The band stopped playing, and everyone in the hall looked over, so close that you could hear a pin drop.
Madam Gu hugged Gu Qingchi tightly with a nervous expression. The suit on Gu Qingchi's back was tightly grasped. Just by looking at it, you could tell how much force was used. Gu Qingchi seemed to be indifferent. His body swayed a few times with Madam Gu's movements, but there was no other reaction.
He tilted his head, the red slap marks on his face were imprinted on his pale skin, shockingly bright. He didn't look surprised, nor angry, as if he didn't care.
Mrs. Gu hugged her and glanced at everyone present. Tears were still falling, but her eyes were inexplicably fierce.
This made several people who were about to step forward take a few steps back.
Both Gu's father and Gu Xie knew Gu Qingchi. Mrs. Gu was an avid fan of idols and even bought an entertainment company. Gu Qingchi's information was already on Gu's father's desk. It seemed that there was nothing special about him except his outstanding looks.
The doctor analyzed that Mrs. Gu's concern for Gu Qingchi should be a subconscious transference. Mrs. Gu always felt guilty about the death of her second child. When she continued to invest her feelings in Gu Qingchi, her guilt would be satisfied.
Therefore, Father Gu and Gu Xie have always supported Mrs. Gu's star-chasing behavior.
But no one expected that Mrs. Gu, who had always been calm, would suddenly explode.
Mrs. Gu hasn't been like this for a long time.
Gu Xie simply expressed his apologies to Gu Qingchi, but his eyes were always on Madam Gu, and immediately all his attention was focused on Madam Gu.
Father Gu went to get Mrs. Gu's shoes and slowly approached. When Mrs. Gu was ill, she would not allow anyone to get close to her, but if he coaxed her slowly, she would calm down. He squatted down, put on Mrs. Gu's high heels, and slowly adjusted her skirt.
"Look, they're not pretty anymore."
He was tall and it seemed quite oppressive for him to kneel on one knee to help Mrs. Gu put on her shoes. He could see Mrs. Gu if he raised his head slightly. Mrs. Gu was not short, only 1.65 meters tall, and with her high heels on, she could not be called petite at all.
He slowly extended his hand, maintaining a distance that would make Mrs. Gu feel at ease.
"Let's go home."
"Are you going back with Xiaoguai?"
Only then did Gu Qingchi raise his eyes slightly and react. The lights in the hall made his pupils look particularly beautiful, and there was a golden glow in his eyes.
When he was a child, his mother liked to call him Xiaoguai. It was said that it was because he was so obedient when he was still in the womb and did not cause his mother any worries at all, so she called him Xiaoguai.
He stretched out his hands and easily wrapped them around Madam Gu, and Madam Gu naturally took hold of Gu Qingchi's arm.
She looked at Gu Qingchi's face carefully, and saw the distressed look on his face, as if he wanted to touch it but didn't dare to, and she spoke back and forth in panic.
"Are you in pain, little darling? It's all mom's fault. I didn't look after you well. You are already by mom's side. Don't run away again."
Father Gu hadn't spoken for a long time. Of course he knew who Xiaoguai was. This was a wound buried deep in his heart, and it hurt every time he thought of it.
When Mrs. Gu was pregnant for the second time, his career was expanding. He was abroad and could not be with Mrs. Gu. This happened to help his relationship with his family ease.
The doctor also said it was safe, so he asked Mrs. Gu to go back to the old house in the Gu family to take care of the pregnancy. Mrs. Gu also said it was very good, everything was there, just a little stuffy, everything was fine.
On the day Mrs. Gu gave birth, he rushed back by plane. On the way, he was excited and worried. He was excited that he was going to be a father again, but he was afraid that Mrs. Gu would be scared. She was so afraid of pain that she had said she didn't want any more children after giving birth to Gu Xie. But when she got pregnant the second time, she still hesitated.
As soon as Mr. Gu got off the plane and turned on his phone, he found that it was flooded with missed calls and various messages, all conveying the same message - the adult was safe, but the child was gone.
When he returned, he saw Mrs. Gu, weak and pale, lying on the hospital bed, and he could no longer care about anything else.
Maybe he was busy taking care of and comforting Madam Gu, who was crying all day long after losing her young son, or maybe it was because Father Gu did not accompany Madam Gu all the time like he did when Madam Gu was pregnant with Gu Xie, since that little life started to grow up, so he did not feel the reality of the sudden loss. He just felt dull, indescribable, very strange feeling at that time, but it was definitely not good.
