Be in low spirits

After the servant left, she held her father's hand and waited for the doctor to come. Gu Zhiqiu raised one hand and pointed to a place opposite, wanting to say something.

Gu Jinluo looked at the direction he was pointing, leaned closer and asked, "Dad, what do you want to say?"

"I want to... go see... your mother." He spoke weakly and tremblingly. Gu Jinluo suddenly burst into tears. He wiped away his tears and said to her, "Dad, it's too late today. Can we go after we recover from our illness?"

He smiled and said nothing more. The servant brought a bowl of bird's nest porridge. She tested the temperature with a spoon and felt that it was not good. She fed him a little water with a cotton swab and told the servant: "Prepare some astragalus chicken porridge."

The servant received the order and left again. The housekeeper called Dr. Ander. After the examination, Dr. Ander pulled her to the sofa stool outside the room and just shook his head.

"Can I ask the reason?" Gu Jinluo felt something was odd. He was apparently fine in Jinghua, and he had never mentioned anything on the phone. But he suddenly became critically ill. His third aunt was still living at home, which made people feel even more suspicious.

"There are many factors, it could be mood or drug dosage, and as far as I know, Mr. Gu did not take his medicine on time." Dr. Ander spoke in poor Chinese. He has been responsible for prescribing medicine for Gu Zhiqiu.

She nodded, called the housekeeper, and asked someone to send the doctor back.

"Miss, Dr. Benjamin is here." The servant stood at the door of the room and reported in a low voice.

"Please come in." She probably understood that her father didn't have much time left.

After a thorough examination, Dr. Benjamin said to her, "Miss Gu, Mr. Gu's illness is a mental illness. It is not easy for him to persist for so many years. The most important thing now is to make him feel better."

At first she thought that Dr. Ander was bribed by her third aunt, so he did not tell the truth. Now hearing Benjamin say the same thing, she completely lost confidence and burst into tears.

She waved her hand to ask the housekeeper to send the person out, and then she lay down beside her father's bed and cried.

Gu Zhiqiu raised his hand and touched her head. She looked up at her father and cried, "Dad..."

The next morning, she pushed her father in a wheelchair to her mother's grave. Gu Zhiqiu opened his eyes and looked at his wife's portrait. His eyes were full of tenderness and he also had strength again.

"Su Xian, my daughter has grown up. She has found a husband for herself in Beijing. It is time for me to complete my mission." This sentence took up too much of his energy, and it took him a long time to recover.

"Dad, you haven't seen me get married yet. You will have grandchildren and there are still many things to do." Gu Jinluo was still sad. Even though she had many complaints about her father, he was the only relative she had in this world.

Gu Zhiqiu looked at his daughter squatting beside him, touched her head and said, "Luoluo, you really look more and more like your mother."

"Dad, it will be fine, everything will be fine, or we can go to the United States or the United Kingdom to find a better doctor." She felt that there would always be a way.

Gu Zhiqiu forced a smile and said to the photo in front of the grave: "Luoluo, Dad knows that it's Dad who doesn't want to treat it. I just want to see your mother as soon as possible."

It has always been like this. For this daughter, he could only ignore the fact that her mother died because of her when he saw the shadow of his wife.

"You are always like this and never think about me." Gu Jinluo had no impression of this mother. There was only this photo and years of resentment.

"Dad wants to have a good talk with your mom." Gu Zhiqiu was already prepared. He had originally planned to wait until her marriage was settled.

Gu Jinluo squatted alone under the banyan tree. Yao'er stood behind her and asked softly, "Luoluo, it's okay. Just cry if you want to."

She looked at Yaoer and said nothing.

In the afternoon, she called the butler over and asked him to bring the servants' information. After flipping through them one by one, the butler seemed a little nervous and asked, "Miss, Master Lang has seen all these servants."

"Master Lang?" She only knew that her father had entrusted many things to her brother, but she didn't expect that all the household chores were also entrusted to him.

