Dead but not stiff

Gu Xien and Uncle Li arrived at City B airport at around ten o'clock on Friday night, and when they arrived at Huang's mansion, it was almost twelve o'clock at night.

The butler came down from the steps of the main house, took the suitcase from Gu Xien's hand, and greeted him politely: "Master Gu has worked hard, Madam is still awake, and is waiting for you in the living room on the first floor."

Guided by the housekeeper, Gu Xien walked towards this brightly lit and gorgeously decorated house, but it was very strange to him. The door was pushed open, and the light cut through the night to shine out. The heating in the room was fully turned on, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers Silky strands float in the air.

Jiang Jie wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, her long black hair was randomly tied up in a bun behind her head, and her slender neckline was outlined by a black turtleneck sweater.The long-term pampered life gave her a look of laziness and burnout, as if she didn't care much about everything.

"I'm back." Jiang Jie put down the book she was flipping through, slowly got up from the sofa, looked at Gu Xien who was standing by the entrance, and said with a faint smile, "Are you hungry?"

Gu Xi'en looked at her from a distance of a few meters, Jiang Jie saw that he did not answer, so she asked again: "Where is Lao Li? Didn't you go with me?"

Only then did Gu Xi'en answer her: "Uncle Li has other business, so he didn't follow."

Jiang Jie nodded, seeing him standing still, she smiled helplessly: "What are you doing there? Come here, come to Mom."

With stiff legs, Gu Xien walked in slowly. The gorgeous crystal chandelier above his head projected light in all directions, but the light seemed to turn into eleven thousand ones aimed at him, making Gu Xien feel like a light on his body.

Jiang Jie poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him, and said softly: "Drink a cup of water to warm up first, it's getting late, chat with mom for a while and then go to bed." She said to the butler who was standing by and said: "Take Xiao En's luggage upstairs to his room."

Gu Xien put down the undrinked water that was handed to her, got up and said to her, "Mom, I'm a little sleepy."

Jiang Jie was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said slowly: "Okay, go to sleep if you're sleepy."

She lowered her head, her expression seemed to reveal sadness and loss. Gu Xian paused for a moment, and finally stretched out her arms to wrap her around her, patted her on the back and said softly, "You've worked hard too, go to sleep."

Jiang Jie, who was suddenly hugged by her son, froze suddenly. After shaking her head, tears welled up in her eyes, and it took a long time for her to utter a trembling "Okay" in her throat.

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Xien was awakened by a brisk knock on the door. He sat up from the bed and asked, "Who?"

"Brother." Huang Jingzhi's incomparably healthy voice came from outside the door, his excitement and joy couldn't be concealed, "I heard from mom that you came back last night, are you used to sleeping at home?"

The room was quiet and silent. Huang Jingzhi waited for more than half a minute. Just as he was about to continue to say something, the door in front of him was opened from the inside. Gu Xien stood at the door in his pajamas, his eyes were clear and clear, and he didn't look like he just woke up.

Huang Jingzhi looked at him radiantly, with intoxicating dimples on both sides of his mouth. What was different from Gu Xien was that he was not only neatly dressed, but also had makeup on his face, as if he had just stepped off the cover of a magazine. His handsomeness came to him.

However, Gu Xien was not one of his fans, so he turned and walked back to the room indifferently. Huang Jingzhi generously followed him in, sat down on the sofa, and sighed: "Being a star is really tiring."

"Then don't be a fool, come back and help your dad manage the company." Gu Xien said calmly while taking clothes from the suitcase.

"Then let's be a star." Huang Jingzhi sat up, and in an instant he was revived with blood, looked at Gu Xien's back and said, "I have a wish since I was a child, and that is that one day my parents came to tell me that I am actually still alive." There is a brother, such a large family business does not need to be borne by me alone. I always thought that this wish was like a notification letter from Hogwarts that I would never receive, but I didn't expect you to appear." Huang Jingzhi's The two long legs stretched out on the floor and kicked, with mixed feelings on his face: "You are simply my owl, no, an angel."

Gu Xien listened to him chattering, but did not make any comments. He put the clothes he had taken out on the bed, turned around and walked towards the bathroom in the house.

