Chapter 55
But no matter how big or bright this light bulb is, if Cancan wants to follow her, Gu Chi has no legitimate reason to refuse her.
Along the way, Cancan sat in the back seat, swinging her feet with a happy expression.
When the car arrived at the gate of the community, Wei Xun happened to be walking downstairs towards the gate.
She was carrying a large black backpack filled with a lot of things, which was inflated like a balloon.
Gu Chi hurriedly got out of the car and took the backpack from her back.
Wei Xun waved his hand gently and said calmly, "I can do it myself."
Cancan came over at some point, stood on tiptoe and tried to reach the large bag on Weixun's shoulder, and said crisply, "Mom, let Cancan help you."
Gu Chi glanced at the little carrot head beside him and rolled his eyes silently in his heart.
This little rascal is not good at anything and is the best at flattery and seeking credit.
How could such a small child possibly carry such a large backpack? She couldn't do any hard work, but what she said could make people a hundred times happier, which was better than doing any hard work.
After all, parents will be very happy when they hear their little ones say they want to help them in a good and sensible way.
The same goes for Wei Xun.
She gently touched Cancan's face and said softly, "I can do it myself. Cancan is too young. Come help me when you grow up."
Cancan slowly retracted her little hand and said in a baby voice, "Then mother, please don't work too hard."
Gu Chi said smoothly: "Let me help you get it, put it in the trunk, and take it over later."
Wei Xun hesitated for a moment, then handed the backpack to Gu Chi and said softly, "Because we're going to have a barbecue, I brought some fruits and ingredients that Cancan likes, as well as a SLR camera, so it might be a bit heavy."
Gu Chi smiled and said, "It's okay."
He put the backpack sideways in the innermost part of the trunk, adjusting its position while saying, "It's actually not a big deal. I was just worried that it would feel heavy when you took it off. Your shoulders would get sore from carrying something so heavy. Next time, you can call me and Cancan to help you get it. That would be fine, right?"
Gu Chi said as he looked in Wei Xun's direction.
But there was nothing behind him.
He was stunned for two seconds, and then a soft, childish voice came to his ears.
"Mom, it's so cold outside. Come to the car quickly and let Daddy carry the luggage by himself."
Gu Chi was stunned.
It felt like standing in mud, unable to move.
The winter wind was biting cold, blowing towards Gu Chi, who seemed to be petrified on the spot, and he shivered with cold.
Gu Chi felt even colder in his heart.
He spent a lot of time and effort helping Wei Xun, but in the end, why did Cancan take all the credit?
Before getting into the car, Wei Xun glanced at Gu Chi, who looked confused, and after hesitating for two seconds, he got into the car silently, leaving him alone in the back of the car to doubt his life.
The howling cold wind brought chills.
Gu Chi came back to his senses, tightened his coat and hurried to the car.
After sitting in the driver's seat, he glanced at the happy Cancan and asked softly, "Cancan, aren't you afraid that your father will be hard-working?"
Cancan leaned forward slightly in the back seat, his little head resting on the side of the passenger seat, and said seriously, "Daddy, you have to be brave. Don't be afraid of hard work."
Gu Chi: ...
When Weixun was about to move things, Cancan told her not to work so hard.
When he was about to move things, Cancan began to talk to him in a serious manner and asked him to be a brave person.
I learned double standards at such a young age.
It's so worrying.
Gu Chi shook his head and sighed.
**
Cancan got up early in the morning, yawned several times on the way back, and soon fell asleep in Weixun's arms.
The car was quiet.
The north wind was howling outside the window and there were few people on the streets.
Gu Chi raised the air conditioner temperature by two degrees and tapped twice on the LCD screen on the center console.
The next second, the sound of soft music slowly began to play.
A female voice, as deep and classically romantic as a cello, spread out from the car's audio system like a gentle evening breeze.
Wei Xun listened quietly.
"How Can I Stop Thinking of Him" is an old song that has been popular for more than ten years. The melody is slow, like someone whispering in your ear.
Wei Xun likes this song very much and also likes this singer.
