kvmb Chapter 36 Yes, it's all your wishful thinking.
Chapter 36 Yes, it's all your wishful thinking.
The car returned to the Gu family manor along the original route and soon arrived at the fork in the road that Butler Zhou had specifically pointed out earlier.
The driver did indeed turn and drive the car onto the side road.
The road is built along the scenic lake, and there is a boardwalk that winds around the lake. Right now, Gu Wentao's close friends who have come from afar are strolling and chatting along the boardwalk.
Sitting in the car, Li Xi was filled with admiration. The Gu family was truly wealthy and powerful, having built a lakeside park right in their home.
After driving around most of the lake, the car finally stopped.
"Miss Li Xi, we've arrived."
The driver opened the car door for Li Xi.
Li Xi lifted the hem of her skirt as she got out of the car and turned around to see Du Yusheng standing in front of an asphalt path built along the mountainside.
There is a sign at the intersection with an arrow indicating that the Lakeside Villa is located here.
Considering that Li Xi was wearing high heels and it would be inconvenient for her to climb the ladder, Du Yusheng stretched out his arm.
"Come on, give me a ride."
Li Xi didn't stand on ceremony and gracefully took Du Yusheng's arm.
When Li Xi arrived at a modern villa with a strong sense of design, she was somewhat surprised that the house where Mr. Gu lived had such a modern design style.
She had assumed that Gu Wentao's home was a Chinese-style villa or a European-style elegant house.
Du Yusheng waved his hand and told Li Xi, "This is the small building where Young Master Huaizhou lives."
Li Xi was utterly astonished.
"Mr. Gu Huaizhou?"
"Ah."
Li Xi directly asked the question that had been on her mind, "Butler Du said earlier that it was Old Master Gu who wanted to see me, so why did he bring me here?"
Who exactly wants to see her?
"That's how it is," Du Yusheng explained patiently. "Every year on his birthday, the old gentleman eats longevity noodles with young master Huaizhou."
"The old gentleman is with Young Master Huaizhou right now."
It turned out to be the case.
Lakeside Villa is a four-story villa in a modern minimalist style. It is hidden on a high hillside in an oak forest, backed by a sunny mountain.
The first floor of the villa has a high ceiling, with a mountain stream flowing directly under the living room. To the left is a lawn with an outdoor coffee table.
To the right is a parking lot, where several rare black steel-style sports cars are parked.
A white spiral staircase extends to the second floor.
The second floor is actually the first floor of Lakeside Villa.
Li Xi followed Du Yusheng up to the second floor and discovered that a glass floor had been installed in the middle of the living room, through which the stream could be clearly seen.
"Miss Li Xi, please wait a moment, I'll go to the restaurant to fetch the old gentleman."
"it is good."
After Du Yusheng left, Li Xi didn't sit on the sofa to wait. Instead, she stood with her back bent next to the glass floor, curiously looking at the stream below.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a clever and interesting design in real life.
"Miss Li Xi, would you like a cup of tea?" Butler Gu Han walked over with a tray.
Li Xi quickly followed Gu Han to sit down on the sofa, and accepted the teacup with both hands, saying, "Thank you, Butler Gu."
"You're too kind." Gu Han noticed that Li Xi's neck was scraped, and although the bleeding had stopped, the wound was still clearly visible.
He said, "Your neck was scratched?"
Even though Gu Han didn't say anything, Li Xi didn't notice that her neck was scraped. She touched it and sure enough, she felt the wound.
"It's a minor injury, the bleeding has stopped, and it should scab over by tomorrow morning."
Li Xi was used to living under someone else's roof, and in order not to cause trouble for the Xie family, she would endure her injuries as much as possible.
Over time, she stopped caring about such minor injuries.
Only children who are pampered have the right to complain of pain.
Gu Han gave her a deep look upon hearing this and said, "I'll go get you some disinfectant and bandages. Miss Li Xi, please wait here."
Li Xi wanted to say no, but Gu Han had already left.
Even the butler's execution ability in this Gu family is ridiculously strong.
Noticing a glass wall opposite the sofa, Li Xi got up and walked over.
She leaned closer to the glass, tilted her head back to examine the marks on her neck, and discovered that Jiang Qingkong had scratched two bloody marks, each seven or eight centimeters long, on her neck.
"Dog paws? They can scratch so hard."
Li Xi cursed angrily, "I'll pull out all your fingernails sooner or later!"
...
Li Xi thought the glass wall was a mirror, but little did she know that behind the glass wall was actually a semi-open study.
In the south-facing study, there is a desk with a bookshelf wall behind it.
Outside the study is a tea room for receiving guests, with a Suzhou embroidery screen serving as a partition in the middle.
At this moment, Xie Jiaoyue was sitting in the tea room.
Holding a cup of Junshan Silver Needle tea, she asked Gu Huaizhou curiously, "This is the first time I've ever had this tea, Mr. Gu. What kind of tea is it?"
inside.
The young man, who was sitting upright behind the desk, was now tilting his head and staring intently at the glass wall to the west.
Every move Li Xi made was reflected in Gu Huaizhou's view through the glass.
Her neck, held high, was slender and elegant, with two freshly licked streaks still oozing small beads of blood.
Gu Huaizhou's throat moved silently.
His eyes were fixed greedily and devoutly on the left hand that was constantly stroking the bloodstains, when he suddenly tugged at the collar of his sweater.
Even though Li Xi was touching her own neck, Gu Huaizhou felt an itch and her blood surging in her neck...
"Mr. Gu?" Xie Jiaoyue was getting restless after not hearing Gu Huaizhou's reply for a while.
She put down her teacup and had just stood up when she heard Gu Huaizhou say, "It's Junshan Silver Needle tea."
Xie Jiaoyue plopped back down.
She smiled gently and praised, "It's fine tea."
"Really?" Gu Huaizhou said, "But I don't like this tea."
Xie Jiaoyue's smile faltered.
The tea you can't stand, I can.
Thinking back to the ambiguous words Gu Wentao had said at the birthday banquet, Xie Jiaoyue felt a little anxious.
After waiting for so many years, Xie Jiaoyue didn't want to wait any longer.
"Mr. Gu."
“At the banquet earlier, Grandpa Gu joked that he would introduce me to a few boys my age. He also said that you specifically told him to vet them carefully for me.”
Staring intently at the two adorable panda embroidered on the screen, Xie Jiaoyue took several deep breaths and mustered her courage to ask Gu Huaizhou, "Is this real?"
Without the slightest hesitation, the man inside coldly replied, "Yes, I did instruct Grandpa on this matter."
"Why!" Xie Jiaoyue lost control of her emotions, raising her voice and instinctively saying, "Why did you push me to someone else?"
"What do you mean by that, Miss Xie? What do you mean I'm going to push you to someone else?"
The young man's tone suddenly turned cold and indifferent. He said, "When did you become one of my people?"
Xie Jiaoyue was surprised.
She lowered her head in bewilderment, murmuring absentmindedly, "But all these years, you haven't had any contact with any other girls. You haven't seen any other women besides me..."
"Who doesn't know that Mr. Gu's attitude towards me is the most special?"
As Xie Jiaoyue spoke, tears silently streamed down her face.
She was already stunningly beautiful, with a black beauty mark at the corner of her eye. In the years she's been in the entertainment industry, she's become famous primarily for her crying scenes.
When Xie Jiaoyue cried, she looked so pitiful that I felt sorry for her.
Her voice was soft and delicate as she accused Gu Huaizhou with a wronged tone, "Have I been deluding myself all these years?"
"Yes." Gu Huaizhou's voice was cold and indifferent: "It's all your wishful thinking."