Chapter 49
Gu Chi didn't know that someone was coming behind him, and he still secretly stuffed the clothes under the bed.
Cancan squatted down, holding her face with her hands, thinking confusedly and seriously about the disappearance of her clothes.
After thinking for a while, he took a few clothes from the closet and held them in his arms, saying fiercely, "Cancan doesn't like suitcases anymore."
He actually ate all her clothes!
Cancan was about to go out to find her mother. When she put her clothes in her suitcase, she looked up and was surprised to see her second brother and mother standing at the door. She ran up to them with her short legs and pointed at the suitcase in an accusing manner, saying, "This suitcase will eat Cancan's clothes. Cancan doesn't want it anymore."
Gu Chi paused, silently retracted his hand that was tucking his clothes, his back stiffened, and he lowered his body almost imperceptibly, trying to reduce his presence.
Qi Sen held Cancan's hand and squatted in front of the suitcase. He glanced at Gu Chi, who lowered his head and pretended nothing happened, and asked softly, "Can suitcases eat clothes?"
Cancan pouted and nodded, looking aggrieved: "Cancan put all the clothes in the box just now, but now they are gone. They must have been eaten by the box."
Qi Sen glanced at Gu Chi intentionally or unintentionally, and said in a faint voice: "Cancan, your father is here, didn't he see the thief who stole your clothes?"
Gu Chi cleared his throat uncomfortably.
Cancan's eyes wandered over Gu Chi for two seconds, then she tilted her head and said seriously, "Of course Daddy didn't see it. Daddy was just helping Cancan fold clothes."
Qi Sen couldn't pretend anymore and pointed at the pile of clothes under the bed and said in surprise: "Cancan, it seems that all your clothes are under the bed."
Cancan bent down, looked at the pile of crumpled clothes in surprise, and suddenly smiled foolishly.
"Cancan thought the clothes were eaten by the box."
Gu Chi cautiously shrank to the side, trying to distance himself from the pile of clothes and prove his innocence.
Cancan didn't notice Gu Chi's actions. She lay on the ground and took out the clothes one by one. When she was about to put them into the box, Wei Xun said, "Pack those clothes in bags. We will wash them and wear them when we get back."
Knowing that he was in the wrong, Gu Chi did not dare to struggle any more under the scrutiny of Qi Sen and Wei Xun, and silently helped Cancan fold clothes.
**
Downstairs, Gu Jueyan and Bai Manshu were sitting on the sofa reading.
Bai Manshu saw Qi Sen coming down with a suitcase, and his gaze lingered on Wei Xun behind him for a moment.
In the morning, Weixun was about to leave, and Cancan cried and shouted that she didn't want her mother to go.
But Wei Xun is a young girl who has not yet married and is also a celebrity. Her every move is under the public eye, and living in someone else's house will cause a lot of controversy.
What's more, Wei Xun still lives in the home of Gu Chi, with whom she had previously been rumored to have an affair.
No matter how good Wei Xun's relationship with Cancan is now, and no matter how much people on the Internet hope that they can "recognize each other as relatives", Gu Chi and Wei Xun cannot be tied together because of a child.
This is unfair to the two young people.
So when Cancan shouted that she wanted to live with her mother, Bai Manshu suggested that Weixun and Cancan be alone together for two days, and then return to Gu's home after a while.
Cancan stopped crying instantly and went back to her room to pack her things.
Bai Manshu thought of Cancan's panic just now and couldn't help but smile faintly.
This little radish is so cute even when he cries.
On the stairs, Gu Chi followed Cancan unhappily, rubbing Cancan's little head reluctantly. After Cancan walked to the door, he squatted down to put her shoes on.
Cancan: "Dad, Cancan will be back in a few days."
Gu Chi said in a muffled voice, "You have to video call me every night."
Cancan held Weixun's hand and nodded obediently.
Wei Xun dragged the suitcase in one hand and held Cancan's hand with the other as he politely said goodbye to Qi Sen, Bai Manshu and Gu Jueyan. His gaze lingered on the dejected Gu Chi for a long time.
After a long time, he looked away lightly.
Gu Chi is unreliable in many aspects, but Wei Xun has to admit that he is more dedicated than himself in being Cancan's parent.
When she was on the variety show, she slept with Cancan at night.
Cancan said she was a fairy, and so was she.
The only difference is that Cancan is a little dragon cub, while she is a descendant of the phoenix, which is known as the ancient god.
When he heard this at first, Wei Xun just smiled faintly.
She had seen Cancan's self-introduction when she first entered the entertainment industry, in which she called herself a little ancestor. It also mentioned the three-hundred-year-old dragon cub. Wei Xun just thought that Cancan liked ghosts and myths, so she called herself a dragon cub, just like she always wanted to play Princess Elsa, it was just a self-immersive role-playing game.