The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and after a long while he asked, "Do you like this song too?"
Gu Chi nodded.
"Yeah, I quite like it. Cancan always sleeps soundly when she listens to this song."
Wei Xun looked down at Cancan who was sleeping soundly and couldn't help but smile.
"Cancan's preferences are always weird."
Gu Chi chuckled: "She can bring surprises to people every day."
Every quirky thing she says makes everyone laugh, and every sweet smile causes a commotion.
No one in the family would really be angry with Cancan. They all liked to listen to Cancan's baby voice and talk to them seriously. Even when she was throwing a tantrum and rolling on the ground wanting to eat candy, Taotao couldn't help but exclaim how the little princess could be so cute.
Wei Xun felt the same way.
After this conversation, the car returned to its previous silence.
Soon, the car stopped at the gate of the Gu family.
Gu Chi got out of the car to get Wei Xun's backpack, and heard a slight sound behind him.
He turned around.
Sheng Jing opened the door and whispered, "You're finally back. Where's Cancan? Is she asleep?"
Wei Xun nodded.
Sheng Jing anxiously took Cancan, who was still sleeping, from Weixun's arms and carried her towards Gu's house.
The last time he was with Cancan was on Chinese New Year's Eve more than half a month ago.
After that night, he went home with his parents to celebrate the New Year, and could only make video calls with Cancan every day.
Originally, he wanted to come and see Cancan on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but after burning incense and paper with his grandmother on the night of New Year's Eve, his mother Zhenyi was in very poor condition, her face was pale and her mood was extremely bad. Sheng Jing was worried about her, so he stayed at home to take care of Zhenyi for a few days.
Sheng Jing knew that Zhen Yi was worried.
Angry that the man who accidentally killed his mother was released from prison so soon.
Some mistakes can be forgiven by just saying sorry, but Zhen Yi can never let go of the sin of accidentally killing her own mother no matter how much time passes.
Realizing this, Sheng Jing didn't call anyone from the Gu family for a few days, and focused on accompanying Sheng Chao and Zhen Yi.
Zhen Yi's condition only started to improve slightly on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
But after that, Sheng Jing was busy filming a gg video and had no time to come and see Cancan. When he finally had a day off, he knew Cancan wanted to go out for an outing, so he rushed to meet Cancan without stopping.
Inside the RV.
"Cancan seems to have gained a little weight." Sheng Jing looked at Cancan's sleeping face and commented seriously.
Qi Sen smiled faintly.
Tao Tao said in a lively tone: "The little princess has lived with the emperor and empress for so long. She enjoys eating everything. How could she not be fat?"
Pei Shen held the thermos cup and asked jokingly, "Taotao, do you mean that the food at our house is not good?"
Tao Tao was stunned, and said with a pitiful frown, "Don't accuse me, I didn't say that."
Pei Shen chuckled quietly, looked sideways at both sides, then turned to ask Gu Chi: "Where is Wan Yao?"
Tao Tao: "Oh, yes, Cancan has been talking about this Medicine Fairy Sister for a long time."
Sheng Jing looked at Gu Chi silently, waiting for his answer.
Gu Chi: "Wan Yao said that he had something urgent to do this morning and he didn't know if he could come. He told us to play by ourselves first and not to worry about him."
Pei Shen sighed: "A patient must have come to visit suddenly."
Gu Chi withdrew his gaze and frowned slightly when he thought of the rock sugar and snow pear soup she made for him last time.
When the car stopped at a villa in the suburbs, Cancan woke up from her sleep.
Qi Sen helped her sit up, and she rubbed her still dazed face with her little hands, and said incoherently: "I want to drink and sleep."
"Shui Shui?" Qi Sen asked.
Cancan nodded obediently.
Pei Shen took the opportunity to hand over her exclusive little yellow duck thermos cup. Cancan picked it up and drank from it with her eyes closed. The flesh on her cheeks rose and fell as she drank, like a little frog croaking, so cute and adorable.
Qi Sen couldn't help but pinch her face twice.
Cancan opened her eyes, covered the thermos cup and handed it to Qi Sen. She tilted her face and said generously, "Cancan, I'm not angry. I'll give it to you."
