When You’re Gone

Like a man about to drown, he finally grabbed the piece of driftwood before sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Gu Hansheng was sitting in the chair, his body bent and bent, his eyes drooping, his eyelashes concealed his emotional eyes, and only tears fell on the photo frame in his hand.

From the silent sound at the beginning, to the suppressed crying in the back, like a trapped beast, it seemed only a short moment.

He bowed his head to kiss the tears that fell on her cold smile.

[Liang Shu is not dead, you still have a daughter, she is four years old]

Thinking back to that sentence in my mind over and over again, like a poppy, it will be poisonous.

I don't know how long he had passed, he looked up from the chair in a panic, and reached out to take the phone on the table, but because of anxious movements, the phone fell on the ground.

Gu Hansheng stretched out his hand to pick it up, and he clearly saw his trembling hand, so clear.

In an instant, he even felt that this was a dream, a dream that a man could indulge in.

He called Shi Qing and asked her to book a flight to Budapest.

After doing this, he opened his palms, lowered his head and watched quietly, and then buried his entire face in it. After a while, tears leaked from his fingers.

These feelings are real.

...

Mo Xiangsi woke up in the afternoon of the next day.

Opening his eyes, Jing Yu's enlarged version of the handsome face was right in front of him.

She was a little confused at first, and then she slapped his face without any hesitation.

The slap slapped Jing Yu in a daze.

But he didn't care what he was in. Instead, he grabbed Mo Xiangsi's hand, put her hand on his face again, and looked at him, "As long as you like it, then you continue."

Jing Yu's mood at this moment is very complicated.

He would rather Mo Xiangsi slap her a few more times.

Mo Xiangsi pulled his hand back, without looking at him, not paying attention to tweaking, just got up from the quilt, then turned over and got out of bed and started picking up clothes from the carpet in front of Jing Yu.

Jing Yu looked angry.

He touched his still aching face and looked at her with his elbow on his chin.

When Mo Xiangsi was halfway through, a voice came from behind and Jing Yu said, "Gu Hansheng is here."

She paused and continued to wear it, pretending not to hear it.

Jing Yu's eyelids moved, looking at the body that satisfied him everywhere, his heart was filled at this moment.

But Mo Xiangsi ignored him.

He didn't feel frustrated either, after all, Mo Xiangsi didn't know that just one night, because of the earth-shaking changes that had happened to her.

Jing Yu also turned over and got up from the bed. He casually pulled a bath towel around him. There were all kinds of scratches left by Mo Xiangsi in front of him. It looked shocking, but Jing Yu was very satisfied.

After all, he was also cool.

From body to mind.

He walked towards Mo Xiangsi barefoot, Mo Xiangsi was wearing clothes right now, Jing Yu walked over and grabbed her wrist, looked down at the... in front of her, Mo Xiangsi let out a sneer.

But he didn't make much nostalgia. Instead, he moved his gaze to Mo Xiangsi's face. Without any preparation for Mo Xiangsi, he said, "He knows that Liang Shu is not dead. He rushed over at night, and he probably got off the plane now Up."

To Mo Xiangsi, these words are undoubtedly thunder on the ground.

She went from the initial dullness, to the unbelievable in the middle, to the final rage, in just a few tens of seconds.

Mo Xiangsi was so angry that he threw the thing in his hand onto his face, and Jing Yu caught it halfway through the thin piece of clothing falling naturally.

"Jing Yu, are you a **** human?! If you count me, you can even count A Shu? I really want to kill you!" Mo Xiangsi pointed at him and cursed.

She picked up the sling and put it on her body casually, then hurriedly got up and turned over the phone.

When I found Liang Shu's phone and was about to dial her, Jing Yu walked over and held her hand, "It's too late, he's a plane at night."

Mo Xiangsi threw the phone, grabbed his hair violently, then sat on the ground with his head clasped and buried his head in his knees.

Feeling guilty, Jing Yu sat next to her and said, "He has had a hard time in the past few years. He has gone to Guimenguan several times. All of us thought she was dead, but I didn't expect..."

"He has a hard time, do you think A Shu has a good time?" Mo Xiangsi said.

