402 Family reunion (one)
After spending the entire day, An Xiulan and Han Zixin went to her place. An Qinyan was calling her all day asking where she was. Han Zixin went to drop her at her home. It had been many days since he was here. He was close to this family and usually, he would drop by to meet them but lately, he had been very busy with his work and her that he did not get time at all. However, with Lu Xuan’s leaving, many things changed here. He had been trying to not meddle with someone’s domestic matters. Even though this family was his girlfriend’s family. He did not think that they would like too much meddling at this time.
As they entered, they heard loud laughter. Both of them exchanged looks but did not know what was going on. In the living room, they saw An Qinyan, Gu Yanxi, Gu Shangyan and Lu Xun having fun. It seemed like the family was having a small reunion. Everyone seemed happy and it was little Lu’s magic, both of them could tell it. Lu Xun liked An Qinyan too much and he would always find ways to come to meet her and she always found this boy amusing. Gu Yanxi would always pretend that he did not like this little Lu who had eyes on his wife but even he knew that he liked this boy quite well. Gu Shangyan was just having fun seeing his uncle competing with a young boy. In short, it was a jolly picture there.
“Yan Ge. Xiaobao, when did you come here?” An Xiulan asked as soon as she entered. Wasn’t he supposed to be out with his family today? What was he doing here? Or more like what was her little brother planning? She knew this brat more than anyone else. She knew that he was here for something. But she could not guess what it was for!
She had a doubt that he might be here to tell her mother that she had a boyfriend. But then she cast this doubt away. No matter how mean Xiaobao could be to Han Zixin, he would never break her trust. If she told him not to tell anything to anyone, he would never do it even though it was very hard to keep something in his tummy for him. For her, he would do anything. After all, it was her who he loved more than anyone in this world.
“He came with me, “Gu Shangyan answered. He had no idea about what was going on between those two siblings. He just casually informed An Xiulan that Lu Xun came with her. The boy was Miss Lu Xuan a lot and he could not see him like that. So, he tried to make the boy feel good by doing that.
“Dad has to go to work, “Lu Xun pouted. “Mom said we can’t go out today.”
Since his parents said that he could not go out, he called Gu Shangyan. He called and cried saying how no one had time for him. Thinking that the boy was still missing Lu Xuan, Gu Shangyan went to Lu house to take him out. After making sure that the boy was happy, he brought him here and after some time, he would drop the boy back at home.
Lu Xun did not use Gu Shangyan at all! He was a very nice boy throughout the entire day. Too nice that Gu Shangyan had doubts about the boy’s plans. What could he do? An Xiulan and Lu Xuan were never easy children. Suddenly, he met Lu Xun who was behaving so well that he was a little scared in his heart.
An Xiulan did not have to ask how it happened. Xiaobao must have cried to her Yan Ge. And her Yan Ge being, a softie that he was, must have melted and said that Lu Xun could hang out with him. Her brother was getting naughty day by day and she had to do something about it. She would ask this brat what he was up to today or her mom would scold her for accusing such an innocent-looking boy. Her mom was showering Lu Xuan’s account of love on Xiaobao too these days. She muttered under her lips about what a precious thing Lu Xuan was missing here. Anyways, she did not miss her mean twin at all!
Lu Xun knew that his sister was giving him judgemental looks. But he couldn’t deny it. He was actually up to something here. Still, he looked cute and innocent, shouldn’t she dote on him more than looking at him like he was a bad boy? He was naughty but he was not a bad boy, okay?
“Zixin, how are you?” It was An Qinyan who asked the question. She had not seen him for many days. She had been asking An Xiulan about him but her daughter was too busy to even answer anything. Han Zixin was a good boy and she liked him a lot. He was like a third son to her. When An Xiulan was not in the country, he did not forget to be in touch with her. He had now become an important part of their family.
“I am good, Auntie, “Han Zixin answered. “How are you and uncle doing?”
The reason why he loved this family too much was how much they loved and respected him. He did not feel like an outsider here. He felt like he was seen and understood here. He believed that he was one of them. It was something that he had never felt anywhere before. An Qinyan was the only mother figure in his life and he respected and loved her a lot too.
An Qinyan and Gu Yanxi turned their attention to Han Zixin from Lu Xun. The little boy was looking at him with sharp eyes. He did not like how the attention was taken away from him. But since he was a good and kind person, he did not make a scene.
[What did his Jiejie see in this policeman? He couldn’t understand it. ]
The conversation shifted from there to the dinner table. They did not even notice how the time passed so quickly that it was suddenly dinner time. The house was cheerful after so many days. It felt very alive that many people were here today and An Qinyan and Gu Yanxi enjoyed time like this a lot when the kids were at home, laughing and enjoying each other.
After Lu Xuan went to America, it was the first time that the family was this chirpy. It felt good to them to be like this. An Xiulan and Gu Shangyan had missed this for a number of days. The happy smiles on everyone’s face were proof that things were going to be good now. It made their hearts sigh in relief. Sometimes one decision of a family member can affect the family so strongly that one might not have expected it.
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Even he knew that he was lying. He could not see her stressed like that. She had such dark eye bags. He did not know why he was getting so worried about Shen Yue. Maybe, it was because she was one of his closest friends to him at the moment and she was someone who he met at a dark and low point of his life. All he wanted was to see her happy like she made his life.
And she seemed very desperate to go on this trip. He knew how hard her life had been all this while. Her mother had worked so hard to give her a good life. And now she wanted her mother to rest and have a comfortable life. She was rushing and overworking herself to the point of exhausting herself so her family could have days of happiness.
He also did not wish for her to leave this trip. It seemed like it mattered a lot to her. He could not do anything for her but he would try that what she worked for was not taken away from her.
“We haven’t started interviewing candidates yet, “Gu Yanxi said. “Your aunt has someone in mind. But that person won’t be here for a while. So, we are waiting.”
Gu Yanxi and An Qinyan were waiting for that person to come and take the position. Lu Xuan’s post was an important one. In the time of office politics, they did not want to take one wrong step and screw up everything. Lu Xuan’s leaving that post created a lot of changes in the office. Some were positive while others were negative. They were happy that Lu Xuan would be handling the American branch that was one the important ones but the one here wasn’t less important either. However, they chose to see the best of the situation.