Yu Xi leaned his head forward to look at him for a while, and when he found that there was really nothing unusual, he sat back with peace of mind.

Gu Beilu didn’t say much until he brought Yu Xi back home. He was afraid that Yu Xi would hear his nasal tone again if he spoke.

It’s not like he had never been injured before, but he felt nothing when he was injured or saw others injured. But when Yu Xi was injured, he felt pain, a deep pain.

The more Yu Xi said it didn’t hurt, and it was okay, the more he felt that he had failed to protect Yu Xi and made Yu Xi feel wronged.

Normally, when he pulled Yu Xi’s hand, Yu Xi would cry out in pain if he used a little more force. How could it not hurt this time?

He regretted it. He felt that he was really out of his mind to spend his precious time on so many insignificant people. He was too self-centered and only cared about his own feelings. He spent the whole morning asking who dreamed of Yu Xi, and ignored the things that should be paid the most attention.

What he should be most concerned about is that he scared Yu Xi early in the morning. If he could have apologized to Yu Xi earlier, Yu Xi would not have done such a dangerous thing.

It was all his fault. Where in the world could you find a friend as good as him? Where in the world could you find a brother like him? He didn’t deserve Yu Xi to call him brother.

Not only Gu Beilu thought so, but as mother and son are connected by heart, Gu’s mother also had the same idea.

In the morning, the housekeeper told Gu’s mother that the young master and Young Master Yu seemed to be having a quarrel. When they left the house, they walked out one after the other, and no one spoke.

As soon as Mother Gu heard this, he knew that the matter was not simple. If it was her son who made Yu Xi angry, he would definitely not leave the house without coaxing him. Could it be that Yu Xi made Gu Beilu angry? Impossible, her son would be angry with the whole world but not with Yu Xi.

Over the years, Gu Beilu’s temper has improved a lot under Yu Xi’s influence, and everyone in the Gu family knows this. Because of Yu Xi, their Gu family has been able to enjoy themselves for so many years.

She was planning to ask what happened in the evening, but she received a call just after halfway through the morning.

Gu Beilu told her on the phone that he was in trouble and Yu Xi was injured. She rushed home in a hurry, and when she saw the bandage on Yu Xi’s hand, she felt so distressed. How could such a cute child suffer such a pain?

Yu Xi comforted her sensibly: “Auntie, I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt anymore. Don’t worry.”

Mother Gu’s nose was sour and her heart softened. After asking the housekeeper to prepare a lot of supplements, she gently let Yu Xi lie down to rest, and turned around to ask Gu Beilu to go to the study.

“I want to ask you something.”

As soon as the study door was closed, Gu’s mother’s expression changed, and she began to interrogate her son.

“Tell me, how did Xixi become like this?” Her sixth sense told her that it must be related to what happened this morning.

Gu Beilu lowered his head, put his hands in his pockets, and looked serious. Facing Gu’s mother’s questioning, he was in no mood to explain. He just wanted to be with Yu Xi.

“Gu Beilu, you have to understand the seriousness of the problem. Yu Xi is already injured, you can’t just tell us nothing. If this matter has anything to do with you, your father and I will apologize to Yu Xi and his parents, do you understand?”

Mother Gu rarely called him by his name, except at times like today.

It is normal for children to fight. Gu Beilu and Yu Xi usually get along well. But if there is a conflict one day, she firmly believes that Gu Beilu should bear the main responsibility. Yu Xi is a child with a good temper, and Gu Beilu is too domineering.

For years, I have been secretly worried that one day Gu Beilu would scare people away.

Mother Gu waited and waited, and found that he was still unwilling to speak, so she said, “If it has nothing to do with you, I also want to hear you say it yourself.”

“It has something to do with me.” Gu Beilu finally looked up, his tone filled with anger towards himself.

He quickly recounted the whole story, his fists clenched tightly in his pockets, his nails digging into his skin without him noticing. Of course, he omitted the part about dreaming. His physiological dream was the beginning of all the chaos today, but he was too embarrassed to talk about it. And thinking about it carefully, dreaming about Yu Xi was a happy thing for him. He didn’t blame the dream, he only blamed himself.

“That’s it. Xixi hurt his hand while trying to buy me breakfast.”

After hearing this, Mother Gu was silent for a long time, then asked, “So, even though you were mean to Xixi, he still bought breakfast for you…”

She held her forehead and really wanted to beat her rebellious son to death. How could she explain this to Old Yu and his wife…

Gu Beilu still kept his head down. He had never felt so guilty in front of his parents before.

“I will go and apologize to Yu Xi’s parents myself.” Although he said it firmly, he actually had no confidence at all.

However, Mother Gu would not show him mercy and still poured cold water on him: “Of course you should go, your father and I will accompany you, but whether to forgive you or not is the decision in the hands of other parents. Xixi is soft-hearted and kind, and will not argue with you, but as a parent, the concerns are different, do you understand?”

She has always been worried that Gu Beilu has been living too smoothly because of his extraordinary talent and favorable conditions, which has made him more conceited. This kind of character will cause him to suffer in the future in society.

Such children need to be poured cold water occasionally to let them know that the world is not under their control and that people should have a sense of awe.

Mother Gu sighed and told her son the truth: “I can’t guarantee it.”

