Seven years

Chapter 18 The Happiness You Can't Give
Mu Xue took a taxi to the hospital. When she got to the ward, she saw Gu Yan standing by the bed drinking water alone. The TV was broadcasting the news. Gu Yan saw her and asked, "You're here so soon, why aren't there many?" sleep for a while?"

"Come here when you wake up." Mu Xue looked around the ward, "Why don't you see Yanzhen?"

Gu Yan put down the water glass and said, "She left early, saying that the company has something to do."

"Then she won't call me, really." Mu Xue walked towards Gu Yan, muttering, "By the way, I have something to ask you."

Seeing that Mu Xue's expression became serious, Gu Yan asked, "What's the matter?"

Mu Xue looked directly at him, "You gave Su Qi 20?"

Gu Yan knew that he couldn't hide it, so he explained: "It's not giving, it's called borrowing."

"So you borrowed him 20 yuan?" Mu Xue stared at him closely, and Gu Yan nodded uncomfortably under her stare.Mu Xue took out a pen and a check from her bag, quickly filled it out and handed it to him, "I will return the 20 to you now, and if that person comes to you again in the future, you can call me."

Gu Yan looked at the check in her hand and said, "I lent it to your father, not to you, so you don't need to return it to me."

"If you lend it to him, don't even try to take it back. Do you know what kind of person he is and dare to lend him money casually!" Mu Xue frowned, her tone a little excited.

Gu Yan looked at her peacefully, "I only know that he is your father."

"He's not! He abandoned our mother and daughter when I was nine years old, so he's not!" Mu Xue tried hard to control her emotions, but Gu Yan could still hear her trembling voice when she spoke.

"Mu Xue, no matter how much you hate him, you can't change the fact that he is your father." Gu Yan said, "Do you really want to watch him being beaten to pieces by those moneylenders? Then you will relieve your hatred? No, you will not. I know, you are just angry, you are angry at him for not being up to date, angry at him for abandoning you, and angry at him for not fulfilling his responsibility as a father. In fact, you love him more than anyone else. he."

"Why? Why do you say that?!" Mu Xue was irritated by his words, she yelled like crazy, and pushed him hard.

"Just rely on the check you just wrote!" Gu Yan was also anxious, "If you really hated him, you wouldn't pay him back the money!"

"Don't think you know me very well." Mu Xue knew she was wrong, and lowered her voice. As her voice lowered, she gradually regained her senses, and her eyes moved elsewhere.

"Mu Xue, why don't you dare to admit it?" Gu Yan took two steps towards her, put his arms around her thin shoulders, and said distressedly, "Why don't you dare to admit that you still care about your father in your heart, and dare not admit that you long to lose such a father?" Years of fatherly love, dare not face my own heart, dare not admit...you like me."

"I..." When Mu Xue heard the last sentence, she turned her head away to look at him in surprise, and when she was about to speak, he suddenly came up and bit her lip.This kiss came too fast, so fast that Mu Xue was caught off guard. At this moment, her mind was blank, she had no thoughts, only his kiss, hot and scalding, made her heart beat faster involuntarily.

This time Gu Yan was very sober, he held her lips, and kissed her cautiously, it was ice cold, with a faint fragrance of mint.Between the gap between his lips and teeth, his voice also floated: "Mu Xue, you like me."

Mu Xue seemed to be possessed, she stood still for a few seconds, and then responded to him very lightly and superficially. Gu Yan got her response and kissed him deeper and deeper.Mu Xue closed her eyes, she knew exactly what she was doing, even though she had thousands of thoughts, she didn't want to think about it now, she just wanted to follow her heart, even if she took a risk, she didn't want to miss him again.

"Tsk tsk..." Seeing his son stumbling back with his daughter reeking of alcohol, Li Zeyu couldn't help but sigh, "They are really brothers and sisters, what's the matter this time?"

"Dad, don't worry about it." Li Binghuan said while putting Yanzhen on the sofa, and ordered the servant to cook some hangover soup and bring it to him.

