Gu Zhou laughed so hard that he fell on Qi Jing. His voice returned to normal and he teased Qi Jing, "You really have no sense of humor at all."
"So, calling me baby with a pinched voice is considered fun?" Qi Jing didn't understand. He held his face and asked, "Have you ever seen a baby this big?"
"Never mind your age, you look quite young, otherwise why would Gu Xuanyi call you Xiao Jing'er." Gu Zhou raised his eyebrows. This name was quite cute, but he was used to calling Qi Jing "Uncle".
Qi Jing frowned when he mentioned Gu Xuanyi, "He took advantage of me."
"Calling you Xiao Jing'er is taking advantage?"
Qi Jing nodded, "I'm much older than him, but he always treats me like a child."
"Then you are small." Gu Zhou rested his chin on his shoulder. He just liked to be sticky with Qi Jing. "How did you raise those three?"
Qi Jing didn't know either. He leaned his head towards Gu Zhou and asked him, "Isn't it okay to call me by my name?"
"Gu Xuanyi, Gu Zhou, you haven't called anyone else." Gu Zhou was still feeling uncomfortable, "Why don't you change it?"
"Gu Xiaozhou?"
"No, it's the same as theirs. I want something special."
Qi Jing was thinking about something special, but he couldn't come up with any idea after a long time, so he simply stopped thinking about it, put on his headphones and continued to listen to Gu Bin chatting with his girlfriend, laughing with Gu Zhou.
Occasionally, Gu Zhou would imitate Gu Bin's tone of voice, which made Qi Jing shiver and say he couldn't stand it.
The two of them were laughing, but the knock on the door stopped them laughing.
Gu Zhou went to open the door. It was Huo Yuanqi who came in. He was a little surprised, "Why did you come here by yourself?"
Huo Yuanqi took a look inside. Gu Zhou stepped aside to let someone in and asked directly, "What do you want to ask?"
Huo Yuanqi did have something to ask, so he organized his words, opened his hands to show them the jade pendant given by Qi Mo, and repeated what Qi Mo had said to him.
He asked, "What does Second Brother mean?"
Gu Zhou looked at Huo Yuanqi as if he was a fool, "Isn't it because you are underage?"
Huo Yuanqi was stunned, staring blankly at the two people opposite him. So is that the case?
Gu Zhou added, "Although the Qi family's rules are not feudal, they still have basic morals. Even if Second Master agrees and Second Brother likes it, given your age, he can't be so anxious to confirm a relationship with you. Even if Second Brother is willing, Second Master will not agree."
After hearing Gu Zhou's words, the haze in Huo Yuanqi's heart was completely cleared. He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, happily holding the jade pendant in his palm, his heart full of joy.
Gu Zhou was not so supportive of Huo Yuanqi's reaction. He said, "You'd better ask your second brother about the relationship. Keeping everything in your heart is not good for either of you.
I know this isn't your fault. Your situation in Xuanmen wasn't very good during those years. You felt like a dependent, and you were worried about losing everything. But you should know that from the moment you arrived at the Qi family, your second brother has taken special care of you and affirmed your value.
Huo Yuanqi lowered his head after being told that. He knew that it was not right for him to do so, but that was just the way he was. He didn't have much courage to face it.
The gap between him and Qi Mo is too big, and inferiority is engraved in his bones, which makes him unconsciously want to avoid others and afraid of causing trouble to others.
Qi Jing agreed with Gu Zhou's words and said to Huo Yuanqi, "You have Mo Qian's support, why are you afraid?"
Huo Yuanqi was silent for a while before he slowly spoke, "I am alone here, and everything I have now is given by you."
Putting aside Xuanmen, he is alone in this world. Although he still has Mo Qian, he knows that it is only a very faint blood relationship. To Mo Qian, he is just a descendant who suddenly appeared. He has no feelings for Mo Qian at all, only a meager sense of responsibility.
Qi Jing was puzzled, "But didn't Mo Qian give you a lot of good things?"
"Do you think those things are nothing in the eyes of the Qi family?" Gu Zhou asked Huo Yuanqi. To be honest, he was not very good at comforting anyone, especially someone as emotionally sensitive and self-deprecating as Huo Yuanqi.
Huo Yuanqi remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.
Qi Jing was not very good at comforting people. He looked at Gu Zhou beside him and decided to let him speak.
What could Gu Zhou do? Huo Yuanqi was the wife chosen by Qi Jing for Qi Mo, so he had to take care of it.
Moreover, Huo Yuanqi has such a deep connection with Xuanmen, and will be a member of the Gu family in the future.
Gu Zhou said, "If you don't want to rely on others, then rely on yourself. You're not incompetent. You have some metaphysical skills. Even if you set up a stall to tell fortunes and catch ghosts, you can still support yourself. If you feel that you are not worthy of it now, you can grow slowly. Different fields cannot be compared together.
If you can achieve what Second Master has, are you still worried that you are not worthy of Second Brother?"
Gu Zhou's words undoubtedly comforted Huo Yuanqi. He looked up at Gu Zhou and asked, "Can I?"
"You have the destiny of extreme yin. You have this talent. Xuanmen doesn't rely on family inheritance. If you can become the leader of Xuanmen, won't you be able to match him?" Gu Zhou tilted his head. "Now I am teaching you personally. You can't not even have this little confidence."
Huo Yuanqi thought about the situation of Xuanmen. Although it had been troubled by the puppeteer for more than ten years, the power of Xuanmen could not be underestimated.
If he could become the leader of Xuanmen, he would have an absolute status in this world, and would have the confidence to stand with Qi Mo.
Huo Yuanqi was determined and said to Gu Zhou, "I will study hard and seriously."
Gu Zhou nodded, "Also, I want to remind you that the old rule of the Qi family is that the head of the family cannot get married. My second brother has been thinking this way for the past 25 years. So he won't fall in love. He doesn't think about it that comprehensively. If you don't say it or not, even the best relationship will have problems.
Communication is a very necessary thing. My second brother is not a talkative person. He should do more. Only when both sides can work together can the relationship last longer."
Huo Yuanqi had never talked about this before, but after hearing what Gu Zhou said, he suddenly felt that it made sense. He thanked him repeatedly before leaving.
Watching the door close, Qi Jing sighed, "Dating is so complicated."
"They are all newbies in love, they will get better slowly." Gu Zhou rubbed his head, "Uncle is really good-tempered."
Qi Jing nodded vigorously, "I think I'm good too."
Gu Zhou smiled, but still did not expose Qi Jing's previous stubbornness. It was all in the past anyway, and Qi Jing didn't want to do it that way.
After dinner, Gu Zhou took Qi Jing to the Gu family's ancestral hall. After opening it, Gu Zhou lit a stick of incense and then went to take the jade tripod on the altar.
The jade tripod was not big, but the carving was very fine. Gu Zhou stroked the pattern and accidentally landed on the pomegranate flower carving in the corner.
Although Qi Jing said no and rejected Gu Xuanyi, many small details and actions showed his love for Gu Xuanyi, otherwise Gu Xuanyi would not have waited until now and refused to give up.
He held the jade tripod and looked at Qi Jing. Qi Jing's eyes fell on the token at the highest position, on which Gu Xuanyi's name was engraved.
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