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Li hurriedly turned his head away, afraid that if he continued to look at it, he would sink into Gu Xi's eyes.He had an illusion, as if he and Gu Xi had returned to the state before Erniang's miscarriage, and Gu Xi always treated him gently...

He is not used to drinking bitter tea, so Gu Xi would make a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus tea for him every night; he would play the piano for him;

With this grave, in the future, Shen Li will no longer be a lonely and helpless soul...

Shen Li walked towards the grave step by step, every step seemed to be heavily stepped on the heart, leaving a deep imprint on it.

Gu Xi walked over, lit some incense on the grave, saw Shen Li's preoccupied look, and asked him, "Where's your body?"

"It's probably placed in a mass burial mound. It is estimated that it is still a pair of dry bones, and it has long since lost its face." Shen Li's fingertips stroked the wooden tablet in front of him. The words on the tablet were painted with lacquer. The writing is beautiful, but the uneven scratches seem to be carved by an unskilled novice.

"I carved it myself, but it's not good." Gu Xi's hand unconsciously caressed the wound on his left finger, "I'll replace it with a good one later."

"No need, this one is pretty good." Shen Li looked at Gu Xi's unnatural movements in front of him, and his eyes naturally moved to his hands, "Your hands..."

Gu Xi put his hands behind his back, "It's okay, it's ready."

"Let me see." Shen Li took Gu Xi's hand, there was a deep wound on the fingers of his left hand, which had scabbed over, but it was still shocking to watch.A fog began to spread in Shen Li's eyes.

Gu Xi smiled and pulled out his hand, "Don't read it, let's go, I have prepared a lot of food for you."

"Okay." Shen Li nodded, swallowing back the tears that were about to fall in his eyes.He didn't expect that Gu Xi would specially set up a clothes tomb for him, and even injured his hand when he carved the monument himself.

Gu Xi really prepared a lot of food for Shen Li, but Shen Li just took a bite of the white candle in front of him cautiously.

"The candied haws I just bought." Gu Xi pointed at a certain plate of candied haws and smiled like a spring breeze, "I thought you were a child, so you should like this, so I bought it."

Shen Li still held half a white candle in his hand, staring at Gu Xi blankly.

"Why, don't you like it? Then next time..."

Before Gu Xi could finish speaking, the tears that had been choked up in Shen Li's eyes welled up again, "I like it, I like it..." Shen Li took the candied haws and took a bite, the sweet and sour taste mixed with the bitterness of the tears. into the mouth.

"You're such a fool, you obviously like it, why are you crying?" Gu Xi held up his sleeves and tucked away the tears from the corners of Shen Li's eyes, "Eat slowly, don't choke, if you like it, I will Just buy it and eat it with you from time to time."

later?

Does he have a past with Gu Xi?He wanted to cut off contact with Gu Xi, but in fact he also cut off his thoughts on Gu Xi.

Naturally, Gu Xi didn't know Shen Li's thoughts, squatted down, put his palm on the kid's cheek, and wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb, "I was so careless, I ate it all over my face."

A cool touch came from the fingertips, Gu Xi looked at Shen Li's face so close, his lips covered in syrup, and leaned involuntarily.

Chapter 22

What Shen Li had in his mouth was sweet and sour candied haws, but suddenly, Gu Xi kissed him without warning.This sudden kiss made Shen Li at a loss, in a hurry, he pushed Gu Xi who was half leaning on him.Gu Xi's center of gravity was unstable, and he was caught off guard.

Shen Li stared blankly at Gu Xi who was pushed to the ground by him, and jumped into the lake without caring about helping him up.

Shen Li clutched the place where he was kissed just now, even though the lake water was icy cold, the temperature of Gu Xi still remained on his lips, if he was a person, he would be blushing.It's a pity...he's a ghost...

A ghost who has no heartbeat, no pulse, and has been dead for many years.

It's true that he likes Gu Xi, since Gu Xi was born, he has been looking at him until now.What's getting deeper and deeper is his love for Gu Xi.From the initial joy, to the later pity, and now the admiration, he recorded Gu Xi's entire growth process in his heart.From young and ignorant to young and ignorant, to now in his thirties...he never pays attention to Gu Xi.Gu Xi seemed to have a thread pulling his end, and with a light pull, he could draw all his attention away.

