From Gu Shao's simple words, Gu Xuan felt a strong sense of pride.
— — So what if you have a daughter?
Gu Xuan silently complained in his heart, but he did not dare to say it in front of Gu Shao.
"While you were in D country, how was the situation there?" Seeing that the award ceremony had not yet begun, Gu Shao asked.
Hearing this, Gu Xuan's expression became serious.
"Still the same, the overall situation is still stable."
"But …" Gu Xuan narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of something. His face darkened and he said, "Recently, Gu Yaobai has been making a lot of movements in D country."
"First, he opened a few development and investment companies in the name of the Sun family, and then raised a sum of money in the name of the investment companies."
"What is he using it for?" Gu Shao asked.
"I'm not sure what exactly he is doing, but I feel that he is planning to do raw materials business." Gu Xuan said in a deep voice.
"Recently, Gu Yaobai has been in frequent contact with a few suppliers that are working with the Gu family." Gu Xuan added.
The Gu family's biggest business in D country was raw materials.
Gu Yaobai's move did not seem like he wanted a share of the profits, but more like he wanted to completely replace the Gu family.
It was not just D country's market. Gu Yaobai's hands could be found in almost any place where the Gu family was present.
"Moreover, he seems to have been reporting to a few large chambers of commerce quite frequently." After a pause, Gu Xuan coldly said with a smile that did not seem like a smile, "His intentions are punishable by death."
After hearing this, Gu Shao's eyes darkened and he did not say anything.
Gu Xuan sighed, "After pretending for so many years, it seems that he finally can't hold it in anymore."
Saying this, Gu Xuan's face showed a trace of undisguised ridicule.
"It's only because dad and boss are too easy to talk to. Otherwise, they would have dealt with him back then and there wouldn't be this much trouble now." Gu Xuan complained.
Hearing this, Gu Shao's eyes flashed with danger, but he said, "The matter back then was not that simple."
He did not touch Gu Yaobai back then not because he was kind, but because the real tiger behind Gu Yaobai was behind him.
"During this period of time, don't let Gu Yaobai do anything out of line. As for the country, those chambers of commerce know what to do."
"Also, I don't want him to do anything before the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Hearing Gu Shao's instructions, Gu Xuan nodded. "Alright, I got it."
Gu Xuan: "There's one more thing."
Gu Shao: "Speak."
"Gu Yaobai and the Lin family, which is Xixi's … previous family, seem to have had some dealings with each other. The Lin family must have taken the initiative to approach Gu Yaobai." With that, Gu Xuan frowned.
However, Gu Shao's expression did not change. "I know about this."
"You know?" Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows. "Then how are you going to deal with it?"
Gu Xuan didn't know exactly what had happened to Gu Xi when she was in the Lin family, but Mrs. Lin was Gu Xi's biological mother after all. It would be difficult to deal with this matter.
Gu Xuan wanted to know Gu Shao's plan, but Gu Shao did not reply for a long time.
In the end, when he looked up, Gu Xuan realized that the first, second, and third place winners of this year's league had already walked onto the stage.
Gu Xuan also stopped what he was about to say and focused on the award ceremony stage, looking at the students walking up one by one.
Soon, Gu Xuan saw Gu Xi walking up the stage with Gu Chenyi.
Gu Xuan's eyes lit up. "That must be Xixi!"
She looks even prettier than in the photos.
Gu Xuan commented in his heart.
"No wonder the old man and the others are staring at her so eagerly, haha." How could they not be excited to finally have a cute girl in their family?
"She does look like Mom," Gu Xuan said as he rubbed his chin. The 'Mom' he was referring to was Gu Xi and Gu Chenyi's grandmother.
Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xuan and calmly said, "She looks like me."
Gu Xuan: "…"
What are you showing off for?!
But it's quite enviable.
Gu Xuan silently muttered in his heart.
Gu Shao seemed to have seen through Gu Xuan's inner thoughts. He curled his lips and calmly said, "If you're envious, go have one yourself."
Hearing Gu Shao's words, Gu Xuan's expression collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. He wanted to have a child, but he had to find someone first!
