On the second day of the enrollment report, Gu Mingqiu had already figured out the distribution of various buildings in the school.

She was the first to report in the dorm, and the rest of her roommates hadn't arrived at school yet. With nothing to do alone, she decided to go to the library and swipe through the student card she had just received.

She walked briskly, shuttling between the students and the parents who saw them off. Long hair and a shawl, beautiful eyebrows. White long-sleeved shirt, floral skirt, lambskin shoes. The whole person is full of youthful beauty, which makes the seniors pay attention frequently.

The backpack suddenly vibrated and she stopped and pulled her phone out of her bag.

"Hey, Daddy?"

"Xiaoqiu, are you still used to it?" Her father asked, a little nervous.

"Fine, don't worry." She said.

"That's good, get along with your classmates. Come over on the weekend, your brothers and sisters come over and get together, they miss you. He said.

Gu Mingqiu was silent for a few seconds, and said lightly: "It depends on the situation, I don't know if there is anything to do on the weekend now." ”

"Say it again......" she declined.

Her father was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll call you again on Friday." "He's still not giving up.

Hanging up the phone, Gu Mingqiu sighed slightly. She knew that her father loved her and wanted to be nice to her.

His kindness to her is mainly reflected in giving her money and assets.

When he was young, he went to visit her, always bought her a lot of clothes, toys and snacks, she bought whatever she wanted, never refused her request, and even secretly gave her money, a lot of money. Later, his grandmother severely reprimanded him for this behavior. After she warned him not to come to see her again, her father didn't dare to do it anymore. Regarding the matter of educating children, he is actually quite convinced of her grandparents. Because they're all professors. Her father was very respectful to cultured people. After all, he didn't even finish junior high school.

But just after her eighteenth birthday a few months ago, he still secretly transferred a large amount of assets to her name behind her grandparents' back. At the age of eighteen, she was able to sign those documents on her own without having to be signed by a guardian.

The money, real estate, and shops were enough for her to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and she accepted it. There's nothing unacceptable, it's what her own father gave her. It was his way of expressing his love for her.

He said, "Give you a dowry." He hoped that she would marry well and be happy in the future. This is a father's normal expectation for his daughter. She could feel his love for her.

Another way he showed his love for her was by hoping that she would be close to her younger siblings. More precisely, he wanted her to be closer to her only brother.

He felt that for a woman to live in the world, there must always be a man to rely on. After marriage, it may be a husband and a son, but before marriage, it should be a father and a brother. Especially brothers. Otherwise, after getting married, her in-laws treat her badly, who will give her a head? Don't you have to rely on brothers?

He always told her how much her younger siblings missed her as an older sister. She could only listen helplessly, and she couldn't bear to expose his white lies.

She has two younger sisters and a younger brother. All three children have different mothers. They often see each other and are not close, let alone her eldest sister, who almost never meets.

Her father worked hard for many years. He had a younger sister, then a younger sister, and finally a son whom he regarded as a treasure. Although he had a daughter like her, he would have to have a son.

At the mention of this, the corners of my grandmother's mouth will show disdain. Of course, she would be careful not to talk about it in front of her, but when she talked to her grandfather, she happened to hear it.

"No matter how rich he is, the mud on his feet can't be washed." Her grandmother said.

Grandma never looked at her father squarely, and she was indifferent to him to the core. She was also sad about it. But as she grew up, she could also understand her grandmother's feelings. Even between her and her biological father, there is often a weakness that can't communicate.

She lost her mother when she was a child, never met her, and didn't know what kind of person she was. But thinking that her mother was also raised by her grandmother, she could imagine that her mother felt about her father in much the same way that they felt about her father.

She was really wondering, how could a mother be with a father?

This question has been in Gu Mingqiu's mind for several years. This year, she finally knew the answer.

She was admitted to the Imperial University and wanted to leave Jiangdu to go to school in the imperial capital. During this summer vacation, after she turned eighteen, her grandmother finally told her some old truths.

"You've grown up and are qualified to know." She said calmly.

But the truth is so cruel.

That night, she stayed up all night and wept all the time.

She understood why, since she was a child, her grandparents sent her to learn martial arts, so that she became a black belt in karate in high school. She understood how protective and cautious they were with her. Because they had lost a girl, they could not afford to lose her again.

Her heart was aching for her mother's former trauma, and she couldn't imagine how she could get back on her feet. She is such a strong woman.

However, in this past, the most heart-wrenching thing for her was...... It turned out that her father was the man who bought her. The later encounters and entanglements between my father and mother, and how I had her, my grandmother didn't know.

But there is one thing that Gu Mingqiu understands in his heart...... There was no love between her father and mother. She is not a product of love.

Those things sounded like a bad fate.

