Neither Grandpa Chu nor Gu Hongjie could understand why Gu Wei looked like he was trying not to laugh.
Gu Wei naturally couldn't provide them with real answers, so he simply made up an excuse to brush them off.
Back home, Gu Hongjie excitedly shared with Gu Wei, "Grandpa Chu said he knows a female professor from the music academy. She came here in the 1960s and only returned to Beijing a few years ago..."
"Really? Then Grandpa Chu is very capable."
Gu Wei thought of many things in an instant.
There are not only speculations about the female professor's situation, but also questions about how Gu Hongjie should choose his future path in life.
Although the 1990s were the golden age of the music scene, there were just too many people who sang well.
Furthermore, it's very difficult to become famous without someone supporting and promoting you behind the scenes.
That circle is too dirty and chaotic.
At that time, people in the martial arts world will find themselves powerless to control their own destiny.
Even if he's rich, he can't compete with someone with a powerful and influential background, so he might as well not choose that path at all.
Moreover, because of Gu Wei's fabricated identity, he was hesitant to let Gu Hongjie appear in public as a singer or celebrity, as he was certain Gu Hongjie wouldn't withstand intense scrutiny and scrutiny.
At this moment, Gu Hongjie flipped over the calendar hanging near the door frame. Seeing that there were still about ten days until the start of school, he couldn't help but wail, "Why does vacation always go by so fast! I don't want to go to school! Ah!"
Gu Wei snapped out of his daze, both amused and exasperated, and gently patted Gu Hongjie's head. "It's alright not to go to school."
Gu Hongjie felt a fragrant breeze from Gu Wei's movements, and sniffed, "Wow, your hands smell so good!"
Gu Wei subconsciously sniffed it as well, and indeed there was still a lingering fragrance. Without changing his expression, he said, "This is a new soap. Does it smell good?"
Gu Hongjie nodded, "It smells even better than the dozen or so soaps sold in the store. But I don't really like it; I still prefer the scent of the soap you have in the soap dish now."
"Since you like it so much, hurry up and use it to wash your hands," Gu Wei urged.
Gu Hongjie didn't realize anything was wrong and immediately smiled and said, "Okay."
Seeing that he had successfully gotten away with it, Gu Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, I reminded myself to be more cautious in the future.
After they had both washed their hands, he looked into Gu Hongjie's eyes and asked casually, "You love singing so much, have you ever thought about becoming a singer like Sister Cheng Lin in the future?"
Gu Hongjie frowned slightly, clearly deep in thought.
After a long pause, he said, "With my skill level, I couldn't possibly be one. I heard that they come from an artistic family and started learning and training at a very young age. You know what my parents are like."
Gu Wei: "..."
Well, so he wasted all that time agonizing over it.
A few days later, Gu Wei planned to send Gu Hongjie back and take care of things there as well.
Old Master Chu was very reluctant to see Gu Hongjie leave.
He was used to being alone, but suddenly having such a smart, cute, hardworking and studious child around him brought him a lot of joy and smiles.
But their hometown is in another place, and they will eventually have to leave; it's just a matter of time.
The old man specially gifted Gu Hongjie two books on vocal music, bought a lot of snacks, and packed two aluminum lunchboxes of dumplings.
Upon hearing the news, Chu Baisheng rushed over and brought some local specialties such as red sausage and large loaves of bread.
Gu Wei felt a little embarrassed by the grandfather and grandson's actions. They invited him to dinner and gave him gifts. He could only make up for it when he got back.
Gu Wei handed over the car and shop receipts to Xu Kailin, and then took Gu Hongjie to board the sleeper car of the train.
Listening to the clattering background noise, the green train finally arrived at the city's train station in the morning.
Gu Jianguo and Li Guizhi, who had received advance notice of their return, had been waiting on the platform for half a day.
Gu Wei, however, had sharp eyes and immediately spotted the two people searching for their target among the crowd getting off the bus.
"Hey, Grandpa, over here!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jianguo immediately broke into a wide smile, tugged at Li Guizhi to remind her, and then walked over one after the other.
"Was the journey smooth?"
Gu Wei smiled and said, "Smoothly."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Gu Jianguo and the others. Seeing that they seemed to be in good spirits and hadn't lost weight, he was finally relieved.
Gu Jianguo took the two bags from Gu Wei and glanced at Gu Hongjie. "You're finally back! We thought you'd be dragging your feet until right before school starts."
Gu Hongjie was in a bad mood because he hadn't had enough time in the provincial capital, but when he saw his parents whom he hadn't seen for many days, he immediately smiled broadly and hugged Li Guizhi's arm.
"I'd like to, but unfortunately it's not possible. I don't know when Xiao Hang and the others will be able to come back."
When this was mentioned, both Gu Jianguo and Li Guizhi's expressions changed.
Gu Wei had a gut feeling that something was wrong, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Gu Jianguo sighed and said, "I received a telegram yesterday saying that Lin Hang needs to have heart surgery, so he won't be back for a while."
This was truly an unexpected situation.
Gu Wei and Gu Hongjie both became worried about Lin Hang.
"The surgery he performed was quite significant."
Yes. I hope everything goes smoothly.
Medical conditions and standards were limited in the 1980s and cannot be compared with those decades later. Now, all we can do is silently pray for Lin Hang.
Because of this unexpected little incident, Gu Hongjie's excited mood was somewhat dampened.
But he's still just a teenager.
On the way back to the forestry bureau, he regained his energy and excitedly recounted his trip to the provincial capital.
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