◇ 【052】 Received a lot of gifts
After Gu Juan finished his shower, he put on Xi Lang's pajamas and checked out the mirror. He was 5'82" tall, while Xi Lang was 5'86". Xi Lang's clothes fit him well. It was his first time wearing Xi Lang's underwear, and he could almost smell his unique scent. Gu Juan's blood surged, and he exhaled softly, then opened the bathroom door.
Xi Lang raised his head from the magazine, looked at him, and smiled, "It fits him very well."
"Go take a shower." After he stood up, Gu Juan sat in his seat and picked up the magazine he had just read.
"Drink that glass of milk." Xi Lang glanced at his dry hair and went into the bathroom.
Gu Juan picked up the milk and drank it in one gulp, flipping through the magazine casually.
Xi Lang came out of the bathroom and rubbed his wet hair with a dry towel.
Gu Juan suddenly realized that he'd just been using his inner energy to dry his hair, as usual. Xi Lang probably noticed. But he didn't pay much attention. He'd already shown enough suspicious things in front of Xi Lang, and this one wasn't enough. He sat up, pulled Xi Lang down to sit on the edge of the bed, and stroked his head, instantly drying his wet hair.
Xi Lang raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Gu Juan leaned back on the head of the bed and asked with a smile.
Xi Lang casually placed the towel on the bedside table and took the magazine from his hand. "What nonsense are you talking about? You've been busy for a long time today. Go to bed early."
After he lay down, Gu Juan leaned over and hugged his waist naturally. When Xi Lang looked at him in surprise, he looked back at him.
Xi Lang hugged him, bent down and kissed his forehead, holding his head to prevent him from looking up, "I will accompany you to the hotel to pick up your luggage tomorrow and come to live at my house. You don't have a good relationship with your uncle's family, so call them and tell them that you will not celebrate the New Year with them, but will spend it at my house." Gu Haojie died in the hands of the two of them, and he didn't want Gu Juan to face Gu Xiangfu's family alone.
The head on his chest shook.
"It's already been decided, so I can't change it. Besides, how can I, an outsider, spend the New Year at your house?"
Xi Lang frowned, "Why is it an outsider?"
Gu Juan had made up her mind and smiled at him, "I'll go back to celebrate the New Year. I'll come back in the first month of the lunar year to pay my respects to my uncle and aunt."
Xi Lang had no choice but to say, "It's up to you."
Although today's incident was a close call, both of them still had a shadow in their hearts, but when they hugged the person in their arms, they felt at ease and fell asleep one after another soon.
Gu Juan dreamed nothing all night until dawn, and when he found himself alone, he walked to the window and, unsurprisingly, saw Xi Lang practicing Tai Chi in the garden. The wind was biting, shaking the branches, but he wasn't afraid of the cold.
Only after seeing Xi Lang finish boxing and go into the house did he go into the bathroom to wash up.
Lin Ronghua personally prepared breakfast, with both Chinese and Western options. There were mushroom and vegetable buns shaped like wheat ears, fried dough sticks, soy milk, millet porridge, fried eggs, toast, fruit salad, and milk.
Lin Ronghua didn't treat Gu Juan like a guest, but rather like a family member, letting him eat whatever he wanted. Seeing that Gu Juan liked the mushroom and vegetable buns, she was very happy and said that she also liked mushroom and vegetable buns the most, and even advised Gu Juan to have two more if he liked them.
There were servants serving, but the atmosphere at the dinner table was not cold at all, but rather very warm.
Gu Juan also met Xi Cong's two children, four-year-old Duoduo and one-year-old Doudou, one of whom was smart and lively, and the other was well-behaved and cute.
After breakfast, Lin Ronghua urged Xi Lang to take his family to the hotel to pick up their luggage and come home to stay.
Gu Juan declined politely, "Uncle, Aunt, the New Year is coming soon. I won't stay to bother you anymore. I'll go back to Congzhou today."
"How can this be?" Lin Ronghua disagreed. "Your uncle, your eldest brother and his wife, and I haven't had a good talk with you yet, so why are you leaving? Isn't the New Year still two days away? If you're worried about not being able to buy a ticket and can't get home, we can send a driver to take you back. It will only take a few hours on the highway. Xi Lang, what are you standing there for? Xiaojuan has come all the way to the capital, and you haven't even taken her out to have some fun."
As Lin Ronghua spoke, he winked at Xi Lang and glared at him from time to time, suggesting that he keep Gu Juan.
Xi Cong laughed secretly and thought to himself: Oh my god, your family members saw you winking at me.
Xi Lang said, "I tried to keep him, but he insisted on leaving. Mom, how about you help me keep him?"
Gu Juan glared at him secretly and whispered, "Why are you causing trouble?"
Xi Yongming also said, "Xiao Gu, we said yesterday that we would treat you like half a son, but we can't just let it go without saying that you saved Xi Lang. Just listen to your aunt and stay for two days. I'll arrange for someone to take you back the day after tomorrow."
