A week later, on the day of the birthday party of the old man of the Gu family.
Ji Ruan was woken up early in the morning by Gu Xiuyi. When he opened his eyes, there was a small light on by the bedside. The sky outside seemed to be still dark, and the shadows of the branches were flickering.
And Gu Xiuyi sat on the edge of the bed and patted him on the back lightly.
“Get up baby, we have to go out.” He said softly in Ji Ruan’s ear, as if afraid of scaring Ji Ruan.
Ji Ruan regained consciousness gradually, but he couldn’t move his body, his hands and feet were weak.
He had always had trouble getting out of bed, and the earlier he got the worse.
“Alas…” Ji Ruan sighed, “What time is it…”
Gu Xiuyi’s eyes were full of guilt: “It takes a while to get to the pier by car, I’m sorry baby, shall we sleep in the car?”
Ji Ruan After staring blankly for a few seconds, it occurred to me that the old man was going to hold a birthday banquet on a cruise ship. He was old and weak and couldn’t stand the waves, and he demanded the most luxurious cruise ship, so he could only choose to hold it on the largest river outside the city.
It is suitable in all aspects, but the distance is a bit far.
However, it is well-known that the old man of the Gu family is in poor health. It is not easy to survive until his 80th birthday. Everyone knows that this cruise ship birthday banquet is probably a last wish. Naturally, no one will refute.
No matter how bloody the Gu family is, as the eldest grandson, Gu Xiuyi still has to do this superficially.
After thinking about this, Ji Ruan did not act like a baby to Gu Xiuyi, and sat up on the bed.
But the consciousness is the consciousness, the body is the body, there will always be times when people can’t do what they want-for example, Ji Ruan just got up a little, but was knocked down by hypoglycemia, and fell on Gu Xiuyi.
Gu Xiuyi quickly hugged him, feeling very distressed: “Okay, let’s take it easy, baby.”
While rubbing Ji Ruan’s temples, he whispered softly in his ear.
Aunt Zhao came in with sugar water and saw this scene, she felt uncomfortable: “It’s really a crime…”
Their little Ruan is in poor health. It’s going to be uncomfortable.
Gu Xiuyi took the water glass and fed Ji Ruan a few sips, carefully observing his face, he thought for a moment, and said to Aunt Zhao, “Please help me get his clothes.” “Ah?…Okay.” Aunt
Zhao I didn’t understand, but I still did what Gu Xiuyi said.
Gu Xiuyi held Ji Ruan in his arms, and said softly: “Sleep, baby, I won’t call you anymore, be good and let me help you get dressed, okay?” After waiting for two seconds, the little head on his shoulder
nodded lightly.
Gu Xiuyi lowered his head and kissed the top of his hair: “You’re so good, you’ve worked hard baby.”
Next, Gu Xiuyi skillfully helped Ji Ruan get dressed like a doll, took him to wash up, and then lightly Take him into the car.
Ji Ruan opened his eyes slightly, and over Gu Xiuyi’s shoulder, he saw that the sky outside the car window had turned pale.
Gu Xiuyi was afraid that Ji Ruan’s stomach would be uncomfortable, so he took the time to feed him something while he was still awake.
The car drove up the highway smoothly, and Ji Ruanwo slept peacefully in Gu Xiuyi’s arms, which was even more comfortable than sleeping at home.
It’s just that he was called up before he could fall asleep. The sky outside the window was already bright, and a magnificent luxury cruise ship was docked at the pier not far away.
Gu Xiuyi fed Ji Ruan some water, wiped his face with a wet towel, held his face and looked at it for a while, making sure that the kid was awake, and then led him out of the car.
Ji Ruan’s cheeks were rubbed red, and her long eyelashes were wet and sticky together. Under the natural light outside, her skin was white and translucent, like a young tender seedling, the tenderest one in the entire vegetable garden.
He was raising his hand to rub his eyes when Gu Xiuyi hugged him and pecked his lips.
