Chapter 1338

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

During the meal, Wang Dashan specially went to the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of fine grape wine.

He personally decanted it, then poured some for Gu Wenqing to taste.

Wang Dashan said:

"This bottle of grape wine was given by a major client before, said to be brought back from Italy. I've never been willing to drink it, but today, to welcome Teacher Gu and wash away the dust of travel, I must open it!"

Gu Wenqing was flattered:

"Brother Dashan, how can you bear to open it? I'm not your major client!"

Wang Dashan laughed generously:

"Must bear to! It's rare for such a highly educated cultured person to come visit me!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly passed the wine to Wang Xiaohua:

"Third Brother, fill Teacher Gu's glass!"

Wang Xiaohua took the wine pot and poured half a high-stemmed glass of grape wine for Gu Wenqing.

"Teacher Gu, please have a taste!"

Gu Wenqing smiled and nodded: "Then I'll obey rather than be polite!"

Wang Xiaohua also poured himself most of a glass, then passed the wine back to Wang Dashan.

Wang Dashan hurriedly poured a cup for Du Xiaojuan, and also poured a small half-cup for Li Xiulan, letting Li Xiulan taste the flavor too.

Only last did he pour for himself.

"Cheers, rare that we can eat together tonight, hope there will be more opportunities in the future to eat together!"

Wang Dashan said this with a smile.

These words seem like nonsense with no level, but they aptly expressed his wish.

Gu Wenqing naturally understood at once what Wang Dashan meant by these words, could only smile and raise her glass, then politely drink a sip of grape wine.

She only drank one sip and tasted that this wasn't any grape wine brought back from Italy.

But she didn't say anything; she knew Wang Dashan wouldn't deceive her. After all, living in such a big villa, there was no need to fool her with a bottle of inferior grape wine.

The only explanation was that Wang Dashan had clearly been fooled by that so-called major client.

The wine was fake, but the sincerity was thoroughly real!

At this time Wang Dashan spoke again:

"Teacher Gu, I heard my Third Brother say you want to go to Shanggou Village tomorrow?"

"Yes, I want to go deep into the countryside and see, feel the current rural culture!"

Wang Dashan sighed:

"Ai, only pity I'm rather busy tomorrow, afraid I won't have time to send you back! How about this, I'll give Third Brother the keys to my Land Rover, let Third Brother drive you back! Of course, if you want to drive, I can give them to you too, just don't know if you got your license?"

Actually he has nothing to do tomorrow okay, now he's practically a full-time stay-at-home dad, very idle.

The reason he said this was merely to create more space for Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing to be alone together, nothing more.

Du Xiaojuan heard Wang Dashan say this and couldn't help laughing, but she saw through it without exposing it, and even hurriedly chimed in agreement:

"Right right right, my husband is very busy tomorrow, afraid only you two can go back yourselves! Teacher Gu's driving skills should be okay, right?"

Gu Wenqing said:

"I did get my license, but rarely drive."

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Then let my Third Brother drive, he's very familiar with the road back!"

Wang Xiaohua heard this and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

He also saw through Wang Dashan's purpose, but couldn't say anything.

Can't force his big brother to send them back after all.

So he could only say:

"Then okay, tomorrow morning I'll drive and go back with Teacher Gu."

Li Xiulan said:

"Drive slowly on the road, pay attention to safety!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly chimed in again:

"Right right right, drive slowly. If you pass any scenic spots on the way, want to go play, want to go look, you can also stroll around, no need to rush back so urgently!"

"Big Brother, I know."

Wang Xiaohua's heart was full of helplessness, but he also had no way to say anything.

Gu Wenqing naturally also saw through Wang Dashan's intent, fortunately she didn't mind.

She could also understand Wang Dashan's misunderstanding. Putting herself in his shoes, if she had a younger brother who brought a person of the opposite sex to her home as a guest, she'd definitely think in that direction too!

After finishing dinner, Du Xiaojuan and Wang Dashan took the child back to the room.

Kang Yi and Li Xiulan cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks together.

Wang Xiaohua took Gu Wenqing upstairs to the second floor.

"This is the room you'll sleep in tonight. It hasn't been lived in for a long time. Turn on the air conditioner, air it out, might be better."

Gu Wenqing said:

"It's fine, I'm not picky about where I stay. Besides, this is a grand villa — I've never lived in one from childhood to now!"

Wang Xiaohua was somewhat surprised:

"Really?"

Gu Wenqing smiled and said, "No need to deceive you."

This was Gu Wenqing's honest truth. Although her parents were both high-level intellectuals, they didn't go buy a grand villa, because her dad and mom both had housing allocated by their work units; buying another house would just waste money.

So from childhood to now she had always lived in that kind of work-unit allocated housing; this kind of grand villa, she truly had never lived in.

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.

Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing ate breakfast at Wang Dashan's home, then drove the Land Rover back to Shanggou Village.

Wang Xiaohua didn't have much driving experience, but following the phone navigation, driving unhurriedly, he was also able to drive back steadily.

Around eleven o'clock in the morning, they returned to the county town.

Exiting the expressway on the county city side, Wang Xiaohua drove straight to Central Garden Community, taking Gu Wenqing to the Li Family's apartment.

"This apartment of my wife's family, because people came to fight over it before, I turned it into a mourning hall. When you go in later and see it, don't be frightened."

While riding the elevator up, Wang Xiaohua said this sentence to Gu Wenqing, to give Gu Wenqing some psychological preparation.

Gu Wenqing smiled and said:

"How could I? It's broad daylight, what's there to be afraid of? Besides, I don't believe in that ghost and god stuff."

The elevator arrived. Wang Xiaohua led Gu Wenqing out, then opened the digital lock.

Just as he pushed the door open, a long-sealed dusty smell rushed at them.

Because no one had lived there for too long, on the living room floor, there was already obvious settled dust.

Gu Wenqing had just walked in when what met her eyes was a huge mourning hall.

Before the mourning hall stood a spirit tablet; on the incense burner before the tablet, sticks of already burned-out incense were inserted.

Gu Wenqing came before the mourning hall, offered incense to Li Jianjia and Li Zhongxian, and bowed respectfully three times.

Looking at Li Jianjia's black-and-white photo before the mourning hall, Gu Wenqing had an indescribable feeling.

In the photo, Li Jianjia was smiling brilliantly and purely.

Such a beautiful, such a pure young girl, and she even had a man who loved her so much and whom she herself also loved very much — how could she have committed suicide?

One can only say, in this world, some things are truly not up to people in the slightest.

Wang Xiaohua looked at Li Jianjia's spirit tablet and said:

"Jianjia, I've come to see you. This is my university counselor; she's called Gu Wenqing. Teacher Gu said she wants to use us as a blueprint to create a literary story. Perhaps when this story is written in the future, you'll be able to keep living in another way."