Chapter 56 Is today your birthday?
When the two came out of the Internet cafe, it was almost three o'clock in the morning.
Since graduation, Yue Qianling has never stayed out so late.
In fact, Gu Xun planned to take her home at twelve o'clock, but Yue Qianling herself was unwilling and always said "just a few hundred million". In the end, Gu Xun still forcibly took her out of the Internet cafe.
On the way back, once Yue Qianling's excitement from the game wore off, she was so sleepy that her eyelids kept fighting each other and she almost fell asleep while standing in the elevator.
However, she was so nervous that she sweated a lot when she went out, so now that she was back home, she had to take another shower.
After tidying up everything, the clock showed four in the morning and Yue Qianling fell unconscious on the bed.
Yue Qianling has always had a good sleep, and she gets up early in the morning. So when she fell asleep and opened her eyes again, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day.
She hadn't regained consciousness yet and was still filled with sleepiness, but in order to keep her sleep schedule consistent at night, Yue Qianling decided to get up.
She reached under the pillow and took out her cell phone. She opened WeChat with half-closed eyes and saw a lot of messages piled up in it.
At the very front were a dozen messages sent by Gu Xun.
Ten o'clock.
[School Prince]: Are you awake?
【School Prince】:?
[School Prince]: Okay, I'll sleep a little longer too.
Eleven o'clock.
【School Prince】:? Not awake yet?
[School Prince]: How come you can sleep so well?
Twelve o'clock.
【School Prince】:?
【School Prince】：Are you there? Please let my girlfriend out for a while, I'll have lunch with her and then go back.
【School Prince】: Forget it, I’ll eat it myself.
Twenty minutes ago.
[School Prince]: Are you still not awake?
[School Prince]: Okay, go to sleep.
[School Prince]: Yi Hong asked me to play basketball, so I went out.
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：……
She sighed, a little confused as to why Gu Xun was so energetic when they returned home at the same time.
After replying to his message, Yue Qianling switched off to see what the 325 chat records between Yin Xue and Fang Qingqing said.
After a few quick glances, Yue Qianling walked out with a hard-to-speak expression.
They are really free.
He was able to make more than a dozen guesses about "Did Yue Qianling and Gu Xun really not do any other exercise? Why haven't they gotten up yet at this time?" and analyzed the feasibility of each one.
A few seconds later, Gu Xun happened to reply with a voice message.
He had probably just warmed up and was a little out of breath when he spoke.
"You're so tired just from playing a game. How about I take you to exercise more in the future?"
In fact, what he said was quite normal and fell within the scope of normal concern.
But Yue Qianling found that she might have been influenced by Fang Qingqing and Yin Xue, and her thoughts always went in circles and went somewhere else.
After two seconds of silence, Yue Qianling closed her eyes, took a deep breath, did not reply to his message, and got up to wash up.
Because she got up late, Yue Qianling's stomach was growling. She didn't want to spend time waiting for takeout, so she cooked some dumplings that her mother had put in her refrigerator last time.
It was a rare opportunity to have a complete day off, and the weather was hot, so Yue Qianling just wanted to stay comfortably at home.
It just so happened that there was a new and popular game on the Internet some time ago. Yue Qianling had never had time to play it, so she wanted to download it today and give it a try.
After opening the official website, she looked at the complicated configuration parameters and was somewhat confused, so she sent a message to Gu Xun.
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：[Picture]
[Nuomi Xiaomahua]: Can I play Wings Run 4 with this computer configuration?
【School Prince】: Yes.
Yue Qianling felt relieved and was about to organize the memory downloads when Gu Xun sent another message.
[School Prince]: Just prepare more thinly sliced beef and sprinkle some cumin on it, it will taste better.
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：……
Immediately afterwards, he sent two more voice messages.
"Go to my room. The computer password is still the same."
"I'm going to play ball. I can't look at my phone. Play by yourself first. I'll be back to accompany you in the evening."
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Who needs your company? I’m very happy alone.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Wait a minute?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: You won’t be back until the evening?
After sending these messages, Yue Qianling stood up muttering to himself.
She originally planned to change out of her nightgown, but thinking that Gu Xun would not be back until the evening, she simply went to his house comfortably.
-
In the hot summer, the ground temperature is almost frying the pedestrians on the road.
Gu Yunping stood at the entrance of the community, sweating all over under the sun.
