Heartless man?
After hearing this sentence, Chen Xi's curiosity was suddenly aroused.
Could it be those vulgar scenes of abandoning one's wife and children?
However, this was someone else's family affair after all, and it was a scandal, so Chen Xi couldn't ask further, so he wisely shut his mouth.
This question obviously touched the old man's mind, so after Gu Lao was silent for a while, he sighed deeply and said, "At that time, not only was Yaoyao blind, but I was also blind …"
Then, Gu Lao frowned and talked about the past of Gu Yao and her husband.
Gu Yao's husband was called Xia Kaiji, and the two were college classmates.
Xia Kaiji's family condition wasn't very good, but he was ambitious. When others were playing basketball and playing games, he was immersed in studying all day.
This kind of man was a typical phoenix man, commonly known as a golden phoenix that flew out of a chicken coop.
Phoenix man was not a derogatory term, but because their shortcomings and strengths were equally conspicuous, they slowly left a bad impression in people's hearts.
Hard work, diligence, self-discipline, these were all advantages.
Because they suffered too much when they were young, most of them were far more mature than their peers, and they hoped to change everything through their own efforts.
Just like what a female star said, I'm from a rich family myself …
The worse the family situation, the more eager they were to change through their own efforts.
This also led to a very complicated mentality, inferiority and conceit at the same time.
Back then, Gu Yao had been captivated by Xia Kaiji's maturity, which far surpassed that of his peers.
But this kind of confidence and maturity often turned into shrewdness.
Gu Lao wasn't the kind of person who had secular prejudice, so naturally, he didn't mind Xia Kaiji's poor birth, so after seeing Xia Kaiji a few times, the old man agreed to the relationship between the two.
Xia Kaiji was indeed very hardworking. A few years after the two graduated, he became a senior executive in a large company, but with the gradual success of his career, some long-hidden problems gradually exposed.
For Xia Kaiji, his career was always above everything.
But for Gu Yao, family was the center of life.
For this reason, the husband and wife, who were originally intimate, also had a gap.
And with the birth of the twins, this gap was gradually widened.
Gu Yao quit her job and stayed at home to take care of the child, but Xia Kaiji was nowhere to be seen all day. Finally, one day, Gu Yao had enough of living like a widow. So, after a big fight with Xia Kaiji, Gu Yao took the child and moved back to the old residence in Houhai.
Perhaps it was because Xia Kaiji's career had indeed reached a critical juncture during that time, so he hadn't come to find Gu Yao.
It was precisely because of this that the two of them had completely lost the chance to reconcile.
By the time Xia Kaiji saw Gu Yao again, she was already lying quietly in the hospital morgue.
He didn't even have time to look at Gu Yao before he was chased out by the furious Gu Lao.
At this point, this unfortunate marriage had completely come to an end.
The reason why Gu Lao scolded Xia Kaiji was because Xia Kaiji didn't take good care of Gu Yao, and because of the two children.
After Gu Yao's death, Gu Lao felt that the responsibility was all on Xia Kaiji, so he firmly refused to let him raise the two children and refused to let Xia Kaiji see the children.
After Xia Kaiji communicated with Gu Lao a few times, he had to let the old man do what he wanted because he didn't want to go to court with his father-in-law because of this matter.
So, except for the living expenses that were sent to Gu Lao's account every month, Xia Kaiji completely disappeared from Gu Lao's sight.
But the more it was like this, the angrier Gu Lao was.
The reason why he didn't let Xia Kaiji see the children was that he wanted to embarrass Xia Kaiji a little as a punishment.
But Xia Kaiji didn't even have the least sincerity. After being scolded by him a few times, he actually didn't come anymore.
"Little son of a bitch!"
Gu Lao cursed for the first time, and then he continued to hatefully, "The two children are so cute. He doesn't want them as a father, but I, as a grandfather, want them! And he even wants to send living expenses every month, bah! Does he think I care about his stinky money? A few days ago, the agent called me and asked if I was selling this old house in Houhai. He said this old house is worth a lot of money now … "
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the police station and change the surname of the two children. In the future, they will follow my surname, Gu!"
The more Gu Lao spoke, the angrier he became. It made Chen Xi, who started this topic, a little embarrassed.
He really touched the pot that didn't boil.
As a bystander, of course it wasn't good to comment on this kind of thing, so Chen Xi wisely shut his mouth and let Gu Lao vent his dissatisfaction in his ears.
Although Gu Lao's house was close to the teahouse in a straight line, it still took about ten minutes to walk over.
Most of the houses in the neighborhood were siheyuan, and Gu Lao's house was naturally no exception. It was just that it wasn't a dignified two-entry siheyuan like the Qin Family.
"We're here …"
Gu Lao complained all the way. When he really stood in front of the door, he seemed to have thought of something. He quickly turned his head and solemnly said to Chen Xi, "Little Chen, let me make it clear to you first. I can't make you happy with this kind of thing … Yaoyao's ghost may be inside. Are you sure you want to go in with me?"
"Since we're already here, of course we have to go in and take a look … Not to mention there's a big sun above us. Even if there's a ghost, it's impossible for it to appear at this time right?"
After saying that, Chen Xi stretched out his hand and pointed at the sun in the sky.
Gu Lao looked at his finger and was suddenly blinded by the sunlight.
"Okay, then let's hurry up. When we're done, we'll bring it to the teahouse to eat."
Seeing that the sun was shining, Gu Lao finally felt relieved. He then took out the key and opened the door of the siheyuan.
Then, Gu Lao walked into the courtyard with Chen Xi.
For some reason, the moment Chen Xi stepped into the courtyard, the sun in the sky suddenly dimmed a lot, as if a dark cloud just happened to float over and cover the sun.
Gu Lao led Chen Xi straight to the main hall, and then said to Chen Xi, "Sit anywhere you want, I'll go and pour you a cup of tea first … You're always the one who invites me to tea, this time it's finally my turn to invite you …"
Gu Lao said as he walked out of the main hall with a kettle.
After he left, Chen Xi looked at the table in the center of the main hall with interest.
There were fruits and candles on the table, and next to it was a Guanyin statue.
If Chen Xi guessed correctly, these tributes should be used by Gu Lao to worship Gu Yao. However, he didn't want the child to know that his mother had passed away, so he put a Guanyin statue next to it.
There was an armchair on both sides of the table.
From beginning to end, Gu Lao didn't look at the person on the chair.
But there was a person sitting there.
A woman.
The woman was wearing a set of very ordinary home clothes, sitting quietly on the old-fashioned wooden armchair.
If one looked carefully, one would find that her skin was terrifyingly white, as white as paper. It was estimated that even an albino was not as white as her.
What was even more strange was that the woman's eyes were pitch black, as if ink had dripped into her eyes.
Chen Xi turned his head and glanced at the woman, nodded politely at her, and then smiled and greeted her.
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