Chapter 71
Gu Jinyu failed to win against Gu Yan in the end.
Although she was the only daughter in the family, Gu Yan was the youngest after all, coupled with his really poor health.
Gu Yan watched as Gu Jinyu reluctantly let people take the little rabbit away, raising his eyebrows triumphantly. Seeing this, Marquis Gu"s heart was full of mixed feelings.
Since childhood, Gu Yan didn’t get on well with others. He wasn’t close to anyone, including Yao shi, though he would allow Yao shi to approach him.
He rejected everyone who treated Gu Jinyu well, but the thing was, almost no one in the whole estate was bad to Gu Jinyu.
Marquis Gu always thought it was his son who was in the wrong. Never did he think that the most important person in his son"s life was missing, and his son was the one hurting the most.
However, even though he thought his son was the one at fault, he had never been harsh on him. Instead, he would make up twice for the grievances Jinyu had suffered in private.
It was just that he could make amends for Jinyu"s grievances, but what about his son?
What they couldn’t give their son, could that child give it to him?
Meanwhile, after Gu Jiao went down the mountain, she was in no hurry to go home. Instead, she carried the wolf carca.s.s to the market and sold it for 18 taels of silver.
After that, Gu Jiao went to the academy to pick up Xiao Liulang and Gu Xiaoshun after cla.s.ses were over, and the three of them returned to the village together.
The elderly woman, who had been dealing with Little Jing Kong’s tantrums for a whole day, was finally liberated.
She collapsed on the rattan chair like a salted fish, seemingly having lost all strength to move. She thought that if they didn’t come back yet, she would simply have died on the spot!
Little Jing Kong had been waiting for Gu Jiao all day, but when Gu Jiao finally returned, he ran away with heavy footsteps.
He closed the door of the room and sat on the small stool in the corner with his face against the wall.
Gu Jiao had no idea what was going on. She was surprised when she didn"t see Little Jing Kong. She asked, "Huh? Where’s Jing Kong?"
The elderly woman pointed weakly to the west room and said, "He’s angry, so he’s avoiding you."
Gu Jiao was puzzled as she asked, "Angry? Who made him angry?"
The elderly woman glanced at Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang irritatedly and replied, "It’s you two! Who told you to carry him to your room in the middle of the night? Who told you to leave before dawn?"
The first sentence was directed at Xiao Liulang while the second sentence was for Gu Jiao.
"I"m exhausted!" The elderly woman expressed she didn"t want to pay attention to the husband and wife anymore!
Gu Jiao didn’t understand things at first, but she quickly got it as soon as the elderly woman said that.
Gu Jiao went to the west room.
Little Jing Kong p.r.i.c.ked up his ears when he heard someone coming, but he didn"t turn around.
Gu Jiao came up behind him, bent down and looked at his side face. She asked, "Are you mad at me?"
Little Jing Kong turned around on the stool and continued to turn his back to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao whispered, "I didn"t mean it. I didn"t know you would be afraid."
Little Jing Kong couldn"t help speaking, "I"m not afraid! I"m not that timid!"
Gu Jiao pretended to be surprised, saying, "Really? Then why are you angry?"
"I... I... I... Because I..." Little Jing Kong stammered for a while, unable to say "I miss you".
Gu Jiao came up in front of him. Little Jing Kong refused to look at Gu Jiao, but Gu Jiao was looking at him firmly, "All right, it was my fault today. I apologize to you. Can you forgive me?"
Little Jing Kong took a quick glance at Gu Jiao before lowering his head again just as fast. He pinched the hem of his coat, and with a soft voice, he said adorably, "It would take a kiss for me to forgive you."
Gu Jiao only felt her heart was about to melt from too much cuteness. What kind of adorable little thing was this? Nevermind one, she would give him even ten kisses!
Gu Jiao kissed his little cheek without hesitation!
Little Jing Kong went blank!
His pair of big black-grape eyes was wide open, blinking at Gu Jiao for several seconds, before he suddenly let out a cry!
"Ah!"
He just said that casually, to think she would really kiss him!
Little Jing Kong covered his face with his small hands and ran away shyly!
