Gu Huaixiu came that night. When he checked out, there was an envelope on the table in addition to a dime.

Xiaolan handed the envelope to Qingxi, and Qingxi put it into her sleeve, but didn't look at it.

After closing home, Gu Huaixiu retreated back to his original position and followed from afar.

Qingxi never looked back.

At around nine o'clock, Qingxi finished taking a shower and sat alone on the bed. The kerosene lamp was dim and Qingxi lowered her head and held the envelope in her hand.

She could touch it and there was a photo inside.

Fugui was lying at the master's feet, his head was also pressed against the ground, and his dark eyes looked at the unmoved master curiously. The little guy turned out to be living in the yard. A while ago, Qingxi often had nightmares, so he called Fugui in. When he woke up late at night, Qingxi would not be so scared with Fugui.

"Do you want to see?" Qingxi bent down and asked Fugui with an envelope, with a soft voice.

Fugui raised his head and wanted to bite the envelope.

Qingxi immediately retracted his hand.

The strange things were far away, and Fugui was slacking off his head and fell back.

Qingxi was amused by the little guy. After watching the dog for a while, her smile faded, took off her shoes and got into the quilt. Behind the bedside, Qingxi slowly tore open the envelope and poured out the photo inside. It was indeed the one I took in the villa in the afternoon.

In the spacious and bright living room, she sat side by side on the dark brown cowhide sofa with him. Qingxi blocked Gu Huaixiu and looked at herself first. She was hugged by him, and her shoulders had already touched his chest. She tilted her head silly, looking shocked. Qingxi felt that she was so ugly in this posture, and she was not as beautiful as she was in the photos taken by Gu Mingyan for their sisters.

Not looking at herself, Qingxi noticed the big hand holding her shoulder. Her slender fingers were very beautiful, and she also had a unique sharpness that Gu Huaixiu had. With just one hand, Qingxi's heartbeat became chaotic, and then she moved away the fingers that blocked the man's head little by little.

Most people will look at the camera when taking photos. The reason why Qingxi blocked Gu Huaixiu first was that she was afraid of being intimate eyes. However, when her fingers moved away, Qingxi unexpectedly discovered that Gu Huaixiu was also slightly tilted, and her long eyelashes drooped. He seemed to be looking at her. Ruyu's handsome face showed a kind of tenderness.

Qingxi pressed his face with one hand, and the longer he looked at the photo, the hotter his cheeks became.

He hugged her. If Gu Huaixiu had any pride on his face, Qingxi would be annoyed, but his expression had nothing to do with pride.

I don’t know how long I looked at it, but Qingxi suddenly flipped over the photo and stopped himself from staring at the man’s face. Looking at the window for a while, Qingxi lowered her head again, trying to take a look, but saw that the words were written on the back of the photo on the white background:

I traveled far away for some reason and planned to return to the 14th day of the first lunar month.

I hope to gather in the willow garden to enjoy the Lantern Festival lanterns and moon together.

Take care, don't worry.

Huai Xiu went to Qingxi and stayed on the ninth day of the 11th month of the Yichou year.

The man's pen handwriting was like his man, with a sense of coldness, but when Qingxi looked it again, he thought of Ouyang Xiu, a man from the Song Dynasty, "The moon rises to the willows, and people make an appointment after dusk." On the Lantern Festival, there are more than two months left. There are so many places abroad, where is he going? It's thousands of miles away. Can he really come back?

Qingxi put down the photo and felt in a mess.

In a villa on Hualien Road, the lights were also on in the room of the owner on the second floor. Gu Huaixiu leaned on a rattan chair, holding a photo he had just gotten. The girl he hugged in the photo, with black eyebrows and beautiful eyes, looking at him in panic, a little stunned, annoyed and shy, and seemed to be right in front of him.

What Gu Huaixiu wanted was her frontal photo, but now he felt that this photo was taken very well.

He slowly shook the rocking chair until the pendulum bell rings ten times in a row, and Gu Huaixiu closed the photos and turned off the lights and fell asleep.

The next day, Gu Huaixiu took a boat to sea, carrying only a suitcase and a majestic big dog.

On the Saturday when Gu Huaixiu left, Gu Mingyan went to Xu's house to visit Mrs. Xu. The time was very accurate. The old and the young had just chatted for a cup of tea, and Qingxi closed down.

