Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 209

The camera shook as Gu Jialing moved to another location, clearly not interested in hearing Xu Shou’s nagging.

He showed Su Miaomiao the gate, and said, “Our home is very easy to recognize, it’s the most magnificent villa in the town.”

Su Miaomiao had already known that the Gu family had a mine, so of course they built a big villa for themselves, but that big villa had obviously been remodeled by Gu Jialing, and trees could be seen everywhere.

Su Miaomiao approached the camera in disbelief, “It’s so cold, why are your trees still green?”

Both Anshi and Jingshi were located in the north. Except for pines and cypresses, at most they would both only have bare trunks in winter, but Gu Jialing didn’t like pines and cypresses.

Gu Jialing showed her a big smile, and said, “These leaves are fake. My craftsmanship is so good that not to mention on camera, even standing in our house, you still can’t tell whether it’s real or fake.”

Su Miaomiao: “…”

After hanging up the video call, Su Miaomiao recalled the Gu family’s villa for a moment, and asked Xie Jingyuan, “Taoist Master, isn’t his resort full of trees?”

“If it was built according to the drawings, three quarters of the area would be botanical gardens.”

“I see that other resorts have all kinds of entertainment facilities. Will there be tourists in his place?”

“It’s hard to say, but he didn’t do it for profit.”

In Gu Jialing’s words, that resort would be his future home.

A bird always returned to the jungle.

Although Gu Jialing’s resort was a bit of a prodigal, Mr. Gu was willing to spoil his grandson, and Gu Jialing himself liked it, so Xie Jingyuan also supported it.

Both Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing had found a way of life they liked, and only Xu Shou made Xie Jingyuan feel uneasy. 

Because Xie Jingyuan really didn’t know, whether Xu Shou went to the Xie Group to help him take care of Xie Rong’s family property, and did work only because of responsibility, or he also enjoyed that job.

At 10:05, the car finally arrived in the town.

Xu Shou and Gu Jialing were waiting at the door of the villa.

Su Miaomiao fell asleep halfway, and the first thing she felt after getting out of the car was cold, so she shrank into the jacket involuntarily.

Gu Jialing, whose nose was red, looked at Xu Shou resentfully, and said, “It’s all his fault, he insisted on coming out to wait for you. The old man drove me out to wait for you too, and I was in the wind for two hours in vain.”

Xie Jingyuan looked at Xu Shou who maybe because of his better physique didn’t look as miserable as Gu Jialing.

“Okay, let’s go in.”

Rejecting Xu Shou’s proposal to help, Xie Jingyuan carried two hands full of gifts, and gave the red envelopes to Su Miaomiao.

Because Old man Gu had already eaten the fruit Xie Jingyuan gave him the past few years, the seventy-year-old old man looked very tough, with a height of 1.8 meters, and a straight back. His hair was also much darker, thick and it was more lush than some young people who were busy in the metropolis.

“You look quite similar to your grandfather,” Su Miaomiao said to Gu Jialing.

Gu Jialing replied, “What? I’m much more handsome than him!”

Old man Gu had good ears and heard it. He snorted, “He just talks nonsense. Later, show Miaomiao a photo of me when I was young and let her compare.”

Mr. Gu, who owned a mine, was very good at receiving people and things, and he really liked his grandson’s three good friends. He completely treated the three of them as his own grandchildrens.

“It’s not easy for you to come all this way. You can stay at home tonight. I’ve prepared the rooms for you,” Mr. Gu smiled authentically while handing a thick photo album to Su Miaomiao.

Xie Jingyuan politely said, “We have caused you trouble.”

Mr. Gu replied, “No trouble at all. You have helped me take care of Jingyuan these few years, and you have saved me a lot of worry. Otherwise, my hair would have turned gray a long time ago!”

Su Miaomiao focused on flipping through the album and found that Mr. Gu was not completely exaggerating. His appearance was no worse than Xie Jingyuan’s when he was young, but his clothes looked more rustic.

However, the grandpa and grandson were quite alike, and they even talked a lot. From the moment they met, Mr. Gu seemed to have never stopped talking.

Su Miaomiao quietly asked Gu Jialing, “Was your grandfather also a bird in his previous life?”

Gu Jialing glanced at the old man, and snorted, “It should be, just like your mother, who was either a cat or a tiger in her previous life.”

Su Miaomiao took that as a compliment; cats were wonderful, and tigers and cats were also relatives! As she thought back to when the tiger sister had rescued her, she realized that it was likely because they looked alike.

Gu Jialing thought of something, and quickly reminded Su Miaomiao, “But you can’t say that in front of him. Once I called him that, he almost got high blood pressure out of anger.”

Su Miaomiao laughed.

Mr. Gu looked at the beautiful and well-behaved girl, and enviously said, “Jing Yuan is amazing. He got married just after graduation to a good girl like Miao Miao. Our Jia Ling, on the other hand, I don’t know if he is serious enough, let alone if he’ll bring a girlfriend back.”

Gu Jialing protested, “Why am I not serious enough?”

Mr. Gu exclaimed, “You literally grabbed a bunch of plastic leaves and stuck them to the trees. So how can that be serious enough? When people see it, they ask me if you’re crazy!”

Xu Shou held Gu Jialing down in time when he saw him about to jump in anger, and explained to the old man, “Don’t be angry, he’s not sick, he just likes trees.”

There was no need to be unhappy on a birthday.

Mr. Gu kept complaining, “There is no way to like trees that much. He said he wanted to open a resort and brought so many trees here. I think he wants to open a botanical garden!”

Xu Shou replied, “Whether it’s a botanical garden or not, having many trees means there’s enough oxygen. Nowadays, many scenic spots have the slogan of being ‘a forest oxygen bar’. When the time comes, I will pick you up to retire and prolong your life.”

These words were so pleasing to the ear that Mr. Gu’s fiery temper finally calmed down.

No matter what the quarrel was about, Mr. Gu still preferred his grandson.