Be in low spirits

Gu Jinluo's mind went blank, and she stared at him with wide eyes. In broad daylight in the park? If someone took a picture of them, wouldn't she, the head of the Gu family, be considered a slutty woman who betrayed her marriage?

Thinking of this, she pushed him away and cursed, "Ye Xingzhi, are you sick?" She took out a handkerchief and wiped her lips with a look of disgust. She looked around and fortunately there was no one around.

"The letter was written by my third uncle who asked someone to imitate my handwriting. The old president didn't want the Ye and Gu families to get married, so that's why the letter was written. Why don't you believe me?" Ye Fan bent over to explain. He hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch and was really hungry.

"I didn't say I don't believe it. Let's find a restaurant to eat." She picked up the umbrella on the ground and walked towards the car.

Ye Fan opened the car door for her, turned to the driver's seat and started the car, and asked: "Do you want to eat wontons? Let's go to the alley where we were back then..."

"No." She refused mercilessly.

"Are you angry?" Ye Fan looked at her face and asked with a smile.

"There's a Red House Western Restaurant on Huanhe Middle Road. Let's go there and eat. It's close to here."

“You didn’t like Western food before.”

“I like it now.”

They found a private room in the restaurant, sat down, ordered some dishes, and Ye Fan poured her tea. Gu Jinluo looked out the window at the hawkers hawking their wares, the rickshaw drivers, the running and jumping children, and the women buying groceries and strolling around the street, and suddenly she remembered the two children she had brought with her.

"Luoluo, since you can trust me, can we do it?" Ye Fan felt that if the misunderstanding was explained, they could start over.

"General Ye, I will be returning to Anjiang after today. The Gu family still has a lot of business waiting for me. I want to meet you to get back my mother's pocket watch." She took a sip of tea and said lightly.

I used to call him Xingzhi, and when I was angry I called him Ye Xingzhi. When I wanted to draw a line between us, I called him General Ye. In her eyes, am I just a dog that she can order around at will?

Even so, he didn't dare to get angry with her. "What about me? Are you going to take me back to Anjiang too?"

Gu Jinluo glanced at him. He was obviously a general who had achieved success at a young age, so why did he ask such humble questions?

Ye Fan coughed twice to hide his embarrassment. He sat up straight, rolled his eyes, and said in a general's tone, "If you want to get the watch back, you have to keep me company first."

Is this man crazy? She took back what belonged to her, and he was happy for her? Did he think she was a dancer at the Paramount?

"A pocket watch is not worth much. General Ye likes it. I'll have someone send you a new one."

"I just like the old one, and I won't return it yet. I want to see if you are sincere." The food in the Western restaurant is still not as delicious as the Chinese food.

Is this person still the Ye Fan she knew before? What kind of dirty things are he talking about? Her sincerity? What sincerity? Money?

"What sincerity does General Ye want?" The food was indeed not to his liking.

"Gu Jinluo, the watch is in my hand. You know how to get it back." Ye Fan didn't know whether it was because the food was not tasty or because of her attitude that he got angry.

Gu Jinluo unconsciously tightened his grip on the cup, "I don't know. How much money does General Ye want?"

"I don't want money, I just want people."

For so many years, no one dared to talk to her like this. "Ye Xingzhi, I didn't know you were such a person." She couldn't eat this meal. Since she couldn't get the watch back, she just didn't want to take it. If her mother were still alive, she wouldn't want her to put herself in a difficult position to get the watch back.

She held the umbrella and prepared to leave. Ye Fan grabbed her hand and asked with red eyes: "Don't you want to get the watch back?"

"If mother were still alive, she wouldn't want me to treat myself so badly. It's just a pocket watch, I don't want it." She had never been so disgusted by his touch before, and she threw an umbrella at him.

"Can't we just talk it over?" Ye Fan refused to let her go. If he really stepped out of this door, he might never see her again.

He hugged her from behind and explained with red eyes: "I just said it in anger, don't take it to heart. I have always kept the watch in my heart and have not lost it."

Gu Jinluo also felt aggrieved. His father passed away and he was not around, and he even wrote her a letter of divorce. She had to take on the responsibility of the entire Gu family alone, and she lived in the huge Gu family garden. Now that they met, he wanted to humiliate her in this way.

