Chapter Thirty-Four: The Surprising Turn of Events

  "Xīn, marry me."

  Gu Xixin turned around, and Yin Shu stood behind her with a serious face, the light in his eyes was unfathomable, filled with an expectation that made one unable to refuse.

  At that moment, Gu Zhi Xin's heart flashed countless scenes, from the time she and Yin Shuo got to know each other, every detail passed by like a movie in front of her eyes, so many touching moments, so many heartbeats, finally all gathered on this man with an expression serious and slightly stubborn.

  Gu Xixin raised her hand to carefully examine the diamond ring in her hand, and the diamond in the middle showed a faint blue color under the light. For some reason, Gu Xixin felt it was somewhat dazzling.

  She lifted her head and looked at Yoon-soo who was still staring at her, waiting for an answer, and finally managed to spit out those few words.

  "Sorry."

  Gu Xixin put the ring into Yin Shu's hand, and then watched as the light in Yin Shu's eyes quickly dimmed. She suddenly felt a little unbearable, but the words had already been spoken, leaving her no room for regret.

  Yin said with a self-deprecating smile, "Fortunately I didn't kneel on one knee, otherwise wouldn't I have died an even more miserable death?"

  "Sorry, I'm not ready yet."

  Yin Shu let out a sigh, reached out and pulled Gu Zhi Xin into his arms, holding her gently. "Forgive me for being so impatient, I really don't have confidence in myself, I don't know how to keep you by my side."

  Gu Xixin buried her face in Yin Shu's arms, silent, tears streaming down the corners of her eyes. In her heart, she silently said: "Sorry, Yin Shu, for me, two people loving each other is really not enough to solve all problems."

  For a long time after that, Yin Shu did not mention the matter of marriage to Gu Zixin again, and Gu Zixin also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

  After this incident, the two people's interactions became more cautious. Whenever Gu Zhi Xin had an interview task that required her to go out, she would call Yin Shu in advance to report. Yin Shu also stopped scolding her for no reason, and on the surface, they seemed harmonious, but in reality, both of them knew that some things were different now.

  Gu Xixin still lived in the original rented house. Every time Yin Shu urged her, she would shirk off by saying that the rent due date had not arrived yet. After a few times, Yin Shu also stopped mentioning it.

  As the weekend approached, Gu Xixin received a call from Su Jinping, asking her to go home for a visit, saying that there was something. Gu Xixin had never brought Yin Shu back home to meet her mother, thinking that her mother's phone call was just urging her to do so, but she could sense a hint of awkwardness in Su Jinping's tone, and Gu Xixin felt puzzled as well.

  She didn't expect that when she got home, there was a big surprise waiting for her.

  As Gu Xixin opened the door and saw who was sitting on the sofa with Su Jinping, drinking tea and waiting for her, she excitedly shouted out: "Dad, how did you end up here? When did you come back?"

  Gu Xixin hadn't seen her father, Gu Anhuai, for almost two years. They usually just talked on the phone, but this time he suddenly appeared in front of her, which really surprised her.

  Gu Anhua's complexion looks very good, although his hair is slightly grayed, but he has a ruddy complexion, and under the reflection of his smile, there is an indescribable radiance.

  Suddenly, Gu Zixin felt something was off. "You guys..." Since Dad and Mom got divorced, the two of them had little contact with each other, let alone sitting here having a heart-to-heart like this now.

  Su Jinping heard her ask this, a unnatural flush appeared on his face, looked at Gu Anhuai, and then said: "Let's eat first, talk while eating." He got up and walked towards the kitchen.

  Gu Xixin understood the situation and smiled, giving her dad a thumbs up before running into the kitchen to help.

  When the dishes were served on the table, Gu Xixin deliberately poured some wine and sat down, looking at them with a smile: "Is there good news to tell me?"

  Su Jinping looked at Gu Anhuai and said: "You say it!"

  "Gu Anhuai didn't beat around the bush and said directly: 'I'm preparing to remarry your mother.'"

  Gu Zhixin's smile immediately spread, and she raised her glass to clink with the two of them. "Good things, congratulations, you've finally figured it out. No need to say more, let's drink!" She said, tilting her head back and downing a whole beer in one gulp.

  The three of them were very happy, eating and chatting together, with Gu Anhuai occasionally giving the mother-daughter pair some dishes, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

  Just as they were halfway through their meal, Gu An Hua suddenly asked Gu Zhi Xin, "I heard from your mom that you have a boyfriend now? Tell dad about it."

