half-baked life

Chapter 108: Can I lend you my sister’s shoulder for a while?
Gu Jianhui stood on the stage and delivered his eulogy with tears streaming down his face.

He had only read a few words when the sobs around him became louder and louder. Gu Xia, who was standing at the front, lowered his head and blinked hard, but still couldn't squeeze out a single tear.

He looked up at the photo of his grandma. In the photo, grandma was wearing an old-fashioned floral gown with a double-breasted pattern. Her gray hair was neatly combed back into a bun the size of a walnut. She smiled with an unusually loving smile. Every time I see Gu Xia, I will look like this.

This photo was taken by Gu Xia for her grandma.

"Xiaoxia, please take a photo of grandma for future use."

During the summer vacation after the college entrance examination, when Gu Xia went to visit her grandma, her grandma suddenly said this.

Gu Xia didn't understand it at all at first. When he understood it, his first reaction was to refuse, "Why are you filming that? How unlucky!"

"We always have to take pictures." Grandma took Gu Xia's hand and discussed with her youngest and most beloved grandson in a good voice, "Xiao Xia will help grandma take the pictures and make them more beautiful, okay?"

"Photograph beautifully."

In order to achieve this goal, Gu Xia began to seriously study the setting, lighting and PS. He spent a huge amount of money to buy a large box of cosmetics, and then studied carefully with beauty bloggers, and repeatedly practiced and adjusted on his own face.

A week later, Gu Xia thought he had achieved some success, but when it came time to transform into a grandma, he was in a hurry and making mistakes.

The foundation was floating, the eye shadow was tacky, and the blush was applied like a monkey's butt. Grandma had a good temper and let him mess with her all morning. Gu Xia applied and applied makeup, but the final makeup was too much for him. I dare not take a second look, it is a 100% replica of the old fox in "Tales from the Heavenly Book"!
Gu Xia finally gritted her teeth, stamped her foot, and raised the mirror in front of her grandma. Grandma laughed off her dentures.

"It's okay, let's take it slow, just do it twice more."

Facts have proved that Gu Xia seriously lacked talent in makeup, and finally had to ask for help from a female classmate with whom she had a good relationship, and finally helped her grandma take photos.

"...The wrinkles should be fewer, the eyes should be bigger...Hey, be more energetic...and the mouth should be smaller." When editing the photos, grandma was sitting with Gu Xia wearing reading glasses. By your side, commanding the entire process.

"Is your mouth still smaller?" Gu Xia looked at the mouth that had shrunk a circle and confirmed with her grandma in disbelief.

"Yes, Little Cherry is so eloquent!" Grandma pouted at Gu Xia as she spoke.

When Gu Xia thought of this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. The laughter was so sudden amid the miserable sobbing that filled the room. When Xia Yun heard this, she quickly bumped him with her elbow. Only then did Gu Xia react. He immediately gritted his teeth and pinched his thigh hard, but there was still only pain and no urge to cry at all.

"You are crying, Gu Xia, you really have no conscience at all. Aren't you sad at all when grandma is gone?" Gu Xia yelled at himself in his heart, and became irritable. He raised his hand and gave her Slap yourself.

He didn't exert much force at all, but he still shocked everyone around him.

"...To this day, my aunt still... still thinks that I was possessed by evil spirits!" Gu Xia sniffed hard and forced a smile at Jiang He.

"When people are too sad, they can't cry."

Jiang He has seen this saying. When a person encounters excessive sadness and pain, the brain will isolate all these emotions for the purpose of self-protection and "pretend" that everything that is happening currently has nothing to do with him.

"Anyway... Anyway, I went back to school and took a photo of the last two sentences my grandma wrote. I asked a lot of people and posted it online, but I still couldn't recognize it."

Jiang He noticed that Gu Xia's speaking speed was getting faster and faster. He seemed to be being chased by something, and he was eager to finish the matter. "Later, I became popular, and I had fans and attention, so I started to talk again." I posted it once, and this time...this time someone really helped to identify it. The first sentence grandma wrote was, 'I want to take a bath, people are smelly.' The second sentence was...it was, 'Don't be afraid, Xiaoxia, the photo is very beautiful. ……very beautiful'. "

Gu Xia collapsed completely before he could finish his last sentence. He hunched over and tried hard to hide his face, but the tears couldn't be hidden at all and fell one after another.