When she called Gu Xun for the fourth time and still no one answered, she had no choice but to hang up and ask the security guard to open the gate for her.
The security guard leaned his head out of the window, looked her up and down, and saw that she didn't look like a suspicious person, but he still threw her out a notebook and asked her to register her ID card.
Although the process was a bit cumbersome, Gu Yunping thought that it was also a kind of safety guarantee, and her expression became more polite.
If she thought about it carefully, she hadn't seen Gu Xun for a long time, let alone visited his new residence.
Based on the address sent by Gu Xun a few months ago, Gu Yunping carefully checked the building information and found the house where he lived.
She rang the doorbell twice and waited patiently for a few minutes, but no one came to open the door.
I called Gu Xun again, but still no one answered.
"What did you do on the weekend?"
Gu Yunping muttered to herself, her eyes fell on the combination lock, her mind moved, and she raised her hand.
Gu Xun was a person who was afraid of trouble. The passwords for all his electronic products were just a string of rehearsed combinations of numbers and letters. Gu Yunping didn't need to think at all and got the correct answer in two tries.
She pushed open the door and glanced into the room, her expression frozen for a moment.
After standing there for a few seconds, she tiptoed in and stood in the middle of the living room, looking around.
Although the furnishings in the room were simple, they were kept in tidiness. The windows were clean, the floor was spotless, and there were some commonly used cold medicines on the cabinet.
Even the basketball that was always thrown around the house was now hanging neatly in the corner.
I originally thought that Gu Xun would not be able to take care of himself living alone outside and would live a mediocre life.
But the facts seemed different from what she imagined.
Gu Yunping was a little bit incredulous and even wanted to go out to see if she had walked into the wrong house.
After a while, she regained her composure and walked into the kitchen carrying a lot of bags.
The pots and pans looked as if they had hardly been touched.
She opened the refrigerator again. There was nothing to eat inside, just a few bottles of carbonated drinks.
When seeing this scene, Gu Yunping felt that her uneasy mood was relieved for some reason.
So she frowned, threw away all the drinks in the refrigerator, and then put her shopping neatly back in.
After tidying up the kitchen, Gu Yunping moved all the furnishings in the living room that she felt were not convenient to her. She also felt that the sofa was too close to the TV, which was not good for her eyes, so she mustered up the strength to move the sofa more than a meter back.
After doing all this, Gu Yunping took a break and was about to sit on the sofa for a while when she suddenly heard a girl's laughter coming from the room.
The waist that had been bent suddenly stiffened.
Gu Yunping thought she had heard it wrong. She looked up in disbelief and looked towards the room.
Then, the laughter sounded again.
Gu Yunping quickly realized what had happened. She was wondering whether she should disturb them so rashly, but she was also very curious.
After hesitating for a moment, she got up and knocked on the door.
Still no one answered.
Gu Yunping moved closer to the door and called out in a restrained tone, "Gu Xun, are you there?"
There was still no response this time. Gu Yunping's heart sank and she slowly pushed the door open.
The moment she saw the scene in the room, she was stunned.
As far as the eye could see, the curtains were drawn tightly, and only a desk lamp was on.
A girl in a nightgown sat cross-legged on a large gaming chair, with black headphones on her head. One hand was quickly operating the mouse, while the other hand was holding a can of Coke, with a straw in her mouth, and she was staring at the computer screen with a smile on her face.
Gu Yunping, who could only see the girl's profile, reacted firstly that she had entered the wrong door and cleaned the wrong room. She even wanted to immediately take out all the carbonated drinks that she had thrown into the trash can.
However, just as she was about to turn around, the girl saw something interesting, choked on her Coke, and started coughing violently.
Gu Yunping paused and looked back again.
After Yue Qianling finished coughing, he continued to drink Coke and planned to take a tissue to wipe his mouth.
As soon as she turned her head, her eyes met Gu Yunping's.
“…”
“…”
"Yue..."
Before Gu Yunping could utter the remaining two words, the Coke in the girl's hand fell to the ground with a "bang".
Only after she felt the cold liquid splashing on her chest did she loosen her mouth, and the plastic straw floated to the ground, but her eyes were still staring blankly at Gu Yunping.
After a moment of deathly silence, Yue Qianling's soul finally returned to its place. He tried to stand up in a panic, but when he stretched his legs, he kicked the table. He gasped in pain and was about to fall backwards with a cry.