Huang Jingzhi stared at the shirt on the bed boredly for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said to Gu Xien who had already entered the bathroom: "Brother, I saw you wear this shirt before."

The sound of splashing water in the washbasin stopped, and Gu Xien leaned out half of his body and looked at him suspiciously: "What did you just say?"

Huang Jingzhi said, "Let me tell you, I saw you wear this shirt, and it looks very familiar."

Gu Xien frowned slightly, "When?"

Huang Jingzhi jumped up from the sofa, walked quickly to Gu Xien's side, took out his mobile phone, tapped the pictures in the album, and showed him: "Here, my fans took pictures, high-definition."

Gu Xien's eyes widened, and he looked in astonishment at the two people hugging and kissing together in the photo. Huang Jingzhi rubbed his chin beside him, and commented seriously: "The photo is quite beautiful, it's the one hugging you, right? , it would be even better if he could look as handsome as me."

"Why do you have this photo?" Gu Xien's tone was full of disbelief, and there was faint worry when he listened carefully.

"Don't worry." Huang Jingzhi put away his phone and patted Gu Xien's shoulder comfortingly, "My mother doesn't know. But brother, I'm curious. Is this guy really your boyfriend? Then what should I call him? Brother-in-law or Sister-in-law?"

Shen Bai who opened the door of the house early in the morning and walked out was suddenly sneezed twice by the cold wind blowing on his face. He stayed at his parents' house last night. In the heart of the old man, he came back alone and had a reunion dinner with the two elders, which was not a reunion.

Although there was an explanation in advance, Shen's mother saw that he really came back alone, her expression was inevitably lost, and she asked him cautiously: "Is Xiao Gu angry with me?"

Shen Bai explained nicely: "No, Mom, he really has something to do today, and no one is in City S right now."

"Oh." The old lady lowered her head in disappointment, and then sighed: "Little Gu should be angry with me. I really shouldn't treat other children like that before."

Shen Bai recalled his mother's expression last night, smiled and shook his head, but he was in a good mood for no reason. He twirled the car key ring on his finger, whistled and walked towards the yard.

After getting in the car, Shen Bai looked at the time and it was just past nine o'clock in the morning. The last message on WeChat was good night from Gu Xien after he got off the plane last night. An unstoppable longing turned upside down in an instant. , he switched to the dial interface, and simply called Gu Xien.

Gu Xien received it very quickly. After three or two rings, Gu Xien's voice was heard softly entering his ears, like the warm sun in winter, instantly warming Shen Bai's body and heart.

"Good morning." There was a smile in his tone, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Wake up so early, can't you sleep in at my mother's house?" Shen Bai teased.

"Isn't it past nine o'clock? City S and City B shouldn't have a jet lag."

Shen Bai clicked his tongue, pretending to be angry and said: "I'm quite good at raising an argument. I really thought that the emperor was far away, so I can't control you anymore, right?"

Gu Xian chuckled and asked him, "What are you going to do this weekend?"

Shen Bai sighed and said: "I'm going to go to your house to spend a day in a daze, seeing things and thinking about others."

"Then go quickly." Gu Xian's tone sounded quite expectant, "By the way, help me water the flowers on the balcony."

Hearing this, Shen Bai got excited, and complained bitterly: "I still have the tweed you left on the balcony of my house, just like a child without a mother, so pitiful."

Gu Xien was amused by him, he just laughed without saying a word, so Shen Bai also laughed along with him.

The two of them acted like idiots, separated by a distance of more than 1000 kilometers, holding their mobile phones and giggling. After laughing for a while, Shen Bai suddenly called out: "Gu Xi'en."

"Huh?" Gu Xian's ending sound was still hooked with a smile.

"Let's go abroad to get married." Shen Bai's deep and magnetic voice sounded slowly: "I want to be with you for a long time in the legal sense."

Gu Xi'en paused for a while, then said softly, "It's not recognized in the country."

"It's okay." Shen Bai's gentle words seemed to be talking in sleep: "It's fine if I admit it."

Gu Xian smiled and answered him: "Okay."

Shen Bai's excited and unbelievable voice reached Gu Xien, "You agreed?"

