Upon hearing Wang Pei's words, Gu Shao remained expressionless. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that Gu Shao seemed to be smiling.
Gu Shao walked over and squatted down beside the sofa.
"Get up, we're going home." Gu Shao said to Gu Xi. There was a hint of gentleness in his voice that was impossible for him to have when he was talking to others.
Unfortunately, Gu Xi, who was sleeping, did not hear him at all. She seemed to feel uncomfortable as she rubbed her face against the edge of the blanket and found a comfortable position to continue sleeping.
Gu Shao called out a few more times, but he still could not wake the girl up. He suddenly felt a headache coming on.
After looking at Gu Xi helplessly for a while, Gu Shao realized that he did not know what to do. He simply went forward and looked as if he was going to carry Gu Xi back with her clothes on.
Old Master Gu, who was standing at the side, immediately stomped his feet.
"What if you hurt her while carrying her?!" Old Master Gu said with a pained expression. Besides, even if he did not hurt her, what if he woke her up?
"How can you carry someone?" Old Master Gu said with a dark expression.
Gu Shao glanced at the old man indifferently. "You used to carry us like this too, didn't you?"
When Old Master Gu was in the military camp, he was even rougher than Gu Shao when it came to taking care of children.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Gu was unhappy. He rolled his eyes at Gu Shao. "How can you be the same as Xixi?"
Gu Shao: "…"
"Okay, okay." Old Master Gu waved his hand and said, "She's already asleep. Where do you want to take her? Don't sleep tonight. Just stay at home."
After saying this, Old Master Gu did not give Gu Shao a chance to refuse. He directly instructed the housekeeper to tidy up Gu Xi's bed.
— —
Thus, when Gu Xi woke up the next day, she was completely dazed when she saw the unfamiliar environment around her.
Did she sleepwalk or travel through time?
Gu Xi secretly let her imagination run wild.
However, with the pile of dolls and collectibles that Gu Yanlin and the others had given her on the table, Gu Xi quickly recognized that this was the room her grandfather had prepared for her.
Her clothes were prepared beside the bed, and a toothbrush and a towel were prepared in the bathroom.
Even her school bag, which was originally at home, was sent to the side.
Gu Xi was not used to such treatment.
Gu Xi quickly packed up.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi standing outside her room.
"What are you doing?" Gu Xi was startled.
"We were afraid that you would forget that today is Monday, so we came to wake you up," Gu Yanxiao said with a calm smile. After a brief pause, she explained, "You came just as we were about to arrive."
Gu Chenyi nodded as well. He would never admit that the two of them had been staring at the scene for more than ten minutes.
"Where's my father?" Gu Xi asked the two of them.
Yesterday, Gu Xi had been waiting for Gu Shao to come and tell him to be careful of Gu Yaobai. However, as she waited, she actually fell asleep in a daze.
She had slept in the Gu family's main residence, so where was Gu Shao?
"Second Uncle said that he had a report meeting in the morning, so he went to the office. He wants you to go to school with us later," Gu Chenyi said. Thinking that she could go to school with Gu Xi later, she actually felt a little excited.
Hearing Gu Chenyi's words, Gu Xi nodded. She vaguely remembered that in the morning, when she was in a daze, Gu Shao seemed to have knocked on her door, told her that he would be leaving first, and then asked her to do something.
At that time, Gu Xi was not fully awake. She thought that she was still dreaming and did not hear what Gu Shao said after that.
"Okay, let's go down and have breakfast first," Gu Yanxiao said. Before Gu Xi could react, she had already taken Gu Xi's school bag.
— —
Downstairs, in the dining room, Old Master Gu was drinking his morning tea.
With the arrival of his two grandsons, a happy smile immediately appeared on Old Master Gu's face.
It was mainly because of Gu Xi, and it had nothing to do with the other two boys.
"Since you're here, quickly sit down and eat. We're going to school later," Old Master Gu said kindly.
Gu Xi sat down at the dining table. In front of her was a large table full of breakfast. There were all kinds of dishes, including more than ten exquisite little buns.
"Aunt Mei said that you like to eat buns, so Grandpa specially asked the kitchen to make them. This is Xixi's favorite pumpkin-flavored one, right? Come and try it," Old Master Gu said.
"Try the other flavors as well."
"Okay …" Gu Xi nodded.
In the blink of an eye, there was a pile of breakfast on the plate in front of her.
Gu Xi was speechless. She wondered if she would be "tall" at such a young age.
— —
After breakfast, Old Master Gu personally sent his two grandsons to the school gate and gave them a few long-winded instructions before letting them go.
