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Zhuque Street.
After school, Little Jing Kong didn"t return to Bishui Alley as usual. Instead, he pestered Liu Quan to bring him here to find Gu Jiao.
Liu Quan knew that Gu Jiao was recovering from an injury, and he didn"t want the little guy to know the truth. He pretended not to know the way and said he was lost. However, Little Jing Kong patted his chest and said, "I"ve been there before, I remember the way!"
The hardest kid to fool at home was Little Jing Kong. Liu Quan couldn"t deceive him, so he reluctantly brought him along.
Gu Jiao"s condition had greatly improved, but her wrists and abdomen were still bandaged. The little guy could tell at a glance that Gu Jiao was injured.
Little Jing Kong couldn"t bear to blame Gu Jiao for hiding it from him. He went to the study and found his bad brother-in-law writing a letter.
With a serious expression, he said, "You"re a bad brother-in-law who lies to people."
"How did I lie?" Xiao Heng asked.
"JiaoJiao is clearly injured, and you didn"t tell me!" Little Jing Kong said resentfully.
"Is that what this is all about?" Xiao Heng smiled faintly, "I didn"t lie to you; I just didn"t tell you the whole truth. My mother does indeed have a heart condition, and JiaoJiao is indeed here accompanying her."
Little Jing Kong frowned and thought seriously.
That did seem to make sense, but why did it still feel wrong somewhere?
"Alright, have you finished your homework today?" Xiao Heng decisively changed the subject. "Have you memorized the Yan poetry collection that Ming"er sent you last time?"
"I"m almost done, there are a few poems I don"t know." Little Jing Kong said with his hands on his hips. "But I"ve made progress, and don’t try to change the subject. I"m not a child anymore! You can"t fool me like you did when I was little!"
Xiao Heng felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
The little monk was getting more clever. Now he even knew not to be led by the nose.
Also, he was only five years old, what did he mean when he was little?
Little Jing Kong crossed his arms, stomped his feet, and snorted, "I don"t care, you"re still wrong!"
Xiao Heng raised an eyebrow, "You think it"s wrong that I kept things from you, or are you just jealous that I spent a few nights with JiaoJiao?"
Little Jing Kong was poked in the foot and became so angry that his little face turned red, "Humph! Bad brother-in-law!"
Physician Song couldn"t bear to watch them further. Just how old was he? How could an adult bully a child for fun?
He called out in the courtyard, "Jing Kong, I"m going to brew medicine for Physician Gu, do you want to come over and join me?"
The sense of mission to brew medicine for Gu Jiao overcame the desire to argue with his bad brother-in-law. After glaring at his bad brother-in-law, Little Jing Kong stormed out, stomping his little feet.
It was actually Physician Song who boiled the water and opened the medicine packet, while Little Jing Kong only had to pour the herbs into the jar. Then he obediently squatted beside it and watched over the jar.
Gu Jiao didn"t like taking medicine, but because it was brewed by Little Jing Kong, she drank it very obligingly.
They had dinner on Zhuque Street, and it was just the few of them.
Little Jing Kong asked strangely, "Where are the princess and Long Yi? And what about Aunt Yu Jin?"
"They went out." Xiao Heng said, "They might not be back for a few days."
Gu Jiao glanced at Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng whispered, "It"s okay, they went to deal with those people."
After dinner, Little Jing Kong came to Gu Jiao"s bedside, clutching his small pillow. He had learned his lesson and didn"t ask his bad brother-in-law if he could stay here, because he knew his bad brother-in-law would definitely refuse.
He simply climbed onto the bed, burrowed into the quilt like a little piglet, and lay down beside Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao was looking at a music score.
It was the music score from Little Jing Kong"s "junk items." She only flipped through it when she had nothing else to do.
Little Jing Kong rolled excitedly in the quilt, "JiaoJiao!"
"Hmm?" Gu Jiao looked at the soft little guy beside her.
Little Jing Kong looked at the music score in her hand and asked, "Does JiaoJiao like looking at music scores?"
"I’m just looking." She didn’t say whether she liked it or not. As the organization"s top agent, she was nothing but a cold-blooded killer. What was the point of talking about artistic preferences?
Little Jing Kong said, "I like looking at it too."
Gu Jiao asked, "Why?"
