Seeing that Gu Shao did not speak, Wang Wu was a little surprised. He carefully glanced at Gu Shao. Then he realized that it was not that Gu Shao did not speak, but that he was staring at the computer screen and had no intention of responding to him. Was he frowning?
Out of curiosity, Wang Wu secretly looked at Gu Shao's computer screen.
When he saw the contents of Gu Shao's computer screen, Wang Wu was stunned. What was on Gu Shao's computer screen was not an important document or news, but a forum page.
[What does it mean for a child to suddenly ask her parents for pocket money?]
This was probably something that Gu Shao had just checked and did not have time to close it.
Or perhaps Gu Shao did not have time to look at it.
There were all kinds of replies.
[Isn't it normal to ask for pocket money?]
[When you reach a certain age, you will definitely need pocket money when you have things you want to buy. When I was in primary school, my pocket money was paid every week.]
[Asking for pocket money means that you have a lot of things you want to buy.]
[Maybe you are in love, haha. You need money for love.]
[Maybe you suddenly have a hobby.]
[You don't necessarily need to spend it on random things. For example, I spend most of my pocket money on stationery and tutoring books.]
…
Most of the replies were probably from students.
No, there were also a few replies that seemed to be from parents.
[You have to be careful when you suddenly ask for pocket money. Maybe you are addicted to something. My child was like this before. He suddenly became addicted to playing games …]
[You have to see if there are any bad students in the school, or if the child is being pestered by some delinquent youth …]
…
Wang Wu's eyes quickly scanned through the replies. He roughly knew why his boss was frowning just now.
"Miss Xiao Xi wants pocket money to buy some small things, right?" After all, most young girls of this age liked to buy some pretty trinkets.
Wang Wu hesitated for a long time before he spoke in a low voice.
Hearing this, Gu Shao did not say anything. He typed another tweet that he had just uploaded.
'The meaning of giving children pocket money.'
'When children reach a certain age, it is normal for them to need pocket money. Giving children pocket money is not to let them spend it recklessly or to compete with others, but to give them a chance to manage their own pocket money, so that they can develop a sense of planning … "
— — That's a good point.
Gu Shao nodded silently.
— —
On the other side, Wang Wu had yet to recover from his astonishment when he saw his boss make another call.
The call was to Gu Feng.
After two rings, Gu Feng quickly picked up the phone.
"Second Brother, what's the matter?" Gu Feng asked.
"Are you busy?"
"No, what's the matter? Tell me." Gu Feng's tone was somewhat serious.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Shao rarely called him, especially at this hour. Gu Feng guessed that Gu Shao might have something important to tell him.
"Gu Yanxiao, how much pocket money do you give him?" Gu Shao asked.
Hearing Gu Shao's question, the shock on Gu Feng's face was no less than that of Wang Wu, who was almost shocked out of his wits.
"You said pocket money?" Gu Feng was stunned for a moment before he recovered from his shock and replied, "Gu Yanxiao's pocket money is all given by your sister-in-law, but I'm not too sure about the exact amount."
After a pause, Gu Feng continued, "Wait here, your sister-in-law is here, I'll let her talk to you."
It was Wang Pei who answered the phone.
"Second Brother."
"Sister-in-law."
"Are you asking me how much pocket money I give Gu Yanxiao?"
"Yes." Gu Shao replied. He just wanted to take a look.
Wang Pei seemed to think for a moment before she continued, "About one or two thousand."
Gu Shao raised his eyebrows, "A week's worth?"
"No, it's a month's worth." Wang Pei continued, "It's not exactly a month's worth. Usually, if he doesn't have any money and asks me for it, I'll give it to him, but I don't give much each time."
After a pause, Wang Pei continued, "As for pocket money, I can't give him too much."
"Right now, he's using the family's money to eat, wear, and go to school. He doesn't need to spend any money himself. If I give him too much, he'll take the money and spend it recklessly. What if he develops bad habits and goes astray?"
Moreover, the children of the Gu family were never in a situation where they lacked money. If they ran out of money, they could still trick their grandfather into giving them some.
The old man was very strict with his sons' generation, but when it came to his grandchildren's generation, he doted on them quite a bit.
Wang Pei tried to stop this opportunity, but the old man always found a way to give Gu Yanxiao and the other boys money. He gave them money for loading apps, helped them buy things on small video apps, and gave them a reward if they succeeded.
