Gu Shouxin didn't expect that his precious daughter wouldn't develop in the direction he had hoped for; he was too preoccupied with regret to see the expressions on the Lu family's faces.
"It's okay, you can come with me when I go back. They saw me in person, so you can see me too," Lu Zheng said with a smile.
“Brother Yuanyuan, you haven’t changed at all as you’ve grown up? After Sister Lu Xue got married, you were sent to the old house in Yuzhou. It’s been ten years. Does your father still recognize you?” Gu Xin asked.
“Of course I recognize him. I’m his son, and I look about 80% like him.” Lu Zheng smiled and added, “The Emperor promised me this a few years ago when I was transporting potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn to the capital.”
"Huh?" Gu Xin blinked, somewhat confused.
“Before, I thought I would just live my life with you as Zhou Yuan. But then I thought, why should I hide and make you live in anonymity with me? I'm not ashamed of anything, and our child isn't ashamed of anything either. So, I want to take back everything that belongs to me, everything that belongs to us and our child!” Lu Zheng looked at Gu Xin with deep affection.
"?" Gu Xin blushed. "Pah! Who wants a child with you? Yuan Yuan, you're so naughty! You wanted to have a child with me back then!"
Lu Zheng just smiled as he looked at her.
Feeling embarrassed by the stares, Gu Xin quickly rode away.
Lu Zheng smiled and chased after him.
...
At the same time, Kuncheng also received a letter from Peng Erlang.
The delegation organized by the Ministry of Rites had already arrived in Kuncheng and was waiting for news from the west.
The Gu family also packed their things and made preparations.
The annual lantern festival in Kuncheng was as lively as ever, but the younger members of the Gu family had no interest in going out to enjoy the lanterns. The whole family gathered in the main room.
"Niannian, make sure you take all these flower teas with you. Tell Xinxin that Grandpa made them especially for her. The coming-of-age gift from Grandpa and Grandma is too big to take with her. Tell her to come back and accept it!" Grandpa Gu instructed Gu Nian.
"Grandpa, since you gave Xinxin such a grand coming-of-age ceremony, shouldn't you also give me and my older sister a make-up ceremony?" Gu Nian joked.
"Your eldest sister's dowry was already given to you by your grandma and me. As for yours, we'll add it to your dowry when you get married. When you come back, we'll go through the wedding ceremony for you and A-Yu! Hahaha..." Grandpa Gu stroked his beard and said happily.
"Hahahaha..." Everyone else in the room laughed too.
Gu Nian blushed slightly, a rare occurrence for her. To be honest, she now truly understood what it meant to be lovesick.
Only by keeping herself busy every day can she stop thinking about Xue Qianyu and stop worrying about him.
Xue Qianyu appears in her mind almost more often than Xin Xin every day.
She was deeply moved. Her fiancé, Xue Qianyu, truly cared about her, knowing that she was worried about her sister and was willing to risk going to places she had never been before.
Back then, Lu Zheng went to Gu Xin without hesitation because of her.
Peng Ze was there because of Gu Hui, and also because the direct cause of Gu Xin's accident was related to his cousin.
Xue Qianyu could have chosen not to go, but he went anyway.
He loved her so much that he treated her family as his own.
When they were together before, Gu Nian might not have felt it so strongly, but now that they're not together, she's surrounded by a deep longing for them.
People say that a day apart feels like three autumns, and they have been separated for more than a year, but it feels like a century has passed.
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