He muttered something in a low voice, but Jiang He could barely make out the three words "I'm sorry." His choked sobs were suppressed to the limit, but they still came out uncontrollably between breaths, firmly guarding the self-protection for many years. As he told the story, the mechanism completely failed and collapsed. The belated grief made Gu Xia regress into a child who only knew how to cry, looking so helpless and pitiful.

Jiang He suddenly wanted to give him a hug.

A hug that has nothing to do with love, but simply provides a little support and concern.

Whenever she was bullied when she was a child, or when she cried for her parents, her grandma would give her a hug.

She would hug the little Jiang He with all her strength, running her big hands back and forth on her thin back one after another, humming a vague and low unknown tone in her mouth. Being held by her grandma, no matter how sad the little Jiang He was, Any grievance will get better soon.

However, it is not easy to give Gu Xia a hug.

Gu Xia was really too big. Jiang He just hugged him like this, and probably could only wrap his arms around his waist.

Jiang He looked down and found a big stone right next to his feet. He stepped on it tentatively and found it was stable, so he raised his hand and patted Gu Xia's shoulder, which was still shaking.

"Sister, can I lend you my shoulder for a while?"

As soon as Jiang He, who was smiling and spreading his arms, finished speaking, Gu Xia, whose eyes were red and his face was full of tears, bumped into him.

He was nearly 185cm tall and had a lot of tendons. Although he had restrained his strength, he still knocked Jiang He directly off the stone.

At the moment when Jiang He felt that he would definitely fall to the ground and be "pressed to the top" by Gu Xia, Gu Xia hugged her and took several steps back. Then, Jiang He's dangling feet unexpectedly Found a foothold again.

"I'm sorry, I didn't... didn't hurt you, right?" Gu Xia, who was nestled in Jiang He's arms, cried and apologized with a trembling voice. "...No." Jiang He, who was inexplicably laughed at, gritted her teeth and squeezed out these two words. She was holding back her laughter until tears almost came out. Naturally, she couldn't say a word of comfort, so she simply followed it like her grandma. Gu Xia rubbed her back up and down.

"Hey, Sister Xiaoping, look at it!"

Jiang Xiaoping was still thinking about which temple to go to to pay homage tomorrow. Zhang Jiefang, who had looked panicked just now, suddenly winked at her with excitement. Jiang Xiaoping turned around and saw the two people hugging each other. She was very excited. He nodded happily.

"Are you feeling more comfortable?" Jiang He noticed that Gu Xia had almost vented his emotions, and let go of him.

Gu Xia was obviously still a little shy and didn't dare to look at her at all, so she nodded her head slightly.

Jiang He's heart became filled with love and affection. She raised her hand and pinched the back of Gu Xia's neck like an elder. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. You just have to cry when you're sad."

Gu Xia finally raised her head, and Jiang He squinted her eyes slightly. She suddenly understood what was going on under the account "Boss Gu's Summer" and the comments that made Gu Xia cry every day.

If you want to say that the fans are "knowledgeable", Gu Xia's cool little appearance, the red color at the end of the eyes and the tip of the nose, coupled with the wet eyeballs and eyelashes, are indeed pleasing to the eye.

Jiang He admired it briefly for two seconds. She was worried that Gu Xia would become suspicious, so she raised her hand to wipe away the tears hanging on Gu Xia's cheekbones with her thumb. She was about to get off the stone, but Gu Xia grabbed her. wrist.

Gu Xia's emotions were still in violent shock at this moment. His mind was in a mess. He only knew that Jiang He, who had just given him great comfort and support, was leaving, so naturally he couldn't agree.

"What? Still want to cry?" Jiang He joked, but he really didn't leave.

Gu Xia didn't say a word, just looked at her steadily. He tentatively leaned towards Jiang He, and found that Jiang He had no intention of hiding. He was immediately overjoyed and kissed her with his eyes closed.