"It's already like this. If you are really upset in your heart, then you can kill me."

Then Mo Xiangsi really found a knife and inserted it into Jing Yu's shoulder.

...

Liang Jiujiu skipped class yesterday, and Liang Shu personally sent her to the hobby class this morning.

She has been squeezing since she went out.

Slowly when putting on clothes, slow when brushing teeth, and still slow when eating breakfast.

Liang Shu took her schoolbag out of the room and put it next to the sofa, then leaned on the door frame and stared at her.

The Xiaolongbao in her hand has been eaten for almost ten minutes.

Liang Shu walked over in two steps, pulled the chair opposite the dining table and sat down, looking at her, "Your godmother said that a little boy in piano class likes you, so you don't want to go to piano lessons, but do you know what you like? ?"

Jiujiu swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at her, obviously not knowing.

"Then tell me, why don't you want to go to piano lessons?"

Liang Jiujiu lowered her head, flapping her long eyelashes, not knowing what she was thinking.

She didn't speak, and Liang Shu didn't worry, she just waited for her.

After a while, Liang Jiujiu slid down from the chair, ran to Liang Shu a few steps, threw herself in her arms, and cried in her arms, "I found out that I don’t like playing the piano, but A Shu makes money. I worked very hard, and I don’t want Ah Shu’s money to be spent in vain."

Liang Shu pulled her away, took out a square scarf from her pocket and wiped her tears, staring down at her, "For this reason? Is there anything else?"

She sniffed and shook her head, "No more."

"Did I tell you that your feelings are the most important thing, and you have to say what you like or dislike?"

Jiujiu glanced at her, blinked, and nodded.

Liang Shu squeezed her face, "Why don't you just tell me if you don't want to learn the piano?"

"A Shu is very hard." Liang Jiujiu said with a little cry.

Liang Shu patted her on the back, sighed, and wiped away the teardrops from the corners of Jiujiu's eyes, "But if I knew Jiujiu was unhappy, I would be sad, do you know?"

Listening to her, Liang Jiujiu flattened her mouth and looked like she was about to cry again.

She looked up at Liang Shu, pressed her small lips tightly, her nose was red, and she looked very aggrieved.

Liang Shu hugged her in his arms, bowed his head and kissed her smooth forehead.

Liang Jiujiu blinked his eyes in her arms and said dullly, "A Shu, can I ask you a question?"

"You ask," Liang Shu added soon, "but I have the right to choose to answer or not to answer."

"Other children have fathers, where is my father?"

Liang Shu touched her head, there was no obvious change in her mood, "Dead."

Since childhood, she and Mo Xiangsi have been training Liang Jiujiu's endurance.

She is the same as children of the same age, but not the same.

For example, at this moment, she heard Liang Shu say that her father is dead, Liang Jiujiu's mouth flattened, tears falling like broken beads, she plunged into Liang Shu's arms, sobbing and crying, "Then you have no husband It's so miserable."

"..."

Liang Shu took out his phone and looked at the time.

She got up from the chair, took her to wash her face again, wiped her face with a towel, Liang Shu said, "We won’t go to piano lessons if we don’t want to, I promise that today is the last one. There must be a beginning and an end. You promised me to finish the last class. When I come to pick you up in the afternoon, I will make it clear to the teacher."

Jiujiu nodded obediently.

Liang Shu touched her face, and the two of them packed up and went out.

The place where she lives is a bit old, but the environment is actually pretty good, just across the street from Mo Xiangsi's home.

It's just that Mo Xiangsi is a wealthy area, and hers here is an ordinary Chinese neighborhood.

Liang Shu led Liang Jiujiu out of this building. At the intersection, Liang Shu was going to pick up the car, and Liang Jiujiu stood on the side of the road and waited for her.

It had just rained at night, and the road was still wet at the moment.

Liang Jiujiu squatted on the ground and looked at the ants who had not moved successfully. There were footsteps. She followed the black leather shoes in front of her and looked up.

Jiujiu stood up and took two steps back.

Soon, she laughed, her eyes were bright and crooked, and looked like Liang Shu. She blinked her eyes and stared at the person in front of her, her tone was a little cheerful, "Uncle, let's meet again, and you live nearby." ?"

