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Shen Junhang changed into a black suit without a tie, and only fastened the top button of his black shirt.The blackness of his eyes further accentuated the unusual whiteness of his skin.

Today is the funeral of my mother Ruan Fanghua.

Unexpectedly, after two years, the black suit placed in the corner of the closet came into use again—the father passed away only two years ago, and the mother also passed away.

The funeral was held in Yuntang, the highest-standard funeral home, which was Gu's designated location.The corridor outside Yuntang is filled with wreaths made of black and white paper flowers, with two lines of mourning inscribed on it in official script, signed by prominent figures in either business or politics.

——If it wasn't for Mrs. Gu, how could my mother have such a big face.

Shen Junhang came early, and the mourning ceremony had not yet begun.

The huge cloud hall is covered with white curtains, and the smiling portrait of the mother is maximized.Without color, I can still clearly feel my mother's voice and smile.

Surrounded by lilies, mother's favorite perfume, with morning dew hanging on them, the fragrance is overflowing, and you can smell it as far as the door.

Shen Junhang was stunned for a long time before walking in the door.

The Gu family still kept a very traditional mourning ceremony. Gu Shanglin stood in front of Ruan Fanghua's deceased photo, and the four sons of the Gu family all knelt on one side, with their heads bowed, looking very serious.

Seeing Shen Junhang coming in, Uncle Zhong whispered a reminder in Gu Shanglin's ear.

"coming?"

"En." Shen Junhang didn't look at Gu Shanglin's expression, went straight to the coffin to mourn in silence, and took a long time to raise his eyes to look at other people.

Uncle Zhong offered the incense, but Shen Junhang hesitated for a moment before taking it, bowed, and offered the incense.

The boss of the Gu family moved to the side, and left the place closest to the Lingqian to Shen Junhang, thinking that apart from his father, Shen Junhang was the closest to Ruan Fanghua.He pulled out a gentle smile, and called out rather bluntly: "Brother."

The second child, Gu Jinting, and the third child, Gu Jinhui, were not as kind as the old good man's elder brother, and they always looked cold. Gu Jinhui even scratched Shen Junhang's eyes in disgust.

Gu Jintang, the youngest son of the Gu family, has only turned 13 this year, so he doesn't know what to call Shen Junhang.He has almost no impression of Shen Junhang, and he has never lived together. Compared with the other three brothers, Shen Junhang is no different from a stranger.

Noticing the wink given to him by Uncle Zhong, he called out awkwardly: "Brother."

Speaking of which, only Gu Jinhui, Gu Jintang and Shen Junhang are related by blood, and the eldest and second child are both born of Gu Shanglin and his ex-wife.

Shen Junhang did not accept the boss's kindness, but walked to the other side, knelt down and looked at Gu Shanglin.

Gu Shanglin, who has always been sexually active, was not annoyed, and instead asked Uncle Zhong to send him a mat, so that Shen Junhang's knees would not hurt after kneeling for a long time.None of the four children in my family received this kind of treatment. Kneeling on the cold and hard floor, their legs were stiff.

No one spoke, and the funeral parlor was terribly silent, and the sound of incense dust falling could even be heard.

Shen Junhang looked at the wisps of cigarettes in front of his mother's portrait, the smell mixed with the smell of lilies made his eyes a little watery, and he fell into the fragments of memories in the blurred scene in front of him.

After her mother married Gu Shanglin, she seldom came to see her, and even if she did, she was sent away with a few words.Mingming was very happy to see her in his heart, and when he really wanted to see her, he felt that he had nothing to say, so he had to drive her away in a hurry to avoid embarrassment.The number of visits has increased, and Ruan Fanghua knows how to find something to do, such as go to the kitchen to make soup for him and clean his room for him.So in Shen Junhang's memory, Ruan Fanghua's busy back is what appears the most. The mother and son can't speak a few words, but they can get along harmoniously for a whole day.

The mother has a pretty face and is a famous college student. She was a very outstanding woman in that era when the white clothes were fluttering.It's a pity that Ruan Fanghua was born in a bad family, and her relationship with her college classmate Gu Shanglin ended with her parents' opposition.As for how he got married with his father later, and reconciled with Gu Shanglin after the divorce, it is not known.

