match in black

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Lin Qian often thinks back to the day when he first met the Gu family.

It was a dark winter evening, when he came home from school, he saw a group of people in black suits standing at the door of his house, with a man in a dark purple Tang suit in the middle.The man surrounded in the middle was about the same age as his father, with excellent facial features, but the tight corners of his mouth showed an indifference that rejected people thousands of miles away.Although his expression was a bit haggard, his standing posture was extremely upright, giving people a great sense of oppression.The man slightly raised his eyebrows when he saw Lin Qian, and asked:

"You are Lin Qian?"

Lin Qian looked carefully for a long while, but did not find this person in his memory, so he was sure that he did not know this person, and said a little doubtfully:

"Dad won't let me talk to people I don't know."

The man smiled, but there was an inexplicable bitterness in that smile.He knelt down to keep level with Lin Qian, and reached out to touch Lin Qian's head:

"As expected of Lin Hefeng's son. My name is Gu Shenzhi, an old friend of your father's. You can call me Uncle Gu."

Lin Qian glanced at the man, saw that he had called out his father's name, and his expression did not seem to be fake, so he nodded and said, "Hello, Uncle Gu, my parents are away on business and won't be back until a month later. How about leaving them a message..."

Before he finished speaking, the man stopped touching his head, and Lin Qian saw a look of pain on his face.He took a breath and said softly:

"Not coming back."

"They won't be coming back," the man repeated, as if to reassure himself.He stood up, and his expression returned to the original indifferent and not angry and majestic appearance, as if the pained expression that flashed just now was just an illusion of Lin Qian, and the tall figure blocked the last glimmer of skylight in front of Lin Qian.

"Lin Hefeng and Xu Ruyin are dead. I will pick you up today to go to the Gu family. From now on, you will be my Gu family."

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Lin Qian saw his parents for the last time in the mortuary of the hospital.The strange thing is that as an adult, he clearly remembers every detail of his life with the Gu family, but his memory of his parents has become increasingly blurred.He only remembered that the room was very dark and cold, and his parents lay side by side on two iron beds, with two cold white cloths covering their faces.The car accident changed the faces of his parents beyond recognition. Lin Qian didn't want to, and he didn't want to lift the white cloth to see their appearance clearly.He just secretly lifted a corner of the white cloth and touched his father's bony fingers.

His father's hands were very cold. Lin Qian knew that his father's body temperature was always on the low side, but this kind of coldness was not his father's own coolness, but a kind of coldness with a deep and lifeless air.This coolness spread to the blood along Lin Qian's fingers, and then flowed to the limbs.Lin Qian shivered, realizing that he might no longer be able to hold his parents' warm palms from left to right.

This was the first time he experienced death.

Both parents died in a car accident, and the cause of the accident was only the driver's fatigue driving.Parents who obey the traffic rules honestly on weekdays, the way they died in this way is simply ironic.Because the driver who caused the accident had a good attitude of admitting his mistake afterwards, after paying a few sums of money, the incident will be considered as an end.On the way to the funeral, Gu Shenzhi explained to Lin Qian that no emotion could be heard in his indifferent tone.

Now Lin Qian knows that the name of this stranger who suddenly appeared at his home is Gu Shenzhi, a college friend of his father Lin Hefeng, with a strong family background, both black and white.Lin Hefeng was low-key by nature, and they lost contact with Xu Ruyin after they got married. Fortunately, the Gu family has a lot of connections, so Gu Shenzhi got the news on the day Lin Hefeng and his wife had an accident.Gu Shenzhi knew that Lin Hefeng and Xu Ruyin had a son, and the Lin family broke up, so he simply used the background of the Gu family to manage the relationship between the upper and lower levels, and directly adopted Lin Qian under his knees as an adopted son.

"I also have a son named Gu Jingxi, who is one year younger than you." Gu Shenzhi put his arm on the car window and said suddenly, "I'll take you to meet him after the funeral." As if thinking of something, Gu Shenzhi He raised his eyebrows slightly and said:

"This kid has a cold personality. If he doesn't say hello to you later, don't pay attention to him."

