Mrs. Gu looked very excited. She went upstairs so quickly that she was a little out of breath. Only when she got upstairs did she remember that there was an elevator in the house.
"Xiaoguai, the elevator is over there. You can take it to go upstairs in the future. The fourth floor is the gym and game room. I picked out a lot of new toys for Xiaoguai. The fifth floor is the basketball court and swimming pool."
The toys that Mrs. Gu mentioned were actually not small things. The game room on the fourth floor had been almost redecorated.
When Gu Xie was born, although Mrs. Gu felt a little regretful that the child was not a girl, she was still very much looking forward to her first child. She and Gu's father prepared everything for the boy that a boy should like.
The little boy spent a considerable part of his energetic childhood and adolescence on the fourth and fifth floors.
Father Gu often took Gu Xie to play on the fourth and fifth floors. Father Gu was a very serious father. No matter how busy he was, he would always make time to accompany Mrs. Gu and Gu Xie.
It was just that his one failure in fulfilling his duty caused him to miss the first half of his other child's life forever.
Mrs. Gu slowed down a little.
"Let's go see your room first."
Gu Qingchi's room on the third floor is opposite to Gu Xie's room. The two brothers' rooms are similar in size. This room is much larger than the room on the second floor. There are only two rooms on the third floor, belonging to Gu Xie and Gu Qingchi, and a piano room. Gu Qingchi's room takes up almost half of the space on the floor.
Mrs. Gu opened the door, and Gu Qingchi looked down at her, a little hesitant. She gently pushed Gu Qingchi, and Gu Qingchi slowly walked over.
The furnishings were chosen by Mrs. Gu. They were quite simple, with blue-gray as the main color. There was a floor lamp, a bedside table, a large and comfortable-looking bed, and a carpet in the middle of the room. It was pretty much the same as Gu Qingchi's previous room.
Only the layout was slightly different from what I remembered. The wall where the balcony originally was had become a floor-to-ceiling window. In front of the window was a small single sofa, which was short and soft. Next to the sofa was a small table, which was tall and right at hand. There was a vase with a few roses in it.
There is a cloakroom further back.
The cloakroom is not completely independent from the bedroom, but it is divided into functional areas and separated by an unclosed wall. You can just go around from the back. The designer also added deceptive decorations, so when you first enter, you almost don't notice that there is a cloakroom at the back.
Half of the cloakroom was empty, and the other half was filled with all kinds of shoes and clothes of all styles, neatly arranged. There were even three or four suits of different styles.
Mrs. Gu was afraid that he would not like her making her own decision, so she spoke a little awkwardly.
"This side is empty. Keep it for Xiaoguai's favorite clothes. This side is for the clothes that Mommy picked for Xiaoguai. If you don't like them, just change them."
Gu Qingchi shook his head and said affirmatively.
"very good."
He paused, turned his head to look at Mrs. Gu, and said solemnly.
"Very good, Mom."
Mrs. Gu looked up suddenly and responded hastily, as if she was afraid that if she was a step slower the word "Mom" would be snatched away by someone else. Her eyes were full of surprise, like a happy little deer, as if she was about to jump up in the next second.
"Ah, let's go to the living room downstairs. It's almost lunch time. Mommy will go cook now. Xiaoguai can eat after a while."
Gu's father and Gu Xie were both downstairs. Gu Xie was sitting on the sofa, leaning forward with his hands clasped and supporting his forehead. He definitely did not look relaxed.
Father Gu stood in front of the wine cabinet with his hands in his pockets. If you hadn't noticed that he had been keeping this posture since Madam Gu and Gu Qingchi went upstairs, and if there was nothing in the wine cabinet in front of him, then he would look normal.
As soon as they heard Mrs. Gu and Gu Qingchi coming down the stairs, they immediately turned their heads to look over there.
Mrs. Gu asked Gu Qingchi to sit on the sofa, covered him with a small blanket, placed the remote control next to him, and pushed a plate of fruit on the table to his side.
"Xiaoguai, eat some fruit first, don't eat too much."
After giving Gu Qingchi instructions, he went to greet Gu's father.
"Let's start cooking."
Over there, Father Gu had already put on an apron.
Mrs. Gu specially gave Aunt Wang a day off today.
Mrs. Gu was not very good at cooking, so she was responsible for busying herself in the kitchen, chopping vegetables and condiments and putting them into small bowls. She was not sure about the portions, so she cut a lot and let Gu's father cook.
Especially the eggplants, there was a whole bag full of them, and Mrs. Gu cut them into slices and pieces and piled them in a small basin.
A small casserole of meat porridge had already been cooking. The staple food was scallion pancakes. The dough had been kneaded. Each small dough was rolled into a thin layer, brushed with a layer of oil, sprinkled with chopped green onions, and put into the pot. The fragrant aroma soon wafted out.
Father Gu is really good at cooking. When he was making scallion pancakes, the oil in the pan next to him had already been heated. He put the diced meat and other ingredients in, making a sizzling sound, and then added the eggplant pieces and poured the sauce on them. The color suddenly became beautiful.
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Gu Qingchi was sitting in the living room with Gu Xie next to him. Gu Qingchi felt a little awkward. From time to time he looked back at Mrs. Gu in the kitchen. He was holding a small strawberry that Mrs. Gu had just stuffed into his hand and was nibbling it in small bites.