Qi Sen laughed.
He picked her up and walked towards the small villa in the suburbs.
It is very cold outside in winter. This small villa faces the lake at the back, and there is a glass house in front of the lake. It is transparent and bright on all sides, and it looks very beautiful.
It's the perfect place to be used as today's dinner gathering.
Qi Sen put Cancan on the soft little sofa and took the food and fruit handed to him by Sheng Jing.
Everyone was busy moving things, except Cancan, who had just woken up. She was lying on the small sofa bored, swinging her legs and tilting her head to watch them move things.
"What do you want to eat, Cancan? Second brother will bake it for you first."
Cancan stood up quickly and said in a loud voice: "Ham sausage!"
"Okay." Qi Sen chuckled.
Qi Sen and Sheng Jing were responsible for grilling, Tao Tao and Wei Xun were responsible for plating, and Gu Chi was working hard to skewer the grilled food at another small table.
Some items are already serialized when purchased, such as chicken wings, while others are fresh ingredients that need to be serialized one by one, such as corn.
The core of the corn was too hard for the bamboo stick to penetrate easily, which put a lot of pressure on his work.
Qi Sen glanced at Tao Tao beside him and said, "Tao Tao, go help Gu Chi. One person is enough to handle the dishes."
Tao Tao nodded, put down the roasted ham sausage in her hand, and then took out a wet tissue to wipe her hands. When she was about to walk towards Gu Chi, she thought of the incident in the morning when Cancan was a light bulb. She suddenly stopped, walked up to Wei Xun and said with a smile: "Weixun, why don't you go?"
"My hands are a little cramped today, and I'm shaking easily when I do that. I don't think I can do it well." Taotao explained.
Wei Xun didn't suspect anything and walked quietly towards Gu Chi.
Gu Chi pursed his lips, suppressed the joy in his heart, and moved to the side silently.
The stool he sat on was a long bench with a backrest, which could easily accommodate two or even three people.
After doing all this, Gu Chi pretended to be nonchalant and continued to work with the corn with his head down. After a few seconds, when he smelled the familiar faint fragrance, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
She was going to sit next to him soon!
When the footsteps approached, he picked up the corn in his hand, turned sideways and said nonchalantly, "You just string this, I'll do the rest."
He looked to the side while speaking.
But around me, there was silence and no one.
The corn in his hand was suddenly taken away.
Gu Chi was stunned.
Slowly turn your head to look across.
Wei Xun did not sit next to Gu Lichi as Gu Li had planned, but sat down on the small stool opposite the small table.
She looked at Gu Chi in surprise, with a strange expression as if to say, "Are you seriously ill?"
Gu Chi: ...
It's quite uncomfortable.
**
For the next period of time, Gu Chi no longer had the opportunity to talk to Wei Xun.
An hour later, they sat together and happily ate various grilled skewers.
Cancan had a string of roasted corn in his left hand and a string of roasted sausages in his right hand, and was eating them with relish.
Qi Sen frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Cancan, you can't eat them together. If you eat too many different things, you will get diarrhea."
Cancan didn't stop, and hid the corn and ham sausage in front of her body, saying in a baby voice: "This is Cancan's food. Why does my second brother always steal Cancan's food?"
"Good things should be shared, but you don't have to share when you don't want to." Cancan added, defending his sausage and corn to the death.
Sheng Jing whispered, "Why don't you just let Cancan eat it? It's not a big deal just this once."
Qi Sen thought about it and slowly retracted his hand.
He looked at Cancan and whispered, "Eat this before you eat anything else."
Cancan nodded obediently.
Half an hour later, when Qi Sen was grilling the second batch of food, a petite figure slowly approached them.
Sheng Jing raised his eyes and inadvertently made eye contact with the man, then quietly reminded the people around him, "Wan Yao is here."
**
There was a faint blue color under Wan Yao's eyes, and her complexion was not as good as before, with a faint white tint.
Pei Shen asked with concern: "Didn't you get enough rest during this period?"