Gu Juan smiled and spoke sincerely, "Uncle, aunt, the atmosphere in your home is not at all as cold and indifferent as I thought a wealthy family would be. Instead, it's full of warmth and affection. Even the two little ones are lively and cute, making people feel happy. I'm reluctant to leave, but I do have things to do. I'll come back to pay you New Year's greetings in the first month of the year, and I'll definitely stay a few more days then. Don't mind, uncle and aunt."
Having said that, it was difficult for Xi Yongming and Lin Ronghua to stay any longer.
"Okay then, it's settled. Come back during the first month of the lunar year," said Lin Ronghua.
Gu Juan nodded and said, "Sure."
"I've prepared a gift for you, you can't refuse it." Lin Ronghua had a servant bring him a large cardboard box and handed it to him, saying with a smile, "New clothes are essential for the New Year. This is a set of clothes I bought for you. You and Alang are about the same size, so I bought it according to his measurements. Try it on and see if it fits."
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll try it then."
Gu Juan went upstairs and quickly changed her clothes. She looked stylish and steady in a neat off-white British-style jacket paired with an indigo scarf, black slim-fit trousers, and black ankle boots.
Xi Lang was stunned, and was brought back to his senses when Xi Cong bumped into him.
Gu Juan walked up to Lin Ronghua and said, "Auntie, you have good taste. Xi Lang should have asked you to advise him on buying clothes so that he wouldn't always dress so conservatively."
Xi Lang was caught in the crossfire and shook his head helplessly.
Lin Ronghua laughed, "He used to be too rigid in his dressing style, but he's come to his senses recently."
Gu Juan smiled but said nothing.
Xi Yongming said, "I've also prepared a small gift for Xiao Gu. I heard you're a double major in English and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I have an ancient medical book here for you to take. I've had it reviewed by experts, and they say many of the herbs it describes are now extinct. Furthermore, some of the text is written in a language never before recorded in history, making it completely incomprehensible to them. It's a good book to read for fun, so don't be disgusted."
Another servant handed a flat wooden brocade box to Gu Juan.
Gu Juan opened the wooden box. The book cover inside had no title and was tattered, showing signs of repair. From the side, the paper had yellowed, revealing a truly ancient book. He opened the cover and, upon reading the first page, his pupils suddenly constricted. The text was written vertically, and the leftmost lines were surprisingly in the language of cultivation! The records left by the Immortal Emperor Tongde were all written in the language of cultivation, so he recognized all of these characters and understood them immediately. These few lines contained the knowledge of alchemy!
He put the ancient book back into the wooden box and said, "Uncle, this gift is too valuable. It can also be said to be a precious cultural relic. I cannot accept it."
Xi Yongming waved his hand. "What's so valuable about it? This ancient book is only valuable in the hands of someone who knows its value. In my hands, it's just a useless object. Keep it."
Xi Lang also nodded to Gu Juan.
Gu Juan thought for a moment, then accepted it and said solemnly, "In that case, consider this book as a temporary deposit with me."
"Haha, I'm just like you. I never want things back once I give them away." Xi Yongming sensed something in his attitude, but he didn't regret it. This book had been passed down from an ancestor of the Xi family. He had consulted several experts. They suspected the text was from a small country that existed in history but left no historical records, but other than that, there was nothing unusual. If the child truly saw something in the book, it would mean he had a connection with this ancient tome.
Xi Cong chuckled, "Xiao Gu, you accepted your parents' gifts, but you can't refuse mine. I had someone buy you an off-road motorcycle. You can ride it at school and it's convenient for you to go home during holidays. When you get home, call Xi Lang and ask him to let me know. I'll have someone deliver the motorcycle to your house."
If he had given her a car, Gu Juan would definitely not have accepted it, but a motorcycle was different, as it was much cheaper. Xi Cong had obviously taken this into consideration when buying the motorcycle.
"Okay, thank you, second brother."
Luo Qingyou smiled gently, "I also prepared a gift. I heard that you like playing basketball. This basketball is signed by an American basketball star. I hope you like it."
Gu Juan accepted the gifts from Xi Yongming, Lin Ronghua and Xi Cong, so he couldn't refuse Luo Qingyou's, so he thanked him and accepted it.
When Duoduo saw everyone giving Gu Juan gifts, her eyes, like black grapes, rolled around. She picked the largest apple from the fruit bowl, ran over to Gu Juan, handed it to him, and smiled sweetly, "Brother, this is for you."
Everyone in the living room laughed.
Gu Juan accepted the apple, squatted down, and stretched out his hands. "Thank you Duoduo for the gift. Can you give Duoduo a hug?"
Duoduo smiled, threw herself on him, and kissed him on the face. She tilted her head and said seriously, "I think you are very handsome."
"Hahahaha..." Everyone laughed even harder.
Gu Juan couldn't help laughing and gently touched Duoduo's head.
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