After the divorce, the boss doted on me

When the phone was connected, Gu Mian first heard a loud noise, there seemed to be many people over there.

She frowned, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes. It should be night in China, it's almost eleven o'clock, why are there so many people at home?Could it be a relative who came to pay New Year's greetings?
"Hey, Yingying, are you listening?" Gu Mian worried that the fountain on her side was too loud, so she moved a little farther and moved to a relatively quiet place.

After a while, Gu Ying finally said, "I... I am here."

Gu Mian immediately heard that something was wrong with her voice, with a strong nasal sound, as if she had a stuffy nose, which should be the reason for crying.She frowned even deeper, and suddenly a bad feeling came to her heart: "What's wrong with you?"

Gu Ying shook her head vigorously, her tears kept falling, but she couldn't speak.

Gu Mian heard a soft sob, her heart twitched, and her breathing couldn't help but stagnate: "Yingying, tell me, what happened?"

"Grandpa, he...he..."

Gu Ying couldn't hide it anymore, her sobbing became louder, even if she didn't say a complete sentence, Gu Mian could guess what happened.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, so many people came to the house, and her father didn't come to England to see her, plus Gu Ying's crying, it could only be that something happened to her grandpa.

Gu Mian's head buzzed, and the book in his arms crashed to the ground.

-

The plane arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at 45:[-] pm the next day.

After Gu Mian finished talking with Gu Ying, she immediately took a taxi to the airport and booked the fastest return ticket. She called Tan Man on the way to the airport to report.

Coming out of Terminal 3, a biting north wind blowing with ice and snow made Gu Mian's eye sockets ache from the cold.

When she came back from the plane, she was in a daze, with cold fingers and trembling lips. The stewardess visited her several times and bent down to ask her if she was not feeling well. She just shook her head and said no. come out.

Gu Mian got into the taxi, staring blankly at a certain place in the void, until the driver asked her where she was going, she reported the address of Gu's family in English.

The driver turned his head, looked at her with strange eyes, and asked again: "Girl, what did you say?"

Gu Mian suddenly woke up, she had already returned to China, this is not the UK, so she said the address again.

The car started and moved forward smoothly. The driver saw her red eyes and distraught look from the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but ask concerned: "Girl, is something wrong with you?"

Gu Mian shook her head, out of politeness, said "it's okay" in a low voice, then pressed her lips together, turned her head and looked out of the window, with an attitude of refusing to communicate.

She was afraid that the enthusiastic uncle driver would ask her something again, and she would lose control of her emotions.

The uncle driver guessed that she must have encountered something sad, but he didn't ask any further questions. He said some comforting words to the effect that there is no hurdle in this world that cannot be overcome. People have to look forward, and life is still very beautiful... …

Having not closed her eyes for more than ten hours, coupled with the discomfort caused by jet lag, Gu Mian leaned her head against the cold car window, and she, who had never been motion sick, felt that she was going to vomit in a second.

She endured the pain, closed her eyes and wanted to rest for a while, maybe her body was too tired, she fell asleep for almost an hour, and then opened her eyes, the familiar buildings greeted her, reminding her that she was almost home .

Gu Mian shook her increasingly heavy head, sat up straight, looked ahead, and unconsciously clenched the hem of the down jacket with both hands, using too much force, her joints turned white.

The closer she got to home, the tighter her breathing became, almost to the point of suffocation.

Finally, the Gu family's villa appeared in sight. She looked at the bare tree trunks on both sides of Daogu, and saw the picture of her grandfather standing under the tree and leaning on a cane countless times waiting for her to leave school——

Grandpa saw her getting out of the car and walked towards her with unsteady legs. He immediately took the schoolbag on her shoulder, and then, like a magic trick, he took out a clean peach from behind and handed it to her. It was time to peel the oranges, and as I walked back, I asked her if she was tired in school...

The taxi stopped near Gu, and Gu Mian paid the fare to get off, and stood in the cold wind for a long time, until her legs and feet were sore, she was about to lose her footing, and no one came out to pick her up.

No one will stand at the door waiting for her when she returns home from vacation.

Tears blurred her vision, Gu Mian raised her sleeves and wiped them off, slowly turned her stiff body, and walked into the gate of the villa step by step, before entering the living room, she heard chaos.

"Mianmian?"

Xu Xiangzhi was the first to see Gu Mian at the door, his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that she had returned home.

The conversation in the living room stopped abruptly, and everyone looked over.

Gu Mian looked at her family and the relatives who came, choked up and said, "Why did you hide it from me?"

No one told her why her grandfather passed away. If she hadn't taken the initiative to call Gu Ying and heard the strangeness of her voice, maybe she knew it was a long time later.

Why on earth?
After a hard look, Gu Mian's emotions had already collapsed, her body was staggering, as if she would fall down at any time.

Gu Mochen quickly walked over to support her: "No, Mianmian, Dad didn't hide it from you on purpose, it's because..."

Gu Mian looked at her father. It had been a long time since he had seen him. His face was haggard, his temples were graying, and the wrinkles around his eyes were deep, as if they were drawn with a brush.Her voice trembled slightly: "Because of what?"

"Because Grandpa specifically asked us not to tell you before he left. He said he made a wrong decision and hurt you. He...he is worried that you will not forgive him until now."