Looking at the ostentation that Gu made for his mother, and recalling her mother's always ruddy complexion, Gu Shanglin did not stop Ruan Fanghua from coming to pay his respects even though his father passed away two years ago.Thinking about it, Gu Shanglin loved her after all, and he was extraordinarily generous to himself.

Shen Junhang looked at Gu Shanglin with a slightly relaxed expression.

Uncle Zhong took care of presiding over the ceremony and greeting the guests, Shen Junhang and the Gu family did not move.Just staring at the footsteps coming and going in front of my eyes, and the sound of "sorry and resignation" in my ears, it reminded the youngest Gu Jintang of missing her mother. The immature face with two lines of tears is particularly heart-wrenching.

The faces of the Gu family were all cold, and the old man's Spartan-style education concept was deeply rooted, and none of the brothers made a sound of comfort.

Shen Junhang couldn't see it, so he got up and squatted beside him and handed him a black handkerchief.

"Why are you crying, like a child."

Gu Jintang wiped his face, stared at him and said, "I'm not a child."

"Then be a man and don't let people look down on you."

Gu Jintang hummed, opened his red eyes and stopped crying.

The second elder brother Gu Jinting gave Shen Junhang a sideways look, his eyebrows raised high.

In this way, Shen Junhang did not knelt down and looked back at the opposite pad, but persisted with the Gu family until the end of the ceremony.

According to the rules of the Gu family, one must fast for a month after the funeral, and one month later, there will be a wedding.It just so happened that Gu Jinbiao, the boss of the Gu family, was engaged to the eldest daughter of the Wei family, so they chose to get married on the first auspicious day after January.

What Old Master Gu meant was to let Shen Junhang temporarily stay in the Gu family, fast with the Gu family, and attend the boss's wedding by the way.One month later, Shen Junhang's decision to go or stay depends entirely on his own wishes.

Shen Junhang thought that he didn't spend much time with his mother in the past, and he wanted to see his mother off as a filial piety in the end, so he agreed.

The Gu family's mansion is located in the best location of the villa in the middle of the mountain, and the small restaurant run by Shen Junhang is in the city center, and it takes several hours to travel back and forth.The old man specially asked Uncle Zhong to be his driver, and Uncle Zhong took care of him when he went in and out, which didn't make him feel inconvenient.

But Shen Junhang's temperament has always been not easy to trouble people, since it is fasting, he simply gave the employees paid leave, and the restaurant temporarily closed for a month.On weekdays, I packed up my mother's belongings with Uncle Zhong, and the time passed quickly.

As for why Gu Shanglin didn't clean up his wife's belongings himself, Shen Junhang knew a little bit in his heart, and he was afraid that he thought about others when he saw things.

Boss Gu is a surgeon at Gu's Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is busy day and night, taking care of night duty and first aid; the third and fourth children are still in school, have to study by themselves at night, and always leave early and return late.On the other hand, the second child, Gu Jinting, has come back from abroad to take over the Gu Corporation for a while, and the company does not need him to worry too much. He is the person Shen Junhang meets most often in the mansion.

Gu Jinting's face was cold and his heart was cold, it was good to nod and wink with him occasionally, but most of the time he just ignored him.But it's better than the third child, every time I look at him there is hatred in his eyes.

Shen Junhang was also so happy that he didn't need to waste his expression on them, anyway, he might not be familiar with them, and they each went their separate ways after a month.

Gu Jinting has the habit of running in the morning. After running, there are only the old man, him and Shen Junhang at the dinner table.Usually, he always abides by the rule of not talking when eating, but today the old man suddenly spoke.

"Your mother ordered a set of emerald jewelry as a gift for your sister-in-law. You will accompany Junhang to get it back later, and you can see what is good, and buy it together. Junhang, please help Jinting."

The old man's words were orders, and Gu Jinting had no room to refute, Shen Junhang was startled for a moment before answering.

Gu Shanglin's intention was obviously to ask Shen Junhang to pick out the boss's wedding gift, and the Gu family would pay for it.Overtly and secretly, Shen Junhang was assigned to the Gu family. Shen Junhang was too lazy to figure out the old man's intentions, and let him choose. Anyway, the Gu family has plenty of money, so being polite would make him seem hypocritical.

