HLnovel Chapter 192 I Embrace the Stars
Chapter 192 I Embrace the Stars
I looked at the strong arms around me, feeling a little dazed.
I was pushed away slightly.
"Where have you been? What took you so long?"
I looked up at the person who was speaking. He seemed familiar, yet strange.
"Hey? Xiao Hai! You're back! Look at you! Are you so happy to see Rong Yue?!"
I heard what the aunt said, and I pushed the person away again, and looked carefully at the boy who was smiling brightly.
"Xiao Hai? Gu Xiaohai? Oh my God, you! How have you become like this? I can't recognize you! You've grown into an adult!" I reached out and touched the child's hair.
"Yes, I have grown up."
Even his voice lost its childishness and became much more stable.
"You've changed so much! In my memory, you were still a weak, delicate and tender little boy! How come..."
How did he grow into a tall and strong man? He wore a basketball shirt and sweatpants, revealing his strong arms and long and strong calves.
His face was no longer as delicate as I remembered it, but now it had more angles and features, making him look more handsome, and his bright smile had a hint of childishness.
My God, boys’ growth is really like a genetic mutation!
"Who is this…"
I saw Mo Chen standing next to Xiao Hai. Mo Chen frowned and looked at Xiao Hai with a look of dissatisfaction.
"This is my grandson, his name is Gu Xiaohai, you can just call him Xiaohai." Auntie walked from behind Mo Chen to Xiaohai.
"Xiao Hai, don't just be happy, this is Rongyue's husband! You have to call him brother-in-law! Call him quickly!"
"you are married?!"
"Yeah!" I nodded.
I looked at Xiaohai, whose smile disappeared in an instant. His handsome eyes and eyebrows were filled with complex emotions.
"Why don't you call me brother-in-law!" I looked at Xiaohai with a smile.
Xiao Hai looked at Mo Chen.
"You're not my sister."
After Xiao Hai finished speaking, he walked straight past me and entered the small room next to the kitchen.
"This child! He becomes more and more rebellious as he grows up! Really! Please don't mind it!" Auntie smiled at me and Mo Chen somewhat awkwardly.
"It's okay. You're still a child." I smiled at the aunt.
"Come! Try the noodles your husband made for you! Sit down!"
I watched Mo Chen push the noodles on the table in front of me.
I looked up at Mo Chen and said, "This is really... something you did yourself?!"
"Hmm." Mo Chen lowered his eyes calmly, signaling me to try it with his eyes.
Who could have thought that the noble elite president Gong Yimo Chen would one day retire and become a chef?
I bit the tip of my tongue. It hurt! I wasn't dreaming.
I picked up the noodles and put them in my mouth. Surprisingly, they tasted the same as the bowl of noodles I had just eaten.
"Delicious!" I looked at Mo Chen with some surprise.
Mo Chen smiled and said, "Then continue eating!"
Mo Chen watched me stuff the noodles into my mouth.
"Xiao Hai and Rong Yue are very familiar with each other, right?" Mo Chen looked at his aunt.
"Yes! Rongyue often came to the store when she first started college. She always came at night when we were about to close the store. She would fall asleep before the noodles were cooked. We knew she was tired from working, so we didn't have the heart to wake her up."
Auntie smiled.
"We should clean up and settle our accounts. Xiaohai was preparing for the high school entrance exam at that time and sat in the store studying until very late every night. It was just right for the two of them, one sleeping and the other studying, so they didn't interfere with each other."
"When Rongyue wakes up, Xiaohai cooks the noodles for her. Later, they did this for a long time, and Xiaohai knew roughly when Rongyue would wake up, so he could prepare the noodles before she woke up! They have a tacit understanding."
"By the way, it's also thanks to Rongyue's help that this child is able to achieve so much now!"
"help?"
Mo Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at me. "Aren't you too busy to do anything else? But you do have time to help. What have you helped with? Tell me." Mo Chen's fingers stroked the hair on the side of my face to behind my ears and pulled my ears.
Um, I was chewing the noodles in my mouth and suddenly I smelled vinegar.
"How can I help? They are just trivial matters... Auntie is being polite to us! Xiao Hai... is smart and hardworking, it's only a matter of time before he becomes successful!"
"When I was 14, I couldn't sleep two days before the high school entrance exam because I was nervous. She was the only one who noticed my distress. Even though she was so tired that she could hardly open her eyes, she still took me to the school playground for a walk and let me lie on the grass to look at the stars."
"She said that test scores are important, but it's enough to work hard and live up to yourself. Life is long and there are many tests. Studying is not about achieving great success, but about being able to understand the world with tolerance when you are stuck in the mud, and still be able to look up at the stars."
Xiao Hai said this and walked out of the room, sat opposite me and looked at me.