Li Zeyu stood on the spot with his hips crossed, "Is it because of feelings again? Look at how promising you two are! I'm so pissed off!"

Li Yanzhen tilted her head, her face was blushing, and she looked very uncomfortable.Li Zeyu felt sorry for his daughter, sat down beside her, held her hand and said, "Yanzhen, whoever bullied you, dad will vent your anger on you!"

"No... No one bullied me." Although Li Yanzhen was dizzy from drinking, she still did not forget to protect the person who broke her heart.

How could Li Zeyu not know what his daughter was thinking? He looked at his daughter and then at his son, "I said, don't think I'm stupid, I don't know about your crap? Mu Xue, that stinky girl, seems to have to be taught a lesson. Only then will you be obedient and obedient."

"Dad, what are you going to do?" Li Binghuan looked at his father anxiously.

"If you want her to stay with you, just listen to me."

"Mu Xue." Gu Yan sat on the edge of the bed, hugged Mu Xue in his arms, and stroked her hair gently like a puppy.

Mu Xue turned her head to look at him, "Huh?"

"Let's leave the hospital tomorrow, okay? The hospital is too dull, I don't want to stay here anymore, and the doctor said I can be discharged, can you... come home with me?" Gu Yan asked, looking directly at her.

"Go home?" Mu Xue opened her eyes wide.

Gu Yan nodded, "Well...I mean go back to where I live, if...you want to see my parents, I can take you there too."

Mu Xue pouted, "Forget it, your mother might not be happy to see me."

"Do you still remember that incident? My mother is straightforward and has no malicious intentions." Gu Yan hugged her tighter, "With me here, don't worry."

Mu Xue bit her lip and said nothing.Just then a call came in, Gu Yan let go of her, Mu Xue glanced at the caller ID, it was Zhao Yulin.

"Mu Xue, it's bad!" Zhao Yulin's voice came from the receiver.

Mu Xue frowned, "What's the matter?"

After 2 minutes, Gu Yan saw that Mu Xue had a bad face and hung up the phone, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mu Xue sighed heavily, her voice was a little weak: "Zhao Yulin said that she just received an internal message - the plan I made was withdrawn."

"How could this happen?" Gu Yan didn't understand. Some time ago, I heard from colleagues in private that Mu Xue agreed to return to China because Li Zeyu hinted that the project to enter the high-end women's clothing customization market was entrusted to her and named after her. For TOD, everyone knows that the so-called approval or disapproval from above is just a formality, but who would have thought that all the preparations were ready, but they were suddenly stopped.Seeing that Mu Xue was anxious, Gu Yan comforted her and said, "Don't be in a hurry, there is no definite date until the news is announced. It's too late today, why don't you go back to the company tomorrow to see what's going on."

Mu Xue nodded, "That's the only way to go."

Early the next morning, Mu Xue woke up and made a special effort to freshen up. Gu Yan stared at her exquisite makeup and said, "You go first, I'll take care of it myself, and call me when I'm done."

Mu Xue looked at him, nodded with a smile, tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek lightly, then shyly ran to the door and turned around to look at him, "Then I'll go first."

"Okay, let's go."

Mu Shuting has been researching recipes recently. The refrigerator at home was empty today, so she went to the nearest market to buy vegetables. Because she was getting old, she couldn't remember many things, so she simply took the recipes to look at and buy ingredients.

"Ma'am, what do you want to buy? I have the freshest seasonal fruits and vegetables here!" The woman who bought vegetables courteously solicited customers. After listening to her words, Mu Shuting stopped in front of her booth and took a closer look.

"Then broccoli and mushrooms should be half a catty each." Mu Shuting said while pointing.

"How about a catty each? These dishes just arrived this morning, and they are fresh!"

Mu Shuting waved her hand, "No, it's only half a catty. There are few people in my family, so I can't finish buying so much."

