Chapter 67 A Trap for Dad

Is there something wrong with your health?

Gu Jiao carried the person back to the house and checked them over; nothing was wrong.

Having lived two lives, I've seen people faint at the sight of blood and needles, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone faint at the sight of meat. It's truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The others were also quite surprised, but when they heard the little guy snoring, they knew he was alright.

When Xiao Jingkong woke up, the meat on the table was gone. He lay on the table and burst into tears!

"My flesh! My flesh! My flesh..."

Everyone: It's not that we didn't leave you any meat, it's that you simply couldn't finish it all.

Coaxing people wasn't Gu Jiao's forte, so the old lady took matters into her own hands. She had fooled the most powerful people in the world, so a little kid was no match for her!

The old lady calmed her down after a short while.

Xiao Jing emptied the old lady's room and came to Gu Jiao's room. She sobbed and said to Gu Jiao, "The meat says it doesn't want me to eat it."

Gu Jiao stared in disbelief: "Ah...it doesn't want to be eaten by you..."

Xiao Jingkong held back his tears and said bravely, "My aunt said that because I am still too young, it will be willing to be eaten by me when I grow up."

Gu Jiao admired her great-aunt to the point of worship. She could even come up with such an excuse. She was a master of deception. She must have fooled many people in the past.

The old lady couldn't remember clearly. She only vaguely felt that she had indeed fooled quite a few people, both those more capable than her and those less capable, all of whom were completely fooled by her.

After Xiao Liulang finished giving Xiao Jingkong a bath, Xiao Jingkong returned to Xiao Liulang's—no, his own room—wearing his little nightgown!

Gu Jiao finished washing up and prepared to rest.

At this moment, Xiao Jingkong walked over carrying a small pillow.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jiao looked at him. "Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Xiao Jingkong opened his big, watery eyes wide and said, "My bed says it doesn't want me to sleep in it today."

Gu Jiao was taken aback. Why did those words sound so familiar?

No, you've only just learned some twisted logic, and you're already applying it to other situations?

Gu Jiao crossed her arms: "Your bed didn't say that."

Xiao Jingkong: "It does."

Gu Jiao: "It doesn't, it can't talk."

Little Jingkong straightened his little body and said, "How does Jiaojiao know it can't talk? My flesh can talk, so my bed can talk too!"

Gu Jiao: "..." I was speechless.

Gu Jiao went to find the old lady with a serious face.

Whoever instilled this fallacy should set it right!

The old lady decisively bolted the door, lay down on the bed, and covered her head with the blanket: "Asleep! Asleep!"

Gu Jiao: "..."

Your irresponsibility is unacceptable. You've fooled us and then offered no after-sales service. Thumbs down!

Gu Jiao wouldn't use force on a weak child, and she eventually took Xiao Jingkong back to her room.

During this time, Xiao Liulang did not say a word.

With a triumphant expression, Xiao Jingkong waved to Xiao Liulang: "You can sleep in the west room tonight! Don't miss me too much!"

Happy little Jingkong bounced around on Gu Jiao's bed for a long time, hugging his pillow, and fell asleep as soon as he got tired.

But it would be naive of Xiao Jingkong to think that this would allow him to sleep with Gu Jiao all night.

He had just fallen asleep when Xiao Liulang came over, leaning on his cane, and without saying a word, dragged him back to the west room.

There's no such thing as the deepest scheme; there are only deeper schemes. Your brother-in-law is still your brother-in-law!

When Xiao Jingkong woke up, he found himself lying on the bed in the west room, and unsurprisingly, he was heartbroken!

He felt like he'd wasted his entire sleep!

Of course, he didn't think that Jiao Jiao didn't want him. He could guess with his toes that someone had sneaked him back into the house!

Even though little Jingkong was very sensible, he couldn't hold back anymore. He looked up, kicked his legs at the top of his lungs, and wailed, "Bad brother-in-law! Bad brother-in-law! He actually stole a child! He kidnapped me in the middle of the night! He's a human trafficker!"

An old lady who was eating sunflower seeds in the main room suddenly trembled and spilled all the seeds!

Human slave trader? Is that how it's used?

Xiao Liulang went to school, Gu Jiao went to pick mountain produce, leaving only Xiao Jingkong and the old lady at home.

The old lady tried her hand at deception again, but this time Xiao Jingkong was not so easily fooled.

"I want darkness! I want darkness!!"

"It'll get dark tonight..."

"No, no! I want it now! It'll be dark now! Waaah—"

Sensible children usually don't cry, but when they do cry, most people can't handle it.

Little Jingkong cried loudly, and the villagers all rushed over. Their questioning eyes made it seem as if the old lady was abusing the little monk at home.

The old lady was really overwhelmed!

The old lady who didn't do after-sales service last night finally took on all the burdens by herself.

——

Gu Jiao was unaware that Xiao Jingkong had broken down and cried after waking up. She had no experience in raising children, and having been neglected by her parents since childhood, she had no experience in this area.

If they were picking mushrooms on the back mountain, she should have been able to hear Xiao Jingkong's cries, but unfortunately, she went a bit too far today and went to dig bamboo shoots on the other side of the mountain.

The time she adopted Xiao Jingkong, she discovered bamboo shoots in the woods near the temple.

When she was selling mountain products at the market, someone once traded winter bamboo shoots for two handfuls of wood ear mushrooms. She used the winter bamboo shoots to make chicken soup, and Xiao Liulang drank all the soup.

There are no winter bamboo shoots left, but spring bamboo shoots taste pretty good too.

The paths in the forest were difficult to walk on, so not many people came to dig bamboo shoots. Gu Jiao quickly filled her small basket to the brim.

Just as she was about to descend the mountain, a painful groan suddenly came from deep within the forest.

Gu Jiao's first thought was that some villager was injured. Without hesitation, she strode into the depths of the woods.

When she arrived at the scene, she was shocked to find that a man had fallen into a trap that was two meters deep.

This trap looks familiar...

Uh...it seems she dug it up before the New Year.

Because no prey had taken the bait, she had forgotten about the trap herself.

Unexpectedly, after so much time, instead of catching the prey, a living person has fallen victim!

What kind of living person would dare to come to such a deep forest?

Gu Jiao poked her little head out and looked into the deep pit.

The man felt the light above him dim and immediately looked up.

Their eyes met, and they were both stunned.

"It's you?"

"It's you?"

in unison!

Gu Jiao: Isn't this the stinky marquis who let his guards run rampant in the street, knocking over her things and almost refusing to pay his debts?

Lord Gu: Isn't this the brat who beat up his guard in the street, extorted money from him, and even hit him on the head?

Lord Gu's face immediately turned cold, and the joy of being about to be saved that had risen in his heart vanished completely.

Gu Jiao: Hehehe.

Gu Jiao turned and left!

She won't save this person!

Xiao Jingkong: Hehehe!

(End of this chapter)