nosy on you

Aggrieved family dinner

After Gu Xi moved out of the dormitory in the logistics center, he returned to his previous boring and monotonous life.

This is the life he should have had.

It's just that now I feel a little uncomfortable.

It's like a person who has been in the dark for a long time suddenly sees the sun and sees the color of the sky and the grass clearly. Now when he returns to the darkness, it is difficult for his eyes to adapt to the darkness around him.

Because of the rigorous relationship, it was the first time that he commuted to and from get off work on time like ordinary people, the first time he tried the cheap big pot dish of sauerkraut fried with oil residue, and the first time he experienced the happiness brought by group activities.

These seemingly ordinary little things are extremely extraordinary to him.

"Then don't look for him anymore, and stay away from him before he gets hurt because of you."

Mu Xue's understatement was like a dagger stuck in his heart. In the past half month, he drove around every street in the city.

It turns out that when the person you are looking for loses contact, even if you are in the same city, looking for it is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Gu Xi bought two boxes of Cordyceps sinensis at the pharmacy, and then drove the car into the Lijing Garden in the north of the city. This is the first batch of villas completed in City C, and it is also one of the few luxury houses that can be built in the city center.

In the past few years, the old city has developed rapidly, and the quiet and single-family houses like this are almost out of print.

It is said that the market price has risen to tens of millions, but he rarely sets foot in that "home" that has changed.

After the father passed away, this villa was left to Li Wei's mother and son. He and his grandmother shared an apartment of more than 200 square meters. get together.

When passing by the building next door, Gu Xi parked the car on the side of the road, opened the window and looked into the yard.

The owner of this bungalow is Dong Qingping. The main reason why my father bought it back then was to be a neighbor with her, so as to strengthen the business cooperation relationship between D&L Group and Liqi Daily Chemical.

It was here that Gu Xi met Lin Yi for the first time.

At that time, my mother was still there, Lin Yi was just in the first grade, and they were in the same elementary school. When Dong Qingping was too busy, her mother would help pick up Lin Yi.

Times have changed, and now only Dong Qingping and two nannies are left in this huge house.

There are two cars parked in front of the garage, one is the company's Maybach S450, and the other should be the new car just replaced by the loser, a white Range Rover.

Gu Xi parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road, carried the gift box to the iron gate and rang the bell.

On the day he moved out from here, he returned the keys to his father. A home that was not worth nostalgic for. In his eyes, it was not even as good as a hotel, so why keep the keys.

"Young Master, you are back..." Aunt Sun's voice came from the doorbell, "I'll open the door for you right now."

Aunt Sun is the nanny that my mother invited to take care of him. After counting, she has been in this house for more than ten years. Perhaps because she was worried that she would get a bad review from going out alone, Li Wei has never dismissed Aunt Sun. .

The iron door opened with a click, and Gu Xi walked into the yard. Aunt Sun was waiting for him under the porch, with a smile on her face, probably the only genuine smile inside and outside the house.

"Aunt Sun, how are your preparations going..." Gu Xi followed her into the living room, "Is everyone here?"

"It's all here. In addition to the family members, Mr. Li also invited a few executives from the company..." Aunt Sun glanced upstairs, "Your grandma is changing clothes in the room."

"Change clothes?" Gu Xi frowned, "Is there still a dress code today?"

Before he went out, he fumbled for this white T-shirt and jeans in the closet, and his hair was unkempt. It was similar to how he was dressed when he was working in the logistics center, and he was very casual.

"That's not true..." Aunt Sun whispered, "Mr. Li gave the old lady a dress, it doesn't seem cheap."

"Isn't this her usual way of doing things..." Gu Xi also whispered, "Empress Dowager Gu will follow her way."

Aunt Sun seemed to want to say something else, hesitated for a while, and then changed the topic: "Master, please sit down for a while, there are still a few dishes that are not ready, I have to go to the kitchen to watch."

"You go..." Gu Xi said, "I'll leave after dinner."