Gu Xuan once again regretted that he had found a wife who was as wild as the wind when he was young.
Gu Chenyi's mother was a designer. In the past few years, she had been busy with her career and had never been idle. In the past few years, she had gradually become famous and had been flying all over the world.
At this moment, she was probably preparing for her solo show in Country F.
Let's not talk about it anymore.
Gu Xuan shook his head. It was better to look at his little princess.
"By the way, when was Xixi born?" Gu Xuan suddenly asked.
According to Wang Wu's investigation, Xixi was unexpectedly born because of that incident that year that almost allowed someone to get away with it.
Gu Chenyi was also born on the night of his and his wife's engagement night. It was not originally planned.
However, Gu Xi and Gu Chenyi should be about the same age.
"July," Gu Shao said.
Hearing this, Gu Xuan smiled. "That's true. Gu Chenyi was also born in July."
— —
On the other side, Gu Xi and the others were already standing in the middle of the award ceremony stage.
On the other side were Sixth High School and Nineteenth High School.
As for Li Ming, he had been in second place for the first four rounds. However, due to his failure in the last round, his total score dropped directly to fifth place.
After the organizers of the league and the principals of the top three schools gave their official speeches, the award ceremony finally officially began.
After the host finished announcing the rankings of Sixth High School and Nineteenth High School, he finally announced the name of "A University Affiliated High School."
As the spotlight fell on Gu Xi and the others, the big screen behind them also showed their rankings and scores at the same time.
Although many people had already known Gu Xi and the others' scores in advance, the moment the scores were lit up, it still caused a stir in the venue.
— — This score was simply too beautiful.
It was definitely enough for A University Affiliated High School to show off for several years.
— —
After the award ceremony, Gu Xi went downstairs to look for Gu Shao with the certificate and medal in her hands.
After looking around, Gu Xi finally found Gu Shao at the exit of the venue.
Moreover, Gu Xi was surprised to see a person standing next to Gu Shao. This person was dressed in a suit and looked about the same age as Gu Shao. Gu Xi had never seen him before.
"Dad." Gu Xi ran towards Gu Shao. At the same time, she couldn't help but curiously look at the person next to Gu Shao.
Upon closer inspection, this person looked a little like Gu Shao, but his facial features were slightly softer and his expression was more casual.
Seeing the curiosity in Gu Xi's eyes, Gu Shao introduced him to Gu Xi. "This is Little Uncle."
After a pause, Gu Shao added, "Gu Chenyi's father."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xi was stunned and looked up at Gu Xuan in surprise.
No wonder she felt that this person was a little similar to Gu Shao. It turned out that this was Gu Shao's younger brother, the fourth son of the Gu family.
The novel mentioned that Gu Shao had a younger brother. The two seemed to be less than two years apart.
Gu Xi returned to her senses and stood beside Gu Shao. She smiled at Gu Xuan and greeted him politely. "Hello, Little Uncle."
The girl's voice was soft and gentle, unique to her age.
Upon hearing Gu Xi call him "Little Uncle," Gu Xuan's heart almost melted.
She was too cute!
Gu Xuan finally understood why people often said that 'all fathers want daughters'. It wasn't without reason.
Gu Xuan raised his hand and wanted to rub Gu Xi's head. However, before he could do so, his second brother glared at him coldly and he retracted his hand.
Seeing Gu Xi standing obediently beside Gu Shao, Gu Xuan was filled with envy.
"Oh yes, Gu Chenyi!"
After greeting Gu Xuan, Gu Xi recalled that Gu Chenyi should have come out with her.
However, when Gu Xi turned around and looked around again, she realized that Gu Chenyi had disappeared again.
"That's strange. He was here just now. Where did he go?" Gu Xi muttered.
Just as she was about to turn around and tell Gu Xuan that Gu Chenyi had disappeared, she saw two cars stop in front of them.
One car was Gu Shao's. Gu Xi recognized it. The other car should be Gu Xuan's.
Gu Xuan looked at the time and said to Gu Shao, "It's almost time for dinner. Let's have dinner together."