His mother's death was also affected by him.

Because of this, my grandmother couldn't forgive him even more.

Because of this, my father will never be able to hold his head up in front of his grandparents.

Before reporting, she lived in her father's mansion. She had also tried to mention her mother.

She could see the nostalgia and sorrow in her father's eyes when she mentioned her mother. But he didn't even have anything or anything that he could use to miss her mother.

No photos, no memorials, not even shared memories.

He didn't dare to mention the things that were together in the first place. She didn't let him know either, she already knew the truth.

She could feel that her father had some kind of obsession with her mother. But he still has a lot of women, a lot of them.

None of them were his wives, including the one who gave birth to a son. She was full of resentment towards her because of this. At the dinner table, she looked at her with the most resentment. And those women who didn't give birth to children didn't even have a chance to show their faces in front of her.

But in this way, the father still hoped that she would be close to the woman's son.

How can it be?

Gu Mingqiu deeply felt the estrangement between her and her biological father. She was born without a mother, in fact, she was very eager for father's love, but the kind of fatherly love she wanted, he couldn't give her.

Although he has been trying hard to express his love, Gu Mingqiu and him can't get close to him in the end.

She sighed slightly, put her phone back in her bag, and turned around, ready to cross a road on campus.

There are people coming and going on the road, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are shoulder to shoulder. The deadline for reporting was not yet reached, and there were students and parents everywhere lugging their bags and carrying backpacks.

Through these people who came and went and made people a little dizzy, Gu Mingqiu saw the man on the other side of the road.

Almost at a glance, I saw him.

In the crowd, he will not be drowned. He stands out from the crowd and stands out from the crowd.

Across the road, and the people who came and went on this road, Gu Mingqiu couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw him.

Because the man was looking at her across the road and the flow of people.

Gu Mingqiu was sure that the man was looking at her.

He looked a little old, his temples were weathered, and his face had traces of age. But this did not detract from his handsome appearance, but filled him with the mature charm deposited by the years. It is the man who is quite popular nowadays with the "uncle" style.

At his age, he was wearing a pink shirt. Bizarre, without any sense of disobedience, there is a kind of flamboyant aura, the man's stubbornness, flowing in the action of flicking cigarette ash.

The senior sisters who passed by couldn't help but pay attention to him.

But what he was looking at from afar was Gu Mingqiu on the other side of the road.

Gu Mingqiu watched as the man finished smoking a cigarette and extinguished it in the cigarette tray of the trash can, and then he crossed the road and walked straight in front of her.

"Gu Mingqiu." He called out her name directly and asked lightly, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Gu Qingxia stared at him for a moment and confirmed, "Uncle Li? ”

There was a smile in Uncle Lee's narrow eyes.

"That's smart." He rubbed her head, incredibly naturally, like a father.

Gu Mingqiu was slightly surprised.

She remembered that this was the second time she and Uncle Li had met in her life, and it was also the second time he rubbed his head like this.

She loved it.

Because Uncle Li's attitude towards her is intimate, but very casual, without tension, estrangement and caution.

She likes to be treated like this.

She has known Uncle Lee since she was a child.

Every birthday, someone will send her a gift. Gifts from faraway and exotic lands, gifts from Uncle Lee, and blessings.

Every time she received those gifts, my grandmother would lose her mind, then sigh, tell her to open the gifts, and tell her, "This is a gift from your Uncle Li." ”

Those gifts are always chic and caring, and they always make her particularly fond of them. She has remembered "Uncle Li" since she was a child, and the first time she actually met Uncle Li, she was already in the first grade of elementary school.

A child of that age, already remembered. Can remember a lot of things, adults think they can't remember.

As a primary school student, she obediently went to bed very early every day. That day, I was woken up by the sound of the living room. She rubbed her eyes, wore a cute little nightdress, and walked barefoot to the living room quietly.

The memory of that day is particularly vivid.

Because she saw her grandmother crying. The crying and weakness of adults often make small children feel frightened and panicked, especially those who are delicate and sensitive. Seeing her grandmother crying, she stood there and didn't dare to go forward.

However, the thing that really impressed her the most was the man.

Grandpa was also wiping tears. Grandma leaned over and covered her face and cried. The man leaned forward and gently patted her on the back, giving her a warm voice of comfort.

There was a casual intimacy in that action, which shocked Gu Mingqiu. Because in front of her grandmother, her father has always been tense, keeping a distance, and answering cautiously. Even so, it was difficult for his grandmother to look at him more. Not to mention allowing him to make such intimate gestures to her.

When she was young, she was more sensitive and delicate than her peers because of her special family environment. She looked at this picture and was inexplicably sad and lost.

