"Ayin." The old lady's voice seemed much older, and it was a bit difficult to speak. "Where are you?"
Gu Zhiyin's deep voice overflowed with the smoke, and he said calmly: "In the village."
"Wha...what, the village?" Mrs. Gu was shocked, "Which village are you in? What are you doing there?"
Gu Zhiyin flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said in a casual tone, "This is not about becoming a vagrant. I am traveling around the mountains and rivers to experience a life isolated from the world."
The old lady heard the ridicule in his tone and sighed longly, "Ayin, come back."
"Go back?" Gu Zhiyin bit his cigarette and snorted, "Go back where?"
"Grandma is dying, why don't you come back and see grandma, ah?"
A truck drove across the road, its horn blaring loudly.
"Oh? I didn't hear that clearly."
Gu Zhiyin raised the corners of her lips and chuckled with a hint of sarcasm, "Is it you who is dying, or is Mrs. Gu?"
Mrs. Gu choked up and didn't speak for a long time.
She knew that Gu Zhiyin did it on purpose.
"Ayin, the Gu family..." The old lady realized that there were some things she couldn't say and immediately changed her words, "The Gu family is your home after all."
"Really?" Gu Zhiyin's eyes became even more playful.
"Yes, as long as you come back, I can forget all the wrong things you did. Your mother wants to be included in the family tree..."
"Grandma." Gu Zhiyin interrupted in a deep voice.
"Did you do some psychological preparation before you called? I did it before I answered your call. So I can talk to you properly. Otherwise, at the beginning of this phone call, I would be so sick that I couldn't talk anymore. You actually want to Let me go back..."
Gu Zhiyin sneered disdainfully, "No matter where you go, you can't go back."
To him, both the Gu family and the Gu family were shackles.
Now he is relaxed and at ease, with happiness and beauty in his hands.
The old lady was very angry at his words. She had never been contradicted by him like this before. After taking two rough breaths, she screamed for a while.
There was a lot of noise around, "Old lady, are you okay?"
"The old lady fainted! Quick! Call the doctor!"
Gu Zhiyin listened to the urgent noise on the phone, felt it was noisy, and hung up the phone directly.
He looked at the street quietly, lit another cigarette, remembered something, and called Jiang Yue.
"How's the cooperation with Gu's going?"
"Hey, aren't you still traveling? Why do you still have time to worry about this?" Jiang Yue suddenly received his call and felt strange. He thought he was going to bring him specialties.
Gu Zhiyin's face was expressionless, "Just tell me if I ask you, can you talk less nonsense?"
Jiang Yue snorted, "I'm already implementing the plan. Let's get the Gu family in first, and then catch the cage. They already have part of their working capital that they can't use."
No wonder the old lady called him.
"Lao Gu, don't you care? Why did you ask about this? Have you figured it out and plan to come back?"
"Nothing else, I'm hanging up."
"Hey! Wait!"
Gu Zhiyin hung up the phone for a moment, and Jiang Yue said quickly.
"I looked at Xiaoya's WeChat Moments. You're making good progress, so I put the ring on someone. When are you going to have a wedding reception? Do you want to treat us well when you come back and have fun for three days and three nights?"
Gu Zhiyin hummed, "Get your share of money ready."
"Fuck you, I won't do without you!"
Gu Zhiyin's voice was cold, "Don't come to see me if it's less than 40 million."
Jiang Yue was speechless and coughed, "When will you come back?"
"It will take a while."
"Why? Couldn't you just spend your honeymoon?"
Gu Zhiyin squinted through the smoke and looked at the grocery store in the alley across the street, "Do some personal business."
"Why are you pretending to be mysterious? You hurry up, otherwise I can't wait any longer. LM wants you to come back and take charge of the overall situation. I'm waiting to see the Gu family being harvested."
Gu Zhiyin didn't say anything more and hung up the phone.
He stared at the grocery store and finished his half-smoked cigarette.
