It was a hot meal when they entered the door, and Gu Qi didn't bother to think so much, after the driver put their luggage away, Gu Qi pulled Lin Huaishu and started eating.

The aunts at home prepared all the dishes that Gu Qi liked to eat when he was a child, and the taste was a little sweet, but in fact, in the past few years in the field, Gu Qi no longer likes to eat sweet things.

Lin Huaishu is very familiar with the Gu family, Gu Qi has been in the field for several years, and she has come to accompany Gu's father and mother.

She took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet with ease, skillfully pulled out the cork, didn't bother to decant the wine, and took it directly to the table. Seeing this, the aunt took out two goblets from the cupboard and poured wine for the two of them.

Lin Huaishu picked up the wine glass, his eyebrows jumped slightly, and said to Gu Qi, "Drink?" ”

"Okay." Gu Qi picked up his wine glass.

Gu's mother likes to collect red wine very much, Lin Huaishu's mouth is sweet, and she likes Gu's mother very much, and Lin Huaishu drinks a lot of good wine here.

She took a sip and exclaimed, "This wine is good, I knew to wake up with a decanter!" ”

Gu Qi nodded approvingly, this wine has a smooth entrance and a rich aroma, she has never liked the astringency in red wine, but although this wine has astringency, it has a balanced taste and a unique style.

She watched Lin Huaishu staring at this bottle of wine, the bottle was about to be stared out of a hole, she turned her head and asked her aunt, "Auntie, where did you buy this bottle of wine?" ”

The things at home are generally cleaned up by the aunt, about Gu's mother's wine cabinet, it is also the aunt who is responsible for the placement of categories, she took a look, and then said to Gu Qi: "This should be sent by the young master of the Meng family some time ago, he recently opened a winery, and specially sent a bottle to his wife." ”

"The Meng family? Who is from the Meng family? Gu Qi thought of Meng Yan who exposed her information for no reason, and he also believed Meng.

"Yes, Meng Yan." Auntie thought about it for a moment.

"It turned out to be him." Lin Huaishu pursed his lips, his face full of disgust, "The wine he sent, no matter how good it is, it is unlucky." ”

"Why do you say that?" Gu Qi was a little curious.

"He is the illegitimate son of the Meng family, and he was brought back by the old man of the Meng family last year, but he has not been welcomed well in the circle, you say that people like us, who would like their father's illegitimate son? I brought it back when I became an adult, this is not a clear statement that I want to divide the family property. The Meng family was so angry that she couldn't do it, but she still had to pretend to be generous on her face, and my mother told me that many wives laughed at her in private. Lin Huaishu moved the bottle of wine far away, and seemed to feel bad luck just by looking at it.

In this way, Meng Yan is actually not very popular at home.

This kind of thing is actually very common in the circle, when Gu Qi was young, his parents also quarreled because of this matter, and later his father broke off the relationship with his lover outside, but during that time, the relationship between the two was also estranged a lot.

It's just that she left City A for a few years, but she didn't expect so many things to happen, and they all infiltrated her life intentionally or unintentionally.

It wasn't until four o'clock in the afternoon that Gu's mother called and said that the Meng family had a dinner party, and asked Gu Qi and Lin Huaishu to attend it in the evening, so Lin's mother stopped calling.

Gu Qi said hello.

This is almost like a boss assigning work to a subordinate, Lin Huaishu is also a little uncomfortable listening to it on the side, although the uncle and aunt have always said that they love Gu Qi, what they say is that Qi Qi is our only daughter, but it seems that as long as it involves their own affairs, it must be to satisfy their own emotions and interests, and always put Gu Qi aside.

It is inevitable that Gu Qi is not close to them.

Lin Huaishu went to the guest room to rest, Gu Qi called Cheng Bei, she wanted to ask him something in person.

Cheng Bei is Gu's father's personal secretary, but he rarely follows Gu's father, and most of the time he lives in a hotel close to Gu's house, and helps Gu's investigate some more secret information every day.

The last time she investigated Han Qiuyi's matter, Father Gu must have been clear.

After Cheng Bei got down, in less than twenty minutes, he knocked on the door of the study.

Gu Qi said softly: "Come in." ”

The two sat down at the desk, Gu Qi didn't hide it, and directly said what he wanted to ask, "Why did my father stop me from investigating Han Qiuyi?" ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Cheng Bei's face, although he didn't say it, but Gu Qi also knew the difficulty in his heart, after all, the person in charge of the Gu family now was her father, Cheng Bei was doing things for her father in the end, since this matter had been expressly forbidden to speak, Cheng Bei was naturally difficult to speak.

Gu Qi didn't want to force him, so he said, "Was my father angry that day?" After all, I asked you to do something without him, and I also wanted to ease relations with him when I went back to City A this time, after all, I was his only daughter. ”

She hid some falsehoods in what she said, but she also pointed out that she was the only heir of the Gu family, if Cheng Bei was determined not to reveal it at all, then he would not want to mix in the Gu family in the future.