Wan Yao lowered her head, clenched her fingers, and after a long moment, she nervously whispered, "I'm just a little busy."
Qi Sen: "What do you want to eat?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chi interrupted and said, "Give me some more skewers."
Qi Sen glanced at Gu Chi and said nothing.
Pick up the skewers and place them on the charcoal fire.
When grilling the first batch of food, we took Cancan's taste into consideration, so many of the things she could eat were not sprinkled with cumin and chili powder, and even chopped green onions were not sprinkled on them.
Because Cancan always says that chopped green onions are green peppers, and when he sees the green color, he says it is spicy.
Now that Cancan had eaten her fill and was lying on the small sofa playing with her doll, Qi Sen no longer had to worry about her. He picked up some cumin and chili powder and sprinkled some on her.
Thinking of something, he asked, "Sheng Jing, can't you eat spicy food?"
Sheng Jing: "It shouldn't matter at all."
He doesn't eat spicy food mainly to protect his throat. Last time on New Year's Eve, the hot pot was too tempting, and he couldn't help but try two pieces of meat in the spicy pot. Afterwards, his throat felt a little uncomfortable, and it was only with Wan Yao's bowl of rock sugar and snow pear soup that the pain was relieved.
Thinking of this, Sheng Jing whispered to Wan Yao, who was sitting on his right, "I still have your thermos. I'll bring it to you next time."
Wan Yao hurriedly waved her hands, blushing and whispering, "No...it's okay."
The skewers were grilled in just a few minutes.
Qi Sen added some chopped green onions on top before dividing the skewers into different small plates and placing them in front of them.
What was given to Sheng Jing was the skewers without any spicy ingredients.
Sheng Jing looked at the stack of steaming beef skewers and hesitated to make a move.
Wan Yao picked up the chopsticks and picked away the chopped green onions bit by bit. Her movements were very small. In addition, the table was full of various things. The drink cup blocked Qi Sen's view opposite. Pei Shen and Tao Tao were playing with Cancan again, and Gu Chi sat motionless next to Wei Xun. No one noticed her little movements.
Soon, a few skewers of beef without chopped green onions were picked out. She carefully placed the beef skewers on Sheng Jing's plate and whispered, "There are no chopped green onions."
Sheng Jing was watching Cancan playing with a smile. He paused when he heard this, and his eyes were fixed on the dishes for a long time.
"How do you know I don't eat chopped green onions?"
Wan Yao tidied her hair in a hurry, her lips turning white from being bitten by her.
She was just thinking about getting Sheng Jing to eat this and didn't think too much about it. When Sheng Jing asked, she realized that she shouldn't know his living habits.
My head, which hadn't slept well for several days, felt a little dizzy and stiff when faced with this problem.
Wan Yao thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a convincing answer.
Sheng Jing quietly looked at the bewildered girl in front of him, and opened his mouth to help her out: "Have you read my Baidu Encyclopedia?"
Wan Yao was stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, her head was like she was playing whack-a-mole, and she nodded tirelessly.
The bangs on the forehead began to shake due to the large movements.
Sheng Jing picked up the skewers from the bowl and said softly, "Thank you."
Wan Yao pursed her lips and habitually patted her bangs, as if she was celebrating for herself.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, like a shy cat that had nowhere to hide, yet was very happy.
**
After lunch, it was time for some casual chatting.
But chatting is not just casual talk.
Gu Chi took out a small wooden barrel from somewhere, shook it gently a few times, and placed it on the table. He said seriously, "The content of our conversation must be related to the wooden sticks we drew."
Cancan had never played this game before. She sat down happily, raised her hand and said, "Cancan wants to play!"
Gu Chi smiled and handed the small wooden barrel to her.
Cancan picked one at random.
Wei Xun glanced at the words on the bamboo stick and smiled softly: "Cancan, you have to tell me a little secret."
Cancan blinked dully:
"Why do we have to tell secrets when playing games? Aren't we playing games?"
Wei Xun explained: "The game we play is based on what we draw. We have to do what we draw. Cancan drew the secret, so she has to tell the secret."