Old Mrs. Xu had originally expected that the marriage between her granddaughter and the Gu family had completely lost, but Gu Mingyan came to the door many times, which made Old Mrs. Xu see another glimmer of hope. Throughout history, the saying "Marry a wife and forget her mother" is indeed very reasonable. Didn't her son just treat Lin Wanyin as a treasure? As long as Gu Mingyan is devoted to his granddaughter, the Gu family's eldest wife is really not a problem.

Therefore, Mrs. Xu was happy to match two young men and asked Qingxi to accompany the guests alone. She took Yunxi to the yard to play.

Qingxi made dozens of bowls of noodles this morning, so tired that he just wanted to go back to the room to lie down for a while. When she talked to Gu Mingyan, she said straight to the point: "Is there anything wrong with Brother Gu looking for me? I'll go back to the room to rest."

Gu Mingyan knew she was tired, but this time he didn't plan to be merciful and looked at Qingxi inquiry: "On Thursday afternoon, a servant in our yard went to Hualien Road to run errands and said that he saw you taking Lu Duo's car over there. Is this true?"

Qingxi was originally listening with her eyes down, but when she heard it behind her, she raised her head and looked at Gu Mingyan with her scrutiny eyes.

She didn't believe it. She went to the villa to meet Gu Huaixiu. Qingxi was afraid of being seen by acquaintances. From getting on the bus to getting off, she kept paying attention to the roadside. There were many pedestrians on other sections, but Hualien Road was very quiet. Except for a white-haired old couple walking, Qingxi didn't see any servants at all. If the person Gu Mingyan said was standing across the road, it would be even less likely that he would see her face tilted all the time to observe the other side.

Since it was not a chance encounter, Gu Mingyan knew her whereabouts, which only means that Gu Mingyan also sent someone to follow her. This explains why Gu Mingyan got the news last time she met Gao Yuan.

After thinking it through, Qingxi felt panic, afraid that Gu Mingyan would also know about her plot against Gao Yuan, but the next second, she remembered that Gu Huaixiu said that as long as she didn't say it, others would not know it.

Unable to explain the reason, Qingxi believed Gu Huaixiu's words, and if Gu Mingyan had known about that, he would have come to ask her long ago.

"I'm going. The third master's Lai Fu is very sensible. I'll ask the third master how to train a dog." Qingxi said with a expressionless face.

Gu Mingyan frowned. He didn't believe that things would be so simple, but that day Fugui did go with Qingxi.

Without any basis for doubt, Gu Mingyan touched his forehead and was about to persuade Young Master Qingxi to interact with his third uncle, Qingxi suddenly stood up and looked at him coldly and said, "Gu Mingyan, you have helped me a lot. I am grateful to you, but you are not qualified to send someone to monitor me. You can immediately remove your people, otherwise don't blame me for stabbing the matter to the eldest lady. I am not afraid of her, but if the eldest lady knows that you are pestering me with her back..."

"Qingxi, what are you saying? How could I monitor you?" After being shocked, Gu Mingyan quickly interrupted her and tried to defend himself.

"You know what you did." Qingxi left with a calm face.

Gu Mingyan wanted to chase him out, but Qingxi's voice came from outside the door: "Grandma, Young Master Gu is leaving, you can send him off."

Gu Mingyan's body stiffened.

Well, she didn't find out the important inside story about her meeting with others twice, but he fell from "Brother Gu" to "Young Master Gu".

In the next month, Gu Mingyan never came to Qingxi again. Qingxi deliberately "falled" and did not blow up Gu Mingyan, which scared Lu Duo. He hurried over and asked her if the fall was serious. Qingxi believed that Gu Mingyan had really withdrawn his people, and Gu Huaixiu sent to protect her subordinates, who had been there all the time.

As for Gu Huaixiu, the days when he left, he had a special guest who came to eat noodles on time every day. Qingxi and Xiaolan, Cuicui were not used to it. Fortunately, because of the article by Miss Ye, the reputation of repeat customers was circulating, the noodle restaurant business became better and better. By the twelfth lunar month, the noodle restaurant could sell more than 200 bowls a day. In addition to the rent for Mr. Yang, the wages of the two maids, and the cost of changing bowls and chopsticks, Qingxi predicted that she could earn 200 yuan a month.

On Laba Festival, Gu Mingyan finally showed up again, and the Xu family came with Gu Shiqin. Because it was a festival, Qingxi did not do business today.

When the guests came to the door, Mrs. Xu called her daughter-in-law and granddaughters to entertain the guests.

Lin Wanyin lowered her eyes and greeted Gu Shiqin, and the three sisters in Qingxi called "Uncle Gu".

Gu Shiqin asked about Yuxi's studies, praising Yunxi for a long time, and finally looked at Qingxi with heartache: "It seems like he has lost weight."