At this time, the adults noticed her. The beautiful little girl, barefoot and with long hair, stood there, sad alone.

"Xiaoqiu ......" Grandma wiped her tears, but her eyes showed hesitation. There is no guest as usual, who will call her forward and say hello politely.

"Xiaoqiu......" She heard the man call her name as well. He stood up and walked over to her. He was so tall, Gu Mingqiu raised his head and leaned up quickly, feeling that he looked like a tall tower.

The tower-like man crouched down and made eye level with her.

"Xiaoqiu?" He looked at her, scrutinizing and scrutinizing in his gaze, then becoming gentle. "You're ...... It's like your mother......"

He said, "I'm your Uncle Li. He rubbed her head with a smile. His hands were big and hot. Rubbing it on the top of her head and it feels good.

Then she knew that the tower-like man was Uncle Lee, who gave her a gift every year.

After that, she suddenly received more gifts. Not only birthdays, but also inexplicable days, there can also be gifts.

Grandma did not refuse or stop the gift given by Uncle Li, she just sighed often.

Those gifts are not only beautiful in themselves, but even the boxes are very beautiful. All girls have a collecting fetish, especially those beautiful things. She didn't throw away those beautiful boxes, big and small, and kept them all well. Many of them can also be used to hold things and put them on the bookshelf, which is neat and beautiful.

Until one day, she accidentally breaks a box and finally discovers the secret inside. In the box, there are also small cards hidden.

The card read: "Another year, two months to celebrate. Cartier's classic model, the most flattering to you. 】

That year, Gu Mingqiu was ten years old. At this age, boys only know how to play, but girls begin to develop in a slim direction, sensitive and delicate.

Gu Mingqiu dismantled all the boxes and found all the cards, as if he was digging a treasure. After reading those cards, I finally knew that those days when I received gifts for no reason turned out to be meaningful. According to Uncle Li's mood, he will send gifts on whichever day he thinks of this year. So it seems, there is no pattern to be found.

[I saw you in the elevator for the first time.] 】

[First date.] 】

[The first kiss.] 】

[First time together.] 】

[The first quarrel.] 】

……

Gu Mingqiu sorted out the cards and made a record. Then she knew all the days of Uncle Li and "you".

On that day, he met you.

That day, he kissed you.

On that day, he and you were together for the first time.

……

Gu Mingqiu knew that that "you" was her mother. She asked her grandmother who Uncle Li was.

After her grandmother hesitated, she told her that Uncle Li was her mother's boyfriend. After she finished speaking, she was stunned for a long time.

At that time, she didn't know about the bad relationship between her parents. I can't help but feel confused and confused about the relationship between my father, my mother, and Uncle Li.

In the confusion, she slowly grew up. When I reach adolescence, I begin to understand what it means to be "together", and I can't help but blush and heartbeat.

But as she got older, she slowly ...... She no longer blushes and her heart beats. She began to feel sorry and uneasy.

How long has her mom been dead? Uncle Li is still ...... Can't break free......

She uses a special box to store those cards, more and more. Her heart is getting heavier and heavier.

She had long been aware that in her grandmother's heart, Uncle Li ...... is the one she wants her daughter to marry...... But why......

Before coming to the imperial capital, she also thought about whether she would see Uncle Li again when she got there? Uncle Li has lived in the imperial capital for a long time.

So when the tall man asks, "Do you know who I am," she knows, he's ...... Uncle Lee!

She and him have only met for the second time, but they don't feel strange at all. Uncle Li, I remember her birthday firmly. Because that day was also her mother's death sacrifice.

And she, from the cards, has already glimpsed a precious memory of his life. It also glimpses his deep affection and persistence.

She and her Uncle Lee sat down at a coffee shop, and that day, they talked a lot. She's listening, he's talking.

He told her about her mother. Talk about those...... Her father didn't know anything about it, and her grandparents didn't know anything about it. It was her mother's life.

How strong she is, how fierce she is. She works vigorously and will work overtime and stay up late to the point of breaking her stomach. How stingy she is, she is reluctant to give him a day of her annual leave, all of which has to be used to accompany her parents.

Outside of work, she is beautiful and charming, and her smile is unforgettable. He and she have a lot of memories in common, and he can't stop talking about it. When he talked about her, there was a shallow but gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes seemed to have traveled through time and space to see her eighteen years ago.

It was the first time for Gu Mingqiu to have such an intuitive understanding of his mother. Under Uncle Lee's narration, her mother is not one or a few thin photos. She has flesh and blood, she has laughter and tears, she also has love and hate. She is alive.

Gu Mingqiu slowly tasted it, and Uncle Li ...... Really know her mom, from the details of life to the level of spirituality.

He...... Seems to understand her perfectly.

and her father...... Quite the opposite.