The more Wang Pei thought about it, the angrier she got. She couldn't help but complain, "This kind of thing can't be allowed to grow! Once they're financially well-off, they'll relax mentally. "
Hearing Wang Pei's words, Gu Shao nodded secretly. He felt that her words made sense.
However, before Gu Shao could speak, Wang Pei suddenly reacted and said, "Wait, you're calling to ask if you're going to give Xixi pocket money?"
"Yes."
"That's different, it's different," Wang Pei quickly said. Then, she directly overturned her previous statement and said, "Girls are different from boys. Boys are poor, but girls have to be raised well."
"Give her more pocket money and raise her well. She won't need to compete with others, and she won't waste her energy and time on those meaningless comparisons."
"Moreover, girls raised well have higher standards. In the future, they won't be fooled by some small things that people casually take out."
After hearing Wang Pei's words, Gu Shao suddenly thought of something and deeply agreed with her.
"Sister-in-law, what you said makes sense," Gu Shao said seriously.
Hearing this, Wang Pei smiled and said, "Right? Our Xixi has to be raised well."
Gu Feng, who was listening next to Wang Pei, also added, "Yes, she has to be raised well. Xixi suffered a lot in her previous family. She can't suffer in our family anymore."
Gu Shao agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Shao looked up and saw Wang Wu staring at him in a daze, dumbfounded.
"Do you have children?" Gu Shao asked casually.
Wang Wu was speechless. It wasn't very insulting, but it was very hurtful.
"Yes, yes. I'm not married yet," Wang Wu said softly.
No, recently, Wang Wu was looking forward to marriage and family, especially when he thought about having a lovely daughter by his side.
He was envious …
Gu Shao looked away. He didn't have anything to talk about with people who didn't have children.
"Help me get a card," Gu Shao ordered.
Without Gu Shao saying anything, Wang Wu already knew who the card was for. Thus, he nodded and said, "I'll get it done right away."
— —
At this moment, Xu Fei came in with a stack of documents in his hands.
"President, these are the applications for a few projects this month. Please take a look." Xu Fei handed the documents to Gu Shao.
Gu Shao took the documents and quickly scanned them. After checking that there were no mistakes, he conveniently signed his name on the cover.
"Also …" There was also a part of the application for funds in the OA process that needed his signature.
Before Xu Fei could finish speaking, he saw their president look at the time. Then, he put away his pen and stood up. He looked like he was about to leave.
"President, are you leaving now?" Xu Fei asked.
"Yes," Gu Shao replied. He took his jacket from Wang Wu and said, "I'm going to pick up the child."
When Xu Fei heard this, he was stunned. He almost thought that he had heard wrong.
Surprised, Xu Fei and Wang Wu looked at each other silently. Then, he received a look from Wang Wu that said, "Don't look at me, I'm also very surprised."
If this had happened more than a month ago, he would never have believed that one day, his president would actually consider the child's education and pocket money. He would even remember to pick up the child from school.
Gu Shao went to pick up Gu Xi because he was worried that Gu Xi might be bullied at school. Although according to the investigation, his worries seemed to be unnecessary, Gu Xi's problem yesterday was really a little abnormal.
However, before Gu Shao could walk out of the office, he received a message from Gu Xi.
The message said that she would be going home later because she wanted to watch Gu Chenyi's basketball game.
Gu Shao frowned slightly. No, in the end, he replied, "Okay."
"What else did you want to say just now?" Gu Shao looked at Xu Fei.
Xu Fei: "…" It turned out that the president had heard what he said just now.
However, compared to work, his daughter was more important, so he pretended not to hear.
"I still have a few applications to deal with."
"Okay, submit them."
—
On the other side, at the high school affiliated to A University.
After asking for leave from Gu Shao, Gu Xi took Dong Mingming to the basketball court.
Staring at Gu Xi, who was packing faster than him, Dong Mingming muttered, "Why do I feel that you are more excited than me?"
"I am quite excited," Gu Xi said. She looked at Dong Mingming and raised her eyebrows. "Isn't it normal?"
"I thought you would not be very interested in these things," Dong Mingming said faintly. After all, even when the school's student representatives voted, Gu Xi did not seem to be very interested.
"That's not the same." She still wanted to watch Gu Chenyi's game later.
During the first class in the afternoon, Gu Chenyi sent a message to Gu Xi telling her that he had a basketball game at noon. He sent more than a dozen messages in a row at noon. However, Gu Xi had set the message settings to not disturb, so she did not see them until school was almost over.