Aunt Sun turned around and went to the kitchen. He glanced at the sofa, and several department heads immediately stood up and greeted him in unison: "Gu Dong..."

These people don't have many chances to meet each other, so Gu Xi nodded with a smile, walked over to Lao Yang and sat down.

"Gu Dong, I heard that you haven't been to the logistics center recently..." Lao Yang moved closer to his ear and lowered his voice, "Is it because of the resignation of the employee you let me save last time?"

"No..." Gu Xi lit a cigarette and drank it, "I just went to familiarize myself with the operation process of the logistics department, so I didn't want to stay any longer."

Aunt Sun made him a cup of tea, and took the middle-aged woman who was standing by the sofa watching coldly to work in the dining room. The woman was Li Weixin's nanny, and she had been watching him closely since he entered the door.

"Manager Long can't be blamed for this..." Lao Yang continued to explain on his own, "Some time ago, a man named Zou Tianhao had an accident, and the company paid a sum of money. It was only then that we persuaded two employees to leave.”

"I see!" Gu Xi was a little impatient, and replied in a cold voice.

"Mom, walk slowly, the stairs are a bit steep." Before Lao Yang could speak again, Li Wei helped her grandma out of the room on the second floor, and a bright red instantly pierced people's eyes.

The old lady was indeed pretty when she was young, but now she is 71. She has been pampered and fattened up for many years, and the long silk dress with the waist can't be worn at all, but looks awkward instead.

But what was even more awkward was the young man following her.

"Brother, when did you arrive?" The man smiled at Gu Xi as he went downstairs, but his eyes were not as friendly as the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Grandma..." Gu Xi ignored him, got up and greeted him, and handed two boxes of Cordyceps to the old lady, "Happy birthday."

"You just gave me this?" Grandma's face collapsed immediately, "Thousands of dollars can be given away to you, and Gu Shen even bought me tens of thousands of health care products with the money he earned from his work-study program."

Work-study program?

His cheap younger brother has changed three cars in two years, and the Land Rover outside was just bought last month. The hourly salary that a college student gets as a part-time job may not be able to pay a fraction of the car purchase price.

Grandma has attended a lot of health lectures in recent years, and every time she buys a bunch of messy products back home, the guest room in her apartment is almost full of bottles and cans.

Gu Xi would be scolded for being unfilial if he tried to persuade him occasionally, but Gu Shen was very good at doing what he liked.

"Mom, how can you say that..." Li Wei stretched out her hand to take it, "At least it's Xiaoxi's heart, courtesy is light and affection is heavy."

"This gift is light enough, I don't know if it's serious or not..." Grandma rolled her eyes and waved to the new nanny, "Xiao Liu, does my dress look good?"

Nanny Liu ran out of the dining room, walked up to her and gave her a thumbs up: "It's so beautiful, it's expensive."

"That's not it..." Grandma stroked the skirt lightly, "Forty-eight thousand, my daughter-in-law bought it for me."

When Gu Xi heard the word "daughter-in-law", she felt her chest was tight. When her mother was alive, besides taking care of the family, she also had to help her father manage the company's business, but grandma never said that. A kind word for her.

It's ironic enough.

Gu Changsheng might still be a laid-off worker in a daily chemical factory if his mother and her family hadn't lent money to his father to start a business.

"Old birthday man, dinner is ready..." Aunt Sun stood in front of the dining table and shouted, "Please take a seat."

The embarrassing atmosphere eased a little, and the group of senior executives standing aside hurriedly said a few auspicious words, and then followed grandma into the dining room in a crowd.

"Brother, come and sit..." Gu Shen sat down next to grandma, and patted the back of the chair on the left, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, we need to have a few drinks soon."

Gu Xi glanced at him, turned around and walked to the other side of the dining table, and sat on the seat diagonally opposite him.

"Just toast grandma with wine..." Li Wei winked at him, "Xiao Xi has to drive back at night, so don't drink this wine, Sister Sun, give him a drink instead."

"Yes, yes, I forgot..." Gu Shen raised the corners of his mouth and repeated it deliberately, "Brother has to go back tonight."

