The phone was connected, and Gu Mian first heard a noisy sound, and there seemed to be a lot of people over there.

She frowned, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, it should be night in the country, it's almost eleven o'clock, how can there be so many people at home? Could it be a relative who came to pay New Year's greetings?

"Hey, Sakura, are you listening?" Gu Mian was worried that the fountain on his side was too loud, so he walked a little farther away and moved to a relatively clean place.

After a long while, Gu Ying finally spoke up: "I...... I'm here. ”

Gu Mian immediately heard that her voice was wrong, with a thick nasal voice, as if her nose was stuffy, which should be the reason for crying. Her eyebrows furrowed even deeper, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in her heart: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Gu Ying shook her head vigorously, tears falling down her eyes, but she couldn't speak.

Gu Mian heard a small sobbing, his heart twitched, and his breathing couldn't help but stop: "Sakura, tell me, what's going on?" ”

"Grandpa...... He ......"

Gu Ying couldn't hide it anymore, her sobbing voice became louder, and even if she didn't say a complete sentence, Gu Mian could guess what was happening.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, so many people came to the house, and her father did not come to the UK to see her, coupled with Gu Ying's crying, it could only be that grandpa had an accident.

Gu Mian's brain "buzzed", and the book in his arms smashed to the ground.

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The plane arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at 2:45 p.m. the next day.

After Gu Mian ended the call with Gu Ying, she immediately took a taxi to the airport and booked the fastest return ticket, and she called Tan Man on the way to the airport to report.

Coming out of the T3 terminal, a biting north wind blew in the ice and snow, and Gu Mian's eyes hurt from freezing.

When she came back from the plane, her fingers were cold, her lips trembled, and the flight attendant looked at her several times, bending down to ask her if she was not feeling well, she just shook her head, and couldn't say a word.

Gu Mian got into a taxi, staring blankly at a certain place in the void, until the driver asked her where she was going, and she reported the address of Gu's house in English.

The driver turned his head, looked at her with strange eyes, and asked again: "Girl, what did you say?" ”

Gu Mian suddenly woke up, she had already returned to China, this was not the UK, so she said the address again.

The car started and drove forward smoothly, and the driver saw her red eyes and lost soul in the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but care: "Girl, is something wrong with you?" ”

Gu Mian shook his head, out of politeness, whispered "It's okay", and then pursed his lips tightly, turned his head to look out the window, an attitude of refusing to communicate.

She was afraid that the enthusiastic driver uncle would ask her something again, and she would not be able to control her emotions.

The driver's uncle guessed that she must have encountered something sad, but he didn't ask, and said some comforting words to himself, to the effect that there is no hurdle in this world that cannot be overcome, people have to look forward, and life is still very beautiful......

After not closing her eyes for more than ten hours, coupled with the discomfort caused by jet lag, Gu Mian leaned her head against the cold car window, and she felt that she was about to vomit in the next second, who had never been motion sick.

She endured the discomfort, closed her eyes and wanted to rest for a while, perhaps her body was too tired, she slept in a daze for almost an hour, and then opened her eyes, and was greeted by a familiar building, reminding her that she was almost home.

Gu Mian shook his head, which was getting heavier and heavier, sat up straight, looked ahead, and unconsciously clenched the hem of the down jacket with both hands, using too much force, and the joints were white.

The closer she got to home, the tighter her breathing became, almost to the point of suffocation.

Finally, the Gu family's villa appeared in sight, she looked at the bare tree trunks on both sides of Dao Gu, and the picture of her grandfather standing under the tree with a cane waiting for her to get out of school countless times appeared in front of her eyes-

When Grandpa saw her get out of the car, he greeted her with his uneasy legs, took the schoolbag on her shoulder as soon as possible, and then, like a trick, took out a washed peach from behind and handed it to her, sometimes a peeled orange, and asked her if she was tired from school as he walked back......

The taxi stopped by Gu Bian, Gu Mian paid and got out of the car, stood in the cold wind and waited for a long time, so long that her legs and feet were sore, and she was about to lose her foot, and no one came out to pick her up.

No one will ever stand in front of her house waiting for her when she comes home from vacation.

Tears blurred his vision, Gu Mian raised his sleeve and wiped it, slowly turned his stiff body, and walked into the door of the villa step by step, and heard chaos before he entered the living room.

"Sleep?"

Xu Xiangzhi was the first to see Gu Mian at the door, and his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that she had returned to China.

The conversation in the living room came to an abrupt end, and everyone looked over.

Gu Mian looked at his family and relatives who came, and choked up: "Why are you hiding it from me?" ”

Why did grandpa pass away, no one told her, if she hadn't taken the initiative to call Gu Ying and heard the strangeness of her voice, maybe she knew about it a long time later.

Why, exactly?

After holding on for a while, Gu Mian's mood had collapsed, and his body staggered, as if he would fall down at any time.

Gu Mochen walked over quickly to support her: "No, Mianmian, Dad didn't mean to hide it from you, it's because ......"

Gu Mian looked at his father, he hadn't seen him for a long time, his face was much haggard, his temples were white, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were deep, looking like he had drawn them with a pen. Her voice trembled: "Because of what? ”

"Because before leaving, grandpa specially instructed us not to tell you, he said that he made a wrong decision and hurt you, he ...... He's worried that you're still not going to forgive him. ”

This was the last thing Gu Wang said before closing his eyes, and no one dared not listen.