Seeing this, Gu Yunping didn't have the mind to think about anything else and hurried over to support her.
"Are you okay?"
"No, nothing."
Yue Qianling managed to stand firmly, his mind still unsettled. He looked down and saw Gu Yunping holding his arm, and wondered why he didn't just hit his head and die.
The two of them maintained this posture, staring at each other, and neither felt that it was appropriate for them to speak first.
After a long time, Gu Yunping finally let go of her hand, glanced at Yue Qianling's nightgown, cleared her throat, and said, "Auntie, I won't be tactful. Are you...living together?"
“…”
This is really not a euphemism at all.
"No, no." Yue Qianling explained quickly, "I live across the street. I just came to borrow his computer to play games."
“I see…”
Gu Yunping believed this. After all, she didn't find any women's daily necessities when she was cleaning the house just now.
But based on her understanding of her son, it is impossible for him to let a girl touch things in his room so casually.
Thinking of this, there was a hint of inquiry in Gu Yunping's eyes.
"Then you guys...?"
At this point, it was impossible for Yue Qianling not to see what Gu Yunping meant.
She didn't know what expression to put on when facing Gu Yunping, so she could only nod slightly.
However, Gu Yunping did not have the surprised expression she imagined. She just picked up the tissue on the table, wiped the Coke on her chest, and said without surprise: "It's fine."
-
Yue Qianling used the excuse of changing clothes and fled back to her home with her cell phone.
As soon as she closed the door, she immediately called Gu Xun.
But he was probably too engrossed in the call and didn't answer any of the three calls.
Yue Qianling fell headfirst on the bed and rolled around for a few times, then sent messages to Luotuo and Xiaomai.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: SOS! SOS!
【camel】:?
【wheat】:?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Gu Xun's mother came over and caught me playing games in his room. Gu Xun was playing basketball and didn't answer the phone.
[Glutinous Rice Mahua]: You should know his mother better, so what should I do now?
[Xiaomi]: Why are you in his room?
[Camel]: Xiaomai, go out and turn right to the Third Hospital and have a look at the brain.
【wheat】:?
[Camel]: What can I do? Aunt Gu won’t eat people.
【Glutinous rice small twist】: QAQ
[Xiaomi]: No, you haven’t told me yet, why were you alone in his room?
Yue Qianling finally understood why Gu Xun and Luotuo were always worried that Xiaomai would not be able to pass the postgraduate entrance examination.
With this kind of thinking, failing the exam is a contribution to the average level of graduate students in our country.
[Glutinous Rice Mahua]: What’s wrong with me playing games in my boyfriend’s room? What’s wrong with me? ! !
【wheat】:? ? ?
【wheat】:! ! !
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: @Auntie Luotuo is cooking alone at his house now. Would it be bad if I don’t go over?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: What did I say in the past?
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Auntie, can I help you cook?
[Camel]: No, no.
【Glutinous rice twisted dough sticks】：?
[Camel]: You shouldn’t call Lin Xun’s mother auntie, you should call her grandma.
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：……
【Glutinous Rice Dough Twist】: Thank you for the popular science [smile]
After chatting for a while, Yue Qianling finally realized that Camel and Xiaomai could not help at all at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and go ahead.
She walked into Gu Xun's house again. Gu Yunping was already washing vegetables in the kitchen. When she saw her coming, she just smiled and was very calm towards her. She didn't ask any questions that would embarrass her.
It's nothing more than chatting with her about family matters and asking about her parents' recent situation.
But when work was mentioned, Gu Yunping learned that Yue Qianling and Gu Xun worked in the same company, and she frowned inexplicably.
After getting used to the initial awkwardness, Yue Qianling was able to chat with Gu Yunping calmly.
As she spoke, she was still thinking about why Aunt Gu was such a nice person, so why didn't Gu Xun get close to her.
Is the rebellious phase not over yet?
But since Gu Xun was not there, Yue Qianling was still a little nervous and kept paying attention to the movement of her phone from time to time.
Twenty minutes later, he finally replied.
【School Prince】: I'll be right back.
Seeing these five words, Yue Qianling breathed a sigh of relief, but he also wished he could open a portal for him immediately.
-
The stadium where Gu Xun plays basketball is not very close, and the traffic is very congested at the moment.
Even though he tried his best, he still didn't get home until nearly half past six.
The moment he opened the door, he heard the voices of Yue Qianling and Gu Yunping. He looked in the direction of the voices and his eyes swept across the living room, but suddenly his gaze stopped.