  She stuffed the vegetables into her mouth, so her voice was a bit muffled. "He's in business... um... a high-ranking executive at a real estate company. We've known each other for about a year and have been together for about half a year."

  "Business elite! Not bad, when are you bringing it back for us to take a look?"

  "Dad, we've both been a bit busy lately, let's wait for a while, I'll bring him back to see you and mom."

  Gu Anhua nodded happily.

  After dinner, Gu Xixin didn't stay at home either and rushed to catch the last bus back to the city. On the way, she gave Gao Muyang a call and asked her out for a chat.

  Gao Moyang and Xu Rui's relationship has been developing steadily, with the two being affectionate every day. Even Gu Zixin was neglected a lot. She had only met Moyang a handful of times in the past half year.

  Two people made an appointment at a relatively quiet coffee shop and each ordered a cup of coffee.

  Gao Muyang, under the nourishment of love, became more and more radiant, with sparkling eyes and pearly whites. Gu Xixin teased her: "Love is indeed a magical medicine! Look at those peach blossom eyes, they're about to fly out!" After saying that, she covered her own mouth and laughed.

  Mu Yang glanced at Gu Zhi Xin with a sideways glance: "Aren't you the same? With that honey-tongued person in your family, and yet you're talking about me!"

  It's strange to say, Gu Zhi Xin and Yin Shu have been together for quite some time, but Gao Mu Yang and Yin Shu still haven't met. Several times, Gu Zhi Xin arranged opportunities to introduce them, but they always missed each other due to various reasons.

  However, Gu Zixin had introduced Yin Shu's general situation to Mu Yang, and perhaps it was Yin Shu's several instances of standing him up that left a bad impression on Gao Muyang. Every time he mentioned Yin Shu, Gao Muyang would have a disdainful expression, and his tone of voice was also quite strange.

  "What's with the honey and oil, we haven't been together for several days, he's been busy lately, even eating and sleeping are solved at the company."

  "Didn't expect him to come up with something again."

  Gu Xixin grasped the key words in her sentence: "Again? What does that mean? Has he been up to something behind my back that I don't know about?"

  Gao Moyang knew he had misspoken and unnaturally changed the subject: "What's that, I just habitually think ahead for you a bit, so you won't be cheated." As he spoke, he leaned in close to her, lowering his voice: "Yangyang, listen, you have to keep an eye on him. With conditions like his, girls are throwing themselves at him by the dozen. Besides, he's not exactly a good guy, who knows what...". He said half of it, then seemed to react to something and swallowed back the second half of the sentence.

  Gu Xixin looked at Gao Muyang with suspicion: "You're acting strange today, why are you speaking hesitantly? And what's more, it's something I don't understand. You didn't... hear anything, did you?"

  "No, don't imagine things. Anyway, it's always good to be more careful." Then he refused to say anything else.

  Gu Xixin secretly sighed, this was not the first time she had received a warning from Gao Muyang. Ever since she knew she had such a boyfriend, every time they met, he would remind her like this. Gu Xixin felt a bit worried, to put it in someone else's words, her boyfriend was indeed a bit too rich, but did Muyang have to be so deeply resentful?

  "Ah, right." Gaoyu Yang suddenly remembered something and asked Gu Xixin, "What's going on between you and Kang Yue?"

  "Hmm? Nothing much, it's been a long time since we last saw each other."

  "Really?" Gao Muyang showed a somewhat disbelieving attitude. "Every time I and Xu Rui look for you, he's always pushing and shoving. Afterwards, he still keeps asking me about you, I think he might have a crush on you."

  "Cough...cough..." Gu Zixin choked on a mouthful of coffee.

  "Do you have to react so strongly?"

  "Muyang, don't talk nonsense, we are very innocent."

  "Why don't you dump yours and go with Kang Yue, I think he's not bad."

  "Not bringing you along, with a mind so gloomy, what can I learn from you?! Besides, if you think he's fine, why don't you go with him?"

  Gao Muyang raised an eyebrow, "It's not me that they're interested in! Besides, Kang Yue can't compare to our family's rice bucket."

  Looking at her with that playful expression, and the shy smile on the corner of her mouth when she spat out the words "rice bucket", Gu Xixin almost fainted.