winter snow
After the small incident of ordering food passed, Gu Cijiang took Shen Anyan to his bedroom.
The room is decorated in a simple and elegant style with simple furnishings. It does not have the things that most students of this age like - game consoles, comic books, snacks or drinks.
The bookcases are filled with classic masterpieces or works related to finance. The wall opposite the door is replaced by a floor-to-ceiling window, which provides excellent lighting during the day and beautiful river views and the bright city lights across the river at night.
The only decoration in the room was probably the flower arrangement on the small round table by the window, which consisted of calla lilies and lilies, and matched the whole room very well.
Gu Cijiang poured water for the other person, asked the servants to bring an extra chair, and sat down side by side with Shen Anyan at the desk.
He turned on his computer, logged into the website, opened the registration form, and asked the other party: "Do you want to fill it out or should I do it for you?"
Shen Anyan held his chin and responded, "Come on."
Gu Cijiang helped the other party fill it out.
"age?"
“19.”
"ID number."
"029886."
"Place of origin."
"Maple Leaf District, Beijing."
"Date of birth?"
"New calendar year 127..."
Gu Cijiang stopped typing and looked at the other person strangely.
"127 years?"
Shen Anyan coughed, then realized that she had subconsciously mentioned her birthday before the time travel. She quickly corrected herself and said, "My brain just short-circuited. 118 years, December 31, 118."
Gu Cijiang hummed, filled in the new date, and said with a smile: "If it really is 127 years, you haven't even graduated from elementary school yet."
Chen Anyan scratched his head and laughed with the other person, but in his heart he was thinking that the person in this time and space might not have even graduated from elementary school.
The servant brought a midnight snack in the middle of the meal, but Gu Cijiang didn't eat much, so all the snacks went into Shen Anyan's stomach.
After filling in the information on the registration form, Gu Cijiang turned the computer screen towards the other party and said, "Take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be changed."
Shen Anyan was still relieved that Gu Cijiang was doing the job. She glanced through it and nodded, saying, "It's all correct. No need to change it."
Gu Cijiang clicked submit.
It was almost eleven o'clock, and he asked, "Where is your home? I'll ask the driver to take you back."
Shen Anyan said: "It's on the North Street."
Gu Cijiang had never heard of this place. He checked on his phone and found that it would take nearly an hour to get there.
"It's too late. Why don't you stay at my house tonight?" he suggested.
Shen Anyan agreed without much thought.
Gu Cijiang asked the servants to clean up a guest room and prepare a new set of clothes and toiletries.
During this time, the butler's expression was not very good, and he glanced at Shen Anyan several times.
Shen Anyan didn't pay much attention. She went to the guest room to change clothes. After washing up, she ran to Gu Cijiang's bedroom and knocked on the door.
Gu Cijiang had just finished filling out his registration form and was about to go wash up when he heard a knock on the door and said, "Come in."
Seeing that the person coming was Shen Anyan, he was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Is there something missing in the room?"
Shen Anyan looked at him and smiled: "Nothing, I just wanted to say good night to you."
She blinked: "Good night, Cijiang."
Gu Cijiang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He avoided the other person's gaze and replied softly, "Well, good night."
That night, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. The next morning, as Shen Anyan brushed his teeth and drew aside the curtains, he was dazzled by the white light outside the window.
After she adjusted to the light, she looked outside and saw the ground covered in white.
Oh, it’s snowing.
Shen Anyan was a little surprised.
The snow in Haicheng is like icing sugar, a thin layer that looks like it will melt at any moment. It is not as magnificent as the snow scene in Beijing, but it is also interesting in its own way.
She spat out the toothpaste foam, washed her face with clean water, wiped the water droplets off her face with one hand, put on her pants and shoes with the other hand, put on her shirt, and went out and downstairs.
Gu Cijiang got up early and was sitting at the dining table packing his schoolbag. Seeing Shen Anyan coming out, he reminded her: "It's snowing, remember to wear more clothes..."
Shen Anyan quickly ran down the stairs and answered loudly: "I know! I saw it as soon as I got up! It's a little small, but it's very beautiful!"
Gu Cijiang looked worried and said hurriedly: "Slow down, be careful not to fall..."
The two were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice the noise coming from the entrance. Shen Anyan went down the last three steps, jumped down lightly, and then ran forward a few steps by inertia.
"Don't worry, I'm quite skilled! Before, every time I went down the stairs at home, I would just slide down..."
Her voice stopped abruptly. Suddenly, someone walked out from the corner, and just as she was about to bump into her, Shen Anyan hurriedly stopped. The person also stretched out his arm to support her, preventing her from falling.
Shen Anyan looked up and met a pair of slightly cold eyes.
Opposite was a tall woman, about forty years old, wearing a neat white shirt and suit pants, with a coat draped over her arm.
She seemed to have just returned from a meeting, and still had a bit of a keep-away aura about her. When she saw the girl opposite her stop, she withdrew her hand from supporting her.