“Why are you here again?” Ji Ruan covered his mouth with the back of his hand, lest the man continue without shame.
Although there are no guests present at the pier, none of the staff inside and out are bad. The public are in love with each other. Ji Ruan is not as thick-skinned as a 30-year-old man. He knows how to write the word shy.
Gu Xiuyi saw that the tip of Ji Ruan’s ears were turning red, so he didn’t continue to tease him, but helped him brush off the broken hair around his ears to cover it, and walked forward with his arms.
“Okay, your hair is in the way, so no one else can see that your ears are red, baby.”
The tone was obviously deceptive, but it sounded full of teasing, causing Ji Ruan to stare at him several times.
But Ji Ruan may not know that when a person with too beautiful eyes stares at others with an angry and angry look, it will even more seduce the minds of the spectators.
For example, now Gu Xiuyi really wants to kiss him a few more times.
It’s just that Ji Ruan’s face is thinner than the membrane inside an egg shell, Gu Xiuyi didn’t dare to challenge at will, so he could only endure it.
Go up the gangway and enter the central lobby under the guidance of the waiter. The huge hall is covered with a neat red velvet carpet, and the lamps and wine utensils are shining brightly by the sunlight coming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, as if they are covered with gold rims.
The lobby serves as the main banquet hall, and all the facilities have been displayed. When the guests are not present, it reveals the emptiness and prosperity.
For this kind of grand banquet, the host’s family will naturally arrive in advance, and only after the arrangements are properly made will the door be officially opened, and a night of feasting and feasting will begin.
At the bar not far away, Fang Lan was dressed gracefully, dangling a glass of red wine in her hand, and her slender nails were painted as dark red as the wine in the glass.
“It’s really a lot of money to burn…” She curled her lips.
“I can’t wait until the end, so I have to make such a fuss. Why is it that he still expects to rejuvenate overnight and take Gu back again? He is not afraid of ruining his life, which has only a few days left.”
“Mom, Be careful with what you say.” Gu Chuli calmly dissuaded him from the side.
Fang Lan sneered: “What’s the matter, can he still get up and beat me? There is an old saying in our hometown that one’s birthday is not long enough.”
Naturally, a young master like Gu Chuli, who has received modern education since childhood, has never heard of it, so he frowned: “What do you mean?”
“Hey, it’s just some dialect,” Fang Lan smiled, “That man is old, and his birthday cannot be a whole number, otherwise he will not be able to pass the hurdle.” Seeing that her son still looked confused.
she again Explained: “For example, the 80th birthday should be celebrated at the 79th. In this way, Lord Yan will not bother to accept you in advance when he sees that you are celebrating your birthday. At least you will be safe and sound during the 79th year.”
“Or just celebrate it. Eighty-one, after passing the 80th hurdle, maybe you can still run to ninety, you are stuck with the round number, doesn’t this mean that you are rushing to let the king of hell accept you?” Gu Chuli couldn’t laugh or cry:
“Mom! Are you superstitious?”
“So what’s the matter with superstition?” Fang Lan leisurely sipped her red wine, “If these old sayings don’t make any sense, why do you think they’ve been passed down to this day?” Gu Chuli covered his lips and coughed, pretending to be unconcerned.
“Well, let him do as well,” Fang Lan sighed: “The man who has half a foot in the grave, what do I care about with him, if he really dies, won’t it also fulfill the two of us?”
Her identity will never be brought to the fore, even if Fang Lan is now a veritable Mrs. Gu, with that face-saving old man and Gu Xiuyi standing in the way, her son will never have a bright future.
Gu Xiuyi is in full swing and cannot be confronted head-on, but as long as the old man dies, they can grind a little share from Gu Zhaoxu’s teeth. A little bit is enough for her mother and son to squander their entire lives.
Just thinking about it, a happy smile appeared on Fang Lan’s face, and she flicked the ashes that did not exist on Gu Chuli’s shoulder: “Keep going, as long as you fight the last battle well and send that old man away safely, I will The son is already in his early years.”
