Chapter 157 A Thunderbolt from the Clear

One day in early spring, the drizzle is like silk, although the earth has been green, but the air is still a little cold, because of the haze of the weather, people's mood is also a little inexplicably gloomy, just like Gu Xinrui's mood at this time, curious and a little apprehensive. （. . ）

Luo Hongtao asked Gu Xinrui to meet at a tea room on a secluded side street.

When Gu Xinrui arrived in a hurry, Luo Hongtao had already arrived, and under the leadership of the waiter, Gu Xinrui slowly walked into the independent private room that Luo Hongtao had booked.

The environment of this private room in the tea room is quite elegantly furnished, with bamboo curtains, grass mats, orchids in the corners, and purple sand on the table, all of which reflect the ingenuity of the owner of the tea room.

When Gu Xinrui came in, Luo Hongtao was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands in his pockets, silently staring at the fine rain outside the window.

Hearing someone come in, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Gu Xinrui.

Today's Gu Xinrui is wearing a set of grass green skirts, mid-heeled shoes of the same color, a silk scarf with yellow and green flowers tied around her neck, and her hair with curls at the bottom is naturally draped behind her head.

The moment Luo Hongtao saw Gu Xinrui, the whole person was stunned for a moment.

The waiter politely said to Luo Hongtao: "Mr. Luo, the young lady you are waiting for has arrived." ”

Luo Hongtao just woke up, and bowed slightly to the waiter in embarrassment, and the waiter retreated.

Now there are only two people left in the private room, Luo Hongtao and Gu Xinrui.

Luo Hongtao looked slightly embarrassed and said to Gu Xinrui: "Please sit down." ”

Gu Xinrui smiled slightly, with a slight restraint in her smile, the two of them took off their shoes and sat on the futon on the straw mat, with a small square table in between.

Luo Hongtao picked up the delicate purple clay pot and poured the best jasmine tea on the purple sand cup in front of Gu Xinrui, and when he landed, the fragrance of tea spread on the table.

"Thank you. Gu Xinrui took the cup and thanked Luo Hongtao politely.

Luo Hongtao also poured tea into his cup, then gently put down the teapot, looked at Gu Xinrui, and asked with a smile, "Are you...... Got a taxi?"

Gu Xinrui smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's inconvenient for the driver at home to send it, so I walked to the intersection and took a taxi directly." ”

Because Luo Hongtao had told Gu Xinrui that this meeting was very important, and he hoped that she would not let a third party know about their secret date, so Gu Xinrui would consider it like this.

Luo Hongtao smiled awkwardly and lowered his head.

Gu Xinrui looked at Luo Hongtao, her doubts in her heart were unabated, seeing that he was silent at the moment, Gu Xinrui couldn't help but ask him softly: "May I ask Brother Luo to come to me this time, what is the matter?"

Luo Hongtao raised his head abruptly and looked at Gu Xinrui, his eyes were very surprised, Gu Xinrui was puzzled, the two looked at each other for a long time, Luo Hongtao lowered his head, sighed softly, and then whispered to Gu Xinrui with an embarrassed smile: "Maybe, you shouldn't call me big brother anymore." ”

Gu Xinrui asked hesitantly, "Oh, what do you say...... What does that mean?"

Luo Hongtao kept his head down, playing with the teacup in his hand, Gu Xinrui had to tilt his head sideways to observe his reaction, because she felt that Luo Hongtao today was really surprisingly weird.

After a long time, Luo Hongtao raised his head and looked at Gu Xinrui, the smile in his eyes had faded, and what remained was a sadness that could not be concealed.

He was silent for a moment, and said slowly to Gu Xinrui: "Xinrui, about your life experience, your mother didn't ...... with you Have you mentioned it?"

Gu Xinrui was surprised in her heart, she looked at Luo Hongtao in a daze, and after a moment, she asked hurriedly: "My life experience, what happened to my life experience?"

Luo Hongtao smiled reluctantly, he lowered his head again, and said to himself: "It seems that your mother really didn't mention this to you." ”

Gu Xinrui was even more surprised in her heart, she simply went straight to Luo Hongtao and asked Luo Hongtao directly: "Brother Luo, what do you have to say, don't be afraid to say it directly, I came to your appointment according to your requirements, but you spoke secretly, like this...... Why bother?"