"When I was 16, in my second year of high school, there were two hooligans in school who kept bullying me. I didn't dare to let my grandparents know, so I always wore autumn school uniforms to cover up the marks on my body. The same was true in summer. I told everyone that it was because it was cool."
Xiao Hai lowered his eyes and smiled.
"She was the only one who noticed my difficulties, but she said nothing. She went to school and found the two hooligans who were bullying me. She beat them up by herself and made them apologize to me and promise not to harass me again in the future."
"She told me that day that it was cool that I acted like a man in order not to worry my grandparents, but the world will always make way for the brave."
"I only had one wish in the college entrance examination, which was to go to the same university as her! So I studied hard throughout high school and never dared to waste a minute of my time."
Xiaohai's eyes were fixed on me again.
"My grandma was right. I am who I am today because of you."
"Let me tell you! Xiao Hai told us everything Rongyue did! We really don't know how to thank Rongyue."
I swallowed the noodles in my mouth and said, "Auntie, you are too serious. These are just small things that can be done easily."
I looked at Xiao Hai and said, "Huh, you remember these little things clearly. I did all these in exchange for you calling me sister, right? You little brat, have you ever called me sister? You always call me by my name! You have no respect for your elder brother or sister."
Xiao Hai looked at me in silence.
I sighed and thought, forget it, let’s just eat noodles.
"Why were you not in school when I went to college? I couldn't find you anywhere. Where did you go?"
"Of course I'm going to work... Aren't you a senior in college? Don't you know the school's rules?"
"Then... why didn't you come to school again? I went to look for you on the day of your graduation ceremony, and your counselor said you got your diploma and left... why didn't you come here, and didn't..."
Xiao Hai looked at Mo Chen.
"Nor did he come to see me."
I couldn't help but laugh. "Of course I'm busy with work. Why would I look for a kid like you? You're already in college. What else do you need me to help you with?"
"Besides, seeing how you are now, you should be helping others!"
I looked at Xiaohai. He had changed into a white T-shirt, but it still couldn't hide the outline of his strong body.
Become a man now.
"How is your grandma? Is she okay?" Xiao Hai looked at me.
I nodded, "It's already been done."
"You..." Xiao Hai hesitated for a moment, "We haven't seen each other for so long, have you ever thought about me?"
I looked at Xiao Hai, and his deep eyes were staring at me.
"Are you full?"
I turned to look at Mo Chen who was speaking.
Mo Chen frowned and looked at me.
"Well, I'm full."
"It's late, and you're pregnant, let's go back and rest early."
I nodded.
Mo Chen and I stood up, and Mo Chen put the money on the table.
Auntie quickly picked it up and stuffed it back to Mo Chen.
"It's free! Rongyue, you can come often in the future. When the baby is born, please come and tell us. Auntie will prepare a big red envelope for the baby! You can also share in your happiness."
"Okay! Let's go then, bye." I looked at my aunt with a smile.
"Xiao Hai! Say hello!" Auntie pushed Xiao Hai.
Xiaohai just sat there with his head down, and I couldn't see his expression.
"Oh, really... your child is getting harder to control as he grows older!" Auntie smiled at us and said, "I don't know what happened to this kid today. He is not like this usually!"
I smiled and followed Mo Chen out the door.
"Hey! Rongyue!" Aunt chased out.
We both stopped.
"This... is for you."
I took a note from my aunt, which had a cell phone number written on it.
I wonder.
"He's a very tall man, who looks a bit mixed-race and very handsome. He said he was a classmate of yours. He asked me to give you his phone number when I saw you so that you could contact him. But you haven't been here for several years. I don't know if this phone number is still useful... Don't delay anything."
"I know auntie, don't worry, we are in touch."
"Oh! That's good!" Auntie was relieved and went back.
"who."
"Ji Lingfeng, the person who mailed the painting to my company, called me a few days ago and said he wanted to hold an exhibition at my place."
Mo Chen nodded.
"Why are you so nice to that Xiao Hai?"
"Okay? I told you they were just little things, who knew he could remember them so clearly! I've forgotten them all."
"So you remember it now? Tell me why you always help him."
I looked up at Mo Chen. This guy looked at me seriously and waited for my answer.
"You heard it, too. I came here to eat noodles at night, and in the end we were the only two left in the store, so we would chat sometimes."
"His parents divorced and remarried, and each had children. No one cared about him. He was raised by his grandmother."
"But the store was enough to keep his aunt busy every day, and she had limited energy to take care of him. So when I first met him, he was very introverted, didn't like to talk, and looked malnourished. He was always bullied, and he didn't dare to tell his grandmother..."
"So, you think he was also raised by his grandmother and has no parents, just like you?"
I nodded.
Mo Chen's expression became much calmer.
"Why do you always come to eat noodles so late and fall asleep..."