He admitted that he had an inherent admiration for Gu Xi, but he didn't dare to have any unreasonable thoughts.People and ghosts have different paths, who doesn't know...

It was this feeling of not wanting to have anything to do with him, but also unable to control himself to get close to him, that prompted Shen Limao to rashly appear in front of Gu Xi, drinking and chatting with Gu Xiyue... However, he is now I regretted it, or it was a mistake from the acquaintance a month ago to now.If he hadn't met Gu Xi, how could Gu Xi have such affection for him?

When Gu Xi was young, Shen Lituo Liuzhu used a spell on Gu Xi that could forget his memory, but this spell could not be used on the same person a second time.

Anyway, he is a ghost, life and death don't matter, and his thoughts don't matter.But Gu Xi is different, he is an individual who will marry a wife and have children in the future, and he will inherit the Gu family's family business. He carries the hopes and sustenance of the entire Gu family...

Gu Xi stayed up all night, tossing and turning after returning home from last night.Seeing that it was dawn, he simply got up.I went to the store with heavy dark circles under my eyes and lack of sleep.

Shopkeeper Li saw Gu Xi coming so early for the first time, and he was really surprised, so he hurriedly bowed to him, "Young master came really early today..."

Seeing Gu Xi pull his face, shopkeeper Li didn't dare to say any more.

"En." Gu Xi put his hands behind his back and walked into the room without stopping a step.

Everyone in the store knows that Young Master Gu is an approachable person, and he won't show his face to the people below.It was the first time that he was in a state of pulling his face like today.

"What's the matter, young master? It looks like you're in a bad mood." A worker who was a little more courageous stared at the back of Gu Xi who was going away, and asked with the shopkeeper.

"Hey, who knows about the affairs of the masters." The shopkeeper glanced around, all ears pricked up, wanting to hear some gossip, "Hey, what are you doing, what are you doing? Are you free to listen to these? Do you still need this month's money?"

The people gathered around dispersed in a rush.

In order to facilitate Gu Xi's work, shopkeeper Li specially ordered someone to clean up a room for him to meet guests, work, and rest.The furnishing of the room is according to Gu Xi's own requirements. Opposite the entrance is a pair of pear blossom wood Taishi chairs. When there are big customers talking about business, Gu Xi will bring people here and invite them to have a cup of tea.On the left is a small window, under which there is a small couch covered with soft pillows.When sleepy, Gu Xi would take a nap here.On the right hand side, a pair of bookshelves, a pair of cabinets and a desk are arranged side by side.

The furnishings are concise and clear, not procrastinating, but also in line with Gu Xi's usual style of doing things.

Gu Xi sat down at the desk, took a sip of the tea handed over by the maid, and then frowned, "This tea..." The bitterness of this tea seemed to be stronger than usual.

The female assistant hurriedly explained, for fear of offending Gu Xi: "The servants are brewed according to the usual method, young master! The tea, water, and steps are all the same."

Gu Xi sniffed at the rim of the cup, then raised his eyes to take a look. It was the girl who came to deliver tea every day. The tea was also the original tea, but the taste in the mouth had changed.Or he was hiding something in his heart, and the taste of drinking it was not right.Thinking of this, Gu Xi suddenly lost interest in drinking this tea, and simply put it aside.

The servant girl looked at Gu Xi, glanced at herself, smelled the tea, and asked cautiously: "Then servant girl, make you another cup?"

Gu Xi didn't want to say much, so he waved his hand, "No need, let's go down."

"Hey."

When the maid heard Gu Xi telling her to go down, she hurriedly carried the tray and left.When one foot had just stepped out of the threshold, Gu Xi behind him spoke, and he took a breath that had just been relieved.

"Let them bring last month's account book." Gu Xi said.

The female Pi let out a long breath in her heart, "Yes, yes, this servant girl will go talk to shopkeeper Li now."

