"Auntie, you flatter me." When Yin Yu saw outsiders, her aura immediately rose again, as if a stage had been specially built for her, attracting all attention and firmly standing in her rightful center position.
Gu Yueyue was used to this, and Xiao Ye was also used to it. However, Xu Yi suddenly saw Yin Yu and Xiao Ye's mother chatting enthusiastically and wondered if Xiao Ye and Yin Yu had some kind of relationship behind the scenes.
Today, only a few of them gathered together for dinner, and Gu Yueyue unusually opened a bottle of good wine.
"It's a holiday today, let's have a drink." Gu Yueyue poured drinks for everyone.
Ono immediately recognized the bottle of wine. "Sis, this was a gift from Teacher Liu Dai, wasn't it?"
“Yes. Ma Youcai has been craving it for a long time and has asked me several times if I could sell it to him. It opened today, but he wasn’t there.” Gu Yueyue smiled.
Ono quickly pulled out his phone, took the half-bottle of wine from Gu Yueyue's hand, and said, "Then I have to take a picture with her and post it on my WeChat Moments, hahaha."
After taking the photos, Xiao Ye also took a close-up of the bottle of wine and posted a nine-grid collage on her WeChat Moments, specifically tagging Ma Youcai.
Soon, Xiao Ye's phone started ringing incessantly. He opened it and saw a voice message from Ma Youcai, asking everyone to leave him a bite to eat.
A little while later, Ma Youcai made another video call, loudly urging everyone to save him a drink.
He also said that Gu Yueyue was unfair, deliberately opening the bottle of wine when he wasn't around.
"You should have told me earlier that you were driving it today. Otherwise, why would I have come to Lao Liu's house for dinner?"
Ma Youcai was heartbroken, and Liu Bai slapped him on the shoulder, saying, "Has my family's aged Daughter's Red wine treated you badly? Are you going to drink it or not?"
"Drink up! We absolutely have to drink." Ma Youcai quickly hung up the phone and ran over to Liu Bai to drink.
The video call ended, and Yin Yu couldn't stop laughing. "We drank all the wine, so we didn't leave any for him."
Gu Yueyue hesitated for a moment, then Xiao Ye came up with a good idea, "Sis, let's leave some for Director Ma. When your sister-in-law comes back, you can send it directly to her."
"good."
Gu Yueyue readily agreed, which would neither go against Ma Youcai's wish to drink nor against Ma's wife's wish to help Ma Youcai quit drinking.
"Come on, let's have a drink together. Cheers! Little one, pick up the bottle, quick! Cheers—"
Chapter 117
As the new day dawned, Xu Yi woke up in Gu Yueyue's arms.
She glanced at the time; it was a little past seven. She put down her phone and lay back down. Gu Yueyue was still asleep, but her body seemed to have a mind of its own, automatically hugging Xu Yi when she came closer.
By 8:30, Gu Yueyue had finally had a good night's sleep. She slowly woke up and moved her arms, which were sore and numb from being pressed down.
Looking at Xu Yi sleeping soundly in her arms, she couldn't help but smile and kiss her.
Gu Yueyue quietly got out of bed and busied herself in the kitchen for a while. Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, she went to wake Xu Yi and Xiao Xiao up.
As expected of a mother and daughter, Xu Yi insisted that Gu Yueyue come over and hug and kiss her before she could get up after waking up.
Xiao Xiao was also lying on the bed, asking her mother to hold her in her babyish voice before she would get up. After Gu Yueyue pulled her out of the blanket, Xiao Xiao gave Gu Yueyue a kiss on the cheek.
"Okay, get up quickly, let's go see Grandma after breakfast, okay?"
Xiao Xiao and Xu Yi washed up together.
Gu Yueyue leaned against the door, watching two people, one big and one small, brushing their teeth in sync in the mirror. Xu Yi saw her through the mirror and smiled at the person in the mirror.
Xiao Xiao, on the other hand, simply turned around while brushing her teeth and mumbled "Mommy!"
