Gu Qingze was very familiar with this look. Ever since he met Gu Hongjing, he had been looking at him with this look from time to time.
At the beginning, Gu Qingze felt very uncomfortable. It felt as if he was being treated as someone else's stand-in. He felt a little awkward in his heart, but after being looked at like this for a long time, it didn't make sense... maybe it was because he had gotten used to it.
"The main reason is... the older you get, the more you look like your mother and Yue'er."
Gu Hongjing's eyes revealed nostalgia, and his gaze became distant and blurred, as if he had traveled through the long river of time and returned to the past.
"So I'm getting more and more afraid to see you...for fear that seeing you will remind me of you."
His voice trembled slightly, like fallen leaves drifting in the autumn wind, carrying an unspeakable sadness.
The sound seemed to come from the depths of the soul, and every note was filled with attachment and reluctance to the past, as if immersed in memories of the past and unable to extricate oneself.
"Even if I see you occasionally, I have to suppress my feelings and treat you in a businesslike manner, otherwise I will think of your mother."
"Thinking of those sweet memories with her. Now those memories have turned into sharp blades. Every time I think of them, they cut a deep gash in my heart."
"But... since I last saw you, you seem to have changed from what I remembered, and you look less and less like your mother."
"Maybe it's because you've grown up, so... now that you're back, I dare to come see you again."
How could they possibly be similar? He wasn't the original owner; this was his original appearance. If he looked a lot like the original owner's parents, that would be a real problem.
Moreover, Gu Qingze had to admire Gu Hongjing's ability to convince himself by using the reason of "growing up".
So you really don't care about your son at all?
When he came into the book, he didn't do much deliberate disguise. Even Ling Xiao, who had only been with the original owner for a short time and was not familiar with the original owner, could sense something was amiss. But you, as the original owner's father, didn't notice anything at all?
He complained silently in his mind, but he was still a little confused.
After all, he really couldn't understand the fact that a father didn't care about his children and caused them to lack fatherly love just because he was worried that they would be reminded of their parents.
However... although he couldn't understand it in his heart, on the surface he pretended to be on the verge of crying after hearing these words.
His eyes were full of mist, as if crystal tears were about to fall at any moment. His look made people feel pity.
Gu Hongjing sighed and said, "Maybe it's because I've let it go, or maybe it's something else, but I'm not so afraid of meeting you anymore."
"Although I may have always been a serious person in your impression, in fact... I have always loved you. After all, you are Qingyue and I's child, with Qingyue's blood. You are the gift Qingyue left to me in this world. It is impossible for me not to love you."
Gu Qingze was "touched" by his sincere expression, at least on the surface.
He still had a lot of things he didn't understand about family affection, but he felt it would be more appropriate to express his "touched" feelings now, so he tried hard to make his expression appear more sincere.
"My mother..." Gu Qingze's voice was trembling, and that trembling seemed to carry endless longing and questions.
His voice was like a thread floating in the wind, soft and fragile.
Gu Hongjing shook his head and returned to the previous topic: "Let's not talk about this for now. Xiaoze, how do you want to hold your wedding? When you have time later, you must discuss it with the younger generation of the Chu family so that we can prepare early."
"Actually... although Ling Xiao and I haven't discussed it specifically, we still hope that if we hold a Dao-Closing Ceremony, it won't be too complicated and we can just do it as comfortably as possible."
Gu Qingze's eyes were filled with helplessness: "To be honest, we don't plan to hold it now."
"Most people find this kind of relationship difficult to accept and are prone to spreading rumors. We can accept rumors, but... we still want to keep them to a minimum."
He expressed his opinions seriously, and every word seemed to be carefully considered.
"So we hope to hold it after our cultivation becomes stronger."
Gu Qingze seemed to have thought of something: "In this world, everyone still believes that the strong are respected. If Ling Xiao and I were strong enough, no one would dare to say anything."
"That's true."
Upon hearing this, Gu Hongjing looked Gu Qingze up and down, his eyes filled with scrutiny and expectation:
"It's not that I don't believe Xiaoze, but you are only in the late Jindan stage now, and you are still a long way from being a truly powerful person. If that's the case, then the Dao-Concluding Ceremony will have to wait many years."
Gu Qingze looked very serious and said, "Although it's not easy, setting this as a goal will also give Ling Xiao and I more motivation to practice."
Gu Hongjing nodded and finally gave in. He patted Gu Qingze on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Okay, you young people should make your own decisions."
Gu Qingze agreed with a smile, and he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
If he wanted to complete the Dao Ceremony, he would not choose now.
He wanted to wait until everything was settled and then hold a perfect ceremony to put a perfect end to their relationship.
But...now I can give Ling Xiao a betrothal gift in advance.
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