Shopkeeper Li's work efficiency is very high. After all, he is the shopkeeper of the main store, and everything is done with his master's thoughts in mind. After a while, all the books of the shop in Nanqiao Town and the branches opened in other places were sent. , piled up.

Gu Xi took out a book and opened the first page. The whole page was densely written in small black seal characters, and Gu Xi was dazzled.The abacus was put aside, and even after four or five times of calculation, it was not correct.

Gu Xi had a headache, and simply lay down on the table staring at the piles of ledgers in a daze.My mind is full of Shen Li's shining face, and the temperature between Shen Li's lips and teeth yesterday...

Gu Xi doesn't know why he made such a move. Even though he doesn't hate the relationship between Yan Si and Qin Yuesheng, it doesn't mean he can accept that he is a broken sleeve.

When I was in the imperial city, I couldn't wait to come back, and I was obviously in a hurry to come back to apologize.Do you miss Shen Li?Gu Xi pondered for a while, didn't he?

Maybe there are...

Gu Xi thinks that he has always been organized and knows what he is doing, the next step and the plan for the next step.But regarding what happened yesterday, it really broke his routine, Shen Li was an accident...

An accident, a irrational kiss, even for a beautiful woman, he had never had such an impulse/movement, or even a thought... He suddenly didn't dare to think about it, what was he based on? will do something like this...

But Gu Xi then thought about it, maybe it was because he hadn't been close to women for so many years, Gu Xi comforted himself, maybe he could find someone who was hundreds of times more beautiful than Shen Li, and he wouldn't have these annoying thoughts about Shen Li.

Inside the Huang Mansion.

"Brother Gu, how can you come to my house today?" Huang Zisheng closed his folding fan, and sat down on the chair next to Gu Xi, still looking reckless as usual.

"I'll find you for a drink."

"Young master, don't go with Mr. Gu, the young lady will have to get angry with you again later."

This young man obviously didn't understand his young master's tricks, he didn't know what he said, it made Huang Zisheng want to go.Gu Xi glanced at Huang Zisheng again as if watching a play, and as expected, Huang Zisheng became angry.

"Fart! Am I afraid of her?" Huang Zisheng slapped the table, stood up, his face was full of anger after losing face, "Brother Gu, let's go! My young master is going to drink today! I'd rather Let's see who has the guts to stop me!"

My young master was furious, so naturally no one dared to stop him.Turning around, if the young lady wants to blame her, they have comforted her, as long as she can't blame them, that's fine.As a result, all the servants in the hall bowed their heads and stopped talking.

Huang Zisheng pulled Gu Xi out of his house, and he was in a good mood.Thinking of what he said to Gu Xi at Gu Xi's mansion last time, he jokingly said: "Last time I heard you said that Daoist Zhang performed a ritual for you. I wonder if there will be a follow-up? Have you met any beautiful female ghosts?"

Gu Xi glanced at him, and said in a calm manner: "Oh? I also heard people say that after you drank at my place, you were fined to kneel in the room with a broom all night when you returned? I don't know what happened next?"

Huang Zisheng rubbed his nose. Unexpectedly, Gu Xi heard about this, so he looked sloppy and shouted: "This is just hearsay, it's unbelievable! It's unbelievable!"

Gu Xi didn't want to expose Huang Zisheng, but just smiled at him with deep meaning.

Huang Zisheng was a little unnatural, so he quickly changed the subject: "I don't know which restaurant to drink today?"

"Flower wine! Do you dare to drink it?" Gu Xi raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Huang Zisheng flicked his folding fan, showing a flirtatious look, "Dare! Why don't you dare!"

"Young master! You can't do it, turn around, young mistress..." The servant pulled Huang Zisheng's cuff, dissuading him.

"Let go! How would she know? If she knew, you must have said it!" Huang Zisheng shook the sleeve that was being pulled, and seeing that Gu Xi didn't bring a servant, Huang Zisheng pondered for a while, and felt that this The boy was an out-and-out burden, so he said, "Go back, don't follow me any more. And don't tell the young lady about this. If she finds out, she'll take your skin off.!"

"But Master..."

The boy still wanted to say something, but Huang Zisheng's face was dark, and he had no choice but to swallow the words he hadn't finished speaking.

