Meanwhile, in Country A, Gu's residence...
It is unclear when exactly, but this magnificent and spacious Gu residence has lost its former prosperity and liveliness.
Today, Gu Siting returned to the Gu residence very early in the afternoon, and for the first time ever, he spent all his time in the kitchen.
Meanwhile, the three chefs and a whole host of servants stood neatly outside the dining room, watching him fuss around there all afternoon.
Then, I made several dishes and a chiffon cake, refusing any help from anyone throughout the process.
Only the elderly people who had worked at the Gu residence for many years remembered that those dishes were the ones Miss Weiwei liked to eat when she was alive.
Gu Siting carried each dish to the long table in the restaurant by himself. Only after all the dishes were on the table did he take off his apron.
Kuroda Shigeo hurriedly returned from outside with a large stack of documents. "Mr. Gu, there are a few urgent documents that need your signature and review."
"Let's not talk about work now," Gu Siting said as he lit the candles on the cake.
"But……"
Although Kuroda Shigeo was also anxious, he did not insist any further and silently took the documents to the living room to wait.
Since Miss Weiwei left, President Gu has done this every year on this day for the past few years.
At this point, he won't listen to anything you say about work.
He checked the time and decided to wait until after midnight to talk about it.
Gu Siting lit the candles, poured two glasses of red wine, and sat there quietly watching the candles burn out.
He couldn't even remember how many years it had been since he had celebrated her birthday with her.
When he finally remembered, she had already left him.
He prepared all her favorite dishes and cakes, but she wouldn't take a single bite.
Knowing full well that she wouldn't come, knowing that all of this was in vain, he still couldn't help but do these things every year on this day.
The candles on the birthday cake burned out, and the dishes on the table gradually lost their heat. He drank the red wine in his glass alone and muttered to himself.
"You may not come back this year, but you will definitely come back next year."
This time next year, she will definitely be sitting here, celebrating with him.
He finished his glass of red wine, got up and walked to the white piano that had been idle for a long time, and sat down alone in front of it.
Reaching out to touch the black and white keys is like touching the warmth left by the piano's owner playing.
After a while, her slender, long fingers moved slightly, and she began to play the piano that had been untouched for a long time.
Kuroda Shigeo glanced at the music and recognized it as Liszt's "Liebestraum".
In previous years, when Miss Weiwei was at the Gu residence, she often heard this tune.
Similarly, this is a piece of music that President Gu has always loved over the years.
Unfortunately, the person who played the instrument was long gone and no longer by his side.
The piano music continued until the European-style wall clock in the living room struck twelve, at which point the music stopped.
Kuroda Shigeo knew that Miss Vivi's birthday had passed, so he took the documents and went over.
"Mr. Gu, these are all documents that need your review and signature."
Gu Siting went upstairs and sat down in the study to take the documents and start reading.
"How is Dr. Li and his team's experiment progressing?"
"The second experiment was successful, but the data is not particularly stable, so several more experiments are needed to correct it," said Shigeo Kuroda.
Gu Siting nodded solemnly, "Please urge them to catch up on the progress, but we must also ensure complete success."
"I'll go over and urge them again tomorrow," Kuroda Shigeo replied.
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