Chapter 57: So wild, baby?
The room was illuminated only by dim candlelight. Yue Qianling couldn't see Gu Xun's expression clearly. He just spread out his palm, but the bow was still not taken away.
In such an atmosphere, Yue Qianling belatedly put herself into Gu Xun's perspective and imagined what she had just said. She found that her behavior as an elementary school student was indeed a bit silly, and it was no wonder that Gu Xun did not respond.
His silence at this moment was probably because he was thinking about whether her IQ was in the three digits.
Thinking of this, the smile on Yue Qianling's face disappeared. He turned away awkwardly and prepared to stand up.
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
As soon as she withdrew her hand, Gu Xun grabbed her wrist, pried open her fingers one by one, and took away the bow.
However, he did not take the next step, but just lowered his eyes and looked at Yue Qianling.
"Have you really thought it through?"
Yue Qianling raised her eyes, a look of confusion on her face.
"Is there anything I want to think about?"
Gu Xun didn't say anything, and Yue Qianling didn't know what he was thinking. He was silent for a long time, then suddenly bent down and got very close to her face.
"But," he said with a slow smile, "I'm not ready yet."
Yue Qianling: "Whatever you need to prepare, just listen to me."
Gu Xun raised his eyebrows: "So wild, baby?"
"……?"
At this moment, Yue Qianling finally realized why he was laughing so inappropriately, and his expression suddenly froze.
Fuck.
Fuck! !
The conversation between the two went around in Yue Qianling's mind again, but the route had completely gone astray.
It was Gu Xun himself who said that there was no need to prepare any extra gifts and that all she needed to do was to be with him. But Yue Qianling felt that this was the first birthday she spent with him, so even if it was just to accompany him, there needed to be a sense of ceremony. She even thought about how after Gu Xun put a bow on her neck, she would hug him and tell him in a cheesy way, "Tonight the moon and I are yours."
How romantic.
How meaningful this is.
As a result, it seems that Gu Xun had the wrong idea? !
Did he think that she came to applaud on her own initiative?
The next second, Gu Xun's answer confirmed Yue Qianling's guess.
"Then I also need to prepare something--" He slowly raised his upper body, leaned against the sofa, glanced at Yue Qianling who was squatting on the ground with his smiling eyes for a while, and then said three words silently.
Yue Qianling could tell what he was saying from his mouth shape.
“…………”
Yue Qianling was speechless and thought that it would be better not to celebrate this birthday.
At this moment, she was also glad that she turned off the lights when she came in, so that Gu Xun would not see her embarrassment.
But silence can sometimes express emotions better than expressions.
Seeing that she had been squatting for a long time, and seemed to have forgotten to even stand up, Gu Xun finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
Yue Qianling had never seen Gu Xun laugh like this before.
Although this happiness was given by her, she did not feel happy.
"Shut up, that's not what I meant at all!"
After she finished speaking, she realized that her explanation was totally useless, so she snatched her bow tie from his hand, stood up and prepared to leave.
Just as she stretched her legs, the person behind her suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her back hard, and she sat in Gu Xun's arms.
He hugged her from behind, clasped his hands on her belly, and took back the bow.
"Okay, I'll take the gift. Now tell me what to do?"
Yue Qianling was surrounded by his aura and thought about it seriously.
"You first—"
"Take off your pants first or your clothes first?"
“…”
Yue Qianling took a deep breath and pushed back with his elbow.
It's really not easy for this person to always find shortcuts to get beaten by her.
Hearing Gu Xun's painful "hiss", Yue Qianling said to the candle expressionlessly: "Get rid of the water in your brain first."
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That night, Gu Xun neither took off his pants nor his clothes, and he didn't even leave the sofa.
The two of them cut the cake, but since they had just eaten, they didn't have much appetite, so they just took two bites as a precaution.
Then Gu Xun turned on the TV and randomly picked a movie. The content was average, even a bit boring, but they chatted intermittently, and more than two hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Before leaving, Yue Qianling reviewed what he had done that night and found it quite boring. It didn't feel like a birthday at all.
But when she looked back at Gu Xun's eyes, she felt that he should be quite happy.
So, just before the door closed, Yue Qianling suddenly poked her head out and called out to Gu Xun who had just turned around to go home.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
"Um?"
Gu Xun looked back.
"Happy birthday to you, and I wish I could spend every birthday with you."
After saying that, she closed the door like a gust of wind.
After rushing into the room in two or three steps, she fell on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Suddenly she thought of something and immediately took out her cell phone.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: No, no.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: I just said the wrong thing.
