Chapter 404 Waiting for You to Come Back
The dog hole was dug by a stray dog that was previously taken in next door. One time, a dog ran into the orphanage and bit two children. Later, the shelter was demolished and the stray dog moved to another place.
But later, stray dogs would occasionally run over to the next door, leaving a pile of dog shit at the entrance of the cave.
Gu Wangnan filled the hole several times and strictly forbade the children in the orphanage to go next door, but there were always some brave ones who dug the hole bigger and reached in to dig out the shit.
Why do you ask me to dig shit? It's just like the bet of "my brother dares to eat shit, does your brother dare to eat shit?" If I dare to dig shit and you don't dare, then call me sister/brother!
Now it seems that Gu Yue is the big sister among the children.
However, Sister Yue will have an extra ideological education class from Dean Gu tonight.
Sister Yue must think it’s worth it.
Gu Nan glanced at Gu Wangnan's stern face with a smile.
"Why are you standing outside grinning like an idiot? Come in quickly." Gu Xiao was a little annoyed when he saw Gu Nan laughing, but he still reached out to support her, "I've reserved a table for you and have been waiting for you to come back."
After saying that, he muttered quietly: "Unlucky guy."
For the sake of the meal, Gu Nan didn't argue with him and pretended not to hear.
Gu Xiao didn't say anything else. He helped Gu Nan sit down in the dining room, turned around and went to the kitchen. When he passed the door, he pressed the dinner bell on the wall.
A crisp bell rang in the orphanage, and the little kids who had scattered because of Gu Wangnan's return peeked in.
Gu Xiao heard the furtive footsteps behind him and knew someone was coming out. Without even turning his head, he said, "Come and take the dishes out. It's time to eat."
The children all ran out, serving dishes and rice, cooperating with each other in an orderly manner.
Soon, the dining table was filled with bowls and chopsticks.
The food in the orphanage tastes rather forced, and the menu is fixed, with only one large dish every Monday at noon to improve the food.
Today is Friday, and we should have been eating eggplant, beans and water spinach, which we are tired of eating this season, but because Gu Nan is back, we will have a banquet at noon today.
The six little kids sat in their respective seats, drooling at the sight of the delicious food on the table.
However, no matter how greedy they were, no one started eating. They waited obediently for Gu Wangnan and Gu Xiao to take their seats.
"Let's eat." Gu Wangnan gave an order, and the children immediately picked up their chopsticks and picked up their favorite dishes.
Gu Xiao poured a bowl of soup for Gu Wangnan and Gu Nan respectively, and pushed the bowl of fried pork with peppers in front of Gu Nan, "You like it, eat more."
Gu Nan was a little surprised, "How do you know I like to eat?"
"Who doesn't know?" Gu Xiao rolled his eyes. "You're the only one in the entire orphanage who's overly self-aware. You want to use a loud speaker to let everyone in the world know that you like stir-fried pork with chili peppers."
Not only does she like to announce it to the world, she also flatters the chef in the kitchen and asks him to make stir-fried pork with peppers on Monday.
Gu Xiao couldn't eat spicy food, but he was unwilling to give up the rare piece of meat. After the meal, he jumped up and down because of the spiciness.
Gu Nan saw this and fell down laughing.
Although this situation only happened once, since then, Gu Xiao has become more and more displeased with Gu Nan.
Gu Nan also remembered the embarrassing things that happened in the past and touched his nose awkwardly.
When she was in elementary school, she was just like Gu Yue. She inexplicably felt that she was a big shot, teasing cats and dogs, being imaginative, immature and asking for a beating. Looking back now, it was all a dark history.
So Gu Nan stopped talking.
Gu Xiao glanced at her, snorted, and when he looked away, his eyes met Gu Wangnan's.
Gu Wangnan slightly curved his eyes, and his gentle smile revealed a hint of relief.
The reason why Gu Xiao and Gu Nan don't get along is not because Gu Nan is naughty, but because of Gu Nan's name.
Gu Nan's original name was Gu Yu, not Gu Nan, but she didn't like it and insisted on changing it to Gu Nan.
Gu Wangnan didn't care about the rules that younger generations should avoid using the names of their elders. Since Gu Nan insisted, she agreed.
It wasn't until many years later that Gu Xiao asked her at the 100-day oath-taking ceremony of his senior year of high school: "Mom, why can Gu Nan be called Gu Nan?"
Only then did she realize that Gu Xiao had always been bothered by the name that was similar to hers.
That was a secret contest and competition among children. Many years ago, six-year-old Gu Nan was full of vigor and became the "winner" among that group of children, intentionally or unintentionally.
Gu Wangnan would respect a child's wishes and naturally would not hurt a teenager's expression of love.
"You can be brave and do what you want to do and fulfill your wishes. Mom will always support you."
After the 100-day oath-taking ceremony, Gu Xiao found Gu Nan.
In Gu Wangnan's opinion, the two people only exchanged a few simple sentences before parting, as if they were classmates who met by chance and said hello.
Gu Xiao never mentioned it again after that, as if he got the answer he wanted from that brief conversation.
After dinner, Gu Xiao instructed the children to clean up the dishes, Gu Wangnan took Gu Yue back to the room for an ideological education class, and Gu Nan returned to the room with a walker and took out a laptop that had been covered in dust for two years from the cabinet.
The thick black notebook was neatly arranged, and its appearance was far different from today's ultra-thin notebooks. However, six years ago, it cost her two months' summer vacation salary.
It did not disappoint her. It accompanied her throughout her college years, survived a car accident, and waited for her to turn it on again.
Her graduation thesis lay quietly in drive D, and the lower right corner showed that the last time it was opened was May 6, two years ago.
Gu Nan opened the file and slid the mouse, looking at the table of contents, abstract, introduction, main text... Her eyes swept across the code fragments, as if she was back on the day of the defense, when she was standing on the podium and talking eloquently, explaining her ideas and innovative concepts to the professors and tutors in the audience.
Her topic selection was not difficult. She asked her supervisor to review her thesis in March. Except for the need to modify the format, she had almost made all preparations for the graduation defense.
She found a job she dreamed of during the spring recruitment, signed a contract with hR, and was ready to start work at the company after her defense was over.
At that time, I was full of confidence and thought that I had entered a smooth journey in life.
But unfortunately, two years later, her knowledge and work had made no progress.
I wonder if the codes I learned from the system are applicable in real life? Gu Nan thought that if they were, the cost-effectiveness of the skylight system could be further improved.
Gu Nan opened the programming software and had just typed two lines of code when there was a knock on the door. "Come in."
"Your medicine." Gu Xiao placed several boxes of medicine and water on the computer desk.
Gu Nan immediately stopped typing, took the medicine and threw it into his mouth, then swallowed it down with a few gulps of water. "Thank you."
Gu Xiao didn't leave immediately. Instead, he leaned against the corner of the table and said disdainfully, "You're already an adult, and you still need to be reminded to take medicine."
Gu Nan didn't explain why he set the alarm and thanked him again.
Seeing that Gu Nan didn't say anything, Gu Xiao felt a little bored and glanced at the computer. "You're so anxious just after coming back. Are you going to stick to your old job?"
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