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"Alright, let's go." asked Gouzi, pulling up his slender frame.

Ming Xue Mo also stood up, she grabbed the chestnut that wasn't even half-eaten in her hand, and walked downstairs side by side with Gu Qishao.

When they got out of the car at home, Mumei waved goodbye to Gu Si and said to Gu Zi, "Big Brother Gu, goodbye."

Gu Zi looked at her strangely. "How did you change your mind?" It couldn't be that after knowing his identity as the young master of the underworld, he began to yield, right?

Of course, this was not the reason for Ming Xue Mo being so mighty, she could not be submissive to others. This was the basic integrity of a human being! Pointing at the remaining half of the Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs, she smiled sweetly, "You're talking too much when you're eating people."

The corner of Gu Zi's lips curled up slightly. He didn't even use coercion or enticement, yet he was settled by a few chestnuts in the end? There seemed to be a huge generation gap between his thoughts and hers!

"Sure, call me Big Brother Gu. If you ever want to eat chestnuts, call me. I'll peel them off for you anytime."

With regards to this, before Ming Xue Mo could say anything, Gu Si beat her to it. "What if you happen to be going to the toilet?"

Gu Zi asked with a dark expression, "How could there be such a coincidence!"

The chestnut in Ming Xue Mo's hand fell to the ground, rolling down like a jade plate. She had no intention of picking it up, she even felt like vomiting. The color of the chestnut was a little similar to the color of soup …

When Gu Zi saw her expression, he felt as if she had eaten shit. He glared fiercely at Gu Si a few more times. What a great atmosphere. It was completely destroyed just like that!

Gu Si was not afraid of him at all and even mischievously stuck out his tongue at him.

Seeing how arrogant he was, Ming Xuemei couldn't help but remind him with an uncomfortable tone, "Gu Si, you have to prepare yourself for tomorrow afternoon's Chinese Literature test and Mathematics test."

Gu Si exclaimed in fear and habitually dodged to the side. "Again?"

This time, Gu Zi finally got the chance to lift his eyebrows and feel proud. "How do you know if you've learned it without taking the exam? Let me tell you, if you pass, see how I'll deal with you."

Gu Si looked fearfully back and forth between Ming Xue Mo and Gu Zi as he asked, "I'm finished, I accidentally pushed myself into a situation where I'm helpless."

However, a tiger father doesn't have a dog son. Isn't this just an exam?! Isn't it just a 90% pass!? Who's afraid of who!

"If I do well, how will you reward me?" Gu Si asked Gu Zi.

"What reward do you want?" Gouzi reminded him that he didn't have any consolation prizes.

Gu Si Ming didn't need his consolation. The youth who had surpassed Lan Lan was definitely better than Lan Lan!

"I want to see a movie."

This reward was very small, so Gu Ziquan agreed without hesitation. "Which one?"

"Titanic," she said, almost out of the blue.

"…" This time, Gu Zi asked and remained silent for a while, "Do you know what this movie is about?" Would it be appropriate for the two of them to go to a movie about tearful love? This was not "Father and Son"!

Gu Si shook his head decisively. "I don't know." But he didn't want to see the movie for no reason at all. "I heard our gym teacher say she was going to see it on the phone the other day, and you know I hate gym class the most, so I'm not going to compete with him, but how could I allow my intelligence to be worse than his, and what he doesn't know, I want to know; what he knows, I want to know!"

Gu Zi touched his forehead and sighed. This child's competitive spirit was just too strong.

"OK, Titanic." He had no position on his connivance.

As Ming Xue listened to their conversation, she felt that Gu Si was truly blessed. Even though his parents didn't really care about him, but his uncle was really amazing, making people envious. Watching a movie … How could her parents possibly have time to do such a thing with her?

She still remembered the year when she graduated from primary school, in order to celebrate her admission to Xi Hui High School, her mother said that she would be taking her on a trip abroad for a week. In the end, she excitedly made a list of things she wanted to do with her parents, including watching movies.