Chapter 23

Nanqiao Town is so big, and there are only a few flower houses in total. If you want to say that the girls are beautiful, they must be the Red House.

The old bustard was the top card in the Red Mansion when he was young, and later took the position of the previous old bustard, and he has been up to now.In her hands, the Red Mansion is well managed.

Gu Xi and Huang Zisheng approached the red building one after the other, but before they arrived, a girl came up to her.

"This young man is really good-looking." A girl was holding Gu Xi's arm, and half of her body weight was leaning on Gu Xi's body.

The girl who chatted with Huang Zisheng did not show any weakness, "This young man is really a good-looking talent, and he likes it like this." She squeezed her handkerchief and chuckled lightly.

"You can really talk." Huang Zisheng squeezed the girl's chin, smiled close to the girl's ear, "I like you too."

"You're really bad..." The girl held the veil and covered Huang Zisheng's chest with her hand, and there was a gust of fragrant wind from the veil, even Gu Xi who was standing in front could smell it.

Gu Xi was not used to smelling it, and felt that the smell was so strong that his brain hurt.But Huang Zisheng seemed to be enjoying it very much.

"This is bad. I have worse ones. You haven't seen them before." Huang Zisheng whispered something in the girl's ear, and the girl laughed again.In just such a short time, the two of them were already very warm.

"Your surname, sir?" the girl next to Gu Xi asked with her head tilted.

"Gu."

"It's Mr. Gu, and I call it Linglong. How about Linglong to accompany me in a while?"

Gu Xi tilted his head slightly and smelled that Linglong didn't seem to have such a strong fragrance, so he said, "Okay."

"Young Master, you really cherish your words like gold. It must be the first time you have come here?" Linglong took Gu Xi's arm and brought him into the red building.

Just stepped into the door, all kinds of smells of makeup and wine mixed with the smell of wine, and mixed scenes can be seen everywhere.

Gu Xi frowned slightly, his stomach churning.

"Hey, the two young masters are just looking at each other." The old bustard shook the feather fan, twisted his waist, and walked around Gu Xi when he saw Gu Xi clearly, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are so handsome." .”

Huang Zisheng also smiled when he saw the bustard looking at Gu Xi with such professional eyes, and hurriedly opened his mouth to help him: "Mom, what you said is wrong. Why is there only one?"

"Yes yes yes, I said something wrong." The old bustard laughed and pretended to pat himself on the face, "It's 'the two sons are both handsome'".

Speaking of which, the old bustard moved a few steps towards Huang Zisheng, "You two young masters, do you want a young lady?"

"Xiaoguan?" Gu Xi thought he had heard it wrong. He had heard about it when he was discussing business with others in the imperial city, but he didn't expect that there was one in Nanqiao Town.

"It's men," the old bustard looked at Gu Xi and said disapprovingly, "it's all the fashion these days. Even the dignitaries in the imperial city like to find young men to accompany them. We are all young men of fifteen or sixteen years old here. Young man. His appearance is definitely good."

Shen Li's face suddenly appeared in Gu Xi's mind, and the discomfort of being caught and hurting his feet reappeared.

"Okay, let mom decide, bring us two!" Huang Zisheng said.Gu Xi has always been an upright gentleman, since Gu Xi didn't answer, let him do it.

"Okay, I'll go call them right now, and I'll make sure the two gentlemen are satisfied!" When the old bustard heard that Huang Zisheng had ordered two more servants, she was very happy, and went to the backyard to fetch them.

"My lord, don't you want Chunhong? You are so heartless!" The girl stomped her foot lightly, leaning against Huang Zisheng's arms and said angrily.

Huang Zisheng pinched the handle of the fan and picked the girl's chin, "How can it be, let's go together! There are so many people!"

"Hate."

It didn't take long for the two of them to sit down in the wing room, when the old bustard brought two teenagers over.Good-looking, melon-seeded face with big eyes, and soft-spoken.At this moment, Gu Xi thought of Shen Li again, feeling bored for a while, picked up the wine that Linglong had poured out, raised his head and drank it in one gulp.