Ji Shen stood upright in front of her, feeling at a loss for the first time facing such a small child.

It was one thing to not know who she was yesterday, but now that I know it, my mood is naturally different.

He is so, so you can imagine how complicated and ecstatic his mood would be if Mr. Gu faced them at this moment.

Liang Jiujiu frowned, very puzzled, "Uncle, did you apologize to me for what happened yesterday?"

Ji Shen shook his hands, then pursed his lips to draw a little trace. He asked her, "Where is your mother?"

Did not wait for Liang Jiujiu to speak.

There was the sound of a car behind her, and she turned her head to look.

Soon, she stepped forward and ran to the stopped car a few times, "Ashu Ashu——"

The door opened, Liang Shu got out of the car, holding Jiujiu's hand, staring at the man standing a few meters in front of her, although she was a little surprised, but her expression was very flat, she pursed her lips, "Ji special help, long time no see."

Ji Shen was still shocked when he saw the real person.

Compared with Liang Shu's calmness, Ji Shen seemed a little flustered, but he still said: "Mrs...."

"It's not appropriate to call me that, you know, I divorced him a long time ago."

She opened the rear door, squatted down and said to Jiujiu, "You are waiting for me in the car. I will say a few words to that uncle."

Liang Jiujiu glanced at Ji Shen. She clasped Liang Shu's palms and blinked at her, "May I ask Ms. A Shu, am I lucky enough to listen?"

Liang Shu seemed to be accustomed to her pretentious piety, raised her brows, and directly picked her up and put her into the back seat of the car, with her fingers on the half-open car door, bending over and rushing into the humanity: "Stay well. Don't even think about eavesdropping."

Jiujiu blinked at her, and Liang Shu quickly closed the car door.

Liang Shu walked towards Ji Shen.

Ji Shen's attitude towards her is still respectful now, even if five years have passed, oh, it should be said that Ji Shen's attitude towards her is much more respectful now than before.

He nodded, "Madam, Mr. Gu is on his way to here, flying in the afternoon..."

"I have never deliberately concealed myself, so I am not surprised that you can find here, but," Liang Shu paused, "this is not what it used to be. You Mr. Gu divorced me back then, and he was the first Don’t want me, everyone will leave when they leave."

"Mr. Gu has his own..."

"Is it difficult?" Liang Shu smiled slightly, and then raised his lips, "If you live forever, who doesn't have any hardships? But I am so good now, and I will not avoid you. Goodbye, everyone is just the one I used to know. Stranger relationship."

Ji Shen stood there watching the car that was gradually pulling out of sight, and he closed his eyes.

I'm afraid for Gu Hansheng, even the stranger relationship she once knew is better than she really left this world.

...

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Ji Shen rented a car to pick up Gu Hansheng at the airport.

Even Ji Chen has sensed his excitement from the depths of his blood.

In the car, Ji Shen told Gu Hansheng that he had found out about the recent situation of Liangshu in the past few years.

"As for how my wife escaped from the fire, I haven't found out yet. It should be from Mo Xiangsi..." Ji Chen said slightly, and quickly said: "The wife is in Budapest alone, Miss Mo helps Because of her a lot, life won't be too bad."

The man's fingers on his knees are clenched, which means it's not too bad, which means it's not very good.

"My wife first lived with Ms. Mo, but later moved out by herself. During the first one or two years, it was a long time, and I couldn't find anything temporarily."

"By the way, your daughter's name is Liang Jiujiu, with his wife's surname."

Even though he stayed up all day and night, Gu Hansheng didn't feel sleepy at the moment.

A moist liquid filled his eyes, and he asked Ji Shen, "Didn't she sell that car for five million?"

Ji Shen lowered his head, "I heard that his wife donated it that night."

Gu Hansheng's whole body collapsed at that time. He only knew that Liang Shu drove him out after separating from the Civil Affairs Bureau that night. Later, she changed money on the black market and sold it for a few hours. A fire broke out in the villa.

He didn't continue to investigate the rest. After all, the people were gone, and the car and the money were actually not important at all.