Gu Yueyue had wondered what changes her life would undergo if she found a partner.
But she had never experienced these things before, and she couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have someone at home with her. Sometimes when she was working away from home, she would also live in the same room as other colleagues.
Gu Yueyue thought that if she had a lover, it would probably be like that. There would be one more person in the house, and the place would be a little more lively. The two of them could talk, eat, and sleep together, so it wouldn't be too lonely.
When that day finally came, Gu Yueyue realized that the feeling of having someone in your heart is completely different from the feeling of having someone in your home.
The former can truly ward off all loneliness and solitude, while the latter is at most just having an extra roommate to talk to.
I am incredibly grateful to have met someone I love.
After breakfast, Gu Yueyue maintained her good mood on the way to the sanatorium.
This time when she came to the sanatorium, she didn't even feel nervous or anxious.
I met my mother very calmly and even more happily asked her to come home.
Dean Wei stayed here with her today. Gu Yueyue asked her mother to go home, but her mother kept glancing at Dean Wei and hesitated to agree.
Xu Yi quietly tugged at Gu Yueyue's sleeve, "Shouldn't we be preparing lunch?"
Gu Yueyue glanced at her mother and Dean Wei, then nodded slightly. "Mom, Aunt Wei, you two chat for a while. Xiao Xu and I will go prepare lunch."
"Xiaoxiao, stay here with Grandma and don't run around, okay?" Gu Yueyue reminded Xiaoxiao as she left.
Although each patient here has their own private space and is cared for by dedicated staff, we still need to teach Xiaoxiao not to run around, given that the little guy has a history of such offenses.
This place is different from outside. If we accidentally wander into someone else's room and upset another patient, it wouldn't be good, and it wouldn't be good if Xiaoxiao got into danger.
Gu Yueyue followed Xu Yi to the kitchen. Instead of preparing anything, she closed the door and asked Xu Yi, "Do you have something to say to me?"
"Hmm." Xu Yi didn't intend to hide it from Gu Yueyue. After thinking for a moment, she spoke frankly, "I think our mother and Dean Wei have a special relationship. Why don't you stop trying to persuade her to go back?"
If even Xu Yi, that blockhead, could realize this, how could Gu Yueyue not know it?
"Dean Wei is a doctor, and my mother is a patient. They're together..." Gu Yueyue felt a little confused.
Xu Yi asked, puzzled, "Can't doctors and patients be together?"
“It’s not that we can’t be together.” Gu Yueyue didn’t know how to explain it to her. “My mother’s illness is unusual. Does she really like Dean Wei, or is it just because she’s dependent on him? I don’t know if her current desire to stay is genuine. What if she regrets it later?”
Gu Yueyue voiced her concerns.
"I see." Xu Yi's furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and she asked curiously, "Then why don't we ask her?"
"..." Gu Yueyue quite liked Xu Yi's personality; he didn't keep anything to himself and said what he thought.
"Is there any other problem?" Xu Yi could tell that Gu Yueyue's emotions were complicated, so she asked a couple more questions. "Are you embarrassed to ask? Then go out and bring your mother in, and I'll talk to her."
Gu Yueyue thought about Xu Yi's straightforward personality and his blunt way of speaking without any pretense, and couldn't help but laugh and cry.
"Never mind, I'll talk to her myself. I'm afraid you'll scare her." Gu Yueyue urged Xu Yi to go out, and instructed her, "Just say I want to make dumplings and ask my mom to help me."
"I can make dumplings too," Xu Yi blurted out, then quickly realized that Gu Yueyue's real intention wasn't about making dumplings, and hurriedly left with an embarrassed smile.
Gu Yueyue watched Xu Yi's departing figure and smiled. The little girl's personality had become much more lively. According to Xiao Ye, Xu Yi seemed to have come to life, as if she had gone from a programmed robot.
She didn't like Ono's way of putting it, but strangely, it fit her perfectly.