They went to school together.
When the car was close to the school, the driver was about to drive to the parking lot next to the school as usual. Gu Yanxiao called the driver and said, "Uncle Chen, let's drive directly to the school gate today."
Hearing this, the driver was stunned. Of course, he could drive to the school gate, but …
"There will probably be a lot of people at the school gate later." There were also many cars.
Previously, it was the two young masters who said that there were too many people at the school gate. It would be a waste of time to drive to the school gate. It would be better to drive to the parking lot and let them go in by themselves.
— — That's what they needed!
Gu Yanxiao thought to herself but did not say anything. Instead, she said seriously, "It's okay. It won't take much time. Just drive there and stop. We'll get out of the car. It's on the way anyway."
Even Gu Chenyi nodded and agreed. "That's right. Let's drive over. It's too far away."
The driver was speechless.
Although he did not understand what was going on with the two young masters today, the driver still drove to the school gate according to their wishes.
"A little further ahead."
"Yes, that's right."
Thus, the car stopped at the school gate.
— —
Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi had already attracted a lot of attention in the Affiliated High School of A University. Gu Xi had also become the "Goddess of Curiosity" because of the previous "Science League".
Now that two people had arrived at the school gate at the same time and got out of the same car, it naturally attracted a lot of attention.
"Why are they coming to school together?"
"Yeah, what's going on? What's their relationship?"
"Don't tell me that Gu Chenyi is chasing Gu Xi." Two days after Gu Xi transferred to the school, Gu Chenyi went to Class 7 to "court" her. Hence, there was this fake news.
"What?" The person next to her rolled her eyes. "How long ago was that rumor? They're relatives, okay?"
"Really? Where did you find out?"
"Many people in the school know about it. Besides, doesn't Wang Ruijie have Gu Yanxiao's WeChat friend? Gu Yanxiao has already mentioned it on her WeChat Moments."
"I see."
"Yeah, Goddess of Curiosity's surname is also Gu."
"I feel that they have a good relationship …"
"I'm envious."
The people around them whispered among themselves.
At the side, Gu Xi glanced at the two boys who were bragging. She really did not know what they were bragging about.
However, after interacting with them for a while, Gu Xi had some understanding of the two of them.
To put it simply, Gu Yanxiao was "white and black", while Gu Chenyi was the opposite. He was "black and white".
— —
After sending Gu Xi to Class 7, Gu Yanxiao handed her schoolbag to Gu Xi.
Gu Chenyi, who was standing at the side, also said with a look of acknowledgment, "You have to be good in class. If there's anything, or if there's anything I can help with, just call me on WeChat. I promise to rush over in an hour."
Looking at Gu Chenyi's serious expression, Gu Xi was a little amused. How could she be "not good"?
It was funny, but Gu Xixin also felt warm.
"Okay." Gu Xi smiled and imitated Gu Chenyi's expression of acknowledgment.
"You still have to be good," Gu Xi said. In order to cooperate, she raised her hand and patted Gu Chenyi's head.
Gu Chenyi: "…" Why did she always like to pat him on the head?
It made him feel like a younger brother.
Although he was indeed a younger brother.
…
After watching the two of them go to their respective classes, Gu Xi turned around and entered the classroom.
As soon as Gu Xi entered the classroom, she was met with all kinds of interesting gazes from her classmates. Among them, the most excited one was definitely Dong Mingming.
As soon as Gu Xi sat down in her seat, Dong Mingming, who was next to her, leaned over with a look of surprise.
"You, Gu Yanxiao, and Gu Chenyi are family?" Dong Mingming asked curiously.
Although there were rumors about this before, most people did not believe it. After all, Gu Xi had just transferred to the affiliated high school.
Until yesterday, when Dong Mingming saw Gu Xi's family photo on her WeChat Moments.
"Yes." Gu Xi nodded.
"But cousins?"
"Yes."
"No wonder …" Dong Mingming muttered.
— No wonder Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi, two people who were usually so aloof that they would not participate in the school's voting activities, would work so hard to canvass votes for Gu Xi.
The two of them canvassed for Gu Xi's votes in endless ways. They gave her a tick when she voted, gave her concert tickets when she voted, gave her an autographed basketball when she voted, helped her copy her notes when she voted, and helped her with her work when she voted …
The variety of their offers and the huge amount of investment they put in was simply amazing.
She felt that if this continued, the two of them would give up everything they had.
However, it was indeed effective. With the appeal of the two of them, Gu Xi's votes shot up by leaps and bounds as if she was sitting on a rocket.
