Chapter 118: At the age of 32, Gu Qingheng, a mature and charming man, had only been in one relationship.

  On the way to the orphanage.

  Qing asked Xiaoxia to eat sandwich cookies with her, and after finishing one, she wanted another.

  Ning Qing saw that she liked to eat and gave her the whole bar of sugar. Gu Xiaxia remembered the packaging of the sandwich cookie and said next time she would invite her to have a snack together.

  Qing smiles at Tuo.

  The two people quickly became familiar with each other.

  Gu Xiaxia put away her phone and stopped scrolling through Weibo. She observed that Gu Qingheng was in a good mood today, thinking it was an opportunity - "Uncle, help me out, go to my house and persuade my parents for me. I don't want to attend a private high school. I want to attend the high school I like."

  Gu Qingheng raised an eyebrow: "What high school do you like?"

  Gu Xiaoxia quickly said out her ideal high school name.

  "After listening to Qing's words, he said unexpectedly: 'This high school is actually the one I graduated from in the past.'"

  Gu Qingheng's eyes narrowed and his eyebrows furrowed.

  "Really Qing Jie?" Gu Xiao Xia straightened up, hugging the front seat's sofa, and affectionately called out to Ning Qing, feeling a strong affinity with her. "I really like this high school, I want to take the entrance exam."

  She asked her with a clear and sideways glance: "Why do you like it so much?"

  Gu Xiaoxia stole a glance at Gu Qingheng and whispered something in Nian Qing's ear.

  A faint smile on the edge of her lips, slightly stiff.

  Xia Xia said:

  This high school has a more relaxed attitude towards freedom compared to other schools. The school administration also takes a permissive stance on students who are in romantic relationships. Because, previously, there was an incident where a female student from a certain class publicly announced her relationship with her boyfriend to the school administration. Afterwards, not only did the school not punish the girl, but they even gave in.

  As expected, Xiaxia was talking about her and Luchuan.

  But Xia Xiao didn't know, in the end she became a laughing stock for the entire high school.

  Red light ahead.

  Gu Qing brought the car to a steady stop, glanced sideways, and saw Nian Qing pursing her lips.

  He frowned and asked Gu Xiaxia: "What did you say secretly?"

  "It's a secret." Gu Xiaxia would rather die than tell Gu Qingheng the reason she liked this high school. She curiously asked Nian Qing, "Qing jie, give me your opinion, is this high school good or not?"

  "It's pretty good." Recite the Quran with a sincere heart.

  Although she was treated as a negative example and ostracized by her classmates, at least the school did not expel her and the teachers were willing to teach her.

  She finally graduated smoothly and was admitted to a good university.

  Those days, she didn't know how she got through them either.

  Every day, she has a splitting headache and feels miserable to the point of wanting to die.

  Every day, she has to take several headache pills in order to memorize key content.

  No way, when I was at home, I didn't want her anymore. He said that if she couldn't get into college, he would kick her out.

  She knew that being underage and having not graduated from high school, leaving home would make it difficult for her to survive in society.

  Reality is really cruel to the weak. She was unwilling, could only grit her teeth and hold on, urging herself to mature and become an adult as soon as possible.

  At that time, the high school principal had talked to her.

  There are people willing to pay for her full tuition and living expenses, allowing her to take a gap year and retake the college entrance exam next year.

  She asked the principal who it was.

  But the principal didn't say anything.

  She refused, it doesn't make sense.

  Very interesting.

  She is no longer an orphan, she has a foster father and a foster mother, a home and a surname, it's impossible for someone to suddenly give her a sum of money to cover all her expenses.

  She is very vigilant and can no longer easily believe anyone.

  Now, it is.

  Gu Qingheng was discussing with his niece about taking the high school entrance exam, and Gu Qing listened absent-mindedly.

  ……

  When he came back to himself, Gu Qingheng's car had already stopped in front of an orphanage.

  The greenery in front of the gate is very refreshing. Above the entrance, there is a very eye-catching smiling sun face with several words - Hope Orphanage.

  Lost in thought...

