"Since it's on the way, let's go together," Gu Xuan explained to Gu Shao.
In reality, Gu Xuan was just worried that Gu Xi would be nervous when facing the Gu family, whom she had never met before, so he brought Gu Chenyi along first.
This was to give Xixi some buffer.
Gu Shao understood Gu Xuan's intentions but did not point it out.
Gu Xi also vaguely sensed the other party's good intentions. She smiled obediently at Gu Xuan and greeted, "Little Uncle."
In this life, Gu Xuan once again called him "Little Uncle" in his heart.
Then, Gu Xi looked at Gu Chenyi, who was standing behind Gu Xuan, and winked at him with a friendly smile.
"You —" This time, it was Gu Chenyi's turn to show a conflicted expression.
Thinking that he was going to officially meet Gu Xi as a family member today, Gu Chenyi was extremely excited.
He had even thought of the first sentence he was going to ask Gu Xi, "Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"
In the end, Gu Chenyi was right — the moment the door opened, Gu Xi was quite surprised to see him, but she did not seem to be surprised at all.
Shouldn't Xixi be surprised to see him and ask about his relationship with her?
Gu Chenyi muttered in his heart.
He could not help but look at Gu Xi and ask softly, "Don't tell me you already knew that I'm a member of the Gu family?"
"Yes," Gu Xi nodded calmly and said.
Gu Chenyi: "…"
"Don't tell me you already knew?" If that was the case, he would be too embarrassed.
"Yes, quite early."
"When?"
Looking at Gu Chenyi's serious expression, Gu Xi held back her laughter, thought for a while, and said seriously, "When — when I found out that your surname is also Gu."
"?!" Gu Chenyi's expression froze.
Didn't that mean that Gu Xi had already guessed his relationship with her the first time they met at school?!
He had always thought that Gu Xi didn't know about their relationship and that she was simply influenced by his charisma. That was why she liked him so much.
It turned out that Gu Xi was nice to him because she knew that they were family.
Gu Chenyi shut himself up. What was with this sudden disappointment?
Moreover, he had been trying so hard to conceal his identity these days, preparing to give Gu Xi a big surprise. Gu Chenyi suddenly felt like a fool.
Looking at Gu Chenyi's gloomy face, Gu Xi wanted to comfort her, but she was afraid that she would burst out laughing if she opened her mouth, so she had to hold it in.
— —
Gu Xuan, on the other hand, didn't care about his son's depression at all. He took a sip of the tea Aunt Mei handed him, thought of something, and said to Gu Shao, "I've caused a little trouble for Gu Yaobai."
Gu Yaobai's company had accepted two projects in N City. Although the contracts had not been signed, as far as he knew, they were already in the early stages of preparation. This morning, Gu Xuan used some of his connections to intercept those two projects.
The projects that were already in the middle of preparation were canceled overnight without any warning. Gu Yaobai was probably on his way to deal with them now.
"I just don't know how long it will take for him to deal with them." Gu Xuan leaned on the sofa and said in a relaxed tone.
He hoped that Gu Yaobai wouldn't be able to make it back in time.
Hearing Gu Xuan's words, Gu Shao didn't say anything, which was rare.
"When are we leaving?" Gu Xuan asked again.
"Anytime." Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xuan and thought to himself, "If it weren't for you and your father suddenly coming over, I would have already taken Gu Xi to the Gu family."
As if he could see the slight disdain in Gu Shao's eyes, Gu Xuan smiled embarrassedly and said, "Let's go then."
After a pause, Gu Xuan said half-jokingly, "If we don't go now, the Old Master will probably be angry."
— —
The four of them and Aunt Mei set off together.
When they reached the car, Gu Chenyi ran over and opened the car door for Gu Xi.
"Xixi, sit here."
Before Gu Chenyi could finish his words, his father slapped the back of his head.
"Don't be rude. Xixi, you have to call her Sister." Gu Xuan reminded his son.
At this moment, the blow to Gu Chenyi's heart was even greater than the slap he had received.
"I'm used to calling her 'Xixi'." Gu Chenyi muttered unhappily.
"Then change it. Call her what you should call her." Gu Xuan said seriously, but in fact, he was laughing in his heart when he saw his son's defeated look.
The only one who was puzzled was Gu Xi.
What did he mean?
Gu Xi looked at Gu Chenyi and then at Gu Xuan.
At this moment, Gu Xuan smiled and explained to Gu Xi, "Your birthday is on July 17th, and this boy was born on July 20th, so you are three days older than him. According to age, he should call you Sister."