The sofa had obviously been moved, and some small items were not placed in the places he was familiar with.
Seeing these changes, the words that Gu Xun wanted to say got stuck in his throat. He turned his head to look at the kitchen and said, "Mom, why are you here?"
"Today is——"
Gu Yunping turned around and saw that in the dim afterglow, her son's face did not show the excitement she had imagined.
So she calmed down and came out with a dish. "I came here on a business trip a few days ago. I was supposed to go back this afternoon, but something happened on the project and I had to stay a few more days, so I came to see you."
At this time Yue Qianling also followed out, standing behind Gu Yunping and winking at Gu Xun.
Gu Xun understood the meaning in her eyes, nodded at her, then walked towards Gu Yunping, wanting to take the dish from her hand.
"Let me do it."
Gu Yunping: "Go take a shower first, don't catch a cold later."
"OK."
Gu Xun turned around and walked towards the kitchen. Just as he was about to open the refrigerator door, he heard Gu Yunping's words.
"Hey, I threw away all those carbonated drinks. I told you so many times not to drink those unhealthy things."
Gu Yunping knew what he wanted to do as soon as she saw his movements, and turned around and said, "There is mineral water on the table, go drink that."
Gu Xun withdrew his hand, turned around and went back to the room.
When passing by Yue Qianling, he grabbed her wrist and led her into the room.
After closing the door, he turned to look at Yue Qianling and asked in a deep voice: "Did my mother say anything to you today?"
Yue Qianling was pulled in unexpectedly by him, and considering that his mother was outside, he spoke very quietly.
"Nothing, just chatting."
Gu Xun lowered his eyes and sighed deeply.
Seeing him like this, Yue Qianling reached out and pinched his chin like a boss.
"Why, are you afraid that your mother will expose some of your unspeakable secrets?"
Gu Xun was obviously not in the mood to joke with her. He lowered his head and rubbed her palm before letting go of her wrist.
"What kind of secrets can I have from you? I'm just afraid that the way my mother speaks makes you uncomfortable."
"No, Auntie is very easy to talk to."
"Then why were you so nervous just now?"
"..." Yue Qianling pushed him, "Go take a shower quickly, you stink of sweat."
While Gu Xun was taking a shower, Yue Qianling and Gu Yunping had already put all the prepared meals on the table.
Only after she sat down did Yue Qianling finally breathe a sigh of relief.
I met Gu Xun's mother without any preparation as his girlfriend. The excitement was so great that it cannot be described in a few words.
Fortunately, Gu Xun had returned. She decided to act like a coward and leave all topics to Gu Xun to avoid saying anything wrong.
However, the situation was not what she expected.
Because at the dinner table, Gu Xun and Gu Yunping seemed to have nothing to say to each other.
They both ate quietly until Yue Qianling couldn't stand this kind of atmosphere anymore and started praising Gu Yunping's cooking skills, which made the atmosphere a little more lively.
There was no small talk and the meal went by very quickly.
As soon as Gu Yunping put down her chopsticks, she was ready to get up, "I'll go wash the dishes."
Yue Qianling and Gu Xun said at the same time: "I'll go."
After he finished speaking, Gu Xun pressed Yue Qianling's shoulders.
"You sit down."
Although he was the one who usually did these things when she and Gu Xun ate together, she felt embarrassed to just sit there with Gu Yunping around, so she stood up and helped clear the table.
A few minutes later, Gu Xun was standing alone in the kitchen washing dishes.
Gu Yunping walked in at some point and stood behind him. It was a long time before she spoke.
"I knew you would like Qian Ling. You were so stubborn at first. If I hadn't bumped into you today, how long would you have kept it a secret from me?"
Gu Xun didn't stop his movements, but instead sped up his movements impatiently.
"I didn't intend to hide it from you."
Gu Yunping asked again: "What are your plans for the future?"
In the 22 years of Gu Xun's life, he had no idea how many times he had heard Gu Yunping say "arrangement".
As soon as these two words appear, they will automatically touch a nerve that causes him to resist.
But thinking of Yue Qianling, he resisted the urge to resist and said, "We will seriously consider it."
Hearing this, Gu Yunping smiled and patted his shoulder.
"It's a little early to talk about this now, but it's better to make arrangements early. Okay, let's talk about it later. I'm going to go out first."
