Madam Xu and Gu Jueye chatted in the study for over an hour.
When the two came out, Madam Xu's eyes were red, as if she had just been crying.
She walked straight toward Bai Qianmo, her eyes filled with a mixture of excitement, joy, and admiration.
It seemed as if a thousand words were welling up in my heart, but when I tried to speak, I didn't know how to begin.
After a long silence, she reached out and took Bai Qianmo's hand, then turned to look at Gu Jueye.
"I just heard Ah Ye tell some stories about you two. I haven't been moved in a long time, and it made me cry. It's not easy for you two to be together, so you must cherish and love each other."
After saying that, she reached out and took Gu Jueye's hand, gently placing Bai Qianmo's hand in his palm.
Her gaze lingered on Bai Qianmo and Gu Jueye's faces for a while. At that moment, it was as if she had suddenly returned to her childhood. When she was only seven or eight years old, she had played with her aunt and fifth uncle. Watching the loving couple standing together, chatting and laughing, gazing at each other with deep affection, she had dreamed that she would grow up quickly and find a man as outstanding as her fifth uncle, marry him, and accompany him through the rest of her life.
Time played a trick on her, not too big, not too small. Half of the wish she made in her youth had come true. The Xu family was large and powerful, and in the end, the clan members chose her from among the descendants of the Xu family. She knew that this was the previous clan leader, who was also her cousin Xu Jin'en, who had entrusted the responsibility of the Xu family to her.
Over the years, after the head of the Xu family succeeded to the position, he could not marry like his other daughters, but had to choose a son-in-law to live with the family.
At that time, the clan elders chose a marriage for her. The man came from a scholarly family, had studied abroad, and was refined and cultured.
They fell in love with each other, and she thought she had finally found her other half.
However, their happiness was short-lived. Ten years into their marriage, he was killed while participating in a revolution, and she never even saw his body.
This was a lifelong pain for her. From then on, she devoted all her energy to the Xu family business, and spent her life in busy yet wasted years.
Now, at the age of 100, she never imagined that she would meet the two people who had the deepest influence on her life.
Bai Qianmo felt a sudden tremor in her heart. When she saw Old Master Xu's kind gaze, she felt a strange sense of familiarity.
"thank you."
Gu Jueye looked at Bai Qianmo with eyes full of doting: "I will take good care of her and will not let her suffer so much again."
The way others felt upon hearing this was different from how Old Madam Xu felt upon hearing it.
Others thought that Gu Jueye's words were a promise to the Bai family.
But Madam Xu knew in her heart how much untold torment and pain they had endured to be able to come together again after a century of loneliness.
It is no easy thing to work together for the future.
"Alright, Grandma, it's getting chilly outside. The weather in the north is not like our Shanghai. Please come inside."
Mr. Bai and Bai Kangcheng hurriedly invited Madam Xu into the house.
The family sat around the dining table. Old Madam Xu seemed very happy, and would occasionally ask Bai Qianmo some questions between meals.
The Bai family could all see that the old lady genuinely liked this girl.
Bai Qianmo became increasingly puzzled. It seemed that the old lady knew all about the dishes she liked to eat. Had they met before?
Old Bai glanced at Gu Jueye, feeling a pang of melancholy.
Originally, I wanted to ask Old Madam Xu to introduce a few promising young men to Qianmo, but now it seems that this plan is going to fall through!
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