The woman had no choice but to give it up, and weighed it for her as she said, and when she settled the bill, she still asked: "Do you want other dishes, I will make it cheaper for you."

Mu Shuting smiled politely, "No, I'll look around again."

"Master, Miss Mu is here and wants to see you." Zhao Mingli came over and said to Li Zeyu who was playing chess by himself.

Li Zeyu stared at the chessboard for a while, moved a chess piece, and said, "Call her in."

"Miss Mu, this way please." Following Zhao Mingli's voice, Li Zeyu saw a pair of women's high heels gradually approaching this way from the corner of his eye. He raised his head and smiled with a kind look on his face.

"Mu Xue, here you come, sit down."

Mu Xue sat down next to him, "Uncle seems to be in a good mood."

Li Zeyu said with a smile: "It's been a long time since you came to see me, an old man. Of course I'm happy to come today."

"You are energetic, you are not old at all." Mu Xue also said with a smile.

Li Zeyu waved his hand, "Okay, why are you so busy that you have time to come and see me? What's the matter?"

Mu Xue's smile was unclear, and she seemed to spit out a sentence inadvertently: "Aren't you just waiting for me when you play chess?"

"Haha..." Li Zeyu nodded in satisfaction, "You're so smart, I, Li, have always had a good eye, and I've never missed anyone. Your news came too quickly!"

"Uncle, do you violate the original agreement by doing this?" Mu Xue met his gaze.

Li Zeyu sneered and looked at her with pity, "My child, I praised you for being smart, but now you are acting stupid. When I asked you to do this project under your name, I treated you as a son of my Li family." Daughter-in-law, look at the future heirs. Don’t talk about a project, I’m relieved to hand over the company to you, but you don’t want it yourself! Young people only think about romantic love, what are you talking about? What can your assistant bring to you?"

"Uncle, you..." Mu Xue's pupils dilated in surprise.

Li Zeyu's expression acquiesced to her guess, "Son, it's too late for you to regret now, but don't wait until later to regret today's decision."

Mu Xue regained her composure, and said with firm eyes, "I know what I'm doing."

Seeing her obsession, Li Zeyu was annoyed inwardly, "Could it be that our Binghuan is not as good as an employee? Are you going to abandon TOD's heir for that man?!"

"Uncle, that's not what I mean. Binghuan is also very important to me, but... but the meaning is different." Mu Xue said.

"Since it's important, you should give up on that person. Binghuan will make you happy." Li Zeyu said in a low voice.

"But I can't give him happiness." Mu Xue didn't want to go around anymore, she said firmly, "I won't marry him."

Li Zeyu tossed the chess in his hand heavily and made a loud noise, "What do you think you are? If I hadn't cultivated you, you would have achieved what you are today? Just relying on you, what qualifications do you have to enter my Li family's door? There are many more beautiful, younger and backgrounded women than you! To tell you the truth, I valued your talent at the beginning and wanted to promote you as a top designer to help our company, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. Don't blame me for not reminding you, since I can achieve you single-handedly, and I can hide you in the snow, you should weigh it yourself before making a decision!"

Mu Xue was silent for a while, stood up and bowed to him, and said solemnly: "Uncle, I will always remember your kindness to me, but that's all. You have given me a lot to get my current grades." Great help, but I also rely on my hard work to get to where I am today. I hope you don't let me wipe out the last trace of respect for you. As for whether you hate me or hide me in the snow, it's up to you .”

Li Zeyu was so angry that he overturned the chessboard and shouted, "Come here! See off the guests!"

Zhao Mingli rushed over upon hearing the sound, and made a "please" gesture to Mu Xue. At this moment, Mu Xue's cell phone rang.Li Zeyu leaned on the sofa and got angry, blood welling up, her face flushed, Zhao Mingli was caught between the two of them for a moment, he had to wait for Mu Xue to answer the call before asking her to leave, at this moment she was holding the phone, her expression changed drastically, Suddenly rushed out.

(End of this chapter)