"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Gu Xian coughed and wiped the Coke off his body, and before he could calm down, he cursed: "You, f*cking sick!"
Yan Lingfang carefully wiped the stains off her skirt, her face full of heartache. Gu Rongcai also looked grim: "You're so old and still so reckless!"
However, Xie Yunjing was not affected because he was sitting far away from Gu Xian and was well prepared.
"Gu Xian, I'm serious."
"Nonsense!" Gu Xian rolled his eyes at him. "Do you believe that?"
"Still throwing a tantrum." Before Xie Yunjing could say anything, Gu Rongcai chimed in, "Yunjing wasn't kidding you. Your Grandpa Xie called me personally this morning."
"No," Gu Xian was puzzled. "Didn't this guy get engaged to Tao Ranran yesterday?"
It's too fast to change people the next day, right?
"How can you be so petty, kid?" Gu Rongcai said impatiently, his face showing genuine resentment. "Who can you blame for this? You have to blame yourself. If you hadn't kept your relationship with Yun Jing a secret, would your grandfather Xie have arranged for Yun Jing to have that girl from the Tao family?"
"Stop throwing a tantrum like a child. Didn't your grandfather Xie contact us to discuss the marriage as soon as he found out?"
"Impossible! How could I possibly marry him?" Gu Xian's face was filled with rejection, as if the person sitting before him wasn't the dignified young master of the Xie family, but an ugly freak with crooked eyes and a slanted mouth. "He and I are not like that at all!"
"Gu Xian, I've already apologized." Xie Yunjing's brows concealed an unhappy look. "I got engaged to Tao Ranran because you didn't want to come forward. You still refuse to acknowledge our relationship. What do you think of me?"
What the hell?
Not only did he lie with his eyes open, but he also put the blame on him. Gu Xian was shocked by Xie Yunjing's shamelessness.
"Okay, Xiaoxian, just give Auntie and your father some face and discuss the marriage first. As for the conflict between you and Yun Jing..." Yan Lingfang smiled gently, "Can you guys resolve it privately?"
"But he and I..."
Gu Xian suddenly realized that the Xie family's grandfather had been a leader in City A's business world for decades and was a renowned figure internationally. How could such a shrew not have discovered the true nature of his relationship with Xie Yunjing? Arranging a marriage between him and Xie Yunjing was probably a deliberate attempt to disgust Xie Yunjing because the two had fallen out.
Xie Yunjing's pretended disgusting attitude seemed to be an attempt to use him to reject the marriage.
Both the grandfather and the grandson are not good people. Do they want to use him as a knife?
Oh!
"He didn't even want to drink what I poured for him. I don't think he came here to apologize, but to deliberately piss me off. I'm not going to talk about marriage with him."
Are you pretending to be nice to him? Are you trying to provoke him into rejecting you? This old fox is deliberately disgusting. If Xie Yunjing ruins this marriage because of him, he will definitely have to pay the price. He won't refuse or accept it. He wants to see how this bastard Xie Yunjing will make up for it.
Gu Rongcai and Yan Lingfang were unaware of the undercurrents between them, and only regarded Gu Xian's artificial words and actions as flirting between lovers.
Gu Xian poured the Coke for Xie Yunjing, and the latter only took a sip when he received it from Gu Rongcai. Besides, drinking Coke was not a big deal, so the two of them urged him warmly, "Yunjing, come on, drink it quickly."
“…”
Gu Xian raised his eyebrows, his intention to provoke him obvious. Xie Yunjing stared at him for a moment, then picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
There is a strange taste in my mouth.
Xie Yunjing tightened his jaw, trying his best to restrain himself from showing an inappropriate expression.
"Are you satisfied?" His voice became a little hoarse because of his patience.
Gu Xian, however, turned ruthless and immediately withdrew the smugness from his brows. He continued in a pretentious manner, "You only do what you say and you still need my dad and the others to persuade you. How can you be considered sincere?"
Gu Rongcai and Yan Lingfang thought they had given Xie Yunjing a step to step down, but they didn't expect Gu Xian to step on it.
"Gu Xian! Can you be more sensible?"
Gu Rongcai couldn't hold back his anger, but Xie Yunjing became gentle and tolerant again: "What else do you want me to do?"
Gu Xian patted Gu Rongcai's shoulder disrespectfully: "Dad, why are you angry?"
He smiled shamelessly, "We're just doing this for fun. Besides, if I don't assert myself, I'll be the one being bullied. Thank you, Third Young Master, don't you agree?"
The corners of Xie Yunjing's mouth twitched, and he was obviously annoyed.
"How dare I?"
Yan Lingfang held down Gu Rongcai's hand that was about to hit someone, and patted it to appease him: "Xiao Xian, Yun Jing has been so accommodating to you, so don't make things difficult for him."