This was the last sentence Gu Wang said before he closed his eyes, and no one dared not listen.

Gu Mian was taken aback.

The living room was so quiet that a needle could be heard, and suddenly, Gu Mian's voice burst into tears.

The people next to him felt their noses ache when they heard the crying, and turned their backs to secretly wipe away their tears.

-

When she woke up again, it was already dark outside, Gu Mian was lying on the bed, her eyes were looking at the ceiling, her thoughts came back a little bit, remembering that she was crying in the living room, and suddenly lost consciousness.

Just as she was about to raise her hand, she found something on the back of her hand. In the next second, Gu Ying held down her fidgeting hand: "Don't move, the needle is about to fall off."

Gu Mian was slightly startled, and turned her head to see Gu Ying sitting beside the bed, with an infusion bottle hanging on the hanger next to her, while an infusion needle was pricked into the back of her hand, and two white medical tapes were pasted on it.

"You have a fever. The fever is 39 degrees. The family doctor came to see and gave you a drip." Gu Ying touched her forehead, but the fever has not subsided.

Gu Mian raised the hand that hadn't been needled and put it on her forehead, it was really hot.

No wonder she felt dizzy and nauseous while sitting in the car. She thought it was jet lag and the discomfort caused by physical exhaustion.

Gu Ying tucked in the quilt for her: "Do you want a drink of water? I'll get you a cup of hot water." She saw that Gu Mian's lips were a little dry, and the corners of her mouth were peeling.

Gu Mian shook her head, her eyes darted around the familiar bedroom, all the layout was exactly the same as before she went abroad, and the position of the vase hadn't been moved.

She spoke with a hoarse voice: "I want to know why grandpa suddenly..."

On New Year's Eve, she called Gu Ying. If her grandfather was seriously ill, Gu Ying would have told her.

"Grandpa passed away very peacefully and did not experience any pain." Gu Ying said, "Yesterday morning, my aunt woke up my grandfather on time. He was lying on the bed and refused to get up. He probably knew that he was going to die, and asked my aunt to call my uncle to go home. At that time, the uncle had already arrived at the airport, and he seemed to be going to England to see you and the auntie. He turned back after receiving the call. After explaining the funeral, the grandfather read your name a few more times, and finally told Dad and Uncle and the others, don't disturb your life. Grandpa is afraid that you will still blame him in your heart, so he doesn't want to come back to see him. "

She didn't say a word. Grandpa kept looking in the direction of the door before he died. He said that he wanted to hide it from Gu Mian, but he really wanted to see her in his heart.

Tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, wet the pillow towel, Gu Mian sniffed, "It's all my fault, I heard you say on the phone that Grandpa is sick, so I should take the time to come back to visit him, it's all my fault..."

Gu Ying took out a tissue and wiped her tears: "Grandpa won't blame you, he loves you the most. Don't cry, once you cry, I won't be able to control it anymore."

When it was time for dinner, Xu Xiangshang came to ask them to eat, but when he opened the door, he saw that the eyes of both sisters were red, apparently they had cried again just now.

She sighed softly: "Yingying, you go down to eat first. Mianmian, I'll bring you the food in a while, if you're not feeling well, eat in your room, and I'll stay with you."

Gu Mian licked her dry lips and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't have an appetite for the time being, and I don't want to eat."

"What's the matter? You didn't eat much on the plane, did you? Even if you don't have an appetite, you still have to take a few bites." Xu Xiangzhi sat by the bed, touched her forehead, and frowned: "Why is it still so hot? "

"But I really can't eat, I feel like vomiting." Gu Mian said.

Xu Xiangzhi thought for a while and compromised: "Then you rest first, tell me when you are hungry, and I will ask my aunt to cook some porridge and bring it to you."

After Gu Mian said hello, Xu Xiangzhi and Gu Ying went down to eat, and she was the only one left in the room.

She infused two bottles of liquid, and the fever did not subside until ten o'clock in the evening, and the family breathed a sigh of relief.

The porridge was simmering in the casserole in the kitchen, Gu Mochen brought a bowl to the room, moved a chair and sat down beside the bed, seeing that Gu Mian had her eyes closed, she didn't make a sound.

He had just heard from Xu Xiangzhi that Gu Mian's fever had subsided, and he thought she had woken up, but he was still asleep.The temperature is low in winter, even if there is heating in the house, the porridge will cool down very quickly. If he had known, he would not have served the porridge.

Gu Mian woke up and fell asleep, she was always in a half-dream and half-awake state, just when someone sat down next to her, she woke up, her eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes.

"Are you awake? Are you hungry? Get up and eat something before going to bed." Gu Mochen stood up quickly.

Gu Mian gave a soft "hmm", Gu Mochen helped her lean against the bed, picked up the bowl on the bedside table, scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to her mouth: "I just served it from the casserole, it might be a bit hot."

Gu Mian paused and said, "I will eat by myself."

Gu Mochen looked at her pale cheeks, hesitated for three seconds, and handed her the bowl.

When she took it, he straightened her messy sleeping hair: "Promise Dad, don't feel guilty, grandpa definitely doesn't want his beloved granddaughter to be sad."

Gu Mian took a sip of porridge, her throat choked up when she heard the words, she nodded after a while and said, "I see."