Xie Luyu compressed his part again and again, which also improved the efficiency of the crew. The crew was about to wrap up, and after a few days of rushing, his part was finished. There were still some scattered shots left, but Xie Luyu didn't care about them and left them for the crew to shoot slowly.
He called Gu Qingchi as soon as he got off the plane on the day he returned.
"I'm free tonight, and we can't postpone dinner with mom anymore. You're still in school, I'll pick you up later, and then we can go home together."
Xie Luyu has been very active ever since he knew that Mrs. Gu was going to invite him to dinner at her home, and he wanted to fly back that same day. However, Gu Qingchi knew that he was filming, and insisted on waiting until Xie Luyu finished filming.
Gu Qingchi had been nagging Xie Luyu for so many days, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, then tonight. I'll call my mother later."
When the call was about to end, Xie Luyu suddenly asked: "When the time comes, should I call you mom or aunt?"
Gu Qingchi laughed for a long time.
"You don't know that but you still call us mom on the phone every day."
Xie Luyu tends to talk a lot when he is nervous.
"No, it's mainly because the relationship in my heart is progressing faster. I'm afraid my mother won't be able to adapt. If that's not appropriate, I'll just call you aunt first and change it later. There can't be no rules..."
"So were we two considered unruly last time?"
Xie Luyu let out a cry and didn't react.
"Which time?"
Gu Qingchi is very straightforward.
"That time you did it to me on the couch, and on the carpet, and in the bathroom—"
“Stop, stop, stop!”
Xie Luyu looked around and felt his face burning underneath the mask.
He found a deserted corner, facing the wall.
"This is not the bus to the kindergarten, driver uncle, I have to get off."
Driver Gu Qingchi was very confused: "Are you shy? But this is what you want to do, you want to do it on the sofa, on the carpet, and in the bathroom..."
Gu Qingchi just started it, and the rest was completely up to Xie Luyu to express himself. Xie Luyu was talking a lot of dirty words at that time, and in the end the sofa cover was replaced with a new one, and the entire carpet was scrapped.
Gu Qingchi felt that he was right and argued convincingly.
"You said it was comfortable and hot—"
“Hey hey hey!”
Xie Luyu raised his voice and interrupted him quickly. He looked around and felt relieved when he found that there was no one around.
But after interrupting him, he found that he had no way to refute, because these were indeed what he did. These few sentences were still considered good, and what he said afterwards was even worse. In the end, he could only squeeze out a few weak words after a long time, and his tone was almost begging.
"Why don't you just stop talking..."
I don't know when he squatted in the corner, his face turned red. If he wasn't wearing a mask and a hat, with his collar turned up and disguised so tightly, you could tell that the area on his neck was also turning red.
Xie Luyu is usually thick-skinned, and few people are thicker-skinned than him, but that's because he doesn't feel the need to be ashamed. When he feels ashamed, he blushes harder than anyone else.
This is the aspect that Xie Luyu feels he should be ashamed of. He considers himself to be relatively traditional and conservative in this regard. He loses his rationality in bed and there is nothing to be ashamed of. Once he gets out of bed, he starts to regain his rationality. He is only a hooligan in bed and a gentleman outside of bed.
But the person he met was Gu Qingchi, who was exactly the opposite of Xie Luyu. Gu Qingchi didn't think this was something to be ashamed of at all. He was open and aboveboard from beginning to end and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Xie Luyu squatted in the corner and began to regret why he brought up irrelevant issues.
…
The evening arrived quickly. Xie Luyu was dressed neatly in a suit and tie. He didn't seem to be too particular when he went to bring back the Best Actor trophy.
He drove to pick up Gu Qingchi first.
Compared to Xie Luyu's solemnity, Gu Qingchi was dressed very casually, in a T-shirt and shorts with many pockets. He had curly hair and wore a pair of sunglasses. He leaned on the passenger seat, chewing gum. He looked a little frivolous and strange.
When Gu Qingchi got into the car, Xie Luyu tilted his head and looked him up and down.
"Took a new role?"
"Yes, we started filming during the holiday this year and have been filming for two years."
Xie Luyu estimated the time.
"Starring? Not bad, is there a script for people to read? I want to see it."
Xie Luyu was a little worried that the character had too many negative emotions.
"Rang, it's in my dormitory. I'll bring it to you when I have time."
While we were talking we had already reached our destination.
The two of them unbuckled their seat belts in almost unison, got out of the car, slammed the door, went to the trunk to get the gifts prepared by Xie Luyu, and then walked in one after the other. There was no communication throughout the whole process, and they had such a tacit understanding that no words were needed.
Father Gu and Gu Xie were in the kitchen, and Mrs. Gu was sitting in the living room. She stood up when she saw them come in.
Xie Luyu was holding a gift box in one hand. He also bought a bouquet of flowers and held a big bunch in his arms.
"Good evening, aunt."
Mrs. Gu greeted Xie Luyu first, then called him "little darling", and then looked at the big bouquet of flowers in Xie Luyu's arms with surprise.
"Oh, it's a gift. Are the flowers for me? They are so beautiful. Thank you very much, Xiaoxie. I like gifts the most, and I also like flowers."
Mrs. Gu immediately brought the flowers over, arranged them and put them in the vase, then went to look at the gifts, putting the ones for Gu's father and Gu Xie aside, and then she looked at her own gift - it was a brand fashion season ticket.
