noffsinger Chapter 39 Li Xi stayed at the Gu family's house for one night
Chapter 39 Li Xi stayed at the Gu family's house for one night
Gu Wentao was skeptical. "You really heard that?"
Huai Zhou was so efficient, he explained everything to Xie Jiaoyue so quickly?
Li Xi raised his hand and swore, declaring in a firm and resounding voice: "I really heard it, sir. If you don't believe me, you can have Butler Du ask Mr. Huaizhou!"
Gu Wentao and Du Yusheng exchanged a glance, both skeptical.
Du Yusheng was actually planning to go next door and ask.
Just then, Gu Huaizhou's calm and aloof voice suddenly rang out from the next room: "Grandpa, I've already explained things to Xie Jiaoyue. Please don't try to matchmake people anymore."
He was getting anxious and angry, afraid that he would scare Li Xi.
Gu Wentao coughed, and when he met Li Xi's bright eyes, he could only nod and say, "Okay, I promise you."
How could he refuse?
His grandson didn't say a word earlier or later, but he made sure to speak up when Li Xi asked him for help. Wasn't that an indication that he had to agree to Li Xi's request?
Ah.
What happened to having relationship problems?
He thinks this kid is shrewd!
"Ugh." Gu Wentao rubbed his temples and sighed, "I've had a bit of a cold lately, and my head feels heavier than my body. I'm tired, so I'll go back and rest first."
The sound of clutter clattering and rattling could be heard coming from the study next door. If he didn't leave soon, his grandson would be annoyed.
Li Xi quickly stood up and helped Mr. Gu to his feet. "Mr. Gu, you need to rest well and relax. You will recover soon."
Knowing full well that Li Xi was just saying sweet nothings to try and wake him up, Gu Wentao was still easily swayed. "Alright, you're welcome to come visit us again next time."
Du Yusheng gave Li Xi a kind and friendly smile, then accompanied Gu Wentao on his way.
Standing alone in the living room, Li Xi always felt a sense of unease, as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
She suddenly turned around and stared at the glass wall behind her.
Li Xi's eyes flickered slightly. Suddenly, she took her evening bag and walked to the glass wall, took out a lipstick, and touched up her lip makeup in front of the mirror.
She would occasionally purse her lips and smile.
Who is not confused after reading this?
Gu Huaizhou stood on the other side of the glass wall with an inscrutable expression. He knew that Li Xi had already discovered the secret of the glass.
Sure enough, when Li Xi put away her lipstick, she took the initiative to reveal her true colors.
"Mr. Gu Huaizhou, you can see me through this glass, right?"
After a moment of silence, Gu Huaizhou spoke up, "How did you know?"
"My guess."
Li Xi didn't think her little bit of cleverness was enough to lie to the young leader of the Gu family.
“I heard that Mr. Gu has a serious emotional disorder and social anxiety. I could tell that when I saw the design and decoration style of this house.”
Li Xi pointed to the glass floor in the middle of the living room where one could observe the stream, "You are afraid of contact with people, but you also yearn to go out and observe the world."
"In this living room, that little stream is the vibrant world in your eyes."
Pointing to the floor-to-ceiling windows around the living room, Li Xi continued, "This house uses coated glass extensively, which is also to make it easier for you to observe the people and scenery outside."
"This house has three floors. Your master bedroom and study should be upstairs. This room you are in is your tea room for entertaining guests, right?"
Gu Huaizhou: "...Yes."
Nodding, Li Xi asked again, "When Xie Jiaoyue met you just now, you didn't talk face-to-face, did you?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Xi asked uncertainly, "Is it a screen?"
Gu Huaizhou smiled appreciatively. "Mm."
Li Xi reached out and touched the glass wall in front of her. The texture was quite unique, completely different from the glass in the dance studio.
Li Xi said confidently, "This glass wall connects to the tea restaurant where you are. You can clearly observe the actions of every customer through this glass while you are sitting inside."
Gu Huaizhou remained silent.
Xie Jiaoyue visits the Gu family once a year. She has been there ten times, but she still hasn't discovered the secret of the glass wall.
In fact, when Xie Jiaoyue first came here to see him, Gu Huaizhou observed her hypocritical and pretentious little actions through this glass wall.
Therefore, Xie Jiaoyue was destined to fail from the very first time she approached him.
Li Xi suddenly realized something and gave an embarrassed look. "So you saw me eavesdropping on your conversation with Xie Jiaoyue by pressing against the glass wall?"
Gu Huaizhou remained silent.
That's the default.
Caught red-handed, Li Xi took it in stride, saying, "Then I won't hide it anymore."