The cub of Xiao Wang at home is already one month old. Xiao Wang is no longer watched in the doghouse every day. He lies on the floor in the corner to cool off. Xiao Wang is a Bichon Frise. When he lies on the ground, he is like a fluffy marshmallow. He has a good temper. When Gu Qingchi came for the first time, he just looked up for a while, and when he saw that no one in the family reacted, he lay down again.
Xiao Wang gave birth to a puppy. After the puppy could walk, it actively explored the outside world. It crawled out of the doghouse at some point, crawled across half of the carpet with difficulty, and finally fell on Gu Qingchi's feet, panting, soft and white.
Gu Qingchi changed into slippers, leaving his ankles exposed. He was suddenly startled by the touch on his feet and looked down.
Gu Xie was also startled. He originally wanted to pick up the kid back, but when he saw Gu Qingchi reaching out and touching him, he stopped, coughed lightly, and finally found a topic to talk about.
"This is the little cub that my mother raised. It's too young and hasn't been named yet."
Xiao Wang was brought home by Gu's father when Mrs. Gu was in a very bad condition. He specially picked the Bichon Frise because of its gentle and quiet temperament. It accompanied Mrs. Gu through the most difficult time.
But even with such a little Wang, in order to bring Gu Qingchi back, Mrs. Gu once seriously considered sending Xiao Wang away, either to a friend's house or to another house in the Gu family. But in the end, she couldn't bear to let him go and thought about seeing Gu Qingchi's attitude before making a decision.
Gu Qingchi had no memory of Xiao Wang in his previous memories.
He repeated softly.
"Little Wang."
However, Gu Xie misunderstood and was a little embarrassed for a moment. It was he who named Xiao Wang. Gu's father and Mrs. Gu thought about it for a long time and finally gave the naming right to Gu Xie. Gu Xie held it in for two days and finally came up with Xiao Wang.
He coughed again and explained.
“No one in my family is very good at naming.”
After resting for a while, the puppy started to hum and rubbed its little head against Gu Qingchi's palm.
Gu Qingchi smiled.
"I also have a cat, and it's just as clingy as this puppy."
"Then bring it back another day."
After thinking for a while, Gu Xie added.
“I’ve always wanted to have a cat.”
Gu Xie was lying with his eyes open. He was not interested in such soft creatures as cats. He didn't hate them, but he definitely didn't like them either.
Little Lihua is now being fostered by Ye Li.
Gu Qingchi just mentioned it briefly and hadn't thought about taking him back. He was still unfamiliar with the place, and was a little hesitant when Gu Xie mentioned it out of the blue.
"I don't know if Xiao Wang will be angry if I take him back."
"No, no, the little dog is quite stupid. He won't bite people or furniture."
"I'll buy a cat bed and cat toys someday. I've seen other people install cat climbing frames for the whole house, so we'll install one too. Once we get to the fifth floor, the cat can run around as it pleases. I'll contact the person today and come install it tomorrow and pick up the cat while I'm at it."
Gu Xie talked a lot more today. He was very proactive and had already sent a text message to his assistant while talking.
"They said you can also carve its name on the cat bed and scratching post. What's its name?"
Gu Qingchi: ...
"Call me Little Lihua."
“Are these pears from the pear orchard?”
"Yes..., the tabby cat's tabby cat."
Gu Xie and Gu Qingchi, both bad at naming, looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although Gu Xie felt it was a bit redundant, he still asked.
"Is it a tabby cat?"
As expected, Gu Qingchi responded in the affirmative.
The lunch was quite sumptuous, with four or five dishes, a fish soup, and scallion pancakes on a plate. For Gu Qingchi, everyone in the family had a small bowl of meat porridge at noon.
There are not so many rules when the Gu family eats. They are allowed to talk and chat casually. Mrs. Gu was very surprised to know that Gu Qingchi had a cat.
"Yeah, then let Gu Xie go and pick it up this afternoon. It would be too much trouble for others to keep it with them."
Father Gu also had a stern face and nodded.
"You shouldn't bother others."
Gu Qingchi responded obediently.
"Um."
Mrs. Gu kicked Gu's father under the table and turned around to say dissatisfiedly.
"That must be Xiaoguai's friend. What's wrong with a friend helping out?"
Mrs. Gu changed the serving chopsticks and picked up some food for Gu Qingchi.
"Eat more of this eggplant, little darling. Mom made it especially for you. Ask your brother to pick up the kitten this afternoon and thank your friend at the same time."
Gu Qingchi had never picked up any food for himself and had been eating silently. At this time, he looked up at Gu Xie and said hesitantly.
"Will it be troublesome?"
"Brother, aren't you going to the company?"
In Gu Qingchi's memory, Gu Xie was always very busy, and was almost always in the company except at night and on weekends.
Gu Xie's mind was filled with Gu Qingchi's words "brother" that he had just heard, and he completely forgot about the three-page schedule that his assistant had sent him.
He said firmly.
"No, there's nothing going on at the company today. I just finished a project and have been pretty idle these past few days."
Father Gu suddenly picked up a piece of eggplant box for Gu Qingchi.
Gu Qingchi buried his head in his food and politely moved the eggplant box into his bowl.
"Thank you, Dad."
Father Gu nodded calmly.
Just a few days later, Gu’s employees were pleasantly surprised to find that their bonuses for this month had doubled!
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