He always said that Gu Nianchen was powerless against Cen Zhiqiao, so why not he, who was helpless against this niece who was more than ten years younger than him.
"Okay, you can go back and talk about the title issue slowly." Seeing the undercurrents between the two of them, Gu Nianchen raised his eyebrows and interrupted their conversation, and then walked to Lian Yingtong.
"Tongtong, I came to you this time because Uncle Gu needs your help for something."
Lian Yingtong's big eyes flashed, as if she didn't expect that these words would come from Gu Nianchen, Xun Sheng turned around, and a pair of unfocused eyes fell on Gu Nianchen's side: "Why does it sound like this?"
Is there anything wrong with being so serious?"
The question made Gu Nianchen feel a little ashamed.
He turned to look at Huo Dongzhen, a little unsure of how to speak. Seeing this, Huo Dongzhen hesitated for a moment and spoke for Gu Nianchen.
"Actually, your aunt is also here. She is pregnant and is not feeling well right now, so Nian Chen wants you to check her out."
Lian Yingtong raised his eyebrows.
Pregnant? She suddenly recalled the girl with a clear voice during the day, and her heart trembled: "Where is she?"
He thought to himself that it couldn't be such a coincidence, and he had already followed Gu Nianchen upstairs.
"Tuk-tuk--"
In the innermost room on the second floor, Cen Zhiqiao still sat there in his original posture. He did not turn around when he heard the door open, but looked out the window with cold eyes.
Gu Nianchen took a look, and couldn't help but feel a little irritated. It hurt even more than the wound on his arm. He frowned, and then turned Lian Yingtong to face Cen Zhiqiao: "Fifteen degrees to the right when entering the room.
Go straight, about fifteen steps away."
Lian Yingtong nodded, motioned for him to close the door and leave, and then walked cautiously into the house.
Counting the steps and listening to the other person's breathing, he finally stopped behind Cen Zhiqiao.
"Are you... okay?" she asked tentatively, because she could clearly hear the other person's rapid breathing, which seemed to indicate some fear.
A girl's voice sounded vaguely familiar, with a hint of concern. Cen Zhiqiao was stunned for a moment, but when he turned around, he was startled: "You...why is it you?"
It turned out to be a girl I met at the beach during the day. Why did she come here?
Hearing Cen Zhiqiao's movement, Lian Yingtong was overjoyed. At first, he was just guessing, but he didn't expect that it was really her, so he took two steps forward.
"So you are the Qiao Qiao that Uncle Gu always talks about..." The laughter was full of surprise.
Cen Zhiqiao was a little confused. He raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corner of his eyes. The title was still lingering in his heart...Uncle Gu?
"Are you talking about Gu Nianchen?"
"Yeah." Lian Yingtong nodded without explaining much. He just stretched out his hand and waved towards Cen Zhiqiao: "Uncle Gu asked me to come and see you, so I came. My name is Lian Yingtong, and you call me Tongtong.
alright."
This made Cen Zhiqiao a little surprised. He had never heard anyone mention that Gu Nianchen had such an old niece. However, after thinking about it, he felt relieved. He had hidden many things from her, not least this one.
With a bitter smile, he stood up following the hand extended by Lian Yingtong. There was a faint smile on his originally cold face: "I'm fine, but he is. Is the injury serious?"
The voice gradually became lower, and in the end it was almost silent. The two men outside the door could not hear the conversation inside. There were only rustling sounds, but it was quiet and peaceful, and my heart slowly fell into my heart.
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Huo Dongzhen just took the first aid kit and bandaged Gu Nianchen, sat on the sofa, and moved with ease.
The wound was very deep, so it took some effort to clean it up. As Huo Dongzhen moved, he kept mumbling: "I'm not telling you, what on earth are you going to do? Isn't it okay to be alone with someone the past two days?
Like, how come you are playing with a knife in the middle of the night in a blink of an eye, is it interesting?"
"Mind your own business!" Gu Nianchen rolled his eyes: "You'd better mind yourself!"
"Me? What's wrong with me?" Huo Dongzhen stopped what he was doing and looked at Gu Nianchen with a slightly puzzled eyebrow, but Gu Nianchen just leaned there lazily.
"Don't pretend to be stupid for me, you're an expert in love, don't tell me that you didn't see Tongtong's feelings for you."
Ga--
Huo Dongzhen paused for a moment, then pointed at the wound and patted it hard: "What are you talking about!"
"Fuck!" Gu Nianchen, who was in pain, took a breath of cold air and kicked him: "You want to kill someone for money!"
Huo Dongzhen glared at him: "Who told you to talk nonsense? You deserve to die in pain!"
The righteous words made Gu Nianchen feel good for a while. While he took the cotton cloth to bandage the wound, he said coolly: "You know whether it is nonsense or not."
These words made Huo Dongzhen silent for a while. He raised his head and glanced upstairs. He seemed to see the shadow of Lian Yingpu's flashing eyes behind the closed door, and his face also darkened.
"But I only see her as a child..."
"Really?" Gu Nianchen asked calmly: "But in my opinion, she does not regard you as an uncle. Your kindness to her made her have other thoughts...
"
Huo Dongzhen was annoyed for a moment because it had nothing to do with him, and he immediately raised his voice: "You kid, don't act like this. You clearly know why I treat her well, why are you still pretending!"
Gu Nianchen shrugged, not paying attention to his harsh words, and just raised his eyebrows at him: "It doesn't matter whether I know or not, the key is that she doesn't know, and you don't want her to know..."
