Chapter 71
After Chen Mingmo's accident, the position of the head of the Chen family was undecided. The three forces seemed calm on the surface, but in fact they were secretly competing. Some people hoped that Chen Mingmo would come back intact, while others hoped that he would have the best this time. At this time, news of Chen Mingmo's advanced liver cancer also spread.
After Chen Mingmo was taken away, Chen Mubai's performance was normal. He went to work in the company during the day, and recently a project he had ended perfectly. When he came back in the evening, he would meet Lu Zhengcheng and others to study the dynamics of Chen Muzhao and Chen Muyun, without any abnormality.
But after hearing the news today, Gu Jiusi realized something was wrong with him, and there was nothing on his face. He even had dinner with her and told her not to forget to make the Chinese medicine prescription. Before Lu Zhengcheng finished the meal, he went to the study.
The crowd spent more time in the study today than usual. When they came out, they all looked strange. They had been walking for a long time but never saw Chen Mubai coming out of the study.
Chen Mubai stayed in the study room and was extremely silent. Gu Jiusi held a glass of water and stood outside the door for a long time before knocking on the door. When he entered, he was standing in front of the window and looking outside.
Chen Mubai turned around when he heard the movement behind him, and when he saw Gu Jiusi, he smiled, "Why haven't you been asleep yet?"
Gu Jiusi didn't laugh, and handed over the water cup, "Drink some water."
Chen Mubai took it and didn't look at it. He took a sip absent-mindedly before reacting, "Why is Baishui?"
Gu Jiusi urged him to take another sip, "You haven't eaten much supper, it's too late, drinking tea is not good for your health. I used to tell you not to drink tea at night."
"Well, I won't drink it anymore." Chen Mubai put the water cup aside and pulled her to her back and hugged her from behind. The two of them stood quietly in front of the window and stopped talking.
After a while, Gu Jiusi turned his head slightly, "Are you very worried?"
"Actually, I'm going to him..." Chen Mubai frowned slightly, with a verbal meaning, "We really have no father-son relationship."
Gu Jiusi's hand covered the back of his hand, "Even if not, you will save him, right?"
Since he learned about the things that happened in the past, he rarely mentioned Chen Mingmo in front of Gu Jiusi. Although Chen Mingmo nominally saved Gu Jiusi and his daughter, he also harmed her a lot. He was afraid that Gu Jiusi would feel a little resentful.
He had always had nothing to do with Chen Mingmo before, and his life and death were irrelevant. When he knew that Gu Jiusi's hand could no longer be cured because Chen Mingmo could not cure him, when Chen Mingmo threatened him with Gu Jiusi and Gu Guo, he hated him to the core. But now, Chen Mingmo has become a prisoner, but he is a little uncomfortable. Chen Mingmo should have known that he is sick for a long time. He realized something was wrong a long time ago, but he never took it to heart. He just thought that it was because he had some minor problems when he was old. Now, when he thinks about it, he is a little annoyed from his heart, and he doesn't know what his annoyance is.
Since Chen Mingmo was taken away, everyone has been silent in a tacit way. In fact, he has also thought about moving, but he feels sorry for Gu Jiusi when he moves.
Chen Mubai was embarrassed, Gu Jiusi could see that he didn't respond for a long time, and suddenly spoke, "Actually, I hate Chen Mingmo very much. I can even say that I hate him for a while."
Chen Mubai was stunned for a moment, "Hmm?"
Her temperament has always been very indifferent, and she doesn't show any obvious expression of likes and dislikes. Now she suddenly expressed her joys and anger viciously, which scared him.
She turned around and looked at him seriously. He seemed to understand something. After looking at her for a while, she lowered her eyes and sighed very lightly.
Gu Jiusi looked serious when he entered the study, but suddenly laughed, "If I really force you to make a choice, then what's the difference between me and Shu Hua? How can I be worthy of so many things you have done for me? When he was willing to let my father come back, I no longer hated him. No matter how much he hated the past, it would not change anything. Besides, he had such a serious illness, how could I continue to care about it? Now that I have you and I see my father again, I have already felt relieved. You know, I have never been a good person. If it were someone else, I would definitely have to get it back, but... he is your father after all. Although I hate him, I care about you very much."
Gu Jiusi looked at Chen Mubai's eyes, without dodging, and repeated it with a little warmth in the corner of her eyes, "Chen Mubai, I care about you very much. Although I can't say some words, I hope you understand."
Chen Mubai raised his hand to stroke her face. She was thin-skinned. Today's sentence "I care about you very much" was afraid that it was her limit. Even if she would never say those words, he was satisfied.
He smiled and nodded, "I understand."
After a while, Chen Mubai spoke again, as if he wanted to say something, "Actually, I'm treating him..."
Chen Mubai suddenly stopped, frowned and wondered how to explain. Or maybe he couldn't explain it clearly. After a long time, he continued to speak, but asked Gu Jiusi, "Do you know why he likes Meng Lai?"
Gu Jiusi paused and nodded. She knew, she knew from the beginning.
"Because Meng Lai looks a bit like Teacher Yan."