"Because I have to work! I didn't have much to spend before college. After entering college, I not only have to pay tuition, but also the supplies for painting and daily expenses. I can't live on the little money my grandma earns. Who made me choose such an expensive major?"
"That's when I realized that the bridge between dreams and reality is paved with money!"
“It must have been very hard back then.”
I shook my head. “It’s not hard, but very fulfilling. My life is supported by my own efforts. I am very satisfied.”
"So what did you do during your senior year? Why can't anyone find you?"
I frowned.
Mo Chen stopped and looked at me. "I didn't ask before because I was afraid you would feel bad when you recalled it, but I really want to know. Grandpa doesn't have any photos of you in your senior year. It seems that in everyone's photos, that year of yours is blank."
I pulled Mo Chen and continued walking.
"It's also a blank for me. At that time, my grandma was still recovering. I only remember taking care of her every day. Later, my grandma recovered and I seemed to be sick. I only remember the pain, but I can't remember exactly where it hurt."
"Later, my grandmother took me to see a doctor, who prescribed a lot of medicine. The pain was gone after I took it, but my memory became very poor, and I had no sense of time. Sometimes I would sit there in the morning, and when I looked up it was already dark, and I had no idea what I had done in between..."
"I really can't remember anything after that. It felt like I woke up from a long sleep. I couldn't remember anything that happened before. My grandma told me not to think about the past and to live a good life from now on."
"It took me a long time to recall the past, and then I slowly recovered some of my previous memories. Seeing some things would remind me of related things. I only remembered this noodle shop when I passed by it when I came to school that day. Otherwise, it seemed that it had never appeared in my memory."
"Later, I just didn't bother to think about it anymore. It gave me a headache if I thought about it for too long."
Mo Chen touched my face and said, "Then forget it. It's good to forget some things."
I looked up at Mo Chen, and Mo Chen smiled and said, "Just don't forget me."
I smiled and looked around. Before I knew it, we had walked quite a distance.
"Aren't we going home? Why did you bring me to the playground?" I looked at Mo Chen.
"I can't sleep either." Mo Chen looked at me and then pulled me into the playground.
It was very late and there were only a few people running in the playground.
"You childish bastard! You're jealous of a kid!"
"Anyway, when I couldn't sleep, my wife never took me out for a walk to look at the stars, never fought for me, and never talked to me about the principles of life!"
"Gong Yi Mo Chen! Don't you feel guilty for saying this?" I stared at Mo Chen.
"It hurts! Thanks to you! I've never felt so much pain before! I'm still having a fever now!"
I looked at Mo Chen's serious and angry eyes and couldn't help laughing. The more I laughed, the more I couldn't help laughing.
"Is it so funny that I'm jealous of a child?"
I looked at Mo Chen and nodded.
"Heh... it's really funny..." Mo Chen lowered his head for a moment, "but when I saw his eyes fixed on you, I just couldn't calm myself down."
"But I can't make others not see you."
"Laugh as you like."
Mo Chen let go of my hand and walked away.
I put away my smile and followed Mo Chen, "Are you really jealous?"
Mo Chen walked, looking ahead, and would not respond to me unless he looked at me.
I walked backwards leisurely with Mo Chen, always watching his expression.
"Gong Yi Mo Chen, when I was with you and you couldn't sleep, I didn't take you to watch the stars, but you said...what did we do? Did we ever have free time? Did we have time to watch the stars? At that time, would it be appropriate for me to ask you to stop and watch the stars with me? Would you stop because of the stars?"
I moved closer to Mo Chen and looked at him with a smile.
Mo Chen glanced at me, turned his eyes away helplessly, but a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.
I laughed too.
"I haven't fought for you, but I've dealt with enough people for you. Whether it's your ex-girlfriend who's in love with you or all kinds of women who covet you, they all make me scared and give me a headache."
"Besides, you are not a child, and the troubles around you are not gangsters, but if you encounter any danger, I will always protect you! I am your most useful amulet, right? "
Mo Chen stopped and looked at me.
I continued walking backwards.
"I've really risked my life to love you! There's no other man in this world that I can treat like this! And you're still not satisfied! You're really hard to please!"
I stood still, with the lawn behind me and the starry sky above me.
"Life lessons are something that you figure out when you're lonely, and you tell others when they're lonely, but you are my sun, moon, and stars, the light that illuminates me..."
I closed my eyes and fell backwards!
As expected, I was hugged tightly in his warm arms.
"I embrace the light... What can I learn from this absurd thing?!"
I hugged Mo Chen tightly, pressing myself against his chest, where his heart was beating wildly because of me.
Mo Chen held me tightly in his arms, his lips fell on the top of my head "Don't mess around!"
"Gong Yi Mo Chen, let's go get a room next."