Standing on the balcony of the bedroom, Gu Xien looked at Jiang Jie who was standing not far below picking flowers among the flowers, and said flatly: "There is nothing you can't agree to."

"Gu Xian." Shen Bai's voice was filled with uncontrollable joy, "Why do you please me so much?"

Gu Xien withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked into the house, and said to Shen Bai in a soft voice: "Okay, it's time for me to go downstairs, and you should hurry up and do your business."

Shen Bai was reluctant to part, "Let's talk for another 5 minutes."

Gu Xien was helpless: "Why are you acting like a child?"

Shen Bai started to talk flirtatiously: "Probably because the way you talk to me is too gentle, and you are too beautiful."

It was Gu Xien who answered him without saying a word, and hung up the phone in a very ruthless manner.

Shen Bai: "..."

The Huang family's mansion in the evening was said to be a family banquet, but in fact, together with Huang Huaisheng who had just got off the plane and came back from abroad, there were only four people.

Jiang Jie changed into a dark purple mermaid dress, which made her complexion look fairer than snow. A diamond necklace hung on her soft neck, and her waist was extremely slender. Her figure looked like a young girl.

Huang Huaisheng, who was stuck and hurried back, entered the door holding a large bouquet of red roses. After hugging, he kissed Jiang Jie deeply on the forehead.

Huang Jingzhi covered his eyes and yelled that it was not suitable for children, but Huang Huaisheng slapped him on the buttocks, causing the housekeepers and servants around him to burst into laughter.

"Xiao En." Huang Huaisheng turned to Gu Xi'en, and said with a smile, "It's been a while since the last time. How are you doing recently? Are you still used to the work in S City?"

"It was tricky at first, but now I'm gradually getting used to it." Gu Xien answered him lightly with a polite tone.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can learn more from Lao Li."

"Ah."

Jiang Jie stood at the side, and after listening to the two people talking in a few words, she said: "Okay, the dishes are all on the table, let's all sit down."

The long table was full of exquisite dishes, and the family of four sat down one by one. Jiang Jie and Huang Jingzhi sat on one side, and Huang Huaisheng and Gu Xien were opposite them.

"There's steamed eggs with truffles again today." The servant lifted the porcelain lid on the dish for the first time, and Huang Jingyi shouted in surprise when he saw his favorite dish.

Jiang Jie smiled softly and said, "I know you like to eat, every time you come back, Mom will order the kitchen to make it."

"A child with a mother is like a treasure." Huang Jingzhi was overjoyed to pick up a spoon to serve it, but was hit on the back of his hand by a chopstick from the opposite Huang Huaisheng on the way, "You are still a big star, do you understand table manners? The elders haven't moved yet, you Eat it first."

Huang Jingzhi withdrew his arm, rubbed the back of his hand and gave an aggrieved oh, Jiang Jie smiled dotingly, gracefully picked up the red wine glass in front of her, looked at the other people with a smile and said: "This meal is for you Xiaoen's welcome banquet is also a reunion banquet for our family." She shifted her gaze to Gu Xien and said slowly: "Xiaoen, it's my mother's fault for letting you suffer alone for so many years. Make up for what I owed you in the past so many years. You can resent your mother in your heart, but please accept her atonement, okay?"

Gu Xien's thoughts were confused, Jiang Jie's words made him breathless for a moment, his blank brain couldn't think normally, he paused for a while, and then replied in a daze like sleepwalking: "Okay."

Huang Huaisheng continued the words he had just finished, and said to Gu Xien with a bright smile, "Since your mother has said so, what else can I say as a husband besides making my wife happy." He turned to Jiang Jie and raised his glass Said: "Then I'll be here, congratulations on the reunion of your mother and son."

"I'll come too, I'll come too." Huang Jingzhi then raised his glass and said happily: "Congratulations to myself too, after so many years of thinking, I finally have a brother."

Gu Xien raised the wine glass mechanically, and the crisp sound of the glassware colliding, deduced a joyful scene.

Huang Jingzhi put down his wine glass, yelled that he was starving to death, and then aimed at the plate of steamed eggs with truffles and started to attack.