Upon hearing Gu Xuan's words, Gu Xi was surprised for a moment. Then, she thought of what had happened before and suddenly understood.
— That day, Gu Chenyi suddenly ran over with a serious face and asked about her birthday. Could it be that he wanted to see who was older between the two of them?
So Gu Chenyi looked depressed now because he thought he was the older brother, but in the end, he became the younger brother?
Gu Xi: I really want to laugh. What should I do?
Gu Xi tried very hard not to show the smile on her face.
"It's only three days, okay?" Gu Chenyi muttered stubbornly.
"Isn't three days old already?" Gu Xuan glanced sideways at Gu Chenyi and threw out a rhetorical question lightly.
"That's because you didn't do your best," Gu Chenyi said softly.
That day, he had overheard some of the conversation between his father and grandfather on the phone. So, he and Gu Xi should have been born on the same day.
As soon as he said this, Gu Chenyi was slapped by his father again and even gave him a cold look. "I remember that your school has a physical health course, right? Think about it carefully and see who was the one who didn't do his best."
Gu Chenyi: "…"
Looking at the conversation between the father and son, Gu Xi finally couldn't hold back and snorted.
When he met Gu Chenyi's resentful gaze, Gu Xi stepped forward and patted Gu Chenyi's head comfortingly.
He patted Gu Chenyi's head to comfort him.
"Let's go, get in the car."
Gu Chenyi was so tall that Gu Xi had to raise his hand high to reach the top of his head. Moreover, this person's hair was a little prickly.
Looking at the slight disdain in Gu Xi's smile, Gu Chenyi couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it. Their relationship had just changed from 'brother and sister' to 'brother and sister', and he was already being disdained?!
Gu Shao, who was sitting in the front seat, didn't say anything, but he secretly pursed his lips. Sure enough, daughters are cuter.
—
At the same time, in the Gu residence.
Just as Gu Xuan had guessed, Old Master Gu couldn't sit still at home.
The old man paced up and down the house a few times before he finally wandered to the door and was about to go out.
Butler Zhou came over to stop Old Master Gu. "Sir, Aunt Mei called just now and said that they have already left. It was just a few minutes ago. They are coming from Second Young Master's place. They will probably arrive in about 20 minutes. It is very windy outside today, so you should wait at home."
As soon as Butler Zhou said this, Old Master Gu glared at him. "What am I waiting for? I'm just going out to see if my seedling has grown. Can't I do that?"
Two days ago, Old Master Gu had found a saying in a book that 'phoenixes only perch on parasol trees', so he specially got someone to get a parasol tree sapling and personally planted it.
However, Old Master Gu obviously had an ulterior motive.
"Hey, I'm going to see if my sapling needs watering," Old Master Gu said leisurely as he walked out of the door.
Seeing this, Butler Zhou secretly smiled behind him and didn't expose him.
"Don't follow me. Go and get someone to check if there's anything in the house that hasn't been cleaned. Also, go to the kitchen and ask them to prepare more desserts and snacks. Don't make those outdated ones, I want the ones that are the most popular on the Internet," Old Master Gu instructed.
Leaving Butler Zhou behind, he went out by himself.
— —
Not long after, Gu Xi and the others arrived at the main residence of the Gu family.
The main residence of the Gu family was very big. The house was located in the middle and was surrounded by a large garden. Because it was an old residence, the place exuded a sense of deep history.
However, the decoration of the surrounding garden gave off a fresh and exquisite feeling.
Old Master Gu had specially gotten someone to decorate the garden in order to welcome Gu Xi's arrival.
— —
The car drove all the way into the garden.
Before they arrived, Gu Xi could already see Old Master Gu and his family standing at the entrance of the house from afar.
Such a grand scene made Gu Xi a little absent-minded, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.
The car stopped. Seeing Gu Shao get out of the car, Gu Xi hurriedly got out of the car as well and stood behind Gu Shao a little uneasily.
Gu Shao turned around and saw Gu Xi standing obediently behind him with her eyes slightly lowered.
Although Gu Xi was usually very obedient, it was rare for her to behave like this.
"Are you afraid?" Gu Shao asked.
"No." Gu Xi looked up at Gu Shao and quickly shook her head to deny it.
Actually, she was also looking forward to meeting the Gu family. However, Gu Xi felt a little uneasy now that she was about to meet them.
Although Gu Xi denied it, she was biting her lower lip and gripping her sleeves tightly. The small details revealed her nervousness at this moment.
