Gu Xi had made amulets for every member of the Gu family. Previously, when Eldest Aunt had asked her to help hang the "Xiao Fu" pendants, Gu Xi had hung the amulets she made on everyone's door handles, including Gu Shao's.
Now, this was a New Year's gift that Gu Xi had specially prepared for Gu Shao.
Gu Shao's temples throbbed when he saw Gu Xi jump out of bed barefooted.
"Put on your shoes," Gu Shao reminded her.
"Oh, okay." After putting on her shoes, Gu Xi ran to her desk and took out the gift she had prepared for Gu Shao from her drawer.
It was a very exquisite red gift box, and there were even a few golden words printed on it that corresponded to the occasion.
"Happy New Year, Dad!" Gu Xi said as she handed the gift box to Gu Shao.
"What is it?" Gu Shao asked as he looked at Gu Xi with a smile in his eyes.
Based on his understanding of Gu Xi, he estimated that this "expensive" gift would make this girl feel pained for a long time.
"It's a special New Year's gift. You'll know when you open it," Gu Xi said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Gu Shao opened the box.
The first thing he saw was a festive red.
There were three things in the box: a red scarf, a pair of red socks, and a pair of red underwear.
Every item was printed with the same yellow 'Fu' character as the one on the packaging. In addition, there was a yellow 'Fu' character printed on each item.
Gu Shao: "…"
Gu Xi blinked and looked at Gu Shao before she said seriously, "This is a special gift for the New Year. It can keep you safe!"
Gu Xi had specially gone to the mall to buy this gift before the New Year. She had said that she wanted a meaningful gift, so the shop assistant had recommended this "New Year's Three-Piece Set" to her.
"What do you think, Dad?"
When he met Gu Xi's expectant gaze, Gu Shao's mouth twitched. He couldn't refute her and said, "Not bad."
"Really?" Gu Xi asked in return. Why did she feel that Gu Shao's expression was a little serious?
Looking at Gu Shao's expression, Gu Xi felt a little uneasy.
"Yes," Gu Shao replied and said, "It's for the New Year. It's not bad. It's festive."
Upon hearing this, Gu smiled and said, "Hehe, I think so too."
"Also, this pair of socks are." As she spoke, she took out a pair of red socks from the box of the box and showed them to Gu Shao, as if they were a treasure.
On the left, on the left of the socks, on the left, on of of of the socks, on the left of the socks, on the right, on the right, of the socks. of the family of the socks. on the left, on
— — My daughter is mine. The socks were bought by my daughter …
Gu Shao 'brainwashed' himself a few times in his mind before he finally stopped showing his disdain for the socks. With a 'calm and collected' expression, he took the New Year gift from Gu Xi.
"Go to sleep."
"Okay." After giving the gift, Gu Xi crawled under the covers in satisfaction and went to sleep obediently.
— —
Gu Shao stayed by her side and waited until Gu Xi fell asleep.
Gu Shao tidied up Gu Xi's hair that had fallen on her face with her earrings and gently rubbed Gu Xi's head. Finally, he couldn't help but complain softly, "Little money-grubber, what exactly is going on in that head of yours?"
The 'three-piece New Year gift set'. Only Gu Xi could come up with this.
Gu Shao was sure that this New Year gift was definitely not more than 200 yuan.
'Is this girl trying to save money?'
Gu Shao raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.
Gu Xi seemed to be uncomfortable with Gu Shao's palm. In her sleep, she frowned in disdain and raised her hand to push Gu Shao's hand away.
Gu Shao retracted his hand and took out a bracelet from his pocket and tied it around Gu Xi's wrist.
This was a bracelet made of red string. Other than the fact that it was woven in a delicate and special way, there was nothing special about it.
This red bracelet was made by a master from a nearby temple when Gu Shao went to inspect one of the Gu family's projects before the New Year.
Gu Shao didn't believe in such things at first, but when the master left, he muttered, "Let bygones be bygones and be safe in the future." This made Gu Shao subconsciously think of Gu Xi.
The nightmare that Gu Xi mentioned, Gu Xi's fear of the Lin family, Gu Yaobai, and the anonymous email that was secretly sent to him containing Xie Hongbo's feelings.