Hearing Gu Qi say this, Cheng Bei finally relented, "When Gu Dong knew about this, he was really displeased, and even quarreled with his wife. ”

In the middle of the night, he was called to his home by Gu Dong and asked him if he was helping Gu Qi investigate Han Qiuyi's matter, at first he didn't care, thinking that helping his boss's daughter do things was also within the scope of work, and Gu Dong should not be angry because of this matter.

But Gu Dong, who has always had a good temper, was unusually angry that day, and there was a slight quarrel with Mrs. Gu after going upstairs.

But he didn't hear the argument clearly.

Gu Qi pursed his lips.

Her father is a person who cares about face extraordinarily, and if it weren't for the fact that it was about reputation, he would definitely not lose his temper.

Could it be that Han Qiuyi has something to do with her father?

Gu Qi only felt that her mind was like a mess, and it wasn't until Cheng Bei left that she leaned weakly on the back of the chair.

The family photo on the desk is particularly eye-catching, she has bangs in the photo, she looks cute and well-behaved, and her parents sit on either side of her, smiling, which they took on their fifth anniversary.

Everything was beautiful back then.

The location of the Meng family is in the east of City A, the Gu family is in the south of City A, Gu Qi and Lin Huaishu pinched the time point and changed into the dress sent, Lin Huaishu pulled the skirt and couldn't help complaining, "I hate to participate in these banquets the most, wearing such a troublesome dress, it just kills me, and I don't know what my mother thinks." ”

Gu Qi looked at her aqua blue dress, the skirt was studded with fine diamonds, and the style of some puffy skirts really didn't match Lin Huaishu's world-weary appearance with rolling his eyes.

She looked down at her dress, a slim silver dress, which was mainly simple, but it was in line with her own aesthetics.

After the two changed their clothes, they got into the car of the Meng family and arrived at their destination in about half an hour.

The Meng family is located in a manor, very Chinese style, I heard that the ancestors have passed down three generations, and there are many styles in the Republic of China.

Gu Qi couldn't help but sigh: "The Meng family is a scholarly family in the end, and it is completely different to give those mansions that can be bought with money. ”

Lin Huaishu also nodded approvingly.

The two walked all the way to the main hall, the top of the hall hung a huge crystal ceiling to illuminate everything below like a dream, at this time Gu's mother and Lin's mother were together, chatting with the rich ladies around them about some daily interesting things, and the men were in their own faction, chatting about some business things.

Mother Lin saw the two people coming from a distance, and smiled at the people around her: "That girl from my family is here with the girl from the Gu family." ”

Gu's mother turned her head to look, she hadn't seen Gu Qi for three years, compared with the youthful appearance of just graduating from college before, she is now a lot more mature, and her eyebrows and eyes no longer reveal the look that she often had when she was angry, but faintly, it seems that nothing can attract her attention.

She couldn't help but feel a little astringent, Qiqi was obviously a very lively little girl when she was a child.

Everyone has an impression of Lin Huaishu, after all, Mother Lin often takes Lin Huaishu with her, but she has some eyes on Gu Qi.

Gu's mother took Gu Qi's hand and introduced to everyone, "This is my daughter Gu Qi, who has been outside for a few years, and it is estimated that she has lost her eyes." ”

Instead, she introduced Gu Qi again, and said to the lady in the white dress: "This is your Aunt Meng." ”

Mrs. Meng smiled slightly, and praised Gu Qi: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Qi Qi has grown up to look better and better." ”

Mrs. Meng has said a lot of such scenes, but today's sentence is a heartfelt compliment.

Gu Qi said politely: "Aunt Meng has won the award." ”

Mrs. Meng nodded, her eyes revealing affection, "You kid is humble." ”

Today's banquet is mainly for Mr. Meng's birthday banquet, and almost all the celebrities in City A gather here tonight.

Gu Qi looked at Old Man Meng, his hair was gray, but his spirit was very good, and the man standing next to him thought that he was tall should also be from the Meng family.

She was bored with such a banquet, Lin Huaishu was detained by Lin's mother, she was freer, and after chatting with the wives for a few words, she went for a walk in the manor alone.

Gu Qi is very interested in the decoration here, she did not study business-related majors in college, but studied architecture-related with interest, although she did not engage in related work until graduation, but the interest is there after all.

She walked to the bottom of a long corridor, although it still maintains the antique flavor of the Republic of China period, but the roads on both sides of the corridor are equipped with sensor lights embedded in the ground, and as Gu Qi gradually approaches, the lights in the corridor are lit up in turn.

Suddenly, there were lights on the opposite side of the corridor, Gu Qi was a little curious, who would leave in the atmosphere of the hall with intertwined lights and go to this remote place?

She slowed down and walked straight forward, the person opposite didn't seem to be in a hurry, the lights on both sides of the corridor gradually flickered and approached in the dark night, like two meteors about to meet in the dark night sky.

The warm yellow light restores the appearance of the person opposite in turn, a black suit that fits neatly and neatly, a blue tie with a delicate and metallic gray tie clip, his face is also gradually revealed in the darkness, clear and distinct outlines, a straight nose like a mountain jade, and a pair of gentle but alienated eyes.

Everything gradually pieced him together into one person.

Liang Xun.