"Let's go." Gu Shao placed his hand on top of Gu Xi's head.
Although Gu Shao didn't say anything, the warmth from his palm made Gu Xi suddenly feel very at ease.
Old Master Gu and the others were already looking at Gu Xi with eager eyes.
Until Gu Shao brought Gu Xi to Old Master Gu.
"Dad," Gu Shao greeted.
However, Old Master Gu didn't pay attention to him at all. His eyes were full of his lovely granddaughter.
"Xixi, I'm Grandpa," Old Master Gu introduced himself.
Although Old Master Gu often secretly went to the school gate behind Gu Shao's back and watched his granddaughter finish school from afar, Old Master Gu still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at this moment when he saw Gu Xi.
Gu Xi looked at the old man in front of her who had bent down slightly to talk to her.
Old Master Gu's facial features were stiff and serious. He even looked a little fierce. However, at this moment, he was smiling brightly at her and was trying his best to appear amiable.
Although this was a little out of place, Gu Xi felt a warmth in her heart.
"Hello, Grandpa," Gu Xi greeted Old Master Gu sweetly.
"Haha, good, good." Old Master Gu nodded.
After Old Master Gu sighed in his heart about how obedient his granddaughter was, he suddenly remembered and pointed at Gu Feng and his wife. He introduced them to Gu Xi. "This is your Uncle and Aunt."
Gu Xi looked in the direction Old Master Gu was pointing at and looked at Gu Feng.
Among Gu Feng, Gu Shao, and Gu Xuan, Gu Shao and Gu Xuan looked more alike, while Gu Feng's facial features were bigger and gave people a feeling of magnanimity and steadiness.
It was mentioned in the novel that Uncle Gu had always been in the military. Later on, due to an accident, he retired to a clerical position.
Gu Feng got to know Aunt Gu after he transferred to the military. They both worked in the same department.
Gu Xi also greeted the two of them obediently.
— —
Gu Yanlin and Gu Yanxiao at the side were already eager to give it a try.
"This is your Uncle's family." Old Master Gu introduced Gu Yanlin and Gu Yanxiao one by one.
Gu Xi looked at Gu Yanlin. He was 17 years old this year and had the appearance of a cold and handsome man. If it wasn't for the smile on his face that was too eye-catching and the pink box in his hand that was too out of place, Gu Xi wouldn't have been able to stand out.
In the next second, Gu Yanlin handed the pink box in his hand to Gu Xi. "This is a gift. See if you like it."
It didn't matter if she didn't like it. There were two big boxes of gifts in the storage room that he had prepared for Xixi.
Gu Xi took the box. It was very exquisite. When she opened it, there was a beautiful pink crystal bracelet inside.
However, Gu Xi took a closer look. It didn't seem to be a crystal, but a diamond.
"What do you think?" Gu Yanlin asked. It was his first time giving a gift to a girl, so he felt a little nervous.
"It's very beautiful." Gu Xi smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you, Big Brother."
The word 'Big Brother' instantly attracted two jealous gazes from around them. One was from Gu Yanxiao, and the other was from Gu Chenyi. Other than jealousy, there was also a hint of resentment in her eyes.
"I also gave you a gift, okay?" Gu Yanxiao said with some reluctance. She looked at Gu Xi as if she was presenting a treasure and said, "How is it, Xixi? Is your breakfast delicious every morning?"
Hearing Gu Yanxiao's words, the expression on Gu Xi's face suddenly froze. Then, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.
She had never figured out who was the one who gave her the grand breakfast every morning. She didn't expect it to be Gu Yanxiao.
Gu Yanxiao didn't notice Gu Xi's shock mixed with a hint of awkwardness. She continued, "I know you like sweet things, but I don't know what you like, so I gave you one of each kind."
No wonder it was so grand.
Gu Xi silently commented in her heart. She suddenly felt a little guilty. She had seen those breakfast gift bags and roughly knew what was inside. It was just that she had sent them to the lost and found office every day.
Gu Yanxiao looked like she hadn't been to the lost and found office yet. She would go and get them back on Monday.
"If there's anything you want to eat in the future, just tell me."
Gu Xi nodded.
She thought of the pink breakfast gift bags every day, and just now, Gu Yanlin had even specially given her a pink diamond …
Gu Xi suddenly thought of her room at home, which was almost drowned in pink.
Could it be that those pink things from before were all given by these people from the Gu family?
Gu Xi thought to herself.
At the side, Gu Chenyi finally couldn't hold back and ridiculed, "So be it. Can you not give me pink for everything?" Did these guys have some misunderstanding about pink and girls?
