Chapter 19 Chapter VII

In 2005, spring has not come yet. These days, Gu Changlong always feels weak and has to go to the toilet three times a night.I didn't expect that human beings are such fragile animals, they grow old almost overnight, and they might die one day if they don't pay attention. I never thought of the word "death" before. "Dad, I want to talk to you about something." Gu Qiusha walked into the study room. The winter hadn't completely passed yet, and her chin had fat. "Is it important?" "Yes, I want to adopt Si Wang as my son." "You're not kidding, are you?"

"No, I'm very serious. I've been thinking about this matter for two months, and I've already figured it out. I must adopt Si Wang. I love this child!" Seeing his daughter's persistent expression, Gu Changlong sighed: "Qiusha, you are still so willful, just like when you made up your mind to marry Shenming." "Please don't mention that person again." "Okay, let's give another example—just like you must marry Lu Zhongyue, don't you regret it now?" "I do not regret." Gu Changlong knew very well in his heart that his daughter's marriage had long existed in name only, and now it was just a forced smile.

"He's already nine years old. It's impossible to really treat you as a mother. Why don't you adopt someone who is two or three years old and hasn't remembered?" "I'm going to be ten years old this year." When Gu Qiusha mentioned Si Wang, her eyes were full of luster, "It's not difficult to adopt a child, but no one can predict what kind of material it will become in the future? If it becomes like Lu Zhongyue, It's better not to! But Si Wang is different, he is a ready-made jade in the rough, extremely smart and understanding, his IQ and EQ surpass those of adults."

"Adults—well, you're an adult and I don't interfere with your decision, but have you discussed it with your husband?" "A few years ago, when I told him the secret of not being able to conceive, I said I wanted to adopt a child, and he never expressed any objection." Gu Qiusha approached her father and squeezed his shoulder, "Dad, you don't know How much I want to have a child." "After all, it's someone else's blood." "Do you want your son-in-law to take over? Dad, I know you have women outside. If you can give me a younger brother, I will not object. "

This sentence made Gu Changlong furious: "Shut up!" "Si Wang is my last chance. From the first time I saw him, I felt a familiar feeling in my heart, as if I was the one I loved the most in my previous life. I can't live without him. I can't sleep without seeing him." , I really want to hug him every night." "Crazy!" Gu Changlong got up and wandered a few steps, "Adoption is not wishful thinking, doesn't he have parents?" "I've investigated Si Wang's family background a long time ago. His father's name is Si Mingyuan. He was a long-term unemployed laid-off worker. He disappeared three years ago and was recently deregistered. He is legally dead. Within a year , Siwang's grandparents passed away one after another, even before he was born, and his mother, He Qingying, became his only guardian."

"She is willing to give up her own son to you?" "Of course I don't want to, but I think she will agree in the end. This woman used to work as a postal savings salesperson with a monthly income of only two to three thousand. , the family owed a lot of debt, and usury came to the door every day.She was just dismissed by her unit last month, and she is currently unemployed and will not last long. " "So you're a poor boy. He dreams of living the life of a rich man. Maybe that's why he got close to you! Qiusha, you are too simple. You have learned from the past, do you want to repeat the same mistakes? "

"You are not allowed to mention that name!" The daughter suddenly screamed, slammed the door and left. For ten years, the word "declaration" has always been a taboo for this family. He felt chest tightness and shortness of breath again, hurriedly opened the drawer, put on his reading glasses, and managed to find a few pills and water from a pile of medicine bottles to swallow.I fell back on the chair and took a few deep breaths, but that face was still in my mind, the face that appeared countless times in nightmares in the summer of 1995. statement. If it wasn't for that incident, how could Gu Changlong agree to his daughter to marry him?This poor boy from a humble background, whose father killed his mother and was shot, is simply the lone star of the gods who overwhelmed the whole family.

In the summer of 1994, Gu Changlong's secretary went back to have a baby, so Shen Ming, a talented student who graduated from Peking University, was seconded from Nanming High School to the University President's Office.Shen Ming worked very hard, and the speech he wrote for the principal was particularly beautiful. After the graduation ceremony, the response was enthusiastic, and the college students regarded him as a teacher of the generation.He also helped Gu Changlong receive foreign guests, and his fluent English is amazing. From booking hotel restaurants to sightseeing, he arranged all aspects in an orderly manner, and everyone praised him.