  "We're here." Gu Qinghe raised his hand, his slender fingers lightly touching Nian Qing's cheek, stroking gently.

  He looked at her with a clear expression, his fingers wiping the corner of her mouth and stopping on her lips, warm and gentle.

  Warm the heart.

  Her eyes dropped, and she felt like crying - this was the orphanage where she had spent her childhood.

  Gu Qingheng's fingers gently stroked the delicate lips, gazing at her trembling eyelashes, revealing his emotions. He couldn't help himself, leaning over, and lightly kissed her forehead, whispering: "Get off and take a look, the kids inside are all very cute."

  "Alright." Qing nodded and sniffled her nose.

  Got off the bus

  Gu Xiaoxia rushed into the orphanage as if she was escaping.

  Her uncle is usually elegant with women, but she has never seen him being intimate with any woman. Just now he was so close to Qing Jie... She felt a bit embarrassed watching them.

  Ning Qing found that outside the orphanage, in addition to Gu Qingheng's car, there were several trucks transporting supplies, with the Gu family logo on the side.

  The person who got off the bus should be an employee in charge of the Gu's charity department.

  "Hello, Mr. Gu." Several men and women saw the big boss of the Gu family and immediately came forward to greet him. Noticing that Nian Qing's gaze paused beside Gu Qingheng.

  She puckered up her lips and blew him a kiss.

  Her hand was tightly held in Gu Qingheng's hands.

  The gaze of several colleagues was on their clasped hands.

  Ning Qing couldn't help but think about what kind of identity she was in their eyes, and she had no time to care. Gu Qingheng wouldn't let go, she used all her strength, but it was hard to push him away.

  Gu Qingheng was discussing the donation of materials with several people in charge, during which he tightly held onto Nian Qing's hand.

  Other people's eyes occasionally sweep over.

  She furrowed her brow and looked at Qing Heng for a moment before speaking. They couldn't finish their conversation in just half an hour. She pulled on his sleeve: "I'll go help first."

  Gu Qingheng paused for a moment, gazing at Nianqing for a few seconds before releasing her. He looked at her and then turned around without looking back, entering the orphanage.

  He frowned.

  "Continue with the previous topic." Gu Qinghe glanced coldly at several people in charge, seeing that their eyes flickered, because of Nian Qing.

  He can't control what others think in their hearts, but they dare not speak recklessly.

  ……

  Orphanage.

  Nian Qing saw that several employees of Gu's company were unpacking boxes of supplies, and Gu Xiaoxia was also carefully categorizing them. She walked over to help.

  Among the materials, boys' and girls' clothing, shoes, bedding, and daily necessities are the most.

  Need to be categorized one by one.

  Gu Xiaoxia stole glances at Nian Qing several times, wanting to speak but stopping herself, her face flushing with shyness.

  Nian Qing Xiao, understands this age girl, thoughts are all sensitive.

  She and Gu Qingheng's intimacy, Gu Xiaoxia saw it, would naturally be curious.

  "You follow Gu Qingheng every month to help out at different orphanages?" Nian Qing spoke up, her tone relaxed.

  Yu had something to talk about, Gu Xiaxia suddenly relaxed.

  "She shook her head and said, 'No, my uncle specifically assigned only this one to me, the other orphanages are all taken care of by other staff members.'"

  Knit your brow and raise your eyebrows.

  Classify daily necessities.

  A few 7 or 8 year old little orphans came over to bring Nian Qing and Gu Xiao Xia to the storage room to put away their things. These brand new supplies, they usually don't use them, only when it's New Year's or a holiday will the principal give them new ones.

  Put things well.

  Bowing down, she handed out candies to a few little kids.

  The Gu family usually organized school teachers to come to the orphanage to teach the children. They were all very polite, accepted the candies, and sweetly said thank you to Nian Qing, and each of them kissed her face.

  Nian Qing's heart felt soft and her nose was slightly sour.

  A few children, holding candies, left happily.

  "Things have changed so much here." Qing said with a sigh.

  Her childhood memories are already very vague. But in her impression, there was no such large storage room in the orphanage, and there were few beds, often not enough to go around.

  At that time, older children had to make their beds on the floor.