Gu Huaizhou: "Hmm?"
Li Xi took a breath, and like a fighting rooster about to enter battle mode, she roared powerfully, "Mr. Gu, I want to complain to you!"
Gu Huaizhou was taken aback.
"Who are you going to sue?"
Like a student tattling to a teacher, Li Xi began her accusation with great emotion—
“Mr. Huaizhou, you were right to refuse Xie Jiaoyue. There’s not a single good person in the Xie family.”
"Let me tell you, Xie Jiaoyue's brother is a scumbag who deceives people's feelings, and he almost raped an innocent girl at their engagement party!"
"Xie Jiaoyue's mother was cheating on her father by finding male models outside, and she found two at a time! She even specifically chose recent college graduates!"
"Xie Jiaoyue's father is even worse; he peeped at young girls while they were bathing..."
Li Xi is like a vicious and scheming female supporting character, exposing all the dirty deeds done by the Xie family.
Finally, Li Xi said, "In short, the Xie family is a bunch of trash. I'm just helping you avoid risks in advance."
Gu Huaizhou stared at Li Xi's incessantly chattering mouth and found it somewhat amusing.
Those soft, chubby little mouths are quite adept at tattletales.
After Li Xi finished speaking, Gu Huaizhou asked, "Who is the little girl that Xie Mingzong secretly photographed?"
Li Xi suddenly bit her lip.
is her.
Each master of the Xie family had a private bathroom in their room, except for Li Xi's room.
Li Xi was a boarding student in high school and only came back once a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
One weekend after school, she accidentally discovered what appeared to be a hidden pinhole camera in the bathroom that had just been repaired the previous week.
Li Xi was also panicked at the time.
But Li Xi quickly calmed down. She did not make a big fuss by calling the Xie family to remove the surveillance cameras because she suspected that her adoptive father, Xie Mingzong, was the one who secretly installed them.
If it really is Xie Mingzong's daughter, once she makes this public, Xie Mingzong will definitely deny it and shift the blame for secretly installing surveillance cameras onto the renovation workers.
In order to gather evidence, Li Xi remained still and immediately purchased a smart surveillance camera online.
She secretly installed the surveillance camera in a hidden corner, pointing it towards the toilet.
The following week, Li Xi returned home to find that the whole family had gone out, except for Xie Mingzong, who had just returned from a business trip, working in the study.
She sneaked into the bathroom and slowly took off her clothes in front of the security camera...
Halfway through undressing, Li Xi deliberately hung her clothes on the glass wall to cover herself.
Xie Mingzong saw this scene through the surveillance camera and became extremely anxious.
He was eager to see Li Xi at her most alluring, so he sneaked to the restroom and openly spied on her.
Little did he know, like a mantis stalking a cicada unaware of a oriole behind, his spying was captured on Li Xi's surveillance camera.
Li Xi turned the tables, successfully manipulating Xie Mingzong and forcing him to reveal his father's burial place to her.
The reason why Li Xi hates the Jiang family and wants to help Jiang Xinghe retrieve his mother's portrait and ashes is because the two of them have very similar pasts.
The Xie family did not humiliate her father's portrait, nor did they use his ashes for any feudal superstitions.
However, in order to control Li Xi and make her obedient, they have always refused to tell her about Li Chang'an's grave.
So the first time Li Xi went to pay respects to Li Chang'an was in the winter of the year she turned 17.
The second time I went was the summer of my college entrance exam.
That year, Li Xi scored 678 points in the college entrance examination and was successfully admitted to the History Department of a university in City A.
After graduating, Li Xi worked in curating and antique auctions. She is now a well-known auctioneer in the industry.
Gathering her wandering thoughts, Li Xi smiled calmly at the glass wall and said, "I told you these hidden details to help Mr. Gu see the true colors of the Xie family. Why do you have to focus on the victim's identity?"
Gu Huaizhou gazed at the calm and confident smile on Li Xi's face, and he already knew the answer in his heart.
That little girl who was secretly photographed by Xie Mingzong, isn't that her?
"Li Xi".
Hearing Gu Huaizhou call her name, Li Xi subconsciously replied, "I'm here."
"Stay here tonight, and the driver will take you back tomorrow morning."
Without giving Li Xi a chance to refuse, Gu Huaizhou instructed Gu Han: "Uncle Gu, take Miss Li Xi to rest."
The old butler, Gu Han, had returned to the living room at some point.
Upon hearing this, he smiled kindly and walked over to Li Xi, saying, "Miss Li Xi, come with me. I'll take you to where the guests are staying."
Li Xi thought to herself: Did I agree to let them stay overnight?