Shameless women naturally can't teach any good sons. The overtones of the two of them are nothing more than expressing that Gu Xi is not qualified to live here now, and the two of them are the owners of this villa.

Except for grandma and Li Wei's mother and son, it is estimated that everyone else did not enjoy this meal very happily.

After eating, the guests sat for a while and then got up and left one after another. Gu Xi put down his teacup and walked towards the stairs, but was stopped by Li Wei just halfway there.

"Xiao Xi, where are you going?" Li Wei asked.

"I'll go to my mother's room to have a look." Gu Xi said.

Mom's bedroom has been kept as it is all these years. Aunt Sun will clean it regularly. Every time he comes back, he has to go in and take a look. Only there still retains the smell of mom.

"I've packed that room for Sister Liu..." Li Wei looked into the living room, "Your mother's belongings are all stored in the small warehouse in the backyard."

"Damn it, are you fucking sick!" Gu Xi pointed at her and yelled, "There are so many guest rooms in the house, you let a nanny live in my mother's room, believe it or not, you have rented out this house right now. "

"Gu Xi, be fucking polite!" Gu Shen rushed forward in two steps. There was no outsider at the moment, and he didn't even bother to pretend, "This is not your home for a long time. My mother wants someone to live there." Do you still need your consent..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Xi punched him on the bridge of the nose, Gu Shen leaned back, made a 360-degree turn in the air, and hit his back hard on the marble tile.

"Xiao Xi, what are you doing!" Li Wei screamed and helped her son up.

Gu Shen stared at him in bewilderment, and the nosebleed instantly smeared to his chin.

Gu Xi's eyes and nose look very much like his mother's, but his cheap little brother looks very much like his father when he was young. Whenever he sees Gu Shen, he will think of Gu Changsheng's expressionless face covering his mother with a white cloth. That cold face.

"Have you had enough trouble? Do you want to piss me off, you bastard?" Grandma sat on the sofa beating her chest and stamping her feet. "Why do you keep her room when everyone is dead? You are just like your mother who can't bear to see me."

"Grandma, you still have a long life..." Gu Xi sneered, "A selfish person like you, who can be mad at you to death."

"Get out!" Grandma jumped up and roared, "I don't have a grandson like you, how could our Gu family raise such a white-eyed wolf like you, I don't want to see you in the future!"

Gu Xi didn't answer, turned around and walked towards the warehouse in the backyard.

There were two large cardboard boxes of my mother's belongings, a box of clothes, a box of bed sheets and quilts, and knickknacks. He moved the cardboard boxes into the back seat of the car and lit a cigarette against the car door.

He will never come back to this place.

The night breeze felt a little cool on his body, gradually blowing away the anger that had been pent up for a long time. Looking at the house in front of him, which was once familiar but now frighteningly strange, he felt a little relieved.

Gu Xi took out his mobile phone and called Xie Xiaochuan.

The connection was quickly made over there: "Master Gu, what's the call?"

"Call Shen Xu, I'll invite you to go clubbing at 2012 CLUB later." Gu Xi said.

"I asked you out several times before but you didn't come..." Xie Xiaochuan asked curiously, "Why are you so interested today?"

"What are you talking about, hurry up!" Gu Xi threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped on it a few times, until the sparks were completely extinguished in the darkness before getting into the car.

He first sent the two cardboard boxes back to the apartment, and then took a taxi to Bar Street. When he passed the small square, he saw the 24-hour convenience store in the distance.

He asked the driver to pull over and stop the car, opened the door and walked over.

It was just past 11 o'clock at this moment, and many couples were walking around the square holding hands. There was a couple sitting on the bench at the entrance of the supermarket. Gu Xi stood by and watched for a long time, and the two finally noticed him. Swearing, he got up and walked away.

He was lying on his back on the bench, in the same drunken pose as he had been three months ago.

I don't know where that idiot is now.

Gu Xi turned her head to look into the supermarket, and was instantly stunned.