When he thought of this, Dong Mingming suddenly became excited again. He grabbed Gu Xi and said, "By the way, you still don't know, right? Your votes are now at two!"
Their class signed up late and lost the advantage of being the first to accumulate votes. Originally, Gu Xi's votes were a lot lower than the original second place. However, because of Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi's ferocious canvassing for votes, Gu Xi's votes soon surpassed the second place. Now, she was even ahead of the other party by a large margin.
As Dong Mingming spoke, he took the phone and handed it to Gu Xi. "Look, this is your current votes."
Gu Xi saw a long string of numbers.
"The two of them are really too awesome!" Dong Mingming said with a sigh.
It seemed that not only Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi, but even Sheng Xiuyan had miraculously helped Gu Xi to canvass for votes on her WeChat Moments.
The Prince Charming had helped Gu Xi canvass for votes. She had lost! It was simply too awesome.
— — Could it be that Gu Xi had shot all the way to first place?
Dong Mingming couldn't help but secretly think in his heart.
He didn't dare to think about it before.
After all, first place was Gu Xueer.
As the school belle and goddess recognized by the whole school, Gu Xueer's supporters from the first year of junior high to junior high could line up several times around the school.
However, Gu Xi's votes were increasing very quickly now.
— —
Suddenly, she realized that the people next to her had suddenly stopped talking. Gu Xi turned her head and saw Dong Mingming biting the end of his pen with a conflicted expression on his face. He was even muttering something in a low voice.
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Xi raised her hand and waved it in front of Dong Mingming's eyes.
Dong Mingming came back to his senses and looked at Gu Xi. He said, "I'm calculating. Xiaoxue is 1,450 meters ahead of Xiaoxi. Xiaoxue is in front at a speed of 0.2 meters per hour. Xiaoxi is chasing behind at a speed of 0.22 meters per hour. When will Xiaoxi catch up with Xiaoxue?"
The corners of Gu Xi's mouth twitched slightly. "…" What are you talking about?
"This question is not rigorous. She can't be so slow." Gu Xi patted Dong Mingming and said. Moreover, she would be hungry by the time she caught up.
"Aren't I just giving an example?" Dong Mingming said and waved his hand. "Forget it, forget it. You won't understand even if I explain it to you. I'll calculate it myself, hehe."
After saying that, Dong Mingming continued to hold his laptop and muttered with a focused expression.
— —
After a few more classes, Dong Mingming suddenly shook Gu Xi excitedly and said, "Gu Xi, look! You're only 1,358 votes away from first place!"
"Is that so?" Gu Xi also leaned over to take a look.
"Aren't you excited?" Dong Mingming asked suspiciously when he saw Gu Xi's calm expression.
"Yes," Gu Xi said. However, when coupled with Gu Xi's current expression, it was not persuasive at all.
Dong Mingming shook his head. "You don't look like it."
"Also, why do I feel that you've been listless all day? What happened? "
"Nothing." Gu Xi shook her head and said, "I'm just thinking about some things."
She was thinking about the matters between the Gu family, Lin Yize, Gu Yaobai, and the big shot behind them.
After Old Master Gu retired, the Gu family became much more low-key. However, after Eldest Uncle got injured, they gradually changed their business.
For more than ten years, although the Gu family's business had always been very low-key, it had actually developed very well.
That was until Lin Yize and Gu Yaobai started to seize the Gu family's market share.
Logically speaking, even if the two of them worked together, it would be very difficult for them to beat the Gu family in business.
However, Gu Yaobai took advantage of the time he spent with the Gu family to obtain many of the Gu family's business records. Those records were originally nothing much, but Gu Yaobai and Lin Yize purposely turned them into illegal transactions to smear the Gu family's reputation.
Not only that, Gu Yaobai also took some of Old Master Gu's past letters from the Gu family and handed them to Old Master Gu's mentor. These letters were originally just ordinary exchanges between the old man and some of his old friends. However, because some of his old friends were in important positions, and some of them were away, the other party distorted the truth and said that these letters were evidence of the old man betraying the government. They forcibly turned the ordinary words in the letters into some kind of secret code.
The other party was in a high position and had a lot of experience. It was clearly nonsense, but someone actually believed it.
Because of this, the Gu family had no choice but to be investigated.
…
Gu Xi listed out all the things that those people had done to the Gu Clan. After combing through them, she quickly found the problem.
If it was just an investigation, the Gu family could completely deny it. If the Gu family didn't admit it, the government wouldn't be able to obtain any further evidence. This matter would quickly pass peacefully.
But why did the Gu family still disappear in the end?
This was what Gu Xi couldn't understand the most.
