Chapter 204 Staying Overnight for Companionship
Gu Qinghuai has a very good memory, especially regarding the mysterious man's appearance, which he finds very familiar.
Su Junyao and Gao Xun sat around the table, looking at the familiar face in the portrait. Su Junyao pressed Gao Xun down, signaling him not to say anything, and rolled up the scroll and handed it to Chen He. "We will investigate the rest. You will stay at my house for the time being. I have several older brothers who are about your age. You can play together."
Gu Qinghuai would rather play with Qiuqiu, but eating, drinking, and sleeping took up most of her time, leaving little spare time. He nodded in agreement, "Thank you, Uncle Su."
"Yes, good child, just tell your aunt if you need anything."
After Su Junyao and Gao Xun left, Gu Qinghuai sat there alone again, only in a different place, continuing his solitude.
"You little liar, you haven't kept a single promise you made!"
Gu Qinghuai sat there alone, completely unaware that the door behind him had been opened a crack.
"Hey, are we going in or not?"
Su Jingwen nudged his younger brother. They were here to keep Gu Qinghuai company, not to stealthily do anything!
"Just come in freely into your own home." After saying this, Su Jingwen pushed open the door and entered, but upon seeing Gu Qinghuai's expression, he immediately wanted to turn back.
Why is the way he looks at people so scary!
Gu Qinghuai was expressionless, a classic case of a grumpy face syndrome patient, his large, dark eyes staring at him in a truly unsettling way. Was such a dangerous person really suitable to play with his little sister?
"Gu Qinghuai?"
Gu Qinghuai nodded indifferently: "I know you."
He pointed at Su Xiucheng: "You said you wanted to duel with me, and then I beat you until you cried."
Su Xiucheng: "!!!"
"Brother, he didn't come to stay at our house, he came to cause trouble! Ahhh!"
Su Jingwen reflexively hugged Su Xiucheng's waist, "Fourth brother, don't be impulsive, you can't beat him!"
Already furious, Su Xiucheng became even angrier upon hearing this. "Let me go! I want to fight him to the death!"
Even pigs during the Lunar New Year aren't as hard to handle as him!
Fine, fine, let's fight to the death, huh?
Let's fight!
Su Jingwen let go, darted to a nearby stool, crossed his arms, and put his legs up. "Go ahead."
"You're not going to stop me anymore?"
"I won't stop you, just figure out how to explain it to Qiuqiu."
Chiu Chiu was still quite loyal; even in her drowsy state, she remembered to instruct someone to look after her friend. Otherwise, Su Xiucheng would never have come here!
Su Xiucheng had no ill intentions; he was just annoyed that he was too big and strong to beat Gu Qinghuai. He muttered a few complaints and then sat down with his brother to observe Gu Qinghuai.
Gu Qinghuai's appearance really fits the Su family's aesthetic standards. Judging from his growth trajectory, he will definitely be the perfect male lead in the "beautiful, strong, and tragic" story that Qiuqiu mentioned. Qiuqiu, this adorable little guy who can't control his thoughts, chatters on and on, making the two brothers more and more curious about him, to the point that Gu Qinghuai is now feeling uneasy under their gaze.
What do you want to do?
As the two brothers drew closer, Gu Qinghuai unconsciously leaned back. Could he have been tricked into coming here to be slaughtered?!
Oh no, I got emotional too early!
Su Xiucheng, with his chubby face and an unfriendly smile, looked rather strange. "We want to... hehehe... let's go!"
Gu Qinghuai: "..."
The children of the Marquis of Wenyang's family may not necessarily become successful, but they are all sure to be good at having fun.
Spring kites, summer lotus pods, autumn hunting expeditions, winter... roasted sweet potatoes!
Gu Qinghuai was dragged away by the two brothers for a while before he realized that they didn't want to take him to a secluded place to beat him up, but rather to take him out to have fun.
"Isn't it inappropriate for us to go to see the old Marquis like this?"
Su Xiucheng scratched his head: "Otherwise what? You want to bring something with you?"
He couldn't bring it even if he wanted to.
"Don't worry, my grandfather is very easy to get along with."
Gu Qinghuai was passively pushed along the whole way. When the three of them arrived at the old Marquis's courtyard, they immediately smelled a fragrant aroma as they entered the gate.
Gu Qinghuai hesitated for a moment, then his stomach growled loudly. His face turned red, and he clutched his stomach, trying to hide his embarrassment.
He soon realized that no one cared about him!
"Grandpa, you're carrying us while we eat roasted sweet potatoes!"
Grandpa stole some!
The men flanking him vanished in an instant. Gu Qinghuai paused for a moment, then followed. Wisps of smoke rose from the corner of the courtyard, carrying a rich, fragrant aroma.
The old Marquis, dressed in a mink-fur cotton coat and wearing a tiger-skin hat, with his white beard sticking up, happily helped them go over to eat roasted sweet potatoes.
"Hey kid from the Wang family of Zhennan? Come over here with me?"
Gu Qinghuai: "Greetings to the old Marquis."
"Good, good, good, what a fair-skinned and well-behaved child, much more well-behaved than our wild monkey."
Gu Qinghuai was rarely praised like this. His ears burned, and he kept rubbing the hem of his clothes with his fingers. "Thank you, thank you for the compliment, Lord Marquis."
"Why are you being so polite with an old man like me? Back in the day, I and... never mind, come here. By the time Qiuqiu wakes up, we won't even have sweet potato peels to eat."
The old Marquis was clearly preoccupied with something, changing the subject and inviting him to eat. Distracted by this, Gu Qinghuai didn't dwell on it, focusing instead on searching for Qiuqiu's shadow.
In the corner of the yard, a simple stove pit was built with stones. Withered yellow leaves were used to start the fire, along with two or three pieces of charcoal, so that it could be used for both heating and roasting sweet potatoes.
Beside the old marquis, a bulging leather bag lay sleeping. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Qiuqiu was stuffed inside. The fair-skinned little dumpling was sleeping in a crooked position, its nose occasionally twitching at the scent.
Gu Qinghuai squeezed to sit down next to Qiuqiu, with Su Xiucheng to his right. He was initially worried that Su Xiucheng would cause trouble, but it turned out that this guy only cared about food.
He was actually quite curious about what the Su family members were thinking. They were warming themselves by the fire outside, their bodies were cold but their hands were warm, so why didn't they go inside?
His face showed a mix of emotions, but seeing that they were all so happy, he didn't want to spoil the fun.
Suddenly, I felt something poke my elbow. I turned my head and saw Su Xiucheng's big head leaning towards me. "W-what are you doing?"
"Hey, little ice cube, are you wondering why we're not going inside to warm up by the fire?"
"Hmm. Why?"
Su Xiucheng mysteriously rubbed his chin: "Because of Chuchu!"
Chiu Chiu said that if you stay in the house by the fire for too long, you will get poisoned and die!
"Sigh... but I think it's so warm to be by the fire inside. It makes me feel all warm and cozy and I just want to sleep. It's so nice!"
Gu Qinghuai thought about it carefully and felt that what he said made a lot of sense.
You deserve the joy of sleeping soundly forever.
Su Xiucheng & Gu Qinghuai: "?"
When did she wake up?
Chiu Chiu yawned, hunching her neck, and crawled out of the leather bag like a caterpillar. She leaned against Gu Qinghuai's leg, nodding her little head.
She may appear weak and helpless, but her inner thoughts are actually quite terrifying!
[Carbon monoxide poisoning, and her little mouth looks as pretty as if it's been smeared with cherry juice; no need to groom her after she dies!]
The old marquis's smile vanished: "What kind of poisoning would involve applying cherry juice?"
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