Chapter 177 Coaxing the Little Girl
Gu Jingxi stared at her intently for a moment, then asked gently, "Madam, what happened today?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao looked bewildered and asked in return, "Didn't my husband see everything that happened today?"
She dared to say that she had never experienced anything so thrilling and dangerous in her entire life. She had escaped death in that instant, and she never wanted to experience it again in her life.
Seeing her blank expression, Gu Jingxi realized she wasn't pretending not to understand. He gently tapped her palm and asked, "What happened to your hand? You wouldn't get a wound like this from a fall."
Meng Jinyao was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her palm. There was still her handiwork from that afternoon on her palm. She remembered meeting the middle-aged woman, and her eyes darkened instantly. She subconsciously wanted to clench her fist again.
Gu Jingxi reacted quickly, grabbing her hands to stop her from scratching the wound and causing it to bleed again.
The little girl's nails were slightly long and painted with henna, making her jade-like fingers appear even longer and whiter, which was very beautiful. However, while others grow long nails to decorate their fingers, she used them to harm herself.
Gu Jingxi frowned again and said earnestly, "Madam, I told you before not to punish yourself for other people's mistakes. It will only make your loved ones suffer and your enemies rejoice. How long has it been? Have you already forgotten?"
Meng Jinyao asked in surprise, "How do you know it's someone else's fault, husband? Maybe it's my fault?"
Gu Jingxi said gently, "You are a sensible girl who knows how to handle things properly and won't make any mistakes under normal circumstances."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao was even more surprised: "My husband seems to trust me quite a bit."
Gu Jingxi smiled gently: "You are my wife. If I don't trust you, am I supposed to trust someone else?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao felt a lump in her throat, and her eyes visibly welled up with tears.
Perhaps it was because I suddenly learned the cause of my mother's death today, and then had a close brush with death tonight, and was so frightened.
Perhaps it was because Gu Jingxi was so caring and gentle towards her, and trusted her unconditionally, that this feeling of being valued made her, who was always strong, suddenly become vulnerable and even a little sentimental and want to cry.
It's like a child who has fallen down. If an elder pays attention to them, they will cry loudly and lie on the spot waiting for the elder to pick them up and comfort them. If the elder ignores them, they will silently get up and act as if nothing happened.
And she now belongs to the former.
Seeing this, Gu Jingxi was somewhat taken aback. He softened his tone and asked, "Have you been wronged?"
Meng Jinyao originally wanted to shake her head, but when she met those gentle eyes, she didn't know why, but she nodded heavily and hummed in response. She felt that she was also wronged, after all, someone else did something bad, but she was called a jinx for more than ten years.
Gu Jingxi saw that her eyes were red and filled with tears. It was the first time he had seen her so vulnerable and fragile. Even when he saw her hurt herself at home last time, she was not this vulnerable.
Seeing her like this, Gu Jingxi suddenly felt a pang of heartache. Like comforting a child, he gently coaxed her, "It's alright, don't cry."
"I didn't cry."
Meng Jinyao was still being stubborn, but the nasal tone of her voice betrayed her. Feeling embarrassed and annoyed, she immediately pursed her lips and turned her face away, seemingly throwing a tantrum.
When Gu Jingxi saw this, she smiled and pursed her lips. After all, she was just a girl in her early teens, not made of iron. This was normal. Before, she was too calm and composed, and didn't have any of the liveliness that a girl should have.
He was about to say a few words to calm the girl down and find out what had happened, but then Ning Dong came in carrying a basin of clean water, and he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
Ning Dong placed the basin on the table and asked respectfully, "My lord, how should we use this water?"
Gu Jingxi instructed, "Go find a clean handkerchief."
Ningdong responded and quickly found a clean handkerchief in her bag, which she intended to use to wash her master's face.
Gu Jingxi glanced at the little girl, hesitated for a moment, then took the handkerchief and said calmly, "I'll take care of it. You can go out now."
Ningdong glanced at her master, and seeing that her master had not asked her to stay, she obeyed and withdrew.
Gu Jingxi said gently, "Come and clean your wound. You scraped your skin when you fell, and the wound is also covered in dust."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao stood up and walked over without hesitation.
Gu Jingxi took her hand and gently cleaned the wound on her palm.
The wound got wet, and Meng Jinyao instinctively tried to pull her hand away in pain.
Gu Jingxi seemed to have anticipated her next move. As soon as her wound got wet, he tightened his grip on her fair wrist, preventing her from escaping.
Meng Jinyao failed the first time, so she tried twice more, but her hand was held tightly by him and she couldn't move. She immediately raised her head and glared at him with dissatisfaction. The tears in her eyes had not yet receded, and her eyes were misty. She stared at him with a resentful look, looking pitiful and making people feel sorry for her.
Seeing that she was not cooperating, Gu Jingxi originally planned to scold her, but when he met her eyes, his heart softened and he said gently, "Listen to me, if you apply medicine directly without cleaning the wound, it will get infected."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao obediently cooperated again.
Gu Jingxi looked at her, smiled and shook his head. He realized tonight that the little girl also had her moments of being temperamental and needed to be coaxed, just like any other little girl.
After cleaning the wound, Qingqiu also got some medicine from the temple master, including ointment to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, as well as powder to stop bleeding and heal wounds.
Gu Jingxi took the medicine from Qingqiu and personally applied it to the little girl with gentle and meticulous movements.
Meng Jinyao raised her eyes and looked at him calmly. In the warm yellow candlelight, the man's eyebrows and eyes were gentle, his facial features were particularly soft, and his long, narrow phoenix eyes were also tinged with a layer of light. His eyes were warm and gentle.
It is said that a beautiful woman looks more beautiful under the lamplight.
Meng Jinyao felt that this applied not only to women but also to men.
She had always known that Gu Jingxi was handsome. As the most handsome man in the capital, no one had been more handsome than Gu Jingxi in the past ten years. Even if there were good-looking people, their temperament and aura, which had been refined over the years, were incomparable to those of a naive teenager.
If Gu Jingxi hadn't been injured before, he would have married Miss Mei, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the capital, long ago, and they would probably have several children by now.
Gazing at that handsome, ethereal face, Meng Jinyao drifted off into a daze. It wasn't until she applied medicine to her right hand, which was more severely injured than her left, and felt a sharp pain that she snapped back to reality. Realizing she had been staring at his face, she felt a flush of embarrassment and discomfort. She thought to herself, "Beauty can be a trap!"
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