Chapter 156 Discussion
Gu Moci: Half an hour, you look down on him too much!
Suddenly, Li Qihan, who had just walked out, turned back.
"What else?" Gu Moci was puzzled.
"Nuannuan and I came back together." Li Qihan suddenly remembered that he originally wanted Gu Moci to send him back.
"Here are the car keys for you, go by yourself!" Gu Moci threw the car keys to him.
"Please send me off, I have something to tell you." If it were in the past, Li Qihan would definitely take the key and leave.
But today, he wanted to talk to Gu Moci about him and Gu Muruan.
"Can't you tell me here?" Gu Moci asked him.
“It’s not very convenient.”
The two went downstairs, Li Qihan said goodbye to everyone, and got into the car with Gu Moci.
Gu Moci started the car and drove out of the Gu family's gate.
"What do you want to say?" Gu Moci asked.
"Nuannuan said she wanted to tell her uncle and aunt about our relationship herself. What do you think?" Li Qihan replied.
"She wants to say it herself?" Gu Moci slowed down the car, looking thoughtful. "Did she say when she would say it?"
"No, I didn't ask her." Li Qihan and Gu Moci probably had the same concerns.
"It's better to go a little slower." Gu Moci wanted the two of them to spend more time together and give Nuannuan more time to adapt.
"I don't think Nuannuan is thinking about this issue from the perspective of the progress of our relationship." Li Qihan noticed his girlfriend's mood after Gu Murnuan finished speaking.
Gu Moci didn't speak immediately. He was silent for a while, parked the car on the side of the road, and then slowly spoke.
"Nuannuan actually has some low self-esteem."
"Yeah, I see." Li Qihan nodded.
This time, Gu Moci looked at Li Qihan with some surprise.
"Are you sure that you like Nuannuan, or even love her?" Li Qihan saw through Nuannuan very clearly.
Even he couldn't react quickly to what his sister was thinking. It was only after Guan Zixi left that he realized that Gu Muran was actually very sensitive.
But Li Qihan and Nuannuan have only been together a few times, how could he understand Nuannuan's psychology so easily?
He was afraid that Li Qi Han's feelings towards Nuan Nuan were just temporary novelty, and that he felt that Nuan Nuan had many qualities that he had never seen before, and he mistakenly took this interest as love.
"Of course I'm sure. Am I not worthy of your trust? Besides, she is your sister. If I have no feelings for Nuannuan, would I dare to provoke her?" Li Qihan was speechless, but after all, his pursuit of Nuannuan was quite sudden, and it was understandable that everyone was always suspicious.
"Then how do you know that Nuannuan is a little inferior?" Gu Moci asked him again.
"I can feel that Nuannuan and I are in different states when we are together, before and now.
Before, he only regarded me as the son of Aunt Gu’s good friend, your good brother, so he could treat me like a brother.
Although she was polite when speaking to me, she was also quite relaxed, without any burden or pressure.
But now, from the last time I spoke to Nuannuan on the phone to the short time we spent together just now, I felt that Nuannuan had become cautious.
Although her words were not as polite as before, she was pretending to be relaxed. Li Qihan expressed his opinion.
"That's right, Nuannuan feels that she is not worthy of you." Gu Moci spoke slowly.
"Maybe when she first came back, she was reserved and cautious because she was not used to it.
But after two or three months, I slowly got used to this kind of life.
Nuannuan must have heard the conversation between Xiaochen and Xiaoyan at their last birthday party.
Faced with some criticism and comparisons, she clearly knew that her past was not comparable to others.
Although we dealt with those people promptly, the words have been remembered in Nuannuan's heart."
"Later, Guan Zixi's homecoming party and my parents' actions will make Nuannuan feel that she is not worthy of the position of the Gu family's true daughter.
She would feel that her parents had found her, and Guan Zixi had found her family again, but she was still left in the Gu family. This was a sign of her parents' lack of trust in her, fearing that she would not be able to bear this position and this responsibility.
So, at that time, I noticed that there was a slight change in Nuannuan's appearance, but it was very strange.
So I insisted on sending Guan Zixi away, but for Nuannuan, the impact of not handling this matter properly was quite large."
Gu Moci didn't want to hide it from Li Qihan. Since he had already seen through Nuannuan's heart, he might as well tell him the whole story so that he could better help Nuannuan get rid of her inferiority complex.
"Oh! Life is so cruel to a little girl. It has made her suffer a lot in the past, but it can only teach her to live independently, without bringing her any warmth." Li Qihan also sighed.