Seeing Gu Xinrui was a little anxious, Luo Hongtao cleared his throat helplessly, then mustered up the courage to look at Gu Xinrui, and said to her a little formally: "Okay, then I'll tell the truth today, Xinrui, do you know what the relationship between you and me is?"

Gu Xinrui shook her head puzzled: "I don't know." ”

Luo Hongtao smiled bitterly, and then said to Gu Xinrui: "Actually, I am your biological father." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Gu Xinrui was completely stupid, and the teacup she held in her hand fell on the table with a "light dang", and the tea was sprayed everywhere for a while.

Seeing this scene, Luo Hongtao hurriedly got up, picked up the paper towel on the side and sucked the tea on the table dry, and then he handed a few tissues to Gu Xinrui, and reminded her softly: "Wipe the tea on your body?"

Gu Xinrui, who had not completely woken up from the shocking news just now, only to find that the tea had splashed on her clothes, she awkwardly took the tissue in Luo Hongtao's hand and simply wiped the water stains on her body.

Although the water stains on it were wiped off, the tea stains were inevitably left on Gu Xinrui's fresh-colored clothes, looking at this scene, Luo Hongtao said softly: "It's a pity that such a beautiful dress......

Gu Xinrui didn't have the time to care about her beautiful clothes, and after she hurriedly tried the water stains on her clothes, she asked Luo Hongtao solemnly: "I don't believe everything you just said, do you have evidence?"

Luo Hongtao smiled bitterly and muttered to Gu Xinrui: "What evidence do you want? Paternity test? Or those group photos when I lived with your mother?"

Gu Xinrui's eyes widened: "Do you have a photo with my mother?"

Luo Hongtao nodded lightly, then took out a few photos from the leather bag placed aside and handed them to Gu Xinrui.

Looking at those few yellowed old photos, Gu Xinrui's brows frowned even tighter.

The photos are black and white, all of them are a group photo of a man and a woman, and it looks like they were dressed up at least thirty years ago.

The man and the woman didn't look very old, about twenty years old, the girl wore two small black and shiny braids, wearing a plaid dress unique to that era, the boy had a five-four-style split head, wearing a somewhat shabby polyester cloth top, the two stood side by side in front of the camera and smiled stupidly, the smile was so sunny and flawless.

Looking at these old photos, Gu Xinrui can be said to be dumbfounded, because she has already recognized that the girl in the photos is her mother Gu Qianzhen, and the man next to her, from the eyebrows, eyes and facial features, must be Luo Hongtao.

Old photos of her mother Gu Qianzhen when she was young are also preserved at home, but they are all taken by herself alone, or with other people, and none of them were taken when she was with Luo Hongtao.

Looking at those photos blankly, Gu Xinrui raised her head, shook her head desperately and said to Luo Hongtao: "Just these few group photos can't explain the problem! You know my mother, and it doesn't mean that you are my biological father!"

Looking at Gu Xinrui, whose face turned slightly purple because of excitement, Luo Hongtao said to her with a slightly pleading voice: "Xinrui, don't worry, don't you want to listen to me tell us about our previous story?"

Gu Xinrui couldn't stop shaking her head, she didn't look at Luo Hongtao, but her body trembled slightly.

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and the shock it brought to Gu Xinrui was too great, and her mood at the moment couldn't calm down at all.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Hongtao kept silently watching Gu Xinrui during this period, waiting for her to calm down.

After a long time, Gu Xinrui raised her head and said to Luo Hongtao in a somewhat weak voice: "Say it." ”

Luo Hongtao looked at Gu Xinrui, smiled reluctantly, the smile was very bitter, he licked his dry lips, and then slowly told Gu Xinrui about the past:

"More than 30 years ago, your mother Gu Qianzhen and I lived in a remote poor town, at that time we had just graduated from middle school, belonged to unemployed youth, we were from the same family, the same age, like-minded, we were together, because the conditions of the two families were similar, so my parents did not object to us being together, because the family was poor, we held the simplest wedding, and we were both doing a temporary job in the town at that time. Later, the college entrance examination was resumed, because my mind has always been smart, so your mother persuaded me to pick up the book and give it a try, so I studied for a few months and took the college entrance examination that year, but I never expected that this would become a turning point in my life......"

Speaking of this, Luo Hongtao's voice paused, and his hand held the teacup tightly.

