Confession of Rebirth

After returning from the town, Gu Chen first went to his grandma's house.Return the passbook to grandma.

The grandma took the passbook, stood at the door in a daze for a long time, and said, "That year, your grandpa and I stood here and handed over the child with our own hands."

Although it has been several decades, grandma's memory is still very clear.She clearly remembered that she had remade the little quilt that wrapped the child out of the older girl's old clothes.The baby wrapped in a small quilt slept soundly, blushing.Not annoying at all.

The winter sun is a little pale.With the cold wind blowing, Grandma Gu Chen looked in the direction of the village entrance in a daze.After a while, I slowly turned around and went back to the house.

Gu Chen silently sighed.Take Zhongli and go home.A strong sweet smell can be smelled from a long distance.When the two returned home, they saw several children of the Gu family running around in the yard like having fun. After seeing Gu Chen, the cousin of the Gu family couldn't wait to say: "Uncle is boiling sugar, and he wants to dip us in candied haws. Ma'am My mother and the others are picking hawthorns in the outhouse!"

Gu Chen laughed immediately, turned his head and asked Zhong Lisui, "Have you ever seen strings of candied haws?"

Zhong Li then shook his head.

Gu Chen dragged Zhong Li and went to the kitchen.I saw Papa Gu standing in front of the big iron pot, vigorously stirring the syrup in the pot.Gu's mother and several Gu's aunts sat beside them, picking hawthorn seeds while chatting.There are strings of candied haws on the table, which have not been dipped in sugar.

"I'm back so soon." Seeing the figures of Gu Chen and Zhong Lisui, the aunt of the Gu family raised her voice and asked, "Why didn't you bring President Zhong Li for a stroll around the town?"

Before she finished speaking, the second aunt of the Gu family said, "There is nothing to do in our town. It's so cold outside, it's better to stay indoors."

Mother Gu smiled and said: "You have been out for so long, you must be cold? Go sit on the kang for a while to warm up your body. When the candied haws are dipped, I will send you to the house."

Gu Chen said with a smile: "No need. The two of us drove there. The car has air conditioning, so it's not cold at all. Zhong Li has never seen candied haws. I'll show him."

Mother Gu couldn't laugh or cry: "What's so interesting about this? Besides, the kitchen is so messy, people come and go without paying attention, and the clothes are all dirty."

"Wear mine if it gets dirty." Gu Chen said indifferently, "Is it fun?"

As Gu Chen said, he walked to the stove and discussed with Papa Gu: "Let me do it."

Papa Gu shook his head: "Don't mess around. Can you boil sugar? It won't cook well, and the sugar will burn, it's very bitter."

This pot of sugar is in vain.

Of course Gu Chen knew how to cook sugar, but Gu's father didn't believe him at all.It wasn't until he boiled the sugar until it was crystal clear that he told Gu Chen: "You want to dip the candied haws! You can just dip it in."

Before Gu Chen could answer, Papa Gu said again: "If you don't dip well, the icing is thick or thin, you can eat it yourself."

Gu Chen took off his coat and handed it to Zhong Lisui, rolled up his sleeves, stood in front of the stove, picked up a bunch of candied haws and rolled them into the syrup skillfully.The sugar coating was neither thin nor thick, and it was crystal clear. Gu Chen put the candied haws on the cutting board to cool.It also has a generous coating of icing.

"How is it?" Gu Chen picked up the dipped candied haws and showed it in front of Zhong Lisui: "Not bad."

Zhong Li then nodded.

Gu Chen said, "How about you try my handicraft?"

Zhong Lisui held Gu Chen's coat with both hands, and when he heard Gu Chen's words, he leaned forward and took a bite without thinking.The crunchy icing wraps the hawthorn, and it tastes sour and sweet after one bite.Zhong Lisui commented: "It's delicious."

"Not bad?" Gu Chen snorted proudly, and took a sip himself.Confirming that the craftsmanship has not deteriorated, I dipped several more one after another, and said to the elders in the kitchen with a smile: "It's all to honor you. I'll take these two strings to my grandparents first. I'll send some to my grandparents' house later. "

After finishing speaking, Gu Chen took Zhong Li out of the kitchen.

