Song Zhi felt jealous. This girl was too adorable. He reached out and wanted to hug her again.
Tiantian looked at her mother, then at her aunt. After a moment's hesitation, she stretched out her arms to her aunt. Song Zhi carried Tiantian into the yard. Gu Qiujin warned from behind, "Walk slowly and watch the road carefully."
"Look at your wife, she is so popular with children. Is she leaving tomorrow?" Gu Qiujin asked as she sat next to her brother.
"Well, I've booked the ticket for tomorrow morning." Gu Huaijin didn't talk much with his family since he was a child. Unless it was necessary, he never talked about gossip.
Gu Qiujin was also used to his concise and clear way of communicating. "Zhizhi is pregnant. No matter what, I hope you can consider arranging your work in Kyoto. Your parents are old, and I live so far away from them. Being closer to home will be good for your family and your parents." Gu Qiujin tried to persuade him.
"I'd consider coming back, but not right now."
"Is it still because of that incident?" Gu Qiujin asked after glancing at her brother's expression, "The accident wasn't caused by you, and you don't have to bear the consequences. If you can't even overcome this psychological barrier, then forget what I've said. Be decisive when you need to be decisive, and be gentle when you need to be gentle, instead of dwelling on the past. The knot in your heart is indeed difficult to untie, and perhaps only you can untie it. It's time to let yourself go after all these years."
A flash of heartache flashed across Gu Qiujin's eyes. This was her own brother, a biological brother from the same mother. Naturally, she hoped that he could live a good life, instead of using escape to solve problems like he was doing now.
Besides, he is not the type to escape, so he shouldn't be too hard on himself for what has happened.
"I know, sis."
"You're at the right age to strive for success. You're not even 30 yet. You don't want to be full of passion and ambition, only to end up with nothing more than a thought in your mind. You still have great potential and many opportunities, and I know you have the ability."
Gu Qiujin looked at her brother. In the blink of an eye, he changed from his childhood appearance to his current appearance. Although he looked ruthless and tough on the outside, she knew that this brother was just a man of few words. He proved everything with his actions.
Gu Huaijin looked at her sister, understood what she meant, smiled and nodded, "I will overcome it."
Gu Qiujin spoke to the point and did not add too much burden to her brother. Her brother must have a plan in mind, so she did not say anything more and turned to help in the kitchen.
Unexpectedly, Tiantian came in with a candied haws from outside. She walked up to Gu Huaijin and saw that he was lowering his head. Children are the most sensitive to emotions, not to mention the blood ties. She seemed to be able to sense his depression and handed the candied haws to her uncle.
But her uncle did not respond. Tiantian looked up at her aunt in confusion. Song Zhi called out to Gu Huaijin. Gu Huaijin looked up and saw the candied haws in front of him. He didn't know what had happened, so he looked up and asked Song Zhi with his eyes.
"She wants you to try her candied haws. Just now on the way, I wanted to try one but she refused."
Tiantian didn't know that her aunt was complaining about her, so she kept her original posture. However, the child didn't have much strength, so the hand holding the candied haws dropped a lot.
"Uncle doesn't want to eat it, can you let aunt try it?" Gu Huaijin bent down and looked at Tiantian, coaxing her in a low voice.
Tiantian was a little confused. Why didn't her uncle like candied haws? She looked at the two people in front of her and stuffed the candied haws into her mouth.
Song Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What a little cunning fellow."
The dinner was prepared to be extra sumptuous, not only because Gu Qiujin had returned, but also because Song Zhi and the others were leaving the next morning, and the family finally had a reunion dinner after so many years.
Father Gu didn't talk much. Even when facing his daughter whom he hadn't seen for such a long time, he didn't ask many questions. He just stared at Tiantian who was held in Mother Gu's arms and fed.
How could two people who have lived together for half their lives not know what the other person is thinking? Mother Gu looked at her husband who was sitting next to her and staring at Tiantian, and deliberately did not give him a way out and deliberately did not let him hug her.
Seeing that Mother Gu didn't accept his gesture, Father Gu coughed to get Mother Gu's attention, but Mother Gu just didn't accept it.
"Let me hug Tiantian." Seeing that everyone was eating, Father Gu whispered to Mother Gu next to him.
Mother Gu rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily, "Are you holding her and feeding her?"
Mother Gu knew him well. When her two children were young, he was busy with work all day. He had little time to feed them, let alone hug them. But now he is making such a boast.
Father Gu paused, stretched out his hand to hug him, then retracted it, looking embarrassed.
The other people at the table pretended not to see anything, and just ate the food in front of them.
After dinner, Father Gu got to hold his granddaughter as he wished, but his granddaughter seemed to particularly dislike him and her expression looked very painful. Father Gu hurriedly carried her upstairs to find toys.
They are leaving tomorrow, and Song Zhi feels particularly reluctant to leave home. However, Gu Huaijin doesn't show any abnormality, as he is the type of person who doesn't show his emotions.
"I'm going out for a while. Do you want to come with me?" Gu Huaijin asked Song Zhi while holding his coat.
"Where are you going?"
"Ji Yanting asked us to get together." Gu Huaijin answered truthfully.
"Then you go, I won't go. Don't come back too late." Song Zhi thought for a while and then instructed that they would leave tomorrow morning, so they should have a good rest tonight.
Gu Huaijin nodded, took his clothes and went out.
Song Zhi was not worried at all about him going out at night. Gu Huaijin had quite strong self-control, so she was relieved.
Song Zhi stayed at home and packed his luggage by himself. They were going back tomorrow morning, so he had to pack his things now to avoid forgetting to bring anything. After all, there was no express delivery during this period, and forgetting to bring something was a very troublesome thing.
In the evening, Gu Huaijin returned home and saw that Song Zhi had packed his luggage and a night light was on at the head of the bed. He tiptoed to the bathroom to quickly wash up, then lay down on the other side of the bed, carefully pulling the quilt over him to avoid waking Song Zhi.
The next morning, Mother Gu got up early and went to the store to buy dried plums, tangerines, and some spicy and sour cabbage.
She walked around a bit and bought some things they might need, filling up two big bags. When Mother Gu returned, Song Zhi was having breakfast. Mother Gu explained to her what was in the bags and told them to take them away.
"You'll be on the train for several days, so don't get hungry on the way. You can eat this when you feel uncomfortable or hungry on the way. Remember to eat something hot. It's cold now, so be sure to tell me if you feel uncomfortable." Mother Gu was a little worried and wanted to find a reliable aunt to take them there.
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