Shen Yu glared at Gu Yunsi and told her to stop saying a few words.
The old lady paused as she got into the car, glanced at Gu Zhiyin, then at Mu Ning who was standing awkwardly aside, and said indifferently.
"Girl Ning, since she just got up, there's no need to go. Just stay at home and guard the ancestral hall."
Mu Ning pursed her lips. She knew that the old lady was punishing her.
"Ning Ning's schedule was a little upside down because of the exam a while ago. She stayed up too late last night and her body couldn't bear it. I asked her to sleep more."
Gu Zhiyin walked out of the house and stood on the stone steps under the eaves.
He has a cold face and a tall and straight figure.
Everyone looked up at him.
The protective meaning in Gu Zhiyin's words was obvious, but he actually contradicted the old lady in front of so many people?
Shen Yu quickly smoothed things over, "Mom, these young people did it too late last night. They got up at three o'clock to set off firecrackers. It was quite hard."
She held the old lady's hand and said with a smile: "Let Ning go with you. Don't waste the time to burn incense."
There was a sharp edge in the old lady's eyes, and she glanced at Gu Zhiyin, her eyes full of warning.
She didn't say anything, snorted coldly, bent down and got into the car.
The rest of the Gu family also got on the bus one after another.
Both cars drove away, only Mu Ning and Gu Zhiyin were still standing.
"Has Ning Ning slept well?"
Gu Zhiyin strode towards her with long legs and saw the faint dark circles under her eyes, "I'm still going to sleep if I'm not full."
Are you still sleeping after being scolded?
Mu Ning sighed, "Sleep well..."
Then she glared at him and whispered, "Why don't you wake me up?"
She scratched her hair and said, "The alarm clock didn't go off either, so I overslept."
"I locked it up." Gu Zhiyin said boldly and looked down at her.
"You locked...you..."
Mu Ning became even more depressed, "Don't you know you will be punished for getting up late?"
The man hummed, "Have you been punished?"
"That's not true, but you offended the old lady for me!"
"What does she care about?"
Seeing that her hair was about to turn into a chicken nest, Gu Zhiyin found it funny and grabbed her wrist, "Let's go, I'll take you there."
"Hey, don't drag me. I'll go by myself. It's not good to be seen... Do you hear me? Gu Zhiyin, please let go..."
Mu Ning warned him all the way, but Gu Zhiyin turned a deaf ear and dragged her into the car.
Gu Zhiyin also got into the car, and Mu Ning turned her head to glare at him.
Gu Zhiyin didn't see her eyes and leaned over to fasten her safety belt.
Then he took out a bottle of milk, two eggs, and a box of packaged Chinese pastries from his coat pocket, and placed them in her hands.
"The worship may take a long time, so I'll put some food on my stomach first, and I'll take you to eat delicious food when I get back."
Mu Ning looked at the hot breakfast in his hand, his eyes were slightly stunned, and then he raised his head in surprise, "Did you pack it secretly from the kitchen?"
"Um."
Mu Ning felt a warm current in his heart, "Well, Uncle Gu was so thoughtful. I thought I was going to be hungry all morning."
The rules of the old house are very perverted. If you don't get up to eat, then you don't have to eat. It will make you hungry and make you remember.
Gu Zhiyin smiled and touched her head, "Eat quickly. You can rest in the car for a while after eating."
Mu Ning opened the packaging box and before eating, she suddenly asked: "Uncle Gu, are you coming tonight?"
"Where are you coming from?"
"My room."
Gu Zhiyin chuckled, "Ning Ning asks me to go, so I will go."
...Why did he still put it on?
Who is so shameless that he wants to rely on her family?
He was told to go sleep in the study room and sneak in quietly in the middle of the night.
Mu Ning rolled her eyes at him, "Uncle Gu, it's better not to come. It's not good to climb up to the second floor at night and toss and turn at an old age. If your waist slips, it won't be good!"
A handful of years...
Gu Zhiyin laughed, "Ning Ning, don't worry. If you break your leg, it won't hurt your waist."
Mu Ning looked questioning, "Why?"
"Your waist is broken, why don't you have to work hard on it?"
Mu Ning blushed to the point of being speechless, reaching out to pinch him.
Gu Zhiyin grabbed her hand and said, "You're driving, don't make trouble."
Mu Ning huffed and took out her hand, not bothering to talk to him, and started eating her breakfast.
When they arrived at Gu's cemetery, Mu Ning followed Gu Zhiyin up the mountain.
It's the same process every year.
The only difference is that next to the grave of Gu Zhiyin's father, Mr. Gu Qijing, there is an unmarked monument.
After the worship, it was almost noon.
Mrs. Gu and others went back first.
Gu Zhiyin was still standing in front of the tombstone, reaching out and gently touching the wordless monument.
Mu Ning stood aside and looked at the gloomy sky, "Uncle Gu, it's going to rain. Let's go back."
Gu Zhiyin did not respond to her.
Mu Ning turned his head to look strangely.
Seeing him stunned like a demon, with his head lowered and his fingers tightly clasped on the tombstone, there was a sense of forbearance and pain that could not be hidden in his eyes.
Mu Ning was shocked.
She had never seen Gu Zhiyin like this.
Mu Ning immediately grabbed his arm and shook it, "Uncle Gu?"
Gu Zhiyin was startled and raised his head in a daze.
He looked at Mu Ning with a pale face and red eyes.
Mu Ning noticed something was wrong with him, "Uncle Gu, should we go back first? I'm afraid it will rain..."
Gu Zhiyin pulled her into his arms fiercely and hugged her hard.
Mu Ning felt that he was about to be suffocated for a moment.
Gu Zhiyin hugged her so tightly that she felt that all the bones in her body were hurting, as if they were about to be crushed by his squeeze.
"Uncle Gu..."
Mu Ning wanted him to let go, but she noticed that his whole body was shaking.
Mu Ning paused, seeming to realize something. She gave up struggling, pulled out her hand, and hugged him back gently.
She patted his back and said, "Uncle Gu, we are not going back, how about we go to the pavilion."
It started to rain heavily, and Mu Ning coaxed him into the pavilion to take shelter from the rain.
Mu Ning sat on the stone bench and turned to look at Gu Zhiyin.
He was smoking against a red painted pillar.
The smoke made him squint his eyes slightly. He kept staring at the wordless monument in silence, and his figure looked very silent.
He hasn't said a word since he came here until now.
I don't know how long he will have to watch.
Outsiders never know what he is thinking and cannot touch his heart.
Including Mu Ning, he felt the same way.
Although he needed her by his side, she had never penetrated his heart.
Mu Ning looked at several cigarette butts scattered at his feet, pursed his lips, stood up and walked to his side.
"Uncle Gu, is this your mother's tombstone?"
She asked directly, raising her head and looking at him without escaping.
Gu Zhiyin paused while smoking, glanced down at her, then continued to look at the tombstone with an indifferent expression.
"no."
He took a deep breath of cigarette, his voice was slightly hoarse, and he spat out a few words with thin lips, "She's not here yet."
Mu Ning heard what he said, "You mean this monument was erected for your mother?"
"Um."
Mu Ning frowned, feeling strange.
The rain was getting a bit heavy. Gu Zhiyin raised his hand to smoke. The thin smoke he just exhaled was quickly blown away by the wind.
He knew that Mu Ning had many questions.
"Ask whatever you want."
Mu Ning considered it carefully and said, "I remembered before... that there was another woman buried next to Mr. Qi Jing."