It turned out... Jiang Jiucheng was dead, and she didn't plan to take the money anymore, so she donated it all.

...

This is Liang Jiujiu's last day of piano class.

In fact, there is another reason why she doesn't want to go to piano class.

She has no father.

Although she was only four years old, A Shu mentioned to her that children who were about the same age as her but not as good-looking as her might get together to bully other children. What did A Shu say at the time, she was too young , Did not remember.

But Liang Jiujiu knew that she had encountered this situation.

She was bullied by the group of children with fathers.

They must think she is beautiful and jealous.

In this case, she doesn't want to stay here to take piano lessons.

The teacher knew that she would not be here since today, and that she was the daughter of a Chinese woman. Basically, she didn't care much about her this half of the afternoon.

Liang Jiujiu ran away from the classroom. She went to the school gate, preparing to wait until the end of get out of class, A Shu came to pick her up.

She is not going back to get her schoolbag either.

It was a bit hot in the afternoon and the ground was very dry.

Liang Jiujiu is always keen to watch the ants on the ground move.

It was like a re-enactment of the morning scene, and a pair of black leather shoes appeared in front of her. She did not directly look up this time. Looking at the corpses of several ants that were trampled to death by this leather shoe, she closed her eyes with heartache.

Then he opened, stood up, and looked up at the owner of these leather shoes.

At this glance, Liang Jiujiu was shocked.

She widened her eyes, opened her mouth slightly, and made a silent sound of surprise.

Since ancient times, men are deceptive, even children of a few years old are no exception.

Soon, Liang Jiujiu felt that her manners were a little bit dignified, and she started to pretend again.

She put her hands upright on her chest, acting like a little celebrity, and then raised her head and looked up at him with a straight face.

This uncle is much more handsome than the one in the morning.

He trampled the ant to death, and she didn't want to scold him anymore.

"Uncle." Liang Jiujiu called him.

It was this sound that pulled Gu Hansheng back from the boundless complex and inexplicable emotions. His heart shook so badly, he slowly squatted down in Liang Jiujiu's confused eyes, and his eyes were level with her.

No, Gu Hansheng's posture at this moment is more cautious than squatting. He directly kneeled on the lawn with two knees.

Liang Jiujiu didn't understand, she wrinkled her face and looked at him, her **** eyes filled with doubts, "Why are you... crying?"

At this moment, physiological fluid is flowing out of the man's eyes.

His attitude seemed a little cautious, and his movements were even more serious. He slightly opened his arms towards Liang Jiujiu, and spoke slowly with a very hoarse voice, "Can I, hug you?"

Liang Jiujiu was actually a little afraid.

A Shu has said that many men want to abduct a little girl like her when they see her.

But the good-looking uncle in front of him looks a bit too pitiful. A good-looking person should not be a bad person. Then she gives him a hug, shouldn't it matter?

While she was talking, Liang Jiujiu took the initiative to walk up, and then soon, she was caught in her arms.

This kind of embrace is not like A Shu's, it seems to be wider.

A warm drop of water fell on her face, and Liang Jiujiu moved his eyes. She heard him as if he was crying.

She pressed her ears closer to his chest.

Jiujiu heard this uncle crying in his heart.

After a long time, Liang Jiujiu was sweating on his forehead because of the heat he held, but she was still not embarrassed to let him let go.

At this time, she saw a slender and familiar figure approaching sharply, and Liang Jiujiu waved at that figure: "Ashu Ashu——"

The man became stiff.

Liang Shu walked quickly, and as she approached, she couldn't help it anymore. She shouted at the figure with her back facing her: "Gu Hansheng, you let go of my daughter!"

Soon, Liang Jiujiu broke away from Gu Hansheng's arms, and she ran towards Liang Shu.

Liang Shu picked her up and glared at her with an ugly expression, with a heavy tone, "Jiu Jiu, have I told you not to talk to strangers?"

stranger……

Gu Hansheng's body was stiff again, he got up and turned around slowly.

Liang Jiujiu was a little aggrieved. She lay on Liang Shu's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "A Shu, that uncle cried when he held me just now, crying very sadly."