“…”

The couple had already calculated this cost. Although they were financially comfortable, they needed to keep some liquid assets, and then they had to buy a house for Sheng Weixia.

There were simply too many places to spend money.

When they got back home, it was already dusk. Dinner was laid out on the table, and Gu Qingwei was waiting for them politely.

The couple looked at each other, their hearts softened instantly. The matter they had been hesitant about just now was suddenly decided.

They glanced at the stairs, deciding to tell Sheng Weixia without her knowing: “Qingwei, we think, maybe you should go earlier, so you can get used to the environment there. We’ll go ask about plane tickets tomorrow, if there’s a suitable flight, you can go ahead, okay?”

“Ah? But I still want to meet my classmates and friends.” Gu Qingwei bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with watery light, “Besides, once I go, I won’t be back for at least a year or two, I’ll miss you guys!”

“Good girl, we know, we know.” Jiang Xiuhou went over and hugged her daughter, her tears couldn’t hold back, “We still have a long time together!”

The mother and daughter immediately hugged each other and cried, Gu Desheng also wiped his eyes.

“…” Sheng Weixia stopped on the stairs, looking at the touching scene of motherly love and filial piety in front of her, “I thought you wouldn’t be home for dinner today, I’m interrupting.”

She was about to turn around and go upstairs.

“Xia…” Jiang Xiuhou let go of Gu Qingwei, wiping the tears on her cheeks carelessly, “We just got back, the food is ready, come sit down and eat, we’re all hungry.”

This meal, except for Sheng Weixia who was enjoying it, everyone else was eating like wax.

As the meal was about to finish, Gu Desheng cleared his throat: “Qingwei, go ahead and have that party you’re having, you go invite people, leave the housework to your mom.” He looked at his daughter across from him, who was eating seriously and her expression didn’t change, his forehead twitched, “…and your sister.”

Sheng Weixia finished her meal, put down her chopsticks, smiled faintly and wiped her mouth: “I won’t go, have fun.”

Chapter 9 You Invited Me to Watch the Show

Although they were in a hurry to organize a gathering, Gu Qingwei’s invitations were basically all accepted.

This weekend, the Gu family’s villa was completely renovated under Jiang Xiuhou’s skillful arrangement. After turning off the lights, those twinkling, mesmerizing colorful lights came on, making it look like a country villa in a foreign country, stylish and dreamy.

Jiang Xiuhou asked someone to bring a chef and pastry chef from a big hotel in Jinzhong, they made Western and Chinese cold dishes, hot dishes, desserts, and sweet soup.

According to Gu Qingwei’s requirements, they put together several long tables, laid out tablecloths, and then placed all the food and drinks on them, creating a cozy party scene.

Gu Qingwei got up early in the morning to wash up and get dressed.

She skillfully used a foundation mixed with Peking Opera makeup to cover the surgical scar on her upper lip, when she was drawing the lip line with a lip liner, she looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly stopped.

The person who gave her this scar, her biological father, was harassing the Gu family.

Why was her biological father such a person?

Why didn’t he consider her at all?

Fortunately, it was almost over, she would soon be free!

She unconsciously pressed harder, drawing the peak of her lips a little higher.

Gu Qingwei looked at the abrupt lips in the mirror with a blank expression, she used snow cream to smooth out the excess color, then calmly finished her makeup.

Aunt Zhao brought over the ironed clothes hanging on the hanger: “Miss Qingwei, your clothes are ready, do you want to take a bath?”

“Take a bath?” Gu Qingwei asked curiously, “Why take a bath so early in the morning?”

Aunt Zhao’s eyes were dazed: “Miss Xia likes to take a bath, she’s taking one right now.”

She received Gu Qingwei’s slightly creepy gaze and forcibly stopped the words that were about to come out of her mouth: She’s getting prettier and prettier the more she bathes.

According to Aunt Zhao’s observation, Sheng Weixia had been like a bamboo shoot after a rain, changing every day since she came to the Gu family, it hadn’t even been a month, and she had completely lost the rusticity she had when she first arrived, her every move was more graceful and elegant than the people on TV, let alone the mother and daughter under this roof.

This couldn’t be explained, only the unusual habit of taking a bath was something Aunt Zhao could see.

Fortunately, Gu Qingwei wasn’t thinking about this, she didn’t ask any further.

She glanced at the clothes she had chosen, a red bat-sleeved shirt with a large lapel, a black pleated skirt, a combination that was often seen on the covers of foreign magazines.

Today was her stage.

She was ready, she was going to make everyone remember her best side!

She just wondered if Yu Shi would come today.

As Gu Qingwei drew the final stroke of lipstick, she heard the sound of car doors and scattered conversations from downstairs.

“Qingwei… we’re here!”

It was her high school classmates!

Gu Qingwei checked her reflection in the mirror again, she fluttered downstairs like a bird spreading its wings.

