Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 407
Chapter 407 Can I trust you?
When he was on the plane, Lu Haochen kept thinking about whether he was going to G City for his father’s matter, or using this matter as an excuse to see Du Xiaoxian.
On New Year’s Day, I met Du Xiaoxian once at Du Huayue’s wedding, and only briefly greeted him, with not much opportunity to talk.
And that time to go to G city to find her when the Hou completely different, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows seem to have a smile, such as the spring breeze, and Gu Nianbin’s appearance is not like an act, eager eyes do not leave her face for a moment, any who can feel the strong love.
Du Huayue was right, they had really made up.
That day he told himself that as long as she was happy, he would be at ease. From then on, she will be sealed in the bottom of the heart, and live a good life of their own. But back home, but is sitting in a dull night, the bottom is still disillusioned, melancholy, do not want to let go.
The moment he knew that his father’s affairs were connected to the Gu family, he almost had a twinge of dark joy at being able to visit her in name only.
Out of the airport, called a car and went straight to Gu’s home, the car in the airport highway speeding, his heart also followed the flying up, finally going to see her!
How is she? Is she warm or indifferent when she sees him? But she won’t call him by his first name anymore, will she? She called him Mr. Lu on New Year’s Day.
Along the way, his emotions are always some inexplicable repeated, a moment is about to see her can not wait, a moment and think of her and Gu Nianbin love scene gloomy sadness. The two emotions alternated from time to time, slowly close to the Gu family, he was nervous, cold winter, his hands were sweaty.
When he arrived at Gu’s house, he rang the doorbell but no one answered. He pressed a few more times, there is still no response, he knows that the Gu family is not welcome to self, but how to say is also a big family, there is no reason to close the door to see the guest, even if you really do not want to let him go in, send the maid out to say that it is.
Lu Haochen thought it was strange, and when he asked around the neighborhood, he realized that everyone in the Gu family had gone to the ancestral mansion, and only the Gu family’s young master and young grandmother lived here.
Du Xiaoxian wasn’t married to Gu Nianbin, but their wedding news was published in the newspaper every day, so it didn’t surprise him that the neighbors called Du Xiaoxian a young grandmother.
The wedding date had already been set, shortly after the New Year, by then, Du Xiaoxian would be the rightful Gu family’s youngest grandmother, and the distance between him and her would be too great to be crossed!
Should he pretend he didn’t know and continue to wait here to see Du Xiaoxian for a while, or should he go to the Gu family’s ancestral mansion to see Gu Guangxian? This suddenly became a dilemma for Lu Haochen!
He stood outside the iron gate of Gu’s house and smoked a cigarette, the cold wind pounded his face, blowing on the face of the stinging pain, his gaze gloomy as if it was about to rain, and finally was the cigarette flicked out, fiercely pressed with a foot, resolutely turned away.
He felt a little ridiculous, obviously has been finalized, see each other again, what is the use, but in vain added to the sadness!
Even if he was doomed to be alone for the rest of his life, as long as she was happy, that was the only thing that comforted him in the midst of all his thoughts.
Once again, he hit the road and rushed to the Gu Family’s ancestral home. He had investigated the Gu Family before and knew that the ancestral home was in Feng Lei Town, which was more than a hundred kilometers away from G City.
Sitting in the car, he did not have another heart surge, cold suspicion gaze at the window swept past the trees and rice paddies, but in his heart is thinking, meet Gu Guangxian face, how to speak?
Once upon a time, his father had been reluctant to tell him, and he wasn’t sure that Gu Guangxian would just tell him, but it was about his father’s body, and if he didn’t untie this knot, if there was a next time, his father’s life would be in danger.
It was already two o’clock in the afternoon when he arrived at Feng Lei Town, he was starving and asked for a bowl of beef noodles for lunch at the roadside noodle store.
The store was small, but fairly clean and tidy, and the noodles tasted especially good, which reminded him of the beef noodles cooked by Du Xiaoxian, so fragrant and flavorful that the tip of his heart trembled with happiness when he ate them for the first time!
It was a pity that the past was like smoke, and one day it would be blown clean by the gale of years, and by then, he would never remember the taste of that bowl of beef noodles.
Until the small boss asked him if it was time to put away the bowl, Lu Haochen came back to his senses. Lu Haochen only came back to his senses, raised his hand to look at the time, secretly surprised, it’s already three o’clock, this bowl of noodles can take long enough!
Wind and Thunder Town is not big, everyone knows the Gu family’s ancestral home, all the way to point to him, it is not difficult to find.
Originally a cloudy day, at this point in time to see the shadow of the sun, Lu Haochen slowly strolled all the way through, enjoying this rare winter warmth, and then saw a high lintel, written in two gilt characters: Gu House.
Just by looking at the gateway, one could imagine the Gu family’s former glory, with a high lintel, gilt letters, two majestic lions standing at the entrance, and straight pines and cypresses in lush green.
Although it was an old-fashioned house, it was equipped with the latest visual doorbell. Lu Haochen pressed the doorbell and stood by the side with his hands hanging down, and sure enough, there was a response soon after.
“Mr. Lu, hello.” The respectful voice made Lu Haochen instantly guess who the person answering was, if he remembered correctly, it should be the butler Xiao Bo Nian.
It was recorded on the data that Xiao Bo Nian’s father was the old housekeeper of the Gu family, he could be said to have grown up in the Gu family, and knew the situation of the Gu family like the back of his hand, and after he took over his father’s class, he was quite a bit more than a blue but better than a blue. Lu Haochen felt that back then, Xiao Bo Nian would more or less know a little bit, if Gu Guangxian was not willing to say anything, Xiao Bo Nian should be a good entry point.
