There was something going on in Xie Huaizhou's company, and they ended up leaving a little earlier than scheduled.
Shang He didn't have much reluctance. He still had the face of a serious old man with a tough mouth but a soft heart. He didn't have much advice for Xie Huaizhou. He concentrated on hooking up with Chu Xiaonian and asked him to remember to come over during the summer vacation.
"Grandpa will take you to practice boxing then." Shang He's smile didn't match his face. He didn't look like a kind old man, but like he was trying to trick a child.
Fortunately, Chu Xiaonian adapted well and even kissed him on the face.
Waiting until Xie Huaizhou and Gu Jinyi were about to board the aircraft, Shang He looked at Xie Huaizhou and said, "Take care of yourself."
Xie Huaizhou looked back at him. The outlines of his grandfather and grandson were similar, especially the profile of their faces when they were not smiling.
In fact, he was not diligent in meeting Shang He, not only because he was busy, but also because once they saw each other, they would think of Shang Li, who had died long ago. They were the only ones facing each other in such a big house, which gave rise to endless gloom.
But now that Gu Jinyi and Chu Xiaonian were here, seeing that Xie Huaizhou was doing well, Shang He felt his lingering sorrow lessened.
"Come back with Jinyi and Xiaonian more often when you have time," he patted Xie Huaizhou on the shoulder, "Occasionally I need to have some family fun."
Xie Huaizhou did not refuse, and the corners of his lips curved: "Okay."
Back at Baidi Star, Xie Huaizhou has been busy with the company's affairs, but Gu Jinyi is not idle either.
The design competition he signed up for is about to expire, and he has been working overtime these days to revise the design drawings.
He got inspiration from the golden waterfall that he went to see with Xie Huaizhou. He wanted to make a necklace like a galaxy, like a Milky Way hanging on a fragile white neck. It was clearly powerful but as light as a floating cloud.
Now the general appearance is available, but the details are still being revised repeatedly.
Gu Jinyi revised very slowly. He would stop for a while and then overturn his previous ideas.
Recently, he often thought about that night in front of the Golden Falls.
In the carriage with only him and Xie Huaizhou, the surroundings were silent and dark, and only the sound of the waterfall could be heard. Xie Huaizhou said "I love you" to him for the first time.
He leaned on the single chair, with his bare feet on the edge of the chair like a child, his arms folded around his shoulders, his eyes empty and unfocused.
He was wondering, what was Xie Huaizhou's mood when he confessed to him?
If he had not promised to give Xie Huaizhou a chance at that time, but turned around and left even more ruthlessly, how would he and Xie Huaizhou get along now?
He couldn't think of an answer.
Xie Huaizhou would not give him this answer.
Gu Jinyi breathed out gently and closed the light screen, not wanting to see the design drawings that upset him anymore.
But he lowered his head and looked at his head. When he saw the date was July 6, his mood became even worse.
In one week, it will be his mother's memorial day.
His mother's name was Su Miao. She once wanted to be a pastry chef, but ended up becoming a singer and the Gu family's mistress, and gave birth to him.
He didn't tell anyone about this, including Xie Huaizhou.
It wasn't that he regarded Xie Huaizhou as an outsider, but that he felt there was nothing to say about this matter. His mother didn't even have a tombstone, and her ashes were scattered in the sea, so he didn't need to go to a special place to mourn her.
But he really missed her, especially in the dead of night.
She is not a strong person, unlike Xie Huaizhou's mother, who is a smart and capable omega. She is weak and can be bullied, and rarely even gets angry.
But like other mothers, she loved her children wholeheartedly.
Gu Jinyi's nose felt a little sore and his face was buried in his arms.
He thought, if Su Miao was still here and saw him like this now, would she be happy that he finally had a family and a place to belong to, or would she feel sorry for him that he was bullied?
She should be on his side no matter what.
She might not be able to help him with anything, but at least she would give him a hug when he was sad.
Gu Jinyi's face was pressed against his sleeve, and his warm tears wet a small piece of fabric.
I don't know if it's because he just accompanied Xie Huaizhou to meet his grandfather, but he seems to miss Su Miao more than before.
Because he no longer has any relatives in this world except Chu Xiaonian.
He really missed Su Miao, but she would never come back.
Time flies by and one week later.
Gu Jin also took a day off specifically, but he didn't tell anyone the reason for his leave.
He didn't do anything special to mourn Su Miao. He just went to the kitchen and made two small dishes of snacks. Su Miao often made them for him when he was alive, so as to comfort him not to be sad.
He placed one plate in front of Su Miao's photo and left the other plate for himself, just like he did when Su Miao was still alive.
Then he stayed in the small study for the whole day, using the excuse of working and not letting anyone disturb him.
He poured himself some wine and drank slowly.
In fact, he didn't know how to drink when Su Miao was alive. He only learned it after she left and no one took care of him.
Perhaps because of the effect of alcohol, he slowly fell asleep on the table.
When he woke up again, he found that he was not alone in the small study.
Sitting on the armchair in front of him was a tall and slender black figure, holding his chin with one hand and looking at him with a sincere look.
It took Gu Jinyi some time to recognize that this was Xie Huaizhou.
He slowly sat up from the table, his voice still a little hoarse because he had just woken up.
He asked Xie Huaizhou: "Why are you back? Didn't you go out for something today..."
He subconsciously touched his face, wondering if Xie Huaizhou had seen the tears on his face.
However, Xie Huaizhou stood up from the chair, walked to him, and wiped his face with a wet tissue, as if washing the face of a little cat, with very gentle force.
