He's just a stand-in

"You see the text message, can you call your sister-in-law back?"

Gu Xufeng's pupils suddenly dilated, his breathing became heavier, and he stared at the text message sent by Xiang Jing in disbelief.

It took a while to slow down.

But he didn't call Xiang Jing back, but exited the SMS page.

All afternoon, Gu Xufeng was absent-minded, and even made two mistakes about the academic report.

After school, he didn't stay at school for a moment, and went straight to the hospital.

*

Inside the office of the neurology department of a hospital in country M.

A middle-aged man with an extraordinary temperament in a white coat stopped his work, looked dotingly at Gu Xufeng who pushed the door in, and said with a smile:

"Baby, why are you here? Is today a special day? Why did you come here to pick me up from get off work?"

Gu Xufeng didn't answer, and sat down opposite Ji Shaoqi with a heavy face.

Ji Shaoqi found that something was wrong with Gu Xufeng, so he quickly got up and walked to Gu Xufeng, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Why is your face so ugly? Is something wrong?"

Gu Xufeng put his arms around Ji Shaoqi's waist, buried his face in Ji Shaoqi's clothes, and did not speak.

Ji Shaoqi thought that something important happened to Gu Xufeng, so he kept chasing and asking.

It took Gu Xufeng a while to say in a muffled voice: "My family called me again today, and my sister-in-law even sent me a text message."

Gu Xufeng was very entangled and handed the text message Xiang Jing sent him to Ji Shaoqi to read.

"Shao Qi, what do you think I should do? We are living happily now, I don't know if I should call my sister-in-law back."

"However, I'm a little scared, afraid that my mother will force me to go back."

Ji Shaoqi put one hand on Gu Xufeng's back and patted it lightly, and the other hand held the mobile phone that Gu Xufeng handed over.

The huge office suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.

After staying for a while, Ji Shaoqi broke the silence and said: "Baby, don't you miss our mother all the time? Since my sister-in-law sent you this text message, it must be our mother who has figured it out. How about we give it to you?" Sister-in-law, will you call me back?"

Gu Xufeng raised his head, his eyes were filled with mist, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Has she really figured it out? I don't believe it. She sent me to JTS back then. If it wasn't for you, I would have missed me." He must have died in jts."

Ji Shaoqi bent down, lightly touched the corner of Gu Xufeng's mouth, and comforted him: "Baby, don't be afraid, let's call my sister-in-law first and find out about the situation, okay?"

"Now you have me, and you're still abroad, just make a phone call, mom won't do anything to you."

"You are her son, she certainly doesn't really want to hurt you, and she doesn't know that being in JTS will leave such a big shadow on you."

Ji Shaoqi knew that Gu Xufeng was very homesick and missed his mother very much.

Although Gu Xufeng was afraid that he would blame himself and said nothing, but he knew very well in his heart that Gu Xufeng was always homesick and missed his relatives.

At the beginning, Gu Xufeng went abroad with him regardless of his care for him. They started from scratch abroad and got the happiness they wanted.

But in Gu Xufeng's heart, there are always regrets, especially when it comes to the Chinese New Year, Gu Xufeng's forced smile on his face makes him feel distressed.

He loves Gu Xufeng, very much.

He wanted Gu Xufeng to be happy.

Therefore, the Gu family's attitude towards Gu Xufeng is not only Gu Xufeng's desire, but also his desire.

"Shall we make a phone call? If you don't dare, my husband will call for you."

Ji Shaoqi took Gu Xufeng's mobile phone, dialed Xiang Jing's mobile phone number, and softly comforted Gu Xufeng who was holding his waist tightly, "Don't be afraid, baby, it's fine."

Professor Gu, who was usually serious and full of energy in class, seemed to be frightened at this time, and pitifully buried his face in the clothes of the person he depended on, not daring to face reality.

As soon as the phone rang twice, it was connected immediately.

Ji Shaoqi turned on the speakerphone, and as soon as the call was connected, Gu Xufeng's arms around Ji Shaoqi's waist tightened in vain.

He buried his face even deeper, not daring to raise his head.

After the call was connected, there was a moment of silence, and no one spoke first.

Suddenly Ji Shaoqi and Gu Xufeng heard an old voice on the other side of the phone, "Xiang Jing, is it Xiaoxu?"

"Did we make a mistake? Why didn't he speak?"

When Gu Xufeng heard such a familiar voice and address, tears came down unconsciously.

He hugged Ji Shaoqi's waist and wept silently, his tears were like floods from the Louvre, soaking a large area of ​​Ji Shaoqi's white coat.

Ji Shaoqi patted to comfort Gu Xufeng.

He only heard the other side say again: "Mom, don't worry, since you called us back, it should be uncle, wait for me to ask first."

Xiang Jing patted Grandma Gu's hand to show comfort, put the phone to her ear, and asked cautiously, "Excuse me, are you Gu Xufeng, Xiaoxu?"

Xiang Jing's voice revealed caution and embarrassment, and Gu Xufeng couldn't hold back the string in his heart when he heard it.

Before Ji Shaoqi could speak, Gu Xufeng got up and took the phone, and said in a trembling voice with a crying voice: "It's me, sister-in-law, I'm Xiaoxu."