The Gu parents who were still in the kitchen looked at each other in blank dismay.After a while, the second aunt of the Gu family said with a sneer, "The people in this city are just different from us. The two men are also so sticky."

No one said a word.

Gu Chen entered the main room and gave the dipped candied haws to his grandparents.Grandpa Gu Chen said with a smile: "The two of us can eat one skewer. We are getting older, and we will eat too much stomach acid."

Gu Chen said: "...I dipped the candied haws with my own hands. I just want you to taste it."

Grandpa Gu Chen immediately said: "Really? Then I want to eat a few more."

Grandma Gu Chen also expressed that she would support her grandson.

Gu Chen said: "But don't eat too much."

The two chatted with their grandparents for a while. Grandpa Gu Chen was afraid that Zhongli would be impatient after sitting for a long time, so he said, "There is still a while before eating. If you two are tired, go back to the room and have a rest."

Zhong Li said with a smile, "I'm not tired. It's very interesting to listen to you chatting."

While talking, a neighbor came to visit.After seeing Gu Chen, he praised with a smile: "Shen Chen is very promising now. He studied in such a good university and even started his own company. He needs money and a degree, so now he is short of a partner, right? Prepare When will you have a girlfriend. Bring it back and show us."

Gu Chen smiled slightly, and said in his heart that I brought them all back.However, considering the psychological endurance of his family, Gu Chen still didn't say it clearly.He just responded with a smile: "There must be this opportunity."

"Ah!" The villagers originally asked casually, but when they heard Gu Chen's answer, they were both surprised and happy: "Listen to this, is there someone now?"

Gu Chen's grandparents also looked over in surprise.Gu Chen fell in love, and they didn't hear about it!

Gu Chen glanced at Zhong Lisui and nodded with a smile.

The folks couldn't help asking: "What kind of girl is she? Why haven't I heard you mention it before. But if you can fall in love with her, the conditions must be very good, right?"

Gu Chen nodded, and deliberately said: "The conditions are better than mine. My family owns a large company, an industrial company with a market value of hundreds of billions. The background is particularly strong. He also started a company himself, and opened a financial company, which is responsible for investment. And the acquisition of potential listed companies, as well as domestic companies listed on M-shares and Hong Kong stocks.”

The villagers were dumbfounded when they heard this: "Oh my god! Then she is so powerful, how can she treat you well?"

"Extremely good." Gu Chen glanced at Zhong Lisui again, and said with a smile, "I'm also very kind to him."

The folks shook their heads: "Most people can't control this kind of girl. If you catch up, treat her better. If you have any difficulties in the future, your old man will help you."

Gu Chen nodded with a smile: "I think so too. But I like him not because of his good family background."

"That's natural." Grandma Gu Chen said immediately: "Our Shen Chen is so good. The girl I like must be very good too."

Gu Chen responded.

Zhong Li was dumbfounded by being called by the girl on the left and the girl on the right.After looking at Gu Chen several times, he could only helplessly shake his head.

When it was time for dinner at night, the news that Gu Chen had a date spread throughout the Gu family village.At the dinner table, the Gu family asked who is Gu Chen's girlfriend?When did it come on?How come they have never heard of such a thing.

"Do you have any pictures of the girl?" Mother Gu asked anxiously, "Show us."

Gu Chen thought for a while, then subconsciously glanced at Zhong Lisui.Zhong Li shook his head lightly.Gu Chen said: "There will be a chance in the future."

"How is it possible?" Aunt Gu asked suspiciously, "You have no one anywhere? How can you not take photos when you are in love? You probably learned it from the Internet, because you are afraid that your family will make arrangements for you indiscriminately." Blind date, so you obviously don't have a date, but you deliberately say that you have a date to fool us?"

"It's very possible!" The children of the Gu family nodded and said, "How busy is my brother? He has to study, write a thesis, start a company, speculate in stocks, and invest. Helping other companies transform, acquiring Ling's Department Store... how can there be time for romance!"

Gu Chen blinked.Thinking about it this way, he still has a sense of time management.

"Don't guess. I really have a partner." Gu Chen said: "If there is a chance, I will bring it back for you to see. I believe you will be very satisfied."