"What is he afraid of?" Gu Xian retracted his unruly claws from his father. "Aunt Yan, it's not that I don't give you face, but look at him. He didn't even ask me if I was willing to do something as big as getting married. He just brought all of you parents with him. Is he here to discuss or force me to change my ways?"
"So you don't want to marry me?"
"No, no, I didn't say that."
It's not that easy for Xie Yunjing to get off the mountain.
Gu Xian propped his head up with his hands and swung his crossed legs leisurely. "I just don't want to discuss marriage with you for the time being. I'm still angry. Besides, marriage is such a big deal, it's not too much for me to think about it for two or three days, right?"
“…”
It was obvious that no results could be obtained today, and it would be a waste of time to stay any longer.
"Of course." Xie Yunjing stood up. "If seeing me makes you angry, I'll go back first. Besides..."
He stared at Gu Xian and emphasized, "I hope you can think carefully about it and not make a decision that you will regret."
Gu Xian waved his hand nonchalantly, without even moving his butt: "Bye, I won't see you off."
Facing Gu Rongcai and Yan Lingfang's requests to stay, Xie Yunjing nodded politely: "Uncle Gu, Madam Yan, goodbye, no need to see me off."
His father gave him an angry look again. Gu Xian raised the corner of his mouth and blew a kiss loudly: "Baby, see you next time! Mua~"
Xie Yunjing froze visibly for a moment, then left without saying a word.
After watching Xie Yunjing get into the car, Gu Rongcai and his wife hurried back from the door.
Gu Xian was still lying there in a nonchalant manner. Gu Rongcai raised his hand heavily, but then gently put it down after Yan Lingfang's persuasion, looking like he wanted to get angry but couldn't.
Gu Xian watched them sit down, and then watched Gu Rongcai gradually calm down after drinking tea. He couldn't help but ask, "Dad, you're not angry?"
Gu Rongcai's forehead bulged with a vein. He clutched the cup in his hand and burst into a barrage of scolding: "You know it too! Yun Jing sincerely wants to marry you, how can you talk to him like that!"
"Oh, that's not what I meant." Gu Xian sat up, finally composure. "I meant, aren't you angry about the fact that I'm gay, Dad?"
Gu Rongcai felt as if he had punched cotton and choked.
Yan Lingfang answered for him, smiling, "What's the big deal? Now homosexuals can legally marry. Your father isn't some old stubborn person with backward ideas."
Gu Xian said "Oh", but he didn't seem happy about the support, instead he looked a little uninterested.
He scratched his head and said, "There was no news about Xie Yunjing and I before. Didn't you have any suspicions at all?"
Gu Rongcai said disdainfully: "I've seen the photos."
"That's right." Yan Lingfang covered her lips with her hands and smiled ambiguously. "Besides, the wound on your mouth couldn't have been bitten by yourself, right?"
"..." Xie Yunjing showed no mercy when he bit people. The tooth marks he left behind were clearly pointing outwards, and it was definitely not an arc that he could have made by biting himself.
Gu Xian was speechless and collapsed back silently.
He always looked so unruly, but Gu Rongcai and Yan Lingfang didn't care. The latter spoke gently, "Xiao Xian, let's talk about your marriage to Yun Jing."
"Your father and I hope you can settle down with Yun Jing as soon as possible. Of course, this doesn't mean your father doesn't care if you've been wronged, but..." The delicately made-up woman looked worried and sighed softly, "You don't know, your father's company hasn't been doing well lately. All those partners and competitors are just trying to take advantage of you when you're down. None of them have any sense of morality. Your father is so worried about these things that he can't sleep well."
"Fortunately, you and Yun Jing are in a relationship, and the Xie family has agreed to your marriage." The woman's eyes shone with eagerness. "With the Xie family's support, others won't dare to take advantage of the situation, and your father's company will be able to overcome the difficulties smoothly. Xiao Xian, just for your father, let's quickly finalize the marriage, okay?"
The Gu and Xie families were actually old friends, having been prominent local merchants since the last century. However, the Gu family's descendants failed to live up to their expectations, and in recent years the Gu family has fallen into decline, naturally weakening their relationship with the Xie family.
Gu Rongcai kept saying "thank you grandpa", which was completely full of flattery.
"So that's how it is."
Gu Xian's tone made Gu Rongcai dissatisfied: "What else do you want? Is fooling around with Xie Yunjing more important than our Gu family's company? How do you think you can live a life of doing nothing but eating, drinking and having fun every day!"
"I didn't say no." Gu Xian took out his phone and opened the game while saying, "I just made the promise. If I say I've considered it right away, it would be too embarrassing. Then Master Xie would look down on me, and it would be difficult to get him to help me."
