Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Yuan flatly rejected it: “How is that possible!”
Nie Yu: “Do you really think so?”
Gu Yuan: “Of course! You are so smart, so outstanding, and so handsome. If just a little bit of your talent leaks out from between your fingernails, you can kill most people in seconds!”
Unfortunately, he was just too lazy.
After listening to this, Nie Yu thought about it, but couldn’t help but ask: “How do I compare to my second brother?”
Gu Yuan: “…Compared to your second brother, you are very smart, but you lack a little maturity. But it’s okay this way. You are twins, and twins have opposite personalities. You complement each other perfectly! After all, not everyone can be as cold and aloof as your second brother. Wouldn’t mom be bored to death if that happened?”
Gu Yuan secretly apologized to her second son in her heart. In order to comfort her third son’s seemingly injured heart, she had to secretly slander her second son.
Who knew Nie Yu would bite his upper lip, frown slightly, and then ask seriously: “Compared to big brother? Am I really bad compared to big brother?”
A more difficult question was raised…
Gu Yuan thought carefully about the wording: “You and your elder brother have completely different personalities, so it’s hard to compare them. But you see, your ability to remember everything you see on the plane surprised your elder brother and me. Obviously, your elder brother can’t do this, but you can do it, which shows that your talents in some aspects are beyond your elder brother’s reach. So mom doesn’t understand why you want to compare with your elder brother? You are in different fields, your personalities and work styles are different, and you need different talents. You see, he looks gentle, that’s because he is in the entertainment industry, and he needs this kind of personality, but you are different. You were born a young master, you don’t need to worry about anyone, of course you can do what you want.”
Nie Yu was silent for a moment before he said, “Dad seems to admire my eldest brother very much.”
In his father’s eyes, he was just the stupid son of a good-for-nothing landlord, right?
Gu Yuan sighed and said helplessly: “Silly, how can you compare like this? It’s totally different! Don’t you know that all parents will see other people’s children as better, more sensible and more obedient? Because they can’t see the ignorant side of other people’s children, they can only see the good performance of other people’s children. Your father hopes that you can inherit his business, so of course he has higher expectations of you. At this time, it is inevitable that he will have higher requirements for you, right? Besides, he is your eldest brother! Brother is not his son, so of course he will appreciate him. He can’t belittle other people’s sons and praise his own son, right?”
After saying this, seeing Nie Yu’s thoughtful look, Gu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked so decadent and pitiful just now, it really made people feel sad.
Who knew that at this moment, Nie Yu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Gu Yuan: “Who do you like best, me or my elder brother?”
This was truly a soul-searching question.
Gu Yuan looked at her third son calmly, took a deep breath secretly, her expression was calm, and her words were sincere: “I can’t choose one over the other. You all have your own strengths. Your eldest brother is gentle and considerate, and he is an artist. He is in the same industry as mom. When mom encounters a problem, she naturally wants to discuss it with him more. Your second brother is the first son mom met, so mom is more dependent on him psychologically. But you are different from them. You usually look the most ignorant and the most worrying. Mom often worries about you and wants you to make progress. So… Mom spends the most time on you.”
Nie Yu thought about it and it seemed so. His mother had spent a lot of effort to urge him to go to work.
As for his older brothers, his mother was never worried about them because they were so sensible and independent.
Thinking about it this way, it didn’t seem so bad… he was actually the son his mother cared about the most!!!
Seeing that he was finally no longer as disappointed as before, Gu Yuan felt better. Otherwise, it would have been heartbreaking to see her usually arrogant son in such a miserable state.
At this time, Nie Yu suddenly smiled, with a hint of warmth in his light brown eyes: “Mom, what you said makes sense.”
Gu Yuan felt that he had finally come to his senses, and was relieved: “It’s great that you can listen to me!”
But in her heart she was thinking whether she should find an opportunity to talk to Nie Nanqing. Nie Yu was not a child anymore. He had his own personality and ideas. Although he seemed careless, he may not be clueless and he could not always discourage him.
….
The mother and son talked more and more, and finally the son affectionately took his mother’s arm and left side by side.
In the corridor next to it, a little boy stood there seriously, with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, as if thinking about something.
“Why is it that Nie Yu is so old, but he still wants to act like a spoiled child towards his mother?”
“Young Master, maybe because…” Butler Duan was a little embarrassed. As the first butler of the famous Huo family, he could be said to be well-informed, but it was the first time he saw a young man in his twenties calling a girl who seemed to be only twenty years old “Mom”.
Moreover, he looked particularly sincere and affectionate, as if he was begging his mother for a hug.
Butler Duan found it corny.
However, as a professional butler of a wealthy family and the most trusted person around the young master, he still tried hard to explain this to the young master: “I think that no matter how old a person is, in front of his mother, he will only be a child who never grows up.”
Butler Duan called out tentatively, “Young Master?”
When Huo Lanting raised his head again, he was a little indignant and clenched his fists: “He is such a grown-up, and he is so shameless! He has no ambition!”
Butler Duan coughed lightly: “It is a bit embarrassing.”
Huo Lanting: “…but I want her to talk to me like that too.”
So at this time, Huo Lanting suddenly raised his head and said, “This young master has decided. This young master will buy the most expensive crown star in the venue and give it to her. Then she will definitely smile at this young master!”