Almost as soon as he closed his eyes, Jiang He's palm fell on his cheek.

The strength is not strong, it can even be said to be light, but the meaning cannot be clearer.

The passionate passion in Gu Xia's heart instantly froze into concrete that blocked his heart. At the same time, Jiang Xiaoping's unbridled ridicule sounded next to him. The sound was much louder than the slap Jiang He had just slapped on his face.

"Crying and acting hooligan at the same time? I won't comment on anything else, just this serial trick, it must be a bit new!"

Jiang Xiaoping held an e-cigarette in her mouth and said jokingly, but there was clear intimidation in her eyes.

Gu Xia had misunderstood because of her pretentiousness and offended Jiang He. As soon as Jiang Xiaoping said these words, her whole body turned red with shame, she was so panicked that her tongue was tied, and she couldn't even apologize.

"I... I wasn't just... I was... I'm sorry, Jiang He, I'm really sorry. I thought you were mean to me... Don't get me wrong, I definitely didn't mean to slap you down."

Gu Xia rubbed his face vigorously, trying to calm himself down, and then he forced himself to look into Jiang He's eyes before continuing.

"I don't think it's important. What matters is that you feel offended. Jiang He, I...I really didn't mean it. Don't worry, I will never do this again, really. You...don't rush I’ll go, okay?”

"Yes, Jiang He, Boss Gu definitely didn't mean to... play hooligan with you, he was just a bit... dizzy from crying, right?" Zhang Jiefang immediately spoke up to help Gu Xia.

When the two hugged each other, she was so excited. She thought the plot had skipped to the "mutual confession" part. When she saw Gu Xia kissing Jiang He, she even clenched her fists with excitement. , I never expected Jiang He to slap Gu Xia. This is not the case in this romance novel!
"The apology is sincere. The child is still young, He'er, give it a chance."

Gu Xia didn't expect Jiang Xiaoping to say nice things to him, and immediately gave him a grateful look. As a result, Jiang Xiaoping's next sentence was a fierce threat, "Next time, break your legs first and then call the police!"

Gu Xia looked pitifully at Jiang He, but Jiang He didn't look at him at all. Instead, he glanced at her mother and Zhang Jiefang in confusion, "Boss Gu, you are quite popular. But when did I say I would drive you away? I just felt at ease." You’ve only been working for two days and you’re ready to give up?”

"Are you saying you... forgive me?" Gu Xia asked tentatively.

Jiang He nodded, and his whole body was instantly resurrected with blood. He immediately rushed to Zhang Jiefang and hugged her. The two brothers patted her on the back nicely, "Aunt Jiefang, thank you for helping me just now." say."

"...Ah, you're welcome." Zhang Jiefang, whose body was extremely stiff, also tentatively patted Gu Xia twice, obviously not used to hugs.

Gu Xia let go of Zhang Jiefang, turned around and rushed towards Jiang Xiaoping, like an eagle catching a chicken, hugging Jiang Xiaoping who wanted to run but didn't, "Thank you too, Aunt Jiefang!"

Jiang Xiaoping felt that the air in her lungs was about to be squeezed out. She looked at Jiang He over Gu Xia's shoulder. She couldn't help but roll her eyes, and then pointed at Gu Xia's brain, with a look on her face. Dislike.

"Okay, okay, let go of me quickly, I can't breathe anymore." Jiang Xiaoping urged impatiently.

Gu Xia quickly let go of Jiang Xiaoping, and then eagerly came to Jiang He. He obviously wanted to hug him, but he was afraid of offending Jiang He, so he hesitated again and again, just like a big dog that had just been severely scolded by its owner. As if, he stretched out his right hand cautiously.

"Thank you for forgiving me, Jiang He."

Jiang He's eyes fell on the big hand in front of him, with no intention of reaching out, "If I don't shake your hand, will you cry?"

"...That's okay." Gu Xia smiled flatteringly at Jiang He.

"Forget it then." Jiang He also laughed, and she held Gu Xia's hand, "The way you look when you cry is a bit scary."

(End of this chapter)