Gu Mingqiu felt astringent in his heart.

She was originally a young and bright girl, and that faint sadness was naturally hidden from Uncle Li. He thought for a moment and gradually stopped.

At the time of parting, he seemed to be unfinished. Gu Mingqiu guessed that he might not be able to find someone else to remember her mother with him.

She saw the loneliness between his brows.

She couldn't bear it, so she asked, "Can my uncle still come to see me in the future?" ”

There was a smile in Uncle Li's eyes, gentle and gratifying. He happily promised that he would come.

She didn't go to her biological father on the weekend, and the so-called sibling reunion was just wishful thinking on the part of her biological father. For the rest of the participants, it was mental torture.

Her aunt Guo drove her to pick her up and take her to her house for the weekend.

Aunt Guo's son is six years younger than her, and he is a child that Aunt Guo is willing to give birth to after the initial success of her career.

"Sister Qiuqiu, let's fight LOL together!" He called her. His handsome dad was busy around the stove in an apron. A housewife and man at home, who would have thought that this is a first-line red star, as soon as you turn on the TV, you can see the advertisements he makes.

Gu Mingqiu called "uncle" first, and then answered, and went over to play online games with a smile. At her Aunt Guo's house, she is very comfortable. Much more comfortable than at her dad's house.

Her aunt Guo is a good friend of her mother. After her mother died, Aunt Guo approached her grandparents and told them that her mother had invested a sum of money and opened a studio with her.

Actually, she doesn't say it, no one knows at all. Her mother may have been too busy to record that money in her special book. But her Aunt Guo is so glamorous in doing things.

Grandma has always liked Aunt Guo very much. She said that her mother really made a friend worth making.

Aunt Guo's company, her mother only invests in the capital, and Aunt Guo is solely responsible for the operation and management, and her mother holds 40% of the shares. With these forty percent of the shares, the money that Aunt Guo gives her every year has already allowed her to have no worries about food and clothing.

It's just that she doesn't have what her father gave, and she can live a good life with just what her mother left behind.

She even knew that there was a large amount of money in her account, which came from Uncle Li's gift before she was born. She also knew that her grandmother had wanted to return the money, but she didn't know why she hadn't. It really became her money.

Although she has not had a mother since she was a child, and she can't live with her father, in fact, if you think about it, there are actually quite a few people in this world who care about her and treat her well.

Gu Mingqiu felt that she had to cherish her blessings and be content, and she should not be blind and hypocritical in the spring and autumn.

Her second meeting with Uncle Lee was less than a month away from the first.

She received a call from Uncle Li and ran out of the dormitory building to look for him at the school's famous little lake.

In the distance, I saw him standing by the lake, staring at the air in a daze. Leaves fell on my shoulders, and I didn't know it. She slowly approached him, and he didn't even notice. Obviously, such a keen person.

Gu Mingqiu didn't dare to quarrel with him, she gently helped him brush the fallen leaves on his shoulders.

He woke up, looked at her, and blurted out: "Gu Gu ......"

But he immediately stopped and looked at her astringently.

It turned out that he called her mother Gu Gu......

He changed his words: "Xiaoqiu." ”

He sat with her on a stone by the lake.

"I just ...... Knowing some things, I think, these things, you are entitled to know. He said.

He was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "Back then, I was still with your mother, and your mother had you in her belly. Then something happened to me and I avoided it abroad. I have a guy next to me, his name is Katsuko......"

He told her the true cause of her mother's death.

Gu Mingqiu looked at the weeds and small flowers by the lake and was silent for a long time.

"Why are you telling me? If you don't say it, no one knows the truth. She asked softly.

Her Uncle Lee lit a cigarette. The way he smokes is particularly tasteful, and you can imagine the romantic posture of his youth.

He took a few puffs, exhaled a puff of white smoke, and looked at the lake.

"At the beginning...... When I left, I thought that when I came back, I would kill your father sooner or later. He said, "Then your mother died, and I wanted to kill him even more." But when I came back, you had no mother. I can't let her child be without a dad again. ”

"Now, I'm glad I did......"

"Nobody knows. But that's not fair to you. ”

"Xiaoqiu, between you and your father, there shouldn't be this estrangement because of me. In that case, ...... for you It's so unfair. ”

Gu Mingqiu looked at her, tears began to accumulate in his eyes.

"What if...... I'm your child," she asked with difficulty, "is it my mother...... Won't die? ”

Li Sheng looked at her. The gaze is calm and does not see any fluctuations.

After a long time, he spoke: "I have done this assumption many times. ”

But there is never an "if" in the world.

"I don't understand!" Gu Mingqiu choked. "You said you loved each other...... So why me? What the hell is going on with me? ”

As she spoke, tears flowed. This doubt has been in her heart for many years, and it may have pressed her for many years.