Lin Qian nodded, thinking in his heart that he had nothing to worry about, since he was living under the fence, could he still be able to get his nose up?He didn't know Gu Shenzhi well, and he had never even heard of this person from his father, but at this time, if it wasn't for the Gu family, he really had nowhere to go.The Gu family's family has a great career, and it is already a blessing in misfortune that Gu Shenzhi was able to give him a place to live with his old love in mind.

dad.Lin Qian silently hugged the urn in his hand.thank you dad.

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Because there were no relatives and friends, Lin Hefeng and Xu Ruyin's funeral was simple.That day the weather forecast originally announced a sunny day, but when Lin Qian got out of the car, it suddenly snowed heavily, and after a while, the urn he was holding was covered with a light layer of white.In order to prevent slipping, Gu Shenzhi ordered someone to lay a long carpet. When Lin Qian walked on the carpet, he saw his parents watching him tenderly with the same smile as before, but the smile had faded into black and white.

Unexpectedly, Lin Qian did not have the urge to cry, as if he had calmly accepted such a sudden separation from the very beginning.In Lin Qian's memory, this scene has no color. At the age of seven, he walked towards the smiling faces of his parents with the urn in his arms. The snowflakes all over the sky fell frame by frame as if in slow motion, until he reached the end of the carpet and bowed his head. Bowing, when I was about to put the urn into the urn, I saw the face of a boy not far away.

As if a strong wind blows, the world of memory is splashed in color, and heavy snow is blowing.

The boy was leaning against a tree, the whiteness of the sky still couldn't cover his skin that was whiter than snow.A little bit of snowflakes fell between his eyebrows, which made the ink color even more intense.As if he noticed Lin Qian's gaze, the boy frowned slightly, and his indifferent expression became a little more vivid.

That was the first time he and Gu Jingxi met.

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Years later, Lin Qian still dreamed of the same images over and over again in his dreams, heavy snow, urns, black and white photos, long gray carpets, tears he could not shed, and the glimpse in the snow.After the funeral, Gu Shenzhi wanted to take Lin Qian to see Gu Jingxi, but was told by his subordinates that the young master thought it was cold and had already gone home first.Gu Shenzhi smiled wryly and apologized to Lin Qian. Lin Qian shook his head silently, but somehow he was sure that the boy he just met was Gu Jingxi.

The journey was tiring, and it was not until evening that Gu Shenzhi brought Lin Qian back to Gu's house. Gu Shenzhi's current wife, Ye Lan, greeted them at the door.

"It's Lin Qian, right? You can just call me Auntie Ye. Lao Gu has told me about you a long time ago. From now on, you will treat our family as your own." Ye Lan is in her early 20s and is very well-dressed. Lin Qian also smiled enthusiastically.But for some reason, Lin Qian felt an imperceptible wariness in her eyes, and he thought that Ye Lan might not like him as much as she showed.

"Hello, Auntie Ye, nice to meet you." Lin Qian pursed his lips and said hello calmly.

"Be as polite as Lin Hefeng." Gu Shenzhi glanced at Lin Qian, smiled faintly, entered the door, and ordered another servant, "Call the young master down."

The servant responded and went upstairs, and after a while, Lin Qian heard unhurried footsteps from upstairs, and a boy appeared beside the stairs, the one he had seen at the funeral.Although the weather was cold, the Gu family's fireplace was burning brightly, making the room very warm.The boy was wearing a black vest with a white shirt underneath. Although he was only a six-year-old child, the bow tie was tied meticulously.He went downstairs very slowly, but his posture was very elegant. The broken hair on his forehead was blown a little by the wind, revealing a pair of star-like eyes.Lin Qian felt Gu Jingxi's eyes flickering across his body lightly, without any trace of refinement or curiosity. It was a kind of indifferent and alienated look that did not belong to a child, as if Lin Qian's sudden arrival had nothing to do with him. .

Gu Jingxi walked up to Lin Qian and stood still, stretched out his hand, and without looking at Lin Qian, he spoke in a childish voice that didn't match his expression:

"Hi, I'm Gu Jingxi."

Lin Qian shook that small, slightly cold hand, and smiled:

"My name is Lin Qian, nice to meet you."