No matter how Gu Xi found out about these things, Gu Shao hoped that Gu Xi would leave all these unpleasant things behind.
"As long as you grow up happily, that's all that matters." Gu Shao patted Gu Xi's head and said softly.
Until Gu Xi once again slapped Gu Shao's hand away in disdain.
Gu Shao retracted his hand and covered Gu Xi with the blanket before turning around and leaving the room.
— —
When Gu Shao returned to his room, he lowered his head and saw that on his door handle, there was a small dark-red plaque with the word 'Fortune' written on it.
Gu Shao placed the plaque in his palm.
The plaque wasn't big. Other than the different color, it was the same as the amulets that Gu Xi had given to Gu Yanlin and the others.
However, Gu Shao's amulet had the word 'Shao' sewn on it. Although the stitching looked a little rusty, it was done with great care.
Other than this, Gu Shao also found a small word 'Xi' in the corner of the amulet. The word was embroidered with a thread that was similar to the color of the background. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't have noticed it.
Gu Shao chuckled softly, took the amulet off the door handle, and put it into the pocket of his clothes.
— —
The next morning.
Gu Xuan sat in the living room and was stunned when he saw Gu Shao coming down from upstairs. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt that there was something wrong with his second brother today. If he had to put his finger on it, he just couldn't put his finger on it. He just couldn't put his finger on it.
Gu Xuan stared at Gu Shao from head to toe for a few seconds and finally found something out of place — the pair of red socks on his feet.
Gu Shao's usual style of dressing was more serious and solemn, even if he wore casual clothes at home.
Now that he suddenly had a pair of red socks on his feet, it was quite eye-catching.
Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows and stared at Gu Shao's red socks again. He said half-jokingly, "Second Brother, your socks today are really unique."
Yes, it's unique!
Other than 'unique', Gu Xuan couldn't think of a better word for the time being.
He really didn't expect that his second brother would actually get himself a pair of red socks to wear in such a fitting manner.
In any case, he definitely wouldn't wear them.
Gu Xuan muttered all sorts of things in his mind.
At this moment, Gu Shao looked over and glanced at Gu Xuan. He said with a calm expression, "Xixi bought them."
These four words were plain and there wasn't any fluctuation in them. However, one could hear a hint of flaunting in them.
Gu Xuan: "…" He felt offended.
What should he do? He wanted them too!
— —
On the third day of the New Year, the Gu family had already started to get busy. In addition to entertaining the people who came to pay New Year's greetings, the adults also started to get busy with their own relationships.
Old Master Gu didn't idle around either. He started to bring Gu Xi, Gu Yanxiao, and Gu Chenyi to various good friends' houses to pay New Year's greetings.
In Old Master Gu's words, "Why are you cooped up at home? You eat and drink from morning till night. When school starts, you'll be as fat as pigs. Let's go out for a walk and get some fresh air."
Old Master Gu's words made sense. However, Gu Xi and the others felt that their grandfather was bringing them out to show off.
— —
Old Master Gu didn't bring Gu Xi and the others to visit many families, but they were all aristocratic families with deep ties to the Gu family.
And the first family they visited was the Shen family.
The Shen family had a longer history than the Gu family. There were many side branches of the Shen family, but in Old Master Shen's generation, there weren't many people from the main family.
Seeing that Old Master Gu had brought Gu Xi and the others over, Old Master Shen appeared very happy.
As soon as Gu Xi and the others stepped into the Shen family's house, Old Master Shen stuffed a huge red packet into their hands.
In addition to Old Master Shen's red packet, Gu Xi and the others also received red packets from Shen Ye, as well as from Sheng Yi and Shen Yifu, who had just returned from the Sheng family's house.
"You don't have to be so polite." Old Master Gu waved his hand and said.
"What's there to be polite about? It's what we should do." Old Master Shen smiled and said, "But you, why did you bring so many things with you?"
As Old Master Shen spoke, he looked at the gifts that Old Master Gu had brought for his New Year's greetings this time. Good fellow, they weren't any less than what he had sent to the Gu family on New Year's Eve.
Old Master Gu glanced at Old Master Shen and smiled. He said calmly, "It's nothing much. It's just so-so."
On New Year's Eve, Old Master Gu took a look at the gifts that Old Master Shen had sent to the Gu family. There were many good things there.