Seeing that Gu Shao did not object, Gu Xuan smiled and looked at Gu Xi. "Little Uncle happened to come back today and Xixi won the award. Let's go. Little Uncle will take you to eat good food. Treat it as a celebration."
Gu Xi naturally wouldn't refuse, so she nodded.
However, she did not expect that the moment she agreed, Gu Xuan would get into the car and leave.
So did Gu Shao.
"Well, Gu Chenyi is not here yet." Don't you want to wait?
Gu Xi reminded them.
Did these two forget that they had a son and a nephew?
"Don't worry about him. He will go back by himself." Gu Xuan waved his hand and said calmly, "Don't you think I didn't see that Gu Chenyi deliberately ran into the crowd just now?"
Hearing Gu Xuan's words, Gu Xi had a dumbstruck look.
Just, just like that? He just left Gu Chenyi here so casually and carelessly?
Wasn't Gu Chenyi forwarded and praised by Little Uncle at the Pinnacle Evening Festival back then?
"Let's go." Gu Shao also said to Gu Xi.
"Okay." Gu Xi nodded and followed Gu Shao into the car.
When they left, they could not help but look back and secretly wipe away tears of sympathy for Gu Chenyi.
— —
In the end, the three of them had a meal at a restaurant opened by Gu Xuan's friend.
After the meal, they prepared to leave.
"Xixi, aren't you going to say goodbye to Little Uncle?" Gu Xuan joked to Gu Xi.
"Goodbye, Little Uncle." Gu Xi waved at Gu Xuan and added, "Be careful on the road."
Gu Xuan felt a wave of comfort in his heart when he heard this.
Daughter! She was so lovable!
However, Gu Xuan's intention to rub Gu Xi's head was once again dispelled by Gu Shao's threatening gaze.
"You can let the old man know about Gu Yaobai's situation in District D when you go back, but don't talk about domestic matters for now." Gu Shao instructed Gu Xuan.
Gu Xuan nodded. "Okay, I understand."
Turning to Gu Xi, Gu Xuan immediately put on a kind smile and said, "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xixi, come early."
"Okay." Gu Xi agreed obediently.
— —
On Monday, Gu Xi returned to school for lessons.
Before Gu Xi even stepped into the school gates, she had already attracted the attention of many people around her.
When they realized that it was Gu Xi, the surrounding people quickly began to discuss.
"Quick, look, isn't that Gu Xi?!"
"Yes, that's right, it's her!"
"Oh my god, I actually met the legendary prodigy at the school gates!"
"Quick, take a picture, help me take a picture. I'm in the same frame as the prodigy!"
…
Yesterday's competition was directly recorded and uploaded to the school's forum. As a result, Gu Xi, an unknown transfer student, instantly became a hot topic on the Affiliated High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China's forum.
At the same time, Gu Xi also gained a nickname similar to that of Sheng Xiuyan: Xi Shen.
"I thought that Xiu Shen was already legendary enough. I didn't expect there to be another Xi Shen now," someone commented.
"With two prodigies at the same time, I think our Affiliated High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China can directly be crowned as a prodigy this year."
"Sigh, why is there such a huge gap between us even though we're all in the same school …" another person said faintly.
A few girls beside her immediately agreed.
"The key is that she has good grades and is so good-looking. This is too much."
…
Under the various gazes of the surrounding people, Gu Xi arrived at the classroom.
However, she did not expect that the classroom would be even more lively.
"Gu Xi is here!"
"Welcome to class, prodigy!"
"Gu Xi, you hid it so well!" If it were not for this year's league, no one would have thought that Gu Xi was actually as terrifying as Sheng Xiuyan.
"Tell us honestly, did you grow up eating Wang Houxiong or Quanjie?" someone teased.
Gu Xi also replied half-jokingly, "I ate both."
Everyone surrounded Gu Xi and asked her about yesterday's league.
It was not until the bell rang that everyone gradually returned to their seats.
Dong Mingming, who was next to her, still had a look of excitement on her face.
"Once upon a time, the prodigy was right beside me, but I actually didn't notice. I've sinned!" Dong Mingming sighed with an exaggerated expression.
