In Old Master Gu's study
"What are you doing following me here?" Old Master Gu looked at Gu Xiuhuang, who had shamelessly come along, with considerable disdain.
Gu Xiuhuang wasn't angry with his father. He stepped forward to help the old man sit down. "Dad, please sit down. I was planning to talk to my daughter about this, but you beat me to it, so I came over here."
In front of Old Master Gu and Gu Nanyan, Gu Xiuhuang was completely different from the dignified and polite former head of the Gu family.
"Hmph," Old Master Gu slapped Gu Xiuhuang's hand away, "Your old man isn't so short that he can't sit down. Yan'er sits, you stand for me."
She turned to Gu Nanyan and spoke, her tone instantly becoming gentle and soothing, "Sister Yan, how come you're suddenly pregnant?"
Grandpa Gu didn't say anything about whether the Shen family boy forced you or anything like that.
Even a dog wouldn't believe that if I said that.
"Don't you not have any interest in this kind of thing with children?"
Gu Nanyan still had a faint smile on his face as he sat opposite Old Master Gu, while Gu Xiuhuang stood behind Old Master Gu like a bodyguard with a sword.
In just a few words, Chen Bei'an wanted to have a baby, and the two of them made it clear that they were trying to conceive.
"This child has arrived at just the right time." Gu Nanyan sat up straight, but his tone was very calm. "Besides, there hasn't been a new member in the direct line of the family for so long. Grandpa, you're going to be a great-grandfather. Aren't you happy?"
“Of course I’m happy,” Grandpa Gu said. Compared to his great-grandson whom he had never met, he was more worried about his eldest granddaughter, who had grown up under his care. “But it depends more on yourself. You don’t need to worry about others. Just consider whether you want it or not.”
"Besides, Bei'an's temperament..." Old Master Gu sighed. He didn't think anything of his granddaughter's marriage to the Shen family's son. The Gu family didn't need a marriage alliance. They had a long life ahead of them, so they would naturally choose someone they liked.
But Bei'an is still young, and the two of them are still young. Isn't it a bit too early to have a child at this time?
(PS: There are quite a few people in Beijing with children in this age group because they were childhood sweethearts who got married and then immediately started trying to conceive.)
When Shen Bei'an was mentioned, Gu Nan'an slowly spoke up, "Grandpa, I admit that An'an is still a bit childish, but isn't that a good thing? Not to mention, aren't Grandma and Mom like that too? Besides, this is the An'an that I like. If he were like Zi Qing and those other people, I might not like him. What do you think?"
Behind the gold-rimmed glasses lay a pair of piercing phoenix eyes, concealing a ferocious beast.
Grandpa Gu nodded repeatedly, not out of anger.
It's gratifying.
He was pleased that his granddaughter had not changed her original intention.
"Alright, alright." Old Master Gu's phoenix eyes, which were remarkably similar to Gu Nanyan's, gleamed. "Since you're unwilling to do those things, it's fine to let the Hua family girl and the Fu family boy do them. As for Jing-ge'er and Jiong-jie'er, you can arrange it as you see fit."
"While the pregnancy is still early, it's fine to go out and about more."
"I reckon this year's college entrance exam will be another tough one." Although Grandpa Gu has long since left that place, he knows exactly what's going on there.
"If nothing unexpected happens, Peking University will invite you again. I heard that this year, the young lady that the Tang family recently found will compete with the young master of the Gai family for the top scholar title. Who do you think it will be?" After saying those things, it was time to get down to business.
Gu Xiuhuang leaned lazily against the bookshelf, fiddling with something in his hand.
He would only glance at the two of them from time to time.
"Granddaughter, you must be the ninth young master of the Xie family." Gu Nanyan had never met the young master of the Gai family. "But my father mentioned that the ninth young master of the Xie family is still better."
This "father Ji" is none other than Gu Xiuwei, the current principal of Qingjin High School.
"Isn't everyone saying that this newly found Young Master Xie has quite a bit of your charm from back then?" Gu Xiuhuang suddenly spoke, his voice somewhat casual, not at all like he was speaking to a junior, but rather like he was treating his daughter as a friend.
Gu Nanyan didn't indulge him. "Dad, what are you saying? Back then, people in the capital all said I was just like you back then, didn't they?" He smiled and said, "But now, very few people say that. It seems more like they're saying I've surpassed my father, and I'm even more mature than you are now. What do you think?"
Gu Xiuhuang narrowed his eyes, his tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth. This girl.
It gets less fun as you get older.
If he makes a scene now, wouldn't that just be fulfilling his promise?
"Dad, aren't you going to do anything about it?" Gu Xiuhuang decisively approached Old Master Gu.
Grandpa Gu was enjoying the show when he heard his son say that. He adjusted his posture to be more comfortable. "Isn't this your daughter? In our Gu family, there's no rule about grandparents raising children. Everyone takes care of their own children, right?"
"I didn't manage you well back then. If you can manage your daughter well, you'll be considered to have surpassed your father. But it seems you're not as good as your father."
Back when Gu Xiuhuang was a powerful figure in the capital, Old Master Gu never stopped him. Apart from the time he was disciplined by Sheng Hualan, he never received any punishment.
In fact, Gu Nanyan's punishment was also because of his partner.
There's a strong sense of shared bloodline.
Gu Xiuhuang: You don't have to say that, do you?
“Grandpa, these trivial matters are for the young people to handle. You and Grandma can just travel the world together.” Gu Nanyan ignored Gu Xiuhuang and spoke directly to the old man.
Turning to Gu Xiuhuang, she said, "Father, we need to ask you to come out of retirement again." Even through her gold-rimmed glasses, one could see the calculation in her phoenix eyes…
His tone was as gentle as it could possibly be; Gu Nanyan had never spoken to Gu Xiuhuang in such a tone before.
"You only think of your father now?" Gu Xiuhuang knew that, which is why he came along tonight.
Gu Nanyan stood up and went to Gu Xiuhuang's side. "Dad, please sit down. Look at you, you came along tonight precisely because you know everything, right? We're father and daughter, aren't we?"
He pressed Gu Xiuhuang down to sit, and then poured him a glass of warm water, offering it to him with both hands.
Gu Xiuhuang raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his face, which bore a striking resemblance to Gu Nanyan's. "It's not easy to get a cup of tea from the young master of the capital." He simply didn't reach for the cup.
He joked.
Gu Nanyan bent down slightly, still holding the water glass in his hand, "Dad, if you want some, it's just a matter of taking a sip."
"So, Dad, are you going to drink this water or not?" Gu Nanyan asked with a smile, straightening his back as well.
Gu Xiuhuang: What a brat!
He took the water glass, took a small sip, and said, "Let me make this clear, I won't interfere much. I think Zhaojun and Fengyou are both doing quite well, and there are quite a few people in your special assistant's office, so there probably won't be much left for me."
“Of course.” Gu Nanyan sat down next to Gu Xiuhuang.
Grandpa Gu watched the father and daughter's battle of wits with a smile on his lips.
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o(╥﹏╥)o Chapters 227 and 228 have been revised, but I don't know why there are security issues. o(╥﹏╥)o
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