0p0 Chapter 204 The Grand Finale: Joy and Sorrow with You
Chapter 204 The Grand Finale: Joy and Sorrow with You
On the first day after her marriage, Li Xi woke up naturally.
She opened her eyes and was stunned by the blinding sunlight outside the window. It took her a long time to pick up the electronic lamp by her bedside and check the time.
It's ten o'clock.
Thinking that she would be going to the ancestral hall to pay respects to the Gu family's ancestors today, Li Xi quickly got up and washed up.
A personal assistant named Aya came in to help her with her makeup and styling.
Aya was hired by Gu Han as Li Xi's personal assistant, and she was responsible for Li Xi's daily makeup and outfits.
As the wife of the chairman of the Gu Group, Li Xi inevitably has to accompany Gu Huaizhou to important occasions.
Her outfits, her fashion sense, and her demeanor and behavior will all be scrutinized and amplified by the media.
Therefore, she needs a styling team.
Aya then led a professional styling team.
In addition, Gu Han also selected two female bodyguards with excellent skills from the bodyguard team of Wuyai Island.
When Chu Ying has important business to attend to, they will follow Li Xi around the clock to protect her safety.
Li Xi adapted to this situation.
From the day she decided to marry Gu Huaizhou, she was prepared for this.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
She couldn't possibly enjoy the wealth and prestige that came with being from a powerful chaebol family while simultaneously demanding freedom.
People who want everything are actually quite boring.
Today, Li Xi is wearing a yellow silk dress with a traditional Chinese style, and Aya has designed an elegant half-up hairstyle for her.
She picked out a translucent yellow shawl for Li Xi, as thin as a cicada's wing, and didn't put any jewelry on Li Xi, only taking out a lucky gemstone necklace from the jewelry cabinet.
Seeing that Li Xi was staring intently at the gemstone necklace on her wrist, Aya quickly explained, "Miss Xi has fair skin and is very beautiful. This outfit already complements your complexion very well."
"Later, Mr. Huaizhou will take you to the ancestral hall to pay respects, so I won't let you wear any extra jewelry."
"You've thought this through very well." Li Xi wasn't questioning Aya's professional abilities. She stroked the gemstone necklace and said with some surprise, "I've never seen this necklace before. Where did it come from?"
Li Xi never bought this necklace, nor was it among her grandmother's belongings.
Aya said, "These are the jewels that Ms. Gu collected during her lifetime."
“A few days ago, Mr. Huaizhou had his mother’s jewelry collection moved to your location.”
"So it belongs to my mother-in-law."
*
The Gu family's ancestral hall was not built within the manor, but on a hillside covered with maple trees below the Longyang Taoist Temple.
Gu Wentao was old and not feeling well, so he didn't come.
When Li Xi and Gu Huaizhou arrived at the ancestral hall, several of their uncles and aunts were there, and all their children who could come were also there.
Upon seeing Li Xi, Gu Jinzhu's son, Gu Mingyi, greeted her with a smile: "Little sister-in-law, you looked beautiful enough in your phoenix coronet and wedding gown yesterday, but you look even more beautiful today!"
"Brother, you're so lucky!"
Gu Mingyi is actually about the same age as Li Xi.
Li Xi married Gu Huaizhou, making her his sister-in-law.
Gu Mingyi inherited his handsome, womanizing father's looks, as well as his mother's cunning and intelligence.
This is a tactful and intelligent child; he can praise people with ease.
Li Ximing knew that he was deliberately saying nice things to please her, but she couldn't bring herself to dislike him.
Because his praise is sincere; when he compliments your beauty, his eyes sparkle, as if he's seeing a sky full of stars.
Li Xi was amused and covered her mouth to laugh. She said, "When you're a few years older, I'll introduce you to a wife who's even prettier than me."
"It's not easy to find someone as beautiful as my sister-in-law, but the girl she's interested in must be pretty too."
"I'm just waiting for my sister-in-law to act as a matchmaker and introduce me to a good partner."
When Gu Huaizhou's other cousins saw that Gu Mingyi had made Li Xi smile with just a few words, they all secretly rolled their eyes.
Ah.
A sycophant.
You think you can say that?!
*
After the ancestral worship ceremony, everyone returned to the manor together, had lunch with the new bride and the old man, and then took their leave.
After they left, Gu Wentao called Gu Huaizhou to the tea room and said, "You'll be accompanying Li Xi back to Southeast Asia in three days."
Nanyang values traditional culture, and according to custom, Li Xide took Gu Huaizhou back to Nanyang to see his relatives and hold a homecoming banquet.
"Yes, I've already asked Chu Xu to apply for the flight route. We'll take our family's plane back to Southeast Asia then."
With so many gifts, it would be quite troublesome to take an airline flight, so Gu Huaizhou simply had Chu Xu apply for a flight route and then fly over in their private jet.
"I'll go to work after the homecoming banquet."
Gu Wentao then asked, "Aren't you going on your honeymoon?"
"Li Xi's new work has started serialization, and the movie is also in preparation for release. I'm quite busy. I'll catch up next year when I have time."
"They're all excuses." Gu Wentao saw through Gu Huaizhou's pretexts at a glance.
"Xi is just a screenwriter. Why would she need to do the post-production of the movie herself? The main reason is probably that I want to spend more time with you at home, considering my poor health."
Gu Huaizhou gave a helpless smile and didn't deny it anymore. "Xixi said you're not feeling well and asked me to spend as much time with you as possible."
"Xi is a sensible girl. I am very content with her filial piety."
