Chapter 67

  "A soldier! A big man! Always crying, and standing at the door crying, what kind of appearance is this?! How can this be like someone from our Gong family?!" Gong Xi's father stood in the middle of the small living room, his aura suddenly making the originally spacious room feel oppressively cramped.

  Xingyun sat on the sofa with his head hung low, tears still wet on his eyelashes, glistening at the tips. Xingyun took a tissue and blew his nose, thinking to himself with discontent, I was also originally surnamed Xing.

  "When something goes wrong, you should think of a way to solve it. Which teacher taught you that when you encounter difficulties, you run away like a deserter?"

  Lucky thought to himself, if you don't make it difficult for me, can I run?

  "You don't have to be dissatisfied, wait until tomorrow when Gong Xi comes back, you two will follow him back to Shenyang and get a good scolding. Each of you claims to be from a military background, it's laughable."

  Lucky's dad looked at his son being scolded by someone else, looking pitiful like a small mouse, and couldn't bear it in his heart. He had never scolded Lucky like that before, but the way Koujiro was doing it was really intimidating.

  Xing Dad carefully walked over with a smile, "Gong Commander, you..."

  "What's the commander or not, we two children," General Gong pointed to Yong and said, "Isn't this also a close relative? Just call me Old Palace."

  Lucky tears hadn't dried yet, and burst out laughing. Old palace, old husband, the surname of Gong family is really humorous.

  "Keep smiling!"

  "Keep smiling!"

  Two old dads lectured in unison.

  Good luck doesn't smile anymore.

  Actually, Lao Gong was still hesitant on his way here, but fortunately, he walked in resolutely that day, and the attitude of Gong Xi that day was so firm.

  The old man knew that his good fortune had hurt his self-esteem, and this kid was particularly concerned about that self-esteem. If their relationship really couldn't be repaired, would Gong Xi really... not recognize himself?

  The old man was very suspicious, because from the incident of Palace Joy's mother passing away that year, it could be seen that Palace Joy and he were not close.

  Another one, he was actually scared too. When he knew that Gong Xi had gone missing and there was no news about her, the old man was so scared that even his hands were shaking when making a phone call.

  Xu Yu Yao's matter was originally a substitute plan, but later it was just that the girl was too good, too obedient, and she liked her so much, so she wanted to promote her marriage with Gong Xi wholeheartedly.

  But marriage is a joyful matter, and the power to choose whom has always been in his hands.

  A forced melon is not sweet, Lord Gong understands.

  So, all the way he was thinking of ways to make up for this matter. Therefore, his original plan for the next morning's trip was moved directly to that night, and he rushed to Lucky's home. He thought, first communicate with Lucky's parents, want to form an alliance with them, so the chances of winning will be greater.

  As a result, before he could even use his plan, he heard Lucky crying loudly outside.

  The old man suddenly understood that this matter was not so serious after all.

  A few words from Old Master Gong turned the whole thing into a certainty.

  The two words "qin jia" have been settled, so there's nothing more to say.

  Xing Jia's parents also knew that Xing Fu was willing, and since Gong Xi De's father no longer opposed it, they naturally thought it was suitable, so they agreed to the arrangement.

  "Let's go see the kid tomorrow first. Since something happened to Gong Xi on our watch, we also have a responsibility." Xing Dad said with self-reproach.

  "Good grief, how can you say that? Gong Xi got herself into trouble and caused you so much hassle. That's enough to worry about. If you keep talking like this, I'll lose face completely."

  Two old men sat together, at first still polite, after chatting for a couple of sentences they became familiar.

  They first discussed Guo Xi's case, and Commander Guo waved his hand, "Let him suffer a bit, it will be good for him to learn from the experience."

  Luckily, I recalled the appearance of Gong Xi's downfall, and a sour taste suddenly surged up again. I hastily closed my eyes, and my throat rolled once, holding back tears.

  Xing's dad took a look at him and then looked at Gong Xi's dad, his heart aching for his son who hadn't been happy for even one day since he came back.

  The old palace guard naturally understood and let out a deep sigh, "Alas!"

  "I'm at my wit's end with you guys."

  The old man shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I've already found someone. We can go pick him up tomorrow morning."

  "Why not go tonight then?" Luckily, even his brain didn't think it through, the words just slipped out, and only after he said them did he realize how impatient he sounded, a bit laughable. His face turned bright red all the way to the base of his neck.

  The old man smiled slightly, still feeling quite comforted in his heart. Although he had always hoped that Gong Xi wouldn't be with him, fortunately, it was true that he genuinely cared about his son.

  "Don't worry, he's just handling some formalities today. Nothing will happen to him, that thick-skinned guy deserves to suffer a bit inside, otherwise he'll still be acting arrogant all day."

  A smile had just spread across his lucky face.

  The next morning, Little Liu drove Palace Commander, Lucky and Xing Hai to the detention center.