With his little face all red, Little Jing Kong appeared to be drunk all night after getting a kiss from Gu Jiao.
During dinner, he sat well-behaved beside Gu Jiao just like a small shy flower.
At night, Xiao Liulang gave him a bath as usual. Sitting in the small basin, he turned his left cheek to Xiao Liulang and said, "Washing this part is enough, don"t wash the other side, there’s a kiss there!"
Xiao Liulang grabbed the towel in the basin with a straight face and rubbed it on his right cheek with a squish.
Little Jing Kong：“…”
Little Jing Kong：“!!!”
"WAHH——"
Little Jing Kong’s heart-wrenching and lung-splitting cry suddenly echoed from the kitchen, so that the elderly woman, who shut herself in her room to secretly eat candied fruits, had her heart shaken, nearly losing half her life!
The elderly woman exploded and bellowed, "Liulang! What did you do to him again!?"
Xiao Liulang didn"t do anything in particular, he just washed off the kiss on the little monk"s cheek, that was all.
Little Jing Kong cried so hard it could be described as mournful.
Finally, Gu Jiao came over and gave him more kisses. Only then was he able to stop his tears.
After that, Little Jing Kong was very cautious, always protecting his cheeks with his little hand from the sneak attack of his bad brother-in-law.
Thanks to his hairless head, he could go to bed right after taking a bath and wearing his bedclothes.
Holding his little pillow, he first went to the elderly woman"s room to say goodnight, and then went next to Gu Jiao"s room to say goodnight to her as well, "JiaoJiao, I"m going to sleep now, see you tomorrow."
Gu Jiao rubbed his little bald head and said, "Sleep well, I"ll call you tomorrow morning."
"En!" Little Jing Kong hopped back to the west room.
He took off his shoes and crept into bed.
Xiao Liulang was sitting at his desk copying books.
Little Jing Kong glanced warily at his bad brother-in-law, and put his little pillow far away from the pillow of his bad brother-in-law!
Xiao Liulang didn’t lift his eyelids and only expelled a faint breath.
Little Jing Kong rested his hands on his hips and said, "Don’t even think of touching my kisses!"
Xiao Liulang raised his eyebrow and said, "Your kisses?"
Little Jing Kong said proudly, "JiaoJiao gave them to me! You don’t have it!"
Xiao Liulang slowly looked at him, and his eyes rested on his little cheeks filled with baby fats. He then said unhurriedly , "I don"t need to touch them. When you fall asleep, they will fly away on their own."
Little Jing Kong"s complexion changed in a whoosh!
He seemed to have seen the cruel picture of two kisses abandoning him while he wasn"t paying attention, and his whole person felt bad!
These two little traitors!
After three seconds of fright, Little Jing Kong hurriedly jumped out of bed, went to Gu Jiao"s room and asked Gu Jiao for a veil to wrap around his face and head.
He wrapped himself up completely like a little peasant woman who was going to work in the fields.
Then he valiantly returned to the west room with that standard farmer’s appearance.
Little Jing Kong raised his chin and said to his bad brother-in-law, "I covered them up! They can"t fly away anymore!"
Little Jing Kong was a very clever boy. Although he was only a little over three years old, he could recognize more words than his fellow disciples in the temple. While the rest of the little monks were worried about how to read the scriptures, he could recite them backwards on the other hand.
Therefore, before, when he told Xiao Liulang, "I’m always the first place in the temple every exam. I’m used to it." He was really not boasting, but merely stating objective facts.
He had his own complete set of logic, free from anyone’s disruption. None of his senior disciples could beat him with words, even the abbot couldn’t. He was actually a very troublesome existence in the temple.
It was only when he met Xiao Liulang that he occasionally suffered defeat.
However, his logic was still invincible and powerful, so no matter how much Xiao Liulang disrupted his thoughts, he would still find his own solution.
Xiao Liulang said, "What"s the use of covering them up? Once you take off the veil tomorrow, they will still fly away."
Little Jing Kong answered, "No, I planted them! They will sprout tomorrow morning! They can no longer leave me in the future!"
Many years later, some G.o.dly General would recall the black history of his childhood days——
Ah! Ah! Ah! So embarra.s.sing!!!