Two days later, it was already the winter solstice.
It's late December, and today the registration deadline for all major art students in Beijing's key universities ends, and Gu Caiwei is already preparing for the school exams.
But she still had one unfinished business.
This was the first time for Gu Caiwei to have a psychological tug-of-war with her mother, and of course she couldn't calm down.
Recalling Zhang Jiaqi's decisiveness that she envied, and thinking of the eighteenth birthday and coming-of-age ceremony she had just experienced, she finally made up her mind.
Southerners don't have the habit of eating dumplings. During dinner, Gu Caiwei unilaterally brought up the past at the dinner table: "Mom, how have you considered the matter of trainees?"
Gu Changge's tone was as usual: "Let's wait until you finish the school exam next month."
That's it again.
Gu Caiwei lost patience with her repeated avoidance and chose to attack head-on: "Mom, I have already thought about it. I must become this trainee."
"哐"
Gu Changge put aside Kuaizi. She was very dissatisfied with her daughter's attitude: "What you mean now is that you are not discussing with me, but just informing me, right?"
"Mother!"
Although Gu Changge tried his best to avoid it before, the quarrel still happened irreparably.
Gu Caiwei felt very aggrieved by her lack of understanding: "I've told you so many times, why can't you support me? Can't I make my own decision?"
"Xiaowei, I am your mother, I have to be responsible for your life!"
"I can take responsibility for my own life, I'm an adult!"
Gu Caiwei was a little excited: "Ever since I was a child, there has never been anything I wanted to do, and you were so determined to stop me."
"I know all the things you said. I have thought about it and am prepared to face the difficulties. I can bear it even if I fail."
Gu Changge remained unmoved: "Although you know you will fail, you still try. This is not brave."
"Xiaowei, this road is not as easy as you think. I don't want you to blame me in the future and say why I didn't stop you earlier."
"Mom, I won't regret it!"
Gu Caiwei's tone was almost crying: "Why don't you still believe me?
"Peng Yuchen believes in me, Jiaqi believes in me, Lin Yi believes in me, and even..."
She was stuck for a moment: "Even his relative whom I have never met believes that I can succeed. Why are you the only one who is unwilling to give me more trust?"
This kind of quarrel is unique in the relationship between mother and daughter. Gu Changge was also in agitated mood, but he was still sensitive to the information revealed in his daughter's words.
"What kind of relative you haven't met in person? Are you talking about Lin Yi?"
"Yes, Lin Yi said that after seeing my photo, a relative of his felt that I could succeed, so he took me to meet Peng Yuchen."
Gu Caiwei didn't find anything wrong with this, but Ms. Gu Changge frowned: "Wait a minute, didn't you say you were Peng Yuchen who met by chance at the Golden Arches?"
"yes!"
Gu Caiwei didn't know why her mother was so entangled in these minutiae:
"Oops! Anyway, Lin Yi knew that Peng Yuchen would appear there, and then Peng Yuchen spotted me at a glance."
She didn't notice that at this moment, a chill arose from Gu Changge's Tianling Cap, flowing along all the meridians and throughout his limbs, until his whole body became cold.
"Are you sure? How do you know?" Gu Changge's tone was unbelievable.
"I asked him and he told me."
"What were the original words? Think about it carefully."
Gu Caiwei was very strange, and she felt that her mother was changing the subject again: "Why do you care about this? We are talking about me now."
"This is very important. You must tell me word for word."
Gu Caiwei didn't pay attention at all at that time. Now it's impossible to think of it exactly as it is. She could only say it in general:
"I asked him if he seemed to have known that he would meet Peng Yuchen that day. Then Lin Yi said that because a relative of his had seen my photo, he asked him to take me to meet Peng Yuchen."
"What's the problem with this?" she wondered.
what is the problem?
Big problem!
Gu Changge's thoughts were completely different from his daughter's. She didn't believe in coincidences to begin with, and the key information Xiaowei was adding now was simply terrifying to think about.
If Lin Yi was not lying, he had a relative who knew exactly the time and place where Peng Yuchen appeared and asked Lin Yi to take Gu Caiwei to see her.
"Didn't you ask Lin Yi what the relationship between his relative and Peng Yuchen was?"
"Mom, are you doubting Lin Yi?"
Gu Caiwei finally discovered her weirdness: "Lin Yi said that he had never met Peng Yuchen. It was really just an encounter that day."
What else do you call a chance encounter?
Gu Changge was furious. This was all deliberate and did everything possible. Only Xiaowei was kept in the dark.
This is simply a scam!
So what role did Lin Yi play in this matter?
At his age, he is not very experienced in the world, so it would not be unusual if he was accidentally deceived or taken advantage of, especially if the person who did it was related to him.
But there is another possibility.
What if he knew it from the beginning, and he did not passively participate but actively cooperated, or even planned it single-handedly?
That's even scarier!
Gu Caiwei recalled Lin Yi's abnormal attitude on this matter.
Not only did he not dissuade Xiaowei from taking this path that was destined to lead him further and further away, but he actually tried his best to promote it.
If it was premeditated, then his strange behavior would make sense.
Today he asked Xiao Wei to have a showdown with him. His attitude was so blunt and his words were so fierce. Was he deliberately trying to provoke Xiao Wei to fight against him?
If you think about it this way, when Lin Yi approached Xiao Wei, he pretended to be harmless in front of him at first, which seemed like he was trying to gain trust.
So what is his purpose?
The fact that he didn't hide it from Xiaowei doesn't mean that he has a clear conscience. It's just that Xiaowei is too naive and easy to deceive. Look at how confident she is now!
She suddenly recalled the previous reminder from Gu Changqing, whom she had always looked down on, saying that today's little boys are smooth-tongued but actually have deep intentions.
I didn’t take it seriously in the past, but now it seems to be true?
In short, no matter which of the two situations it is, Lin Yi is either stupid or bad.
I actually made a mistake!
Gu Changge didn't tell his daughter any more about his speculation. In her eyes, Xiaowei was just a flower in the greenhouse, and she had never seen the sinister nature of people's hearts.
In anger, her brain worked rapidly, and she quickly thought of a way to completely cut off the connection between this boy and Xiao Wei.
And there is no need to let Xiaowei know.
Got it!
Gu Changge stood up suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes.