Indulging Mrs. Lu-Chapter 718 - 715 Uncle Gu, this is my boyfriend

Without waiting for her to ask, Xiao Qing continued, "Both of you have each other in your hearts, neither of you willing to speak up. Is this guesswork fun? Not only for you two, but even I feel anxious just watching, extremely anxious!" But all she could do was worry.

"Qing, it’s not like that. You don’t understand..."

Gu Li still had the look of someone with words on the tip of their tongue, unwilling to speak them out. Xiao Qing felt helpless, "See, this is exactly what happens. You think you’re about to say it, and then you end up not saying anything at all."

Xiao Qing thought it was fortunate that her man wasn’t like that, and neither was she a person who could keep things to herself; otherwise, if they lived like this, she’d end up with depression before many days had passed.

Gu Li felt quite awkward when she heard this and lowered her head to gently caress the pendant in her palm.

Only then did Xiao Qing see clearly that the pendant in her hand was a crescent-shaped jade. Under the sunlight, the veins of the jade and the lotus flower engraved on it were visible.

Although she didn’t know much about such things, she could tell just by the appearance that the craftsmanship was exquisite.

"The jade pendant is very beautiful," she said.

Upon hearing this, Gu Li lifted her head to look at her, and a trace of a smile finally appeared on her calm face.

"This is a street stall item," she said. "I bought this as a birthday gift for Uncle Gu... for Gu Chen when I was fifteen, and that year he turned twenty-two. I refused to use his money to buy him a gift, so I could only afford this..."

Her demeanor clearly showed she was immersed in memories, the expression on her face indicating a sense of happiness.

Xiao Qing didn’t interrupt her and quietly listened to her talk.

"I thought he’d look down on it, but to my surprise, he put it on immediately. He said it was the best gift he had ever received."

The conversation ended there.

Fearing the silence might become too heavy, Xiao Qing asked her, "This is the jade pendant you bought for him; how did it end up with you?"

"That’s because..." Gu Li’s face suddenly turned a very strange color, first pale, then flushed, before finally returning to normal.

Xiao Qing patted Gu Li’s shoulder, "It’s okay, if you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t."

Gu Li bit her lip, struggling internally for quite some time before finally seeming to make up her mind.

"Qing, there is something I’ve been hiding in my heart for six years. I didn’t know who to talk to, so I never spoke of it... Can I talk to you about it?" she said.

Xiao Qing really wanted to laugh but managed to hold it back. She really wanted to know what happened between them, so she nodded, "Sure, if you don’t mind talking about it."

"Oh, it’s like this, I am a child adopted by Gu Chen, he’s my guardian, seven years older than me. We used to be very close, I liked to cling to him and call him ’Uncle Gu’ every day..."

Even though she was talking about her childhood, mentioning how she liked to stick close to Gu Chen made her blush nonetheless.

Xiao Qing was incredibly surprised. She had considered a thousand possibilities but had never imagined such a dynamic between them!

"Later, when I went to college, I didn’t stick to him as much and had a boy I liked... And then later, on my twentieth birthday..."

That day, Gu Li happily brought her boyfriend to Gu Chen, and very seriously said, "Uncle Gu, this is my boyfriend."

She saw Uncle Gu, who always had a gentle expression, turn pale for the first time. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

That evening, before they even cut the cake, Gu Chen found an excuse to take her back home, leaving her boyfriend at the party.