After divorcing the mute girl, President Gu knelt down and begged for reconciliation.

Chapter 87 Elite Education
Gu Xijue doesn't actually like to eat Chinese food like noodles in the morning. He values ​​efficiency, so he usually eats Western food for breakfast.

Song Jin'an paused for a few seconds, then took out a bowl of noodles from the kitchen and added new noodles to the pot of hot water.

Gu Xijue ate his noodles slowly and deliberately. She couldn't help but glance at him a few more times. Not long after, she brought out her daughter's noodles and placed them in front of Gu Hetang, even thoughtfully blowing on them to cool them down.

This breakfast was very simple, and the three of them together made them feel more like a family.

After dinner, Gu Xijue comforted the child, and she went to the kitchen to clean up the mess. After she finished, she wiped her hands with a paper towel and gestured.

Aren't you going to the company?
Gu Xijue looked at her, seemingly in a good mood: "Yes, I'll rest today."

—Then could you look after Tangtang for two hours? I want to go draw comics first.

She's been quite busy lately and has no stock, so she can only draw every day.

"You go ahead, I'll take care of the child." Gu Xijue said, his gaze fixed on Gu Hetang.

Song Jin'an went upstairs to draw. Lin Ma wouldn't be back until evening, so she would have to cook lunch. Fortunately, Lin Ma had already bought the groceries for lunch and put them in the refrigerator before leaving. After finishing her comic, she went downstairs to cook.

An hour later, the doorbell rang a few times. Gu Xijue opened the door, and his eyes darkened. Du Lan, who was standing outside the door, had dimmed his bright eyes, but his smile remained. He smiled and said, "Senior brother."

"What are you doing here?" Gu Xijue looked at her, seemingly not intending for her to come in. The two stood at the doorway, one outside and one inside.

When he heard Du Lan's reason for coming here, his brows furrowed even more. Because Song Jin'an couldn't speak, Gu Xijue had considered hiring a tutor for Gu Hetang, but he hadn't had time to look for one.

Without a doubt, Du Lan is fully capable of the job, after all, she is indeed very excellent, but Gu Xijue does not want her to teach Gu Hetang piano lessons.

Just as he was about to refuse, his phone rang. He apologized and answered the call. After hanging up, he suddenly changed his mind and handed Duran a new pair of slippers: "Come in."

Duran was taken aback. Did this mean he had agreed?
After she came in, her eyes quickly scanned the room: "Is only my senior brother and his child at home?"

Actually, because he couldn't see Song Jin'an, Gu Xijue led her to Gu Hetang and said, "My wife is working upstairs."

He said, "My wife."

Du Lan looked at Gu Hetang, who looked completely bewildered, squatted down to talk to her, and asked with her eyebrows curved, "Are you little Tangtang?"

Although Gu Hetang was only one year old, she was very clever. She blinked her big eyes and smiled at Du Lan. Of course, Du Lan had no hostility towards the child. In fact, she thought that this little guy was so beautiful when he was young, and he would definitely be even more beautiful when he grew up.

The moment her hand touched Gu Hetang's face, she heard the little guy burst into tears, turn around and crawl to Gu Xijue's side, hugging his leg and wanting a hug.

Duran's smile froze instantly, but her voice remained as sweet as ever: "I'm sorry, I scared her."

Gu Xijue comforted Gu Hetang in his arms, and after a while, she stopped crying again, though tears still clung to her long eyelashes. Her little hands gripped her father's clothes tightly, and she turned her head away from Du Lan.

"My mother said you came here to teach piano. The child is only one year old. It's a bit early to start teaching now," Gu Xijue said calmly, then pried open her little hands that were gripping his clothes.

Du Lan looked at Gu Hetang's slender little hands and said, "Starting piano lessons at one year old is a bit of a high requirement for a child, but I see that Tangtang's fingers are slender and long, which means she already has the foundation of starting piano lessons at one year old."

The piano is an art form that needs to be learned from a young age; you can't learn it well by just starting out halfway. Learning any musical instrument requires early training. Moreover, Duran herself started learning at the age of one, so she believes it's possible to learn the piano well even before you can speak.

Gu Xijue knew what the woman and his mother were thinking, but he needed to go with the flow to achieve his great goal, so he simply let Du Lan stay and teach.

When Song Jin'an came downstairs, she didn't see Gu Xijue, but instead saw Du Lan teaching with several cards in hand.

Because she was teaching very diligently, she didn't notice Song Jin'an. Since a one-year-old child has a limited attention span, Gu Hetang kept calling "Mama, Mama" after seeing Song Jin'an.

Du Lan looked up at the sound of the child's voice and immediately saw Song Jin'an. She was somewhat surprised. This Mrs. Gu was much more vibrant than the photos she found online, and she wasn't ugly at all; she was beautiful. Standing next to Gu Xijue, they actually looked quite well-matched. But such a beauty was actually mute...

Song Jin'an picked up Gu Hetang and looked Du Lan up and down.

Du Lan smiled sweetly: "Hello Mrs. Gu, I am Tangtang's piano teacher."

A piano teacher?

Song Jin'an frowned. The child was still so young, and she didn't want to cause any trouble. Just then, Gu Xijue's voice rang out: "Her name is Du Lan. For the next month, she will come to our house to give Gu Hetang piano lessons from Monday to Saturday mornings."

Song Jin'an frowned even more deeply and gestured with one hand.

—Isn't it a bit too early for Tangtang to be only one year old?
Du Lan watched her gesture with her hands, feeling somewhat surprised. Just as they said, her senior brother's wife was not good at speaking. No wonder Madam Gu did not like her.

"Let's give it a try." Gu Xijue made the final decision, giving Song Jin'an no chance to object. He then took Gu Hetang from Song Jin'an and turned to Du Lan: "Will we need to use the piano for today's lesson?"

Duran nodded quickly: "Yes, we need to."

She needed to press notes on the piano to test Gu Hetang's sense of pitch.

"Come with me," Gu Xijue said, urging her to follow.

Song Jin'an waited where she was. The piano was in the children's room, and the sound of the piano immediately came from there. After Gu Xijue came downstairs, she stopped him. Manchester United's disapproval.

—Tangtang is only one year old, and you…

She was gesturing when Gu Xijue interrupted, "It's Mother's decision."

When Song Jin'an heard what he said, she was stunned. Had Madam Gu sent her to the villa? She was about to gesture again, but the man seemed to have already anticipated what she was about to say.

“Let Tangtang learn first. You can’t speak, and I’m often not home. Tangtang lacks a language environment. Don’t you think her language development is slower than other children her age?”

Gu Xijue directly used the words that were good to Gu Hetang.

"Alright, it's almost lunchtime, go cook." He stopped talking about it and instead told Song Jin'an to cook, still in a commanding tone.

Song Jin'an took a deep breath. She still felt sorry for her daughter, who was only one year old and had to suffer. Gu Xijue also saw her concerns and couldn't help but say a few more words: "She was born into a family like the Gu family. As the eldest daughter, she should be even more skilled in her craft and not bring shame to the family. This is the elite education of high society."

(End of this chapter)