As soon as Zuo Li and Gu Feichen returned to Sunshine City, the first person they went to see was Professor Liu.
This time, Zuo Li not only called him teacher, but also called him uncle.
And Professor Liu also knew about this.
They had talked on the phone before when they were in Hong Kong City.
Professor Liu praised Zuo Li again and again.
Apparently she knew about the success of the soulmate brand she founded and the launch of its first product.
Zuo Li and Gu Feichen had lunch at his place before returning to Gu's house.
As soon as he returned to Gu's house, Gu Suiyang ran to Zuo Li and had a chat.
"Little stepmother, you don't know that our life this year has been boring.
Without you at home, we wouldn’t have had anything delicious to eat during the Chinese New Year.
Mainly because it's not lively at all, the second brother is a boring gourd, and Tao Zi and Jing Feng are doing quite well."
In fact, my aunt at home cooks delicious food too.
And they are not greedy people.
But it is difficult to switch from extravagance to frugality. In the past, Zuo Li would take great pains to organize every festival.
Not to mention gifts, there are always some novel thoughts.
This made Gu Suiyang and the others like to celebrate festivals.
This year's Chinese New Year is different from last year's. The sense of gap makes Gu Suiyang very uncomfortable.
Even though they had actually lived this way for the past fifteen years, it was because the Spring Festival they celebrated when they were sixteen was particularly different.
This gave them a sense of expectation.
So, going back to the same feeling as before is not comfortable at all.
Not to mention, in addition to missing his stepmother, he also missed the old man Gu Feichen.
Although when the old man was around, he couldn't be so arrogant.
But even with the old man here, this family is like a sea-fixing needle.
I'm just not used to it.
In the past, when Zuo Li was here, their family would always have a lively time no matter what festival it was.
It’s nothing like this year, it doesn’t feel like a new year at all.
Sometimes he wanted to go to Hong Kong City and spend time with Zuo Li and the others.
As a result, his father didn't allow it.
Speaking of this, Gu Suiyang glanced at Gu Suiyang.
He curled his lips, his father was very petty.
They were not allowed to go to Hong Kong City before, even though they found many reasons.
But doesn’t Gu Suiyang still understand him?
They must be afraid that they will distract the little stepmother's attention.
But this time my little mom went to Hong Kong City to do something big.
I'm afraid I don't have time to spend with this old man.
Thinking of this, Gu Suiyang felt balanced.
Zuo Li was very happy. Being cared about by someone in a family meant that he had integrated into the family.
First Gu Beibei called her mother, and now Gu Suiyang's enthusiasm also made her happy.
"Okay, okay, can I take you with me wherever I go from now on? But..."
Gu Suiyang is seventeen years old this year and will soon become an adult.
At that time, there is no way to take it with you.
Thinking of this, Zuo Li was still a little disappointed.
She did not participate in these children's youth, and they were already teenagers when she met them.
I always thought that these children would not be so naughty when they grow up.
Her life will not have so many twists and turns,
But at this moment, I still hope that they will not grow up.
I didn't expect that almost two years would pass so quickly.
Time goes really fast.
The children and they will have their own lives.
The children can no longer be with them.
Zuo Li glanced at Gu Feichen.
From now on, only Mr. Gu will be by her side.
So wherever Mr. Gu goes, he will accompany him.
This time she also made a decision.
Even if Gu Feichen didn't want to, she wouldn't follow him to the countryside to suffer.
But Zuo Li had made up his mind this time.
Wherever he goes, she follows.
Zuo Li put away these thoughts,
He said to Gu Suiyang: "Call the children out, I have prepared gifts for you."
"Little stepmother, because you and the old man didn't say they were coming back today, they didn't wait at home.
Taozi and Jingfeng went out to play, and the second brother seemed to have something to go out too.
As for Duan Jianian, someone from the Duan family came to see him again today, so he went back, probably to visit her father's grave.
I'm the only one at home now. Stepmother, please take out all the gifts first and I'll pick them out.
I pick the rest and it’s theirs.”
Zuo Li laughed, still so naughty.
"Wait a minute, why do I feel like you've grown taller?"
Zuo Li compared her height with that of ordinary people. She was a little higher on Gu Suiyang's shoulders.
Now it seems to be just below the shoulders, "I'm afraid you are 1.8 meters tall, right?"
That’s too exaggerated, he’s only seventeen years old!!
And, you know, this is 1982.
During this period, most Chinese people were still around 1.6 meters tall.
This is the height of a man!