The servants all seemed a little afraid of her, their expressions and movements becoming more cautious. The butler stepped forward, respectfully took the woman's coat, and softly greeted her, "Ms. Gu."
Gu Cijiang also stood up, walked over quickly and called out "Mother".
Now Shen Anyan understood the identity of the person opposite him. The current person in charge of the Gu family is also the owner of the Gu Group - Gu Guanhai.
The butler asked, "Why did you come back so suddenly? Is there something urgent?"
Gu Guanhai said: "Get a document. This is..."
Her eyes were on Shen Anyan.
Shen Anyan said, "Hello, Aunt Gu. My name is Sheng Yan, and I'm Gu Cijiang's classmate. I need his help with my studies, so I'm here to bother you."
Gu Guanhai nodded and replied, "You're welcome." He then instructed Gu Cijiang to "treat the guests well" and went upstairs to the study.
After the other party left, the people around him were obviously relieved. Gu Cijiang also relaxed and took Shen Anyan to the table for breakfast.
Gu Guanhai took the document and checked it. When he left the study, he noticed the butler waiting at the door.
The man folded his hands on his abdomen, looking as if he was about to speak but hesitated. Gu Guanhai glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
The butler stammered, "Ms. Gu... is..."
Gu Guanhai said: "Just say it directly, my time is limited."
The butler finally spilled the beans: "It's about that classmate the young master brought back. I think it's a little inappropriate. When he came back yesterday, I asked the young master if he wanted to have dinner, but he didn't want to. But his classmate was rude and demanded dinner the moment he was asked. He has no manners at all. And coming to a classmate's house so late at night seems like a bit of a tactless act..."
Gu Guanhai pinched his brows and raised his hand to stop the other party's illogical words: "I understand, don't worry about it, I will handle it."
The butler didn't realize the master's perfunctory response and thought he had done a great deed, so he left happily.
Little did he know that when Gu Guanhai got in the car to return to the company, he was already thinking about replacing people.
For Gu Cijiang's sake, Gu Guanhai chose only men for the roles, including tutor, driver, housekeeper, and servants. After all, Gu's father had passed away early, and she had no plans to remarry. The family lacked a male leader, and with a young boy, having too many women was a source of worry. But now that Gu Cijiang was grown, she had only one child, a child with good character and abilities. He was likely to inherit the family business. If he continued to be around men, it would be bad if he developed the temperament of his uncle or father.
Thinking of this, she sent a message to her life assistant: "Looking for a few reliable people from the housekeeping company to come to my house in the next few days."
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This weekend, Shen Anyan went to the flower shop and bought a bunch of lilies. She was afraid that the flowers would be crushed on the bus, so she took a taxi to the hospital.
The last time she was hospitalized due to illness, she exchanged contact information with Jiang Nuan and Lin Lu, who were on the same floor. They got along well during the hospitalization, and they kept in touch in their free time, occasionally sharing some daily life.
Jiang Nuan's child was born last week. As they both wished, it was a girl. Lin Lu took a photo and sent it to Shen Anyan. The baby's skin was very red, and its eyes were closed, like a wrinkled little monkey.
Shen Anyan asked them if it would be convenient for him to come visit this weekend, and they both readily agreed.
The inpatient department is surrounded by trees. Today is a sunny day and the winter sun is always warm, making it a good time to come out and bask in the sun.
Shen Anyan noticed a woman with a bulging belly on the road. Of course, pregnant women were not uncommon in the hospital. What attracted her to her was not the pregnancy, but the strange look of her.
The woman was thin and her skin was dry, so her bulging belly looked a bit scary. Her face was pale and she had no spirit that a normal person should have. She looked like a corpse that had lost its soul.
Perhaps Shen Anyan's gaze was too obvious, or perhaps women were naturally extremely sensitive to the gazes of those around them, and she looked towards Shen Anyan.
The woman looked at the flowers in the other person's hand and smiled: "Are you here to visit a friend?"
Shen Anyan nodded: "Well, a sister I met in the hospital, she just gave birth to a child recently, and I came to visit her."
Shen Anyan didn't think there was anything funny about himself, but the woman couldn't stop laughing.
"Hey, little girl, you came to see a pregnant woman and you only brought a bouquet of flowers?"
Shen Anyan hesitated and said, “Well, mainly because I don’t know what that sister likes, so I sent flowers.”
The woman waved her hand and shared her experience: "That's not it. When someone gives birth, you should give them things they need, like milk powder, diapers, etc. Why give things to a pregnant woman?"
What's the reason for this?
Chen Anyan was puzzled and said, "I came to see that sister, not to see the child. Of course, I should give gifts to friends. What should I give to a friend's child?"
The woman was stunned. She felt that what the other party said seemed to make some sense, but she couldn't agree with it.
Shen Anyan didn't like this woman a little bit, so he didn't say anything more to her and left with the flowers.
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