But now, compared to before, it seems like sothing is missing.
Because Gu Garden is really too large, and they all have many things to attend to, gathering together like before seems unlikely.
Their house used to be small, their ho small too, but everyone could co together, sit on the kang, chat while eating sunflower seeds...
Back then, everyone was really close.
Of course, the relationships within the Gu Family are still very good now.
After all, the foundation is there.
People often say if parents are unkind, children will be unfilial, but her parents truly are the best parents in the world.
Undeniably, in so ways, Gu Zhixing and Aunt really are good parents, but their environnt is truly too wretched, so this ho appears oppressively devoid of future and hope.
Gu Qiaoqiao feels that Old Man Fang is really nothing.
Thus, her impression of Fang Liang is also diocre, but Fang Liang grandly gifted an incredibly rare blood jade carved into a Red Phoenix to Xiao Wen, sothing even absent in the Treasure Room of Gu Garden.
If it were said Fang Liang coveted Xiao Wen’s beauty, Gu Qiaoqiao naturally wouldn’t believe it.
Since it’s not worth thinking this way, such thoughts indeed desecrate the person that Fang Liang is. Fang Liang seems to possess profound sches and depth, almost unfathomable.
But when grandfather recited "Thousand Character Classic," he often read a few passages, among which was a saying.
Trustworthy can be overturned, desires are hard to asure.
The saying implies: Broadness of spirit makes a person imasurable.
Grandfather said, a person with a generous heart is unfathomable.
You can see across the river but cannot see the ocean’s end.
Perhaps Fang Liang is like this.
So Gu Qiaoqiao feels she shouldn’t assu the worst, but sotis when she sees the present state of the Gu Family, she can’t help but feel that Old Man Fang should be called Crazy Old Man.
Gu Mujun looked at Gu Qiaoqiao, nodded, and said, "Hmm, there’s a school break for a few days, letting us review at ho."
"How’s your review going?"
Gu Qiaoqiao asked with concern.
Gu Mujun nodded, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I have already reviewed everything again."
Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t ask further because a relaxed mindset is most important for a college entrance examinee. So she said, "Whatever the case, you must relax, don’t take the entrance exam too seriously, just treat it like a regular test."
Qiaoqiao, who hadn’t even finished high school, earnestly advised Gu Mujun at that mont.
Gu Mujun whispered, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I’m not worried about the exam, but when it cos to filling in my preferences, I don’t want to study in Jinling City, I want to leave here."
"Of course you can. If you manage to test out, that’s great; the world is so big, boys should see more of it." Gu Qiaoqiao expressed her support.
"Sister Qiaoqiao..." Gu Mujun looked at Gu Qiaoqiao sowhat cautiously, pondering whether he should say so things?
Gu Qiaoqiao encouragingly patted his shoulder, "Second brother, why are you acting like a girl all hesitant? Just say what’s on your mind, I won’t be as stern as your Great Grandpa."
Although Gu Qingfeng has never lost his temper with these people, for so reason, they are especially afraid of him.
The Gu Mujun in front of her was no exception.
Gu Mujun summoned his courage, eyes fixed on Gu Qiaoqiao, and softly told her, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I want to apply to Imperial Capital University."
Gu Qiaoqiao was taken aback.
She feigned indifference, scanning the boy in front of her.
He indeed was different from her brother, with a rather petty mindset.
However, Gu Qiaoqiao thinks it’s not fair to bla him; it probably relates to the family environnt, right?
But anyway, the four children of the Gu Family are all filial, which is enough.
Anyone who knows to honor their parents won’t turn out too bad.
Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t argue with him over semantics; she slightly smiled, "Alright, as long as you get into the Imperial Capital University, you can live in Gu Garden."
"Really, Sister Qiaoqiao, I can really live in Gu Garden?"
The usually gloomy teenager, at that mont, his eyes brightened with fervor.
He was visibly excited.
Clearly, this is a thought hidden within him, most likely pondered for several days but never dared to express to anyone, whether his father, grandfather, or Great Grandpa. He couldn’t bring himself to voice his wish.
Gu Qiaoqiao simply leaned against the wall, gazing at the teenager in front of her.
She sighed helplessly, "Gu Mujun, I, Gu Qiaoqiao, stand by my word. You don’t need to doubt it; if I say you can, then you can."
"Can you decide without Great Grandpa’s approval?"
"Great Grandpa never involves himself in these trivial matters," Gu Qiaoqiao said calmly.
"Is it really a trivial matter? Isn’t it a big deal? Gu Garden isn’t sowhere ordinary people can stay?" Gu Mujun said excitedly.
"Did you know about Gu Garden before?" Gu Qiaoqiao raised an eyebrow, asking in surprise.
The mbers of the Gu Family in Jinling City knew about the Imperial Capital’s Yubao Square, but they weren’t clear about Gu Garden.
And Great Grandpa wouldn’t tell them about Gu Garden in just a few days’ ti.
Gu Mujun glanced around, seemingly resolving sothing, clenched his hands tight by his sides, then raised his previously lowered head, speaking earnestly, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I knew about Gu Garden for quite a while."
"Did you hear it from soone?"
"No, I saw it myself."
What?
This child saw it himself?
Gu Qiaoqiao was genuinely surprised now, at this silent boy who had actually seen Gu Garden with his own eyes. She quickly asked, "Did you go to Gu Garden?"
How co she didn’t know!
Imdiately, she found it amusing. Even if he had visited Gu Garden, it would have been several years ago. Back then, she herself didn’t know about Gu Garden. Naturally, she wouldn’t have known.
Gu Qiaoqiao is a very approachable girl. Perhaps due to living two lives, she possesses a maturity and calmness beyond her current age, and sohow Gu Mujun gradually beca relaxed in her presence.
"Sister Qiaoqiao, back in ’82, I secretly hopped on a train to Imperial Capital."
"In ’82? You were only twelve then, right?" Gu Qiaoqiao looked at him in disbelief.
"Hmm, that year I was twelve." Speaking of this, Gu Mujun hung his head, a look of weariness on his face, yet still murmured, "That year happened to be sumr break, the family was really poor, I don’t know why, but Dad’s food quota got docked for two months, so there wasn’t enough food at ho. I was really hungry back then."
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