His words made the entire Gu family roll their eyes.
"Of course it's beautiful," Gu Yanlin said.
"How is it beautiful? Even if it's beautiful, it doesn't have to be all pink." Gu Chenyi continued to ridicule, "You'll get aesthetic fatigue, okay?"
"What do you know? Xixi likes it."
Gu Xi: "…" No, she didn't say that.
Gu Chenyi and Gu Xi silently looked at each other and knew that they were right. It was too exciting to be all pink, okay?
Sure enough, he was the most, no, the only man in the Gu family who had an aesthetic sense.
Among the things that had been given to Gu Xi previously, the "Survival in the Cracks" items had been given by Gu Chenyi.
"Let's go in and talk," Gu Xuan reminded from the side.
Old Master Gu also reacted, "Yes, yes, let's go in, let's go in."
Gu Xi followed the big family into the house. As soon as she sat down, she was fed a pile of small cakes and snacks.
There was a kind of hunger that your grandfather, uncle, uncle, and brother felt hungry.
After that, everyone pointed at the house and introduced it to Gu Xi, as if they wanted Gu Xi to quickly familiarize herself with their home.
"Oh yes, Xixi's room is also here." After a pause, Old Master Gu said to Gu Xi, "Your room is on the third floor. It's the innermost room on the right."
After Old Master Gu finished speaking, Gu Yanlin and the others wanted to bring Gu Xi upstairs to take a look. "Let's go and take a look."
Gu Xi was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her room had already been prepared on her first day here.
Gu Xi turned her head and looked at Gu Shao questioningly.
Gu Shao nodded, "Go ahead." He didn't object to Old Master Gu and the others preparing a room for Gu Xi.
After obtaining Gu Shao's approval, Gu Xi followed Gu Yanlin and the others to the third floor.
— —
In the Gu family, except for Old Master Gu's room, which was on the second floor, everyone else lived on the third floor.
After going upstairs, they turned right, and there were corridors on both sides.
Gu Yanlin, Gu Yanxiao, and Gu Chenyi's rooms were on the left, while Gu Xi's room was on the right.
In Old Master Gu's words, daughters and sons should be raised separately.
Hence, Old Master Gu arranged for the empty rooms next to Gu Xi's room to be turned into a piano room, a study room, an art room, and a large cloakroom.
"This will be your bedroom," Gu Yanxiao said as she gestured for Gu Xi to open the door.
Gu Xi held the doorknob and slowly opened the door. The moment she opened the door, she felt a little nervous.
Fortunately, when she opened the door, she didn't see a sea of exciting pink.
Everything in the room was new. Other than some pink accessories, the entire room was decorated very warmly, as if every detail had been taken into consideration.
Just by looking at it, she could tell that this room had been carefully prepared for a long time.
At this moment, Gu Yanxiao pointed to the rows of ornaments on the table in the room and said, "The model in the first row is a gift from me. The doll in the second row is a gift from Gu Chenyi. And the pile of toys in the third row that cost a lot of money was bought by Big Brother."
The three of them took turns to introduce the items to Gu Xi. At this moment, Old Master Gu also came upstairs.
"You can look at that pile of things whenever you want. Come, Xixi, Grandpa will bring you to look at your grandmother's photo."
Old Master Gu brought Gu Xi to the room that he and his wife had lived in when she was alive. The room was very clean and had always been in its original state. On the wall, there was a photo of Old Master Gu's wife when she was young.
In the photo, Gu Xi's grandmother was very beautiful, and the color of her eyes was light brown.
Gu Xi's grandmother also seemed to have some Estan ancestry, so the color of her irises was lighter. However, in the entire Gu family, Gu Shao and Gu Xi inherited this trait.
"Oh yes, there are also photos of our family." Old Master Gu was about to take out some of the previous photos to show Gu Xi.
At this moment, Eldest Uncle Gu came up to remind them that it was time for lunch. Old Master Gu was worried that his granddaughter would be hungry, so he temporarily stopped.
"Let's go down and eat. Don't starve yourself."
Gu Xi, who had just been fed a pile of desserts, felt that she wasn't actually that hungry.
—
Gu Xi followed Old Master Gu and Gu Yanlin downstairs.
Just as they reached the staircase on the second floor, Gu Xi heard another voice speaking.
"Where are Grandpa and the rest?"
This was a girl's voice, and she didn't sound very old.
However, Gu Xi vaguely felt that the voice sounded familiar.
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