Huang Huaisheng turned his head and asked Gu Xien: "What does Xiaoen like to eat?"

Gu Xien looked at the dazzling array of dishes in front of him, and said lightly: "There is nothing I particularly like."

Jiang Jie glanced at him, hesitant to speak, Huang Jingzhi suddenly shouted to him eagerly: "Brother, try this." He pointed to the plate of steamed eggs with truffles as if asking for credit, "It's delicious."

Jiang Jie glared at him reproachfully, "What you like may not be liked by others."

But Gu Xien really reached out to put a small dish, picked up the spoon and tasted it, and said to Huang Jingzhi with a smile: "It's quite delicious."

Jiang Jie's face darkened slightly, but Huang Jingzhi's face was full of joy and joy. Huang Huaisheng looked at the two people opposite him, but didn't say a word.

In the middle of the meal, Jiang Jie asked Gu Xien casually, "Are you talking about a girlfriend now?"

Gu Xien paused while picking up the food, looked at Jiang Jie and smiled unnaturally and said, "No."

Jiang Jie seemed to be waiting for his words, and said logically: "That's a coincidence." She looked at Huang Huaisheng who was diagonally opposite, and asked him in a familiar way: "Last time you told me that the eldest of the Xu family Daughter, is she about the same age as Xiao En?"

Huang Huaisheng thought about it for a while, then smiled and said, "It seems so, I don't know too well, you can ask Mrs. Xu directly later."

"It doesn't matter if you don't resemble each other. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. As long as two people like each other and connect with each other, everything else can be discussed." Jiang Jie watched Gu Xien's gradually stiff expression, and said slowly.

Huang Jingzhi stopped drinking the soup, looked at Jiang Jie blankly, and said in surprise: "Mom, what are you doing, you want to kiss my brother?"

"En." Jiang Jie nodded, "Your brother is not young anymore, Mom was pregnant with you when he was his age. The eldest daughter of the Xu family, Lan Xinhui, is a scholarly family, and now There aren’t many good girls left, so it’s better to settle down earlier.”

"But Mom," Huang Jingzhi put down the bowl and spoon, looked at her in disbelief and said, "My brother already has—"

"I'm full." Gu Xien put down his chopsticks with a snap, interrupting Huang Jingzhi's words. He looked at Jiang Jie expressionlessly, and slowly stood up, but he still didn't say what he wanted to say.He just pulled away the chair and finally said: "I want to go out for a while, you guys eat slowly, excuse me."

When Gu Xien's figure disappeared at the door, Jiang Jie seemed to realize that her face was a little ugly for a while, Huang Jingzhi winked at Huang Huaisheng, but she also stood up and said, "Ah, I'll follow my brother, this place is not good for him." What if I get lost?" After saying that, he also ran to the entrance, grabbed the coat on the hanger, and ran out.

Huang Huaisheng shook his head, sighed and said in relief: "The child hasn't been by your side for so many years, it's understandable to be rebellious. Don't be impatient, let him take it easy, don't tell him these things as soon as he comes up."

Jiang Jie silently stared at the chopsticks thrown on the dining table by Gu Xien, but her expression was dull.

Huang Jingzhi caught up with Gu Xien within a few steps, handed him the down jacket that he brought out for him, and said thoughtfully: "Put it on, the temperature in City B is not as cold as City S, and it's very cold at night."

Gu Xien, whose brain was awake, was indeed too cold to bear the bone-chilling cold at night in City B. He took the down jacket and put it on, then turned his head and asked Huang Jingzhi, "Why did you come out with me?"

Huang Jingzhi was delighted, "Brother, you are killing a donkey, you, if I don't come out, are you going to freeze yourself to death outside?"

"Oh." Gu Xien turned his head, put his hands in his coat pockets, and continued walking down the concrete road of the villa in the middle of the mountain in silence.

Huang Jingzhi put his hands to his mouth, breathed out, rubbed them again, and walked beside him without saying a word.

"Aren't you going back?" Gu Xian asked again as the two walked side by side for a distance.

"No." Huang Jingzhi replied swiftly, turning his head to look at Gu Xien, his eyes shone brightly under the light of the street lamp. "Tell me, how did you two meet?"