"Yes, emotions, whether it's family, friendship or love, need someone to teach you. Over the years, sometimes I really can't imagine how Nuannuan has persisted." Gu Moci's voice was a little low.
"Indeed, Nuannuan is doing well now, but she still only dares to rely on herself and has no one to confide in. We need to take it slow and not ask her to get close to anyone quickly."
This is also the reason why Li Qihan expressed his feelings to Gu Muruan so early.
He was willing to spend several years waiting for his little girl to love him, depend on him, and come to him.
Their future is very long, but he must start it.
"I previously asked Brother Ming to learn about Nuannuan's past life from the head nurse who came with Nuannuan from Q County.
It's very monotonous and lonely. I have no conflicts with my colleagues, but I don't have any close friends either.
After get off work and on weekends, I just stay in the dormitory or help out at a dessert shop.
I eat three meals a day in the hospital cafeteria. "Gu Moci is actually a little grateful to Mu Sheng. She should be considered Nuan Nuan's first good friend.
Now, if Nuannuan has anything to say, she will talk to Mu Sheng besides Wanwan.
"Everything will be fine." Li Qihan firmly believed.
"Well, maybe she'll feel better when she wants to talk about it herself. Just wait." Although Gu Moci didn't want to see his sister in such a mental state, he thought it would be a good idea to take it slow so that Li Qihan could stay away from Nuannuan when he came to their house.
In addition, he also has to continue working hard to ensure that Gu Muran can accept the love of all her family members without any burden.
Gu Moci sent Li Qihan back to the Li family.
The next day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the whole family reunites.
Early in the morning, Gu Murun got up and found that everyone had returned, including Gu Mucha's family.
She secretly came to Gu Muwan and asked, "Sister, don't you have to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Jiang family?"
"They spend the afternoon at our house and the afternoon back at the Jiang family. That's how they've always been." Gu Muwan told her.
"Oh." Gu Muran thought this was a good idea, taking both sides into consideration.
She went to play with her little niece, and after breakfast, she went to the kitchen to prepare mooncakes.
Gu's father and mother will also prepare the reunion dinner personally on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Therefore, Gu's mother did not have time to help Gu Muran, but Gu Mochen and Gu Muyan came to help.
Gu Mocheng and Gu Moci accompanied Old Man Gu to visit a few familiar families and see old friends. Although in the afternoon, other families would also come to visit the Gu family.
Gu Muwan, Gu Mucha, and Lu Qingqing were playing with the two children, while Jiang Huai was accompanying Grandma Gu.
Now, the whole family is impressed by the desserts made by Gu Muruan and are looking forward to today's crispy mooncakes.
Gu Muruan’s dessert shop actually sells it, and it’s very popular, but the family refused to buy it and wanted to wait to eat the freshly baked ones today.
The two people's help did not speed up Gu Muran's progress, but made it very slow.
Because every step of the operation had to be explained to the two "100,000 Whys", the two of them nodded repeatedly as they listened.
The mooncakes prepared by Gu Muran have many fillings, but each filling is divided into two portions, one normal and one with xylitol, so that both the elderly and children can eat it.
In addition, she also specially prepared several gift boxes so that she could give them to her grandparents' old friends when they came in the afternoon.
This was suggested by Grandma Gu and Mother Gu because Gu Muruan's dessert shop is too popular and the number of mooncakes available each day is limited, so you may not be able to buy one even if you queue up.
Almost everyone knows that this is the Gu family's store, so they don't doubt the ingredients used.
Moreover, a group of local people gave high praise after eating it.
"The mooncakes on the market nowadays are all extremely sweet and you'll get sick of them after just a few bites. But the mooncakes sold in this dessert shop are not only delicious in filling, but even the crispy outer layer is so good you can eat every last bit."
From then on, there was a long queue at Gu Muruan’s dessert shop every day to buy mooncakes.
Some passersby saw a queue at this shop, asked people and bought mooncakes. They thought it must be delicious, so they stood behind the queue.
So the line is getting longer and longer.
Even some surrounding companies found out about this and booked mooncake gift boxes in advance as gifts for their employees during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Of course, the mooncake recipe was created by Gu Muran herself after many experiments, which took almost a month of weekends.
She had been to the store, and the manager told her that the kitchen was extremely busy every day, and some employees even volunteered to stay and work overtime to catch up.