"Of course, if she knows it's me..." The words stopped abruptly, and the rest of the words were not uttered after all. The cynical smile on his face also froze, leaving only a bottomless sinking feeling.
"She won't know, it's been so many years, she can't possibly know."
The tone is firm.
In this case... "This is exactly what I want to tell you."
Gu Nianchen took the opportunity to answer the question.
"I know you must have heard some news when you brought Tongtong here suddenly, but I hope you don't care about what happened in H City. Su Chongzhan came here for me, and I will handle it well. But if
If you get involved, I'm really worried that what happened back then will be exposed. As for Tongtong, like you, I don't want her to get hurt."
These words made Huo Dongzhen startled. Indeed, he came here after finding out who wanted to harm Gu Nianchen, but he had almost forgotten what happened back then. If it were exposed, he would not worry about anything else, only Tong Tong.
Hitomi...
He clenched his fists and waited for a long time before he raised his head again. His voice had returned to calmness: "I know, I won't get involved in this matter, but if you need help, don't take care of me. Su Chongzhan is not that easy to deal with. You
Be careful."
Because Su Chongzhan was involved before, Gu Nianchen never dared to let Huo Dongzhen know. After all, the grudges back then had always been a knot in Huo Dongzhen's heart. But seeing him agree so readily, Gu Nianchen was in a good mood.
He nodded immediately: "Don't worry, I won't let him go this time!"
Huo Dongzhen was in a bad mood on the way back. He was still thinking about Gu Nianchen's words. He didn't even hear Tongtong call him several times.
It wasn't until she blocked his way angrily that Huo Dongzhen suddenly came back to his senses.
Lian Yingtong's face, so close to him, fell into his eyes, but it was a bit blurry.
After so many years, he has tried his best to be kind to her, just to make up for his mistakes back then, but has he really made up for it?
"Huo Dongzhen?" The silent atmosphere made her a little uneasy. She couldn't see clearly, and she couldn't see his expression. She just intuitively felt that something was wrong with him, and something was wrong when he came out from Gu Nianchen's side.
"Tongtong..." Huo Dongzhen just regained his expression and his eyes fell on her beautiful but unfocused eyes. His brows trembled for a moment, then he raised his hand and slowly touched her thin shoulders.
"Call me like you call Nian Chen, okay?"
His voice was very gentle, even with a hint of doting, which was unique to Lian Yingtong. He wanted to provide her with all the father's love she had been missing since she was ten years old.
Lian Yingtong raised his face: "Not good."
Hearing his familiar voice and gentle tone, she became even more coquettish and approached him with her face raised, a smile overflowing from the corners of her lips: "I like to call you by your name, Huo Dongzhen,
Dongguan dongguan…”
The naughty tone of a child made Huo Dongzhen change his expression. Looking at her face getting closer and closer and the girlish breath coming towards him, his body trembled slightly, and with a strong hand, he stopped her from moving forward.
pace.
"Tongtong, I'm going to be angry if you do this again."
With a straight face, his tone also dropped. He really couldn't be angry with her, but he couldn't let her act nonsense either.
People who are blind have the most sensitive minds. Because they cannot see, they can only judge by sounds.
Listening to Huo Dongzhen's voice, although he deliberately suppressed his tone, the anger was not very strong. According to past experience, he was deliberately pretending to be angry to scare her, and even Yingtong was not annoyed.
Instead, she smiled heartlessly, and then put her arms around his waist.
"Don't be angry, it's just a title, why bother with me."
Leaning her head on his chest, she couldn't help but rub it twice. Through the windbreaker, she could even feel his unique aura, which made her feel at ease.
So she got closer, and her voice became more coquettish.
"If you want me to call you uncle, then just call me uncle." After a pause, she opened her mouth: "Uncle Huo--"
The deliberately prolonged ending was charming and infinite, and her laughter spilled out of her mouth like a wind chime: "Is this okay?"
He was clearly acting coquettishly. Her petite body was in his arms, and her face was still pressed against his chest. He thought of Gu Nianchen's words for no reason, and Huo Dongchen's body shook suddenly. He didn't know why, but he
Pushed her aside.
The movement was so fast that Lian Yingtong couldn't react in time, so he fell straight back, his hand hit the corner of the table, and he sat on the ground all of a sudden.
She couldn't help but frowned in pain: "What are you doing?"
Her posture was a little embarrassing. Huo Dongzhen couldn't bear it after taking a look at it, but he endured it, looked at her with lowered eyes, and said in a low voice: "Tongtong, you have grown up, and you will look like a big girl in the future.
, you can’t just rub yourself into uncle’s arms.”
He said it very clearly, and his tone also sounded a little distant, which made Lian Yingtong feel aggrieved for a while.
He climbed up with his hands on the ground and followed the voice back to him. Without answering his words, he just stretched out his hand in front of him: "Uncle Huo, I'm injured."
The little girl's grievances were clearly exposed, and anyone who saw it would feel distressed. Huo Dongzhen was no exception. His hands trembled, and he almost wanted to protect her in his arms as before, but he finally endured it.
To him, she is just the eldest brother's daughter that he has to take care of, and he cannot cross the line.
"Go back to your room. There is a medicine box in the second drawer from the top..."
Before he finished speaking, Lian Yingtong had already turned around and walked towards the door. He left angrily. He felt very sad in his heart. He really didn't understand how he could fall out of love so easily even if he was so good.
Huo Dongzhen just stood there and watched the slender figure disappear from sight. He suddenly punched the wall with anger.
"Depend on!"
He roared angrily, and he didn't know whether he was scolding her or himself, but his voice roared wildly, flying in the huge villa...