Gu Zhixuan wasn't sleeping too soundly. He could hear his father rummaging through the house, panting heavily. He got up, wanting to check on him.
When Gu Zhixuan opened the door, he was startled by what he saw.
"Dad, what are you doing? What time is it? Why aren't you asleep? What are you fiddling around with?"
Gu Zhengkai turned to look at his sleepy son and said, "What are you standing there for? Come and help."
Gu Zhixuan was terrified by what he saw. "My God, Dad, what is this?"
Gu Zhengkai had no time to talk to his son. "Hurry up and come out to help."
Despite his doubts, Gu Zhixuan was quick and efficient, and the two of them carried all the things into the house.
Gu Zhengkai then explained that his father had secretly sent it over.
Gu Zhixuan asked in confusion, "My grandfather? How is that possible? Where did he get so much good stuff, meat, fine grains, and so much more?"
Seeing a box full of apples, Gu Zhixuan didn't stand on ceremony. He wiped the apples on his clothes and started eating them right away.
But with the first bite, that familiar taste exploded in his mouth. It wasn't that he had never eaten fruit before; he used to eat it often. His family never lacked fruit. With his younger sister around, it seemed that his family never had to worry about food and drink.
However, things are different now. My sister has fallen ill, so they don't get to eat this stuff as often anymore.
Gu Zhengkai was looking down at something when Gu Zhixuan's eyes widened. The long-lost taste reminded him of the fruit he used to eat.
"Dad, you, you have to try it—"
Gu Zhengkai looked up at his son, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Gu Zhixuan was so excited that he was almost incoherent. "This, this thing is the same as the one my sister bought. Is it my sister? Has she already come back?"
Gu Zhengkai frowned. "That can't be, can it?"
However, she listened to her son and took a bite of the apple he handed her.
"this--"
Gu Zhixuan blinked excitedly at Gu Zhengkai, "Didn't my grandpa say my sister woke up?"
Gu Zhengkai shook his head. "He didn't say. If your sister woke up, he would have told me in the letter. There was no need to hide it from me. What... what exactly is going on?"
Even Gu Zhengkai was puzzled. This apple tasted exactly the same as the one his niece had bought. To be honest, he had eaten this kind of thing many times over the years, though not often. But he had never bought such delicious fruit before. He wondered where his niece had gotten it from back then.
Gu Zhixuan frowned and muttered to himself, "That's impossible. If it were my sister's friend, it would have been sent over long ago. Why hasn't it been sent over for the past few years?"
"Mom, Dad, it can't be what I'm thinking, can it?"
Although he had doubts, Gu Zhengkai still glared at his son and said, "Don't make wild guesses."
Gu Zhixuan looked aggrieved. "How could I be guessing? If my sister hasn't woken up, where would she get any friends? Could they be some kind of weird friend? Dad, what we ate...it wasn't...something—"
Faced with his foolish son, Gu Zhengkai gave him a light tap on the head.
"You think this is some kind of offering of fruit? I just don't know what's going on in your head. You've wasted all that time reading books, how could you possibly associate this with something like this?"
"No, Dad, you can't blame me for this. Tell me, who delivered these things secretly? There are so many, how did they get them here?"
And not even a word of warning, that's illogical. Calling them ghost friends isn't unreasonable; only people like them could pull off something like that.
Gu Zhengkai rolled his eyes at his son, annoyed. "Nonsense! Were we only eating offerings before?"
Your sister isn't a ghost; she just lost her soul. However, it's different from a normal child losing their soul. Her soul was forced out of her body. Have you forgotten what Master Hou said?
"Remember this, don't talk nonsense outside from now on. Even after you get married, you'd better keep your mouth shut, understand?"
Gu Zhixuan nodded. "Where can I even begin to explain? With your son in his current situation, how can he possibly get married? Those girls wouldn't even look at someone like me; they'd run away as fast as they could."
Gu Zhengkai sighed and patted his son's shoulder. "That just shows they have no taste. My son is fine."
When you were starving back then, could you have imagined that you'd be well-fed now? Nothing stays the same forever. As long as we stay true to our duties, do our jobs well, and guard our hearts, all we can do is wait patiently. Times change, and nothing is static.
Gu Zhixuan sighed, "Actually, I think it's good that my sister is like this. At least she doesn't have so many worries. Sigh, really, I both hope she wakes up and I'm afraid that when she wakes up, things will be different now. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle all of this."
Gu Zhengkai smiled and said, "You underestimate your sister. Jiang Qiao has a very strong mentality, which may not even be comparable to that of you boys."
Even if Qiao'er wakes up, she may not necessarily be troubled by this. Do you think your sister is someone who would be willing to compromise herself?
I dare not say how big it is, but if those people want to mess with her, they'd better think twice. We're lucky to have Qiao'er at home looking after us; otherwise, who could work in peace?
Zhixuan, don't let your current predicament bother you. What others say isn't important; the key is yourself. Do you think you're wrong?
Gu Zhixuan shook his head. "I did nothing wrong. I didn't do anything immoral or against my conscience."
Gu Zhengkai patted his son on the shoulder and said, "So you did nothing wrong. Why do you care what others think? Just live your own life and do your job well."
Upon seeing the contents of the package, Gu Zhengkai exclaimed, "Where did you get all this? Ordinary people really can't even buy it. But it arrived just in time, so this time we can properly nourish your bodies."
Take some and leave them outside; the rest we need to hide. Tell Zhihong tomorrow.
Your grandfather also said in his letter that if Zhihong agrees, he should be allowed to return to his hometown. What's your opinion?
Gu Zhixuan pondered for a moment, "Their school doesn't have any classes for the time being, who knows when classes will start again."
"Dad, how about we let Zhihong stay here for now? If circumstances don't allow it, we can send him back later."
Gu Zhengkai nodded. "Okay, take some things to your room and keep them for when you get hungry."
In front of his son, Gu Zhengkai did not talk about his niece again, but he could not help but have his doubts about these things.
Who exactly is Jiang Qiao's friend? How could he so quietly throw things into the yard? He didn't suspect that the other party was a ghost or something. If that were the case, then what they were eating must have been made of paper.
He just felt that his niece's friend was really mysterious, so mysterious that he hadn't even noticed it.
At the same time, he was secretly scared. He really had to be careful at home in the future. What if such a skilled person came and eavesdropped? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble? He should be more careful in the future.
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