Dong Mingming did not know what Gu Xi meant by "different", but he nodded and smiled. "It is indeed different, haha."
"Let's go, let's go." Dong Mingming also quickened his pace.
—
Although the two of them ran fast enough, they still could not find their seats before they reached the basketball court.
Fortunately, Gu Chenyi was reliable and helped Gu Xi and Dong Mingming find their seats in the middle of the first row.
"Which class is playing against which class today?" After sitting down, Gu Xi asked Dong Mingming.
Why did it feel like there were so many people here?
Upon hearing this, Dong Mingming gave Gu Xi a strange look. "…"
You are so excited, but you don't know who is playing against whom?
"Our class and Class 17?" Gu Xi found that there were the most people in their class and Gu Chenyi's class, but there were also many people from other classes.
"Of course not," Dong Mingming said, then pointed to the people in the waiting area and said, "Look, there are some third-year students over there."
"Today's game is between the second-year and third-year students." Although it was a friendly game and did not count towards the cumulative score of the class basketball game, but! There was no doubt that this was definitely the most exciting game.
The second-year and third-year students were selected from each class to play against the best students.
"Sheng Xiuyan and Gu Chenyi are in the same frame. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you know?" Especially when the two of them are playing against the same team!
Dong Mingming excitedly told Gu Xi about the basketball legends of their age group.
After saying this, Dong Mingming sighed regretfully. "It's a pity that Gu Yanxiao didn't come today. Otherwise, it would have been perfect."
Gu Yanxiao …
Gu Xi saw the news in the group chat.
It seemed that Gu Yanxiao had done something "genius" in the laboratory in the afternoon and almost caused the laboratory equipment to explode. Then, the teacher made her stay to clean the laboratory as a punishment.
In the group chat, Gu Yanxiao repeatedly emphasized that everything was under her control and that the teacher was too nervous …
"No, it's not bad to have Xie Ze from Class 6, hehe," Dong Mingming muttered and revealed an expression of a little fangirl.
No, after listening to Dong Mingming's explanation, Gu Xi more or less understood why there were so many people here.
Looking at the back, as expected, most of the people who came to watch the game were girls. It was obvious that they were here for Sheng Xiuyan and the others. It was hard to say whether they were here to watch the game or to watch their faces.
What was even more exaggerated was that they even brought signboards.
Looking at Gu Xi's exaggerated expression, Dong Mingming continued, "You don't know this, but Xiu Shen and those two from your family are very popular in school. Also, let me tell you, with this lineup, if we have Gu Yanxiao as a center, we will have a strong lineup. "
Gu Xi nodded, not fully understanding.
— —
The game began.
With a whistle, the basketball was thrown up by the referee. In the next second, Sheng Xiuyan jumped high and snatched the ball.
This action immediately caused the crowd to scream.
Almost everyone was shouting "Xiu Shen" at this moment, except for Gu Xi who was quietly staring at the court. She seemed out of place with her surroundings.
"What are you looking at?" Dong Mingming raised his hand and waved it in front of Gu Xi's eyes as he asked curiously.
"I'm looking at Gu Chenyi," Gu Xi said seriously. Why else would she be here? She didn't know how to watch basketball.
After saying that, Gu Xi took out her phone and pointed the camera at Gu Chenyi.
Dong Mingming: "…"
Gu Xi took about a dozen photos and then picked a dozen or so handsome ones and sent them to the group chat.
After the message was sent, Gu Yanxiao replied with one word: [Ugly].
[Gu Yanxiao: How long has it been since the first half?] He might be able to sneak in for the second half.
[Gu Xi: It seems that it's almost over.]
Gu Xi glanced at the countdown on the court. Sure enough, there were only a dozen seconds left in the first half of the game.
Looking at the scoreboard again, Gu Xi was shocked.
She looked up and saw that the score was already 19: 48.
Dong Mingming said that the second-year team was so strong. She thought that they might be able to beat the third-year team, but she didn't expect that the third-year team would be beaten by them.
"So, is the enemy stronger or am I weaker?" Gu Xi asked Dong Mingming.
"But we are too strong. Haha, it's a pity that Gu Yanxiao didn't come. Otherwise, the score would be even bigger. We could directly use the mascot in the first half."
As the two were talking, the whistle sounded. The first half of the game was over.
After leaving the court, Gu Chenyi walked directly to Gu Xi with a smug smile on his face.
"What do you think? Am I good?" Gu Chenyi walked up to Gu Xi and asked.