"You said you agreed a long time ago, didn't you? Why are you making trouble?"
"Yeah." Gu Xian responded perfunctorily, and it seemed that his mind was completely focused on the game.
Yan Lingfang stopped Gu Rongcai from cursing: "Xiao Xian, your father is having a hard time. You must help him."
"I know." Gu Xian didn't even raise his head, "I'll take care of it."
The couple drank some tea again.
Yan Lingfang put her phone back into her bag and stood up with Gu Rongcai. "Xiao Xian, since everything is fine now, your father and I will leave first."
Gu Xian paused for a moment, then continued to control the game character: "It's dinner time in an hour, don't you want to eat together?"
"Xiaoyu has a game tonight."
Gu Xian turned off his phone, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll see you off."
"Dad, Mom, hurry up, it's too late!"
As soon as the door opened, loud shouts were heard.
A black car had parked outside the gate of the yard at some point, and a handsome young man stuck his head out of the car window, waving eagerly over here.
"You need to change your shoes before going out, so I'll send you here." Gu Xian raised his foot and shook the slippers he was wearing.
Gu Rongcai glared at him, as if blaming him for his laziness.
Yan Lingfang actually asked him, "Xiao Xian, do you want to go with us?"
Gu Xian looked uninterested: "No, I don't understand."
When the couple arrived at the car, Gu Rongcai first touched Gu Leyu's head affectionately, then opened the passenger door and got in the car. He could vaguely hear Gu Leyu asking.
"Brother, aren't you going?"
And Gu Rongcai's disdainful answer.
"It would be a waste of seats if he went."
"Brother, bye." After the couple got in the car, Gu Leyu smiled proudly and boastfully, and there was no kindness in his smile no matter how you looked at it.
Gu Xian put his hands in his pockets, not caring whether the other party could hear him or not, and said "bye" and that was it.
The car carrying the family of three drove away in a hurry, but Gu Xian was still standing at the door. When he finally turned around and prepared to go back to the house.
"Brother Xian! Brother Xian, I've brought you the food you ordered!"
Gu Xian didn't stop, but fortunately he walked slowly so that the delivery guy could listen to everything he said.
"No, send it to Li Yuqiu."
After saying that, he closed the door, leaving the delivery guy outside, uttering a few confused "ah ah" sounds.
Mu Ziqiu: Why did you suddenly order so many dishes for me?
When Li Yuqiu sent the message, Gu Xian was looking at his phone. He took another sip of instant noodles before replying.
Ni Xian Ge: I’m in a good mood.
Mu Ziqiu: [wipes sweat]
Mu Ziqiu: Thank you, brother?
Ni Xian Ge: [pat your dog head.gif]
Ni Xian Ge: Give me Xie Yunjing’s business card.
Mu Ziqiu: ???
Ni Xian Ge: Just send it when I tell you to. What are you asking? You just procrastinate all day long. Do you think you have a million questions?
Mu Ziqiu: [bitter] [bitter]
Mu Ziqiu: Why are you suddenly planning to remove him from the blacklist? He contacted you before. This doesn't make sense. If he contacted you before, why didn't you just add him back?
Ni Xian Ge: Send it.
Li Yuqiu sent Xie Yunjing's business card, but Gu Xian didn't open it immediately.
Ni Xian Ge: Let me ask you one more thing. My dad’s company is not doing well recently.
Mu Ziqiu:!!!
Mu Ziqiu: Big brother, are you finally planning to fight for the family property?! ! ! !
Ni Xian Ge: What’s the point of arguing? A real man has to rely on himself.
Mu Ziqiu: But that green tea girl Gu Leyu is really hard to deal with [bitter]
Mu Ziqiu: I don’t know the details of the Gu family’s situation, but I heard that your father seemed to be planning to sell the land in the east of the city. Then, the buyers who could afford the price knew that your father was in urgent need of money, so they all lowered their prices.
The land Li Yuqiu was referring to was a truly exceptional piece of feng shui. The Gu family, through all the ups and downs of life, had held onto it tightly, never considering selling it. For the Gu family, this piece of land was practically a family heirloom.
And now, Gu Rongcai was planning to sell the property, but someone actually lowered the price so much?
This is more than just a "bad situation", it is extremely bad, and it has reached the point where the Gu family will be doomed if they can't survive!
Ni Xian Ge: I got it, go eat yours.
Gu Xian continued to search for the latest news about the Gu family until he finished the instant noodles in front of him.
He opened the chat window with Li Yuqiu again and finally clicked on Xie Yunjing's business card.
The friend request was quickly approved, but Gu Xian still asked hypocritically.
Ni Xian Ge: Are you there?
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