Xu Dong also returned to Dongcheng from other places the day after Gu Wanyan returned to Gu's mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Gu Fu and his entourage reviewed the mansion from Tingzhou, Doctor Zhu went to Yunjitang to get the best medicine for Gu Wanyan, and cooperated with acupuncture treatment, her fever finally gradually subsided, and she was much more sober. It's just that she still looks sick, and she has no strength on her body, so she can only lie on the couch to rest, and she can't eat salty and heavy things.

Gu Wanyan's wind chill was extremely severe, and even if Su Qiu had taken the medicine to prevent wind and cold, he was still more or less infected. Therefore, she resolutely refused to let the old lady come to visit her in the room before she recovered from her illness, and the old lady could only be anxious about Gu Wanyan's illness.

When Xu Dong came to see Gu Wanyan, her fever had all subsided, and the only symptoms left were sore throat and headache.

"You're finally willing to come back. Gu Wanyan was lying on her side on the bed facing the wall, but when she turned over, she saw Xu Dong who had just entered the door. There was a smile in her voice, but there was something weak about her.

Xu Dong smiled and gently put a box in his arms on the table: "Yes, I was reluctant to come back, but I didn't expect to see you as soon as I came back." ”

Gu Wanyan glanced at him angrily, then sat up with her hands on the bed board, turned her eyes to the box he brought, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Xu Dong stretched out his hand and gently opened the box, and a delicate mahogany five-string pipa appeared in Gu Wanyan's eyes.

"I didn't show up on your wedding day. Xu Dong picked up the pipa, dragged a chair and sat beside Gu Wanyan's bed, and handed the pipa to her, "This is a wedding gift for you." ”

Gu Wanyan was obviously stunned, and then slowly took the brand-new pipa, held it with one hand, and gently stroked the body with the other: "Thank you......"

When Xu Dong heard Gu Wanyan say such polite words to him, he raised his eyebrows a little dissatisfied, and then said, "Didn't you say that you learned a good pipa from your mother since you were a child." ”

"Yes. She looked at the pipa, her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and her words were sour, "It's just that since I came to Gufu, I haven't played it again......"

Gu Wanyan grew up in a warm family, although she lost that warm little home when she was eight years old, but the memories of her childhood are so unforgettable, as soon as she recalls it, she is vivid.

She had the impression that her father was gentle and elegant, and everyone praised him for his versatility, and that her mother was gentle and virtuous, and that she always had a sweet smile on her face. Her father is a pianist, and he teaches the piano to some sons and ladies of the children of the family on weekdays, and her mother plays the pipa well, and she handed over this piano skill to Gu Wanyan when she was young. By the time she was six years old, she was able to play dozens of smooth and beautiful tunes.

Originally, everything was so beautiful, but that kind of life came to an abrupt end after the outbreak of the war - Gu Wanyan's father and mother were killed by soldiers from the enemy country.

Xu Dong knows all this.

Gu Wanyan never dared to think about this, and when she thought about it, her heart was hurt by memories.

"Do you remember how to play it?" Xu Dong watched Gu Wanyan fall into a sentimental mood, and hurriedly opened the topic.

She sniffed hard, then looked up and shook her head at Xu Dong with a smirk.

"So sure you won't play?" Xu Dong seemed dissatisfied with her answer, "Try it." ”

Gu Wanyan looked at the long-lost pipa and felt a little kind in her heart, and when she was so encouraged by Xu Dong, she stretched her legs out of the quilt, put on her shoes and sat upright, and hugged the pipa in a playing posture.

The left hand slowly pressed the frets of the pipa, and the right hand was placed on the strings, and a strange and familiar feeling suddenly filled her entire heart. Gu Wanyan didn't think much about it, her left hand changed in the sound, and her right hand plucked the strings at the same time.

Listening to the melody she played, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of Gu Wanyan's mouth -- she hadn't forgotten! The pipa that her mother handed her to her, she still remembered it clearly!

This was the first time Xu Dong listened to Gu Wanyan play the piano, and listening to it, he couldn't help but admire Gu Wanyan in his heart. I didn't expect that after nine years, she could still play so well, it was really rare, and I don't know if Gu Wanyan has an extraordinary talent for music, or she is reluctant to erase her memories of the past.

After the song "Spring and White Snow", Xu Dong smiled and applauded Gu Wanyan.

She herself smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I can't remember some places clearly, it seems that I played a few wrong places." ”

Xu Dong shook his head: "Not at all." ”

After listening to Xu Dong's words, she looked down at the pipa again and sighed softly.

Xu Dong didn't want her to fall into memories and feel sad, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have a lot of energy." ”

Gu Wanyan also smiled: "Yes, thanks to you." ”

Xu Dong said: "It's good if you like it, as your friend, there is only so much you can do...... So, can you tell us the ins and outs of marrying the second son of the Gu family?"

Xu Dong knew Gu Wanyan very well. She is a very stubborn girl, if she has any ideas, she will stick to the end, on the contrary, if she does not want to do something, she will resist to the end. Xu Dong also knew a little about the situation in the Gu Mansion, about this Gu Mo - Gu Wanyan had occasionally mentioned it to him before - the second prince was cold and arrogant, and it was difficult to deal with. Gu Wanyan and Gu Mo almost didn't even intersect, so how could the two of them get married like this?

Gu Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Xu Dong leaned back on the chair with his arms crossed, and said leisurely: "It was Mrs. Gu and Master Gu who made you marry the second son, right?"