Although he couldn't figure out when Shen Hongshi, this stingy old man, had become so generous.
However, since the other party had already put in a lot of effort, Old Master Gu naturally couldn't let himself lose.
The two old men were smiling, but their eyes were secretly competing with each other.
However, the 'competition' between the two of them had only just begun from that day onwards.
—
Ignoring the two old men's respective thoughts and competition, Shen Yi and the others had already led Gu Xi and the others into the house.
Knowing that the Gu family was coming, the Shen family had started preparing early in the morning.
It wasn't time for dinner yet, but a large table of exquisite snacks had already been prepared on the table.
"Come and eat something first. Xiao Yan too. Treat the guests well." Shen Yi led Gu Xi and the others to the table and said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you, Aunt Shen." Gu Xi thanked the other party and looked at Shen Yi in surprise.
Previously, when he was at home, Gu Xi had heard Eldest Aunt and the others mention Old Master Shen's two children.
Originally, after hearing Wang Pei's description and before meeting Shen Yi, Gu Xi had thought that she was a shrewish woman. He didn't expect her to be so gentle.
Hearing Gu Xi's sweet thanks, Shen Yi's smile widened.
She then looked at her taciturn son and her smile stiffened.
"Not cute at all." Shen Yi secretly complained about her son.
— — Don't be angry, she's a kind mother.
Shen Yi smiled again and said a few words to Gu Xi and the others. Then, she left the space for these children of the same age to interact.
— —
Although she had left, Shen Yi, who was sitting not too far away, still stole glances at Gu Xi from time to time.
"So it's true that our daughter looks like her father!" Shen Yi said to Sheng Yi in surprise.
She had once wondered if a daughter would look like Sheng Yi, but in the end, she gave birth to a son.
No, it should be said that fortunately, it was a boy. It didn't matter who he looked like.
"Look at how much Xixi looks like Gu Shao."
Sheng Yi nodded. "They do look alike."
Then, Sheng Yi glanced at Shen Yi and said, "If you're so envious, why don't we follow the policy and have another child?"
Hearing this, Shen Yi was stunned. She looked at Sheng Yi and rejected without thinking. "Forget it."
Gu Xi looked like Gu Shao, so he was good-looking.
If they had a daughter who looked like Sheng Yi …
Shen Yi didn't dare to think about it.
It wasn't that Sheng Yi wasn't good-looking. It was just that Sheng Yi had big facial features and was more rough and solemn. It was really not suitable for a girl.
"But Xixi is so cute." It was hard not to be envious.
Shen Yi sighed again.
Sheng Yi also agreed. "Indeed, but it's also worrying."
"What's wrong?" Shen Yi asked.
"She's beautiful. She's too attractive." Sheng Yi told Shen Yi about the topic they talked about when he accompanied Sheng Xiuyan to participate in the 'Qingcheng Competition' last time and met Gu Shao.
"Although Gu Shao didn't admit it, I can tell that he's worried about his daughter falling in love early. Haha, he even said that he would break the other party's dog legs." Sheng Yi laughed.
Shen Yi nodded in agreement. "That's right."
After a pause, Shen Yi asked in surprise, "Our Xiao Yan participated in the competition with Xixi?"
"Yes, they even won an award."
Hearing this, Shen Yi's eyes flashed with pride. "Not bad, not bad."
Then, Shen Yi suddenly froze. "No."
"What's wrong?" Sheng Yi asked.
Shen Yi pointed at Sheng Xiuyan and Gu Xi not far away and whispered, "Look, our Xiao Yan and Xixi. Don't the two of them feel a little strange?"
"What's wrong? Aren't they fine? "Sheng Yi looked at the children eating at the table and said in a harmonious atmosphere.
"No! Didn't you notice? Although the few of them were chatting, our son and Xixi didn't communicate with each other at all. Aren't they classmates? "Moreover, they participated in the competition. Logically speaking, they shouldn't have not spoken at all.
Hearing his wife's words, Sheng Yi also felt that something was wrong.
"That shouldn't be …" Sheng Yi muttered. "They were fine last time."