The more she came into contact with her biological father, the more she understood that if her mother was raised by her grandmother like her, then she would ...... There was no way to fall in love with her biological father.

So, how did she get into this world? Has anyone been looking forward to her arrival?

Or is it ...... Is her existence just a mistake?

"Silly boy......" Uncle Lee rubbed her head and watched her cry and sob under his hands. He sighed.

"When you grow up, you'll understand that adults sometimes do stupid things. That's when I did something stupid and pissed off your mother, and your mother was angry, and that's how you got you. ”

Li Sheng looked at the girl's suddenly pale and bloodless face, and rubbed her head a little funny.

"Not what you think...... After having you, the two of us reconciled. Your arrival was not in her plans, but your birth was definitely under her expectations. ”

"For your sake, she doesn't wear makeup. For your sake, she quit smoking and only drank plain water. For your sake, she wears an unsightly radiation-proof suit all day long. She gave up her pretty high heels for your sake. For you, she honestly took medicine and obediently took a pregnancy test on time.

For you...... She refused to marry me. ”

The tearful girl looked up in astonishment.

"I'll tell you," Uncle Lee smiled, his smile full of a man's confidence. "Your mother loves me, only me."

He paused and said, "But she loves you more." At that time...... I haven't gotten off drugs, I'm an addict. For her, there is a dangerous instability. For your sake, she won't marry me. ”

"I want to be your father, I told her and I will treat you as my own, but she resolutely refuses to give me this opportunity."

"So you have to know how much she loves you. Her love for you, you can't live up to it. ”

"Otherwise, the first one who can't forgive you is me."

When she parted that day, she asked Uncle Li if he would come to see her in the future.

He didn't promise.

His gaze suddenly rested on her wrist. He suddenly grabbed her hand abruptly.

"My mother's relics." She followed his gaze and saw a bracelet on her wrist.

Uncle Li's gaze froze for a moment, and he said softly, "Cartier's classic diamond bracelet." There are two models, and I have been comparing them for a long time. The other one is too soft, and your mother's temperament is hard, which is more suitable for this one. She also liked it and wore it often. ”

[Another year, two months to commemorate.] Cartier's classic model, the most flattering to you. 】

It turns out that this is Cartier! Gu Mingqiu was stunned.

She was just a young girl, and although she actually had a good net worth, her grandmother did not allow her to be overly extravagant. She wasn't familiar with these big brands. She just thought the bracelet was nice and something her mom was close to. That's why she wears it close to her body all the time.

Uncle Li didn't come to see her again and disappeared like that.

She returned to Jiangdu during the winter vacation, and when she came back after the New Year, a man named Li Bing came to her.

"By age, you can call me uncle, by seniority...... You still call me Brother Sheng. He said. He is Li Sheng's nephew.

Li Sheng went to Canada to settle down, and he entrusted Gu Mingqiu to Li Bing's care.

"If you have something, call me." He gave her a business card.

Gu Mingqiu called him "Brother Li Bing" as he requested, and politely put away his business card. It's just polite. Her willingness to be close to Uncle Li does not mean that she is willing to be close to the rest of the Li family. She didn't know them well.

She originally planned to say thank you and leave, but Li Bing's words left her behind.

He looked at her carefully, and suddenly said, "You really look like your mother." ”

This sentence made Gu Mingqiu's body slightly raised and sat back again.

"You know my mom too? Can you tell me about her? She said. She always misses any opportunity to get to know her mother.

But Li Bing actually didn't know her mother very well. He thought about it for a long time, and only said: "Your mother is very beautiful, has a good temperament, talks well, and has a good figure." I can't get my uncle hooked. We all thought she would be my little aunt. My grandma was especially fond of her. ”

"I thought she was a very attractive woman. Who would have thought ......," he sighed, "who would have thought that her charm could be like this." My uncle...... Until now, I haven't been married and I don't have children. For so many years, the ...... around me No one either. ”

He was afraid that she wouldn't understand, so he explained: "Woman." After saying that, he felt that he shouldn't talk about this matter with such a little girl, and he was slightly embarrassed. Coughed to cover up.

Gu Mingqiu's eyes didn't blink for a long time.

After a long time, she let out a soft, soft "oh.......

Li Bing was thick-skinned in the end, and the embarrassment quickly passed. He looked at her delicate eyebrows, and suddenly sighed and said, "Xiaoqiu, if you are my cousin...... How nice it would be! ”

"Then my uncle will have a child of his own. My grandmother is still worried about him when she dies......"

Gu Mingqiu heard the resentment in his voice. She can understand him, no matter who sees whether her relatives are unhappy because of a woman, if it is her, she will also complain.