"With whom?"

"My sister-in-law."

Gu Xi'en couldn't help smiling, looking at the cement road in front of him that was illuminated white by the moonlight at night, he said casually, "I just know you."

Huang Jing was shocked, "Then what?"

"Being confessed casually, and then getting together casually, that's it, it's gone."

Huang Jingzhi said seriously: "I think you are perfunctory me."

"Yes, I'm just perfunctory for you." Gu Xien looked at him with his head tilted and smiled brightly.

"Brother, you are so bad."

Huang Jingzhi kicked away a stone under his feet, watched it roll into the gutter on the side of the road, and said enviously: "I don't have anyone I like."

Gu Xien said in a natural tone: "But don't you have so many fans?"

"Ah," Huang Jingzhi suddenly realized, "That's right, I still have so many lovely fans."

"But, brother, have you heard such a sentence before?" He suddenly changed the subject, looked up at the dark night above his head, and sighed: "It's not terrible to feel lonely when you are alone, but the terrible thing is that you clearly Being in a group of people, they are noisy, but you only feel the noise, the excitement belongs to them, and you have nothing." Huang Jingzhi turned his face and looked at Gu Xien seriously, "Brother, do you know this feeling?"

Gu Xi'en stopped in his tracks, and Huang Jingzhi also stopped in his tracks. The street lamps shone a light and shadow, but they stood in the darkness beside them.

"I know." Gu Xian looked at him firmly and said, "And, that's how I feel now."

Huang Jingzhi froze for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes wide, and heard Gu Xien say to him: "I'm sorry, tell mom for me, I'm going back to S city, right now."

After Gu Xien finished speaking, he turned around and ran down the hill quickly along the concrete road. Huang Jingzhi shouted in disbelief behind him: "But brother, your things are still at home."

"No more." Gu Xi'en said without looking back, "I carry all the documents with me, and leave the rest here."

Huang Jingzhi chased after him for two steps, then stopped slowly, looked at Gu Xien's fading figure, smiled and said, "That's great."

If Shen Bai was given a chance to do it all over again, he would definitely not agree to Jiang Yingyue, that idiot who would not enjoy the good time on the weekend morning, but would come with him to a golf course in the wilderness to waste his relationship.

In the end, I saw Tang Qi's grandson, holding a well-behaved boy in his arms and teaching him how to swing. The sunny golf course on the weekend morning and the green grass are also very suitable for the occasion.

Jiang Yingyue rushed forward with blue veins on her head, aimed at Tang Qi's calf with a blow, and almost made him kneel down on the spot.Then, Shen Bai took the time to watch those two idiots performing martial arts with his cue in his hands. When he realized it, the two of them disappeared neatly, as if they had turned into butterflies and flew away in an instant.

When Shen Bai, who was full of resentment, left the venue and searched the parking lot like a headless chicken but couldn't find his own car, he suddenly remembered that he came here today by Jiang Yingyue's car.

Shen Bai called that idiot Jiang Yingyue without hope, and sure enough, he couldn't get through for a few consecutive times, and finally turned off the phone directly.

What the FUCK!!!!!

This golf club is built in the suburbs. Out of 99 people who come here, [-] of them are driving, and the remaining one is Shen Bai. Therefore, if you want to hail a taxi here, it is no different from finding a needle in a haystack. .

Shen Bai walked along the wide road full of resentment, one after another luxury car whizzed by beside him, feeding him enough exhaust fumes without hesitation.

After walking for about ten minutes, a BMW 4S shop appeared on the opposite side of the road not far ahead, Shen Bai hesitated in his heart, planning to pick up a new car otherwise.After struggling for more than a minute, he raised his foot to cross the road, but suddenly a silver-gray BMW 740 came across and parked firmly facing him on the side of the road.

Shen Bai's face was full of question marks, and he endured it for more than half a minute, but the car still didn't move, so his irritability instantly rose to a critical point, and he lifted his foot to give the wheel a kick.

The next moment, the car window rolled down slowly, and the person inside put one hand on the steering wheel, watching him with a smile on his face.

"A lift? This gentleman."