Looking at Gu Chenyi's expression, which seemed to be asking for praise, Gu Xi inexplicably thought of a certain husky shaking its head and wagging its tail. It was a little funny.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Gu Xi smiled and nodded. Although his answer was a little perfunctory, his actions were not ambiguous. As he spoke, Gu Xi raised his hand and was about to pat Gu Chenyi's head encouragingly.
This time, Gu Chenyi didn't dodge. Instead, he bent down cooperatively so that Gu Xi could touch his head.
However, when Gu Xi touched his forehead, his encouraging expression immediately turned into one of disdain.
"Not bad," Gu Xi said as he put down his hand and rubbed it on Gu Chenyi's clothes.
In the end … he was still covered in sweat.
Looking at Gu Xi's small actions, Gu Chenyi felt gloomy. Even if he was disdainful, could he not make it so obvious?
In less than a second, Gu Chenyi saw Gu Xi take out a pack of tissues from his bag.
"You didn't tell me, so there's only tissues left. I'll bring you more next time," Gu Xi said as he handed the tissues to Gu Chenyi.
"Hehe, okay."
Gu Chenyi's bright smile really looked a little silly.
It was just that he didn't realize it at all and even had a little intention of showing off.
"By the way, did you take photos for me?" Gu Chenyi asked Gu Xi.
"Yes, I took a lot of photos. I sent the good ones to the group." As Gu Xi spoke, he suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but laugh. He pretended to look at Gu Chenyi seriously and said, "The little brother said that you're ugly."
Hearing this, Gu Chenyi exploded. "He's the ugly one."
Gu Chenyi snorted again. "He's just jealous."
After saying this, Gu Chenyi took Gu Xi's phone and directly Gu Yanxiao in the group and replied: [Fortunately, you didn't come. Otherwise, it would have affected my points.]
After sending this message, Gu Chenyi felt relieved. He pointed at the scoreboard and said to Gu Xi as if he was showing off, "Look over there, 48 points. I got 16 points."
Gu Xi was a little surprised. She didn't look at the score carefully and didn't expect Gu Chenyi to get so many points by himself.
— —
At this moment, Sheng Xiuyan walked past the two of them and said indifferently, "I got 18 points."
These words successfully made Gu Chenyi's face turn black.
"If I didn't throw the last goal to you, would you get 18 points?" Gu Chenyi retorted unhappily.
Sheng Xiuyan wanted to retort again, but the moment his eyes met with Gu Xi's, his expression froze. He quickly looked away and walked to the other side.
Gu Chenyi was left with a suspicious look. "What's wrong with this person today? He actually didn't retort. "This was not normal.
Gu Xi: "Do you want to drink water?"
Gu Chenyi: "Yes!"
Gu Chenyi: "Oh yes, let's take another photo of the two of us." He sent it to the group to anger Gu Yanxiao.
"Stay away from me."
Gu Chenyi: "…" I'm being despised again.
Looking at Gu Chenyi's aggrieved look, Gu Xi smiled embarrassedly. "Half-time is starting. Hurry up and go. Good luck."
— —
Half-time started.
This time, Gu Chenyi was the first to touch the ball.
The moment his palm touched the ball, Gu Chenyi accurately hit the ball to his teammate's side.
After everyone dispersed, Gu Chenyi did not forget to proudly wave at Gu Xi.
"Be careful —" Before Gu Xi could finish his sentence, Gu Chenyi's back was hit by the ball. He almost lost his balance and fell flat on his face.
"Sheng Xiuyan, what are you doing?!"
"My hand slipped." Sheng Xiuyan threw out these two words.
Gu Chenyi: "Like hell I'll believe you."
On the other side, Sheng Xiuyan ignored Gu Chenyi and had already snatched the ball from his opponent's hand.
…
If the first half was a competition between the third and second year students, then the second half was a competition between Sheng Xiuyan and Gu Chenyi to see who could score more points.
Looking at the increasing points, even Dong Mingming could not help but sigh. "These two must be on steroids."
"No, no, this is exciting. I have to take a few more photos and share them in the group," Dong Mingming said as he took out his phone again.
Gu Xi also took out his phone and prepared to take a few more photos.
At this moment, Dong Mingming suddenly grabbed Gu Xi's hand and said in despair, "Oh no, the photos …"
"What's wrong? Did you accidentally delete them?" Gu Xi asked.
Dong Mingming shook his head. "No, it's our photos …"
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