It will definitely be sweeter and more beautiful than when she smiled at Nie Yu just now.
Maybe she will hug me and I can smell the sweet fragrance.
Thinking of this, Huo Lanting smiled.
After Gu Yuan coaxed her son for a long time, she finally saw that her son was in a much better mood. The mother and son even started discussing which auction item of this charity night was the best looking. Just as they were talking, Nie Yu had something to do, so he asked his assistant to accompany Gu Yuan to look around.
Gu Yuan thought that Lin Lu had also arrived, so she went over to say hello to her and let the assistant go about his own business.
The assistant was naturally busy in today’s situation, and after hearing what Gu Yuan said, he went back to his own business.
Gu Yuan contacted Lin Lu first and asked her to come over to find her. She also asked for a glass of juice.
Sitting on a high stool, sipping a straw, she could see the night view outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
It was already dark, and the light show of BAZARILLA CHARITY GALA had begun. The lights in the square and the building opposite kept going on and off, and the scene was spectacular! Fans in the square had already entered, holding light signs or glow sticks and cheering there.
The floor-to-ceiling windows had such good soundproofing that Gu Yuan couldn’t hear anything going on outside, but she could feel the enthusiasm just by looking at the scene.
As she was watching, she heard a voice behind me: “Gu Yuan, I really underestimated you.”
Hearing this voice, Gu Yuan knew it was Lu Zhiqian without having to look back.
Lu Zhiqian was wearing a grey suit today, and looked handsome in the eyes of others. However, after seeing her handsome third son and elegant and steady eldest son, Lu Zhiqian looked old. Looking at his face, she wondered how many times he had had his skin pulled and how much medicine he had taken.
Now Gu Yuan was not as stupid as she was at the beginning. She knew that Lu Zhiqian’s tight face was the result of injecting various drugs and going through various facelift procedures.
No wonder it was so awkward.
Lu Zhiqian looked gloomy as he stared at Gu Yuan in front of him.
She sat there, holding a glass of juice in her hand, with her feet even slightly tucked together, looking elegant yet a little naughty.
She was young and beautiful, like a pool of the purest and clearest spring water, but wrapped in a gorgeous and exquisite high-end dress, like a pampered young girl from a wealthy family.
This kind of Gu Yuan was both familiar and unfamiliar.
She reminded him of when they were seventeen or eighteen, in high school, and they would play together on the playground in the evenings, and she would playfully sit on the parallel bars and tell him that she would do this and that.
So many years had passed, he had experienced so much, and his state of mind was no longer the same as it used to be, but she was still in the same state as twenty-five years ago.
Even more touching.
Lu Zhiqian took a deep breath: “Gu Yuan, I didn’t expect you to fall to this level.”
Gu Yuan smiled and threw the juice cup into the trash can next to her.
When the juice cup drew a perfect arc and fell accurately into the trash can, she smiled and said, “Mr. Lu, what are you talking about? Why don’t I understand?”
Lu Zhiqian’s face was filled with grief: “Gu Yuan, to be honest, if you came to me, I will definitely do my best to help you. I betrayed you back then, but I had no choice. I also did it for my future. Now that I have achieved success and fame, if you just say so, can I not do my best?”
He took a deep breath and stared at Gu Yuan’s still young and tender face: “But I didn’t expect that you would be with Luo Juntian. In terms of age, he is much younger than you. How can you bear to do this? Don’t you feel awkward?”
Gu Yuan spread her hands: “Why should I be ashamed? I am fine like this, I’m playing the leading role in “The Legend of Xuan Ji”, and I also came to the BAZARILLA CHARITY GALA. I have everything I want now. My clothes are high-end brand clothes, I travel in luxury cars, I live in a luxury house, and there are handsome guys who say nice things to make me happy. I can get whatever I want, so why should I be awkward?”
Lu Zhiqian: “You, you are so shameless! Are you still the same Gu Yuan as before?”
Lu Zhiqian: “Gu Yuan, you are too arrogant! Do you think Luo Juntian can protect you? Don’t forget that Luo Juntian is not under Xingying Entertainment. No matter how popular he is, he can’t protect you. I have been in the circle for so many years, I have a lot of resources and connections. If I say a word, I can ban you in no time-“
Just as he was halfway through his words, he heard a calm and generous voice ask, “Who do you want to ban?”
Lu Zhiqian was slightly stunned and slowly turned around, just in time to see his immediate superior, Nie Nanqing, who was always serious and upright in his work.
Nie Nanqing frowned and walked forward: “Zhiqian, what did you just say? Repeat it to me again.”
There was no way out. As soon as she saw Nie Nanqing, she immediately switched to the role of “Nie Yu’s mother”.
She quickly jumped down from the stool and walked to Nie Nanqing: “Mr. Nie.”
When Nie Nanqing saw her, his serious expression disappeared completely: “Ms. Gu, there are too many people waiting outside. If you feel tired, why don’t you go to the lounge and take a rest? I’ll ask the chef to make some desserts and send them over. You can go and have a taste.”
That tone, that expression, were totally unlike that of the stern and iron-faced boss of the entertainment industry. Instead, there was a hint of… flattery?
Lu Zhiqian wasn’t feeling well at all.
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