C231 (1/2)

In the beginning of March, Gu Xiaoyu was only three years old, so Xie Jingxi and Gu Yun decided to give her her birthday before leaving for Guangzhou. The weather was warm again, making their way there.

Gu Xiaoyu didn't really understand what it meant to move out, she could only faintly feel that they were about to leave. Thus, ever since the New Year, she often ran out alone to give all the delicious things in the house to her friends in the village. Sometimes, when Xie Jingxi saw this and did not explain anything to her, she felt that the majority of the children were sensitive to it. Sometimes, a look in the eyes of an adult or even a casual sentence from an adult could cause them to guess that he was sensible and would calmly accept things that they could not control.

This sparrow was picked up from the ground by this tree a year ago. At that time, it had been injured by a naughty kid with a slingshot and brought home by Gu Xiaoyu for a few months, and it was currently still alive and kicking, just that it had a little lost its wildness and was still kept in Gu Xiaoyu's hands and refused to leave.

”Little Mama.” Since Gu Xiaoyu was unable to learn the word ”sparrow”, she automatically omitted the word ”sparrow”, ”Little Mama Hui is good, no, look, you are not grey anymore, you are just like Xiao Jiu, you can only climb the wall.”

The little sparrow was so excited that it fluttered its wings. Being compared to Xie Xiaojiu was like a great shame to the bird, wanting to use its actions to prove that it could still fly. Actually, it could not fly, it just could not bear to fly away.

”Little Mama, come back to see the fish in the future. Go to Gray!” Gu Xiaoyu raised her little hand and let the sparrow fly, although she didn't know if she could continue staying here, or make an agreement to meet it.

”Little girl, can I ask you for directions?”

When Gu Xiaoyu heard the voice behind her, she quickly turned around with her hands behind her back, as if she was covering for Sparrow. She curiously sized up this stranger who had never seen her before, and asked: ”Old Uncle, who are you looking for?”

It took a long time for him to recover from his shock and speak to her. Gu Xiaoyu waved her little claws in front of his eyes, ”Uncle, have you seen me before?”

The person came back to reality and smiled, ”Little girl, let me guess, is your father surnamed Gu?”

Gu Xiaoyu bit her lips as she thought about it, ”My surname is Yu, Daddy doesn't know.”

This wasn't a lie. She really didn't know her father's name, and no one had ever called her father by it before. Her understanding of the name was very casual, and if you wanted to ask her what it was, she was probably talking about Yu Di.

”Oh? Your surname is Yu, can that Little Fishy girl tell me where your father lives? ”

Gu Xiaoyu rolled her eyes, ”Then old uncle, can you tell me what it means to be shy? I'll tell you when you tell me.”

”…”

This child... This was truly strange …

The person who came was amused by her, ”Why don't you ask your parents?”

”Mom and Dad don't know, but I really want to know. Can you tell me?”

”But I don't know what to do.”

Gu Xiaoyu's face was filled with disappointment, ”Alright then, where my father lives, you can go and find him.” Gu Xiaoyu casually pointed to a place, exactly where the small forest was.

The person looked in that direction doubtfully, and came forward to rub her head, ”Thank you, Miss Fishy, for guiding me.”

Gu Xiaoyu stood under the willow tree with her small hands behind her back, waiting for the man to get far away. Then, she ran towards her house with her short legs, even tripping over rocks on the way, causing her skirt to break, but she still clenched her teeth and stood up, running back home in one breath, and pounced on Xie Jingxi the moment she saw him.

”Gu Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you? You got chased away by the dogs. No, that's not right.” Xie Jingxi carried her, and seeing that she had been holding her hands and that her dress was also torn and covered in dirt, she did not look embarrassed, ”Is your hand broken? Let Mother see, I told you before, run slowly, if your hands are broken, do not touch the water, does it hurt?”

Gu Xiaoyu shook his head and whispered into her ear: ”Mother, I just met an old uncle who asked me to find out where father lives. Do you think father's surname is Gu?”

Xie Jingxi's heart skipped a beat, but he did not express any emotion. After wiping her face with a handkerchief, Gu Yun came out from his room and asked, ”Little thing, do you still not know your father's surname?”

Gu Xiaoyu chuckled at his father, ”Father is indeed father.”

Xie Jingxi asked her, ”Are you saying that you are not going to point her to other places?”

Gu Xiaoyu snickered again, and casually pointed in a certain direction. ”It's that … ”Eh, uncle?”

There was a person standing outside the door, and it was the person who was tricked by Gu Xiaoyu just now. Xie Jingxi looked at Gu Yun, and then called out to him. ”Father.”

This person was the Old Marquis of the Gu family. After not seeing him for a few years, he was still the same old man, as if he had always been this way, neither warm nor hot nor calm, immersed in the mundane world and drifting outside of the ordinary world. He could see through everything, and he did not look any different.

”Did you tidy up the small courtyard well?” Marquis looked around the small courtyard, and then looked at Gu Xiaoyu, ”The road you're pointing to, is it a little crooked?”