A series of footsteps sounded not far away, accompanied by the movement of the waiter leading the way, causing Fang Lan’s mother and son to turn their heads.
Gu Xiuyi and Ji Ruan suddenly appeared by the french window, they didn’t know how long they had been here, but they didn’t even notice.
Fang Lan’s expression froze for a moment. After all, what she said just now was really unpleasant, and she was not sure how much Gu Xiuyi and his wife heard.
But in the final analysis, Gu Xiuyi was no less disgusted with the old man than her mother and son.
All his life, the old man valued his face more than anything else. Back then when the matter between her and Gu Zhaoxu was exposed, Gu Xiuyi’s mother had been arrogant all her life and wanted to file for divorce. The old man was afraid that he would lose face, so how did he force Gu Xiuyi’s mother out of depression? Fang Lan remembered exactly how she was trapped to death in the mental hospital.
Gu Xiuyi will only remember to understand better than her.
Over the years, he has come out of nowhere, imitating the old man’s practice and trapping the old man in Gu’s house for seven or eight years, but the whole family knows that as long as the old man does not die, the breath in his heart will never be clean.
So even if Gu Xiuyi really listened to everything, he would not go online with their mother and son.
From this point, they had the same standpoint as Gu Xiuyi, and they all hoped that Gu Changyun would die soon.
Some people have lived their whole lives doing evil all their lives, and at the end of their lives, no one is even truly sad for them. How sad is that?
Thinking of this, Fang Lan smiled comfortably, and stepped forward gracefully: “Hey, Xiu Yi is here, why don’t you make a sound, it scares me.”
Gu Xiuyi put his arms around Ji Ruan, as if he didn’t hear the mother and child In the long passage before, he exchanged greetings: “Seeing that you and Xiaoli are chatting enthusiastically, I remember that you have not seen each other for a long time, so I am not going to interrupt.”
“Oh, look at what you said, what do we have to talk about?” Fang Lan chuckled: “But Xiao Ruan, are you in good health? I heard that you were injured earlier, so Auntie is worried.”
Ji Ruan said politely: “It’s okay, Auntie, I’ve recovered a long time ago.” “
Really? “Fang Lan pretended to be relieved: “But I still feel a little bad for my blood, so I need to rest more.”
Ji Ruan nodded and smiled: “Thank you, I will.”
Gu Chuli plucked up the courage to take a step forward, looked at Gu Xiuyi respectfully and said: “Brother.”
Gu Xiuyi’s eyes fell on him, and he smiled indifferently: “Little Li, how long have you been back?”
“I arrived yesterday.” Gu Xiuyi is respectful.
“Well,” Gu Xiuyi nodded, “Then relax and stay for a while.”
Gu Chuli’s eyes lit up, but before the excitement welled up, Gu Xiuyi poured cold water on him: “After the summer vacation, continue to study abroad. Let your mother worry.”
Gu Chuli’s face paled a lot, and he said, “Hey, okay, thank you for your suggestion.”
After all, it’s not a close relationship, and a few pleasantries have almost used up all the topics I’ve accumulated over the year.
For a while, no one in the hall spoke.
Gu Xiuyi was too lazy to speak, Fang Lan’s mother and son really had nothing to say.
After a while, Fang Lan smiled kindly: “Hey, why are our family standing there stupidly? Let’s all go and see Grandpa, he must be happy to see our family together!”
Although I don’t think Gu Changyun will be happy to see him , but it was indeed due courtesy to visit the old man after arriving at the scene.
Seeing that Ji Ruan was indifferent, Gu Xiuyi didn’t refuse, and went upstairs with Fang Lan’s mother and son.
Gu Changyun lived in the quietest suite in the cabin, and Ji Ruan heard the ticking sound coming from inside before entering the door. He has been in the hospital countless times, and he knows quite well that this is the sound of the oxygen machine.
Pushing open the door and entering, I saw Gu Changyun half lying on the bed with an oxygen mask on his face, and a male nurse standing beside him.