"Little stepmother, you still care about me. You noticed that I have grown taller right away. In the past few months, I have grown five centimeters taller!
Not only me, Duan Jianian and my second brother have also grown taller.
As for Jingfeng, that little one doesn’t seem to have grown very much?”
Zuo Li fainted.
This is really an exaggeration, it has only been a month or two.
It really grows up fast.
And he realized again that teenagers at this age really look different every day.
Maybe one day, without her noticing, they would all grow up to be upright men.
In the future, they will all have their own families, their own wives, and their own children.
It's really sad to think about it, even if they are not his biological children.
But when I think about it, I will be like a grown-up bird, flying out of this home, and I feel a little sad.
Speaking of height, Zuo Li thought about it again. He was 1.6 meters tall and seemed to have never moved.
This is a bit sad.
"What did you eat?"
Zuo Li and Gu Suiyang talked, occasionally talking about things in Hong Kong City.
Gu Suiyang went to see Gu Feichen and found that the old man did not stop him and happily talked to Zuo Li about the events during the New Year.
In fact, there is nothing wrong, Duan Duan Jianian is just studying together.
Of course, compared to Duan Jianian's hard work, Gu Suiyang didn't have much talent for learning. At most, he was just a companion.
Occasionally, he still goes out to play basketball or something. Duan Jianian doesn't just study, he will stay with him.
Taozi and Jingfeng spend all day together.
Jingfeng would occasionally go to the hospital to see patients, and Taozi would bring him meals.
"Little stepmother, I seriously suspect that these two have fallen in love prematurely. Tell me, as a guardian, do you want to give them a beating?"
Zuo Li looked at Gu Suiyang's eager expression and simply didn't know what to say.
He said helplessly: "Don't worry about their affairs, you know? I'm here to give you a gift."
Zuo Li took out the gift for Gu Suiyang.
As for Gu Feichen, he talked to Zuo Li and returned to the study.
He has not returned to Sunshine City for so long, and he must still have many things to deal with.
Especially since they came back later than originally planned, almost a month.
During this month, even if Gu Feichen coordinated well, some things would still accumulate.
Sure enough, Secretary Li also arrived at home after a while.
After Secretary Li greeted Zuo Li and Gu Suiyang, he went straight to the study.
As for Zuo Li, he also learned about what happened during this period from Gu Suiyang's mouth.
Jingfeng's master has never been here before.
Gu Jixing seemed to be busy with something recently. Gu Suiyang asked, but he didn't say anything, so he didn't ask again.
Anyway, his second brother has been very thoughtful since he was a child. Even if he gets to the bottom of things he doesn't want to talk about, there will be no results.
In short, everyone seems to be busy, except Gu Suiyang who is bored.
"Little stepmother, I'm not bored, I just miss my little stepmother."
"You really look like my grown-up son."
Zuo Li joked, "Isn't it just like a child who has left his mother? He always talks about his mother."
Gu Suiyang was silent at first, and then said in a low voice: "That's it, I already regard you as my stepmother."
After saying this, Gu Suiyang's face turned a little red.
And Zuo Li felt a little sore again, "Really?"
Although Gu Suiyang was a little embarrassed, he dug his fingers into the sofa.
But he still nodded, "So, little stepmother, you should never leave the Gu family again, okay?"
Don't worry, even if the old man no longer wants you, I will provide for you in the future, and my children can also provide for you.
Or maybe the old man has made you angry, and you don't want him, so don't abandon me.
"What a stupid thing to say!"
Zuo Li's eyes were red, and she cursed with a smile: "I am still a child, and I think about having children in the future.
Say, do you have a girl you like?
And I will never leave your father, and he will never abandon me. We will always be together."
Gu Suiyang curled his lips, "I know you and the old man are in love, isn't this just a hypothesis?
What if one day you and the old man have a falling out and your anger turns on me? Then wouldn’t I be too innocent?
Moreover, we are in love, am I showing my determination, okay? Little stepmother, you can’t help but appreciate it.”
"Okay, okay, I understand."
Zuoli still shed tears, but this time she was happy.
He had just traveled through time and found out what kind of book he was in and what kind of villain his stepson and stepdaughter were, he actually had a moment of despair.
He was afraid that he really couldn't be a stepmother well.
It is well known that stepmothers are difficult to deal with.
But his children made him understand.
Sometimes the appearance does not mean the absolute.
At least for nearly a year and a half.
The things she experienced, and even the grievances she suffered, made her never regret becoming the stepmother of these children.
