"No, thank you, I can do it myself." There was relevant information in the document. As a secretary, Zheng Xue still had a basic sense of confidentiality and waved her hands repeatedly.
Chu Qiao didn't say much, and took one last look before standing up.
"In this case, you take your time to clean up, I'll leave first."
When I went out, I went straight to Su Chongzhan's office.
"No problem." He took out a pen and paper and scribbled a name. A smile of success appeared on both of their faces.
We had a dinner date at Cen’s house.
When Cen Zhiqiao and Gu Nianchen arrived, the three elderly people from the family were already chatting enthusiastically.
When they walked in, they had already talked about where to take the wedding photos and how many tables to set up for the banquet. Cen Zhiqiao trembled at the corner of his mouth and glanced at Gu Nianchen.
"Should we talk about how many children we want to have later?"
I was just blown away.
"Qiaoqiao is back, come and sit down." As if to verify her words, Gu's mother warmly greeted her to come and sit down as soon as she finished speaking.
Holding Cen Zhiqiao's hand, Gu's mother frowned: "Qiaoqiao is too thin, which is not good for having children. It seems that I have to ask Aunt Lan to give her more nourishment."
Cen Zhiqiao's smile froze, and he turned to look at Gu Nianchen as if asking for help, with the word "help" written in his eyes.
Chu Chu's pitiful appearance disturbed Gu Nianchen for a while, and he couldn't help but smile, "I know, Mom, we will work hard."
What, know how to work hard? She actually said such words on her own. Cen Zhiqiao was a little unhappy, but she couldn't get angry in front of her elders, so she could only endure it. When she finished the meal and went upstairs, she collapsed as soon as she entered the door.
Face.
"What did you mean when you said you would work hard?"
"What do you mean?" Gu Nianchen closed the door and looked at Cen Zhiqiao with his arms folded across his chest, feeling a little confused.
Cen Zhiqiao raised his eyebrows: "Don't pretend to be confused. How could you forget what you said so quickly?"
Gu Nianchen kissed her ear: "Are you talking about that thing mom mentioned? We are all getting married, and it will be a matter of time before we have children."
"Gu Nianchen!" Cen Zhiqiao gritted his teeth and pushed him on the chest: "What did you promise me that night? You said you wouldn't be in a hurry to have a child. Why did you regret it so quickly?"
"Qiaoqiao--" Gu Nianchen said with a sullen face: "Even if I regret it, Qiaoqiao, let's have a child!"
"I don't want it!" Cen Zhiqiao refused without thinking: "I still have to go to school, and I still have a lot of things to do. I don't want to have a child now."
"You..." Gu Nianchen was so angry with her that he looked at her determined expression coldly and felt extremely helpless: "Qiaoqiao, can you stop being so self-centered."
After saying this, he picked up his clothes and turned around and entered the bathroom. Cen Zhiqiao was left frozen in place, with his words echoing in his ears: Qiao Qiao, can you stop being so self-centered.
The night was speechless. When I woke up, Gu Nianchen was nowhere to be found. Cen Zhiqiao went downstairs with a sigh of relief. The three old people were already sitting at the dining table.
"Morning uncle and aunt, morning daddy!"
"Qiaoqiao, come and sit next to me." Gu's mother greeted with a smile.
Cen Zhiqiao trembled, but still sat down as he was told.
"This is the breakfast I personally prepared for you. It's very nutritious. Come and eat it quickly."
Both Cen's father and Gu's father had finished eating, so they left the dining table and went to the living room to chat, leaving only Cen Zhiqiao and Gu's mother.
Cen Zhiqiao took a bite of the egg yolk, still thinking about what happened last night. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to ask a question.
"Auntie, I've always wanted to ask you, why are you so anxious for me to have a baby?"
After thinking about it all night, I always felt that something was a little strange. It was just that the Gu and his wife were abnormal. Even Gu Nianchen suddenly changed his tune. This was not his style!
Gu's mother's expression changed obviously.
"Why do you ask that?" Then he laughed dryly: "It's nothing, I just want to hold my grandson."
Cen Zhiqiao narrowed his eyes: "Auntie, please don't hide it from me. There must be something wrong, right? If you really regard me as your daughter-in-law, please tell me."
Gu's mother was obviously stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect her to ask such a question, and it took a long time before she spoke again.
I know that you young people don’t want to be bound by your children so early. If something had happened to your father this time, according to the ideas of Nianchen’s father and I, we wouldn’t have rushed you in such a hurry.”
"Something happened to grandpa? What happened to him?" Cen Zhiqiao exclaimed.
Gu's mother hurriedly waved her hand: "Shh, keep your voice down, don't let others hear you."
Cen Zhiqiao hurriedly covered his mouth, but his eyes were still full of horror: "What on earth is going on?"
Gu's mother sighed: "It's Alzheimer's disease."
Dementia? Alzheimer's disease?
Cen Zhiqiao was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear: "How could it be? He was fine when I saw him last time."
"Dad, he wants to be strong and doesn't allow us to tell Nian Chen. We don't want him to worry." Mother Gu frowned: "You know, what he loves most is Nian Chen, his grandson. When he heard the news that Nian Chen was getting married, on the surface,
He pretended that it was nothing, but in fact I heard him talking to himself many times, saying that if he could see his great-grandson being born while he was awake, he would die in peace."
"So, that's why you and uncle came here..."
Mother Gu nodded: "Dad's memory is getting worse now. He often suddenly doesn't recognize anyone. The doctor said this is a sign of degeneration. We are worried that he will not remember anything at some point. We don't want to leave him with regrets...
"She shook Cen Zhiqiao's hand: "But don't tell Nian Chen about this, I don't want him to be distracted."
Cen Zhiqiao trembled. Judging from Gu Nianchen's situation, he must have known about this through some channel, otherwise he would not have suddenly changed his attitude.