"Are the two sons satisfied?"

"Excellent! Excellent! Brother Gu, do you think so?" Huang Zisheng looked at Gu Xi with a smile, but when he saw him take a sip, he knew that he seemed a little unhappy, so he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear , "You brought me to drink this flower wine, and now you are drinking dull wine here, leaving me alone to deal with them."

Gu Xi frowned, looked up at a shy young man beside the old bustard, and said, "Sit here."

The young man carefully glanced at the old bustard, but was stared at. He lowered his head and walked to sit beside Gu Xi.

"Yu Qiu will pour wine for you, my lord, please use it." The young man timidly filled Gu Xi's empty glass.

"Yeah." Gu Xi took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Gu Xi could see that Yu Qiu was a little scared, and his big, agile eyes only dared to look within an inch in front of him.Come to think of it, when he first met Shen Li, he also looked like this, the corners of his clothes under his fingers always seemed to be wrung out...

"Then I will go out. If there is something to do, please tell the two young masters. I will be downstairs."

The old bustard closed the door, and before leaving, he gave Yu Qiu a look, and the young man lowered his head in fright.

The other young man was much more experienced, and Gu Xi and Huang Zisheng said together: "Hi, gentlemen, the villain is called Xueliang." He sat beside Huang Zisheng.

Huang Zisheng is a playful person, and he soon got together with other people.In this room, except for Gu Xi, everyone started wine punching together.But Yu Qiu, still thinking about Gu Xi, invited Gu Xi in a waxy voice, "Do you want to come together, my lord?"

Gu Xi shook his head with him, and leaned back in his chair to watch the battle.

At this time, Huang Zisheng was playing to the fullest, curled one leg on the stool, and said to Linglong who was beside Gu Xi: "Haha, you lost, come, come, kiss. Kiss here, here!" Huang Zisheng Pointing to his cheek.

Linglong followed her words, and generously kissed Huang Zisheng's face.

Seeing Gu Xi looking at him with raised eyebrows, Huang Zisheng couldn't play anymore.He lowered his voice and said to the group of people: "The Mr. Gu in front of you is a rich master. Let him join us quickly. If anyone can invite him, this bag of money will be his."

Huang Zisheng really took out a bag of silver and slapped it on the table.Those who were still in the joy of throwing punches just now came to persuade Gu Xi to play together.

Gu Xi had no choice but to be with them.

In the first few games, Gu Xi was lucky. Gu Xi watched the two girls kiss each other, the two girls kissed Huang Zisheng, and Xueliang kissed Huang Zisheng.

It was such good luck that when it was his turn to fight Yu Qiu, Yu Qiu also lost to him.

The young man looked at Gu Xi shyly, clenched his hands into fists on his lap, even Gu Xi was made a little nervous by him.After being suppressed with great difficulty, Shen Li's panicked appearance reappeared after being kissed.

"I paid the money for you." Gu Xi lowered his head to take out the money bag from his purse.When he saw the purse, he was slightly startled again.

"No need, my lord, I'll come." Yu Qiu tugged on Gu Xi's arm and muttered.

Gu Xi raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "Do you have money?"

"No..." Yu Qiu lowered her head and looked at her shoes.

Gu Xi took out his wallet, and everyone present except Huang Zisheng and Yu Qiu shared a piece of silver.

"Thank you, Mr. Gu." Everyone said.

"I'm willing to bet and admit defeat." Gu Xi replied.

Seeing Gu Xi's generosity, the two girls competed to fight Gu Xi, Gu Xi couldn't refuse, so he had to obey them, this time it was Huang Zisheng's turn to "watch the show".Huang Zisheng is not as quiet as Gu Xi, he is the most powerful when booing from the sidelines.Gu Xi was so troubled that he had a headache, and lost to Linglong if he was not careful.

"Come on, Young Master Gu!" Huang Zisheng laughed.

Gu Xi glared at him, and leaned in front of Linglong.

Linglong closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her warm breath rushed towards her face. From such a close distance, even Linglong could smell the powder on her face.

Gu Xi tried a few times, but felt that he couldn't go on kissing, so he took out some money from his purse, gave it to everyone, and punished himself with a glass of wine.

