What if My Brother is Too Good?

Huo Yusen’s call came quickly.

The moment Huo Wu picked up the phone, Huo Yusen’s voice immediately rang out from the other end, “What will you do tomorrow?”

Huo Wu pursed her lips and explained what happened today in just a few words. In fact, she summed up what happened throughout the day in just one or two sentences, saying that she found her real family and also returned to the Gu family with her grandfather and met a lot of relatives.

“Brother, I’m going to visit my mother tomorrow.”

Huo Yusen stayed silent for a couple of seconds on the other end of the phone before asking, “In which nursing home?”

Huo Wu told him the name of the nursing home. The two chatted casually for a while and then ended the call.

Huo Wu sat on the bed and emptied her mind for a while. At present, it seemed that returning home was the most appropriate decision because her real family could provide her the shelter and care she needed.

Nonetheless, she wondered how the meeting with her mother would go tomorrow.

Huo Wu felt a headache after mulling it over for a while, so she decided to stop thinking about it altogether.

The next day, Huo Wu got up early in the morning. When she went downstairs, Gu Yan and Gu Chi were already there. The others such as her aunts and uncles had already returned to their homes. Those who stayed in the Gu house would usually take care of the two elders, and several of their children would also occasionally stay overnight.

This time, Gu Yan and Gu Chi stayed at the Gu’s house specially for Huo Wu.

Seeing Huo Wu, Gu Yan’s fox-like eyes bent, and his smile was as pretty as flowers. “Cousin, come and have breakfast.”

After coming into contact with them yesterday, Huo Wu already had a rough understanding of Gu Yan and Gu Chi.

Her eldest cousin was a mingsao1 and had a warm personality.

Her second cousin was straightforward and didn’t play dirty tricks. He was a very easy person to get along with.

Huo Wu sat down at the dining table and ate her first breakfast with her newly recognized family.

After breakfast, they were ready to set off to the nursing home.

Just as Huo Wu was about to go out, her grandmother called out and stopped her. She was biting her lips as if she was trying to tell Huo Wu something.

Huo Wu knew that her grandma had something to say, so she slowly stopped in her tracks.

Her grandma sighed and said in a serious tone, “Child, I know that you’ve had it rough, but it hasn’t been easy for your mother either. I hope that when you see your mother later, you can be a little more patient with her.”

Huo Wu thought of the information that Gu Mingkai vaguely divulged when he mentioned Gu Wei, nodded, and replied, “I understand, Grandma.”

A touch of relief passed over her grandma’s face. “What a good child.”

Huo Wu felt nothing when she was in the car, but after she arrived at the nursing home, her emotions momentarily turned complicated inexplicably.

In her previous life, the original owner didn’t enter the entertainment industry, so after her background was exposed, she didn’t cause too much of a splash on the Internet. Naturally, the Gu family didn’t know about her from the Internet though they were able to retrieve the original owner smoothly through other means. If Gu Wei hadn’t abandoned the original owner, she wouldn’t have ended up so miserable in that life. It was a pity that there were never any ‘what ifs’ in the world.

Huo Wu actually didn’t have much hatred or resentment towards Gu Wei. After all, she was just a person who arrived en route. She just thought she might have taken it too much for granted yesterday. She didn’t resent Gu Wei, but that didn’t mean the original owner wouldn’t. It was a pity that the person they owed was already gone.

She was now Huo Wu. That was why she was able to accept the Gu family’s goodwill so quickly. It was for no other reason than just because this was the most favorable choice for her at the moment.

Huo Wu had completely adjusted her mindset after walking into the nursing home. She thought she could calmly cope with any situation that would come next. But after Gu Yan and Gu Chi led her to Gu Wei, she still felt somewhat disoriented.

She thought Gu Wei was just in a bad mental state as Gu Mingkai had said. It never occurred to her that Gu Wei was not just in a bad way mentally but was instead almost crazy.

She was sitting on a stool alone, holding a paper flower in her hand. She looked silly; her eyes were dull as if immersed in her own world and didn’t notice their arrival at all.

Huo Wu said, somewhat incredulous, “She… is she my mother?”

Gu Yan affirmed with a ‘hmm.’

Footnote:

1. Mingsao – 明骚 – opposite of mensao – outwardly cold and indifferent in words and deeds

Mensao – outwardly cold or reserved but deep and passionate inside

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