"Simply put, games are about secrets," Pei Shen concluded.
Cancan covered her face, shook her head and said in distress: "You all confused Cancan."
"Does Cancan have a secret to tell?" Gu Chi smiled.
Her bright black eyes looked around, and there was a hint of panic and shyness in her clear grape-like eyes.
"Cancan has a secret."
"What secret?" Gu Chi asked curiously.
"Cancan peed his pants while filming a variety show. This secret is only known by my second brother."
Qi Sen recalled that incident and explained with a smile: "During the last live variety show, Cancan used our room as a toilet. By the time I carried her to the toilet, it was already too late."
Gu Chi: "Cancan is very honest. She will tell the secret if you ask her to."
Pei Shen smiled and said, "Cancan has set an example for us. Who will be the next one to fall?"
The wooden barrel was placed on Sheng Jing, who was on Cancan's right.
"Come here." Gu Chi said.
Sheng Jing’s answer is very simple. Tell me about the person who impressed you the most.
"It must be a director, actor or someone like that." Pei Shen guessed.
Sheng Jing shook his head and said seriously, "No."
Everyone was stunned.
"When I was in my first year of high school and hadn't made my debut yet, my mom loved traveling. I didn't know her very well at the time, and I'd get upset every time she went out. I felt like she wasn't spending time with me. Whenever I felt down, I'd go to the library and borrow comic books." Sheng Jing suddenly smiled. "At the time, many people would give spoilers after reading the comics, writing the murderer next to them. One time, a book I borrowed also had this problem, but in that comic, someone had written an 800-word essay, carefully explaining the disadvantages of spoilers. They'd even redrawn a page based on the comic and put it in front of the book to block other people from spoilers."
Hearing this, Gu Chi smiled.
“This person’s behavior is quite cute.”
Sheng Jing smiled and nodded.
Pei Shen: "You should thank that person, otherwise you will lose the joy of reading comics."
Sheng Jing said helplessly, "Looking at the handwriting, I feel it's a girl, but there are so many books borrowed in the library that it's hard to find. I really want to thank her for finding it. She saved my high school happiness."
No one noticed that Wan Yao, who had been silent with her head down, slowly raised her head, pointed in her direction with the thermos cup in front of her, and nodded vigorously at the others, as if she was trying to express something, nervously and seriously.
..
Everyone drew a wooden stick and told their little secrets, embarrassing stories, preferences and so on according to the requirements on it.
The time we spend together always passes by so quickly, and soon it was afternoon.
Qi Sen and Wei Xun cooked an extra meal for everyone.
Cancan enjoyed the meal very much.
But how happy you are when you eat, how sad you are when you get diarrhea when you get home at night.
Wan Yao, who had already left, was picked up by a car and taken back to the Gu family.
Wan Yao frowned. "She must have eaten too much of the wrong food, causing stomach discomfort. I'll prescribe some mild medicine for her to take care of herself. She can't eat any snacks for the next two days."
Sheng Jing nodded worriedly.
"It's no big deal, don't worry." Wan Yao comforted in a low voice.
The next day, Qi Sen and Pei Shen went to school, Wei Xun was about to join the crew to film, and Sheng Jing also went to City A to prepare to participate in the university film festival to be held four days later.
This film festival is jointly organized by several universities. Not many people know about it, and the scene is not that formal. It is more like an entertainment activity for a group of college students to get together to watch movies.
But every year several industry stars are invited to watch the film.
This year the organizer invited Sheng Jing.
In the past two days, Cancan's diarrhea has improved. He has changed from a depressed and listless little ball to a little carrot head who is clamoring for candy.
Gu Chi sighed.
"Cancan, you'll have a stomachache if you eat this."
Cancan quietly defended herself: "But Cancan doesn't have a stomachache now."
After saying this, he opened his mouth and said in a baby voice, "My teeth are not bad either!"
Under normal circumstances, he would have just given her a candy, but Cancan's belly was just full, and no matter how she threw a tantrum, Gu Chi did not give in at all.
Until Cancan sat on the sofa, looking at him with a pursed mouth and no word, Gu Chi's heart gradually softened under her gaze second by second.