  "Yes, I came to help out when I was in first year of junior high school. It wasn't as good as this back then. Later on, after some repairs and renovations, the environment became more and more beautiful." Gu Xiaxia said proudly, she had been helping out intermittently for almost three years, witnessing the changes here bit by bit.

  It's actually all thanks to Gu Qingheng.

  Helping with food preparation.

  Gu Xiaoxia suddenly called out: "Qing Jie."

  Concentrate on the task at hand, and respond to distractions with a simple "Huh?"

  "Are you my uncle's girlfriend?"

  He smiled and asked in return: "What do you think?"

  "Of course it is."

  Ning Qing and Gu Qingheng shared a kiss, and Gu Xiaoxia naturally thought they were in a romantic relationship - "I secretly told you, Qing Jie, my uncle is very innocent, there are not many women who can get close to him. My dad said he had only been with one girlfriend before, but it didn't work out."

  "...one?" Nian Qing was shocked and disbelieving.

  At 32 years old, mature and charming Gu Qingheng has only had one girlfriend. With his excellent conditions, having ten girlfriends would be considered few.

  One of them... have they gone to bed?

  When he and she went to bed for the first time, was it also her first time...

  She calmed down and stopped thinking about it, not daring to imagine, maybe she was just overthinking.

  "Yes." Gu Xiaoxia nodded and said, "Old Lady Gao has been urging him to get married. Qing Jie, if you and my uncle are a match, I can help you speak well of you in front of Old Lady Gao."

  Xiaoxia's eyes sparkled as she thought of Xiaxia, the girl's spring-like expression when she wondered: "Xiaoxia, are you secretly dating?"

  "......No......Of course not......" Gu Xiaohua blushed and denied it.

  She smiled slightly, and Qing didn't see through her.

  "I'm serious, Qing Jie. If my uncle doesn't get married soon, I'll be tied up again during the New Year." Gu Xiaxia looked worried, hoping that Gu Qinghe would get married soon.

  "Bound?" Ning Qing raised an eyebrow.

  Gu Xiaoxia helplessly said: "He doesn't get married, and Grandma Gao will nag him. Every year during the Spring Festival, he takes me with him to visit her, coaxing Grandma Gao all the time. Last week, he even came to my middle school to ask for leave on my behalf, and that night he took me to the airport, flying to Haicheng to see Grandma Gao."

  Gu Xiaoxia has a sweet mouth and is well-behaved, she is Gao Tianli's delight.

  Gu Qingheng took good care of his niece, and most of the time, she could replace him, saving a lot of trouble.

  "Why?" Nian Qing remembered that last week was when Gu Qingheng went on a business trip.

  Gu Xiaoxia shook her head, she didn't understand adult matters.

  Gu Qingheng just let her, as usual, coax Grandma Gao into a good mood.

  However, "Last time, Grandma Gao was very angry with him. I coaxed her for a long time, and she was still in a huff. Later, when the tea was spilled and scalded his hand, Grandma Gao's anger finally subsided."

  Meditate calmly and quietly.

  She didn't expect that the red bruise under Gu Qingheng's palm was obtained in this way.

  ……

  Gu Xiaxia did enough volunteer work for an hour and left on time.

  Before leaving, Gu Qingheng reminded her: "You must return home before 8 pm tonight, otherwise, there won't be a next time."

  Gu Xiaxia repeatedly promised, left the orphanage, hailed a taxi, and went on a date with her classmates.

  Afternoon hours.

  Every month, the orphanage has a day for children's snacks. On this day, Mr. Gu will donate a batch of materials and food to the orphanage, which can sustain life consumption for a long time.

  Gu Qingheng and other staff members are delivering snacks to children.

  After the last child took it, there were still 3 portions left in the basket, and 3 children had not come to take their snacks.

  Gu Qingheng raised an eyebrow, he hadn't seen Nian Qing since just now. He said to the person beside him that he had gone to the backyard of the orphanage - there was a small green space with some simple playground equipment for kids, which only appeared in recent years.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in the backyard, Gu Qingheng found Nian Qing and also 3 children.

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