Gu Wentao blew on his teacup, looked at Gu Huaizhou reproachfully, and said, "Xi is filial to me, so you should cherish her even more. Marriage is a complex subject; husband and wife must consider each other's feelings for each other in order to maintain harmony and a lasting relationship."
"You only get married once in your life, and you only have one honeymoon. Listen to me, take Xi'er on your honeymoon."
"I'm not going to die anytime soon."
After listening attentively to his grandfather's words, Gu Huaizhou said, "Then I'll take her to the Arctic. They say the poles are the ends of the earth, and I also want to take Li Xi to see the end of the world."
"The Arctic?"
"That's a nice place."
Gu Wentao took a sip of tea and couldn't help but recall, "Fifteen years ago, your grandmother and I also went to the Arctic."
“I know.” Gu Huaizhou looked at the photo album on the shelf in the tea room. “I’ve seen the photos you took in the Arctic.”
“Okay then,” Gu Wentao said. “Grandpa will cover your travel expenses.”
"By the way," Gu Wentao instructed Gu Huaizhou, "Take some time to visit your two uncles in Kyoto with Li Xi."
"Not only did your younger uncle come to your wedding, but even your very busy eldest uncle came with his wife, which shows how much they value you."
“Now that your mother is gone, you have become her continuation. As the saying goes, a mother's love is as great as her uncles'. When you take Xi to the capital as a guest, your two uncles will be very happy.”
Upon hearing these words, Gu Huaizhou suddenly laughed.
Gu Wentao asked him what he was laughing at.
Gu Huaizhou said, "Xixi told me about this during lunch. We originally planned to visit my uncle in Kyoto and pay respects to my maternal grandparents after returning from Southeast Asia."
"You and she are thinking the same thing again."
Hearing this, Gu Wentao chuckled, "She can think the same way as me because she cares about you and always thinks of you in everything she does."
Gu Huaizhou felt a warm glow in his heart upon hearing these words.
"Huaizhou".
"If you can marry Xi, Grandpa will die without regrets."
"Now that I'm gone, I can finally give an explanation to your parents and grandmother."
Gu Huaizhou's expression hardened. "Grandpa, don't talk nonsense. The medical team is on standby at any time. You can live for several more years."
Gu Wentao had become indifferent to life and death, but he was still happy to hear his grandson's words.
"Alright, I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you. Let Yusheng take you to my treasure pavilion to retrieve some of my collection. It would be best to take them to Southeast Asia in three days and give them to Xi's maternal grandfather and uncle."
"it is good."
*
Three days later, Li Xi and Gu Huaizhou took a private plane back to Southeast Asia to visit relatives, bringing many gifts with them.
The fifth wonder's eyes lit up when he saw that among the collection she brought back was a long spear with an adjustable length.
"Brother Gu really went all out this time."
The Fifth Master spent his life practicing martial arts, skilled in using firearms and also proficient in various cold weapons.
He loved these weapons.
Gu Wentao bought this spear from an old man some years ago.
The old man's ancestors were great generals who pacified the frontier with a long spear.
But times have changed. By the time it reached the old man's generation, the family was already destitute, with only this gun left.
In order to raise money for his son to buy a house in City A, the old man reluctantly sold this ancestral weapon.
Gu Wentao bought it home for three million yuan back then.
But its collectible value cannot be measured in money.
Years ago, when Wu Jue visited Dongzhou and toured Gu Wentao's collection room, he immediately took a liking to this long spear.
But Gu Wentao was unwilling.
Unexpectedly, more than thirty years later, Gu Wentao actually gave him this spear.
"I've wanted this spear for decades, but I never expected that Brother Gu would actually part with it and give it to me."
He picked up the gun, assembled it, and then Fifth Master demonstrated his marksmanship in front of several young men.
Finally, the old man ended the spear technique with a dashing and imposing counter-attack.
Li Xi clapped enthusiastically, providing excellent emotional value, "Grandpa is amazing, he's still got it!"
Gu Huaizhou remained relatively calm, but his gaze towards Fifth Master was filled with admiration.
That same day, Fifth Master ordered his men to remove the antique porcelain dish display case from his living room. He also ordered a weapon rack to be brought over, and the long spear was placed upright in the rack.
This shows how much he loved that spear.
After spending two days in Southeast Asia, Li Xi and Gu Huaizhou flew directly to Beijing to visit their two uncles.
Just as Gu Wentao said, the two uncles were overjoyed to see their nephew and his new bride visiting.
The two brothers decided to return to the old house where Gu Huaizhou's maternal grandparents lived before their passing, and they would host the two of them together at the old house.
Uncle Gu Chenyang is still single and doesn't even have a girlfriend. During a family gathering, his sister-in-law urged him to get married again.
"Chenyang, how did your conversation go with that lady I introduced you to last time?"
Upon hearing this, the eldest uncle pretended to be mute.
He was in a dilemma, not daring to anger his wife, nor daring to offend his younger brother.
Gu Huaizhou's two cousins looked at their uncle with schadenfreude.
With an uncle who refuses to get married standing in front of them to shield them from their mother's pressure to marry, the two of them are less pressured to get married.
Gu Chenyang said expressionlessly, "We talked, but we both felt that the other was not suitable."
"That means there's no progress."
As the saying goes, an elder sister-in-law is like a mother.
My brother-in-law is over forty and still hasn't settled down, which worries my aunt a lot.
"Are you still hung up on your first love?"
Gu Chenyang shook his head, "That's all in the past. Their kids are already in high school, and I heard they've started dating, and their boyfriends are some blondies."
Auntie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Your first love is almost a grandmother, and you're still single. Look at you, what have you become?"
The younger uncle dared not refute.