"What a disappointment!" Huang Zisheng laughed again.

"Mr. Huang and Mr. Gu are here for a game, and I haven't seen you two pass by." Xue Liang filled the cup for Gu Xi.

Gu Xi looked at Huang Zisheng provocatively, Huang Zisheng also looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "I'm afraid you won't dare to come."

When Gu Xi gets excited about playing, how can he be afraid that he will "come!"

There is always a saying in this world that anyone who picks others to gamble will lose.For example, Huang Zisheng is such a living example.

Seeing Huang Zisheng's loss, Gu Xi pressed his shoulders and made a teasing gesture to bend down.

Huang Zisheng hugged his chest and pretended to be terrified: "What are you doing? I'm a married man, so you can't have any unreasonable thoughts about me."

Everyone laughed, Chunhong said: "Don't, Mr. Huang, you just follow him."

Gu Xi smiled and shook his head, Huang Zisheng's face changed too quickly.He was about to let go of his hand and sit down, but Huang Zisheng grabbed his hand.

Huang Zisheng looked at him with tender eyes, pretending to be shy and squeezed his throat and said: "Then don't let my wife know! Come on!"

Gu Xi shook the goosebumps on his body, "Even if he is interested in a man, it won't be you!" He glanced at him and sat down with a smile, "Looking at you, I lose my appetite."

"Don't do it," Huang Zisheng stood beside Gu Xi, and pinched his orchid fingers in the playbook, "Gu Lang is so ruthless!"

As he said that, he walked around to Yuqiu clangingly, "Could it be you! Stolen my Gu Lang! Yuqiu, I swear against you!"

Yuqiu lay on the table, squinting her eyes with a smile.

Gu Xi finally couldn't hold back anymore, fearing that Huang Zisheng's madness would be endless, so he hurriedly took Huang Zisheng's wine glass and handed it over, and then took the glass in front of him and touched it down, "Let's not kiss anymore, come on, this wine done."

"Why did it end like this!" Chunhong said.

"Yeah, I haven't seen enough yet!" Linglong, who was sitting next to Gu Xi, also booed.

"That's enough," Huang Zisheng pointed at everyone with a smile while pinching his cup, "It's almost done! Be careful not to offend me, let me show you what real kung fu is!"

"I really haven't seen it before, Mr. Huang, so please come to the next section." Huang Zisheng's arm was held by Chunhong beside him, "It's good to open everyone's eyes."

Everyone: "Yes, Mr. Huang!" "Mr. Huang, come for a while!"...

Huang Zisheng lifted the corner of his robe and sat down, shaking his head, "Okay, let's continue punching, whose turn is it next?"

……

Chapter 24

When Gu Xi woke up, she saw Linglong lying on her side, and a hangover headache kept stirring in her mind.

Gu Xi stroked his forehead, "Linglong?"

"My lord, are you awake?" Linglong rubbed her sore waist and laughed, "Thanks to you, you still remember that it was changed to 'Linglong', and last night you called my servant 'Shen Li', shouldn't you?" You are not happy. Linglong is really envious of that younger sister, who can make the young master worry so much."

After Gu Xi was stunned, he quickly put on his clothes, didn't bother to wash up, and opened the door to go out.

Shen Li, Linglong said, even if he is drunk, he still calls by his name!

Just as Gu Xi stepped forward with one foot, Linglong wanted to call him: "Hey, Mr. Gu..."

Only then did Gu Xi realize that the money for the stay had not been paid, so he went back to the house and threw an ingot of gold on the table, and walked out without looking back.

Linglong, who was behind her, called out to the back of Gu Xi who was leaving in a hurry outside the door: "Thank you Mr. Gu, come back next time..."

The dream of last night is still vivid in his mind, Gu Xi clearly remembers the expression on Shen Li's face when he clung to his shoulder and was happy.It turned out to be just a dream...

A hearty night...

It was raining lightly outside, and Gu Xi stood outside the red building feeling melancholy.

"Is the son going back?"

Gu Xi turned around, only to see the young man sitting next to him yesterday standing against the door holding a paper umbrella.What's your name?Oh, Yuqiu!

