Chapter 144 - If it wasn't for that "accident", there would not be Gu Xi. (1)
Gu Xi flipped to a group photo with names on the bottom and looked through the names carefully. Unfortunately, there was nobody with the surname Xie there.
She flipped through a few more and the only one with the surname Xie seemed to be slightly younger than Old Mr. Gu. He most likely was not Old Mr. Gu's teacher who had set him up in the novel.
That being said, Gu Xi did not want to give up. She pointed at the person in the photo with that name and asked, "Who is this, Grandpa?"
"This one?" Old Mr. Gu stuck his head over, thought about it some before he said, "Oh, he was not in our squad. He was in Squad #3......
"What's the matter?" asked Old Mr. Gu dubiously.
Gu Xi shook her head quickly and said, "Oh, nothing. He looked like a very popular idol."
Old Mr. Gu didn't think much of that when he heard it and grumbled. "Girls nowadays like this kind of look. That was not the case back in the days."
"Do you have any more photos, Grandpa?" asked Gu Xi again, still refusing to give up.
"This is it. I am not that much into keeping photos when I was young. These were collected by your grandmother." Pausing, Old Mr. Gu smiled at Gu Xi. "What is it? Xixi wants to see more photos?"
Gu Xi nodded, then shook her head and looked for an excuse. "I noticed that Grandpa is super attractive when he was young so I want to see more."
Pausing, Gu Xi quickly added, "You are still a handsome man at your age."
Old Mr. Gu was delighted by her words. He shook his hand and said, "Back in the days nobody cared about how you look. It was all about now competent you are. Har har har."
Even as he said that, Old Mr. Gu was still very delighted.
........
Gu Xi looked over at the photos that Gu Chenyi had posted in their group chat. There was a sense of warmth in her heart but she also lamented.
Whether it was back then or now, this was a very happy family.
Let it be for the purpose of a plot tool or the personal gain of some higher-ups, why was it that the Gu family had to be the cannon fodder......
Gu Xi shook her head and had a look of determination.
***
On the other side.
Gu Shao, who was in a conversation in a study, also heard a notification from his phone. It was the photos that Gu Chenyi had posted to their chat group.
"These kids," said Gu Feng with a smile as he looked at the photos.
Looking at Gu Xi with her big, bright smile next to the boys at home, Gu Shao's look mellowed out.
He put away his phone and carried on with their discussion. "We are still short some necessary evidences on that side."
"Perhaps Gu Yaobai could be our break," said Gu Xian.
"That's a direction that we can consider," said Gu Feng.
Gu Shao did not comment.
The three then talked about how Gu Feng had been injured in one of his past assignments.
That was when Old Mr. Gu had aged and began moving behind the scene. It was, however, still when the Gu family was in its most glorified state.
In addition, all three of his sons were very accomplishing and that made the Gu family even more reputable.
Many believed that the Gu family would move up another tier.
Back then, Gu Feng, in the troop, was able to achieve very high honors even without the help of the Gu's power in less than five years.
Lo and behold, Gu Feng was injured from an explosion in a mission that should have been risk-free and was even handicapped.
Unlike Gu Shao and Gu Xian, the oldest of the Gu family much prefer the atmosphere in the troop and, had it not been for that incident, would for sure still be in the troop and would never have converted to a desk job.
Gu Feng was able to gather some evidences against Gu Yaobai regarding the mysterious accident and had someone picked him up.
Then, the Gu family was able to collect more evidences and the entire incident seemed to be more complicated than it appeared. Gu Yaobai was one of them but there seemed to be more people involved than just him.
It was all the Gu family's fault for attracting too much attention.