The door opened and Lu Haochen walked in with big strides. Xiao Bo Nian greeted him on the porch, “Mr. Lu, you’re here to look for the young master, aren’t you? He’s not here.”
“I’m not looking for Gu Nianbin,” Lu Haochen said with a smile, “I’m looking for your old master. I wonder if it’s convenient for Old Mr. Gu to see me?”
A trace of surprise flashed across Xiao Bo Nian’s face, but he quickly looked composed, “Mr. Lu, please take a seat in the house, I’ll go inform the master.”
Lu Haochen entered the house, his first time to this kind of mansion, it was a bit of a novelty, the house is obviously old, but the carvings and paintings, exquisite and elegant, everywhere shows the traces of the years, there is a sense of historical precipitation. Let a person as if at once back to the old times in the past.
Lu Haochen sat on a big mahogany chair, looking at the wall side of the Pokou shelf with interest, not to mention the antique porcelain on the shelf, alone this Pokou shelf is very some years old, the black lacquer looks warm and shiny.
The maid served tea, a fine pre-rain cloud mist, the light fragrance puffed in the nose, making people relaxed and happy.
Sitting in an old house like this, drinking cloud tea and letting the time pass is quite a treat.
After a while, Xiao Bo Nian came over to invite him, “Mr. Lu, the master invites you to speak in your room.”
Lu Haochen nodded slightly and followed him towards the compartment, the long corridor twisted and turned like a maze, he suddenly remembered and asked, “Butler Xiao, where is your wife?”
Xiao Bo Nian replied with a smile, “Madam is doing her homework in the Buddha Hall, if Mr. Lu wants to see, I’m afraid he’ll have to wait for some more time, Madam won’t come out until she finishes her homework.”
“No, I’m just asking.”
As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of Gu Guangxian’s room, and Xiao Bo Nian knocked on the door, “Master, Mr. Lu is here.”
“Invite him in.” Gu Guangxian’s voice was a little short of breath, and the moment he heard it, he knew that he wasn’t in good health.
Xiao Bo Nian pushed open the door, letting Lu Haochen in, and gently closed the door again.
This room of Gu Guangxian’s was warmer than anywhere else, Lu Haochen noticed as soon as he entered and reached out to unbutton his coat.
Gu Guangxian smiled and invited him to sit, saying, “I’m sorry, Mr. Lu came all the way here, it should have been me who went out to meet the guests, but it’s just that this body of mine doesn’t stand up to the cold, so I had to stay in the warm pavilion. Forgive me, forgive me!”
“Mr. Gu is too polite, I’m a junior, naturally I should come to see you.” Lu Haochen responded in a moderate manner, still really looking like a junior. In fact, if his father hadn’t fallen out with Gu Guangxian, he would have had to call Gu Guangxian Shi Bu.
“I don’t know what Mr. Lu’s visit is about, having traveled a long way to pay a visit.”
Lu Haochen didn’t beat around the bush, “The name Lu Ding Shen must be familiar to Mr. Gu, he’s my father.”
Gu Guangxian wasn’t very surprised and sized him up, “So you really are Lu Ding Shen’s son. In fact, I had my suspicions the last time you came, although you don’t look like him, but your speech and behavior, and the way you talk are really a bit similar, is your father well?”
“Not very well,” Lu Haochen said, “Did you call my father yesterday, and then my father returned one?”
“There is that.”
“Because of those two phone calls, my father fainted twice in a row and is now having a stroke. He is lying in the hospital.” Lu Haochen said, “I came here to find out, what did you say to my father? It made him so agitated that his cerebral blood vessels ruptured!”
Gu Guangxian was shocked, “Lu Dingxian had a stroke? Is it serious?”
“I survived this time, but I can’t say the same for the next time.” Lu Haochen said sincerely, “By rights I should call you Shibei, please tell me, what was it that irritated my father? You’ve been estranged for more than twenty years, why did you suddenly call him?”
Gu Guangxian hesitated and asked, “Is your father still conscious now? Can he talk?”
“I called back at noon and he just woke up, but won’t talk.”
Gu Guangxian pondered for a moment, “I don’t know if I should tell you about this matter because it involves your father’s privacy, and although your father and I haven’t been in contact for more than twenty years, I’m not willing to casually expose his privacy, so if you want to know, it’s best if you ask your father.”
“There is nothing wrong with what you are doing,” Lu Haochen looked at him pleadingly, “But I don’t dare to stimulate him again, I don’t dare to mention a single word in front of him, the doctor said that if he faints again, he might never wake up again, and I don’t dare to take that risk. So I can only come to beg you, I want to know the reason why he had an attack, so that maybe I can avoid another time.”
Gu Guangxian nodded approvingly, ”Lu Ding Shen has such a good son like you, it’s a blessing for him! However, this time the matter is not trivial, it also concerns your mother, I think it’s best for Lu Ding Shen to tell you all personally is better, but what you said also has some truth, he is now in a very unstable mood, it’s really inappropriate to mention that matter again.”
“Thanks to Uncle Shih for being able to understand,” Lu Haochen said, “But if I had the slightest means, I wouldn’t have come to stir up Uncle Shih.”
Gu Guangxian was silent for half a second and said, “Can I trust you?”
“Of course,” Lu Haochen looked at him frankly, “I am Lu Ding Shen’s son, I will only do what’s best for him.”
“I want this to be known to no one else but you, and even less to your mother.”
“Okay, I promise.”