She lowered her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry......"

Li Bing was shocked and speechless, how could he say such a thing to a little girl!

"No, no, I'll just say that, don't take it to heart." He said embarrassedly. "Actually...... Our family knows you...... My second uncle's family has always been in the Jinling Military Region, very close to you. My cousin has been watching you all the time at the behest of my uncle......"

"Although my uncle can't take care of you by your side in person, he really sees you as his own in his heart."

When parting, Li Bing gave her a small box: "Uncle gave it to you." He said this one is better for you, and that one is better for your mom. He shrugged and said, "I don't know what that means." ”

But Gu Mingqiu vaguely understood.

She went back to her dorm room and opened the box.

Cartier's iconic diamond bracelet was created from the same period as her mother's. Comparatively, the temperament is more feminine and softer. Because Gu Mingqiu does not have the life experience of her mother, nor does she have the sharp and rigid temperament of her mother. In comparison, she is much softer and gentler, and indeed this bracelet is more suitable for her.

She cherishes it very much.

After that, Gu Mingqiu did not ask Li Bing for help on anything. On the contrary, Li Bing will contact her three or two times a year to make a phone call to ask her if she has anything to do.

She knew in her heart that it must have been Uncle Li who called him.

After learning the truth about her mother's death, she thought about telling her father. But when she called him, he was happy to ask her to go back to "home" to meet her younger siblings, have a meal together, and be close to her.

The words that came to her mouth were blocked before she could get out.

Then she thought of her grandparents. She thought of the not-so-harmonious relationship between them and her father. She thought a lot in a short period of time.

When her father finally remembered to ask her if there was something wrong with her taking the initiative to call him, she said lightly: "It's okay, I just miss you." ”

Her father was very happy and again mentioned the idea of asking her to come home to see her younger siblings, mainly to see her younger brother.

At his father's repeated requests, Gu Mingqiu agreed to get together with his younger siblings once a month. However, at a party, her baby brother is upset that his father pays too much attention to her and loses his manners in front of her. After being reprimanded by his father, his younger brother, who has always been favored by his father more than his two sisters, was furious, and blurted out a series of vicious curses.

The curses insulted her mother. Listen to the words and tone, and know who my brother learned from.

It was also the first time for Gu Mingqiu to see his father so angry with this precious brother, and the slap slapped the boy to the ground, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he looked at his angry father in horror.

Gu Mingqiu finally felt that enough was enough.

There is really no need for her life to be disrupted because of these irrelevant people. She has not been to such a so-called "family gathering" since.

On the way back to the dormitory that day, she recalled her father's anger. She could appreciate the special place of her mother in her father's heart. Yes, she must have occupied a very special seat, so special that her brother's biological mother cursed their mother and daughter with jealousy.

But how special is it? How special is it?

She touched the bracelet on her wrist, remembered Uncle Li's loneliness, and suddenly burst into tears.

Once, she asked her Aunt Guo if she knew Uncle Li. Her Aunt Guo really knew each other.

Hearing the man's name, she exuded the same melancholy as her grandmother.

"You don't know they're right." She recalled, "Every time Brother Li picked up your mother at the company, the little girls deliberately peeked at him in and out. I envy your mother. ”

"I still remember me and your mother, and the two of us drove his Ferrari for a ride, especially in the wind."

"Your mom buys a new coat, and he turns around and buys a Hermes bag for your mom to dress in. He has a very good eye. ”

Gu Mingqiu remembered that her father also seemed to be very fond of buying bags for women. She had heard the three "aunties" show off to each other. But he never cared what the bags looked like, he just seemed to be obsessed with the very thing of buying expensive leather bags for women.

She lowered her head and silently stirred the meat filling, wrapped it, flattened it, and served it to her Aunt Alex. The big star aunt put the ones she wrapped in a pan and gradually fried them until golden brown, and the aroma wafted out.

Then these two people in aprons beckoned the younger brother of the Guo family to serve the plate and prepare the meal. All three of them are busy.

The most idle person in the family is her Aunt Guo.

Gu Mingqiu felt that her Aunt Guo was called life. She felt that she had to learn how to live.

Six years have passed in a blink of an eye, and she graduated from Imperial University with a bachelor's degree and studied in the United States.

Over the years, she has been in love twice, although it did not come to fruition, but she also left good memories. Young life can be regarded as colorful and live up to youth.

She had just finished her master's degree and was already packing her bags to return to China, when she suddenly received a phone call.

The number displayed was a long string, and she thought for a few seconds to confirm that the call was from Canada. Her heart suddenly tightened.

Just as she had a hunch, the call was from Li Bing. His voice was a little anxious.

