Chapter 118: Huahua, let's go find them when there's a chance in the future

Her family's Huahua has been sensible and well-behaved since she was a child.

Gu Tingyan lay on the living room sofa unattended; he slept for an entire night, and when he woke up the next day, his head was splitting with pain.

When he woke, his arms were sore, his lower back ached, and his neck felt uncomfortable.

The man's voice was hoarse as he whispered, "Huahua?"

No one answered in the villa; he habitually reached out to the side, but reached into empty space.

The man opened his eyes abruptly, discovering he was sleeping in the living room, his body stiffening for a moment.

After the social engagement last night, he had forgotten how he even got back.

Qin Shu had actually left him in the living room without a care.

Gu Tingyan had slept on the living room sofa for a night, his whole body weary and weak; he stormed upstairs, but the bedroom was empty, with no one on the bed.

Gu Tingyan asked the servant, "Where is the Madam?"

The servant replied respectfully, "The Madam went out to work early this morning."

Gu Tingyan dismissed the servant and raised a hand to rub his throbbing temple: "This woman, for the sake of her career, even leaves her own husband on the sofa without a care."

He raised his hand to call Qin Shu; he dialed once, and the other side hung up.

He called several more times in succession, and Qin Shu answered irritably: "What is it?"

The tone on the other end was not good; Gu Tingyan paused, and his anger was extinguished.

"Where did you go?"

Qin Shu: "Work."

Before Gu Tingyan could say another word, the other side hung up with a "snap."

Gu Tingyan: "..."

Early in the morning, had Qin Shu eaten gunpowder?

Gu Tingyan didn't have time to be angry before Gu Lichuan's call came through; Gu Tingyan answered, and the other side laughed: "Big brother, Sheng and I are already at the airport."

"When are you coming over?"

Gu Tingyan: "Coming over immediately."

A WeChat message from Gu Huaiyuan popped in: "This project is very important; whoever among you and Lichuan secures this project, it belongs to that person."

"Tingyan, the things you want must be fought for with your own ability."

"Don't think that just because you are my own son, you will definitely be the future successor of the group."

Gu Tingyan curled his lips in a mocking smile: "I know."

If it won't be him, then it will be given to Gu Lichuan; Gu Lichuan has gone to such lengths to enter the group, saying it's to assist him.

Gu Tingyan didn't believe he didn't have this ambition.

Before boarding the plane, Gu Tingyan sent a text message to Qin Shu: "Going abroad for a business trip, return date uncertain."

"If you need anything, find A Zhong."

Qin Shu received the message, glanced at it, and tossed the phone aside.

After finishing work, Qin Shu took a few days off and took her grandmother to the countryside.

Qin Shu drove while looking at her grandmother in the passenger seat.

"Grandmother, why are we going back to the countryside?"

"To go see your grandfather and mother."

For a moment, the car was filled with silence.

Qin Laofuren patted her hand: "If your mother knew you were still a big star today, she would definitely be proud of you."

Qin Shu smiled and nodded.

The cemetery.

Two graves stood close together; the two people in the photos were, strikingly, Qin Shu's grandmother and Qin Shu's mother.

The cemetery was maintained by someone, and Qin Shu would also come back to pay her respects every Qingming Festival.

Qin Shu squatted on the ground burning paper, the bright firelight shining on her face.

Qin Laofuren inserted the incense and said in a joking tone: "Huahua, if I die in the future, bury me next to your grandfather."

"The old man is afraid of being lonely, and your mother is afraid of ghosts; I have to keep them company."

Hearing this, the corners of Qin Shu's eyes grew damp, her voice hoarse:

"Grandmother, you have to live to be one hundred and fifty."

"Stay with me forever."

Qin Laofuren raised her hand to stroke her head, her own eyes also damp; she had been ill for so many years, and Huahua had never given up on her treatment.

During this time, a lot of money had been spent; they say there are no filial children by a long-term sickbed, but Qin Laofuren only felt she owed Huahua too much.

She had been sick for so long, and although she had lived all these years, she hadn't been able to accompany Huahua as she grew up; it would have been better to have followed the old man back then.

It made her family's Huahua suffer so much.

Qin Laofuren suddenly didn't know if her being alive was good for Huahua, or if she was a burden to her.

The two burned the paper, went down the mountain, and opened that door to the Qin Family home, which had been closed and uninhabited for many years.

The house was very clean; Qin Shu would hire someone to come and clean it every so often.

Qin Laofuren stroked the old house, as if little Qin Shu's clear reading voice were still in her ears from yesterday, followed by her following Qin Zhiyun around like a little tag-along to learn medicine.

Qin Shu pursed her lips, standing before Qin Laofuren like a child who had done something wrong: "Grandmother, I didn't follow Mother's path; I'm sorry."

The Qin Family was best at, and most famous for, their excellent medical skills; Qin Laoyezi was a leading figure in the medical world, and Qin Laofuren, Qin Zhiyun, and Qin Shu all possessed the skill to bring the dying back to life.

The Qin Family had passed their skills down for generations, and their ancestors were all renowned medical scholars; back then, Qin Shu had followed Gu Tingyan, throwing herself into him completely, and in order to be closer to Gu Tingyan, she chose to enter Xingchen Entertainment.

Qin Laofuren smiled faintly: "Whether or not to practice medicine is not a requirement for the children of the Qin Family."

However, every member of the Qin Family is basically skilled in medicine and very interested in it; Qin Shu has been gifted since childhood and is even more of an outstanding talent.

Qin Laofuren feels it is a pity that the Qin Family was not carried forward in Qin Shu's hands.

But she is also happy that Qin Shu is living a flourishing life in the entertainment industry and has become a big star.

"You have the choice to live for your own life."

"Grandmother only hopes that you will not trap yourself and can spread your wings and fly high in any profession."

"When Grandmother goes out, I hear many people discussing you, this big star, and Grandmother feels proud of you."

Qin Shu's eyes reddened, and she reached out to hug her grandmother tightly.

Qin Laofuren took out an old photo album kept in a drawer, and the grandmother and granddaughter sat under the big tree in front of the door, flipping through it one by one.

"This is a photo taken when your mother was four years old," Qin Laofuren said with a smile, pointing at the photo of the young, tender-looking girl.

"She looks just like you did when you were four."

The pages of the album were turned one by one, as if the Qin Family members had all returned, and every photo behind it carried a story.

Qin Shu: "Grandmother, why are there no photos of Mom before she was four?"

Qin Laofuren sighed: "Your mother was actually not our child; I could not give birth, and I found her in the countryside abroad."

Qin Shu was stunned.

"We originally wanted to find her parents."

"But we waited for a month, and when we found that family, we only then learned that your mother had been abandoned."

"That family had three boys, and your mother was the youngest; they couldn't afford to feed her, so they could only abandon her or give her away."

"So we took her in."

"Afraid that your mother would be heartbroken, we never told her all these years."

Qin Shu's heart began to thump, and she whispered: "Grandmother, I met someone who said that I look very much like his mother when she was young."

"His younger sister was lost when she was four, and they have been looking for her for many years."

"His family also had three boys."

Qin Laofuren was stunned, and she reached out to hold her hand: "Huahua, if there is a chance in the future, go and find them."

"No matter what, Grandmother hopes you have more family."