Little Jing Kong"s eyes flickered, "Hmm... It’s quite interesting to look at!"
You say that, but I"ve never really seen you look at it.
Gu Jiao tucked the corner of the quilt for him and said, "Go to sleep."
Little Jing Kong obediently closed his eyes.
He was just pretending to be obedient. In fact, he wasn"t sleepy at all. After a while, he quietly opened his eyes, shifted his small body under the covers, and snuggled close to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao saw through his little movements but didn"t expose him, chuckling as she flipped through the music score in her hand.
"Huh?"
Little Jing Kong suddenly exclaimed.
"What"s wrong?" Gu Jiao asked.
Little Jing Kong turned over and lay on the bed, his little finger pointing to Gu Jiao"s waist, "JiaoJiao, you also have a flower here!"
Gu Jiao, wearing a short jacket and sleeping clothes, didn"t pay much attention to the corner of her clothes lifting up, revealing a glimpse of her slender, snowy-white waist.
Gu Jiao couldn"t see the location of her lower back dimples.
She nodded and asked, "Is it a big flower?"
"Yeah... This big!" Little Jing Kong gestured with his finger.
It was quite small, just the size of a knuckle.
It must be a birthmark.
Did her pet.i.te body have so many birthmarks?
Little Jing Kong pointed to her waist and asked curiously, "But why isn"t this flower red? It"s green!"
He liked red flowers.
But if it was growing on JiaoJiao, then green was also good!
Gu Jiao couldn"t see it herself, but even if she could, she wouldn"t mind. She had compromised even with the birthmark on her face, let alone the unnoticeable one on her back?
Gu Jiao patted the little guy"s head and said, "Your hair has grown a lot longer. You"ll soon be able to tie a little ponytail. Go to sleep; going to bed early and rising early makes you grow tall."
"Mm!"
This time, Little Jing Kong closed his eyes and actually fell asleep after rolling around in bed for a while.
Xiao Heng entered the room, glanced at the small bulge in Gu Jiao"s quilt, and said, "Is he asleep?"
"Asleep." Gu Jiao replied.
"Then I"ll take him back." Xiao Heng said; perhaps afraid that Gu Jiao would misunderstand, he explained, "There are cla.s.ses at the Imperial Academy tomorrow, and it"s too crowded on this road early in the morning to get from here to the Imperial Academy in time."
"Okay." Gu Jiao closed the music score.
Xiao Heng carried the sleeping little guy out of the bed and dressed him, and no matter how much he fiddled with him, the little guy didn"t wake up.
Xiao Heng chuckled and poked the chubby face of the little guy in amus.e.m.e.nt, then turned to Gu Jiao and said, "Remember to take your medicine later. I"ll return after I"ve taken him back."
Gu Jiao responded again with a calm look, "Okay."
Xiao Heng carried the little guy out of the courtyard and handed him to Liu Quan, "Take Jing Kong back."
"Oh, okay." Liu Quan wondered, didn"t you want to personally take Jing Kong back? Why the change?
Xiao Heng arranged for a Dragon Shadow Guard to accompany Liu Quan, along with Gu Yan"s Dark Guard A, so the journey was basically safe.
After Liu Quan got into the carriage with Little Jing Kong, he noticed that Xiao Heng had boarded another carriage. Puzzled, he asked, “"It"s so late, is Liulang going out?”
Xiao Heng answered, "There"s a bit of business at the Ministry of Justice, I need to go there."
Liu Quan: Oh, no wonder you can"t personally deliver Little Jing Kong, turns out you"re tied up with official duties.
Liu Quan took Little Jing Kong and left.
Xiao Heng said to the coachman, "Let"s go."
"Yes!"
The long street was quiet.
Xiao Heng"s carriage, however, did not head towards the Ministry of Justice, but went all the way to the east of the city.
The coachman driving for him was a dark guard from the Princess Mansion.
The vigilance of dark guards was much higher than that of ordinary people. When they turned onto another quiet street, the dark guard"s ears suddenly twitched, "Lord Xiao, someone is following us from behind!"
Xiao Heng"s expression was serious, "Don"t stop, keep going forward! Speed up!"
"Yes!" The guard tightened the reins and lashed the horse. The horse, feeling the pain, galloped forward vigorously in the night.Raz P."s Thoughts
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