In the study of the Gu family.
When Old Master Gu heard that his grandchildren were back, he hurriedly left with his walking stick, leaving the three parents staring at each other.
"Let's go downstairs and take a look," Gu Shao said, stood up, and left the study.
As soon as Gu Shao and the other two went downstairs, they heard Old Master Gu's voice in the main living room. He seemed to be scolding the three of them who came back late.
To be precise, he was scolding Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi.
When Gu Shao and the other two approached, they saw Old Master Gu sitting on the sofa while Gu Xi and the other two stood in front of him in a daze.
"Xixi, sit here," Old Master Gu said.
Gu Xi did not move. The three of them still stood obediently in a row with their heads bowed, looking obedient and accepting their punishment.
Gu Shao raised his eyebrows, walked over, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Let them speak for themselves," Old Master Gu said fiercely. However, he did not give the three of them a chance to speak and said himself, "She was fine before we left, but she fell down after going out!"
If it were Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi, these two sturdy boys, who had fallen, the old master would certainly not be so angry.
Therefore, when Gu Shao heard this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Xi. Her sleeves and elbows were a little dirty, but other than that, there seemed to be nothing wrong. She must have fallen and hurt her hand.
Gu Shao's sharp eyes saw Gu Xi's wound. It was on the inside of her wrist. It seemed to have been treated before, and there was a flower-shaped band-aid with cartoon patterns on it.
At this moment, as the three of them stood in front of Old Master Gu and waited to be scolded, Gu Xi lowered her head. The index finger of her other hand was still picking at the band-aid from time to time, rolling up and smoothing the edges of the band-aid.
Gu Shao: "…" It seemed that she did not fall down.
Gu Shao, Gu Feng, and Gu Xuan looked at each other and decided to stand aside and not interfere with the 'interaction' between the four of them.
On the other side, Old Master Gu glared at Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi again and asked, "What did you do?"
Old Master Gu's tone was stern, as if saying, "If you confess, you'll be lenient. If you resist, you'll be strict."
"Nothing much. We just took a walk and ate and drank." Gu Yanxiao lowered her head and said.
"You think you can fall with just these?" Did he think that he was senile?
The three of them silently took half a step back.
"I even skateboarded …" Gu Xi bit the bullet and whispered.
As soon as Gu Xi finished speaking, Gu Chenyi immediately added, "Gu Yanxiao and I will teach her how to play."
Hearing this, Old Master Gu's face darkened, and he slammed the table, scaring the three of them.
"Skateboard?! And you two dabblers are actually teaching Xixi? What if something were to happen to him? It's so dangerous! "
"That … it's not serious." Gu Xi stole a glance at Old Master Gu and said softly.
"Even if it's not serious, what if you get a scar from the fall? Huh? " Although before Gu Xi's return, the two generations of Gu Xi's family were all thick-skinned brats, Old Master Gu still remembered that this was what Gu Xi's grandmother cared about.
"Especially the two of you!" Old Master Gu pointed his gun at Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi and lectured them.
Halfway through, Gu Xuan tried to interrupt, but he was glared at by Old Master Gu.
In the end, it was Butler Zhou who successfully stopped Old Master Gu.
"Old Master, dinner is ready." Butler Zhou came over and said.
Hearing this, Old Master Gu stopped and rolled his eyes. "Alright, let's go and eat first."
Scolding was one thing, but he could not let the child go hungry.
— —
At the dining table, Old Master Gu had a straight face and used his eyes to signal the nanny to move all the desserts that Gu Xi liked to eat in front of her. He also asked the nanny to add another bowl of rice for Gu Chenyi and asked the kitchen to make a plate of fish that Gu Yanxiao liked very much.
Gu Feng and the other two were already used to Old Master Gu's doting on the younger generation, so they just chuckled in their hearts and did not say anything.
— —
After dinner, Gu Xi and the other two sitting in a row looked at each other and put down their bowls and chopsticks in unison.
Gu Yanxiao: "Grandpa, enjoy your meal. I'm going up to do my holiday homework."
Gu Chenyi: "Oh, me too. I'm going up to do my homework too."
Gu Xi: "… I'm going to do my holiday homework again."
"Stop." Old Master Gu stopped the three of them. "Sit down properly. What happened just now isn't over yet!"
Thus, Old Master Gu began a new round of ideological education for Gu Xi and the other two.
…
Gu Xi secretly looked at Gu Shao for help.
Receiving Gu Xi's pleading gaze, Gu Shao did not want to interfere at first. However, seeing this girl looking at him eagerly, Gu Shao's heart softened again.
"Gu Xi, come here."
After greeting Old Master Gu, Gu Shao got up and led Gu Xi away. Before leaving, he glanced at the remaining two on the dining table and said, "You guys continue."