Therefore, Gu Changlong chose Shenming to solve the matter - he handed Shenming a small package, saying that it was a magic weapon brought from Putuo Mountain, which was specially used to guard the house and ward off evil spirits.At that time, the vice-principal was surnamed Qian, and he was an academic professor. He didn’t have much contact with official circles. The past two years were not smooth, and he often fell ill and was hospitalized because the house’s feng shui was not good. All he had to do was put this treasure quietly in the big vase in his living room. Here, all evil spirits can be suppressed, and all aspects of the body, career and family will be prosperous.But Principal Qian is a famous scientist and a staunch materialist. He has always rejected the theory of Feng Shui. If you give it to him in person, you will definitely be turned away.Therefore, Shenming could only let Shenming put the small package into the big vase in the name of doing business in the door, so that the principal Qian didn't know it, but the fortune could be reversed unconsciously.Shen Ming believed it was true, so he visited Principal Qian's house once, and successfully completed the task that Gu Changlong had given him.

A few days later, Principal Qian was double regulated by the Commission for Discipline Inspection and prosecuted by the Procuratorate for accepting bribes.It turned out that someone reported him for corruption and hid the stolen money from bribes in a large vase in the living room. As a result, a package was found that contained 20,000 US dollars.Principal Qian was a real nerd, and couldn't bear such insults, so he hanged himself with his pants in the cell of the detention center. Afterwards, it was announced that the truth was revealed—Principal Qian and Gu Changlong had always been at odds. On the issue of contracting the university cafeteria, Principal Qian believed that Gu Changlong was suspected of enriching his own pockets, so he kept reporting under his real name, which attracted the attention of the superiors.Gu Changlong was almost in a desperate situation, so he resorted to this ruthless move, but it was inconvenient for him to come forward. The only person who could deceive and use him was Shen Ming.

Finally, Shen Ming's marriage with Gu Qiusha was approved by his father-in-law. In the second year, her daughter's wedding was approaching, and various negative news came one after another, until Shen Ming became a murder suspect.It just so happened that at this time, He Nian, who was newly transferred to the Youth League Committee of the Education Bureau, presented him with the letter of affirmation.Gu Changlong was startled into a cold sweat. He understood what the "dirty secret" mentioned in the letter meant, and he was even more afraid that in the future, after Shen Ming became famous, he would use this secret to control himself, and then he would become a marionette for his son-in-law. So, he personally destroyed Shen Ming's future. Accompanying his daughter back from a trip in Yunnan, Gu Changlong did not feel chilled when he heard the news of Shen Ming's death, but heaved a sigh of relief, finally dispelling this time bomb, and the secret will forever rot in the depths of the grave. Recently, what flustered Gu Changlong often was—he dreamed about Shen Ming again. After school starts, Gu Qiusha often takes Si Wang home.She rented a tennis court and taught the boy how to play tennis every week.Si Wang also seemed to be enjoying himself very much. Every time he had a great time playing, the driver finally took him home after eating a sumptuous meal. When the boy saw Gu Changlong sitting lonely in the study, he would come to accompany the old man specially, play a game of chess or chat about state affairs. Ten years ago, he declared that he was close to his father-in-law in this way.Gu Changlong collected a lot of rare ancient books, which the nine-year-old boy was very interested in. Among them was Yuan Zhen's "Hui Zhen Ji" annotated by Jin Shengtan.After all, Gu Changlong was the president of a university, and he is a man of talent, so he generously gave him a set of embroidered portraits of "Six Talented Scholars in the World". One weekend, Si Wang was in the study room with the old man doing crossword puzzles on the newspaper. Gu Qiusha and Lu Zhongyue both had business to go out separately, and even the Filipino maid called for sick leave temporarily. There was only one old man and one young man in the huge villa.Gu Changlong was amazed at the kid's cleverness, and Si Wang solved all the crossword puzzles that he had difficulty filling out in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, his chest was angina, and the world was spinning—a heart attack. Gu Changlong fell to the ground in pain, with cold sweat on his forehead, but he couldn't say a word, and pointed to the drawer with trembling hands. Si Wang hurriedly opened the drawer, and there were all kinds of medicine bottles, all of which were imported from abroad, densely written in foreign languages, and he didn't know which one was the best for heart disease.He bent down to ask the old man, but Gu Changlong was about to roll his eyes.During the ten seconds of life and death, Si Wang scanned all the medicine bottles, quickly found the correct medicine, and after understanding the explanation, he took out two pills and stuffed them into Gu Changlong's mouth. The rescue of heart recovery saved this old life from the gate of hell. That night, Gu Changlong agreed to the plan to adopt the child.