He looked at Yu Jiao and smiled foolishly, "If you like birds, I'll catch you a Gyrfalcon tomorrow and stew it for you. That thing is handsome and brave, and is much more interesting than this little thing."
When Gu Yun was in Lingnan, he trained several Saker Falcons and taught them to understand people's calls and go wherever they were told to. He usually let them fly over Wuyi Pass for patrols. Their eyes were more useful than spies. Later, Gu Yun was recalled to the capital by Emperor Mingzheng, and he left those Saker Falcons in Lingnan.
He returned to Beijing to be a bird in a cage, and there was no way the Nine Sky Eagle King would be wasted here with him.
"Gu Yun..." Yu Jiao called his name, "You don't have to be like this. I don't like raising birds. I find this parrot too noisy, so I've always kept it in the side room. I asked you to come here because I want you to take the bird back."
The smile on Gu Yun's lips disappeared. He didn't expect that Yu Jiao didn't like this cockatoo. He scratched his head, "You don't like it? Then I'll get you a Pekingese dog tomorrow..." Before he finished speaking, he denied it again and shook his head, "Although Pekingese dogs are well-behaved, they also bark. How about Siamese cats? I've seen people raising Siamese cats. They are very well-behaved in their arms and don't scratch people. They are most suitable for a little girl like you."
"No, I don't like to keep these things." Yu Jiao refused straightforwardly, and then looked at Gu Yun and said, "I know you have a good relationship with my elder brother and treat me as your sister, but after all, we are not related. I can't accept these for no reason, and I can't afford to pay them back."
Gu Yun was a little disappointed after hearing the first half of Yu Jiao's words, but after hearing the latter part, he smiled and said, "I am willing to treat you well. I don't want you to pay me back. As long as you are happy, that's all."
Yu Jiao sighed slightly. She didn't want to be too straightforward with Gu Yun. Although Gu Yun had always been good to her and his thoughts were obvious, he had never revealed the truth after all. However, with Gu Yun's personality, euphemisms were obviously not effective.
She was silent for a while, considering how to explain it clearly.
The candlelight on the table illuminated Yu Jiao's fair little face, casting a layer of warm yellow glow. She slightly frowned, and her eyes, like shear water, reflected the firelight, dark and bright. Gu Yun felt his heart restless at first glance and did not dare to look at her any longer. His eyes turned and fell on her white, tender and soft neck. Gu Yun quickly looked away, his ears feeling slightly hot.
He exhaled, and coaxed her in a soft voice, "If you don't like these, I won't send them to you in the future."
He was misjudged. Most girls like rouge, powder, red hairpins and jewelry. Yu Jiao liked the box of Dongzhu that he gave her at her coming-of-age ceremony very much and didn't want to return it to him.
Gu Yun suddenly understood something. "If you like jewelry and clothes, I'll ask my mother to help pick some and send them to you. My storehouse is filled with pearls, jade, silk and satin bestowed by the emperor."
Yu Jiao thought he understood, but after hearing this, she just felt a headache.
"Young Marquis, I can't bear your kindness to me, do you understand?" Yu Jiao rubbed her brows, not knowing how to speak directly, so she simply said, "If you insist on being so nice to me, why don't I recognize you as my sworn brother?"
After hearing this, Gu Yun was stunned. He was nice to Yu Jiao not because he treated her as his sister, but because he liked her.
"When I was 15 years old, you also said that you and my elder brother were as close as brothers and that you treated me as your sister." Yu Jiao looked at Gu Yun and continued, "In my heart, you and my elder brother are both brothers who love me very much. Since I came to Beijing, I have been taken care of by you and have long regarded you as my brother. Why don't we become sworn sisters?"
Gu Yun's handsome face was full of bitterness. He looked straight at Yu Jiao, his mind was a little blank. After a long time, he hurriedly explained, "I was just joking at the beginning. I want to treat you well. It's not because I treat you as my sister, nor because you are Ziqi's sister! I don't recognize you as my sister. I...I...I want to marry you!"
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