Mooncakes have also boosted coffee sales. Many customers buy a cup of coffee while waiting in line and drink it while waiting.
Gu Muruan suggested that the store manager could decide to give some bonuses to the employees, which would also serve as a reward for their recent hard work.
The employees worked harder when they heard there were bonuses.
Gu Muruan knew clearly that those companies that came here to order Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift boxes were definitely doing so for the sake of the Gu family, Gu's father, Gu Mocheng and Gu Moci, and wanted to use her to gain favor with her father and brothers.
So, when Gu Moci asked her to look at the store's profits, she always felt a little embarrassed.
Gu Moci had divided the store's profits for her, and the portion used to maintain the store's operations was given to the store manager.
In the first one or two months, the money used to pay the employees' salaries came from his personal account, but gradually, the dessert shop could be self-sufficient, so he gave part of the profits to his assistant, and asked the assistant to pay the dessert shop employees' salaries on time.
He deposited the remaining profits in an account under Gu Muruan's name and opened a special card. He once gave the money to Gu Muruan, but Gu Muruan refused to accept it, saying that he asked him to keep it for her.
After working hard for almost a whole morning, Gu Muruan finally baked three plates of mooncakes.
Without waiting for them to cool down, Gu Mochen and Gu Muyan ate two first. Sure enough, they were not disappointed.
"Sister, I can eat five of these in a row and never get tired of them." Gu Mochen said to Gu Muruan while eating.
"Just try it first. Lunch will be here soon. Mom and Dad have prepared a lot." Gu Muruan received recognition from her family, but she did not forget to think about her parents who were also busy all morning.
Everyone else also tasted the mooncakes baked by Gu Muruan, and they all suited everyone's taste.
Even the two kids shared one.
At noon, the Gu family’s reunion dinner was served, and the family celebrated their first Mid-Autumn Festival together.
Gu Mocheng and Jiang Huai accompanied Old Man Gu and Father Gu to drink some wine. Neither Grandma Gu, Mother Gu, nor Lu Qingqing and Gu Mucha stopped them and let them drink to their heart's content.
Gu Moci didn't drink. He and Gu Mochen would probably have to play the role of drivers in the afternoon, responsible for picking up and dropping off guests.
After lunch and a short rest, Gu Mucha and her family prepared to return to the Jiang family, and Gu Moci and Gu Mochen went to see them off.
Gu Muran packed a box of mooncakes and took it back to the elders of the Jiang family.
In the afternoon, people came to visit one after another: the Lu family, the Pei family, the Ji family, and the Qin family.
Of course, there is also Li Qihan's family.
After sitting down for a while, Li Qi Han went straight to the kitchen and looked at Gu Muran who was still busy.
The elders were chatting in the hall. Gu Muran greeted her family and then went to the kitchen.
"Try it, there are many flavors." Gu Muran saw Li Qihan coming and pointed at the baked mooncakes.
"It looks delicious." Li Qihan praised it before eating it. After saying that, he picked up one and put it in his mouth.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Gu Muran looked at Li Qihan with bright eyes. After all, the feeling of being affirmed by family and that of being affirmed by a lover are different.
"It's delicious. Nuannuan is amazing. It's fragrant but not greasy." Li Qihan commented sincerely.
"Take two boxes back when you leave. The one on the other side is for Grandpa Li and Grandma Li, and the one on this side is for you and your uncle and aunt." Gu Muran reminded him.
"I heard from Aunt Gu that you've been cooking for the whole morning? Are you tired? As long as they can eat it, don't tire yourself out." Li Qi Han was worried about Gu Muran.
"I'm not tired, I like doing this." Gu Muran shook her head.
"By the way, I'll get your gift for you later. You can go to the study to find your second brother." Gu Muruan suddenly remembered that she was planning to give the gift to Li Qihan when he came to Gu's house today. She had asked, and it seemed that her second brother's gift would also be given today.
Therefore, if she gave one as a gift, no one else would notice anything fishy.
"Okay, I'll eat one more and then go." Li Qihan was very obedient.
Gu Muran baked the food she had prepared before going upstairs to get a gift for Li Qihan.
She prepared a small gift box and put it in the gift bag, so you couldn't see what was inside.
He knocked on Gu Moci's study door, but didn't go in. He just stuck half of his body in and stretched out his arm.
"A gift for you."
The two people inside were sitting and chatting. Li Qi Han heard it and immediately stood up and took over.
"Open it when we get back." After saying that, Gu Muran went downstairs.
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