But what Qi Sen said just now forced her to re-examine what Cancan had said before about gods and ghosts.
Qi Sen was probably afraid that she didn't care about Cancan, and this time she was the only one taking care of Cancan, so she was afraid of something going wrong, so she repeated over and over again that she was Cancan's mother.
"In our previous life, our whole family were immortals. Cancan needed to overcome a tribulation, and you came down to this mortal world to prevent her from suffering."
"You are Cancan's biological mother, at least you were in the previous life."
Although Qi Sen is two years younger than her, he has a mature and steady personality. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would make up nonsense just to get her to take good care of Cancan.
In addition, every time she saw Cancan in the past, she would always feel a little sad and her heart would ache from time to time. However, after going to the hospital for a check-up, nothing was wrong. This kind of strange incident happened so often that Wei Xun had to believe Qi Sen's words.
If she was really Cancan's mother in her previous life, then Gu Chi...
Wei Xun felt a headache when he thought of the person who was so childish as to hide Cancan's clothes.
**
Wei Xun's house has three bedrooms and a living room.
She decorated a second bedroom into a studio, with furniture in cool black and white tones, giving it a modern style.
Cancan sat on the small bench at the door to change her shoes, and looked at Weixun's house curiously.
Wei Xun asked: "Do you like it?"
Cancan looked at it for a while and shook her head honestly.
"Why don't you like it?"
Cancan pursed her lips and said seriously, "There are only white and black here. Cancan likes pink and blue."
Wei Xun looked at the living room, picturing the interweaving of pink and blue in his mind, and couldn't help but shudder.
That's really not her preference.
Before she could say anything, she heard Cancan ask in a baby voice, "Mom, do you like this house?"
Wei Xun nodded.
Cancan blinked, her almond eyes twinkling, "Then Cancan likes it too."
Wei Xun's eyes were soft. He took Cancan's hand and led her to the sofa.
"I'll prepare a room for you in the future. Can we use pink and blue for the colors of that room?"
Cancan smiled and nodded.
"There should also be an ice castle and a dazzling little tent inside."
"no problem."
Wei Xun glanced at the slightly cold living room, remembering the prosperous and lively atmosphere of the Gu family. He rubbed Cancan's little hand and asked, "Let's go to the supermarket now to buy some spring couplets and decorations, and buy some snacks for Cancan."
In the past, she always celebrated the Spring Festival alone, and simply skipped it when she had to work. This year, with Cancan by her side, Wei Xun was in a good mood, and a smile appeared on her cheeks that she didn't even notice.
Since Cancan is here, the Spring Festival cannot be spent perfunctorily.
Wei Xun put on a mask and a hat, and also gave Cancan a special mask for children to prevent passers-by from recognizing her. He then held her hand and walked into the supermarket.
There are still a lot of people in the supermarket on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
There are all kinds of New Year goods and toys.
Cancan held Weixun's hand and walked back and forth on the candy shelves.
"Haven't you decided on a candy yet?"
Cancan shook her head.
Her mother said that she was very good today and drank a lot of water, so she could be rewarded with a box of candy.
But she also wanted to eat dinosaur chocolate and rainbow candy, and was also interested in the soft marshmallow.
Cancan's little hand hesitated between the three kinds of food. She looked up and looked at Weixun eagerly.
She wore a mask and a winter knitted hat, revealing only a pair of clear and innocent eyes from head to toe. At this moment, there was a bit more expectation and pity in her eyes.
"Mother, Cancan wants them all."
Cancan put her hands behind her back and spoke in a baby voice.
"But your second brother said you can't eat too much candy." Wei Xun squatted beside Cancan and said in embarrassment.
Qi Sen said that if Cancan was disobedient and insisted on eating candy, just move him out and put all the blame on him.
Cancan chuckled, her eyes narrowed, and she waved her little hands in plush gloves vigorously.
"It's okay, mother. Second brother is your child. Whatever you say is what he has to listen to you!"
Wei Xun was stunned and blinked blankly. He had never expected to get such an answer.
"Mom, Cancan wants these three." Cancan threw herself into Weixun's arms and acted like a spoiled child. She laid on Weixun's shoulder and said seriously, "Cancan will cry to death if she can't have the dinosaur chocolate, marshmallows, and rainbow candy."
Wei Xun laughed and said, "Will I cry myself to death? Is it that serious?"
Cancan nodded seriously.
Wei Xun smiled and sighed, then took a bag as Cancan wished, took her hand and instructed: "I bought it for you, but you can only eat a little bit of each today."
Cancan, who got what she wanted, was very easy to talk to. She said in a baby voice, "Cancan knows that eating too much will make your teeth hurt."