【School Prince】:?
【Glutinous Rice Dough】: I'm not wishing you a happy birthday
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: I wish you happiness every day.
Gu Xun wasn’t sure if he could be happy every day, but he knew he was indeed very happy tonight.
Even though there were no special birthday gifts and no large group of friends gathering together to party, today's birthday made him feel particularly grand.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: By the way, please thank Auntie on my behalf.
【School Prince】:?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Thank her for giving birth to you 22 years ago today.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Let me have the chance to meet you.
As soon as she uttered this sentence, she retracted it.
【School Prince】:?
[Glutinous Rice Mahua]: Let you have the opportunity to meet me [proud]
At this moment, Yue Qianling, who was lying on the bed, was rolling around with her face covered, feeling shy because she had said such straightforward love words for the first time. She had no idea how long Gu Xun had been staring at the words "Thank her for giving birth to you 22 years ago today".
After all, for many years before this, every time on his birthday, when Gu Xun saw Lin Hongyi's cold face, he would recall his words "I fucking asked you to have the operation, but you insisted on giving birth to the baby", reminding him all the time that his birth was a disaster to his biological father.
Finally one day, someone said another sentence that took the place of that spell in his mind.
At the same time, Gu Yunping lay in the hotel, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
She held a book in her hands, but couldn't read a single word.
I originally thought that her visit today was an active way out, and the atmosphere during the meal was quite harmonious.
But on the way back to the hotel, she talked to Gu Xun about work, but they parted on bad terms.
She couldn't figure out what she had done wrong. She even gave dozens of times more care than the mother of wheat or camel.
But her relationship with Gu Xun is not even one-tenth of that of other mothers and sons.
It was almost twelve o'clock when Gu Yunping's cell phone vibrated.
She quickly picked it up and saw that it was a message from Gu Xun.
"Thanks, Mom."
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The hottest days of the year have passed and the weather is starting to get milder.
Gu Yunping's project problems have not been resolved yet, so she has been staying in Jiangcheng for more than a month.
Although she didn't say anything because of the text message she received that night, she seemed to be encouraged. Whenever she had time, she would come to Gu Xun's house with big bags, fill his refrigerator with fruits and vegetables, and cook a sumptuous dinner and call Yue Qianling over for dinner.
At first Yue Qianling was a little reserved, but after doing it more often, she gradually relaxed in front of Gu Yunping, and her mouth was as sweet as honey, praising her cooking skills crazily.
Gu Yunping didn't say anything, but she was very happy in her heart. She cooked different dishes every week and no dish was repeated.
After all, it is hard to hear these words coming from Gu Xun's mouth.
I don’t know if it’s because of Yue Qianling, but Gu Xun and Gu Yunping have been getting along quite peacefully during this period, and there has been almost no cold shoulder between them.
Until the weekend when Gu Yunping was about to leave Jiangcheng, the three of them sat together for dinner again, and Gu Yunping asked about Yue Qianling's work situation.
"I heard from your mother that you started studying art in high school, right?"
“In fact, I have been learning from my teacher since elementary school.”
Yue Qianling replied, "It was only in high school that I decided to major in this and transferred to the art class."
“Since you have studied art for so many years, why do you want to go to a game company?”
Gu Yunping looked at her seriously, "Wouldn't it be better for you to be an art teacher or a painter?"
Yue Qianling had never encountered this kind of question before and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
In silence, Gu Xun frowned and put down his chopsticks: "Mom, can you please stop asking?"
"I was just chatting with her."
Although she said so, Gu Yunping's tone was very serious. "Gu Xun studied computer science, so it's fine if he insists on working for a game company, but art is an art. Wouldn't it be a waste of your talent if you work for a game company?"
Without waiting for Yue Qianling to answer, Gu Xun said, "Mom, this is her hobby, don't worry about it."
Gu Yunping also frowned and said seriously, "What do you mean I'm in charge? Can't I even make a suggestion?"
Seeing that the atmosphere at the table was beginning to become strange, Yue Qianling quickly interrupted.
"Auntie, I have a good job now, and the salary is high, not worse than being a teacher or a traditional painter."
Although Gu Yunping did not agree with Yue Qianling's statement, she did not say anything else and just muttered a few words in a low voice.
"Gaming has harmed many teenagers over the years, and every time it appears in the news, it's negative news."
In fact, many middle-aged and elderly people still hold an opposing attitude towards games, and Yue Qianling is no longer surprised. However, she did not expect that Gu Yunping's words would come true.
