Gu Lanshan took a breath of air and felt it was very fresh. On a whim, she walked along the cobblestone road towards the back garden. There were servants repairing the flower beds there. When she saw Gu Lanshan walking over, she stopped what she was doing.
While working, I called out respectfully: "Miss Shan."
Gu Lanshan smiled and nodded. She loved flowers. When she had free time on weekends, she would come here to water the flowers. Occasionally she would tell the servants how to take care of the flowers, and she scanned the flowerbed.
Gu Lanshan's sharp eyes discovered that there were several more varieties of flowers in the flower bed.
Gu Lanshan looked at the new flowers excitedly, touching this pot and looking at that one, and then she found a few clivias among the extra flowers, with small orange umbrella-shaped flowers blooming.
Gu Lanshan couldn't help but stretched out her hand, touched it, and said to the servant on the side: "Clivia cannot be kept in the yard in summer. Clivia likes shade and cannot be exposed to the sun. Who bought these flowers? They were sent by the flower shop.
At that time, didn’t I tell you how to take care of it?”
The servant replied: "This is what Chief Sheng sent from his old house yesterday. He said it was a birthday gift for Mr. Sheng."[
Gu Lanshan stopped talking, knowing that the servant referred to Chief Sheng as Sheng Shi's father. Every year on Sheng Shi's birthday, he would give some very special gifts, but this year the gift was Clivia.
Clivia is a kind of flower with great integrity. The leaves of Clivia symbolize strong and unyielding noble character. The flower of Clivia symbolizes wealth, good luck, prosperity and happiness.
The flower language of Clivia is: A gentleman is humble, gentle and courteous, talented but not arrogant, successful but not arrogant, living in a valley but not humble.
Presumably, Chief Sheng wants Shengshi to be like Clivia and possess these noble qualities. He really has an ulterior motive.
Gu Lanshan turned around and said to the servant: "Move these pots of clivia into the house and water them more."
The servant said politely: "Yes, Miss Shan." Then she quickly found a cart, carried the flowers on it, and pushed them into the house.
Gu Lanshan watched the servant go away and thought secretly in her heart. It was still early and Shengshi was sleeping. She went to the company to get back the birthday gift prepared for Shengshi. There was no traffic jam in the morning. If he was fast, he should not have it yet.
When she woke up, she couldn't sleep anyway. It was still some time before breakfast, and she had nothing to do. Without thinking, she called the maid on the side to help her prepare the car.
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When Gu Lanshan rushed back to the villa from the company, it was only 8:20. The housekeeper's wife was about to go upstairs to call Shengshi for breakfast. She was slightly surprised when she saw that Gu Lanshan had gone out and now returned.
Lanshan held a gift box in her hand and smiled knowingly at Gu Lanshan and said, "Miss Shan, breakfast is ready. You can eat it with Mr. Sheng later."
Gu Lanshan nodded, then held on to the handrail of the stairs and stomped up the stairs.
Gu Lanshan opened the bedroom door, but there was no one inside. There was a faint sound of water in the bathroom. Gu Lanshan put the gift box on the sofa and waited for Shengshi to come out.
Shengshi was in the bathroom, a little absent-minded while taking a shower. He couldn't remember how he got home, and he also forgot what happened with Gu Lanshan last night. He just remembered that he was very angry.