"En." Gu Xi turned around and stopped looking at him.

I don't know where in the alley came a chanting in a playful tone, but it seemed unreal through the sound of rustling and rain.

"If you don't mind, Mr. Yuqiu has an umbrella here, you can use it first." Yu Qiu walked to Gu Xi's side, holding the umbrella in his hand, and looked at him earnestly.

Behind Yuqiu was the cold red building during the day, and the lingering scene of last night reappeared in Gu Xi's mind for an instant, making his stomach churn.

"Thank you, I'll pay you back sometime." Gu Xi nodded at him, held up his umbrella and mixed with the drizzle.

There are fewer hawkers at the street corner, those stalls selling cloth shoes and handkerchiefs have all been closed, and the bun shop across the alley from Gu's house is still there.The fat boss sat under the awning and said to the few passers-by: "Buns, meat buns..." It seems that today's rain has reduced his business a lot.

As soon as Gu Xi stepped into the gate of the Gu family, a servant came over to hold an umbrella for him, and followed him into the hall.

The old lady of the Gu family was sitting in the hall, and Huang Zisheng was sitting next to her, chatting with her.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Xi came back despite the rain.Huang Zisheng leaned over and blew the water in the cup calmly, "I thought you came back early."

"The boy from the Huang family has already arrived, and he has been waiting for a long time. You haven't returned all night, did you spend the night in the shop?" The old lady Gu didn't doubt that he was there, she still asked Gu Xi cheerfully.

"I was busy yesterday, so I slept in the shop overnight." Gu Xi responded casually.That's right, in grandma's mind, he doesn't need others to worry about anything except his marriage.

"Hey, come back and sleep well next time."

"Understood, grandma, then I'll go back to my room first."

Gu Xi was afraid that Huang Zisheng would say something that was "not astonishing and endless", so Gu Xi hurriedly headed towards the small building.

Seeing Gu Xi leaving, Huang Zisheng quickly put down the cup in his hand and followed, "Brother Gu, wait for me."

"The boy from the Huang family is staying at home for dinner today, so he is not allowed to leave!" The old lady of the Gu family smiled at Huang Zisheng's back.

"A good grandma, Zisheng is what she wished for."

The diligent maidservants brought some pastries and hot tea to the small building one after another.

Gu Xi changed his clothes, watched Huang Zisheng leisurely drinking tea by himself, and had no intention of going back.If it were normal, it would have been as if he could not wait to rush back.

Gu Xi sat down beside Huang Zisheng, filled a cup of tea for himself, and said with a sneer, "You got kicked out again?"

"How can it be? She ran away from home!" Huang Zisheng said disapprovingly, "I thought she would return to her mother's house for two days, but how could she know that she came back last night. What a coincidence, I was caught!"

"That's really unfortunate." Gu Xi pinched a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and soft, and it melted in his mouth.Only then did he remember that from last night until today, he hadn't eaten anything.

last night……

Gu Xi let out a long sigh in his heart, he lived this life openly, but he never felt that anyone could make him so troubled, so unable to let go.And that Shen Li was like a thorn, deeply piercing into his brain before he knew it.

The Yunpian Cake in his mouth suddenly became tasteless.Gu Xi simply took a sip of the bitter tea, and when his mouth was filled with the taste of tea, he felt a hint of taste in his mouth.

Shen Li!

Gu Xi never thought about what would happen to Shen Li before, he told Yan Si before that he had nothing to do with Shen Li.

Shen Li seems to be doing well without him.During the more than 100 years when I didn't meet him, even during the one month when he went to the imperial city...

But he was Shen Li's burden, Erniang wanted to harm him, Shen Li and Liu Zhu treated her; when he was in danger, Shen Li was the first to come out to save him.Without him, Gu Xi, Shen Li would be better off!

But if he left Shen Li, he would be able to think of Shen Li everywhere in his life.I have him in my dreams, I can miss him even after eating some cakes, even going to drink flower wine...

"Did you stay at Linglong's place last night, or at Yuqiu's place?" Huang Zisheng leaned over with great interest, and he seemed a little uncontrollably enthusiastic about these gossips about Gu Xi.

