and the awkwardness was obvious.

Gu Yunsu didn't look at either of the two people. She was playing with a small teaspoon in front of her, feeling the embarrassment like invisible mist, and she moved lightly and seductively between the three people.

It's actually quite sad. Gu Yunsu feels like he is a audience member in the rock section of a concert. They were all young once, and they were indeed together because of love. At that time, they must have believed in each other and believed in the possibility of happiness. But now that they meet again and have firmly established themselves as "the most familiar strangers", it's no exaggeration to say that a lot has changed.

She didn't know why she thought of herself, and couldn't help wondering how she would feel if she met her ex again? Would the past happiness and intimacy flash through her mind like a movie?

There are many regrets in a person's life, and "once had" is one of the most touching things.

Wu Limei took a sip of tea and said something thoughtless: "The tea here is quite fragrant."

Gu Kangqi nodded and agreed: "You are an expert, if you say it is good, it is really good."

Their eyes met and Wu Limei immediately lowered her head.

Gu Kangqi looked at his ex-wife's reaction and seemed to be a little disappointed and a little helpless. Anyway, it was quite complicated and Gu Yunsu couldn't tell.

When I was a kid, I always thought that adults and I were two completely different people, and there would be no overlap in our lives. Adults are conservative, boring, realistic, and serious. You don't want to imagine their love stories. You think it's old-fashioned and even a little disgusting. Isn't it ridiculous for people in their fifties or sixties to talk about love?

But now it feels different.

Only after you turn 25 do you realize how immature you were at 20. Only after experiencing many romances do you understand that every relationship is both special and ordinary.

There is no difference, we are all human beings, we all have emotions and desires. Older people have only lived a few more decades and have more experience, but the essence of being human is unchanging, and the need for emotions will always be there, and there is nothing to laugh at.

After a while, the waiter brought the dishes that Gu Kangqi had ordered in advance. Gu Kangqi picked up a piece of squirrel fish with a serving chopstick and put it on his daughter's plate. He then picked up a piece of squirrel fish and handed it to his ex-wife without bias: "Eat it while it's hot. I remember you both like it."

Gu Yunsu ate silently, giving face to Gu Kangqi.

But Wu Limei picked it up twice with chopsticks and didn't put it in her mouth.

Gu Kangqi looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Wu Limei shook her head: "Nothing, I don't really feel like eating." Then she said politely, "Don't worry about me, just eat yours."

"Oh, okay." Gu Kangqi responded.

It was embarrassing, so embarrassing that Gu Yunsu could dig out a three-story villa on the spot by curling his fingers.

If I had known I would never come, she thought, I would have avoided the indigestion.

Gu Kangqi stared at the bright and shiny squirrel fish for a while, then sighed and said in a rather melancholy tone, "You obviously liked it very much in the past."

As soon as the words come out, they become pitiful.

As the saying goes, clothes are worse than new and people are worse than old. People are always nostalgic because it represents safety, peace, and is a testimony to all the time and energy they have invested. People miss the past, and most importantly, they miss the past self.

Sure enough, when Wu Limei heard this, her expression relaxed a little. She didn't say anything, but just let out a sigh softly.

Gu Yunsu knew that this was the saddest extra chapter in the romance story: once the vast ocean is but a puddle, once the clouds are but a mist, once the Wushan Mountains are but a cloud, they love each other but cannot be together, either because of separation by death, worldly prejudice, or because of love turning into hate, and they gradually drift apart in the daily necessities of life and death. What a tacky and infinitely sad ending!

But at the same time, a very simple voice in her rational track was asking: Is it really not because of severe morning sickness?

Then I wanted to ask Wu Limei: When do you want to tell him that you are pregnant?

I also want to give a thumbs up to Gu Kangqishu: This trick of killing with memories is brilliant.

Gu Kangqi then said something incoherent: "It's my fault."