From then on, she no longer had any expectations for them. She was afraid of being disappointed, so she didn't dare to look forward to it …

The expression on Ming Xue Mo's face didn't change, but her eyes dimmed.

"Sister Xue Mei, will you still come to the school gate tomorrow to pick you up?" Gu Si took the initiative to ask. So what if there were rewards? There was motivation!

"En!" Mingxue softly said goodbye to them again before getting off the car and heading home.

Aunt Yun was waiting for her in the living room. As soon as she heard the door open, she came to greet her. "Miss, you're back." and took her schoolbag. Noticing that she seemed to be a little listless, she frowned with worry and asked, "Are you tired from the supplementary study? Are you hungry?"

Ming Xue Mo nodded, "A little."

She was indeed tired, but it was not physical fatigue, but mental exhaustion.

Her uncle bringing her nephew to see a movie was such a trivial matter that made her envious. How pitiful was she … She had just realized that these so-called expectations were just self-deception. If she was really willing to accept reality, then why would she want to use such a "self-defeating" method to get attention from her parents?

In the end, she had never felt at ease. Her desire for kinship had been rooted in her heart since childhood and had grown with age. It was just that she was as outstanding and proud as she was, and she also didn't want to beg for her parents' love. Because from what she knew, parents' love for their children was their nature. What they prayed for was only pity, not love.

She wanted to go upstairs and rest.

Aunt Yun answered first, "I made you a pot of yam congee soup that you love. Just you wait, I'll go get it for you now." Apparently, she interpreted a little tiredness in what she said as a little hunger.

Mingxue didn't want to eat it, but Aunt Yun had already walked quickly to the kitchen and brought her a bowl. She also put a warm towel on the tray to wipe her hands.

Looking at the towel Aunt Yun handed to her, Mingxue reluctantly took it.

Aunt Yun saw that she was trying hard to keep her spirits up, and said with a pained heart, "Why are we studying until so late? Can we discuss this with the tutor and have her come to our house for lessons?"

Mingxue didn't say anything, she just returned the towel to Aunt Yun, picked up the spoon and scooped up a spoonful of porridge. It was neither cold nor hot, and the temperature was just right for a mouthful, but there was no taste in her mouth.

Seeing that she was silent, Aunt Yun knew that she was in a bad mood and did not mention anything about home tutoring anymore, because she also knew that finding a home tutor itself was a very sad thing for Mingxue Mou. With her intelligence, she did not need anyone to help her, but she was lonely and needed someone to accompany her. But she was only a housekeeper, and she could not defy the decisions of her husband and wife, much less judge their way of life.

Aunt Yun suddenly remembered. "Madam just called."

At 10: 15, her mother would call her every Saturday night at 10: 00 p.m., neither late nor late, more or less precisely, as if she were completing a mission that had been set in motion at a certain time. Her father was a bit more casual and didn't have a fixed time. Sometimes he would call her once a month, sometimes once a month, the longest time, for a whole season …

"What did she say?" The expression on Ming Xue Mo's face was faint, but her heart was very nervous. This was the first time she hadn't received a call from her mother. Would her mother be worried if she found out that she wasn't home?

Her tone was the same as usual, but Aunt Yun could still hear her expectations. If she didn't care, she wouldn't even open her mouth, "Mistress wants you to study hard, but don't work too hard. Take care of yourself, it's autumn now and the weather is cold, so you should remember to add some clothes and eat more sooner or later."

Ming Xue Mo's hand that was spooning the porridge went stiff for a moment, and she put the spoon that was about to her mouth back into the bowl. She slowly stirred the porridge that was not hot at all.

Is that what her mother said?

Was that what her mother had said?

She was sure that there were at most two lines from her mother – Study hard and take care of yourself. The rest were all added by Aunt Yun herself. And they all knew why she did it. She didn't want to make her sad, but her lies couldn't comfort her.