“Wow, what a beautiful skirt!”

“Qingwei looks so good in this dress.”

Downstairs quickly became lively.

Gu Qingwei’s party was the first one after the admission letters came out.

They were all eighteen or nineteen years old, after this summer vacation, everyone would go their separate ways, they didn’t know when they would meet again.

Therefore, a lot of people came.

But that wasn’t all.

Everyone’s face clearly showed curiosity, their eyes drifted towards the upstairs.

After all, Jinzhong City wasn’t big, and the circle was even smaller, everyone was curious about what the Gu family’s real daughter was like, but they were too embarrassed to ask.

When Yu Xue Ling entered the door, she pushed the atmosphere to a new high.

“Xue Ling is here too!”

As soon as she appeared, the center of the whole scene changed, everyone surrounded her.

The Yu family’s eldest daughter handed the gift to Gu Qingwei, she scanned the living room without a trace, she didn’t see the person who was rumored to be able to turn Wu Biao into a lapdog, she said faintly: “I have something to do later, I’ll just sit for a while and leave.”

“Didn’t Sister Shulan come with you, Sister Xue Ling?” Gu Qingwei held the gift box, she sat next to Yu Xue Ling, acting very close, as if she hadn’t been snubbed at the Yu family’s old mansion.

Yu Xue Ling smiled faintly: “Whether Shulan can go out depends on whether Third Brother lets her out, you should know that. Why, didn’t you invite my Third Brother?”

Gu Qingwei’s ears turned red, her voice was as low as a whisper: “I did invite him, but Brother Yu Shi is busy.”

When they heard Yu Shi’s name, the atmosphere in the room became even more lively.

“Qingwei is still the best, her connections are amazing, if it were me, I wouldn’t dare to invite Yu Shi!”

“Of course, only Qingwei knows everyone.”

At the same time, Aunt Zhao stood at the top of the stairs on the third floor, listening to the lively cheers coming from downstairs, she thought of what her husband had told her, how bad the man who raised her was, her eyes couldn’t help but look around: “Miss Xia, aren’t you going downstairs to play? Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu specifically told you to go downstairs to play when they went out, everyone who came today is young.”

The original words were, don’t let people laugh at you, they really think you two sisters don’t get along.

Of course, Sheng Weixia had heard this in her previous life, this time she didn’t care at all about when the couple went out, or how Gu Qingwei invited people.

She saw Aunt Zhao’s expression of not wanting to touch bad luck, she rested one hand on the armrest of the sofa, raised the book in her hand and smiled: “I’m not going, I want to read for a while, please help me drain the mugwort water in the bathtub later, and scrub it clean.”

Only children like this meaningless social interaction, she naturally did whatever was comfortable for her.

Aunt Zhao went downstairs with a sigh of relief, she just muttered under her breath that she didn’t know what was good for her.

Before she reached the first floor, Gu Qingwei looked up and asked with anticipation: “Sister, aren’t you coming down?”

“Miss Xia said she wants to read.”

“Is she feeling unwell? I’ll go up and see her later.” Gu Qingwei frowned, her black and white eyes were full of worry.

“Ai, Qingwei is really too honest, it’s obvious that her adopted sister is not giving her face.”

“Yes, I heard she’s very unreasonable, she knows that the Gu family is sending Qingwei to study in England, but she insists on going to the United States! Isn’t the cost of living in the United States higher than in England?”

Yu Xue Ling couldn’t see the real person, she sat for a while and her patience ran out, she slightly curled her lips: “I have something to do, I’ll go now.”

“Sister Xue Ling, stay and play a little longer, last time you said you liked that English song, I’ve practiced it.” Gu Qingwei leaned towards Yu Xue Ling, gently pulling her hand, acting as close as sisters.

Yu Xue Ling liked this deliberate attention, she stopped and said: “Then let me hear it.”

Gu Qingwei sat down at the piano and smiled faintly.

She had learned to perform at Gu Desheng’s banquets since she was a child, now she was playing as if no one else was around, she stroked the piano keys, beautiful music poured out.

The people present were quickly captivated by this new and unique piece.

Gu Qingwei confidently showed a faint smile.

Sheng Weixia only knew how to sing a few songs, could she play the piano?

Even if she didn’t go to school in China, the people present would remember that she was the talented one, the daughter of the Gu family.

The music reached its climax, Gu Qingwei poured her emotions into the music, she was about to play the most famous part when a noisy sound came from outside the door.

She looked up and played a wrong note.

“Who are you? Hey, hey, hey, why are you barging in?”

“I’m looking for my daughter!”

“You can’t just barge in, who is your daughter, I’ll call her out… Someone, stop him!”

Everyone in the living room who was gathered around the piano turned their heads to look outside, a man with messy hair and ragged clothes was walking towards them step by step, his expression was fierce and eccentric, he looked very intimidating.

In the living room, there was an uproar.

“Could it be someone who wants revenge?”