"Oh, Luoluo is back. Let second uncle take a good look at her." Second uncle's voice came from the door. He is very old and needs to use a cane to walk. In this family, second uncle is probably the only one who loves her the most.

"Uncle, why are you here? Luo'er should come to see you." She quickly stood up and helped him sit down on the sofa.

The second uncle looked at the information on the coffee table, then looked at his niece, leaning on his crutches and said, "How is your father's health?"

"I saw a doctor last night and went to see my mother again this morning. She ate more at lunch and took the medicine properly. If she can keep doing this, she should be fine." She marked the servants' information one by one.

"Zhi Qiu, you still miss your mother. Luo'er, have you made any plans?" Uncle Gu was very worried about his niece.

She was concentrating on reading the documents and didn't understand what the second uncle was saying: "What plan?"

"The Gu family is wealthy and powerful. What are your plans? Lang'er didn't come back with you?" Uncle Gu looked around. He had been here for such a long time, but he didn't see Gu Lang coming down to greet him.

"Jinghua is still busy with the arms business, so she probably can't spare the time." She looked up at the housekeeper standing beside her. The housekeeper stepped out, and she said to her second uncle, "Second uncle, why did this third aunt come to live in Gu's Garden?"

"You know your third aunt is well-known to everyone, so you should make plans early. And your two disappointing brothers should also be careful."

"Dad didn't want me to inherit the family business." Speaking of this, her father really minded that she was a girl.

"How come you've become even more conservative after your trip abroad? Your father has always allowed you to be independent, but now you're afraid of him."

"Second uncle wants me to fight for it? But Dad should have his own plans, and there is also Brother Lang. My main task is to take good care of Dad."

"Then why did you dig these things out? Isn't it because you don't trust your brother Lang?"

"Uncle, father values ​​family harmony the most. Don't talk nonsense." She couldn't trust anyone with the last name Gu now, and it was not easy for her to fall out with them.

"You must not only be careful of your third aunt, but also be careful of your second uncle's two rebellious sons. If anything really happens, remember to come to your second uncle. He will always stand by you."

Uncle Gu had watched her grow up and knew all the hardships she had endured. As for his two rebellious sons, he only hated himself for not being able to give birth to a daughter.

At night, after Gu Zhiqiu fell asleep, Gu Jinluo returned to Su Yaoer's room and chatted with her.

"Luoluo, you are completely different in Anjiang than you were in Jinghua. You've suffered a lot here, right?"

Gu Jinluo was lying on the bed, playing chess with himself.

"I'll ask the doctor to check on you tomorrow. Do you need to prepare a lot of things for the birth of the child? Tomorrow you can ask that personal maid to go buy some together and put it on the Gu family's account."

"Before coming to Anjiang, Ji Huai gave me a lot of money. You don't have to worry about me, but yourself." Yaoer sat in front of the dressing table combing her hair.

"Dad is still here, there's no need to worry." As long as her father is still alive, she has someone to rely on.

"It would be nice if Ji Huai and General Ye were here at this time."

"This is my own business. What does it have to do with them? Besides, my father is still alive."

"When do you think they'll write?"

"Do you miss your husband? Yes, when you are pregnant, you always hope that your husband can accompany you. Hey, Yao'er, have you really never thought about marrying into the Yang family?"

"I just want the baby to be born safely."

"What about after the baby is born? If you don't marry, will Yang Lin not marry? When he does marry, what will happen to you and the baby? Do you really have to play the pipa to support the baby?"

"Ji Huai won't ignore us. If that day comes, I can find a job to support the children."

"You! Yao'er, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. I may not understand Yang Lin, but you have to plan for yourself."

Back in the study, she picked out the information of the servants who were to be kicked out, and looked at the information sent to her by the old housekeeper. She probably thought Gu Lang would have some ideas about replacing this group of servants, but if he fought for the inheritance, the shareholders in the company probably wouldn't have any objections.

In the morning, she gathered the servants together and said, "Everyone has seen father's condition. Just in case, I will not keep you here. I have prepared some severance pay. Let's go our separate ways in peace."