One morning a few days later, when Yue Qianling just arrived at the company, she saw her colleagues chatting in groups of two or three.
She put down her bag and wanted to talk to Huang Jie about something, but saw that she was also discussing something worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with someone in the tea room.
After joining the group chat, Yue Qianling quickly understood what had happened.
Last night, someone called the company's customer service, claiming that his son, who was in junior high school, had used his card to spend more than 300,000 yuan on a mobile game produced by HC Interactive Entertainment, and now he was demanding an immediate refund from the company.
The game company can only consider itself unlucky when encountering such a thing, because the player is a minor. If this matter gets out of hand, it will definitely affect the company's reputation.
More than 300,000 yuan is not a big deal for a game company, and as employees, everyone assumes that the company will refund the money.
However, even if a refund is made, there are still a series of company procedures that need to be carried out, and the company is currently considering the outcome that maximizes profits.
This wasn't the first time this had happened, and the company had a dedicated public relations team to handle it, so no one took it too seriously. Yue Qianling just treated it as idle chat and let it go.
Unexpectedly, the complainant thought this was an excuse from the game company, and not only called the police, but also asked the media to expose the matter.
That afternoon, #junior high school student spent 360,000 yuan of his parents’ savings on in-game purchases# became a hot news.
Immediately afterwards, some media outlets struck while the iron was hot and wrote some notices accusing HC Interactive Entertainment's otome game content of destroying people's worldviews, accusing its heroine of having multiple relationships and developing emotional lines with multiple male characters at the same time, saying that its values have collapsed and that it is a bad influence on underage girls.
This kind of press release was created to attract attention, and its target readers were not the real gaming community, so Yue Qianling and her team basically didn't take it seriously.
I even took advantage of my break time to read the comments with great interest.
"Why play otome games if you don't flirt with multiple men at once? I'll just watch Legend of the Heroine."
"What? Having affairs with multiple men?! Then I'm going to get into otome games. All the otome games that Jinjiang Wenxuecheng doesn't have have them, shashasha."
"I suggest that we pull out all the rice planted by Grandpa Yuan Longping and starve these people who have nothing better to do."
Yue Qianling and the others were amused by these remarks and just treated them as a joke to be had after dinner.
However, when Gu Yunping saw the news, the situation was completely different.
She had always been prejudiced against games, believing that they were a waste of time, and had been trying to persuade Gu to find a "proper" job.
After seeing the news, her impression of HC Interactive Entertainment plummeted, and she called Gu Xun that afternoon.
Gu Xun was too busy in the conference room at the time to leave, so he hung up the phone and sent a message to Gu Yunping.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Is it urgent? If it's not urgent, tell me later. I'm busy.
Gu Yunping didn't even check WeChat, she just kept calling Gu Xun.
When the third call came, Gu Xun thought something had happened to Gu Yunping, so he immediately interrupted the meeting and went to the corridor with his phone.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Yunping never had any opening remarks when talking to him, so she asked directly, "What's going on in your company?"
Gu Xun had also heard about the recent news, so he naturally knew what Gu Yunping was talking about.
But he didn't take these little things to heart at all. He was still thinking about the meeting, so he said simply: "It's no big deal."
“You still call this no big deal?”
Gu Yunping's voice suddenly rose, "It's all on the news! Everyone is scolding, can't you see it?"
Without waiting for Gu Xun to answer, she continued, "Why do you have to do something so harmful? I didn't agree with you joining the game company in the first place, but you went there without even saying hello to me. Now look at what's going on in your company. Why do you have to go against me?"
Gu Xun exhaled heavily and said in a deep voice: "So?"
"You should get out of here as soon as possible and stop staying in this kind of company."
Gu Yunping's tone was not relaxed either, and her voice was full of worry. "Actually, I learned about the current IT industry in Jiangcheng some time ago. There are so many companies with great prospects. Why do you have to go to a game company?"
Gu Xun didn't say anything. Gu Yunping thought he was seriously considering her proposal, so she continued, "I have a college classmate who is now working on artificial intelligence, and his development prospects are very good. I talked to him about your situation a few days ago. He is really eager to recruit talents and really hopes that you can join his team. Please consider it. If it's okay, I will come to Jiangcheng next week to take you to meet him."
While Gu Yunping was talking, Yi Hong opened the door of the conference room and waved to Gu Xun, "Not ready yet? Hurry up."
Gu Xun closed his eyes, suppressed the emotions surging in his heart, then said, "I have something to do, let's not talk about it anymore" and hung up the phone.
