Priceless Baby: 101 Bedside Stories

Panda Novel

Gu Xie began talking. “When I was younger, my impression of my father was that he was a man with a bad temper. He was really violent and cruel too. Ah Xi said that he had been like this since he was young. However, when Mom was around, he would become really soft and nice. He killed all the people who harmed Mom back then. He was ruthless, and no one survived. Other than Mom, he disliked everyone, and he did not take anyone else seriously. When I was younger, I was always afraid that one day, he might kill me when he was feeling angsty. Once, my eldest brother really missed mom, and he stayed in her room. There was a needle on the back of her hand, and brother accidentally pushed the needle, causing her blood vessel to break. Dad almost killed him. All of us brothers were fearful of him since we were young. We grew up on our own like wild grass. We did not follow any butlers or helpers. As we grew older, Dad’s temper became more stable. If this was in the past, he might have killed all the doctors in the world for my mom. Luckily, this society has laws, and he couldn’t be that crazy. I had always been hoping for a miracle—for her to wake up one day.”

Lin Xiaojuan thought to herself, What kind of family does he have?

Ruthless killings?

“Then… are the brothers’ relationships with your dad bad?”

“It’s pretty good!” Gu Xie said. “We fear him, but we love him.”

Lin Xiaojuan said lightly, “That’s good!”

“Sorry, I overshared.”

“No problem,” Lin Xiaojuan said softly. “Sometimes we feel better when we speak up about certain things.”

“Right!”

“You began acting when you were eight. Why?”

“I was rather rebellious when I was younger. Acting was rather by chance. One day, I followed my dad to go for a business deal. The investor was a person who was involved in Youth Fashion, and they were looking for models. He wanted me at first glance, but my dad refused. He did not want me to go out and be exposed to the world. I agreed to it behind his back and got into the entertainment industry. When I began performing, I fell in love with it because when I’m acting… I will forget things. I will forget that I’m Gu Xie. I will forget about my dad and his terrible temper. I will forget about my mom who’s in a coma. I will forget about having to be nice and respectful to my brothers. When I was younger, I was overly fearful, and I wanted to escape from everything at home, but I couldn’t. So, I found shelter by venturing into acting to numb myself from all the feelings.”Read more chapter at vipnovel

As Lin Xiaojuan listened, she found it heart-wrenching.

Gu Xie’s childhood must have been an unhappy one filled with a lot of stress.

“Xiaojuan, don’t look at me like this. Actually, I’m rather lucky,” Gu Xie said. Being a part of the Gu Family had already given him a better starting point than many others. It was normal for him to have to deal with such stress that did not belong to children.

“Why is your mother… in a vegetable state?”

“I was really young back then. I heard from my elder brother that when my mom was pregnant, Dad was working abroad, and his enemies came to kidnap my mom. They wanted to exchange her for Dad’s life, but my mom was really clever. When she was younger, she was quick and decisive. She had exceptional talents, and she managed to escape, but she lost contact with all of us. When my dad returned home, he began searching for her. One day, he received a call from my mom, but there was a spy living in our house, and the news got leaked out. When dad rushed over to her, he was just in time to watch my mom getting run down by a car.”

Lin Xiaojuan’s eyes hurt, and she grabbed Gu Xie’s hand. Gu Xie smiled. “I don’t really have much memory of myself with my mother. From what I can remember, she was always lying in bed. My younger sister who was just born was run over by the car and squashed into blood and meat. My dad almost went insane.”

Lin Xiaojuan patted him lightly. Gu Xie continued. “I was too young then. I heard everything from my eldest brother. No one dared to speak about Mom at home.”

“Your parents must have been very loving.”

“Yeah. Really loving. She was the only weak spot of my dad.”

“Life’s playing a joke on us humans.”

Gu Xie nodded. Indeed, life is playing a joke on us.

Lin Xiaojuan said. “Gu Xie, don’t be too upset. It’s all in the past.”

“I know.” He replied.