After a moment of silence, Luo Hongtao continued: "When I was in college, your mother was frugal in my hometown, and the money she saved was remitted to me as my college expenses, and in my junior year, your mother gave birth to you in my hometown. ”

Here, Luo Hongtao's voice lowered, his mood seemed to be a little unstable, and after a moment of silence, he calmed down and continued: " In college, I worked hard, but I also had low self-esteem, because compared to my classmates, my family conditions were the most difficult, I hope to get ahead through my own efforts after graduation, so that your mother and daughter can live a good life, but, after graduation, I suffered the first blow in my life, I should have been assigned to a promising job, but I didn't expect it, but let the son of a powerful person take the lead, and finally, I was assigned to a remote small county, in a public institution to do the most basic work, I took your mother and daughter, but I have no house, no money, no foundation, and shallow qualifications, and I can't divide the house at all, I can only rent someone else's wing room to temporarily settle your mother and daughter. ”

At this time, Luo Hongtao's head hung lower, and the hand he held the teacup was trembling slightly.

"In that year, my state of mind changed, compared with the people around me, my starting point was too low, I was not convinced! I was not reconciled! I wanted to be talented, I wanted to be good-looking, why should I live harder than those who were not as good as me? I wanted to succeed, I wanted to become famous overnight, I wanted to take a shortcut......"

Luo Hongtao's voice lowered, and his hands trembled even more.

"Later, you abandoned my mother?" Looking at Luo Hongtao, who looked embarrassed, Gu Xinrui asked softly and coldly.

Luo Hongtao raised his head, and Gu Xinrui suddenly found that he was bare-faced at this moment, and his demeanor seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and even the forehead lines on his forehead became clearer.

Luo Hongtao frowned tightly, there were faint tears in his eyes, and his voice trembled in pain: " That year, a very rich Hong Kong businessman came to our county to investigate, wanted to invest in the construction of a factory, as a cooperative unit, our unit is responsible for the full reception of this Hong Kong businessman, she is a widowed middle-aged woman, Chinese speak very poorly, and do not understand very well, usually only speak Cantonese and English, and I was very good at English during college, for which I won an award, and I can also speak a little Cantonese, so the leader sent me to be her translator, and accompanied her in all our local trips......"

Hearing this, Gu Xinrui understood everything.

In the past, she had heard Qin Tianhai say that Luo Hongtao's family history was very disgraceful, because he married a widow who was more than ten years older than him, and later got her inheritance, and he became rich overnight.

When she listened to it at the time, Gu Xinrui thought it was quite interesting, thinking that she was listening to other people's stories, but she never thought that this shameless man who would do anything to succeed might be his biological father, what an ironic thing!

"Later, you abandoned my mother and married that widowed Hong Kong businessman, right?" Gu Xinrui's voice revealed indifference that went straight to the bottom of her heart.

Luo Hongtao raised his head and looked at Gu Xinrui, there were already tears in his eyes, his lips trembled violently, and after a long time, he muttered hoarsely: "I...... I want to give you mother and daughter...... Keep a sum of money, but your mother ...... Your mother...... She doesn't want it, I know I'm ...... Behavior at the time...... It's shameless, but, that's what I was able to catch at the time...... The only chance is that you don't know the desperate mood of a grassroots at the bottom who is eager to succeed! There is no handsome and talented man in the prime of life who is willing to marry a middle-aged woman who is 16 years older than himself! But I ...... There's no way, I ...... I want to succeed so much!"

Speaking of this, Luo Hongtao couldn't say anymore, and he buried his head deep on the table.

Looking at his extremely depressed and painful appearance, Gu Xinrui became a little helpless for a while, she didn't know whether to comfort him or scold him...... Gu Xinrui's heart felt extremely chaotic.

After being silent for a long time, Gu Xinrui asked Luo Hongtao softly: "But I don't understand, why do you look so young? I see that you are only in your early forties, and you are not the same era as my mother at all." ”

Luo Hongtao raised his head, gently tried the tears from the corners of his eyes with a tissue, and then whispered to Gu Xinrui in a hoarse voice: "That's because ...... I had plastic surgery, and of course, the overall contour did not change drastically, just did some rejuvenation treatment, and I looked much younger than my actual age. I lived with that Hong Kong woman for ten years, and then she died, I inherited her inheritance, and returned to China with the money, in order to wash away this shameful experience that I can't look back on, I want to change my mind and start over, so, I asked a professional beauty agency, beautified my face, and changed my age, changed my name, I was not called Luo Hongtao, but Luo Yuhui, this name should be familiar to your mother, in fact, my age is the same age as your mother, and this year has ...... Fifty-seven years old. ”