Chapter 67 First Meeting
Forget it, let’s go down and take a look. Gu Muruan came downstairs with the gift and bumped into Gu Muyan who was wandering in the lobby on the second floor...
"Happy birthday." Gu Muran handed it directly to Gu Muyan.
"Thank you." Gu Muyan took it quickly, as if Gu Muran would regret not giving it to her at any time.
"Xiaochen, Xiaoyan, come down, Grandpa Li is here." Mother Gu shouted downstairs.
"Okay!" Gu Muyan agreed.
Gu Muruan had already turned and headed upstairs. She couldn't afford to steal the spotlight from the two little birthday girls. She'd meet up with Gu Muwan later.
The invited guests arrived one after another, and Gu Muruan was called downstairs by Gu's mother to be introduced to some of the elders again. She didn't have to answer any questions. Everyone was polite to her, just saying that she looked a lot like Wanwan. In fact, from the beginning of her homecoming party, Gu Muruan found that she didn't need to care too much about other people's attitude towards her. Because in their eyes, she was worthless, just a child that the Gu family had lost for many years. Almost no one treated her with the same warmth and pampering as their other siblings, and her work and life had nothing to do with them, so she just needed to be polite.
After introducing the other elders, Gu's mother went to entertain other guests. Gu Munuan stayed with Gu Muxia for a while to look after the baby, but soon many people came to see the young lady of the Jiang family. Gu Munuan had no choice but to leave and go to the side to watch Gu Jingnian and two other children playing games. As more and more people came, more and more children also gathered around Gu Jingnian. They ran to the yard to play with cars, so Gu Munuan had to find something to do on her own.
She took a walk around the kitchen, but no one had time to greet her, and she was even a bit of a hindrance; Gu Muwan hadn't come back yet, and she didn't know where Gu Moci had gone. She couldn't go back to her room at this time, as the hall on the second floor was full of friends of Gu Mochen and his sister. She had to take two small cakes from a table nearby and found a seat next to a pillar to sit down, so that she wouldn't see too many people and could ensure that she could see her when Gu's mother called her.
Ten minutes before the birthday party started, Gu Muwan still hadn't returned, but he had sent a message to Gu Muruan, saying he was going back to the studio. Gu Moci, however, appeared at the door, accompanied by a man of about the same height. The two of them stood together, attracting everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.
"It's Second Young Master Gu and Young Master Li! The two of them standing together are so kind to my eyes!"
"Master Li hasn't been back for a few years!"
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"Brother Qi Han! You're finally back!" Gu Mochen ran over and gave Li Qi Han a big hug, very excited.
"Well, happy birthday." Li Qihan handed a small gift bag in his hand to Gu Mochen.
Gu Mochen took it and said, "Thank you, Brother Qi Han." He opened it and saw a very delicate replica pistol model with Gu Mochen's name engraved on it. The Li and Gu families had always had a special relationship, so Li Qihan's gift wouldn't be so simple. Besides the model, a pair of car keys lay quietly in the box. Gu Mochen was so excited that he could hardly stand.
"Xiaoyan, happy birthday. See if you like it." Li Qihan handed the gift bag in his other hand, which was obviously much bigger than Gu Mochen's, to Gu Muyan.
"Thank you, Brother Qi Han. I like all the gifts Brother Qi Han gives me." Gu Muyan also walked to Gu Mochen's side. When he opened it, he saw that it was a limited edition bag for his birthday.
After receiving the gifts, the brother and sister went to the side surrounded by a group of good friends to admire the gifts. Gu Moci's gift had already been placed in their room.
Gu Moci and Li Qihan went to greet the elders of the two families again, and were surrounded by a group of brothers.
"This is Li Qihan, the one I told you I might meet in the army." This was Gu Muran's only thought after seeing Li Qihan. Then she sat in a daze, waiting for them to finish cutting the cake before returning to her room to rest.
"See, I told you so. The previous news must have been suppressed by the Gu family to save face. The other young ladies and masters were surrounded by people, but she was the only one sitting alone in the corner."
"Exactly. Didn't you see that when Madam Gu introduced her just now, everyone smiled politely at her?"
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Not far from Gu Muruan, someone finally noticed her presence and started talking about her even though she didn't even know who they were. Never mind, it doesn't affect her anyway, Gu Muruan thought.
"I don't know where you two got the invitation letters from. Please go back." Gu Moci's voice suddenly sounded.
Gu Muruan looked up and found that the two people who were originally in the crowd, her second brother and Li Qihan, had appeared in front of her without her knowing when...
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