Gu Chenyi: "?"
Gu Yanxiao: "!"
— —
Gu Shao led Gu Xi back to the room and glanced at the wound on Gu Xi's wrist. It was just an ordinary scratch and a little bleeding. It was indeed not serious. Only then did he feel relieved.
"You're not allowed to go out tomorrow," Gu Shao said with a hint of sternness.
Meeting Gu Xi's aggrieved gaze, Gu Shao sighed in his heart and explained, "It's not safe to go out for a while."
Hearing this, Gu Xi nodded seriously.
At this moment, Gu Shao was thinking about how to separate his daughter from those two boys.
Originally, Gu Xi was a girl. Previously, her hobbies were reading books and playing with small toys. Now, she was actually skateboarding with Gu Yanxiao.
Gu Shao had no doubt that if the three of them had gotten together a few years ago, the two of them would have led Gu Xi to play in the mud.
— —
The next morning, Gu Shao was ready to go to NTN.
However, as soon as he went downstairs, he saw Gu Xi, who had woken up earlier than him.
At this moment, Gu Xi had already changed her clothes and was sitting in the living room. Next to her was a packed schoolbag. She looked ready to go.
The corners of Gu Shao's mouth twitched and he asked, "Why are you up so early?"
As Gu Shao spoke, he walked up to Gu Xi and held Gu Xi's wrist. He checked the scratch on her wrist and confirmed that it was fine.
"I'm waiting for you." Gu Xi winked at Gu Shao and said.
"Waiting for me?"
"Yes, yes." Gu Xi nodded and said seriously, "Waiting for you. Let's go to NTN together."
Gu Shao: "…" When did he say that he was going to take this girl to NTN today?
"I have a reception this morning and a meeting," Gu Shao said. Therefore, he could not find time to accompany Gu Xi today.
Hearing this, Gu Xi shook her head firmly and said, "It's okay. I'll stay in the office alone."
Seeing the determination in Gu Xi's eyes, Gu Shao felt a headache coming on. He adopted the attitude of a strict father and said, "Stay at home, read your books, and listen to Grandpa."
— — No.
Gu Xi refused in her heart, but she could not find a reason to refute Gu Shao. She could only cling to Gu Shao's trap and refuse to give in to him.
Finally, just as Gu Shao was about to leave, Gu Xi thought of a quick-witted reason. "Well, I don't want to stay at home. Little Brother and Gu Chenyi will disturb me."
After saying this, Gu Xi silently said 'sorry' to the two people who were implicated.
Because of what happened yesterday, Old Master Gu gave them a 'confinement order'.
Gu Xi did not want to be confined with Gu Yanxiao and the others, so she could only think of a way to get Gu Shao to pack her up and take her away.
— — The reason was sufficient and the request was reasonable.
Gu Shao: "Let's go."
…
When they arrived at NTN, Gu Shao sent Gu Xi to the office and went to the reception conference room.
At this time, in addition to Qiao Luo, three people were also in the conference room.
"President Gu, this is Mr. Wilson, this is Mr. Rocky, and this is Luo Yi …" Qiao Luo introduced the three people to Gu Shao.
These three people's work was similar to Qiao Luo's. They were all in charge of cross-border procurement of technology and services. The difference was that Qiao Luo represented himself and the middleman, while these three indirectly represented the government.
The purpose of the three people's trip was to obtain the 'maritime transport supervision system' that NTN had previously provided to several countries in the southeast.
"After the transport supervision system was launched in the last batch of countries, the results were very good. Therefore, during this period, more than ten countries' purchasers have contacted me one after another …" Qiao Luo explained to Gu Shao with a smile.
There were a lot of shenanigans involved in the transport of goods across the high seas in the southeast. After the transport monitoring system was activated, it allowed the officials of several countries to catch a lot of 'fish that slipped through the net'. And this wave of 'operations' brought them benefits that far exceeded their original expectations.
Simply put, NTN's supervision system was' popular 'in the southeast.
After Qiao Luo finished speaking, the three people next to him nodded.
"This time, in addition to representing our respective parties to purchase this supervision system, we also hope that the system's supervision scope can be expanded a little, especially the waters that extend to the south."
"Okay." Gu Shao nodded. At the same time, he glanced at the estimated price in the document that Qiao Luo handed to him.
— — The price was 60% higher than the previous batch's price. Qiao Luo had probably raised the price based on the other party's demand and current product evaluation.
This price was not much different from Gu Shao's original estimate. Therefore, Gu Shao was not surprised to see this price.
On the other hand, Xu Fei was surprised after glancing at the estimated price of the materials. Originally, he thought that the CEO had decided to do this project on a whim and did not even think about making money. He did not expect that it would start to show its value so soon.
