Quick Transmigration: After Fake Death, All the Protagonists I Flirted With Went Crazy

Chapter 113 The Scorching Sun (12 pages)

As Gu's mother was about to open the door, Gu Yao stopped her first, forcing a stiff smile onto his face.

"Mom, I'll go."

With heavy, shuffling steps, Gu Yao walked to the door, staring at the brownish-red door in front of him, feeling as if it were a man-eating beast.

Looking at its host's state, 0529 felt that it looked somewhat familiar.

But I can't remember where I've seen it.

Gu Xi looked at Gu Yao's heavy expression and was a little puzzled, but then she saw Gu Yao reach out and open the door.

Standing outside the door was a middle-aged man dressed in a black suit.

He seemed surprised that a child would open the door.

However, his years of experience serving in wealthy households allowed him to quickly put on a polite smile. "Excuse me, does Gu Xi live here?"

Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Gu Yao couldn't help but tighten his grip on the doorknob, his knuckles turning white.

But Gu Yao remained outwardly calm, feigning an innocent expression, "Uncle, may I ask what he needs from me?"

The middle-aged man looked at the well-behaved boy in front of him and couldn't help but soften his expression. "Are your parents home? My husband would like to have a talk with them."

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother's expression changed, and she couldn't help but clutch Gu's father's sleeve tightly, her eyes revealing obvious panic.

Mr. Gu remained relatively calm and patted Mrs. Gu's hand to comfort her.

Sighed slightly.

What's meant to happen will eventually happen.

You have to pay for the sins you create.

"Where is that gentleman? Please take us there."

Mr. Gu's face was somewhat solemn, but he still agreed.

The middle-aged man gestured for her to enter, and Gu's mother tightened her grip on Gu's father's sleeve.

Gu Yao watched their actions, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Gu Xi frowned as she looked at her father's retreating figure and called out, "Dad."

Gu's father stiffened at the shout, turned to look at Gu Xi, his eyes filled with too many things for Gu Xi to understand.

He spoke with difficulty, "Your mother and I are going to see an old friend. You two children go back first and wait for us."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xi frowned even more deeply.

Judging from my parents' behavior, it's not like they're seeing an old friend, but rather an enemy.

He wanted to pull Gu's parents aside to ask what happened, but Gu Yao stopped him.

He shook his head, a complicated look in his eyes. "Let's go back, we haven't eaten the cake yet."

Gu Xi looked at Gu Yao and felt that among the four people, he was the only one who knew nothing.

Being kept in the dark is not a pleasant feeling.

But seeing Gu Yao's dejected look, he frowned and followed Gu Yao back to the table.

Only the piece of cake in front of Gu Yao was cut from the cake on the table, and the cherries on the cake glistened temptingly under the light.

However, neither of them had the mind to look at it again at that moment.

Gu Yao lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought. Gu Xi looked at her thoughtful younger brother and felt as if Gu Yao had become a different person.

People who are usually carefree are now shrouded in gloom.

"Ah Yao, do you know something?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yao clenched his fists on the table until they turned white.

He gave a stiff smile and shook his head. "I don't know."

Gu Xi stared intently at Gu Yao, who felt guilty and dared not meet her gaze, turning his head away with difficulty.

Gu Xi looked at Gu Yao's appearance, her eyes flickered, and she lowered her gaze as well.

Ah Yao really can't lie.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever I lied, I always avoided eye contact with others.

The two looked at each other in silence, and the cut cake gradually lost its moisture in the air, becoming dry.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu returned home two hours later.

Gu's mother's face turned noticeably pale, and Gu's father seemed to have had all his energy drained away.

Gu Yao and Gu Xi cast worried glances at the two of them.

Under the clear gazes of her two children, Gu's mother forced a smile and said, "It's getting late, go upstairs and rest."

Gu Xi pursed her lips, wanting to ask what had happened.

He opened his mouth, but hesitated several times before stopping himself from speaking.

He knew that even if he asked, his parents wouldn't tell him.

They didn't want to talk, and he couldn't force them.

Gu Xi looked at Gu Yao and waved to him, "A Yao, let's go upstairs and rest."

Gu Yao looked at Gu Xi, whose bright black eyes held the same tenderness as always, but Gu Yao only felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

He knew that Gu Xi was about to leave.

He took two steps forward, walked up to Gu Xi, and gave her a smile. "Gu Xi, let's go up."

Gu Xi let Gu Yao pull her upstairs. At the door of Gu Yao's room, looking at Gu Yao's bitter, forced smile, Gu Xi felt a little worried.

"A-Yao,..." What's wrong with you?

Before she could finish speaking, Gu Xi was suddenly embraced by Gu Yao. The slender young man buried his head in Gu Xi's shoulder and rubbed against her, his voice deep and tinged with unspoken sobs.

"regardless……"

No matter what, you will always be Gu Xi.

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yao stopped himself.

In the end, he simply patted Gu Xi on the back and said, "Gu Xi, goodnight."

The boy's voice drifted gently past Gu Xi's ears like a breeze, and his fluffy hair brushed against her earlobes, sending a tingling sensation through her.

Before Gu Xi could react, Gu Yao had already entered the room.

All that intimacy just now seemed like a fleeting illusion, like a mirage.

Gu Xi stood in front of Gu Yao's door, the boy's neck still warm from her touch. When she reached out, she felt a slight dampness.

These are Gu Yao's tears.

Gu Xi paused, looking at the glistening water droplets on her fingertips, and couldn't help but rub them between her fingers.

In a daze, he seemed to hear the boy's suppressed sobs.

It made his heart skip a beat.

So much happened on her nineteenth birthday that Gu Xi couldn't process it all.

He had always known that he was not the Gu family’s biological child, but over the years, he had long considered himself a member of the Gu family.

The person who came to his door tonight asked if he was there as soon as he opened the door, and he already had a vague suspicion.

I just don't know why Gu Yao knew that.

He remembered that none of the three of them had ever told Gu Yao about this.

Furthermore, the parents' behavior was also strange.

The various thoughts in my mind were like a tangled mess, impossible to unravel.

It gripped Gu Xi's heart so tightly that he could hardly breathe.

He was truly bewildered.

Ultimately, he was just a nineteen-year-old boy.

Unable to figure it out, Gu Xi could only go back to her room to rest.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

We can only hope that tomorrow's morning light will dispel tonight's gloom.

A new day, a new beginning.

But will fate really grant our wishes?

Gu Xi didn't know, but he could only wait for tomorrow to arrive.