By the time Gu Nanqiao got home, it was already past ten o'clock.

In the morning, she was in such a hurry that she didn't have time to close the window tightly, but as soon as she opened the door, she saw the night breeze blowing the curtains, and the curvature floating by the windowsill was very beautiful. The moonlight outside the window shines through the narrow gaps of the white gauze curtains, and the cold silver-white light is projected on the wooden floor, like an extra layer of faint filter, making the whole room seem quiet and quaint, and there is an inexplicable sense of age everywhere.

Gu Nanqiao threw his handbag on the small cabinet in the entrance, turned on the light in the living room casually, and then sat on the sofa.

It has been more than ten years since Xiao Fangran left, but the things in Gu Nanqiao's memory, like this room that has not changed at all, still have a rather stubborn profundity, and they are vivid in her heart. This old house contains all the memories of Gu Nanqiao from childhood to adulthood, behind the seemingly random placement of furniture, all the details contain Gu Nanqiao's childhood and youth, those memories about her father, about her mother, about the uncles and uncles of the old troupe, and about the many entanglements and consumption in her own heart.

Then, those experiences came to her mind and became a part that she couldn't ignore, as if reminding her that something would never pass.

Gu Nanqiao knew that it was no good to see things and think about people, and she had been indulging in the past because she was constantly burdened by those old things, but it was still difficult for her to comfort herself. Su Yiyang proposed to let her move several times, not only because it would save the time cost of commuting, or because living together would promote the relationship between the two people more, but just to let Gu Nanqiao have a new environment.

But Gu Nanqiao didn't want to let go, let alone any redemption.

It is obviously too superficial to say that she is resentful and unwilling, and she does not take these as spurs, but these emotions have already precipitated in her bones, affecting her life trajectory and attitude. Then things like moving are just meaningless formalism, the real goodbye should be in my heart, before Gu Nanqiao completely figured it out, no matter how much Su Yiyang tossed it, it was all in vain, so Gu Nanqiao didn't bother to do this, and some didn't cooperate with Su Dashao.

After digging deeper, Gu Nanqiao just didn't think about it completely.

Regarding Xiao Fangran's departure, she couldn't be at ease or considerate. As for the entanglements between his mother and the Mei family, Gu Nanqiao wanted to treat it as if it didn't exist, and he didn't want to know it at all. But she can't escape these things at all, and after going around in circles, they will still fall on her.

If Xiao Fangran leaves, there are too many reasons to abandon her family and children, Gu Nanqiao left her side at such a young age, and she didn't have too deep feelings for Xiao Fangran. What's more, although the blood relationship cannot be completely severed, being abandoned by the biological mother is another matter, to put it bluntly, this is a very hurtful thing in itself. As Gu Nanqiao gets older, she can more or less extricate herself, no longer struggle and is unwilling to face it, and she will not find those excuses for Xiao Fangran to deceive herself, if there is no accident, these things will almost pass.

But Xiao Fang then came to the door with a big secret, and every word was the pain that Gu Nanqiao couldn't refuse, not only gave her a solid explanation, but also attached those responsibilities to her.

The most uncomfortable thing in this world is that in a relationship, good and evil are half and half, if you are good to one person to the extreme, others will naturally be grateful to Dade, or think of old love, no matter how you will not go to the level of strangeness. If you are completely bad to a person, it is true that you will hurt others and yourself, but at the same time, you will not leave more irresolvable thoughts, and in the end it will be so bad that it will simply be broken, and no one should think about turning back.

The most feared thing is that a kind person has done an irreparable wrong, and a person who has always been selfish is suddenly selfless at the last moment, which is nothing more than making the entangled impasse more and more confused, and it is involved in going around and around that it is impossible to distinguish right from wrong, which makes people unable to love, hate, forgive, and resent, so that they can not let go of it at all.

Obviously, Xiao Fangran is not completely bad, and she is far from qualified as a mother.

This also made Gu Nanqiao's heart knot deeper and deeper.

When Xiao Fangran told the inside story of the Mei family, the love and hatred of the previous generation was imposed on Gu Nanqiao, and she was destined to be silent, because the situation was too serious, and she couldn't even talk to others and relieve the emotions in her heart, as for the grievances with Mei Hanqiu, it didn't matter whether Gu Nanqiao accepted it or not, but she couldn't resist it at all.

When you dig deeper, it's a dilemma left and right.

In all fairness, Gu Nanqiao hasn't taken the initiative to think about this for a long time, but the notice of the "Old Dream Project" came suddenly, and it involved the things behind the Peking Opera family, the Peking Opera Association and the Mei family have a deep relationship, Mei Hanqiu also regards the spring garden as a thorn in the flesh, and she can't sit idly by. After that, presumably with the spring garden in full swing to carry out the work, do your best to get the best results, it is inevitable that the contradiction between the spring garden and the Mei family will intensify.

After all, such a situation is a rare opportunity for the spring garden, but it is a rather rigorous promotion for the impasse within the Mei family.

