"Qingqing, are you sure I won't gain weight tomorrow?" Chu Qianjue asked.
Lu Qing: "I'll meditate with you for a while tonight, and we'll know the answer when we weigh ourselves tomorrow."
"I just had a meal. Even if I eat a low-fat diet for the next two days and work out like crazy on the treadmill, it'll be worth it," Chu Qianjue said with a smile.
Lu Qing smiled but didn't say anything. She just looked up at the blue sky and stared blankly.
The winter sun shone warmly on my skin, it felt wonderful. The snow in the yard hadn't been shoveled away, it was all white, peaceful and serene.
Gu Xicheng walked behind Lu Qing and gently pushed the swing.
Because it was so comfortable, Lu Qing fell asleep without realizing it.
When she woke up, it was already an hour later. Gu Xicheng covered her with a coat and sat with her on the swing.
Lu Qing opened her eyes and saw that the room and the outside were very quiet, which made her wonder:
Why is the house so quiet? Where has everyone gone?
"Grandpa and Grandma, Grandpa and Grandma on the maternal side went for a walk after dinner, Uncle and Aunt went out on a date, Third Brother went out with Helian Shi, Eldest Brother and Second Brother went fishing, Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother are sleeping upstairs!"
Lu Qing nodded, got up, and stretched.
She was really well-rested and full of energy, but she was incredibly bored.
"Gu Xicheng, since we have nothing to do anyway, let's go for a walk!"
"Okay!" Gu Xicheng nodded with a smile.
The two wandered aimlessly along the village paths. Because of the snow, the roads were difficult to walk on, so they only saw a few scattered people.
The snow was falling quite heavily; one step could submerge one's ankles, but Lu Qing was having a great time.
Along the way, they threw countless snowballs at Gu Xicheng, covering his head in snow.
Gu Xicheng smiled helplessly yet indulgently, and threw snowballs in retaliation, but none of them hit Lu Qing.
"Gu Xicheng, can't you show some respect for your opponent? You can't hold back!" Lu Qing said angrily.
"Fine! Then I'll smash it!"
Gu Xicheng made the smallest snowball, but before he could throw it, a large snowball hit Lu Qing squarely on the head.
It was a snowball, but there was a pebble inside it.
The blow pierced Lu Qing's head, causing it to bleed profusely.
Gu Xicheng was shocked and rushed over:
"Qingqing, how are you?"
Lu Qing had a small cut on his head that was bleeding. It didn't look like a serious injury, but it was still infuriating.
Gu Xicheng immediately looked at the culprit.
It was a child of about eight or nine years old. He wasn't scared at all after hitting someone; instead, he made faces at them.
"Hehehe! You idiot, you got hit by my bomb!"
Lu Qing got angry: "Is this how you have a snowball fight? Putting stones inside snowballs and throwing them at people will kill them!"
"Whose child are you? Where are your parents?"
Just as Gu Xicheng was about to step forward to grab the child, the boy took off running.
"Trying to run away!"
Gu Xicheng rolled a snowball from the ground and threw it hard, hitting the brat squarely in the back.
Ouch!
The kid was knocked down and lay face down in the snow. Before he could get up, Gu Xicheng grabbed him by the collar.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Mommy! Mommy, help me!!"
The child started howling loudly, and a moment later, a middle-aged woman came out of a nearby house.
Upon seeing her son being grabbed, she immediately flew into a rage:
"Who are you! Let go of my son!"
Gu Xicheng shoved the brat forward and said coldly:
"Are you his mother?"
"So what if I am? Who are you? Why are you bullying my son?" the middle-aged woman said angrily.
Gu Xicheng pulled Lu Qing over and pointed to the wound on her forehead, saying:
"Your son wrapped a rock in a snowball and hit my girlfriend on the forehead, injuring her. Instead of apologizing, he tried to run away. Is this the kind of child you raised?"
The middle-aged woman's face immediately changed when she heard that her son had injured someone:
"Stop talking nonsense! Who can prove that your injury was caused by my son!"
Gu Xicheng's gaze immediately darkened:
So you're saying you won't let him apologize?
The middle-aged woman scoffed dismissively: "My son didn't do anything wrong, why should he apologize to you!"
"If you're so capable, then produce evidence to sue me. Otherwise, you're just slandering me!"
Hearing this, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing finally understood why this child was so unruly; behind every unruly child is an unruly parent.
Gu Xicheng glanced around. Few households in the countryside had surveillance cameras, and this place was quite remote.
They dare to be so arrogant because they can't find any evidence.
Gu Xicheng didn't want to let them off the hook. Even without evidence, he couldn't let them get away so easily, but Lu Qing stopped him.
"Whatever! I'm fine anyway, I'll just consider it bad luck!"
Gu Xicheng: "Qingqing, I'm not afraid of trouble. Even if we can't find any evidence, we still have to ask them to go to the police station!"
Lu Qing: "There are only two days left until the New Year, let's forget about it!"
Lu Qing didn't want to cause any more trouble for her elders. She had only come home to have a good New Year, and since her injury wasn't serious, she didn't want to make a fuss.
Moreover, judging from the child's appearance, even if she didn't take revenge, he would get his just desserts.
"I advise you to discipline your unruly son. It will be too late to deal with him once he makes a serious mistake and implicates the whole family!"
After saying that, Lu Qing pulled Gu Xicheng away.
Back home, Gu Xicheng used iodine to disinfect Lu Qing's wound.
The wound wasn't big or deep. After disinfecting it and applying some medicine, it scabbed over in no time.
"Don't tell anyone else about this. Just say that I bumped into it by accident. I don't want my grandparents and maternal grandparents to get angry over me again!"
Gu Xicheng nodded helplessly: "Okay! I won't say!"
That evening, when everyone returned home, they saw that Lu Qing had a bandage on his head and asked him why.
After Lu Qing said that he had knocked on the pillow himself, no one doubted him.
The next day, people came to his door early in the morning to wish him a Happy New Year. Some were old Mr. Chu's friends, but most were his juniors and people who wanted something from him.
Old Master Chu was a former military doctor in the army, and many of his current superiors have been saved by him.
Therefore, anyone in the village who needs help or assistance will come to him.
The old man helped them a lot without violating the principles of law and morality, so he would receive gifts from them during holidays.
Lu Qing also benefited from this and got a lot of delicious food.
She was deciding whether to have sea cucumber or abalone for lunch when she suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Uncle Chu, Happy New Year! These are some tonics my son Qiangzi brought you from out of town. Please don't find them too expensive!"
Lu Qing turned her head and saw the mother of that brat from yesterday.
As she looked over, the woman noticed her too.
"It's you!"
The woman subconsciously assumed that Lu Qing was also a guest who had come to give gifts to Old Master Chu, just like her, and immediately said sarcastically:
“Grandpa Chu, I know you have a kind heart, but you can’t just meet with anyone!”
"That little girl is wicked. Yesterday she falsely accused my son of throwing stones at her, and her boyfriend almost hit him!"
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