I Have Decided to Go Look for My Father

politely, “Dong Mingming didn’t do half bad as well.”

“Like heck she did.
She did worse than the previous time, even.” Daddy Dong waved his hand, paused, and said, “Gu Xi is awesome.
Taking #1 in her first examinations.

“I take it that she had always been the top one or two at her former school?”

Gu Shao nodded.
He had learned about Gu Xi’s grades at Liming when they were going through her transfer process.
Same as she was right now, she had always been the top one or two in her class.

“Tsk.
That’s right.
An outstanding child will be outstanding no matter where they go,” added Daddy Dong.

Gu Shao did not react too much to that statement, but happiness could be seen in his eyes.

Gu Xi looked back over at the final essay on Gu Xi’s literature test paper.

It was an essay about affection, reunion, and family.
Gu Xi wrote it in an analogy form.
There was no mention of actual people or incidents, but her fondness and appreciation of her family members were clearly conveyed in between her words.

That was very different from her essays in the past.

She had written about similar topics in the past and the concepts and writing were equally poetic but there were still subtle differences.
What she had described in the past were good, but empty.
Now, they were real.

The difference between the lines was very subtle.
So subtle that even Gu Xi might not have noticed it herself, but Gu Shao had picked up on it.

***

Gu Shao left with Gu Xi after the parent-teacher conference.

Their plan was to head over to the Gu’s main residence.

As it turned out, they were halfway there when Xu Fei received a call from a secretary from NTN Technology Center.

“Boss, Mr.
Qiao had arrived, and he wanted to meet with you,” said Xu Fei after he hung up on the phone.

The one that he was referring to as “Mr.
Qiao” was Qiao Luo whom they had worked with in the past when he had acted as their purchasing agent.

This time, however, it wasn’t Qiao Luo who reached out to NTN.
It was Gu Shao who had reached out to him.