It was unknown whether Gu Yunsu was illusory or what, but she heard Wu Limei choking up and whispered, "Let's not talk about this."

Although she didn't mention it, Gu Yunsu knew that her mother was truly in love.

She still remembered that when they quarreled as children, Wu Limei would quietly wipe away her tears, and then resolutely said that she wanted a divorce and must go. But in the end, Gu Kangqi coaxed her, and the anger and sadness disappeared without a trace. This process is a repertoire in the family, and it is played out every New Year and festival, and even every other day. Gu Yunsu has long been tired of it and thinks her mother is hopeless, weak and unreliable.

"It's all because of the little bit of affection we had when we were in love." Wu Limei once explained to her friends.

Gu Yunsu didn’t understand it at that time, but later when he fell in love, he realized that when you really like someone, you just can’t bear to be angry with that person.

For example, when she and her ex were just together, she was busy with work, her boss hated her, and she couldn't help complaining about her weekend dates. One time, she was having dinner with her ex, and the company asked her to work overtime to revise a plan. While eating, she typed on her phone and scolded her boss to her ex.

My predecessor agreed with a few words, but after going on like this for an entire afternoon, his patience ran out and he became increasingly perfunctory. Finally, he proposed a solution: at worst, just quit doing it.

Gu Yunsu rolled his eyes and said, "You're supporting me?"

"I support you." - Isn't this the standard answer?

But the ex didn't say anything. He said, "You wish."

Maybe it was just a joke, Gu Yunsu thought later, but it was not possible at that time. He was in a very emotional state at that time, and he felt very wronged when he was rejected by him so bluntly.

What's wrong, brother? Are you afraid that someone will get close to you? We are independent women of this generation, and we are the best at helping the poor. Who cares about your little money? Besides, we are rich, okay? If you want to raise a child, you have to be able to afford it!

They immediately started to get angry, and the other party refuted again. Well, they started quarreling in the street, and in the end it ended in a tragic way that they each went back home to their own mothers.

Then we went into a cold war, and there was not a single WeChat message for half a week.

Gu Yunsu had never suffered such injustice.

Although none of her ex-ex-boyfriends were lickers, which one of them didn't rush to coax her? Which one dared to treat her so coldly?

It even got so cold that she thought in despair: This is the end, this is a silent breakup, and I didn't even get a single notice of the breakup.

But in the end, her ex still took the initiative to contact her. Perhaps he couldn't bring himself to do that, so he sent a WeChat message and asked arrogantly, "Okay, how long are you going to continue this cold war?!"

And Gu Yunsu, this disappointing woman, simply couldn't control her smile.

All the grievances and anger disappeared in an instant, and a sense of pride and sweetness arose in my heart. The pride was that I won this round after all, and the sweetness came from thinking that he was such a proud person, who never bowed his head, but in the end he made concessions for me.

Because she is also a person who values ​​face above all else, she can better understand how rare it is to be willing to surrender.

She had been thinking too much, and later she came to realize that it was because she liked him so much that she found all the excuses for him, forgave him, tolerated him, and gave in to him a little bit, to the point of having no principles, without him having to put in any effort.

So to some extent, she is now grateful that he broke up with her before she became so miserable.

...How did you come up with this idea?

Gu Yunsu was speechless about herself. She swore that she didn't mean it, but she didn't know what was wrong. Today she kept putting herself and her ex-boyfriend into the shoes of her parents, imagining what it would be like when the two met again.

Gu Kangqi and Wu Limei hesitated and didn't get to the point.

Gu Yunsu had expected Gu Kangqi's state. After all, there were some thoughts that were not easy to express in front of his daughter. But Wu Limei was also hesitant. Could it be that she had something to say that she didn't want her to know?

Gu Yunsu took two mouthfuls of rice, feeling a little nervous and impatient. After all, it was completely impossible for the two of them to be together, so why were they making such a mess?

She put her chopsticks down on the table and said to the other two, "I'm full. I'm leaving first."