horizon peripheral vision

Chapter 34

The next afternoon, Qin Kai called and asked Gu Huaiyu if he would like to attend the official birthday banquet tonight.

Gu Huaiyu didn't answer the call by himself.After waking up in the morning, he remembered the conversation in the car last night, and asked Friedrich a few words.After asking, he rolled on the bed and tossed again, and he didn't wake up for a long time all day.

Fu Lize really wanted to go out of his way to refuse, but in the end, between Gu Huaiyu's displeasure and his own displeasure, he chose the latter, hung up the phone and relayed the story to the person nestled in the soft pillow.

Gu Huaiyu sat up, with the fresh hickey marks on his body, glanced at the time, and began to put on his clothes without hesitation, "I have to go."

Fu Lize guessed the result, with a livid face, as if he was forced out of bed halfway through.

Gu Huaiyu put on his clothes, turned his head and smiled at him, leaned over and kissed him on the face, "Aren't you going with me?"

When he said that, Friedrich could only look down at him for a while, then got up and went out without any temper.

Gu Huaiyu went upstairs to say hello to Mr. Qin, and came down with Qin Kai to say hello to some uncles, not like an outsider.

There were many guests at the banquet, mainly colleagues from the military department, and the Shen Pingchuan brothers and sisters were naturally there too.The accident on the cruise ship gave Shen Pingchuan a general understanding of the relationship between Gu Huaiyu and Friedrich, and he politely exchanged greetings with Friedrich and asked how his injury was.

Fu Lize answered a few words absent-mindedly, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Shen Pingshan walking up to Gu Huaiyu, talking to him with a smile, putting his hands on his shoulders and quietly stepping onto the dance floor.

Shen Pingchuan saw his face darken, followed his gaze to look back, and smiled awkwardly, "Pingshan is not sensible."

Friedrich waved his hands magnanimously, squinted his eyes to watch people dancing, and waited until the end of the song before quietly approaching the men and women standing on the edge of the dance floor.Hearing Shen Pingshan's teasing smile, "My brother said that there was a little accident on the boat that day - did Mr. Gu's flowers fail to be delivered?"

"It's not considered not sent out." Gu Huaiyu said.

"What about the other things Mr. Gu prepared?"

Gu Huaiyu laughed it off, "It seems that the florist introduced by Ms. Shen is not very strict."

"It doesn't hurt to spread a good story."

After finishing these few sentences, they stopped talking about this topic.Friedrich wanted to know some details, but he refused to ask in front of outsiders. After thinking about it, he called one of his assistants and told him to look it up.

As soon as he finished explaining, Gu Huaiyu also saw him, so he politely bid farewell to the person who wanted to chat, and walked to his side.

"You danced well today." Standing behind the marble hall pillars, Friedrich talked to him in a very low voice, "Is it always this good, or is it just today?"

As soon as Gu Huaiyu heard his tone, he knew that he wanted to settle the old score. He took his hand and said in a nice voice, "The officers serving on the border can't dance well."

Seeing that Fu Lize didn't reject him, he moved a little closer and said ambiguously, "If he danced well before, would Mr. Fu dance with me?"

Gu Huaiyu is really good at shifting the focus, and can easily make people give in.There was no displeasure on Fu Lize's face, but he couldn't help but think about which parts of the former taciturn Gu Huaiyu were real and which parts were fake.

"Xiao Yu." Holding a glass of wine, Qin Kai called a few steps away from them, as if afraid of disturbing them.

Gu Huaiyu shook Friedrich's hand, expressing that he was going to have a few words with Qin Kai.

He turned and left, and Friedrich went to the back garden alone to take a breath.Halfway through the banquet, the temperature is pleasant tonight, and some people have already come out for a walk.

From the villa to a small landscape lake, there is a small path, and the street lights on both sides are covered by tall green plants, making the road a bit dark.Fritz was halfway there when he heard someone chatting in front of him.

He didn't have a penchant for eavesdropping on good things, but the two words "Colonel Gu" vaguely wrapped in the wind made him stop involuntarily.

The people chatting were Shen Pingshan and her female companions, they probably saw that Shen Pingshan and Gu Huaiyu had just danced together, and the female companions were very interested in their relationship and kept asking.

Shen Pingshan is good at communication, and she can't say anything too absolutely, "My brother wants to build a relationship, but it's a pity that Colonel Gu probably doesn't like me."

Fritz walked away and stood by the lake to enjoy the wind for a while.Now that he thinks about it, he feels that Gu Huaiyu and him are actually the same people. Many things don't depend on the right or wrong means, but on whether the goal can be achieved.

But Gu Huaiyu is more willing than him, whether it is to fight for fame or gain or love.

At this moment, he suddenly regretted the words that he said casually earlier that it doesn't matter who he marries. Now that he cares about it, he is worried about gains and losses, and cannot guess what Gu Huaiyu really thinks about these words.

After returning from the banquet, Gu Huaiyu noticed that Friedrich seemed to be in a bad mood tonight.But the man didn't seem to intend to say, so he didn't ask.

Friedrich originally had a meeting in the afternoon, but he had been dealing with official business in the study when he came back from a trip.When he walked into the bedroom, Gu Huaiyu had already read half of the book while leaning on the sofa.

Tonight, Gu Huaiyu was very self-conscious and didn't drink much. After taking a bath, the smell of tobacco and alcohol disappeared, and there was only a very faint smell of shower gel on his body.

In his hand was a yellowed paperback, Conspiracy and Love.Friedrich saw it in the study, because he could see this book from time to time among the books on the desk.

He remembered again, perhaps Gu Huaiyu read the most of the original version, but it had disappeared in the yacht explosion.

"Do you like this kind of drama?" He sat next to the person, took down the book, and put it on the coffee table next to him.

Gu Huaiyu was wearing a nightgown, and wearily raised his hand to block the light of the floor lamp with the back of his hand, and hummed softly, "I read it when I was young, and I want to read it occasionally."

Fu Lize's arm passed under his waist, picked him up lightly and delicately, and wrapped him in his arms, "So you have seen these conspiracies and love tragedies since you were a child."

The person lying on his shoulder laughed, "You don't like it?"

Fritser stroked his hair and said, "No one likes intrigue and tragedy."

Gu Huaiyu sat up straight and looked at him seriously, as if wondering if his words had other meanings.But Friedrich didn't give him a chance to scrutinize. After looking at each other briefly, he let go and went into the bathroom.

After taking a shower, Friedrich received a call from his assistant, reporting to him the matter he had just assigned.

Originally, it was not a very complicated matter, and the discussion was over in two or three minutes.Friedrich was silent after listening, "That's what the florist said?"

After Fritz finished the call, he stayed in the bathroom for a while.When he walked out again, Gu Huaiyu was already lying on the bed, flipping through the book very slowly.

He lay down behind him and said in a low voice, "If you don't want to read it, I'll read it to you."

Gu Huaiyu lazily leaned back, as a sign of approval.But Friedrich didn't start reading, but whispered behind his ear, "Do you have any other arrangements on Shen Pingchuan's cruise ship that day?"

Gu Huaiyu opened his eyes and slowly turned to stare at him.

Even if he didn't answer, Friedrich was sure of the answer.His heart was a little sour, he bowed his head and kissed it, took the book, and asked vaguely, "Do you like it that much?"

Gu Huaiyu's gaze flicked back and forth between the book and the person beside him, and he replied vaguely, "Well, I liked it very much when I was young."