*

In the living room of the Yu family, various children’s nutritional supplements in gift boxes were placed on the coffee table, and the Gu family’s two members were sitting on the sofa.

Father Gu said, “My son is reckless. We adults didn’t teach him well. It is our family’s responsibility that Xixi got hurt like this today. Don’t worry, Xiaoyu, we will take responsibility to the end.”

Father Yu waved his hand. “We all know what happened. It’s not Derek’s fault. It’s normal for a child his age to stumble. It’s really not a big deal.”

Mother Yu looked at the gift boxes on the table and felt that they were making a big fuss. “Yes, you guys are too polite with all these gifts. Yu Xi lives and eats at your house every day. If anyone is negligent, it must be us.”

In recent years, the Yu couple’s career has been on the rise, and they have less and less time to take care of Yu Xi. Thanks to the help of their neighbors, otherwise they would be too busy to take care of Yu Xi.

Gu Beilu sat among the adults, his face burning, and he was too ashamed to look at them. He would feel better if Yu Xi’s parents scolded him, but being so polite was like treating him as an outsider.

He has always liked Yu’s mother, and Yu Xi is the most like her. In his heart, Yu Xi is a family to him, so Yu’s father and mother should also be family to him. It is unreasonable for parents not to teach their children a lesson when they make mistakes.

“One thing is for another, we are very happy to have Xixi come to our home. Today we brought this brat here to apologize to you.”

As Father Gu spoke, he glanced at his son beside him. Gu Beilu stood up from the sofa, which was rare for him to obey, and bowed 90 degrees to Father and Mother Yu.

“Uncle and aunt, please scold me. I failed to protect Xixi.”

Yu’s mother quickly pulled him to her side, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile that Derek was a very sensible child. There was no right or wrong in this matter and there was no need to apologize.

“No, Auntie, no matter what the circumstances, it’s my fault that Xixi is hurt and unhappy.”

He spoke very solemnly and firmly, leaving no room for rebuttal: “Xixi did nothing wrong, but I got angry at him for no reason this morning… I don’t know what happened to me at that time.”

Mother Yu looked at the dejected Gu Beilu, feeling inexplicably complicated. She seemed to see the child who apologized to her when Yu Xi was lost when she was 6 years old.

Seeing Yu Xi’s little arm wrapped in a thick bandage today, it would be a lie to say that I didn’t feel sorry for him. But the couple just felt sorry for their child’s injury, and they definitely didn’t mean to blame anyone. They knew that Gu Beilu and Yu Xi were good friends, but they didn’t expect that Yu Xi’s injury would make a good friend more anxious and self-blaming than them as parents. Gu Beilu is still a child, too.

“Derek, we are not gods. No matter how good-tempered a person is, who can guarantee that they won’t lose control of their emotions a few times in their life?”

Gu Beilu thought about it carefully and felt that what Yu’s mother said made sense, but this logic did not apply to him and Yu Xi: “I won’t lose control, auntie. From today on, I will never lose my temper in front of Xixi. Uncle and auntie, don’t worry, I will never make the same mistake again, and I will never let Xixi suffer this kind of grievance again.”

After talking with Gu’s mother in the afternoon, he was worried all the time that Yu’s father and mother would take Yu Xi away from him and never let Yu Xi go to their house again.

He had never thought about this question before. He always felt that Yu Xi was his best friend, like a younger brother, and there was no reason to separate them.

But Gu’s mother reminded him that he was not Yu Xi’s guardian, and he had no right to negotiate with other people’s parents.

From that moment on, he knew that the only thing he could offer was his sincerity.

The atmosphere in the living room suddenly fell into inexplicable awkwardness. Gu Beilu spoke too sincerely and confidently, and the Gu couple, who were about to scold their son again, couldn’t continue.

Finally, Yu’s mother half-jokingly broke the ice: “Derek, you didn’t do anything wrong. But Auntie noticed that you have grown up and become a man.”

Mother Gu took over the conversation: “That’s all thanks to Xixi’s influence. Xixi has a good temper, and this brat has been influenced by him and has become more obedient.”

Father Yu also looked at Gu Beilu and found that this boy had indeed changed a lot. When he was a child, he was about the same age as Yu Xi, but now he was a grown man: “Look how responsible Derek is. Girls like this. He will definitely find a good wife in the future.”

Father Gu narrowed his eyes and looked at his son. It was the first time in more than ten years that he saw Gu Beilu so sincere. Thinking about it carefully, his son would restrain himself a little when he was with Yu Xi. Usually, his face was darker than Bao Gong^[1]The phrase “face was darker than Bao Gong” refers to the legendary Chinese judge Bao Zheng, who was born dark-skinned and considered cursed. In operas and dramas, Bao Zheng is often … Continue reading, and he was indifferent to them. No matter how you look at him, you can’t tell that he will be nice to girls in the future.

He couldn’t help but sneer: “Oh, good wife? I don’t know whose daughter can stand such a temper.”

Mother Gu nodded in agreement: “Except Xixi, who can tolerate him? I will be thankful if someone can accept him. I will definitely treat her as my own daughter. No, I will worship her as a living Buddha.”

Several adults were talking to each other, with Gu Beilu in the middle, his expression becoming increasingly worse.

He didn’t expect that an apology would go so far, so outrageous! What do you mean by looking for a wife? Why did he want to find a wife?