Gu Mian was stunned.

The living room was so quiet that it could be heard that a needle was dropping, and suddenly, Gu Mian's crying voice sounded.

The person next to him listened to the cry and his nose was sour, and he turned his back to secretly wipe his tears.

——

When he woke up again, it was already dark outside, Gu Mian was lying on the bed, his eyes were looking at the ceiling, his thoughts were returning little by little, remembering that he was crying in the living room, and suddenly lost consciousness.

She was just about to raise her hand, but she found something on the back of her hand, and the next second, Gu Ying pressed her moving hand: "Don't move, the needle is going to fall off." ”

Gu Mian was slightly stunned, turned his head and saw Gu Ying sitting on the edge of the bed, with an infusion bottle hanging on the hanger next to him, and an infusion needle on the back of his hand and two white medical tapes pasted on it.

"You have a fever, a high fever of thirty-nine degrees, and your family doctor has come to see you and given you an intravenous drip." Gu Ying touched her forehead, and the fever had not subsided.

Gu Mian raised the hand that didn't stick the needle on his forehead, and it was really hot.

No wonder she felt dizzy and nauseous while sitting in the car, and thought it was the discomfort caused by jet lag and physical exhaustion.

Gu Ying tucked the quilt corner for her: "Do you want to drink water?" I'll pour you a cup of hot water. She saw that Gu Mian's lips were a little dry, and the corners of her mouth were peeling.

Gu Mian shook her head, her eyes wandered around the familiar bedroom, all the arrangements were exactly the same as before she left the country, and the position of the vase had not moved.

She opened her mouth to speak, her voice a little hoarse: "I wonder how Grandpa ...... him suddenly"

On Chinese New Year's Eve, she called Gu Ying, and if her grandfather was seriously ill, Gu Ying should tell her.

"Grandpa walked peacefully and did not experience illness." Gu Ying said, "Yesterday morning, my aunt called my grandfather to get up on time, and he was lying on the bed and refused to get up. At that time, the uncle had already arrived at the airport, as if he was going to England to see you and the aunt, and he turned back after receiving the call. After Grandpa explained the aftermath, he read your name a few more times, and finally told Dad and Uncle not to disturb your life. Grandpa is afraid that you will still complain about him in your heart, and he is unwilling to come back to see him. ”

She didn't say a word, grandpa kept looking at the direction of the door before he died, he said that he wanted to hide it from Gu Mian, but he actually wanted to see her in his heart.

Tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, wetting the pillow towel, Gu Mian sniffed: "It's all my fault, I heard on the phone that your grandfather was sick, I should have taken the time to come back to visit him, it's all my ......"

Gu Ying took out a tissue to wipe her tears: "Grandpa won't blame you, he loves you the most." Don't cry, when you cry, I won't be able to control it again. ”

When it was time for dinner, Xu Xiang came to ask them to eat, but when he opened the door, he saw that the sisters' eyes were red, and they had obviously cried again just now.

She sighed lightly, "Sakura, you go down to eat first." Sleep, I'll help you bring the food to you in a while, if you don't feel well, eat in the room, I'll stay with you. ”

Gu Mian licked his dry lips and said in a dumb voice, "I have no appetite for the time being, and I don't want to eat." ”

"How's that going to work? You didn't eat much on the plane, did you? Even if you don't have an appetite, you have to eat a few bites. Xu Xiangzhi sat on the edge of the bed, touched her forehead, and frowned: "Why is it still so hot?" ”

"But I really can't eat it, and I feel like throwing up." Gu Mian said.

Xu Xiangzhi thought for a while and compromised: "Then you rest first, tell me when you're hungry, and I'll let my aunt cook some porridge and send it over." ”

Gu Mian said hello, Xu Xiangzhi and Gu Ying went down to eat, and she was the only one left in the room.

She was infused with a total of two bottles of liquid, and the fever did not subside until 10 o'clock in the evening, and the family was relieved.

There was porridge simmering in the casserole in the kitchen, Gu Mochen brought a bowl to the room, moved a chair and sat down on the edge of the bed, and saw that Gu Mian had his eyes closed, so he didn't make a sound.

He just heard Xu Xiangzhi say that Gu Mian's fever had subsided, thinking that she had woken up, but he didn't expect that she was still sleeping. In winter, the temperature is low, and even if there is heating in the house, the porridge cools quickly, and I knew that he would not bring the porridge.

Gu Mian woke up, woke up, always in a half-dreaming state, as soon as someone sat down next to her, she woke up, her eyelashes trembled, and she opened her eyes.

"Awake? Hungry? Get up and eat something and go to sleep. Gu Mochen hurriedly stood up.

Gu Mian let out a soft "um", Gu Mochen helped her up and leaned against the head of the bed, picked up the bowl on the bedside table, scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to her mouth: "Just picked up from the casserole, it may be a little hot." ”

Gu Mian paused for a moment and said, "I'll eat it myself." ”

Gu Mochen looked at her pale cheeks, hesitated for three seconds, and still handed her the bowl.

When she took it, he straightened her hair, which was sleeping a little messy: "Promise Dad, don't feel guilty, Grandpa definitely doesn't want his beloved granddaughter to be sad." ”

Gu Mian drank a mouthful of porridge, choked in his throat when he heard the words, and after a while, he nodded and said, "I know." ”