"Can you come to Canada right away?" He pleaded, "My uncle...... Maybe the time is coming......"

Gu Mingqiu's phone slipped out of his hand.

She flew to Canada overnight. Early in the morning, Li Bing personally came to the airport to pick her up. The two of them hadn't seen each other in years. At first meeting, Li Bing was stunned.

It seems that he saw Aunt Gu who came to his house for the first time with his third uncle.

True.

In the car, he told her about his situation. Gu Mingqiu was silent all the way.

Uncle Li's retirement place has distant mountains, lakes, forests, and beautiful scenery. By the lake, there are ponies he raises, grazing freely.

He lay down on a deck chair by the lake and rested.

Hearing her footsteps, he opened his eyes. Seeing her, a bright light burst out from his long, cloudy eyes.

"You're here." He said happily, "What about the baby, are you done?" ”

"Gu Gu, is it a man or a woman?"

Gu Mingqiu sat down beside him and said softly, "It's a girl." ”

She said: "Her name is Mingqiu, and her surname is mine. Her name is Gu Mingqiu. ”

"Great!" Uncle Li's narrow eyes smiled crookedly, "A girl like you must be a beautiful child." Is she coming? I gave her a pony too. ”

Gu Mingqiu held back her tears and said, "No, the child is too young, I didn't bring her." ”

Uncle Li let out an "oh" in disappointment.

Gu Mingqiu couldn't hold back, she asked, "She's not your child, will you really like her?" ”

"Stupid." He looked at her with a gentle gaze, "Your child is my child." ”

After he finished speaking, he felt very tired, so he closed his eyes: "I'll sleep for a while, and I'll take you to ride a horse later." I'll give you a pony. ”

He closed his eyes, but held her hand.

Gu Mingqiu's tears finally fell.

In just six years, her Uncle Li has grown old. After he learned the truth about her mother's death, his body and mind deteriorated.

The experience of drug abuse in the early years had irreparable damage to his brain and organs.

He had been suffering from Hemer's since two years ago. He forgot that the woman he loved had passed away many years ago, and he always thought that he had just left her and that he had raised a pony for her. He thought that when she gave birth, he would be able to take her to his side.

He waited for her by the lake every day, waiting for her arrival with good expectations.

Wait for her to bring her children and come along.

He held her hand and never let go. So much so that when they carried him back to the room, she had to take his hand and follow closely.

He never sane again. Gu Mingqiu's appearance gave him the strength to return to the light for the last time.

Gu Mingqiu took Uncle Li's hand like this and accompanied him by the bedside for a day and a night.

In the early days of the Hemmer family, he had made a will while he was sober. In the last moments of his life, he refused to go to the hospital and refused to be put on a ventilator. He asked to be by the lake, waiting for the last moment.

The next morning, he died.

This year, he was only fifty-eight years old.

When Gu Mingqiu's grandparents were still in good health, her Uncle Li left this world.

The leaves returned to their roots, and Uncle Li's ashes were brought back to the imperial capital, where the funeral was held.

Gu Mingqiu has always been in a daze, she followed Li Bing and accompanied Uncle Li back to China. After getting off the plane, she lived in Li's house, and she was still confused and not clear-headed.

The day after they got off the plane, it was the funeral. Everything has long been arranged in the country, in an orderly manner. Even the clothes Gu Mingqiu was going to wear at the funeral were all prepared.

Gu Mingqiu lived in the Li family, so he naturally set off with the Li family. Li Bing's son, Li Luo, is five years younger than Gu Mingqiu. He took the black armband and sent it to his family, and when he sent it to Gu Mingqiu, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Gu Mingqiu seemed to be a little more sober at this time, she took the black armband and put it on her arm. Uncle Li was alone and had no children. He regarded her as his own child, so let her bring filial piety for him.

But her hand seemed to lose its strength, and she couldn't figure out the pin.

A man from the Li family came over to help her pin the pin. He was wearing a military uniform, tall and tall, with a pair of narrow eyes that all men in the Li family have.

"Thank you." She said.

"I'm Li Hang." But he said.

Others didn't pay attention to this scene, and Li Bing's son looked back with some surprise.

The funeral was very grand, and all the people who came were people of status and age.

The few young people on the scene were particularly eye-catching. Especially Gu Mingqiu. She stood with the Li family as a gift of family thanks. The people of the Li family take it for granted.

However, many people who know the Li family at the scene know it. The three brothers of the Li family, the iron wall is generally like a horn, watching and helping each other in shopping malls and officialdom. The third generation of the Li family, Li Bing has a son. Li Hang is still unmarried.

No one knows who Gu Mingqiu is.

After the funeral, she said goodbye to the Li family and wanted to go back to Jiangdu.