Throughout the morning after that, Gu Yunping called several more times, but the call was never picked up.
Yue Qianling had just added Gu Yunping on WeChat not long ago, and they had never chatted with each other normally, so the dialog box was still blank.
So when Yue Qianling saw her suddenly make a voice call, she was a little confused and a little nervous.
Even though she knew the camera was not on, she still subconsciously fixed her hair before taking her phone to the quiet corridor.
"Qian Ling, are you free now?"
Yue Qianling nodded subconsciously, as if Gu Yunping was standing in front of her.
"I'm free. I just finished my meal and now it's my lunch break."
Gu Yunping: "Then can you do Auntie a favor?"
Yue Qianling blinked, "What?"
"In fact, I have always disagreed with Gu Xun working in game development, but he didn't want to listen to me, and I couldn't persuade him. But look at the current situation, your company has been on the news, and I heard that there are some A and B games that lead children astray. I really can't accept Gu Xun working in such an environment."
…
"So Auntie wants to ask you for help. Can you persuade Gu Xun? He won't listen to me, but he will definitely listen to you."
Yue Qianling listened quietly to Gu Yunping for several minutes and finally distilled her core point.
After hesitating for a moment, Yue Qianling finally spoke.
"Auntie, I think... do you have any prejudice against games?"
-
People in the corridor came and went, and the sun quietly hid in the clouds.
Yue Qianling ended the call only when her cell phone was running out of battery. She rubbed her sore legs and returned to her workstation to continue drawing the line draft.
She had never talked so much about games with an elder before, and even brought up the idea of the "ninth art."
Gu Yunping didn't say much the whole time. Just before hanging up the phone, she sighed and said in a heavy tone, "Gu Xun never had the patience to talk to me so much. Oh, I'll think about it again."
Yue Qianling didn’t know whether she understood or not. Anyway, she had said everything she could say. Whether she could change Gu Yunping’s prejudice or not was not something she could decide.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Gu Xun finally finished the work at hand.
He knew that Yue Qianling was still downstairs working on the draft, and was wondering whether to wait for her for a while or take her home first.
As soon as I opened Yue Qianling's chat box, Gu Yunping called me.
When Gu Xun saw the caller ID, his nerves, which had just relaxed, tensed up again.
He took a large glass of cold water at hand and drank it before he had the energy to answer the phone.
Gu Yunping: "Are you done?"
Gu Xun took a deep breath and said "hmm", ready to listen attentively to Gu Yunping's spell.
But she remained silent.
Gu Xun didn't take the initiative to speak.
After a while, Gu Xun heard Gu Yunping sigh.
"Just pretend I didn't say anything I told you this morning."
"What's wrong with you?" Gu Xun's expression became even more serious when he heard this. "Mom, there's no need to beat around the bush when talking to me. Just tell me what you want to say."
"I didn't turn with you."
Gu Yunping's voice was a little low, and it could be heard that she was not in a good mood, but at least there was no aggressive attitude in her tone.
"I chatted with Qian Ling for more than two hours at noon. I don't really understand it, but I can barely understand it. Since the game still has a future, then you can do it if you want."
Gu Xun stared at the water cup on the table and didn't respond for a while.
"It's almost autumn, remember to wear more clothes and drink less carbonated drinks."
After hanging up the phone, the phone interface automatically returns to the WeChat chat box.
Gu Xun stared at Yue Qianling's portrait, his expression changed slightly.
At this time, she happened to send a few messages.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: I can’t draw it, I can’t draw it! ! ! !
[Glutinous Rice Mahua]: Why is line drawing so difficult? QAQ
[Glutinous Rice Mahua]: It’s been a month and I can’t even draw a line draft. I’m a loser! ! !
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Woohoo, I’m just a waste!
[Nuomi Xiaomahua]: What's the meaning of my existence? I am just a person who wastes the air on the earth. TVT
【Glutinous rice twisted dough sticks】：?
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Where are you?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Come out and praise me, give me some confidence.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Yes.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: You know, the thing my father regrets most in his life is giving birth to me.
【Glutinous rice twisted dough sticks】：?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: He feels that I am the one who has dragged down his life and ruined his life.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Although my mother is different from my father, her dedication often makes me feel overwhelmed.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: So sometimes I often wonder, if my parents had not given birth to me, would it be better for everyone?
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：……
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Hug.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: No, I asked you to praise me, not to compare your misery with mine! ! !
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: But since I had you
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: I feel very lucky.
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