Gu's father said: "You said that the family of the family is so good, and I am also very good. We are not satisfied. Besides, you two will live in the future. It is impossible for me, your mother, and your grandparents to go to A City. It doesn’t matter whether we are satisfied or not, as long as you young couple live a happy life.”

Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and he and Zhong Li looked at each other and smiled.With the words of family members, things will be much easier in the future.

Seeing Gu Chen and Zhong Lisui flirtatiously, the Gu family felt uneasy for some reason.

Gu Chen and Zhong Li then stayed in Gujia Village until the third day of the Lunar New Year before returning to City A.During this period, Gu Chen held his breath and did not take the initiative to provoke this layer of window paper.But there is no intention to conceal the relationship between the two.Before leaving, Gu Chen was called into the hall alone by Grandpa Gu.

The old man looked at Gu Chen, was silent for a long time, and then said quietly: "...Grandpa is old, and he doesn't understand the affairs between you young people. Are you trying to be fresh? Or did you just choose such a person to live?"

Gu Chen's heart moved slightly, and he said, "It's settled. We are serious about living a lifetime."

Grandpa Gu was silent for a long time again: "You choose the road yourself, as long as you are willing. Don't regret it someday."

Gu Chen looked at Grandpa Gu with bright eyes: "I have chosen the path myself, and I will never regret it."

Grandpa Gu looked at his eldest grandson. He had placed high hopes on this grandson since he was a child.Gu Chen did not live up to his expectations.Only this time... Grandpa Gu hesitated again and again, but he still didn't speak when the words came to his lips.He just asked, "Is that President Zhongli's house really as powerful as you said?"

Gu Chen nodded.

Grandpa Gu asked again: "The business you are doing now is all in cooperation with their family? Is their family the majority?"

"You can't say that." Gu Chen thought for a while, and patiently told Grandpa Gu about his shares in Tiansui Capital.

Grandpa Gu understood: "That is to say, you exchange shares by giving them ideas."

Isn't that what people are willing to give?Grandpa Gu didn't know if his grandson's situation was a soft meal.But no matter what you say, it's not right to be in the right family. If there is a trouble, it will be their grandson who will suffer.

Grandpa Gu thought for a long time, and sighed silently: "Our Gu family village is too small, and we can't keep you. You go to school and work in city A, and I'm afraid you will stay in city A to develop after graduation. The family can't help you. What are you doing. But remember, this home will always be your home."

As he said that, Grandpa Gu looked at Gu Chen, hesitant to speak.

Gu Chen asked: "Grandpa, do you have anything to say, can you just say it?"

"Forget it." Grandpa Gu shook his head, but didn't say anything.Finally, he exhorted: "When you are away from home, you can meet any kind of people. Some people just have a bad heart and a bad mouth, and don't want to see other people's good. You don't care if you meet this kind of person. You live your own life, and what others like to say What to say. Say something nice about you, but it’s not food. Say something ugly about you, but it’s not a knife. You have to be sensible about everything, and those bosses who are short on the Li family will not be able to hurt you.”

Like Grandma Gu Chen's family, the Gu family can't do things like pushing their own daughter out for the sake of reputation.Grandpa Gu thought, even if one day, their Gu family was ridiculed by the villagers because of Gu Chen's affairs, they couldn't take their anger out on the child.Shut the door to embarrass the child.

"You spend so much money for your family to support your younger brothers and sisters to study, everyone will see it, and you deserve this kind of favor."

A family is a family, breaking bones and connecting tendons.It can't be said that taking advantage of things sharpened his head and rushed upwards, and he shrank back when he was scolded.

Grandpa Gu has no culture, and he can't speak much truth.There is only one sentence: "Fortunately, our old Gu family, Ding Xingwang, didn't expect you to carry on the family line alone. It's because you chose this path yourself and walked it well. Just don't regret it in the future."

Grandpa Gu made an agreement with Gu Chen again: "You two men can't get married even if you are together. The whims of young people don't last long. If you live together for two or three years, there will be such a situation. Since you can't determine the long-term Then try not to let people know about it. You promise grandpa, unless the two of you are still together in your thirties. Otherwise, don’t shout so that everyone will know. "

Grandpa Gu always felt that one thing more is worse than one thing less.Of course, deep down in my heart, I still vaguely hope that my grandson will be a young man, and I will regret it in the future. After all, I still want to marry a wife and have children.Then the relationship between Gu Chen and Zhong Lisui, the less people know about it, the better.