The two of them didn't go shopping too much, and went directly to the store to pick up the goods with a clear goal.

Wandering through the jewelry store, he picked out a pair of tassel earrings with star sapphires and a diamond-encrusted dive watch.He once heard Uncle Zhong say that diving is Boss Gu's only hobby.

Gu Jinting hasn't spoken to him since he left the house, so it's easy to follow him and swipe his card to pay the bill.

Shen Junhang paused as he walked out of the jewelry store, turned his head and licked the corners of his mouth towards Gu Jinting, two shallow dimples were exposed on the corners. "I'm going around, you go back first."

Gu Jinting stared at him for a few seconds with pure black eyes like a see-through mirror, and said, "I'll send someone over."

"Don't..." Shen Junhang stopped his hand from touching the phone, with a little resistance in his eyes, "Well, you send me to the Zoro restaurant, I used my lunch to go upstairs to the bookstore to read for a while, and went back before dinner."

Gu Jinting neither nodded nor denied, and walked towards the elevator expressionlessly.

Shen Junhang didn't expect Gu Jinting to have dinner with him.

Zorro Restaurant is a special western restaurant with the theme of the movie Zorro. From the decoration of the restaurant to the small knife and fork napkins, they are all the props that appeared in the movie.Candles are always needed in the dimly lit dining room to see the huge stills of Zorro on the wall.To be honest, the food here is not good, it's just an atmosphere, Shen Junhang decided that Gu Jinting is not good.

But he really doesn't know Gu Jinting, this man has never been particular about food, and he has no obsession with cleanliness. He used to go out with his classmates to eat food stalls, so many people didn't know that their friend was a super rich N-generation until they graduated.

During the fasting period, the two ordered a double serving of vegetarian pasta.Shen Junhang ordered tomato sauce, while Gu Jinting only wanted plain noodles.

Shen Junhang, who runs a Chinese restaurant, seldom eats Western food. He remembers tasting pasta with bolognese sauce, which was delicious.Unexpectedly, without the meat sauce, the taste would be worlds apart. The sour food on the plate immediately made it hard for him to swallow.Gu Jinting saw it, and ordered another fried rice with coconut silk.

Shen Junhang thanked him, and looked at Gu Jinting's eating in a daze.The man's appearance swayed in the candlelight, and his shiny black hair completely blended into the dark background, which was even half or half like the Zorro's portrait on the wall.

He rolled the pasta gracefully and looked serious, as if he was dealing with a very important document.

While Shen Junhang was in a daze, Gu Jinting had already wiped off the sauce on his lips, and raised his eyes to meet his eyes, as if he was waiting for his meal to finish.Shen Junhang swallowed embarrassingly, and waved his hand to show that he had finished eating.

Gu Jinting didn't talk too much, and invited the waiter to pay for it.Looking at Gu Jinting's smooth and natural movements, it seems that he has become very familiar and taken it for granted because he has done it countless times.

For some reason, Shen Junhang felt awkward, so he could only turn his eyes to look at the statue of Zorro in the restaurant resentfully.

The golden-orange afterglow of the setting sun dragged the shadow of the calla lily on the window sill long, pulling the shadow of the lingering flower that was unwilling to leave the book.

The man by the window sill parted the slightly long bangs on his forehead contentedly, and raked the short, flat roots of the hair on the back of his neck.The smell of ink from the new book was filling his nose and mouth, and he was suddenly tired.

Remembering the agreement with Gu Jinting before leaving, Shen Junhang reluctantly closed the book.At this time, the chef of the Gu family probably has already prepared dinner.

As soon as he got out of the book city, Shen Junhang bumped into Uncle Zhong who was waiting at the door. From his surprise at the beginning, he frowned, and even showed a slight sullen expression.

"Master Junhang, Second Young Master asked me to pick you up."

Shen Junhang was suffocating anger in his heart, and couldn't get angry with an elder like Uncle Zhong, so he could only grit his teeth secretly.

Gu Jinting was used to going his own way, obviously he didn't listen to what he said, and the good impression he had finally built up at noon suddenly disappeared.

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