Chapter 316: 315 Reunion
Translator: 549690339
Wen Ran was surprised to find that Mo Xiuchen was not just focused and charming in his work. Even when cooking, he was extremely dedicated and serious. The warm light shone on his exquisite features, making him look so handsome that one could not look away.
Not only was he a good cook, but he was also fast. Every minute and second were utilised by him. However, it did not feel rushed or hectic. Watching him cook was like appreciating the most beautiful piece of art.
Originally, it was supposed to be a romantic dinner.
Upon receiving a call from Mo Xiuchen, Nanny Zhang and Housekeeper Uncle Liu naturally didn’t intend to return early and disturb them. They even instructed Little Liu not to come back too early.
However, Mo Xiuchen, who had given his servants leave, had forgotten that unexpected guests might show up.
As soon as he served dinner, the doorbell rang.
“I’ll go see who it is.”
Wen Ran said, mildly surprised, to Mo Xiuchen who was carrying out the dishes.
Mo Xiuchen placed the dishes on the marble table and stopped her: “Ranran, don’t bother. If no one answers, they will leave.”
He had prepared this dinner for her. If he let those freeloading folks in, wouldn’t it be a shame?
“Is that okay?”
Wen Ran expressed her doubts. As the doorbell continued ringing, Mo Xiuchen led her to sit down at the dining table, handed her a pair of chopsticks, and the doorbell eventually stopped ringing in his gentle voice: “Ranran, let’s eat!”
“Okay!”
As soon as Wen Ran spoke, a melodious ringtone echoed from the living room.
Her phone was ringing.
“I’ll go answer the phone.”
Wen Ran smiled and got up.
Mo Xiuchen frowned slightly, guessing that it was likely a call from someone outside who was not aware of the situation. Despite wanting to tell her not to answer it, he restrained himself.
“Hello, Older Brother Gu!”
A moment later, Wen Ran’s voice came from the living room.
Mo Xiuchen’s eyes narrowed slightly. What was Gu Kai doing here at this time? Didn’t he add a surgery to his weekend schedule? It seemed like he didn’t have enough surgeries, and he had a lot of free time.
Wen Ran looked in the direction of the dining room after Gu Kai spoke, indicating the entrance to Mo Xiuchen, and said “okay” into the phone.
The visitor wasn’t just Gu Kai.
It was also his father, Gu Yan.
In the phone call, Gu Kai did not mention that his father was coming with him. He simply asked Wen Ran to open the door for him.
Mo Xiuchen told Wen Ran to go upstairs to change, and he went to answer the door.
Wen Ran had changed out of her pajamas and was dressed in a casual knitted shirt with dark trousers. Upon going downstairs and seeing Gu Kai and his father sitting on the living room sofa, she paused on the steps.
She had seen Gu Yan in the hospital before, but they were not familiar with each other.
Director Gu was always busy and hardly ever seen. Even these past few days when Wen Ran had been at the hospital taking care of Bai Xiaoxiao, he seldom appeared. She wondered whether he was too busy to see her or whether there were other reasons.
Gu Yan had a restrained excitement in his eyes. This was the first time he had formally met Ranran since finding out about her identity.
Gu Kai, a tall figure, stood up from the sofa.
The gaze Mo Xiuchen threw at Wen Ran was gentle and encouraging, and his lips curved into a slight smile.
Wen Ran pursed her lips and walked towards the sofa. With her clear, imposing eyes, she bravely met Gu Yan’s emotionally turbulent gaze. Inside her, there was also a tumultuous storm.
She was the daughter of the Gu family, and Gu Yan was her biological father.
“Ranran!”
In the silent living room, Gu Yan’s voice, laden with trembles, echoed. From the moment his daughter was taken away, guilt and longing had rooted in his heart.
His wife passed away in depression. As a doctor, and a successful neurosurgeon at that, he wasn’t able to save his own wife.
As a man and a father, he had been searching for his lost daughter for over twenty years. These things had aged Gu Yan, who should have been a vigorous, mature, and charismatic man in his fifties, by more than ten years.
His temples were streaked with silver hair, deep wrinkles etched between his brows, and profound longing and guilt in his eyes, making him look like a man nearing his seventies.
The term “world-weary” shouldn’t have been used to describe him.
But at this moment, the only word Wen Ran could think of was exactly “world-weary”.
Her eyes inexplicably became moist and her vision a little blurry. Gu Yan, her biological father, should be about the same age as her deceased father, Wen Hongrui. However, Gu Yan looked so much older.
“Ranran, your dad said that since you’re not taking care of Xiaoxiao at the hospital today and he doesn’t have to entertain guests, I should come with him to visit you,” Gu Kai explained gently, with a smile on his face.
“Ranran, come here, let your dad have a look at you.”
Gu Yan stretched out his large hand. Wen Ran walked towards him, looked at his calloused hand for a moment, then placed her hand in the palm of his hand.
Gu Yan, a man of iron-will, tears rolled down his cheek the moment he held his daughter’s hand.
“Dad!”
Wen Ran was taken aback. The term she thought she would struggle to voice slipped out when she saw her father’s tears.
“Ranran, it’s all my fault. I’ve let you suffer so much.”
Tears streamed down Gu Yan’s aged face as he tightly, very tightly, embraced his daughter. After searching for over twenty years, he had lost hope. Many times, he believed that he would never see his daughter again in his lifetime.
Even in death, he would need to face his beloved wife with a guilty conscience.
Ultimately, heaven had been kind to him, allowing him to see his daughter and hear her call him “Dad” while he was still alive. He felt that the longing, guilt, and relentless searching of all these years had turned into warmth and emotion at this simple, ordinary term of address.
At the side, Mo Xiuchen silently watched the reunion between father and daughter, silently pulled out a tissue, and handed it to Gu Yan and Wen Ran.
“Uncle Gu, let’s eat first. The food will get cold soon.”
It was only then that Gu Yan looked at Mo Xiuchen. His eyes met Mo Xiuchen’s warm gaze, and a smile formed in between his brows. “Xiuchen, should you change how you address me?”
Before, he had been calling him “Uncle Gu”. But now that Ranran was his daughter, Mo Xiuchen had become his son-in-law. Should he start calling him “Dad”?
“There’s no rush!”
Mo Xiuchen, casually smiling, pulled Wen Ran back to his side.
He hadn’t planned to reveal Wen Ran’s identity, especially her relationship with the Gu family. He wasn’t ready to call Gu Yan “Dad” yet.
Gu Kai laughed and interjected: “Hmm, there’s no need to rush. Dad, now that you’ve recognized Ranran, you’re not afraid that Xiuchen will run away, right? You can rest assured. Even if you threatened him with a knife, he wouldn’t run.”
Mo Xiuchen raised his eyebrows. Regarding Gu Kai’s words, he neither agreed nor disagreed. Holding Wen Ran’s hand, he tightened his grip a little. “Uncle Gu, Ah Kai knows me well. Please be patient and wait for a while. I will definitely find a way to please my father-in-law.”
The emotional atmosphere was dispersed by a few words from Mo Xiuchen and Gu Kai.
Gu Yan also joined in the laughter. He candidly said, “Alright, I’ll wait. But not for your flattery. I want to see how good you are to Ranran!”