“…”
When Gu Xun came out of the kitchen, Gu Yunping also stood up with her bag.
"It's getting late. I have something else to do tomorrow, so I'm going back to the hotel first."
Yue Qianling also followed her instructions and said, "Then I'll go back."
This time Gu Xun didn't stop her. He nodded, then turned around, picked up the car keys, and said to Gu Yunping, "I'll take you there."
Gu Yunping: "Okay."
Yue Qianling went out with them and said goodbye to Gu Yunping politely at the elevator entrance.
After the two people disappeared from her sight, the smile on her lips gradually disappeared, and she stared at the elevator door in a daze.
Why do I feel that Gu Xun is a little unhappy today?
Thinking of this, Yue Qianling did not rush back home.
Half an hour later, Gu Xun came back.
He didn't know that Yue Qianling was still in his house. He walked straight into the room with his head down, and there was a sense of depression all over his body.
Yue Qianling didn’t know what he and Gu Yunping talked about on the way, but she felt that he seemed to be in an even worse mood.
So she watched him open the door before she spoke: "Don't you see a real girlfriend here?"
As soon as Gu Xun turned around, his eyes met Yue Qianling's.
Her eyes always seem to be as clear as a spring, clearing away the dullness in the air on this hot summer day.
Gu Xun then turned around and sat beside her, surrounded by the fresh scent of her shampoo.
"Waiting for me?"
"Didn't you say you would accompany me tonight?"
Yue Qianling suddenly tilted her head to look into Gu Xun's eyes, "Are you in a bad mood today? Is it because of your mother?"
Gu Xun looked at Yue Qianling solemnly, not knowing how to tell her about the troubles in his family.
Yue Qianling was not in a hurry. She put on her shoes, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
"There's nothing a can of happy water can't solve. If it doesn't work, then -"
When Yue Qianling opened the refrigerator door and saw what was inside, she was suddenly stunned.
After a while, she turned around and asked Gu Xun: "Is today your birthday?"
Gu Xun hummed softly, "You, as a girlfriend, only know this now?"
Seeing that Gu Xun had no intention of looking back, Yue Qianling took out the things in the refrigerator.
"Did you buy it yourself or did your aunt buy it for you?"
Hearing this, Gu Xun turned around suddenly.
When his eyes fell on the birthday cake in Yue Qianling's hand, his expression suddenly froze, with only the light in his eyes flickering briefly.
Yue Qianling didn't know what Gu Xun was thinking, she just sighed apologetically.
well.
She was such an irresponsible girlfriend that she didn't even ask him about his birthday.
Thinking of this, Yue Qianling walked to the living room in three or two steps, put down the cake, and looked up at the time.
"It's still early, why don't you wait for me, I'll go out and buy you a birthday present--"
Before she finished her last word, she was pulled into Gu Xun's arms.
"No, you can just stay here."
He buried his head in the crook of her neck, pressing his body against hers.
Yue Qianling could clearly feel his chest heaving violently.
Because of this, she couldn't just let it go.
But seeing Gu Xun's current state, it would probably be impossible for him to let her go.
After thinking quietly for a while, Yue Qianling suddenly had an idea.
She broke free from Gu Xun's arms and ran towards her home in two steps.
"Wait for me."
-
During the few minutes that Yue Qianling was away, Gu Xun stared at the cake on the table for a long time.
Then he got up, found a lighter, and lit the candles one by one.
When all six candles were lit, the lights in the living room suddenly went out.
Gu Xun turned around and saw Yue Qianling standing by the entrance, having just withdrawn her hand from turning off the light.
Her long hair, which was originally scattered behind her head, was now tied into a bun, and her hands were behind her back, and no one knew what she was hiding.
"Although you said that it's enough for me to accompany you, but... there still needs to be a sense of ceremony."
She walked towards Gu Xun step by step, and suddenly stretched out her hand in the darkness, and there seemed to be something small in her palm.
Gu Xun couldn't see clearly, so he picked up the thing and carefully identified it in the light of the candle. It turned out to be a red bow.
Gu Xun was puzzled, "Is this a gift for me?"
Do I look like someone who'd be into this kind of stuff?
"No, but you can put this on my hair."
Yue Qianling sat down next to him and leaned in front of him.
The candlelight flickered between the two of them. In the dim light, Gu Xun saw two dimples on her face when she smiled.
"I'm giving myself as a gift to you."
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