"Linglong." Gu Xi sipped his tea and said flatly.How could he not know that Huang Zisheng was watching a play.

Huang Zisheng clicked his tongue and sighed regretfully, "How could it be Linglong?"

Gu Xi looked at him seriously, "Otherwise, who do you think it would be?"

"Yuqiu!" Huang Zisheng thought for a while and said again, "Yes, according to Yuqiu's temperament, the number one young lady will not be able to turn to him anyway."

Huang Zisheng looked worried for others, as if he really worried about the young man's future.

"Heh, I've really troubled you."

"I just talked about you with grandma. Grandma said that you are so old, don't talk about concubines, and don't even have a regular wife. I'm still thinking, maybe you are the same as the fourth son of Zhang Yuan's family , are all good men. But you said that you slept at Linglong's place yesterday, which is really confusing."

The word "manly" came from Huang Zisheng's mouth, which made Gu Xi's heart skip a beat.It seems that a child who made a mistake was caught straight.

Gu Xi suppressed the panic in his heart, and said lightly: "What happened to the fourth son of the Zhang family?"

"Hey, I just like men!" Huang Zisheng rubbed his already full stomach, stood up and walked a few steps in the house.Turning around, he saw Gu Xi still looking at himself inquisitively, and continued, "I took a male concubine, and his father was afraid that others would gossip, and married a wife for him. His family has a lot of money, and he is a good man." It can only be regarded as a hobby of a rich family, who dares to say anything."

He had seen this picture before, and he and Huang Zisheng had gone to school together, and the three of them were about the same age.I have never seen Zhang Sixiang like men before.Gu Xi thought about it, he never expected that he would fall in love with a man.However, at least Zhang Si likes someone, and he can stay together for a lifetime.And he... likes a male ghost.Not only was he unable to appear on the stage, but some people might even think that he had some kind of hysteria.

Huang Zisheng turned around a few times, but he didn't see Gu Xi talking to him for a long time, so he looked over in a blink of an eye.Seeing Gu Xi staring blankly at the teacup in front of him, Huang Zisheng suddenly gave a "click" in his heart, could it be...

The old lady of the Gu family was indeed trying to keep people. With one more Huang Zisheng on the dinner table, there were five or six more dishes at once.Huang Zisheng stuffed his stomach with tea and pastries before, and he was already full, but Mrs. Gu was enthusiastic and couldn't refute her kindness, so she picked up some of every dish.

The atmosphere at the table was very good. Huang Zisheng was an eloquent person and could chat happily with anyone. The old lady was very happy being coaxed by him.Gu Xi occasionally interjected a few words. Mrs. Gu was busy serving dishes and soup for everyone, and she didn't interrupt. Huang Zisheng and Grandma Gu were chatting enthusiastically at the dinner table.

Second Madam Gu sat across from Gu Xi, since the last "miscarriage" happened, Gu Xi avoided her intentionally or unintentionally.Or maybe Erniang was also aware of it, so she didn't run to Gu Xi's small building, and didn't send soup again.

After all, Gu Xi still can't pretend that nothing happened.

Only halfway through the meal, a servant girl led the young man from the Huang Mansion to the dining room.

"Young madam asked me to go back?" Huang Zisheng got up and asked the servant.

The servant took out a bundle from behind and put it into Huang Zisheng's hands, "No, Young Madam asked me to bring your bundle, so that you can go wherever you like, and Huang's mansion doesn't have to go back."

Gu Xi looked at Huang Zisheng when he saw the boy just now, he still looked like a villain, but now he looks like a defeated rooster, with his head downcast.He had to admire the young lady of the Huang family.

Chapter 25

Huang Zisheng has been playing chess with Gu Xi for more than ten years, and he has no awareness of being a bad chess basket.Taking advantage of Huang Zisheng's thinking, Gu Xi opened the window, the rain had stopped, the sky was completely dark, and a gust of cold wind rushed towards his face.The weather had only been hot for two days, and then cooled down again.

Huang Zisheng looked at this round and was afraid that he would lose again, so he simply