"It's very similar to that of a person who is suspicious by nature, he fell into the hands of a woman. He was right. The reason why we did something wrong was because we used our feelings when it was time to use our brains. This woman is really capable. I always thought that he had no feelings for my mother, but now I suddenly feel that he is not without feelings, but that he hides it very well. He loves the Chen family more than my mother, so he chose the Chen family. Later, when he saw Meng Lai, who looks similar, he regrets it. Meng Yinian took advantage of his guilt towards my mother. He indulged Meng Lai in every possible way, and then..." Chen Mubai did not say anything, sighing, "Otherwise, he would not be able to notice it at all with his scheming. He valued reputation the most. He did not expect that in the end, he would be like this, and his integrity would not be safe."
"Will you save him?"
Chen Mubai smiled bitterly, "Even if I want to save him, I am powerless. Everyone pushes him down. Now everyone strives to protect themselves. Even the Dong family is so angry that they grit their teeth. Where can anyone help?"
Gu Jiusi also knew how deep the water was, the relationship was complicated and the misunderstanding was complicated. What was intentional murder was just to be famous for the army. The current situation was Chen Muzhao's ultimate goal. On that day, she saw Meng Lai and Chen Muzhao standing together and talking, she thought she was thinking too much. Now it seems that she felt right at that time. Chen Muzhao and Meng Yinian and Meng Lai jointly beat Chen Mingmo off guard. Who is Chen Muzhao next to deal with? Is it Chen Muyun or Chen Mubai?
She sighed unconsciously, but a chuckle sounded above her head.
Chen Mubai seemed to know what she was worried about, and hugged her with her hand in her arms, "We have been in the Chen family for so many years, what have we experienced? Are we still afraid of these intrigues?"
Gu Jiusi leaned into his arms and nodded. Only then did she feel relieved that Chen Mubai, who could say this, must have already had an idea.
When something happened to Chen Mingmo, the Chen family was quite calm, but the Shu family was panicked. Since Shu Hua used Duan Jingxi on his birthday party, Duan Jingzhen could not find this younger brother. Later, there was no choice but to go back to the Duan family to meet their father.
Mr. Duan has long stopped talking about the world. He drinks tea, walks birds and listens to operas every day, and lives a leisurely and comfortable attitude towards his children and grandchildren, "I'm too lazy to care about you, you can watch life yourself."
Duan Jingzhen didn't dare to tell the truth directly, but just asked Duan Jingxi in a tortuous way if she was very busy recently.
Mr. Duan is not so easy to fool, "Will you ask him yourself?"
Duan Jingzhen could only tell the truth, "I haven't seen him for a long time."
Mr. Duan stood under the flower stand and teased the birds, "Did you not see it or you can't see it at all? Jing Xi has never been afraid of others, and he is even more disdainful to hide. If he really hides from you, he is afraid that you, the sister, did something that hurts his heart. He doesn't want to forgive you, but he doesn't want to turn against you in person and hurt the friendship between brother and brother."
Duan Jingzhen was ashamed. She was confused about marrying the Chen family. The current situation was really hard to end. "Father..."
Mr. Duan looked impatient, "Okay, I have heard more or less about the things outside. I have never thought there was anything wrong with Jing Xi's thoughts and actions. You... take care of yourself."
Duan Jingzhen wanted to say something else, but when he saw his father's expression, he had to leave.
In fact, the Qiao family and the Jiang family are waiting for Chen Mingmo to have an accident in the past two years. These are all caused by Meng Lai, which hurt the Qiao family's youngest daughter. The Jiang family's prospective daughter-in-law ran to Chen Mingmo for refuge. The Qiao family and the Jiang family were unable to do anything to her, so they kept breathing.
Chen Mubai is afraid of... taking advantage of the situation.
After thinking about it, he could only start with Qiao Yu, the second son of the Qiao family, who is gentle and upright. When he was young, he fought with Jiang Shengzhuo, and Qiao Yu was a lot of peacemakers, persuading him and coaxing him, and I don’t know how much time it took.
Qiao Yu saw Chen Mubai as soon as he went out today. After getting in the car, Chen Mubai didn't say anything. He drove him around the place where he lived for many times. Later, he asked Chen Mubai to pull over and glanced at him, "If you don't say anything, I'll get off the car?"
Chen Mubai raised his hand and touched his eyebrows, and said embarrassedly, "Things about Lexi... I always wanted to talk to you, but after Lexi left, you left too. You left in a hurry, and I didn't find the right opportunity. The old man is getting more and more confused as he grows older, he actually keeps people he shouldn't be at home. Meng Lai will please the old man again. Now that the old man has something wrong, he doesn't care about her anymore. Even if you don't take action, the people in the family can't tolerate her..."
This is probably the least of the words Chen Mubai had ever said in his life. Qiao Yu was silent. The sons of the Chen family were all tigers and wolves, and they were fierce and fierce infighting. Since Chen Mingmo got sick and became even more unscrupulous. At this time, it was probably only Chen Mubai, the rebellious son in Chen's mouth, who was willing to bend down and apologize for him.
The middle-aged man was cleaning up the chess game, "I have seen him a few times in the early years. At that time, he was full of temper and his eyes were not so calm."
Du Zhong laughed after hearing this, "Do you think he has no temper now? Who has no temper? You don't? I don't? When you reach your age, you still have what you should have. It is instinct to take out your temper. It is a skill to be able to suppress your temper."
The middle-aged man paused for a moment, "Are you planning to get in?"
Chapter completed!