  A door apart, there's a feeling of being in a different world. The rare sunny day, the cold sunlight shines on the snowy ground, and the white light is dazzling to the eyes. Gong Xi covered her eyes with her hand.

  Lucky hurried over and asked: "What's wrong?"

  Does it hurt your eyes?

  Gong Xi smiled and said, "No." Gong Xi stroked the back of Xing Yun's head with his hand, and his hair was still so soft.

  The cold wind of winter swept by, but the two people didn't feel it at all. They had a full and satisfying feeling in their hearts.

  Until Gong Xi saw her father, her face immediately turned cold, and the two of them stood there confronting each other.

  Lucky gently pulled at the corner of Palace Joy's clothes and hastily accompanied her with a smile, "Uncle, let's get on the carriage first."

  The palace commander gave a cold look at Gong Xi and sat into the car with a dark face.

  Gong Xi didn't move, and Xing Hai hurriedly pulled Gong Xi onto the car, also making eye contact with him to get on first. Whatever it was, they could talk about it later.

  All the way, Xing Yun and Hai were in high spirits, but both of them had sweat on their foreheads. The atmosphere in the car was still as cold as the winter outside.

  "Xiao Liu, turn up the air conditioner a bit more." Xingyun said weakly, complaining in his heart, these two stubborn old men are really hard to deal with.

  Arriving nearby, Xingyun first took Gongxi down from the car and went to the bath center to take a good bath and wash away the bad luck.

  The hot air in the bathtub has steamed the faces of Gong Xi and Lucky red.

  His lucky skin had turned a lovely shade of pink, his hands resting on the edge of the bathtub as he leaned back and let out a contented sigh, enjoying himself more than he had since that night.

  "Gong Xi, don't argue with your dad again, okay? Haven't I told you already? He's agreed to us being together, so I won't hold anything against him. Besides, he's an elder, it's not worth my arguing about it. And Xu Yuexiao has left too, what's the point of bringing up those past things?"

  Xingyun narrowed his eyes, comfortably like a cat basking in the sun, Gong Xi now came out calmly, his heart also relaxed, even his voice was much better, no longer so hoarse.

  Jianguo directly reached out to scratch his chin, wondering if he would make a purring sound like a cat.

  "Huh?" Luckily, he waited for a while and didn't see Gong Xi respond. He tilted his head back and opened his eyes to look at him.

  Jiujie smiled, "Alright, since you put it that way, I won't quarrel with Dad again."

  "Ah, it's all right then." Lucky grasped Kiyoshi's hand in the water and let out a long sigh of relief. "It really feels like we barely made it."

  Jiayu gazed intently at him, suddenly becoming serious, and solemnly said to Yong: "Yong, do you know? In the future, there will be many difficulties in life."

  He was taken aback by the sudden gaze, and he too became ill at ease, slowly straightening his body, tilting his head to look at Gong Xi. Because Gong Xi had never looked at him with such an expression before.

  "Lucky, you know? I love you."

  Lucky nodded slightly, "I know."

  "So I ask you, do you love me?"

  Lucky's face suddenly turned bright red, although it was a small compartment, but only separated by that kind of plastic bamboo, the environment was not closed at all.

  Turning her face to Gong Xi, she had a serious expression, completely not joking, turning her face towards the water surface, as if unintentionally saying: "Of course I do."

  "Ah... Kaori let out a sigh of relief, 'That means you also love me, right?'"

  Lucky felt embarrassed in his heart, but what showed on his face was impatience. His hands swirled back and forth in the water, furrowing his brow as he nodded and said, "Right, right."

  "Then can you not say break up whenever you encounter some difficulties?!"

  This remark hit the nail on the head, and he also knew that this time's trouble was entirely his own cowardice, and just last night, before getting a definite answer from Gong Xi's father, he had thought that the two of them would break up.

  Xingyun stopped talking and kept his head down, stirring the water in the pool back and forth.

  "Do you know or don't you know how I feel? Can't you consider how I feel? Think about your feelings for me, what are they like?"

  "Am I really so unworthy of your trust?"

  "No."

  "So you suspect me?"

  "I don't doubt what's going on between you and Xu Yu Yao."

  "I know you're worried I won't spend the rest of my life with you!"

  Lucky felt a shock in her heart, yes, it turned out that what she had been afraid of all along was this.

  "You're afraid of my father's interference, you're afraid of other women tempting me, and you're even worried that my feelings for you will fade."

  Every word of Gong Xi's has hit the lucky heart, yes, he thinks so, he is afraid of these.

  "But why are you so lacking in confidence in me? In yourself? Whoever obstructs me, I will still be with you; whoever tempts me, I won't even give them a glance."

  Gong Xi picked up Lucky's face and stared into his dark eyes: "There is only you in my heart, there has always been only you."

  "Darling, don't you know?"

  This is more touching than a thousand promises of eternal love.

  Although people occasionally pass by here, fortunately, he doesn't care, now he just wants to hold onto Gong Xi, holding him like this forever.