Chapter 161.1
"Humph!"
Gu Yan turned his back to him!
He was so upset that a lock of hair on his head was sticking up in the cold wind, expressing his unhappiness!
Gu Changqing let out a chuckle.
His voice was cold and magnetic, and there was an irresistible charm in his smile.
Gu Yan"s eyes tried to glance back.
Then he started walking back into the alley.
Just after he took a step, Gu Changqing noticed something was wrong, "What happened to your foot?"
Gu Yan pouted and said in a whisper, "Nothing, I just twisted it."
The family lived in the middle of the alley. It wasn’t far from here, but it wasn’t that near either. Most people would have no difficulty going back even with a sprained ankle, but this was Gu Yan they were talking about.
Gu Changqing looked at his thin little body and sighed helplessly, "Come up."
"Ah?" Gu Yan looked back at him with a clever yet silly expression on his face, which was very contradictory indeed.
Gu Changqing thought of the silly roe deer in the woods again, but this time it behaved a bit arrogant.
Gu Changqing stretched out his big and powerful hands and grabbed Gu Yan by the shoulder. He then gently lifted him up and sat him on his saddle.
"Don"t you usually eat?"
So thin.
Gu Yan, who sat in front of him, wanted to retort, ‘which part of me look I don’t eat? You"re the one who doesn’t eat!’
But as soon as he leaned against his hard and broad chest, Gu Yan couldn"t speak.
Did this man eat ten barrels of rice every day?
Why was he so strong?
"Hold on tight." Gu Changqing reminded him.
Gu Changqing pulled the reins and Gu Yan could only hold on to the saddle.
Originally, Gu Changqing was quite satisfied with this saddle. After all, as the shizi of the Marquis Estate, the servants would not prepare anything too bad for him.
But as soon as Gu Yan put his delicate and tender fingers on it, it instantly turned into nothing but a piece of sc.r.a.p wood in his eyes.
This saddle needed to be changed.
Gu Changqing thought.
"I"ll take you back home." He said.
"I"m not going home." Gu Yan replied.
Gu Changqing looked at him curiously and asked, "Why?"
Gu Yan: "I want to eat something."
Gu Changqing: "What do you want to eat?"
Gu Yan: "Roasted chestnuts with sugar."
There was a shop selling roasted chestnuts in Chang"an Street, just in the direction where he came from. Gu Changqing turned his horse and rode to where the chestnut shop was.
Considering Gu Yan"s health, he didn"t let the horse run too fast, but the ride was exciting enough for Gu Yan.
Growing up, this was the first time he had ridden against the wind on a horse!
Gu Yan sat in the saddle with so much excitement.
"Go, go, go!"
Although he spoke in a low voice, Gu Changqing’s hearing was so sharp that even the slightest movements of a martial arts expert from the Jianghu couldn’t escape his ears.
Gu Changqing couldn"t help but raise the corner of his lips and picked up the speed a little.
Gu Yan was thrilled!
Gu Yan had long wanted to ride a horse, but he had been a sickly person for the past fourteen years of his fifteen years of living in this world. During those times, he never even played outside or had any playmates.
Even though there were now Little Jing Kong and Gu Xiaoshun, they were both younger than him, and he also wanted to have fun with those who were older than himself.
Gu Jiao could make Gu Yan stable, but there were some things that Gu Jiao couldn’t give him.
Gu Changqing"s appearance just happened to fill this void.
Gu Yan had a lot of fun riding a horse; even after he had bought the roasted chestnuts with sugar, he still had an expectant look on his face.
Gu Yan took the roasted chestnuts and said, "I don"t have any money with me. I"ll pay you back when I get home."
"No need." Gu Changqing replied.
"That…" Gu Yan opened his mouth to ask, "Did I spend all your money?"
"No."
"Oh." Gu Yan silently chewed on the roasted chestnut, then said, "I also want to eat roasted chicken!"
Gu Changqing took him to buy roasted chicken. However, what Gu Yan wanted wasn’t the common roasted chicken from ordinary shops, so he had to go around half the capital to buy it.
Gu Yan looked at the roasted chicken in his hand and opened his mouth to take a bite.
"What else do you want to eat?" Gu Changqing asked.
Gu Yan blinked and answered, "Yellow crab cake from Sanyuan Pavilion."
Sanyuan Pavilion was in Lingnan!
Was this kid planning to run away from home with him?
Gu Changqing cast him a chilly look.
Gu Yan squeezed the saddle bitterly, saying, "Fine then, I’m just going to eat a bunch of candied haws. No need to go to any shops, the roadside stalls that look cheap and dirty and can get you sick if you eat them will do."
Gu Changqing：“…”
There was a sweets shop on Zhuque Street, which was also selling candied haws. Although the price there was a bit expensive, you surely wouldn’t end up with a bad stomach.
Gu Changqing took Gu Yan to buy some candied haws there.
Afterwards, Gu Yan couldn’t hold anything in his arms anymore. Since he couldn’t buy any more, he had to go home obediently.
Strong wind was blowing on their way back, and Gu Yan couldn’t help shivering.
Gu Changqing covered him with his fur coat. He wrapped Gu Yan in it so that only his head was showing.
To be fair, even just the back of his head was already cuter than his two younger brothers at home.
Gu Changqing took a deep breath.
He feared he must be possessed...
After arriving home, Gu Changqing first flipped over and dismounted the horse before carrying Gu Yan down. He took everything in Gu Yan"s arms and put it on the stone table in the front yard.
"I"m leaving." He came out and said to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan looked at him expectantly and asked, "Do you want to stay for dinner? My sister is a good cook."
That girl who was more cold-blooded than a killer?
Gu Changqing could hardly imagine what her cooking would be like.
He looked at the kitchen beside the main hall, and there was a trace of longing in his eyes, but he ultimately held back, "No, I should go home."
"Oh." Gu Yan was disappointed.
Gu Changqing got on the horse, gave Gu Yan a look and said, "Go in."
"En." Gu Yan nodded, but didn"t move. He watched his horse disappear at the end of the alley before he turned around, jumped in place, and entered the house refreshed.
That"s right.
What sprained ankle?
There was no such thing!
……
"Alright, your foot is fine now. Stay in bed for a few days, and I"ll visit you home again to remove the st.i.tches in seven days." In a residence on Zhuque Street, Gu Jiao st.i.tched up a girl"s wound and ended her first house visit in the capital.
The sky began to pour snow again.
The snowflakes resembled goose feathers as they fluttered about, gathering and then dispersing. In a short time, the street was covered with snow.
Bishui Alley was no longer too far from where the carriage was at, so Gu Jiao just decided to continue the journey back by walking.
Not long after she got off the carriage, she felt someone following her.
Instead of entering the Bishui Alley, she pa.s.sed by the alley entrance and walked into another alley.
She then held the silver needles in her hand un.o.btrusively.
Finally, the other party moved.
Two masked men fell from above, their hands equipped with daggers, blocking her way.
However, without waiting for them to launch an attack, Gu Jiao shot the silver needles into their chest.
The two people fainted on the spot.
Almost at the same time, a cold arrow was shot behind her.
She stepped forward, stamped her foot against the wall, swung around in midair and violently kicked the arrow away!