Gu Jingxi quickly withdrew his hands as if he wasn't used to making physical contact with others. He was a little shorter than Lin Qian. From this angle, Lin Qian could only see the top of his head and the snow-white neck exposed from the collar of his shirt.Lin Qian imagined the small expression of Gu Jingxi's frowning slightly, and the corners of his mouth raised a little imperceptibly.

The family dinner was very quiet, Lin Qian was sensitive, and had already realized that the Lin family was not as happy and harmonious as it appeared on the outside.Gu Shenzhi briefly introduced the current situation of the Gu family to Lin Qian, his words were straightforward, and he did not shy away from Ye Lan and Gu Jingxi who were still at the dinner table.So Lin Qian learned that Ye Lan was nearly ten years younger than Gu Shenzhi, and she was not her original partner. Gu Jingxi was born to Gu Shenzhi and her original partner Li Qiuyan. Li Qiuyan died unexpectedly two years ago. This is how Ye Lan entered the Gu family.

Lin Qian noticed that when Gu Shenzhi said these words, Gu Jingxi still had no expression on his face, just silently cutting the steak on his plate with a knife, and only paused a little when he heard his mother's name.The relationship between Gu Jingxi and Ye Lan seems to be very subtle. During the whole family banquet, Gu Jingxi treated Ye Lan as air without even saying hello, and Ye Lan occasionally looked at Gu Jingxi with a little fear in his eyes. .

After dinner, Gu Shenzhi called Lin Qian to the study.

"Do you know what I wanted to tell you when I called you here?" A fine mahogany carved chair, and a middle-aged man in a dark Tang suit leaning on the chair, had a posture similar to Gu Jingxi's, but with a slightly different aura.Gu Jingxi is indifferent, while Gu Shenzhi is lazy, but there seems to be a leopard hidden in that lazy posture.

Lin Qian didn't know what to say, he and Gu Shenzhi had just known each other not long ago, and he really couldn't figure out why he specially called him to talk, so he just stared into Gu Shenzhi's eyes and slowly shook his head.

Gu Shenzhi didn't say anything, he bent his knuckles and lightly pressed the seat, and after a long while, he suddenly smiled lightly.

"You are young, but your mind is mature."

After a pause, Gu Shenzhi said again: "I promised Lin Hefeng that if something happens to his husband and wife in the future, he will definitely treat his son as his own." When Lin Hefeng's name was mentioned, Gu Shenzhi frowned again, " I don't know how Lin Hefeng and Xu Ruyin treat you, but in my Gu family, I won't treat you and Gu Jingxi differently just because they are young."

"I told you today that the Gu family is involved in black and white, and Ye Lan doesn't mention it. I only have one son, Gu Jingxi, and now I have you." He closed his eyes, "One day I will put the entire Gu family together. Leave it to you and Gu Jingxi."

"Gu Jingxi's child is cold by nature, I'm afraid he won't choose either, so I'll leave this multiple-choice question to you first."

"The Gu family is half black and half white, entangled from generation to generation, inseparable. If it were you, would you choose black or white?"

Lin Qian was taken aback, he never thought that Gu Shenzhi would say such words that were close to confessing his family business on the first day he was admitted into the Gu family.He stared at Gu Shenzhi's face, the middle-aged man was still in a lazy posture, he didn't open his eyes, and he didn't make a sound to urge, the room fell silent, Lin Qian only heard his own breathing and Gu Shenzhi's knuckles for a while The slight sound of knocking on the chair surface.

It's not just why in such a quiet place, Lin Qian suddenly thought of Gu Jingxi, who was not touched by the dust during the day today in the flying snow.It's really hard to imagine such a pure white person with eyes as cold as knives, with blood on his hands.

As if he had made up his mind, Lin Qian spoke.

"I choose black."

Just leave that white world to you, Gu Jingxi.

The author has something to say: Gu Jingxi: Did you fall in love with me the first time you saw me?

Lin Qian (laughs): Yes.

Gu Jingxi (leaning): When I saw you for the first time, what I thought in my heart was, could such a bastard be my father's illegitimate child?

Gu Shenzhi: Achoo!Which son of a bitch is cursing me?

Everyone: You... your son