…
Mu Ning only woke up in the evening. The curtains were drawn and the light in the room was very dark. She looked at the dim light coming in and asked, "What time is it?"
The man holding her behind her moved, closed his eyes and replied to her, "Seven o'clock."
Mu Ning sat up and took a deep breath.
Gu Zhiyin immediately opened his eyes and sat up, "What's wrong?"
"I'm a little dizzy after sleeping for a long time."
"Drink of water."
Gu Zhiyin unscrewed the bottle cap for her, and Mu Ning took it and took a few sips.
Gu Zhiyin looked at her and chuckled.
Mu Ning looked back strangely, "What are you laughing at?"
Gu Zhiyin said with a smile on his lips: "You call this drinking water?"
Ning Ning looked at the water that was not enough for a bottle cap. She pursed her lips in embarrassment and quickly poured two large sips into her mouth.
Gu Zhiyin felt funny in her heart. This girl was so good and soft, making people dislike her.
"Okay, be careful of choking."
Gu Zhiyin took the water bottle from her hand and rubbed her head, "Are you hungry?"
Mu Ning rubbed his belly, "I'm a little hungry. Shall we go out to eat?"
Gu Zhiyin's voice was gentle, "Well, there's nothing to eat here."
"Then let's go look around?"
"Get dressed and go."
Mu Ning stretched and saw the box at the end of the bed, "Huh? Why is the luggage here?"
"I asked Lao Wang to go through the check-out procedures and send the luggage over."
Mu Ning said in surprise: "What about others?"
Gu Zhiyin said: "We gave him a room in the B&B, and he has been following us these past few days."
"If the driver has to travel around the clock, the cost of food and accommodation is not included in his service fee."
It means that Lao Wang wants to eat with them.
Gu Zhiyin agreed, "No problem."
Mu Ning changed her clothes and asked Lao Wang to go out to find a hotel together.
The shops in the town are concentrated on two streets, and you can walk through them all in one go.
At this time, it’s basically midnight snack.
Mu Ning found a food stall. It was open-air. There were several tables outside. The tabletops were covered with disposable films. The plastic stools were very hard and had no backrests...
Mu Ning observed Gu Zhiyin's face and saw that he was unpacking disposable dishes and chopsticks with a natural expression. She felt relieved and called the boss to order food.
Seeing that it was all about barbecue, Mu Ning gave the menu to Gu Zhiyin, "I guess you won't want to eat it most likely."
Gu Zhiyin glanced at it, laughed lightly, and gave Lao Wang the menu.
Lao Wang was flattered and waved his hand quickly, "Mr. Gu, you order, I can just eat whatever I want."
Mu Ning smiled and explained, "What he means is that we are from out of town and want you to recommend some dishes."
"Oh, that's it, let me have some."
Lao Wang took the menu and ordered.
Mu Ning came closer to Gu Zhiyin and whispered in his ear: "You are so bad. Leave the things you can't do to others."
Gu Zhiyin smiled and said nothing.
Mu Ning knew Gu Zhiyin very well. He never ate at roadside stalls or fried barbecue. He couldn't order this menu, so he threw it to Lao Wang.
After Lao Wang finished ordering, Mu Ning said to the boss: "He can't eat spicy food, please make it lighter."
The boss was copying the menu, "Okay, would you like some wine?"
"What kind of wine do you have here?" Lao Wang asked.
"There are white wine and beer, which are common wines on the market." The boss did not introduce in detail.
Lao Wang said: "Do you have any home-brewed wine?"
"Yes, do you want some rice wine made by my father-in-law?"
Lao Wang was about to let his boss come, but suddenly he remembered that he had ignored Gu Zhiyin, "Mr. Gu, are you going anywhere else tonight?"
Gu Zhiyin said: "No, go back and rest after eating."
Lao Wang smiled honestly and said: "If you don't drive, how about we work together?"