She thought, if she and Gu Feichen, suppose she and Gu Feichen really had a conflict one day.
She didn't want to leave the children either.
This can also help us understand why mothers who do not get along well with their husbands and are unwilling to divorce for the sake of their children.
Perhaps the possibility of losing their child makes them able to endure all kinds of grievances and are unwilling to divorce.
After all, she is not the biological mother of these children, so she has this idea.
Not to mention the thoughts of mothers who have been pregnant for ten months, experienced level 12 labor pains, and given birth to their children.
How sad it must be to leave your own biological child.
Zuo Li also talked to Gu Suiyang about some things in Hong Kong City.
When he learned that his uncle Liu Tianrui went abroad for treatment and Beibei followed him, Gu Suiyang also sighed.
"Little stepmother, when we are eighteen, shall we go to that country?
Then we will celebrate her birthday with my sister."
Although Gu Beibei is almost the same age as them.
But because she was an abandoned baby, they actually didn't know whether their birthdays were on the same day.
But they have the same birthday.
As for Gu Beibei's life experience, the three brothers of the Gu family naturally knew about it.
After all, Gu Beibei was already three years old when she came here.
They are all about the same age and have already become governors.
But no matter who the three brothers were, they all loved Gu Beibei as their biological sister.
Apart from the blood relationship between the brothers and sisters, it has long since become a true family relationship.
Zuo Li also nodded: "Okay, then we will spend time together as a family.
Let’s spend every year together from now on, okay?”
"Of course, I will bring my son and grandchildren to celebrate the New Year for my little stepmother."
"I brought it up again. I wonder if you really have a girl you like?"
Gu Suiyang raised his hands and said helplessly: "Really not."
The other children also came back in the evening.
Including, Gu Jixing.
Everyone had a reunion dinner together.
Although the meal was still uneventful, the whole family was filled with joy because of the arrival of Zuo Li and Gu Feichen.
Even Aunt Liu and other aunts in the family are happy.
Zuo Li reissued New Year red envelopes to everyone.
Even during the Chinese New Year, Gu Jixing sent it to everyone.
However, Zuo Li still sent a big red envelope today,
She is a rich woman now.
It's still worth the money.
And festive.
Not only that, she also increased pocket money for several children.
Even though she has this little pocket money, it is not as much as she had before she got married.
But Gu Suiyang was happy anyway.
"Little stepmother, you are so generous for once. This time I can think carefully about what I want to buy."
Zuo Li glanced at him and stretched out his hand, "Here, give it back to me, I won't give it to you."
Gu Suiyang smiled angrily and hid the red envelope behind his back.
"That won't work, I'll give everything away. Little stepmother, there's no way you can take her back from me."
Gu Suiyang may not have thought that a rebellious and unruly person like him would actually be willing to be controlled.
Even without realizing it, she regarded Zuo Li as her mother.
It’s really amazing when you think about it.
So to be honest, he is actually not willing to let such a life have any twists and turns.
But he always felt that his second brother was a little strange recently.
What he didn't tell Zuo Li was that his second brother had asked him a question before.
"What would you do if Zuo Li left this home?"
Although Gu Suiyang didn't know what happened at that time.
I thought Gu Jixing was still repelling Zuo Li.
But he still expressed his stance, saying: "In my heart, my stepmother is already my real family member, and I treat her as my biological mother.
She treats us as if she were her own children, and for us, she didn't even want her own children.
So I will never let her suffer any injustice and leave this home. If she wants to leave, then I will go with her."
After he said this, the second brother didn't say anything more.
But afterwards, Gu Suiyang always felt a little strange when he thought about it.
He felt that when his second brother asked such a question, he didn't just mean what he understood.
Maybe something really happened that she didn't know about.
And this incident will cause Zuo Li to leave. After all, Gu Suiyang can also feel that in his heart, the second brother has already regarded Zuo Li as a family member.
Maybe she didn't treat Zuo Li like her mother like him.
But the relationship should be different, and he wouldn't want Zuo Li to leave at every turn.
And now he asked this question.
What happened?
Zuo Li really didn't know about this.
However, when she was eating, she always noticed that Gu Jixing looked towards her, always briefly.
It seemed that he had something to say to her, but he was hesitating whether to tell her or not.
Zuo Li kept this incident in mind, and in the evening, when everyone went to wash up, he took a moment to call Gu Jixing to the yard.
It’s euphemistically called a walk.
Zuo Li asked directly: "Ji Xing, do you have anything to say to me?"
Gu Jixing was silent for a while, nodded, and then shook his head.