"Did you tell her I found the tutor?" She couldn't tell what she was feeling at the moment. It was as though there was still some hope, but also … He wanted to completely give up on himself.

"I've told you, madam is very happy to hear it. I told you to learn more from teacher. She was going to call you on your cell phone, but she said she would call you next week because she didn't want to delay your studies. "

Ming Xue Mo listened quietly, her heart full of ridicule.

Her mother did not ask her what kind of tutor she had found, nor did she think that she had not been able to find a suitable teacher for such a long time. Why did she feel so happy just because she found one this time?

You still say that you are afraid of delaying her studies? This excuse must have been fabricated by Aunt Yun again. If her mother was really worried about her, there was no need for her to send a message from her mother.

Even if it was true, was learning more important than her safety? It was clear that she had never thought of calling her again, which was why she had such a hard to tell the truth from the false reason!

Look, how busy her mother was, how easy it was for her to talk once a week. But she couldn't understand why so many people who worked hard for their careers could be so well-balanced with their work and their lives. They could just ignore her, their only daughter, for the sake of their work!

How busy could they be? Gu Zi asked a young gangster. Wasn't there more things than they were? Wasn't there more than they were busy with? How could he have the time to accompany Gu Si to meet the teacher, eat supper, and go to the movies, but her parents didn't even have the time to call her!

Mingxue had always known that she had grown up in a pitiful manner, but today, after experiencing such an intense contrast, that feeling of pity gradually turned into sadness and … His heart turned cold. She put down the spoon and said to Aunt Yun, "I'm full." He left the porridge on the table and went upstairs to his room.

"Have some more." Aunt Yun said worriedly as she looked at the untouched bowl of porridge.

Ming Xue Mo didn't answer.

Aunt Yun looked at her lonely back and sighed softly. "Sigh …"

Mingxue heard her sigh and curled the corner of her lips. Aunt Yun would still pity her for not being able to eat, but her mother just told her to study hard … This was the maternal love she received.

That night, Ming Xue Mo was unable to sleep …

After watching Ming Xue Mo enter the house, Gu Zi asked Gu Si if he still wanted to eat. Gu Si had already successfully disposed of two boxes of egg tarts and had also drunk a large cup of milk tea, so he no longer felt hungry. However, he wasn't the kind of person who only cared about filling his stomach.

Gu Zi glanced at his round belly and said, "Let's go home." "It's getting late, it's time for him to go to bed." I'll just make some noodles. "

Gu Si was clearly accustomed to such situations. He casually said, "It's up to you."

However, he could not help but sigh in his heart, [You love instant noodles instead of the thousands of delicious food outside!] No wonder no one in the family is afraid of you.

Driving home.

The servant took Gu Si to wash up. After asking, Gu Zi went to the kitchen to get a bucket of noodles before carrying it back to the room upstairs.

Waiting for the instant noodles to be ready, he called Lu Feng. "Lute, find out if there's been a movie about Titanic in any of the theaters recently." In this era where movies were already regarded as classics, new films shouldn't always be released.

"…" Lu Feng didn't seem to be in a good state tonight, as he always said in a slow voice, "Okay." "What's next? What do we do?"

"If you do, buy me two tickets. If you don't have one in the last week, find a movie theater and set up a show tomorrow at around four in the afternoon."

"… …." "Got it."

When he failed to respond in time, Gu Zi finally asked, "What are you doing?" There was no sign of his usual agility and vigor.

Lu Feng reminded him helplessly, "Director Gu, let me come to the hospital to pick him up."

"…" Gu Zi even forgot to ask, "You're not home yet?"

"Soon."

"Sure, drive carefully."

Gu Zi asked and hung up the phone.

Lu Feng took off his headphones as well. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle as they swept over Qiu Pi, who had immediately changed his expression when he heard the two words, "You're quite skilled, to be able to attract Director Gu's attention so quickly."