Wei Xun was helpless.
How come I didn’t know this when I bought it?
**
At night, every house is brightly lit.
Every home is bustling with activity, and Cancan and Weixun’s home is also very lively.
Cancan nestled in Weixun's arms, her little feet in plush socks swinging happily in the air, her little head resting on Weixun's collarbone, her two little hands holding hot milk, taking a sip from time to time.
The TV was playing parent-child family variety shows produced by other channels.
Although there were only two of them in the living room, the atmosphere was lively and warm, and both of them were very happy.
But the Gu family did not feel this joy.
Gu Jueyan and Bai Manshu are not playing chess today and are finishing the puzzle.
The two adults secretly vowed not to go anywhere during the Spring Festival and to finish piecing together the 3,000 pieces of Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
Gu Chi glanced at the dazzling puzzle and felt dizzy.
Qi Sen, Pei Shen, and Tao Tao were playing Landlord. Each of them had ten oranges, and the loser had to clean up the living room for the night. The stakes were high, but the game was not intense.
Taotao loses alone.
Seeing that there were only two oranges left in front of Taotao, Gu Chi patted Taotao's shoulder and shook his head, saying, "Taotao, aren't you courting death by playing Landlord with those two?"
Taotao was not convinced.
"Dou Dizhu is also a game. As long as it's a game, I can do it."
"Taotao, you can play competitive games that test your hand speed and skills, such as Dota, League of Legends, and Chicken, but Landlord is an intellectual game, so let's not play it." Gu Chi advised.
The voice-over is simple: Taotao, you are not smart enough, this game is not suitable for you.
Taotao curled her lips, snorted twice and started shuffling the cards.
"I don't believe I can't win tonight!"
Gu Chi rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.
"Taotao, the two people in front of you have extraordinary memories. They are both top students. Playing cards with them is like playing with two people with card counters. It would be strange if you could beat a card counter."
Pei Shen lowered his head and smiled secretly.
Qi Sen sat up straight, smiled faintly and said nothing.
Tao Tao puffed her lips and looked at Pei Shen and Qi Sen angrily. After a long moment, she complained, "Second Prince, Third Prince, you can't do this."
"If you're brave enough, let's compete again in the game." Taotao said.
Pei Shen: "We don't know how to play games at all. Playing on the computer is worse than playing flying chess. It's an authentic casual game that relies entirely on luck."
Taotao thought about it and nodded.
Just as he was about to get the chess pieces, Qi Sen stood up and said, "I'll go."
Gu Chi looked at Qi Sen's departing figure and said jokingly, "I have to say, my unfilial son is quite gentlemanly. I won't have to worry about his love life in the future."
Pei Shen: "You should pay more attention to yourself. With your stupid IQ, it's hard for anyone to like you. Taotao, don't you agree?"
Taotao pursed her lips and stared at Qi Sen's departing back in a daze.
Someone touched his shoulder, and he came to his senses and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes."
Gu Chi rolled his eyes: "Taotao, if you heard what it was, just say it. I shouldn't have reminded you just now, and made you lose miserably playing Landlord."
Pei Shen thought of something and said with a smile, "Gu Chi, you still have a way out in love."
Gu Chi took a fruit plate and distributed oranges to them, too lazy to pay attention to Pei Shen.
Pei Shen smiled and moved closer to him. "Didn't you pursue our mother in your last life by being shameless? Try it again this time. You're thick-skinned anyway, so shameless methods suit you best. Maybe Wei Xun will relent and take pity on you and take you in. Then you don't have to be single forever."
Gu Chi: "Get out of the way. Who's shameless?"
Tao Tao was peeling a small orange. When she heard this, she put down the peel and said seriously, "You."
Gu Chi:?!
He can't stay in this house any longer. Even Ke Tao likes to argue with him!
A few people joked around for a while, and after laughing, their expressions became increasingly indifferent.
When mentioning Wei Xun, several people present couldn't help but think of the little carrot head Cancan.
When he saw the flying chess that Qi Sen brought over, his longing for Cancan became stronger.
"I don't know what our little princess is doing." Taotao sighed.
"How about making a video call to check it out?" Pei Shen asked.
Qi Sen said calmly, "We just had a video call half an hour ago. Cancan had just been gone for half a day. I made four or five video calls in total. It wasn't very good."
Gu Chi sighed repeatedly.
After playing flying chess for a while, a few people said good night to each other and went back to their rooms to sleep.
At half past nine in the evening, Gu Chi lay on his side on the bed, staring at the lit screen of his mobile phone with a troubled expression.
Should I send a WeChat message to Weixun to ask about Cancan’s situation?