Gu Yueyue did indeed plan to make dumplings. In the past, her mother would take her to make dumplings during festivals, and during the New Year, she would put a cleaned coin in each dumpling.
However, it wasn't Gu's mother who entered the kitchen, but Dean Wei.
“I heard from that child that you want to make dumplings. I’m very good at making dumplings, I’ll help you.” Dean Wei smiled and took the apron from Gu Yueyue, who had a blank expression.
After she finished dressing, she rolled up her sleeves and went to wash her hands.
Gu Yueyue stared blankly as Dean Wei opened a bag of flour.
"How have you been lately?" Dean Wei asked her.
Gu Yueyue snapped out of her surprise and chuckled, "Thank you for your concern, I'm much better now."
"How about your sleep at night? I heard you've been resting lately, without work pressure. Are you able to fall asleep automatically?"
"Yes. I slept very well." Gu Yueyue thought about her sleep during this period. Since Xiaoxiao came to her house, she has stopped taking medicine to fall asleep.
Later, she got together with Xu Yi. Most of the time, she was so tired that she fell asleep immediately. With Xu Yi by her side, she slept very peacefully, and she had fewer bizarre dreams.
Xu Yi has been very busy with work lately and hasn't been able to be by her side. She was initially uncomfortable for a few nights, but after talking to Xu Yi on the phone before bed, she was able to fall asleep peacefully.
"A good night's sleep is essential for good energy."
Gu Yueyue nodded in agreement and cut a piece of meat to prepare minced meat.
Do you still feel like you're hallucinating?
Gu Yueyue had mentioned it twice before, but she did not come to the hospital for a specific examination. However, Dean Wei judged that she was under too much mental stress, coupled with working under high pressure for several consecutive nights and not getting enough rest, which led to her confusion.
Gu Yueyue paused in her chopping motion, her brows furrowing as she thought of something.
"Hallucination? No. But I felt like I was living in a dream the past few days. My memories of those days feel unreal."
Dean Wei suddenly remembered a case he had handled before.
When the child from the Lu family was first brought to her, she thought it was dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.
But then something even stranger happened: a ghostly Taoist priest appeared.
Adding to the hallucinations Gu Yueyue mentioned earlier, and the fact that her memories were unreal, Dean Wei became even more cautious.
She never has blind confidence in her profession. Things are not always as she sees or thinks. She is not so arrogant as to think that she is omniscient and omnipotent in this industry.
"Is there anything else unusual?" Dean Wei handed her a plate. "Put it all away and chop some vegetables."
"Oh, okay." Gu Yueyue took it, her attention slightly distracted, and she made some subconscious movements while thinking. "Other abnormalities, I can't quite put my finger on it, but I participated in a variety show before."
"That dating reality show directed by Yin Yu, right?"
Yes. You've seen it.
"I've seen it. Your mother loves it. I watched it with her."
Gu Yueyue felt like she had been shown off by the two elders. Later, she asked Xu Yi to watch the edited variety show with her, but Xu Yi didn't have time to come.
"That's right, I also have a vague memory of that show. It feels like I didn't experience it myself, and there are other people who feel the same way as me."
After they came out of the succubus's little illusion, the group of them contacted each other privately. Zhao Yuan, in particular, apologized to her and never mentioned liking her again. He also avoided her and Xu Yi.
Gu Yueyue explained the matter in great detail.
"Isn't it strange that we all remember exactly the same things? How can anyone be so synchronized? It's like we've read the script beforehand. But that's reality; how can we go over the script?"
Dean Wei didn't say anything more; she didn't understand this kind of thing either.
"I see you're doing quite well right now. If you can't figure something out, don't overthink it. Living a little more carefree isn't necessarily a bad thing," Dean Wei advised her, worried that she might get stuck on something trivial.
Gu Yueyue chuckled, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
In short, the fact that she and Xu Yi got together on the variety show is indeed not a bad thing.
When the topic turned to their relationship, Dean Wei chatted with her for a few more minutes.