The couple didn't know that Gu Xi and Sheng Xiuyan didn't speak at all because of the awkwardness caused by the 'tree hole'. Seeing that the two children didn't get along well, the couple began to feel nervous.
"Hubby, do you think it's possible that the two of them had some sort of conflict at school? Or our son bullied them. "Shen Yi guessed, her face full of worry.
A few years ago during the New Year, several cousins of Sheng Xiuyan from the collateral branch had come over. In the end, he had rudely made them cry. Sheng Yi nodded in agreement and said with a serious expression, "That's possible."
Shen Yi frowned as she tried to come up with a hundred reasons for the conflict between the two families. "That won't do. Not to mention the relationship between our families, the two of them are classmates, so they should get along well. Besides, Sheng Xiuyan is a boy. Whatever conflict there is, he should give in to the girl! "
"Okay, okay. Let's not talk about it first. We'll teach him a lesson later."
—
Therefore, after the Gu family left at night, Sheng Yi and Shen Yi called Sheng Xiuyan to the study with a serious expression and began to interrogate him.
"What do you want to say?" Sheng Xiuyan stood calmly in front of Sheng Yi and Shen Yi and asked.
Originally, he thought that the two of them were just not home often and wanted to take this opportunity to ask him to make up for the lack of 'compulsory education'.
However, Sheng Xiuyan was wrong. The first thing Shen Yi said was, "Did you have a conflict with Xixi?"
Hearing this, Sheng Xiuyan was stunned.
"No." Sheng Xiuyan subconsciously retorted.
"Really?" Shen Yi's gaze was sharp and not gentle at all.
"Yes," Sheng Xiuyan said. He paused and muttered, "How could I have a conflict with her?"
At most, they would compete occasionally to see who had the highest score and who finished their homework first.
Shen Yi still did not believe him. "Then let me ask you. Why didn't Xixi say a word to her when they came to our house today?"
Sheng Xiuyan did not expect his mother to be so observant. Suddenly, his expression stiffened and he was speechless.
"We, we … Anyway, we didn't have a conflict. You're thinking too much."
"Then why didn't you say anything?"
Sheng Xiuyan: "…" Because it was awkward.
Sheng Xiuyan did not say anything.
He couldn't possibly tell them that he had started to treat Gu Xi as a like-minded brother whom he didn't know on the internet, and that he had attacked her fiercely like a tiger. Then, when he fell off the horse, even his persona had collapsed, right? Then, Gu Xi had turned him into a 'dead tree hole' with 99 + damage output. He had accidentally exposed himself, hadn't he?
What should he say? It was embarrassing just thinking about it.
"Anyway, we have a good relationship. You don't have to talk nonsense." With that, Sheng Xiuyan turned around and left.
He left without hesitation. Apart from his red ears, he looked a little out of place.
"You won't even let me talk …" Seeing Sheng Xiuyan leave quickly, Shen Yi complained to Sheng Yi in dissatisfaction, "Why do I feel like there's a generation gap with my son after only being away for a few months? He doesn't listen to my words anymore."
Sheng Xiuyan's little abnormality was beyond Shen Yi's expectations.
Suddenly thinking of something, Shen Yi squeezed Sheng Yi's hand. "Hubby, is there a possibility …"
"What possibility?" Sheng Yi asked.
Shen Yi shook her head. "Forget it. It's useless to tell me."
— —
It was already late at night. Seeing that Shen Yi was still holding her phone and looking at something intently, Sheng Yi called out to her.
"It's so late. What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at insurance." Shen Yi quickly browsed through the shares of various parents on the education forum as she replied.
Sheng Yi was surprised. "What insurance? You want to buy insurance? "
"I'm not buying it."
"Then what are you doing?"
"I'm looking at personal insurance." Shen Yi said expressionlessly. "It's best if it's a high guarantee. The kind that can be compensated for if you lose an arm or a leg."
Sheng Yi:???
— —
Good times were always short. If Dong Mingming had not called her to ask her to go to the dessert shop for a 'reference' for her holiday homework, Gu Xi would not have realized that school was about to start.
However, school this time was not quite the same as before.
Because last semester's final exam was a city-wide exam, the results of the exam were not announced before the holidays.
Therefore, the day before school this time, the school did not arrange a psychological education class, but a school parent-teacher meeting.
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