I haven't seen you for a few hours and I miss you so much.
After hesitating for a while, I finally sent a WeChat message.
[Gu Chi: Is Cancan asleep?]
Wei found it quickly.
【No. 】
Then another voice message came.
Gu Chi was slightly stunned.
Based on his understanding of Wei Xun, she was not the type of person who would send him a voice message.
As dusk falls, the voice messages at night seem more affectionate and more imaginative than those during the day.
Only close relatives and acquaintances will send voice messages.
But...he shouldn't be that familiar with Wei Xun, right?
Suddenly, another voice message came.
This time it's a little longer than the previous one.
For some reason, Gu Chi suddenly felt a little nervous.
His bony fingers paused for a moment before he slowly clicked on the first voice message.
[Daddy, Cancan hasn’t slept yet]
Gu Chi was stunned.
It turns out it was sent by Cancan.
[Daddy, please send a voice message to Cancan. Cancan can’t understand the words.]
Gu Chi cleared his throat and asked, "Are you happy today?"
[I'm so happy. Mom bought new toys and puzzles for Cancan. Cancan even built a castle.]
Gu Chi smiled.
[Did you or your mother spell it? ]
Cancan's clear laughter came from the voice, and her baby voice was soft and sweet.
【My mother worked hard on this! 】
【But Cancan also helped her mother a lot. 】
After saying this, Wei Xun typed a line of words.
[We're going to sleep first. I plan to take Cancan out tomorrow, so I'll be waking up a little earlier than usual.]
Gu Chi replied with four words seriously.
[Okay, good night]
At night.
Cancan's babyish voice could be heard from Gu Chi's room from time to time.
After listening to the voice messages sent by Cancan many times, he finally felt a little relieved from missing her.
That's his child.
The word "daddy" was used more and more often, and before he knew it, Gu Chi, who was only twenty years old, vaguely began to think of himself as a father.
Father of a child.
He needs to care about her and accompany her. Although he sometimes does some childish things, his previous lawless habits of going out to dance and drink with friends are gone. He spends all day with Cancan, Qi Sen, Pei Shen and others, and his life is gradually filled with family.
He looked at the word "we" that Wei Xun said, and suddenly felt that the distance between them seemed much closer.
It's like they really are a family.
They are an inseparable family that is together forever.
**
The next day, Wei Xun got up very early.
Cancan is still sleeping soundly.
Wei Xun rubbed his aching waist and helplessly looked at Cancan who was sleeping in a very bad posture.
Cancan likes to put her legs under her waist when sleeping, and it seems that she can't change her habit.
On the black iron table in the living room, there is a light blue ice castle.
Wei Xun and Can Can took it together last night.
While Cancan was getting the parts for her, she said in a baby voice, "When Daddy, Mommy, Big Brother, Second Brother, and Third Brother are together for the New Year, we'll build a bigger one!"
Cancan’s stubborn and serious little face couldn’t help but appear in Wei Xun’s mind.
She came to her senses and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Cancan.
The phone rang twice.
It was sent from the team group, and the leader was also there.
The leader specifically tagged her and asked her to wish Cancan and the Gu family a happy New Year, and emphasized, "Remember to be nice."
Wei Xun frowned and ignored it.
During this period, especially in the few days after the recording of the variety show ended, the company's leadership would often ask her to pay attention to communicating more with Cancan, chat with Cancan more, and ask her to maintain a good relationship with Cancan after the variety show.
Wei Xun always pretended not to hear and did what he had to do.
Usually the leader would just say a few words and then stop, but this time, I don’t know what’s wrong with her, she kept tagging her in the group.
Wei Xun simply put his phone outside the kitchen and concentrated on making breakfast for Cancan.
When Cancan got up and walked into the living room, she happened to hear the phone vibrating on the table.
She sat on the stool curiously, picked up Wei Xun's phone and looked through it.
The WeChat chat box was filled with messages. Cancan knew they were WeChat messages, but she didn't know what the words meant. She ran over to Weixun with her phone and said seriously, "Mom, someone wants to talk to you."
Wei Xun casually put it in his pocket, met Cancan's puzzled eyes, and explained softly: "It was a text message from someone I don't like. We don't need to care about him."
Cancan uttered an "oh" and was about to ask what to eat today when a light suddenly flashed in her mind and she said excitedly, "Mom, you talked to Daddy last night. Do you like him?"
"Cancan knows that mother still likes father."
"When she was still a fairy, mother told Cancan that even though daddy was a naughty old boy and never grew up, he was still your favorite person. No matter what he looked like, you liked him."
Wei Xun frowned and explained calmly: "I didn't say that."
He appears calm on the surface, but is very panicked inside.
How could she have said such disgusting words in her previous life?
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