— —
Gu Xi was also surprised.
Gu Xi met Meng Zixin in the lounge on this floor. From her, he learned the identities of the people that Gu Shao received today and the content of their discussion.
"The people who came today are procurement representatives from three important countries in the southeast and the south. In addition to them, I heard that Mr. Qiao has also received many procurement commissions or letters of intent." Meng Zixin explained to Gu Xi with a smile.
Then, Meng Zixin looked at Gu Xi in surprise and asked, "I heard from Assistant Xu that this project was your original idea?"
When Gu Xi met Meng Zixin's surprised and admiring gaze, he felt a little embarrassed.
Originally, the reason why he proposed this idea to Gu Shao was to create some trouble for Lin Yize and make him earn less money. Who would have thought that such a supervision system would become a popular product?
— — Does this count as' unintentionally planting a willow and the willow becoming a shade '?
Gu Xi muttered in his heart.
When he thought of Lin Yize, Gu Xi couldn't help but look at Meng Zixin.
Whether in the novel or in reality, Meng Zixin was Lin Yize's white moonlight. Moreover, according to the novel, when the male protagonist was young, he had a passionate and unforgettable love with this white moonlight. Later, after he was "betrayed", he used the female protagonist as a substitute and humiliated her in every way possible.
Now that the Lin family was gone and Lin Yize was done for, Meng Zixin should be affected, right?
However, Gu Xi found that she seemed very normal. She didn't seem sad or shocked at all.
— — Doesn't she know that something happened to Lin Yize?
Gu Xi thought to himself. However, the next second, he shook his head and denied this guess.
The Lin family's matter had been on the hot news for so many days that it was not an exaggeration to say that it was sensational. During this period of time, Meng Zixin had been in China, so it was impossible that she hadn't seen the news about the Lin family.
"I just suddenly came up with an immature idea. I didn't expect it to actually work," Gu Xi said with an embarrassed smile. Then, he said casually, "The thing that went viral on the Internet a while ago, the Lin family seemed to have been caught by this supervision system in the waters of O Country."
With the collapse of the Lin family, a series of things were exposed, including Lin Yize's illegal transportation in the southeast.
Hearing Gu Xi's words, Meng Zixin was slightly stunned. Then, she nodded.
Meng Zixin had indeed seen the news about the Lin family and Lin Yize. She even paid a little attention to the follow-up.
"Speaking of which, I used to know the chairman of the Lin family, but I didn't expect that when we met again, it would be like this." Meng Zixin sighed with emotion. Her tone and expression were much calmer than Gu Xi had imagined.
Thinking back to the past, Meng Zixin and Lin Yize had a short relationship on campus for a few months. However, at that time, they were all young people. Most of the time, their relationship was made up of people around them. Then, they got together out of curiosity. The experience of their "relationship" was nothing more than going to and leaving school together and holding hands. It was not a real love.
Therefore, later, when the Meng family's business had problems, she broke up with Lin Yize without hesitation and went abroad with her family.
When she returned to China this time, Meng Zixin was slightly surprised when she saw Lin Yize. However, Lin Yize's behavior later made her feel disgusted.
Therefore, after hearing about the ending of the Lin family and Lin Yize, Meng Zixin just sighed in her heart.
…
Thinking about Meng Zixin's attitude at this time, Gu Xi seemed to realize something. Meng Zixin only regarded Lin Yize as a classmate whom she had a short relationship with. The so-called "white moonlight" seemed to be just Lin Yize's wishful thinking.
If this was the case, then the story of Lin Yize and his "white moonlight" in the novel seemed to be too exaggerated.
Gu Xi complained in her heart. At the same time, her fear of the novel seemed to dissipate a lot.
—
After the meeting, Gu Shao didn't see Gu Xi when he returned to the office. As a result, he found the lounge and saw Gu Xi and Qiao Luo's secretary talking and laughing about something.
Until Gu Shao and Qiao Luo appeared and interrupted the two of them.
"President Qiao." Meng Zixin got up and returned to Qiao Luo's side.
Qiao Luo looked at Gu Xi and then at his secretary and smiled.
"It seems that President Gu's little princess and our Lisa hit it off very well." Qiao Luo said to Gu Shao half-jokingly, "President Gu, do you want to know more about her?"
Even now, Qiao Luo still wanted to "sell" his secretary to Gu Shao.
However, as soon as he said this, Gu Shao gave him a cold look.
Qiao Luo knew that he had no chance, so he could only smile awkwardly and leave with Meng Zixin.
—
After sending them off, Gu Shao received a message on his phone.
It was from TNC Biotechnology Center about Song Kexin.
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