Chapter 137: Little Gu Ci and Little Third Master

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Lu Zhiyuan’s face slightly changed. He became sensitive and suspicious again. Does Gu Ci know whether it was Third Master or him who came to her at night? If she knows, who does she care about, him or Third Master?

Filled with fear and doubt born out of love, he couldn’t help but wonder who Gu Ci really liked.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Ci asked.

“I’m thinking about what gift to give you,” Lu Zhiyuan smirked. “Cici, you lack nothing. Why not let me be your gift?”

Gu Ci’s ears turned red, and her neck flushed slightly. She had turned eighteen, so it wasn’t impossible.

Lu Zhiyuan was originally teasing her, but as he stared at her blushing ears, a knot formed in his throat. Their eyes met, and sparks flew between them. Lu Zhiyuan imagined what Gu Ci might be imagining. He quickly got up and said, “I… I’ll go upstairs first.”

“Third Brother, the rose flowers.”

Lu Zhiyuan turned back, picked up the vase, and avoided Gu Ci’s scorching gaze. He left in embarrassment.

Gu Ci glanced at the date. It was the 28th, a Saturday. She needed to plan how to celebrate her birthday properly. At least, she wanted to give Gu Ziyu a perfect experience.

The phone rang and showed an unfamiliar number. Gu Ci answered the call while looking at video clips of others celebrating their children’s birthdays. “Hello…”

“Cici, it’s Dad,” Gu Wenliang said. “Next Saturday is yours and Chuyun’s birthday. Come back and have a reunion dinner together. If you don’t want to eat at home, we can go out.”

Gu Ci’s voice turned cold. “Dad, it has been eighteen years. You have only celebrated Chuyun’s birthday. You don’t have to bother for me this year.” Without waiting for Gu Wenliang’s response, she hung up the phone and blocked the number.

Is she feeling sad?

Her heart had long been deeply wounded, so how could she feel sad? As she said, she had a father, but he had died in her heart.

She and Chuyun shared the same birthday. From childhood to adulthood, Gu Wenliang and Lu Man were only busy celebrating Chuyun’s birthday. They would throw grand birthday banquets, prepare princess dresses, cakes, and birthday gifts for Chuyun. What she received were just gifts that guests gave to Chuyun, unwanted presents. Neither she nor Ziyu had birthday blessings.

From childhood to adulthood, only Lu Zhiyuan would celebrate her birthday.

The first time he celebrated her birthday alone was when she turned five. Lu Zhiyuan came to the Gu family with Lu Ze to attend the birthday banquet. The banquet was lively, and Chuyun was dressed like a little princess, surrounded by guests playing games with Lu Zhiyuan. No one remembered that it was also the second missus Gu Ci’s birthday that day.

Gu Ci sat on the rooftop, reading a horror comic book. She had nothing to do with the liveliness and joy inside. At the age of five, Gu Ci didn’t understand why her parents favored Chuyun. She always felt that even her own mother didn’t love her. In order to wear pretty clothes on her birthday, she argued with Lu Man and ended up being beaten by her. Her hand was cut by glass, but Lu Man didn’t care at all. Little Gu Ci’s heart was deeply hurt, and she hid alone on the rooftop, reading horror comic books.

As she read, tears rolled down her cheeks. Little Gu Ci felt like the little girl who was eaten in the horror stories, no one cared for her or paid attention to her.

“What did I do wrong?”

She didn’t understand why her parents and older brother didn’t like her.

When Lu Zhiyuan sat beside her, Gu Ci was startled and almost fell off the rooftop. Lu Zhiyuan held her waist and pulled her back. That day, the stars filled the sky, and the moonlight was gentle. The young Lu Zhiyuan’s eyes seemed to contain a vast starry sea.

“Third Brother, I feel so sad,” little Gu Ci pointed to her eyes. “They keep shedding tears.”

“Why are you sad?” Lu Zhiyuan wiped away her tears.

“They only remember Chuyun’s birthday, not mine,” little Gu Ci felt wronged.

“Third Brother remembers.”

Little Gu Ci glared at him fiercely. “You’re lying. You only give gifts to Chuyun.”

Young Lu Zhiyuan took out a small square box. “I’ve only bought gifts for Citi.”

It was a gift from Lu Ze, not related to him.

“Is it my gift?” little Gu Ci cried tears of joy.

Young Lu Zhiyuan nodded, and little Gu Ci opened the box. It was a beautiful diamond hairpin. Little girls liked shiny things, and Chuyun had many beautiful diamond hairpins. Lu Man had never bought her one.

Three days ago, when she was writing in her diary, she secretly wrote a wish, hoping to receive a beautiful hairpin on her birthday.

“Do you like it?” Lu Zhiyuan asked.

“I love it!” Gu Ci was overjoyed. “This is my birthday wish. How did Third Brother know?”

“Third Brother and Cici have a deep connection.” Lu Zhiyuan took the hairpin and put it on her. “Are you still sad?”

“I’m not sad anymore.”

At the age of five, Gu Ci was easy to please. Young Lu Zhiyuan sat on the rooftop, accompanying her as they looked at the stars and read horror comic books together. Little Gu Ci asked, “Third Brother, why aren’t you smiling?” “What?” Lu Zhiyuan was taken aback. Then he slowly smiled.

“1 really like seeing Third Brother smile. You are the most handsome brother in the world,” little Gu Ci looked at him innocently. “When you’re by Cici’s side, aren’t you happy? Why don’t you smile?”

Young Lu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment before a smile appeared on his face.

“I like it when Third Brother smiles. You’re the best brother in the whole world,” little Gu Ci said with a smile.

Young Lu Zhiyuan touched her soft hair. “Cici is so well-behaved.”

The memories were gentle and beautiful, and Gu Ci couldn’t bear to let go. On that day, the person who accompanied her must have been Little Third Master. Before she turned ten, she got along very well with Lu Zhiyuan. She truly believed that Lu Zhiyuan was the best brother in the world.

During the day at school, when she was bullied, Lu Zhiyuan would come to her rescue and fight for her. If he won, he would take her to buy ice cream to celebrate. His classmates teased him for having a young wife.

At night, Lu Zhiyuan would also accompany her while she played the violin. They kept it a secret from Lu Man and Chuyun, and he even hired a teacher for her.

One day when she was bullied by Chuyun, she went to him in the middle of the night. Lu Zhiyuan took her to collect bird eggs. That time, she fell from a tree, and Lu Zhiyuan caught her.

That year, she was too young to understand. Now, as she recalled, she realized that the ten-year-old Lu Zhiyuan couldn’t possibly have had such great strength to catch her when she fell from the tree.

Whether it was Little Third Master or Little Third Young Master, they were the people who loved her the most before she turned ten.

Little Third Young Master would play and cause mischief with her, while Little Third Master always accompanied her. When she misbehaved, he would laugh and guide her to not harbor resentment and to live happily every day.

Why did they have a falling out?

Gu Ci racked her brain but couldn’t remember why she and Lu Zhiyuan fell apart. She only remembered that when she was ten, they went to a hot spring hotel together.

The memory of that night was a bit hazy. She had a high fever, and since then, Lu Zhiyuan’s attitude toward her changed drastically. He was no longer the doting Third Brother.

The warmth and joy she experienced in her youth were shattered that year.

Gu Ci’s personality gradually became sharp, extreme, and covered in thorns. Especially when she saw or heard that Chuyun liked Lu Zhiyuan, and there was a marriage arrangement between the Lu and Gu families, her anger and grievances reached their peak.

She wrote a letter to end her friendship with Lu Zhiyuan..

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