But as time went by, he thought of the child who died in infancy more and more frequently, especially late at night. He would imagine whether the child died after birth or died before being born. Would the child's small body, wrapped in a quilt, be very cold? Would the people who moved the child be very rude? The child was so small that he had never even stayed in his parents' arms, and now he had to stay in such a cold place alone.
The child's affairs were handled by Old Madam Gu at the time. By the time he truly realized what he had lost, the only memorial left for him was the tombstone.
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Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Qingchi. She had already sketched Gu Qingchi's outline several times.
She touched the corner of his eye carefully.
Gu Qingchi followed her movements and blinked slowly, like a butterfly flapping its wings. He looked into Mrs. Gu's eyes and spoke softly.
"It doesn't hurt much."
He added "Mom" in his heart.
The noise downstairs was so loud that old Madam Gu from upstairs also came down.
"What's going on? What are you fussing about?"
The woman who had just been pushed down by Madam Gu stood beside her and whispered.
"I was disciplining the children, and my sister-in-law got sick again."
Madam Gu glared at her.
"Can't you take care of the child and see where he is?"
Even with such a mess, she rarely managed to not lose her temper, and continued.
"Boss, take him back quickly. What's the point of dragging your brother's son here?"
The woman interrupted.
"No, he doesn't want to. I think we should let him go back with them first."
Old Madam Gu was extremely stubborn and didn't want Madam Gu to have more contact with Gu Qingchi. Even though she didn't care what Gu Qingchi did at ordinary times, she refused to give in at this time. Perhaps it was because Gu's father didn't listen to her when he grew up. Because of their marriage and the separation of the family, she didn't like Gu's father very much and was a little aggressive when she spoke.
"Is there no one at his house? Whoever owns it should take care of it. What does it have to do with this child?"
Gu Xie whispered in Gu's father's ear when he just came down from Old Madam Gu.
"Gu Qingchi, it should be the child of my uncle's family. My uncle got married only after hearing that he had a child."
Their family had not been in contact with their hometown for a long time. Gu Xie would sometimes clean up the mess for Gu Cheng and give gifts to each family during festivals. He was more familiar with the family than Gu's father. He had heard a little about the child. At the beginning, they told others that the child was their biological child, but this could only deceive outsiders. In fact, no one knew which woman gave birth to the child and brought him home.
Gu Cheng himself loved to play, and the woman he married was also a playful one. Both the couple did not raise their children well. Old Madam Gu was old and did not care to take care of the children. She just thought that it was enough for her youngest son to have an heir.
Gu Cheng continued with some hesitation.
"Maybe a bit like you?"
Gu Xie obviously didn't have much confidence, but without an explanation, he really didn't understand why Madam Gu chose Gu Qingchi.
Father Gu didn't say anything.
Hearing what Old Madam Gu said, Madam Gu became visibly anxious. She pulled Gu Qingchi and stumbled out.
"I won't talk to you anymore. I won't talk to you anymore. This is mine. My child. All of you go away."
When Madam Gu heard this, her expression changed and turned ashen, but in the end she said nothing.
Gu Qingchi followed Madam Gu obediently, and finally took a few quick steps out of habit, raising his arms slightly so that Madam Gu, who was wearing high heels, could have a foothold.
By the time Gu Xie and his father went out, Mrs. Gu was already pushing Gu Qingchi into her car anxiously. She was so anxious that she stamped her feet when she saw the people chasing after them.
Gu Qingchi was sitting in the back seat. He reached out and held her hand. Only then did she calm down.
Gu Qingchi followed her all the way home. There were already several doctors waiting at the Gu family. Because Gu Qingchi was there, Mrs. Gu cooperated and took the medicine. She even held Gu Qingchi's hand when she fell asleep on the sofa.
He struggled to pull his hand out of Mrs. Gu's arms. Father Gu and Gu Xie immediately went forward to check on Mrs. Gu's body. Mother Wang looked on worriedly from the side. Even Xiao Wang, who was lying on the carpet, looked up.
Gu Qingchi said goodbye politely, it was time for him to go home.
Everything was normal. What was abnormal was that when he was walking across the overpass, he looked at the cars coming and going below. There were people passing by in a hurry, talking to their companions about today's news - someone jumped off a building somewhere this morning. He watched for a long, long time, until it was dark, the cars turned on their headlights, and the road was colorful. Finally, he thought, he should go back to feed the cats.
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