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All her hardships could be seen in these hands.
Xiao Liulang"s heart suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"What"s the matter?" Gu Jiao asked him.
“JiaoJiao, JiaoJiao!”
Little Jing Kong ran over, holding a piece of homework in his hand, "I finished the questions Granduncle gave me!"
Gu Jiao took it and had a look. Although she couldn"t understand it, the words were written better than before.
"Amazing." Gu Jiao praised.
Little Jing Kong placed his little hands behind him and didn"t leave.
"What"s wrong?" Gu Jiao asked him.
Little Jing Kong answered, "I want to eat candied haws."
Gu Jiao nodded, "Okay, I"ll buy it for you."
Xiao Liulang spoke, "I happen to... have something to buy, too."
Gu Jiao smilingly said, "Then let’s go together."
Little Jing Kong bounced about in place, "I"m going too!"
Gu Jiao said in a soft voice, "You have to go to bed early, you have school tomorrow. The candied haws are for you to eat in the morning."
Little Jing Kong: ...alright.
It was too troublesome to be a child! You need a lot of sleep!
Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang went out of the house.
"What do you want to buy?" Walking on the road, Gu Jiao asked.
"Uh... Books." Xiao Liulang replied.
Gu Jiao thought for a moment, "It’s not far. We will pa.s.s by the bookstore when buying candied haws."
Xiao Liulang: "En."
Nights during the third month were not so cold, but when the night breeze touched one’s skin, it would still make them feel a bit chilly.
Xiao Liulang looked at Gu Jiao un.o.btrusively. She didn’t seem... to feel too cold.
The two people quickly arrived at the door of the bookstore. Gu Jiao said in regret, "It"s closed. What books did you want to buy? I"ll buy it for you tomorrow."
Xiao Liulang answered, "It"s not urgent. I"ll buy it myself after school tomorrow."
"Okay."
The couple continued to move forward.
Who knows what kind of bad luck they had today. The bookstore was closed, and the candied haws seller had also just closed his stall.
Gu Jiao wore a bitter face.
Xiao Liulang looked across the street from the alley, "He also likes to eat fried fruit; they sell it over there."
Gu Jiao used to eat fried fruits in her previous life, but those were fried with flour, somewhat similar to the deep-fried breadsticks. The fried fruits here in the capital were mixed with glutinous rice, and there was stuffing inside. Not only Little Jing Kong liked it, but Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun also liked it.
It was just that it was something that Gu Yan must avoid eating.
Gu Jiao decided to buy some fried fruits.
Originally, only Gu Jiao felt unlucky tonight, but when they arrived at the stall selling fried fruits, Xiao Liulang"s face sank as well.
The capital was so big, how could he be here of all places?!
There were two tables at the fried fruit stall, one of which sat Zhuang Yuexi and An Junw.a.n.g.
An Junw.a.n.g also saw Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao, and he smiled at them warmly, "What a coincidence. Did you come to eat the food here too? They"ve been selling this snack for years and it really tastes good. You"re not from the capital. You haven"t tried it yet, have you?”
Xiao Liulang: I’ve been eating this snack since childhood, what do you know?
Xiao Liulang"s mood suddenly became irritable.
The women’s academy was right next door to the medical hall. Zhuang Yuexi had met Gu Jiao and knew that she was likely a medical woman in Miraculous Hands Hall, but they were not familiar with each other at all.
She asked An Junw.a.n.g, "Big brother, do you know them?"
An Junw.a.n.g introduced, "Young Miss Gu and my cla.s.smate."
Strictly speaking, the couple should have been introduced like, ‘my cla.s.smate and his wife.’
But An Junw.a.n.g automatically ignored something.
When Zhuang Yuexi heard that it was his big brother"s cla.s.smate, her expression brightened up a little. But soon, she asked again, "Which Young Miss Gu?"
An Junw.a.n.g"s eyes never shifted away from Gu Jiao. He replied, "Marquis Ding"an Estate"s young miss.”
Marquis Ding"an Estate had only two young misses, one was Gu Jinyu, and the other was the real daughter who was said to have grown up in the countryside.
Was it the girl in front of her?
This look was really...
Zhuang Yuexi saw the red birthmark on Gu Jiao"s left face and swallowed the question at the tip of her tongue.
She wasn’t as unbridled as Zhuang Mengdie.
Since his big brother admitted to being cla.s.smates with the other person, she would treat them politely.
"Come and take a seat, the food will take a long time to be ready." An Junw.a.n.g told the two magnanimously.
There was another table, but it was already full; the only s.p.a.ce was truly next to them.
The couple walked over and sat down.
Gu Jiao was next to Zhuang Yuexi, and Xiao Liulang was next to An Junw.a.n.g.
But this seating arrangement made An Junw.a.n.g and Gu Jiao face to face, and the same went for Zhuang Yuexi and Xiao Liulang.
Zhuang Yuexi only had his big brother in her eyes, and she didn’t look too much at Xiao Liulang.
But An Junw.a.n.g had been staring at Gu Jiao all this while!
Xiao Liulang frowned. What on earth was wrong with him? Why was he even buying fried fruits?
There were many people buying fried fruits, and they had to wait for a quarter of an hour before their turn. In the meantime, the fried fruits of An Junw.a.n.g and Zhuang Yuexi were already ready, but An Junw.a.n.g gave it to someone else.
Xiao Liulang"s face grew darker.
An Junw.a.n.g exchanged pleasantries with the two people, mostly with questions such as "Why did you come out to eat so late at night", "How did you get here" and "Did you walk far? Do you need me to send you guys back later?"
Zhuang Yuexi failed to notice her big brother"s special feelings for Gu Jiao, and only thought that her big brother was caring for his cla.s.smate.
However, Xiao Liulang knew very well that he wasn’t familiar with An Junw.a.n.g at all.
After a while, An Junw.a.n.g talked about an astronomy book he had read back in the State of Chen.
Gu Jiao was interested.
Whenever she was interested in something, her eyes would light up and shine like stars.
Xiao Liulang"s heart was full of panic.
Their fried fruits were ready at last, and An Junw.a.n.g was about to pay for it.
"No need." Xiao Liulang coldly put the copper coins on the table. "We"ll pay for it ourselves."
An Junw.a.n.g spread his hands and smiled.
Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao turned to leave, and at the same time, An Junw.a.n.g and Zhuang Yuexi were also about to take their carriage back to the residence.
At this moment, a troop performing the dragon and lion dance suddenly appeared in the street. As it turned out, it was a parade for a famous courtesan of some brothel. This lively procession immediately sent the whole Chang"an Avenue into turmoil.
The crowd swarmed in and was about to drown them.
Gu Jiao grabbed Xiao Liulang"s wrist and dragged him through the crowd.
She didn"t stop until they entered Bishui Alley. But at that moment, she heard a low laughter.
Gu Jiao"s little body froze and she turned around.
However, what she saw wasn"t Xiao Liulang at all, but An Junw.a.n.g!
Gu Jiao：“…”
On the other hand, Xiao Liulang"s handsome face turned completely cold.
That girl actually ran off with another man in front of him?！Raz P."s Thoughts
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