Qingxi smiled and said no.

Everyone sat down. Old Mrs. Xu looked at her daughter-in-law secretly. Seeing that her daughter-in-law was observing her eyes and her nose was observing her heart, she wanted to stay here. She knew that her daughter-in-law really didn't think of any old love to Gu Shiqin. She looked at Qingxi again and talked with Gu Shiqin respectfully, but didn't look at Gu Mingyan at all, and she looked so frank.

The granddaughter is too stubborn, so Old Mrs. Xu gave up the idea of ​​matching them for the time being and asked Gu Shiqin what happened to him today.

Gu Shiqin nodded and said seriously: "Mingyan and I are here, first, to pay tribute to the old lady, and second, to ask, the end of the year is approaching, I wonder where the old lady is going to celebrate the New Year?"

As soon as this said, sadness appeared on Mrs. Xu's face. Lin Wanyin was sad, Qingxi and Yuxi were also lowered their heads, and only Yunxi was confused.

"Of course I have to go back to Xiucheng." After a brief loss of composure, Old Mrs. Xu whispered, "Go back and give incense sticks to Wangshan and the ancestors of the Xu family."

Gu Shiqin understood and sighed: "There are so many things in the year, and I'm afraid I can't leave, so let Mingyan go with the old lady and pay homage to Brother Shan on my behalf. Xu's house has not been rebuilt yet, so I will ask Mingyan to arrange his residence in advance, and the old lady just need to go back to her hometown with peace of mind."

Someone was rushing to help, so Mrs. Xu was naturally happy to sit and enjoy the fruits, but before nodding, Mrs. Xu glanced at her daughter-in-law and her eldest granddaughter.

Lin Wanyin didn't want to talk to Gu Shiqin, so she winked at her daughter.

Qingxi is a junior. She can do some things, but it seems impolite, so she begged to look at her grandmother first. If her grandmother ignores her ideas, she still has to accept the help of the Gu family and his son, and Qingxi then refuses.

Old Mrs. Xu understood what her granddaughter meant. If it were a few months ago, she would never listen to her granddaughter. It was now...

"I appreciate the kindness of my nephew, but during the New Year, let Mingyan stay at home. You don't have to worry about our return home. I have sent someone to contact the residence in advance, and the tickets are not difficult to buy." Old Mrs. Xu politely rejected Gu Shiqin's proposal.

It’s hard for Gu Shiqin to say anything more.

Gu Mingyan said sincerely: "Old lady, I'll send you over to worship my uncle. I'll come back that day without delaying celebrating the New Year with my family."

Mrs. Xu liked this attitude, and she was about to agree, but Qingxi said, "Brother Gu, please don't go. Father, I may not want to see you."

"Qingxi!" Old Mrs. Xu said in shock. This was really too heavy.

Qingxi stood up obediently and apologized to Gu Mingyan insincerely: "I'm sorry, Brother Gu, I didn't do it on purpose."

Gu Mingyan Jun's face turned pale and wanted to say something. He remembered the romantic debts he had been abroad. He didn't dare to look at Qingxi again. He solemnly apologized to Mrs. Xu and Lin Wanyin, and kept silent about sending the Xu family's female relatives back to Xiucheng.

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became cold.

Gu Shiqin looked at his stubborn former daughter-in-law, shook his head and offered to say goodbye.

The day before the New Year, the noodle restaurant in Qingxi had a sign of closure and resumed business on the 18th day of the first lunar month.

The next day, Mrs. Xu took her daughter-in-law and granddaughters to board the train in a complicated mood.

"Borrowed."

Qingxi sat down and suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind. She turned around and saw a cold man in black walking towards them with his luggage. Finally, the man stopped at the table opposite Qingxi, put his luggage and sat down. After everything, the man closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair. Don't be close to anyone.

Qingxi stared at him for a while and remembered that this was the one who drove away the bald man for her that day, and also Gu Huaixiu's person.

Qingxi lowered his head, and his mind drifted to somewhere.

As the Shangyuan Festival is getting closer, is Gu Huaixiu already on the boat returning to China?

If he could really come back, would she want to go to Liuyuan to see him?

Qingxi can't explain it clearly.

At the same time, a giant ship was moving rapidly on the endless blue sea.

It is cold in winter, and most passengers stay in the guest room. This way, the man with sunglasses standing in the bow of the boat looks particularly unique.

Gu Huaixiu leaned against the ship and enjoyed the sea view. He reached into his arms and took out a photo.
Chapter completed!