"Angry words? Haha, you can humiliate me like this with just an angry word, right?"

"No, I'm afraid you'll leave and I won't be able to see you again. Luoluo, I really just want to see you. Can't we start over?"

"Ye Xingzhi, I told you I will be back to Anjiang tomorrow. There are still many things waiting for me to deal with in the Gu family. As a general, you can't leave Beijing at will. How do you want to start over? Not to mention that I have a husband, it is impossible for the two of us to do so with our identities."

"Luoluo, I know you have me in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't be unwilling to come to Jinghua to see me. As long as you nod, I can apply to be stationed in Anjiang." Ye Fan didn't want to care about any political career, as long as he could see her, it didn't matter what happened.

Gu Jinluo turned around, crying, and wiped his nose with his shirt. This idiot, he applied to go to Anjiang, so does he want to continue his career?

"You don't want a career, you don't want your mother? You don't want those female confidantes?"

If she was willing to turn around, that meant she was willing to forgive him. He hugged the person in his arms tightly. After more than six years, he finally waited for this turn.

"I've also taken my mother to Anjiang. As long as you say the word, I'll do whatever you say. Even if you can't give me a name, as long as you're willing to see me, anything is fine."

Gu Jinluo burst into laughter and said coquettishly, "Nervous."

Ye Fan kissed her hair. It didn’t matter what happened. As long as he could see her or touch her, it was fine.

"Luoluo, I miss you so much." He had never missed someone so much before. When he read books about deep lovesickness before, he thought it was just an exaggerated rhetoric. But when it came to himself, he felt that it was not profound enough.

"Dinner, are you still eating?" She looked up and asked. Ye Fan couldn't help but kiss her. Compared to eating, he hoped that this hug could last longer.

"Uh...you...don't do that, there are so many people around." She is now the head of the Gu family, and she has to pay attention to many people and things.

"Eat, let's go home and eat." He put his arm around her shoulders, paid the bill, and drove back to the Ye Mansion.

Jiang Yunran was watching Ye's mother playing mahjong with several other ladies in the side hall. When he heard the sound of a car, he ran to the main hall and was surprised to see the two people.

"Yun Ran, where is Aunt Wang? We haven't eaten yet. Where is my mother? I have something to tell her." Ye Fan calculated the time. If he went to apply to the chairman now, it would probably take two days for the application to be approved. Plus packing things would take another five or six days.

"Um, this is Miss Gu, right?" Jiang Yunran looked at the girl he brought back. She was indeed extraordinary in temperament, with a cold look and a pretty face. No wonder he could not forget her.

"Yes, this is Doctor Jiang Yunran, Luoluo, she is the one who saved me from the battlefield." His eyes were always on his wife.

"Thank you for your care over the years, Dr. Jiang. I'm Gu Jinluo." She moved away from him, trying to break free from his arms.

"Miss Gu is indeed extraordinary in temperament. I am the loser." When Jiang Yunran saw the way Ye Fan looked at her, she knew that she could not replace him. The affection he had had for her over the years was just one-sided.

Gu Jinluo walked up to her, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Dr. Jiang, you have suffered a lot over the years."

Ye Fan asked Aunt Wang to prepare some food, and then took Gu Jinluo upstairs to write the application.

"Doctor Jiang has been living in the Ye Mansion in recent years?" She couldn't help but ask while lying in front of the desk.

Ye Fan raised his head and thought about the child Yang Lin had mentioned before. If he went to Anjiang, how would he get along with the child? Would they accept him? What was his status? And that Shen Zeqing.

"Yes, the resident doctor of the Ye Mansion." Although he had many questions, he didn't dare to ask them out loud, and he didn't know what his status was in her eyes.

She nodded and walked around the study. Aunt Wang brought the food and they ate in the study.

"That...child, should I meet him too?" Even if I'm prepared to be shameful, maybe there will be a day like that?

"Child? What child?"

"It's...your child." He never thought that he would be so humble for someone. After all, he was a general.

"My child? Do you want to see him?" Gu Jinluo had never told any of them that he had established an orphanage. How did he know about it?