Gu Chen could guess what Grandpa Gu was thinking.Although he didn't think he would break up with Zhong Lisui, considering Grandpa Gu's condition, Gu Chen finally agreed to the request.

Things that Grandpa and Grandma Gu can understand.Of course, Gu's father and Gu's mother could also see it.But the two people's ideas are completely different from those of Grandpa and Grandma Gu.

Gu's family is not short of Gu Chen as the successor, but Gu's father and Gu's mother only have such a son.If Gu Chen and Zhong Lisui were really together, then their long family line would be cut off from all children and grandchildren.Gu's father and Gu's mother were anxious, but there was no better way.He could only post some messages about girls from relatives and friends in Moments every day, but after the photos were sent out, Gu Chen's side was like a stone sinking into the sea.No response at all.

After a long time, Gu's father and Gu's mother couldn't hold back their anxiety.

Finally one day, Gu's mother took the initiative to call Gu Chen: "... Chen Chen!"

On the phone, Gu's mother's voice was a little difficult to speak.After hesitating for a long time, I still bit the bullet and asked knowingly: "Didn't you say that you were in a relationship before? Why can't mom see that you post photos of your relationship in Moments? Every day, it's either a job post or a post about you and that CEO Zhongli." photo."

"Mom knows that you have a very good relationship with that President Zhongli. You two are still working partners. He has helped you a lot, but—"

"Zhong Lisui is my partner!" Before Gu's mother finished speaking, Gu Chen said straight to the point: "I think you probably guessed it, right?"

Mama Gu didn't speak.After being silent for a long time, Mother Gu said with difficulty: "How can it be done! You two are men?"

"Both men can be together." Gu Chen said patiently.

"That's wrong." Gu's mother was very excited: "How can two men be together? Only a man and a woman can live together. What are two men together? Isn't that sick?"

Gu Chen had long guessed that his family's reaction would not be so smooth.Hearing Gu's mother's words, she didn't feel sad: "It's not sick. I just fell in love with Zhong Lisui, who happens to be a man."

"But you can't be together!" Mother Gu guessed vaguely.Hearing Gu Chen say it himself, it was still like a bolt from the blue: "How can you fall in love with him? With your current conditions, you can't find any good woman. Why do you want to fall in love with a man?"

"Because no one treats me better than Zhong Lisui." Gu Chen said, "In this world, only Zhong Lisui treats me best."

Mother Gu wanted to say something more, but Gu Chen continued: "When my biological parents hid me for various reasons and put my interests aside, only Zhong Lisui stood by my side from the beginning to the end, without hesitation support me."

One sentence successfully blocked all of Gu's mother's objections.

After a long time, Mother Gu said in a jerky voice: "How can you think so? I am your mother, can I still harm you? Am I not doing it for you? You are still young and don't understand the importance of two men together. How much pressure do you face—”

"I know." Gu Chen said quietly, "I knew it a long time ago."

After hearing these words, Gu's mother suddenly felt a little tight in her chest and short of breath: "You know? You know you still do this? Don't you think it's embarrassing? Two big men together, it's reasonable? Have you ever thought about it? If it gets out, what will others think of you? How do they think of your parents? You don't think it's embarrassing, I'll be ashamed of your father."

I gave birth to a son who likes men. If people find out about this, they can't laugh at them to death.

Gu Chen chuckled lightly: "Didn't I make you look good when I was admitted to University A? Did I make you look good when I was successful in my career? Did I make you feel ashamed when I fell in love?"

Mother Gu retorted: "But the person you're dating is a man!"

"So!" Gu Chen said bluntly: "What's wrong with the person I like being a man? He is not only a man, but also an excellent man. No matter men or women in this world, there are few people who are better than Zhong Lisui."

Mother Gu said with a headache: "But he is a man. Do you know if you two are together? What will the people in the village say? Do you want me and your father to have no succession? You let me and your father, and Your grandparents, grandparents, grandparents and grandparents, what face do you have to get along with the folks in the future?"