He looked more haggard and decayed than a year ago, his skin was dark and old, covered with age spots, and the flesh on his face hung sagging from his skull, like a walking dead.
When Ji Ruan was terminally ill in her previous life, he saw many people in the same ward as him, die one by one, and their state was similar to that of Gu Changyun at this moment.
Ji Ruan understood, this is the appearance of the end of time.
But just because he has seen too many deaths, he is even more afraid of seeing such a face.
Gu Zhaoxu and Fang Qiming were both sitting on the side, Fang Qiming glanced up and raised his eyebrows: “Oh, it’s so lively, are you all getting together?”
Fang Lan approached Yingying with a little high: “Didn’t we meet in the lobby?” I was thinking that we are all here to see Dad anyway, so we might as well come together to make it more lively.”
She bent down to support Gu Changyun’s shoulder, and cared virtuously, “Dad, are you alright? Is there any discomfort?”
Gu Changyun moved, and there was a soft hum from the oxygen mask, obviously dissatisfied with Fang Lan’s touch.
Fang Lan’s smile froze, she retracted her hands and tilted her head to straighten her hair, and rolled her eyes where Gu Changyun couldn’t see.
The nurse moved a chair for each of them, and the group sat by the bed in a mighty manner. At first glance, they really looked like three generations living together in harmony.
Everyone chatted a few words at random, concerned about the old man’s body, the conversation was rare and gentle, at least everyone looked polite on the surface.
Ten minutes later, Gu Changyun pulled down the oxygen mask, coughed a few times, raised his hand and said hoarsely: “Everyone… stay for dinner?”
How can he still eat in this body? This is unbearable, and I am issuing an order to evict customers.
Gu Xiuyi was the first to take up the conversation, and stood up with his arms around Ji Ruan: “We won’t stay anymore, Ji Ruan has a bad stomach, don’t bother grandpa to let him go.”
Fang Lan also stood up: “Yes, there are still some people at the banquet.” Things are waiting for me to deal with, I have to go and have a look, and I will hold a lively birthday party for you tonight.”
After saying that, the others also politely left, and a group of people dispersed, leaving only The oxygen generator was ticking.
After coming out, Ji Ruan lowered his head and said nothing, his face looked a little worried.
Gu Xiuyi took him to the VIP suite at the bow of the ship, and rubbed his cheek affectionately: “What’s wrong baby, are you scared?”
Gu Changyun has never been a kind person in his whole life, and he failed to make his brows look kinder when he was about to die. On the contrary, because he was tired of hiding it, he showed his deep-seated meanness.
Coupled with the stale air brought about by the long-standing illness, there was an invisible but extremely depressing smell like a dead body wafting through the room.
If a child came in and saw it, they would probably cry on the spot.
But Ji Ruan was just a very delicate child in Gu Xiuyi’s heart.
Ji Ruan would not be frightened, but any death would evoke bad memories deep in his heart, making him feel extremely uncomfortable from heart to body.
“…No,” Ji Ruan shook his head, his face was a little tired: “I just think that he might be around for a few days.”
“I know,”
Gu Xiuyi supported Ji Ruan’s face, and said softly, “Just now Everyone is clear in their hearts.”
His eyes were heavy, mixed with many dark emotions, including gloom and hatred, and there seemed to be a kind of relief when he reached the end of the cliff.
Ji Ruan’s heart skipped a beat, and even his breathing became a little lighter.
Gu Xiuyi came back to his senses, felt Ji Ruan’s palms were a little cold, and realized that he was the one who scared Ji Ruan now.
He quickly hugged Ji Ruan into his arms, and patted him on the back lightly: “It’s okay, don’t be afraid, don’t think about these things, let’s go back to the room to eat something, and rest for a while, okay?” Ji Ruan understood that he shouldn’t be affected by these things
Buried in Gu Xiuyi’s arms to absorb the warmth, he tried his best to adjust his state.
It took a long time before Gu Xiuyi heard the person in his arms softly “hmm”.
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