Chapter 12 Old Lady Gu
The building of the house is more like a castle, with a Western exterior, but the interior decoration is more Chinese.
At the gate, there are two neat rows of black-clad bodyguards and two rows of maids.
In the front is a middle-aged man dressed elegantly.
He is the housekeeper of the Gu family. His surname is He. He is now over 50 years old, but you can't tell from his face.
As soon as the car stopped, someone came forward to open the door.
Gu Qingze's face was still cold, and he got out of the car. Immediately,
a neat voice came from the other side: "Welcome to the head of the family!"
Even though he was used to it, Gu Qingze couldn't help but slow down his pace.
After calming down, he regained his balance and asked in a cold voice, "Where is the old lady?"
Butler He stepped forward and said slowly, "She's planting flowers in the backyard."
"Yeah."
Gu Qingze just responded calmly, and walked inside. He walked through several corridors skillfully, and after turning a corner, he saw the scene in the backyard.
Special Assistant Su and Butler He followed behind Gu Qingze silently.
There were many flowers of various colors planted in the backyard, and the wall next to it was also covered with red roses.
In a pavilion not far away, a white-haired old man was lying quietly on a rocking chair, with a maid on each side busy, brewing tea, rocking the chair...
Not far from the pavilion, there was a piece of newly turned soil, bare, and no one knew whether it was planted or not.
Gu Qingze looked at it, his heart gradually calmed down, and he walked towards the pavilion.
In fact, there was originally a pond of medium size here, where fish and flowers were raised, but it was later filled up, and now only an octagonal pavilion is left.
Special Assistant Su and Butler He did not follow, but stood there and watched for a while, and then retreated together in tacit understanding.
Gu Qingze walked up to Grandma Gu and asked, "How is Grandma these days?"
One of the maids bowed and answered, "In half a month, except for one day, her nutrition was generally up to standard, but her memory is much worse than before, and the medicine she took is not very effective."
"Which day?"
"March 18th."
March 18th...
Gu Qingze's eyes flickered, "Okay, I know, you go down first."
The two maids left, and Gu Qingze looked at the sleeping Grandma Gu for a while, then slowly sat aside and continued the work that the maid had not finished just now.
Brewing tea.
Flower tea.
Grandma Gu likes flowers very much.
Not long after, the tea was ready, and there was movement from the recliner, and Grandma Gu woke up.
When Mrs. Gu woke up and saw Gu Qingze, she was stunned for a moment, but soon put on a gentle smile and said softly: "Child, you are very handsome. Do you have a lover? Let me introduce you to my granddaughter?"
Gu Qingze's eyes flickered, and a barely perceptible dimness flashed across his eyes, and he forgot him again.
Gu Qingze adjusted his mood, and his usually cold expression also revealed a bit of tenderness, "Grandma, I am your grandson, Gu Qingze, you don't have a granddaughter."
"Really?" Old Mrs. Gu showed doubt on her face, and looked at Gu Qingze with disapproval: "How could it be, I was talking to my granddaughter yesterday, you two are really destined to be together, her name is also Gu Qingze, it's really a natural fate!"
Hearing this, Gu Qingze didn't insist on discussing this topic with Old Mrs. Gu, and used his hand to test the temperature of the cup wall, which was already warm.
He handed the teacup to Old Mrs. Gu and said softly: "Grandma, this is the tea that was just poured, you taste it?"
Old Mrs. Gu did not refuse, took it with a smile, and took a sip of it.
When the teacup was put down again, the smile on Mrs. Gu's face disappeared. She
just stared at Gu Qingze's face in a daze, without moving for a long time.
Gu Qingze just stared at Mrs. Gu like this.
Suddenly, Mrs. Gu raised her hand, with a slight tremor.
Gu Qingze guessed what Mrs. Gu wanted to do and moved his face closer.
Mrs. Gu gently stroked Gu Qingze's face with her hand, and tears quietly filled her eyes.
"Why do I feel so uncomfortable when I look at you, child, can you tell me the reason?"
She forgot about Gu Qingze again.
Gu Qingze blinked, raised his hand to cover the old lady's skinny hand, and smiled, "Maybe it's windy today, can you go inside and rest first?"
Hearing this, old lady Gu looked up at the red roses on the wall.
The roses moved, there was indeed wind.
Thinking of this, old lady Gu's mood slowly calmed down.
When she looked at Gu Qingze again, she also smiled, stood up and was supported by Gu Qingze, and walked out of the pavilion.
When passing by a cluster of flowers, old lady Gu stopped.
It was hyacinth, pink.
Letting go of Gu Qingze's hand, Mrs. Gu bent down and picked off a flower, then turned around and put it in Gu Qingze's hand, "This flower is beautiful. You will definitely please my granddaughter with this flower. She likes beautiful things the most, but she doesn't show it on her face."
At the end, Mrs. Gu laughed again.
Seeing this, Gu Qingze pursed his lips and said, "Grandma, I am Gu Qingze. I like this flower very much."
After that, he supported Mrs. Gu again and continued, "You only have one grandson, no granddaughter. Have you not taken your medicine properly these days? You forgot about me again..."
Mrs. Gu had Alzheimer's disease, and she appeared without warning when he was nine years old.
At the beginning, she would remember the past words quickly if he said a few words in front of her.
Later, Gu Qingze became busy and had less time, so he often recorded videos, holding his own image, recording everything like telling a story, and showed it to Mrs. Gu.
This seemed to have a good effect, which lasted for seven years, but then it stopped working.
Mrs. Gu's condition began to relapse, and when she was 22 years old, she forgot everyone, including Gu Qingze.
The Gu family is such a large family, but Mrs. Gu is the only relative of Gu Qingze who is still alive.
The Gu family is very rich and can buy all kinds of medicine, but they can't buy medicine to cure old lady Gu.
Only relief...
"Hey, look, there are two flower fairies dancing over there!"
Old lady Gu suddenly stopped and pointed to a place.
Gu Qingze looked over there, but it was empty, nothing there. He didn't say anything to refute, but just followed what old lady Gu said: "Well, I saw it, it's very beautiful."
The petals of the pink hyacinth in his hand were blown by the breeze, swaying as if dancing.
But not long after Gu Qingze finished speaking, old lady Gu suddenly let go of Gu Qingze and walked over there.
Gu Qingze didn't say anything and followed behind.
But after walking for a while, old lady Gu stopped again, and began to pull the flowers on the ground in silence, with very rough movements.
Gu Qingze quickly stepped forward to stop her, but was pushed aside by old lady Gu.
Gu Qingze staggered and his voice was a little hoarse: "Grandma!"
Old lady Gu did not stop, and continued to pull the flowers. Some of them could not be pulled, so she stepped on them directly.
But she did not stand firmly and was about to fall to the side. Gu Qingze quickly stepped forward to hug her.
He took a deep breath and asked slowly: "Grandma, why are you pulling flowers? If you don't like these grandchildren to help you, the flower stalks have thorns, and it will be bad if you get hurt."