Gu Nanqiao vaguely sensed that those undercurrents would soon be impossible to hide. The things she had been worried about before would become completely acute with this opportunity to ascend to the sky, and those things that had not been thought through and were delayed could not be hidden at all.

No matter how much you procrastinate, there will be a day when you have to face it.

That's why she wants to have a showdown with Su Yiyang at this juncture, at least she can't let him continue to be confused, and as for Xiao Fangran's side, it's time to give a thorough explanation.

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Such emotions disturbed Gu Nanqiao's heart, and it took her a while to stabilize her mind.

The instant noodles that were originally soaked and placed on the table for supper became soft and tumbling on top of a cold and condensed oil film because of too much time, and they were so tired that they couldn't eat it. Gu Nanqiao sighed lowly, simply put down the instant noodles, got up and walked to the bathroom, and directly prepared to take a bath and then go to rest.

When she came out of the bathroom, she still had a faint vapor on her body.

In just ten minutes, it was enough for Gu Nanqiao to put down those messy things, readjust his state, and do the serious things in front of him well. Then she changed into a knee-length white cotton nightdress and nested in the sofa, flipped through the Peking Opera script at hand, and pondered which play to choose to participate in the first round of the "Old Dream Project".

But before she could annotate a few pages, a pleasant piano music echoed in the huge room, and it was the mobile phone she kept beside her that suddenly lit up.

Gu Nanqiao didn't take this as a matter at first, she picked up the phone unhurriedly, and until she opened the unlock button on the phone, she regarded it as her little milk dog boyfriend and reported the itinerary on time.

Su Dashao dragged a lot of meat and vegetables outside, but he was so obedient in front of his girlfriend that he had no temper, and even inexplicably had a lot of sticky attributes, which can be said to be quite obvious.

At first, Gu Nanqiao was very uncomfortable, and he had the illusion that Su Yiyang was taken away, and even talked to him seriously. Everyone is an adult with normal three views, and there is really no need to do anything deliberately for the romance of those official accounts and brainwashing chicken soup. Especially when both of them are very busy, people who really trust each other will not affect their relationship at all because they don't have a text message or report their itinerary, and there is no need to force themselves to do something.

In this regard, Su Yiyang expressed himself quite simply and his attitude was also very direct.

He generously said that if he likes someone, of course, he can't help but contact her, and it is natural to be good to her. Gu Nanqiao didn't take Su Yiyang's words seriously at first, but only thought that this was a small trick of coaxing people that the master of the love field was familiar with, but Su Dashao was sure in his words, and Gu Nanqiao acquiesced to these behaviors because he didn't want to save his face, and even felt that after the love period, he gradually returned to normal.

Who knew that in Gu Nanqiao's body, Su Dashao did not reflect the deception on the business battlefield at all, and for the problem of love, he gave full play to the fine virtue of believing in words and deeds, and extended the love period indefinitely, and insisted until now. So much so that Gu Nanqiao considered how long Su Yiyang could hold on with a skeptical eye at the beginning, but now he has become completely accustomed to nature and has completely adapted to the meticulousness he showed.

Especially when it's almost time for two people to say goodnight to each other, her first reaction is that her boyfriend comes to express her miss, and when she hears the phone ringing, she almost subconsciously raises the corners of her lips slightly, with obvious sweetness.

But when Gu Nanqiao really opened his phone and saw the name on the note, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

Murphy's law is always irresistible sometimes, and what Gu Nanqiao has been thinking about all night really came true at this time, this phone call was not good, it was the lady who Gu Nanqiao had been thinking about for most of the night-Xiao Fangran.

The ringtone of the mobile phone was still ringing, and Gu Nanqiao's clear eyes were fixed on the screen, and he subconsciously frowned.

She didn't immediately press the answer button, but couldn't help but think of a lot of what she didn't have. In fact, since Xiao Fangran left the old troupe, it is not that there is really no news, but Ms. Xiao rarely takes the initiative to contact Gu Nanqiao, and of course Gu Nanqiao will not rush to find it unhappy, after all, there is never a good thing behind such a connection. Especially at the juncture of the announcement of the list of "Old Dream Project", even if he thinks about it with his hair, Gu Nanqiao knows what Xiao Fangran wants.

Thinking like this, her mind sank more and more, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she pressed the call button.

Xiao Fangran's voice is very good, probably because she has been singing and acting on stage for many years, her cold voice is inexplicably tactful, and because of the precipitation of time, she has a bit of knowledge and gentleness unique to middle-aged women, even if she just hears the voice, she can make up for the classical beauty who walks in the silent alley in a cheongsam, and her gestures are charming.

However, unlike the gentle and nice voice, Xiao Fangran's words were cold.

Without the thoughtfulness of ordinary mothers towards their daughters, Xiao Fangran's attitude towards Gu Nanqiao was almost indifferent, and even this rare phone call skipped the step of greetings and greetings, and went straight to the point.

"Spring is full of gardens that have been selected for the "Old Dream Project", have you received a notice over there?"