If there is anyone or something that can tie Gu Wanyan and make Gu Wanyan willingly do what she is unwilling to do, it can only be the kindness of the Gu family to her that she firmly remembers in her heart - the old lady just asked her to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, Gu Wanyan is afraid that she will do it, so her current life may not be happy. Xu Dong thought so.

Gu Wanyan looked at Xu Dong's serious appearance, and laughed: "You still know me." ”

But Xu Dong didn't think it was funny: "I told you a long time ago......"

"Yes, yes, you said it a long time ago, I remember it!" Gu Wanyan interrupted him, then smiled and became serious, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Madame has a life-saving grace for me, and I will do my best to do whatever Madame asks me to do. ”

After saying that, she felt a pain in her head and reached out to support her forehead.

Xu Dong frowned, stood up and took the pipa in her arms and put it back in the box, and then said to her: "Zhu Qi said that you were infected by a severe wind chill, remember to rest more, or talk less." ”

Then he frowned a little deeper, and then said: "You are now the second wife of the Gu Mansion, and you and I can no longer interact like before, if you are criticized by others, Master Gu and Mrs. Gu will definitely be unhappy." Today I have the excuse of giving a congratulatory gift in person, so that I can sit down and talk to you like this, and in the future, I will have to pay attention to it anyway. ”

Gu Wanyan pursed her lips and nodded: "I know." ”

She and Xu Dong have always been unscrupulous, and there is no barrier between the two - there is no gender barrier, no age barrier. It's a real confidant. But Xu Dong is right, Gu Wanyan is married now, and everything is probably going to change.

A complicated look flashed in Xu Dong's eyes, and then he smiled lightly at Gu Wanyan: "Rest yourself, if you feel unwell, ask someone to go to Yunjitang to find me, I can't stay for a long time, so I'll leave first." ”

Gu Wanyan nodded with a smile and waved her hand at him: "Well, I won't send it." ”

Xu Dong left, but Gu Wanyan still sat motionless in her original position, her eyes stopped on the pipa box on the table, and she could see that she was in a daze.

At this time, another person stepped in at the door.

Gu Wanyan raised her head, but she didn't expect it to be Gu Mo.

Gu Mo walked over with a cold face, looked at the chair that Xu Dong had been sitting on and had not moved away, and knew that Xu Dong and Gu Wanyan were sitting face-to-face just now.

Gu Wanyan suddenly became cramped and uneasy. She was wearing a pink and white bedclothes, and she didn't think it was anything to Xu Dong just now, and she talked freely. But in the face of Gu Mo, her husband, she was awkward.

Gu Mo stood at a certain distance from her and said in a low voice: "Mother asked me to come over and see how you are." ”

Gu Wanyan felt that it was a little awkward to stand and talk to Gu Mo in a bedgown, so she didn't get up, still sitting on the bed, and looked up at him: "Don't worry, I'm much better." ”

"Oh," Gu Mo glanced at the pipa on the table, "yes." ”

Faced with Gu Mo's attitude, Gu Wanyan really didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward in silence.

She had to say, "If you stay in this room for a long time, it's easy for me to be infected, you..... You should go to a well-ventilated place to breathe. ”

"It doesn't matter. Gu Mo said, and then he spoke again, "Do you know how to play the pipa?" I heard it just now. ”

There is no praise or derogatory meaning in this short sentence, just a faint declarative sentence. Gu Wanyan suddenly became nervous when she heard this: "Ah, yes, I learned some when I was a child." ”

Gu Mo lowered his head slightly and looked at Gu Wanyan: "I also heard what you said to the hall master of Xu Dong just now. ”

She chuckled in her heart, and she was busy trying to remember what she and Xu Dong had just said......

Before she could speak, Gu Mo said again: "I also want to know, why did you agree to marry me?"

Gu Wanyan was stunned for a moment, probably understanding what Gu Mo had heard, she lowered her head and said helplessly: "You heard it all just now, I don't have a choice." ”

Gu Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Wanyan.

She really didn't have any purpose? Just to repay a favor, this Gu Wanyan was obedient and didn't even resist, so she obeyed the will of her elders and married herself who had almost no intersection on weekdays? If this is the case, then does she know that her mother arranged this marriage for another purpose?

Gu Mo faced Gu Wanyan, who was drooping his head in front of him and being looked down upon by himself, and many questions popped up in his heart one after another.

Suddenly, Gu Mo imagined in his mind the picture of Gu Wanyan sweating and distributing food to the victims when she was in Tingzhou, as well as the picture of her holding the abandoned baby and falling asleep-

Why did his intuition tell him that Gu Wanyan was not a bad person?

Gu Mo has always been cautious, and in the face of such a marriage full of doubts, he didn't expect that he would simply feel that Gu Wanyan was not a bad person by instinct.

Thinking that he hurriedly swept away the thoughts in his heart, he firmly told himself not to take it lightly first, and to observe for a while before making a conclusion.

He knew in his heart how clever and even vicious Madame's methods were. He didn't have to fight or fight with his mother, if he really wanted to fight, he couldn't fight her, and he couldn't stop her from doing anything. So Gu Mo accepted the marriage indifferently. It's just that while accepting to marry Gu Wanyan, he feels that Gu Wanyan should have the same other purpose as his wife.

But no matter what, now it seems that Gu Mo has a faint feeling that he has too much heart.

Well, don't trust her easily.

"You have a good rest. After a while, Gu Mo put down this sentence and turned to leave.

Then he left Gu Wanyan with a stunned and dazed face.