Ji Shaoqi held Gu Xufeng in his arms, and gently wiped Gu Xufeng's tears.

Xiang Jing froze for a moment, then turned her head to look at Grandma Gu who was sitting beside her, and nodded.

Grandma Gu's eyes widened immediately, she stretched out her wrinkled hand, and tightly grasped Xiang Jing's hand, tears fell uncontrollably.

Not a word could be said.

Xiang Jing patted the back of Grandma Gu's hand as a sign of comfort, then turned on the speakerphone, and asked at the beginning: "Xiaoxu, are you... how are you doing?"

Gu Xufeng nodded subconsciously, and excitedly expressed his long-awaited wish, "I'm fine, I'm living a fine life, and he treats me very well."

"We also adopted a daughter, I am very happy."

"Sister-in-law, how about you? How are you doing?"

"Has Xiao Chuan grown up? Last year, I sneaked back to China and saw that Xiao Chuan has grown from a kid who likes to follow me to a handsome young man."

……

Gu Xufeng talked a lot excitedly, but he didn't mention his mother.

Xiang Jing listened quietly, answering a sentence or two from time to time, while Grandma Gu sat aside, wanting to speak, but didn't know how to speak.

When Gu Xufeng and Xiang Jing were almost overwhelmed by the excitement in their hearts, they said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, you... sent me a message today, what do you mean?"

"Mom..."

"Is... how is she doing?"

Xiang Jing glanced at her, and Grandma Gu looked expectantly, and said, "That's what it means, Xiao Xu, Mom misses you a lot."

"We miss you very much, but we haven't been able to contact you all the time. Your brother asked someone to find this mobile phone number."

"We have failed too many times before. We found this mobile phone number this time. In fact, we did not have any hope, because we have called this number before, but no one answered."

"If Mom didn't ask me to contact you suddenly today, and I don't have any other way to contact you, your brother and I might have given up this phone number."

Gu Xufeng lay in Ji Shaoqi's arms, listening quietly, and finally just said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, sister."

"I'm not only sorry for you, I'm even more sorry for Mom."

"But I can't help it, I really can't..."

"Mom, she still has you, brother, and Xiao Chuan, but Shao Qi, he only has me."

"I can't abandon him..."

Gu Xufeng couldn't cry, Ji Shaoqi kept wiping Gu Xufeng's tears, coaxing softly, "The baby doesn't cry, don't you always want to go home? It's a good thing to contact your sister-in-law, why do you keep crying?"

"Hey, don't cry, you let mom hear that she should be worried."

Listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, Grandma Gu finally couldn't help reaching out to ask Xiang Jing for the phone, and said in a trembling voice, "Xu Xu?"

"I, I'm mom, you... don't cry, as long as I know you're doing well, mom can rest assured."

"Mom..." Gu Xufeng heard Grandma Gu's voice, crying so hard that he couldn't speak.

"Hey, mom is here, mom is here, good boy, don't cry." Grandma Gu wept silently, coaxing Gu Xufeng as she did when she was a child.

Gu Xufeng couldn't speak, while Grandma Gu comforted her son on the other end of the phone, "Xuxu, don't cry, what happened before... was my mother's fault."

"It's my mother's backward thinking that caused our family Xuxu to suffer. In the past ten years, I have been thinking about you all the time. Sometimes I feel that I am wrong, and sometimes I feel that you are too good at being a son."

"He actually abandoned his own mother for a man."

"But it was only two days ago that I really learned about homosexuality."

"My Xuxu, it's not you who's wrong, it's my mother, it's my mother's backward thinking."

"Xu Xu, mom misses you."

"Can you come back and see mom? Mom is getting old..."

"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry..." Gu Xufeng hugged Ji Shaoqi and cried out of breath.

Ji Shaoqi was so distressed that he hugged Gu Xufeng tightly, wanting to comfort Gu Xufeng with his warm arms.

Afterwards, he took Gu Xufeng's cell phone and said, "Auntie, I'm Ji Shaoqi, Xiaoxu is not in a stable mood right now, I'll help him book a ticket for tomorrow."

"He will come home to see you tomorrow, don't worry, you are his mother, and he has been thinking of you all the time."

"Also, I should also say sorry to you for my abducting Xiaoxu. I'm sorry, Auntie, but I really love Xiaoxu. At that time, if we wanted to be together, we had to go this way. road."

"I'm sorry, after you calm down, I will come to your door and apologize to you in person."

Grandma Gu's tears were still in the corners of her eyes, but she said with a smile: "It's Shao Qi, what else is your name, auntie, should you change your mouth?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Grandma Gu shook her head again, denying: "No, it's not enough, I haven't paid the change fee yet."

"Don't you want to apologize to me yourself? Then don't wait for the future, just come back this time with Xuxu. My son has been abducted by you for so many years, no matter what you say, you have to pay me a son."

"One son brings another son back, and I'm not at a disadvantage."

"What do you think?"

Around Ji Shaoqi, who couldn't be more stable on weekdays, had difficulty stabilizing his emotions at this time.

Holding the mobile phone, his hands trembled slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Mom, Xiaoxu and I will pack up and go home tomorrow."