Chapter 67 The Calm Before the Storm
Old Xia was driving the car, with Guo Kai sitting in the back with an expressionless face.
Driving on the way home.
Old Xia looked at Guo Kai through the rearview mirror and said, "Xiao Kai, Mr. Guo asked you to call him back when you get home. He said he has something to tell you."
Guo Kai hummed in a low voice, opened the cover of his phone, opened the mailbox and took a look.
There was no expected text message, so he closed his phone in silence.
Half an hour later, Guo Kai returned home. Lao Xia parked the car in the yard. Guo Kai got out of the car and took out his mobile phone to check while walking, but there was still no message.
He dialed Guo Jinghong's number in a bad mood. After a few rings, the call was connected. Guo Jinghong's usual majestic and steady voice came from the receiver: "Are you home?"
Guo Kai hummed.
The conversations between the father and son have always been straightforward, simple and clear, with never a lot of nonsense.
Guo Jinghong said, "Tomorrow I will have someone pick up your grandpa and grandma. You can go with them and bring the Ming Dynasty vase I collected last time to your grandpa."
Before his retirement, Guo Kai's grandfather was the head of an important military department in Beijing. He held a high position of power and prestige. He won countless honors and medals during his tenure and was a powerful figure in the political arena.
Although he has been extremely reserved and low-key after retirement and rarely appears in public, his influence is still there and his deterrent effect is still strong.
During every festival, waves of disciples and followers would come to visit, making the whole day busy.
The old man couldn't stand the annoyance, so since the year before last, he would leave Beijing during the Spring Festival and go to his only son's home, more than a thousand kilometers away, to seek some peace and quiet.
Guo Jinghong is his only son, and Guo Kai is his only grandson. Mr. Guo dotes on his grandson very much and enjoys spending the New Year with him.
Every time when Guo Jinghong went to pick up his grandparents, he would send Guo Kai to follow the car. Firstly, it would allow the old man to see his grandson as soon as possible. Secondly, it would train Guo Kai's ability to deal with things on his own, let him see more of the world, and grow into a capable successor as soon as possible.
Guo Jinghong asked Guo Kai on the phone to go to Beijing to pick up the old man, and Guo Kai agreed.
When Guo Jinghong was about to hang up the phone, Guo Kai shouted, "Dad..."
Guo Jinghong: "Anything else?"
Guo Kai hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Is Wang Jiaming still in Switzerland? How is he now?"
Guo Jinghong paused and said, "It should be pretty good. Why, didn't he contact you?"
Guo Kai: "No, I haven't heard from him. Do you know how to contact him?"
Guo Jinghong said in a low voice on the other end of the phone: "I heard that Wang Jiaming's father hired a private butler to take care of him in Switzerland. He didn't give Wang Jiaming a mobile phone. If his family needs to contact him, they will call the butler directly. The butler will not give Wang Jiaming a mobile phone when he is not busy."
Guo Kai was slightly angry: "Isn't this just monitoring him in the name of taking care of him? It's unfair to Wang Jiaming to do this. Aren't they afraid that this will drive him into trouble?"
Guo Jinghong chuckled, "Xiao Kai, why are you still so naive? Do you think that Wang Jiaming's involvement with a man is not a problem? For the entire family, such a scandal is more embarrassing than anything else. If Wang Jiaming has developed a serious mental illness because he was guarded for a few days, then it is his own fault and he deserves the punishment.
This would be more acceptable to the family than him having an affair with another man. ”
Guo Kai was stunned. He didn't expect that these cold-blooded and emotionless words would come from his father's mouth.
Is this Guo Jinghong’s attitude towards two men being together?
This happened to Wang Jiaming, but what if it happened to me?
Can he still maintain such a superior, indifferent, so-called overall-interest-first, rational and cold response?
Guo Kai felt cold all over, shivering all over, and closed his eyes in despair.
He didn't dare to think about what would happen if he told Guo Jinghong about his relationship with Li Zexi.
After hanging up the phone, Guo Kai stood there without moving for a long time.
Suddenly, the cell phone rang. Guo Kai picked it up and opened the inbox. Surprisingly, it was a message from Li Zexi. The message was so long that it couldn't fit on one page.
Guo Kai's heart moved, and he moved his fingers to look at the content of the text message.
[Li Zexi: Guo Kai, you asked me something in the car just now, and I know what you want to hear. But at that time, due to various interferences, I was unable to speak.
At this moment, when I send you a message, I don’t mean to say that sentence, because it seems casual and disrespectful when said through text message.
I am not a casual person, but at the same time I am not a person who is casual in emotions.
So, in this text message, you still won’t see the words you want to see.
But what I can tell you is that since I separated from you at the train station, all that has come to my mind are the images of us together, from you bullying me unilaterally at the beginning to you saying you liked me later.
Later, you looked at me with both pain and longing, and said to me in a contradictory way, "Let me wait for you." Every bit, every frame, like leaves, kept fluttering in my mind.
Until now, as I sit on the train, with my phone in my hand as I send you this message, these images are still flashing through my mind.
Do you understand what I mean?
Finally, let me say one more thing. I hope that next time we meet, you can hug me without hesitation, and I can say those words to you without hesitation.
I'll hold......】
Guo Kai's fingers trembled constantly as he read the message from beginning to end, word by word. He then turned back and read it several times until every word in the message was deeply engraved in his mind.
After reading it, Guo Kai suddenly felt that his body had warmed up and his blood began to flow happily. A feeling of relief flowed along the rushing blood to his limbs and bones, making him feel comfortable all over. The happy dopamine accumulated little by little like honey brewed by bees, forming a small golden hill.
It was so sweet that it drowned out all the discomfort and irritation brought about by the phone call with Guo's father just now.
Every cell in my body was madly shouting the name of a person, Li Zexi.
Guo Kai felt that he was definitely possessed and poisoned by a poison called Li Zexi.
There is no antidote for this poison. Once it breaks out, there is no possibility of survival. You will either die or live with someone.
He had never been so confident about the future as he was at this moment. It was not until now that Guo Kai realized that what happened between Lin Haoxiang and Wang Jiaming would not interfere with his continued love for Li Zexi. Instead, it gave him a reference and a positive warning.
As long as Li Zexi says a word or shows an attitude, he will throw away all his burdens, move forward bravely and solve the problem without any scruples.
Guo Kai's mouth corners curled up and his mood became particularly relaxed.
He opened the messaging interface and sent a text message to his father: Dad, when you come back, I have something to tell you about me and a male classmate.
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