340 Reunion 35 (2/2)
Dog-tired, An Xiaoning laid down slowly and said to Gu Beicheng, ”Beicheng, I'm going to get some sleep. Help me look after the child for a while.”
”Go ahead, I'm here.”
She nodded and closed her eyes before falling asleep peacefully.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Gu Beicheng sat by the side and stared at the infant, who opened both his eyes. Staring wide-eyed at the world around him curiously, the infant looked extremely innocent and adorable. Meanwhile, his mother, An Xiaoning had already drifted off to dreamland.
A sudden fantasy popped up in Gu Beicheng's head, and he thought to himself, If only she was my wife and this was my son. How great would that be?
Even if he had nothing to his name, he would still be glad as long as he had his wife and child with him.
Unfortunately, it was all just a figment of his imagination.
Not long after, Mr. and Mrs. Gu arrived together with Gu Dongcheng.
”Hush,” Gu Beicheng shushed them to stop them from making too much noise.
Mrs. Gu nodded and made her way in quietly, making sure to keep her footsteps as light as possible. She took a glimpse of the infant in Gu Beicheng's arms and exclaimed in delight, ”How adorable! Let me carry him.”
”Be careful,” Gu Beicheng cautioned as he handed the infant to her.
”I know, I know. How could I possibly drop the baby? I was the one who brought you up. I'm very experienced in carrying infants,” Mrs. Gu retorted.
”Are you done yet? It's my turn,” urged Mr. Gu, who also wanted to have a go at carrying the infant.
”I barely started. You may just have a look.”
”I want to carry him.”
”…”
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It was not only Gu Beicheng who knew it was An Xiaoning's birthday, Jin Qingyan was aware of it as well.
He brought some fresh flowers with him to the graveyard and laid them all around her grave.
”Did anyone come to visit the grave today?” he asked the grave-keeper.
”They didn't.”
A frown creased Jin Qingyan's forehead as he asked again, ”Mr. Gu didn't come either?”
”He didn't.”
”How about the Gu family?”
”They didn't.”
Jin Qingyan did not say anything else. On the journey back, a sudden thought ran through his mind continuously: You damned Gu Beicheng, you adored Xiaoning to bits while she was still alive. Now that she's dead, you've forgotten all about her.
What a hypocrite!
If Jin Qingyan knew that Gu Beicheng was accompanying An Xiaoning and holding his child at this very moment, he would definitely implode with anger and pass out for three days straight.
Upon arriving home, he sat alone in the living room and began drowning his sorrows in alcohol. He was overwhelmed with a misery that he could not explain.
In fact, he did not know to whom he could tell his troubles.
All he could do was suffer in silence and bottle up his feelings.
”Qingyan…” Gu Xiaoning made her way downstairs and walked towards him slowly before sitting down beside him. ”Why are you drinking again? It's not like you don't know that I dislike the smell of alcohol.”
Jin Qingyan shot her a glance and said, ”Go to bed first. I won't be accompanying you tonight.”
”Are you beginning to dislike me?” Gu Xiaoning asked, feeling as if his words were a million daggers stabbing through her heart.
”No.”
”Then why did you make tonight an exception when you've been spending every night with me? You must be starting to dislike me.”
Not sure how he should explain himself, Jin Qingyan had no choice but to stand up and concede, ”Alright, let's go upstairs.”
She instantly burst into joy and held onto his arm while they made their way upstairs together.
He could finally be at peace after telling her a bedtime story and tucking her into bed.
This was a daily affair for him. She would only go to bed in peace after he tells her a bedtime story.