"The fashion show tickets that Xiao Xie gave me last time were great. I often have girls and ladies from other families asking me where I got them. I also like this brand, and I bought many of Xiaoguai's clothes there."
Seeing Xie Luyu still standing, Mrs. Gu waved her hand and urged him to go to the sofa.
"You and Xiaoguai go sit here and treat it like your own home. The meal will be ready soon. Xiaoguai, go get some ice cream and have some with Xiaoxie first. I'll go take a look."
Normally, it is Aunt Wang and Aunt Li who cook. Occasionally, when it is not mealtime, Father Gu and Gu Xie will cook. Father Gu and Gu Xie also cook during family gatherings like this. After Mrs. Gu finished speaking, she went to the kitchen.
Xie Luyu sat down next to Gu Qingchi and spoke to him in a low voice.
“Your family has a great atmosphere.”
Gu Qingchi also followed him and spoke in a low voice.
"I think so too. What flavor of ice cream do you want?"
"Your mother is so gentle."
"I think so too."
Gu Qingchi added another sentence.
"Our mother."
Xie Luyu's eyebrows curved, and he whispered: "I'm also good at cooking. I can cook with your father and your brother in the future."
"Would you like some ice cream?"
"want."
Xie Luyu walked all the way with his head held high. No matter what he encountered, no one ever asked him to get ice cream.
…
After Xie Luyu came as a guest that time, he became much more relaxed every time he went there. Gradually, he would go with Gu Qingchi on his own without being invited. After that, he no longer needed to follow Gu Qingchi. He would just go there whenever he had time, just like going home.
He never misses any family gathering, and now every time he goes, he will consciously stay in the kitchen with Gu's father and Gu Xie.
The atmosphere in Gu Qingchi's family is really good. It is the kind of family life that Xie Luyu always dreamed of when he was a child.
Mrs. Gu also felt that Xie Luyu was more and more good. Gu's father and Gu Xie were not the talkative type. Although they seemed reliable, they seemed dull sometimes. Gu Qingchi was better. He could speak sweetly and was not bad, but sometimes even if everyone was at home, Mrs. Gu would poke and say something, which made Mrs. Gu feel that even with so many people at home, it was a bit boring.
But Xie Luyu is not like that. He is the kind of person who can liven up the atmosphere. He is the equivalent of two people. Xie Luyu will instinctively throw topics to others and get everyone involved. With him around, even Gu's father and Gu Xie can talk more. He is also very playful and has all kinds of party games, which has enriched the way of having a party.
Mrs. Gu has now added Xie Luyu to the family WeChat group, and the two of them often chat on the phone, talking about Gu Qingchi, what fashions have been released recently, and what happened to whom. Xie Luyu is well-informed and knows everything, and Mrs. Gu likes to listen to others talk about things she doesn't understand.
Today is another weekend. Everyone at home has nothing to do, so they plan to have a dinner together and have a barbecue in the yard. Mrs. Gu is very excited. She prepared the ingredients early in the morning, posted photos in the group, and urged them to go home early.
Both Gu's father and Gu Xie replied that they would go back immediately.
Gu Qingchi was in class, and Xie Luyu was waiting outside to pick him up. Xie Luyu was talking on the phone to Mrs. Gu in the car.
"Aunt, Xiao Gu and I have to go to the hospital this afternoon. We may be late. The doctor said last time that we should go and have a checkup today."
Mrs. Gu asked worriedly.
"You used to go regularly, why do you suddenly have to go now? Is there something wrong with Xiao Gu? Isn't this disease likely to relapse easily?"
"Don't worry. I heard from the doctor that the situation is good and stable. It won't relapse. I'm wondering what medicine I should change. Didn't the medicine Xiao Gu took before cause dizziness?"
Just as he had comforted Mrs. Gu, Gu Qingchi came out.
The hospital wasn't far away and we arrived there in a short while.
Xie Luyu was waiting outside the doctor's consultation room. He was originally sitting on a stool, but after sitting for a few minutes he stood up and leaned against the door. Although he said that to Mrs. Gu, he was actually unsure in his heart. He was still nervous. The door next to him opened, and Xie Luyu immediately straightened up.
"Well, what did the doctor say?"
Gu Qingchi looked at him and smiled.
"The doctor said I can stop taking the medicine."
Xie Luyu couldn't believe his ears, he tilted his head and repeated it again.
"What?"
As soon as he said this, he realized what Gu Qingchi had just said.
Gu Qingchi climbed out of that abyss.
Xie Luyu watched Gu Qingchi struggle and suffer all the way, watched him collapse, watched him hurt himself, and watched him use up all his strength every day to keep himself alive.
How many times had he been fine, maybe smiling in the last second, and suddenly tears were all over his face in the next second, falling down in big drops. He just sat there like a fine statue, as if he had become numb to all this.
What made Xie Luyu most sad was that he could only watch and could not share any of the burden.
Now, Gu Qingchi has finally gotten rid of the shadow that once followed him everywhere.
Xie Luyu had a lot to say. He wanted to shout out loud, he wanted to express his joy, but in the end he said nothing. He just walked forward and held Gu Qingchi's hand.
"Let's go home and have a barbecue."
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