Gu Chen asked back: "For the sake of your face, why don't you care about other people's lives?"

Mama Gu was shocked.

Gu Chen said: "The grandparents and family members all know about this matter, and they don't object."

"Of course they don't object!" Mother Gu said angrily, "You are not their son, and even if you cut off your children and grandchildren, you will not be able to cut off their family's incense. You don't have a son, so maybe you will choose their children as heirs in the future. So How could they object to something good?"

"But what about me and your dad? We have only one child like you in our whole life. Have you ever thought about it for the two of us? Is having a son in vain?"

"I will give you old age." Gu Chen said patiently: "If you are really worried, the country has now opened up the second child. You can have another one!"

"Is that what you said human?" Mother Gu couldn't help but said: "How old am I, can I still have children? You just have to be filial and don't want to piss your mother off. So I quickly broke up with that Zhongli. What's wrong with finding a girl to marry and have children?"

"I don't want to have children either." Gu Chen frowned: "I don't like children in the first place."

"But--"

"It's nothing but!" Gu Chen became a little impatient: "I'm not Liang Yuanyuan."

The voice on the phone stopped abruptly.It seems that this name touched some taboo.

Gu Chen didn't want to say so much at first.Now that it was mentioned, Gu Chen simply said: "I am not Liang Yuanyuan. I have already passed the age of letting others abandon me but I can't do anything about it. I will not give up the person who is willing to spend the rest of my life with me for the sake of the person who doesn't love me. .I like Zhong Lisui, and I will be with him. This is not a multiple-choice question."

"Then what about me and your dad?" Mother Gu just felt so sad.It's really a waste to raise such a big son, to talk to her like this for a man.

"As I said, there are no multiple-choice questions here." Gu Chen said, "From the very beginning, it wasn't me who liked to do multiple-choice questions." It was Mama Gu herself.

For the sake of her family's reputation, she gave up Liang Yuanyuan.

Give up Gu Chen for Ling Xiu.

For the sake of his own face, he gave up Gu Chen's interests.

Now he has to force Gu Chen to choose between his parents and his lover.

Since from the beginning, Gu Chen was not in the scope of Gu's mother's choice.So this time, it was Gu Chen who forced Mama Gu to make a choice.

"Want face, or want a son. You choose."

The air suddenly became silent, and Gu Chen could even hear the sound of breathing coming from the opposite side.

After a while, Mother Gu stammered and said, "You, how could you say that? How could you force me like that? I'm your mother?"

"I am also your son." Gu Chen said lightly, "Now you know that being forced to make a choice is very painful. Why do you come to make things difficult for me?"

Mother Gu was speechless.

Thinking of his previous life, Gu Chen took a deep breath: "Mom, you are my mother. I will always respect you. But being filial does not mean accepting everything. I also have my own life. I can't do it for your face or your mood. , just wronged myself and my beloved. If you really love me, you shouldn't let me face this kind of problem. "

Mother Gu remained silent.

Gu Chen asked: "Back when Liang Yuanyuan's incident was exposed, you were suspected of being a human trafficker. Did I think you were ashamed of me? Did I ever say that you made me lose face in front of my classmates and friends?"

Mother Gu didn't speak.

Gu Chen continued to ask: "For your own face, you refused to tell me the truth of the matter. You lied to me several times, causing me to almost go the wrong way and being caught by Zhou Ling's family. Have I ever blamed you?"

Mother Gu didn't speak.

Gu Chen sighed and asked, "I love you. But do you really love me?"

Without waiting for Gu's mother to answer, Gu Chen said again: "I believe you and Dad both love me." Otherwise, Gu's father and Gu's mother would not have had a car accident in their previous life just to send money to Gu Chen.

But how much love does Gu's father and Gu's mother have for Gu Chen?

"I'm also very curious." Gu Chen said calmly, "I also want to know, in the hearts of the two of you, is it me or your face that is more important?"

After a long silence, Mother Gu didn't say a word.

Gu Chen gently hung up the phone.

Spring is warm.Zhong Li was wearing an apron and was busy in the kitchen.There was a vague fragrance in the air, Gu Chenjing stared at Zhong Lisui's busy back and smiled slightly.

In fact, some answers are not so important.