Chapter 1205: Chapter 1346: There’s Barely Enough Time to Keep It a Secret!

"Who is here?"

At this moment, the old lady also came out and was momentarily stunned upon seeing the young man standing outside.

"Who is this...?"

The old lady was very puzzled, as she had never seen this young man before.

"Oh, Mom, he’s a neighbor from Grandma’s place! Gu Zhengming!"

Xu Bing introduced him to the old lady.

"Grandma, happy New Year!"

Gu Zhengming smiled, his eyes bent in a crescent shape, with a warm smile, looking very courteous.

"Happy New Year! Since you’re a neighbor from Tong Xi’s grandmother’s place... well, then you must be our Tong Xi’s friend. Come, come, come on in!"

At that moment, Xu Bing frowned slightly.

As they say, you don’t hit a smiling face; Gu Zhengming was here to offer New Year’s greetings, so...

Even if there were many unpleasant things in the past, on the first day of the New Year, Gu Zhengming probably wasn’t here to cause trouble!

Mr. Tong was a bit surprised to see a stranger come in.

"Who is this...?"

Xu Bing said, "Gu Zhengming, Tong Xi’s childhood playmate, a neighbor from her grandmother’s place."

While Xu Bing was introducing him like this, Gu Zhengming lowered his eyes slightly.

A childhood... playmate?

But thinking about it, it made sense. At that time, she was still young, how could she tell her family about love matters? She was probably trying to keep it a secret!

Mr. Tong and Tong Jinnian suddenly understood.

"Grandpa, Uncle, happy New Year!"

"Alright, alright, sit down! It’s so cold outside, hurry and sit down for a cup of tea!" Mr. Tong said, instructing Xu Bing to make tea.

As Gu Zhengming sat properly on the sofa, the old man and lady of the Tong family carefully observed him.

"You and Tong Xi have been good friends since childhood, huh! That’s great. I used to wonder why Tong Xi would rush back to her grandmother’s place every winter and summer vacation, turns out she had a little partner!"

To be honest, Grandma Tong’s place is quite far from here, so seeing Gu Zhengming here was quite a surprise for the old couple.

"By the way, Gu, where do you work now, and what do you do?" the old lady asked.

"Oh, I’m currently working in the performing arts!"

Gu Zhengming said modestly.

"Oh, you’re an actor! Then you’re in the same field as our Tong Xi? That’s great! Having a friend looking out for each other is wonderful!" Mr. Tong said with a hearty laugh, "What TV shows have you acted in, have I seen any of them?"

Gu Zhengming chatted with them while Tong Jinnian’s gaze lingered on him.

Gu Zhengming suddenly showing up here made Tong Jinnian frown.

In the past, Tong Jinnian had heard Gu Zhengming’s name, of course, at that time Tong Xi was still young.

He still remembered that time when Xu Bing came back with Tong Xi from Grandma’s place and mentioned that Tong Xi fell off the wall while climbing and luckily the neighbor’s Gu Zhengming caught her, so Tong Xi was unharmed. However, that child ended up hurting his arm.

After that, every time there was a vacation, Tong Xi insisted on going back to her grandmother’s place, and she longed for that, it must have been him!

Tong Jinnian was always busy, so Xu Bing often took Tong Xi back to Grandma’s place herself, and every time they were excited.

But in high school, once Tong Xi came back from Grandma’s place feeling very down, hardly spoke for days, and ate very little.

Being a man doesn’t mean Tong Jinnian was careless, he knew his precious daughter must have something on her mind, but she didn’t say anything, and he didn’t press her, after all, she was growing up. Even though she still looked like a tomboy, clearly, she had started having thoughts.

Not long after, there was another time when Tong Xi got caught in the rain and had a high fever that wouldn’t go away for three days!

That time, Tong Jinnian was truly worried. Upon his probing, Xu Bing said, "I guess Tong Xi must have had a breakup!"

A breakup?

Who was that boy?