"Okay, okay, I'll give you one. You can only take one." Gu Chi emphasized.
When he poured out a candy and was about to hand it to Cancan, Qi Sen and Pei Shen came back.
Gu Chi quickly retracted his hand, put his hands behind his back, and asked as if nothing had happened: "Hey, it seems like you came back quite early today?"
Qi Sen has always been serious when taking care of children.
If Qi Sen knew that he was planning to give Cancan candy, he would probably be scolded.
well.
He is probably the father with the least dignity and prestige.
Qi Sen frowned and took a few steps forward to look at the thing in his hand behind him.
Gu Chi dodged desperately.
The two of them ran around the coffee table in circles as if they were playing Eagle Catches Chicken. Their movements were so funny that Cancan and Pei Shen were stunned.
"What did you give Cancan? Hand it over."
"Nothing, nothing at all."
"Will you hand it over?"
"There's nothing to befriend." Gu Chi said stubbornly.
Qi Sen smiled faintly: "Okay, then I'll call Wei Xun and let her see what you gave Cancan to eat."
"No, no, no."
This one sentence made Gu Chi instantly scared.
He slowly took out the box of rainbow candies from behind him and said a little aggrievedly, "I felt so bad seeing her sitting there so pitifully. I couldn't help but want to fulfill her wish."
Qi Sen looked at Cancan thoughtfully, frowning and saying nothing.
That night, in a place unknown to Cancan, Qi Sen invited several of Cancan's guardians to a small meeting via WeChat video.
Meeting title: Please don’t spoil your children too much.
Wei Xun and Sheng Jing arrived via video.
Gu Chi, Pei Shen and Tao Tao sat obediently on the sofa and listened to Qi Sen talk.
"Cancan is still young, and she's ignorant and keeps asking for candy. We adults can't be like her and fail to distinguish between good and evil." Qi Sen said calmly, "Letting her eat candy now would be harming her. I know it's hard for everyone to resist Cancan's coquettishness, but as familiar and responsible guardians, we should learn how to take care of Cancan."
"So, to prevent bad habits like excessive eating that can upset your stomach or watching too much TV, from today on," Qi Sen paused, "I hope everyone will ingrain 'don't spoil your children too much' into your DNA."
Qi Sen said seriously, "If this sentence cannot be ingrained in your bones, then put it in the most conspicuous place and read it every minute. Do you understand, parents?"
Sheng Jing responded quickly:
【OK. 】
【Wei Xun: Yeah. Got it.】
Pei Shen, Gu Chi, and Tao Tao nodded obediently.
But I agreed to it.
Only when they put it into practice did they realize how difficult it was.
Cancan is the best in the world at acting like a spoiled child. When she cries, she looks even more aggrieved and tearful. As one of the family members who doesn't want to see her aggrieved and sad, Gu Chi gritted his teeth and refused Cancan's request for candy.
In order to take Qi Sen's words to heart, Gu Chi silently changed the headers of all social platforms.
Half an hour later, the entire network was surprised to find that Gu Chi, who had not changed his profile picture for several years, suddenly changed his profile picture to a picture with words.
The picture is simple, with eight bold words: Please don't spoil your children too much
Netizens:?
What's this about?
But that's not where it all started.
Qi Sen quietly changed his Weibo profile to: "Don't spoil your children too much."
Not only that, some game enthusiasts discovered that the gaming genius "Sister Taotao" who amazed everyone some time ago has changed her name!
He took the name "Don't spoil your child too much" and killed a lot of people in the canyon.
Game enthusiasts: ...It's pretty weird.
When Sheng Jing appeared at a university film festival wearing a jacket with the words "Don't spoil your children too much" printed on it, the college students present were stunned.
Is this year's trend "Don't spoil your children too much"?
When everyone was surprised, they found that Wei Xun, who had just arrived at the event, walked up to Sheng Jing, pointed at his clothes in surprise, and exclaimed: "Your clothes are nice."
There was a hint of envy in his tone.
Everyone: ???
What happened to the Gu family?!
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