In the novel, that big shot had some "evidence" of the Gu family, but in reality, the Gu family also had some things of the other party. The two parties were in a relationship of mutual restraint.
Both parties were evenly matched, and because of Gu Shao's status and personal value, the Gu family was even more valued by the government.
Under such a relationship, the Gu family could clearly protect themselves. But in the end, the Gu family didn't release the evidence they had against the other party, causing them to be controlled by the other party. In the end, under the pressure and framing of the other party, the Gu family "collapsed."
Why?
There were too few records about the Gu family in the novel.
Gu Xi couldn't figure out what methods Lin Yize and Gu Yaobai had used to destroy the Gu family.
…
With doubts in her heart, Gu Xi looked absent-minded all the way until school ended.
When school was over, Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi came over and pulled Gu Xi along to pee.
"What are you doing so quickly?" Gu Xi asked the two of them, puzzled.
Gu Chenyi said cheerfully, "Brother, it's your treat."
"Brother?"
"Yes, it's near the school, barbecue skewers! Brother has already arranged a table there. Let's go over and get it over with quickly. "
After a pause, Gu Chenyi said, "Oh right, don't eat too much later. Seven or eight will do. We still have to go back and show our gratitude to Grandfather."
— — The Gu family was especially strict in this regard. They were determined not to let them eat outside, especially those kinds of junk food.
Therefore, the few of them could only sneak around secretly.
In order not to be discovered, every time they ate outside, they would have to go back and have dinner with the Gu family's adults as usual.
During dinner, Gu Yanxiao said to Gu Xi, "Don't be too anxious. You can eat slowly. At worst, you can go back and tell Grandfather that Gu Chenyi and I lost track of time while playing basketball. You can wait for us at the side."
Gu Xi nodded.
Thinking about Gu Yanlin, she felt a little strange.
"Doesn't Brother need to go to class?" She remembered that Gu Yanlin was only 17 years old.
Hearing Gu Xi's question, Gu Yanxiao's and Gu Chenyi's faces darkened almost at the same time.
Gu Chenyi: "That guy is a pervert."
"Why?" Gu Xi asked.
Gu Yanxiao explained, "Brother finished high school two years ago in advance …"
After finishing high school, Gu Yanlin was forced by Grandfather Gu to choose a certain social studies major at A University. In the end, Gu Yanlin only took less than a year and a half to complete all the subjects for his four-year major. Moreover, because of Gu Yanlin's talent in electronic technology, the school made an exception and allowed him to study two majors at the same time.
Currently, Gu Yanlin was studying at M University as an international exchange student.
However, it was said that Gu Yanlin completed the courses for the previous semester in a week.
Gu Xi: "…"
He had indeed done it.
Even she inexplicably felt a sense of pressure called "other siblings are too powerful, making me seem too mediocre."
…
While they were talking, Gu Xi's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw a car not far away.
That was Gu Shao's car!
"I'm not going, you guys go ahead," Gu Xi turned around and said to the two of them. Then, she saw Gu Chenyi's expression of being abandoned.
Gu Xi smiled awkwardly at the other party and shrugged with a regretful expression. "If they find out, I will also be taught a lesson."
— — That's reasonable, but can you not be so agitated when you see Second Uncle? You look as if you are going to abandon them and go home with your father. And your regretful expression doesn't look like that at all, okay?
Gu Chenyi looked at Gu Xi and complained silently. He felt wronged. What happened to his relationship with Gu Xi in the Gu family?
Fortunately, Gu Xi didn't know what Gu Chenyi was thinking at this moment. Otherwise, he would definitely ask, "When did we agree on this?"
Even in Gu Xi's eyes, Gu Shao would always be first, followed by the others.
However, looking at Gu Chenyi's aggrieved expression, although Gu Xi knew that it was a little more convincing, he still patted the other party's head comfortingly and said, "Next time, let's do it together next time."
After saying that, Gu Xi jogged in the direction of his car.
— —
At night, when he got home, Gu Xi took his completed homework and went to the study to look for Gu Shao.
Hearing the sound outside the door, Gu Shao looked up from the document in his hand and looked at the door. "Sign it?"
"Yes, yes." The thing nodded and hugged the homework to Gu Shao.
Gu Xi's homework was almost never wrong. However, after receiving the homework, Gu Shao still checked it carefully.
After signing the homework for each subject, Gu Xi handed the homework to Gu Xi and said, "Go to bed early."
"Okay." Gu Xi nodded and hugged the homework.
"Dad …"
"What's wrong?" Gu Xi looked like he wanted to say something but stopped. Gu Shao softened his tone.
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