Gu Xi rolled her eyes at her. "Dong Xiaoming, you're exaggerating."
"Okay." Dong Mingming put away the exaggerated expression on her face, but she was indeed quite surprised. When Gu Xi told her that her grades were quite good, she never expected that Gu Xi's' good 'would actually be so good.
"Congratulations, you're now a god-like existence in everyone's eyes, just like Sheng Xiuyan." Dong Mingming patted Gu Xi's shoulder and said seriously.
Gu Xi, "…" She did not feel very happy.
"Oh right!" Suddenly thinking of something, Dong Mingming said again, "Gu Xi, you can be the representative of our class's art festival!"
What's that?
Before Gu Xi could ask, the Literature and Arts Committee member in the front row also turned around.
"I think it's possible!" Gu Xi's looks were completely outstanding. In addition, she had just won an award in the league tournament and was very popular on the school forum. She was simply too suitable to be the class's art festival representative!
"If it's Gu Xi, our class might even be able to get a place this time!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I think so too." Dong Mingming and the other Literature and Arts Committee members discussed excitedly.
Gu Xi, who was at the side, was still dumbfounded. So, what exactly is this class representative?
However, after listening to their conversation, Gu Xi roughly understood something. The representative of the art festival was probably like the person who held the class placard in front of the school sports meeting. He or she would represent the class at the opening ceremony of the art festival.
In addition, the best representative would also be selected to perform at the closing ceremony of the art festival.
Gu Xi did not pay much attention to the specific type of performance, but she heard one sentence: "There will be bonus points."
On this side, the few people who had finished their discussion looked at Gu Xi.
"Gu Xi, do you think it's okay? You want to be our class representative? "the Literature and Arts Committee member asked.
Gu Xi thought about it and felt that it did not seem complicated. She nodded and said, "Okay."
"Hehe, then I'll submit your name."
The Literature and Arts Committee member could not wait to help Gu Xi sign up. In addition to uploading the class and name information, they also needed to upload a photo.
After discussing for a while, they did not take a new photo in the end. Instead, they chose to upload a photo of Gu Xi receiving the award.
Gu Xi in this photo was already very beautiful. With the addition of the "Prodigy" tag, the effect was definitely top-notch!
—
Looking at their actions, Gu Xi was a little puzzled.
"When will the art festival be held?" Gu Xi asked.
"It will be held after the Mid-Autumn Festival," Dong Mingming replied.
There were still two weeks left, which seemed to be quite long.
"Do we need to submit it so early?" Gu Xi asked.
"It's not early. Before that, there is still a voting session," Dong Mingming explained.
Gu Xi was about to ask what the voting was about when she was interrupted by someone who suddenly rushed in front of her.
"Bang — —" Gu Chenyi suddenly ran in front of Gu Xi and supported herself on her desk.
"Let me ask you a very serious question," Gu Chenyi said with a serious expression.
Gu Xi was puzzled by this. She did not know what serious matter Gu Chenyi had encountered.
"Go ahead."
"What's your birthday?"
Gu Xi: "…" That's it?
"July 17th. What's wrong?"
Before Gu Xi could finish speaking, she heard Gu Chenyi wail in anguish, his face full of despair.
Gu Chenyi recalled the conversation he had with his father last night.
His father had asked him why he wanted to participate in the competition. Originally, he had proudly said that of course, it was to protect his younger sister. However, his father had suddenly looked at him and said meaningfully, "It might not be your younger sister. Xixi might be older than you."
Suddenly, Gu Chenyi felt terrible.
At this moment, Gu Chenyi felt even worse.
Three days. He and Gu Xi were only three days apart. In the end, he really was younger than Gu Xi.
Gu Chenyi had never thought that he would not be her older brother.
This was a huge blow …
—
On the other side, watching Gu Chenyi run over excitedly for no reason and then leave dejectedly as if he had suffered a blow, Dong Mingming and Gu Xi looked at each other and could not help but ask, "What's wrong with him? What triggered him? "
"I want to know too …"
As they spoke, Dong Mingming, who was holding his phone, suddenly exclaimed, "Gu Xi, Gu Xi, you're actually in fourth place!"
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