Before leaving, she went to see her father. He was surprised by her early return and asked her if something was wrong.

"Go home to Uncle Lee's funeral," she said. ”

Her father was slightly confused: "Which Uncle Li?" ”

Gu Mingqiu was silent for a while before replying, "Li Sheng, Uncle Li." ”

Her father needed a moment of memory before he could figure out who this person was.

When he remembered it, his expression changed. He seemed angry, disappointed, sad, unwilling and jealous. But in the end, it only turned into a sigh.

His daughter's mother has been dead for more than 20 years, and all his thoughts about that man have lost their meaning. What's more, he died.

At her father's house, Gu Mingqiu met her long-lost brother. After their shared father slapped him in a fit of rage, his birth mother was paid a severance pay and deported from him. He was personally raised by his father.

It looks like it's grown a lot.

seems to have finally understood that his mother is just one of his father's mistresses. Instead of sitting in the main palace as he thought before, he was hindered by the eldest sister.

He recalled his ignorance in the past, and greeted his eldest sister with some shame. Gu Mingqiu responded politely.

Although they are related by blood, their feelings are born and never born. Their sister and brother are probably destined to fail. Everyone was polite to each other, which was already good.

She said goodbye to her father and younger siblings and took a plane back to Jiangdu. After boarding, she was told by the flight attendant that her seat had been upgraded. She went to the first class, but found that the next seat was Li Hang.

"Brother Li Hang." Speaking of which, she called Li Hang brother, not as embarrassed as calling Li Bing brother. Li Bing is twenty-five years older than her, and Li Hang is only twelve years older than her.

"Xiaoqiu." He screamed very naturally.

He is a man who doesn't talk much, and his personality is not quite the same as Li Bing's. He had the same eyes as Uncle Li, and when he sat next to him, Gu Mingqiu often had the illusion of sitting next to Uncle Li.

She felt that the atmosphere was awkward, so she looked for a topic and asked Li Hang why he would take this flight.

"I'm going back to the Eastern Theater of Operations." He said. "I've been there since I was a kid, and I'm very close to you."

The Eastern Theater was the former Jinling Military Region, which was renamed after the military reform. It's really not far from the river. But Gu Mingqiu always felt that there should be a closer and more direct plane.

Li Hang said too little, so she had to be responsible for adjusting the atmosphere. She talked about what they knew together, and somehow about her elementary school.

"Jiangdu Hanjiang Second Elementary School." Li Hang said.

Gu Mingqiu was stunned.

"Then Hanjiang No. 1 Middle School, then Jiangdu No. 15 Middle School, until I was admitted to university." He looked at her stunned eyes, opened her mouth slightly, and smiled: "I know everything about you." ”

"Uncle ordered me to take care of you. I've been watching you for years. ”

"When you were in your third year of junior high school, you were blocked in the alley by three little hooligans and wanted to be indecent. You surprise and knock them over, then run away. Later, the three men had their legs broken. ”

"I knocked it myself. That's it, Uncle still thinks I'm not ruthless enough. ”

Outside the window, the snow and white clouds on the sea, the sun is dazzling.

Gu Mingqiu's eyes felt a tingling.

"Don't cry...... Li Hang wiped away her tears. You know someone is watching over you, just do it. ”

Gu Mingqiu tried very hard to hold back his tears, but he still failed.

"Brother Li Bing said, he is very sorry, I am not your cousin." She held back for a long time before she sniffed and said, "I ...... too It's a pity. ”

"No......" Li Hang looked into her eyes and said, "I don't regret it." ”

That year, Li Hang took Gu Mingqiu's hand and accompanied her to worship her mother.

They lit braziers.

Gu Mingqiu opened his backpack and took out a box to open. There is a card tied with a rubber band inside. Each tie represents a meaningful day.

Gu Mingqiu knew early on that those cards were not for her, but she was reluctant. But now, it's time for her to give those cards back to her mother.

Card after card was reduced to ashes in the fire.

[It's today again, I'll see you in the elevator, shallow, frivolous. I just want to you. 】

[Why didn't I hold back, if I wasn't discovered by you, there would be no madness later.] 】

[The first time I quarreled, I always couldn't help you. Later I went to see your old lover, oh, not as good as me. 】

[I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I knew I was wrong. But there is no regret medicine in the world. 】

[Two months of remembrance, Cartier classics, lining you. ] 】

[The last side.] 】

[The first day together.] Wonderful. 】

[I didn't control it, I hurt you, I was scared to death.] 】

[I met my mother, she likes you. 】

[On the day I regret it the most, I don't know how many times I should say I'm sorry. 】

[A glass of Blueberry Tea, thinking about you like crazy.] 】

Thinking of you, like madness.

["Mud" is all over]