Gu Xin nodded: "Mhm."
Gu Ren wanted to swear.
This is truly a fantastical world! Are there really so many children framed by their stepmothers? The stepmothers in this world are just too damn wicked!
Gu Xin said excitedly, "Renren, although your third sister really wants to tell you the details, she needs Xiao Qiu's permission first. Tomorrow, your third sister will go to Xiao Qiu, and I'll tell you if she agrees, okay?"
Gu Ren slapped Gu Xin's hand away: "Third sister, you can't do this! Aren't you just keeping me in suspense? Can't you let me sleep peacefully tonight?"
Gu Xin grabbed his chubby little hand: "But this is Xiao Qiu's business, I can't tell you without her permission! We need her permission, right? You're going to use her as the model!"
Gu Ren was unhappy.
Gu Xin pinched his cheek, and he angrily slapped her hand away.
Finally, Gu Xin decided to immediately take Gu Ren to find Zheng Qiu.
Gu Ren was immediately delighted; he could go out and play that night!
So the siblings put on their shoes and sneaked away.
When Zheng Qiu arrived at her house, she found it strange. She had just returned from the Gu family's house and was about to rest when the Gu siblings came again. What were they doing here so late at night? Did Xin Xin really think that she could barge into the home of a "man" living alone with her younger brother?
Upon hearing the siblings explain their purpose, Zheng Qiu smirked speechlessly.
"Brother Xiao Qiu, please promise me! I'll definitely teach your stepmother a lesson, really, I promise!" Gu Ren hugged Zheng Qiu's waist.
Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong.
This young lady's waist is like a girl's, and she even has a fragrance?
He had hugged his own brother's waist before. Although it was also very thin, it felt completely different. At least, Xiao Qiu's waist was soft and had no muscles.
Why don't you exercise at all, but instead try to smell nice like other girls?
As Gu Ren thought this, he even gave it a squeeze.
Zheng Qiu: "...Young Master Gu, although you are only seven years old, isn't it inappropriate for you to touch and pinch a girl like this?"
Gu Ren: "!"
Gu Xin breathed a sigh of relief when Zheng Qiu spoke up herself, and pulled Gu Ren over: "Renren, Xiao Qiu is right, she's even more miserable than Yuan Yuan! A little girl, she was harmed by her stepmother when she was very young."
Gu Ren was so shocked that his mouth dropped open. Goodness, was he going to start writing for female readers?
It's said that women dressing up as men is quite popular!
Zheng Qiu agreed to let Gu Ren use her as the model for this story. She respected her adoptive father very much. In her heart, being a coroner was not a lowly profession, and it was no worse than those glamorous professions.
Gu Ren wanted to clear his name, so why would she disagree?
After returning home from Zheng Qiu's place, Gu Ren began working on the outline and writing the character design.
This story is easy to write because Zheng Qiu has the material, and he can also ask Gu Xin to help him gather material from the Dali Temple, the Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice. With Zheng Qiu, an experienced coroner, by his side, he doesn't need to worry about professional issues.
However, since Zheng Qiu is a woman disguised as a man, she needs a male lead. Who should she be paired with?
The Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review? No, that Lord Qin is too old, almost thirty, looks too serious, and is married with children. He's not a good match for Xiao Qiu.
Head Constable Gao? No, that guy's a bit dim-witted. His relative is a concubine, yet he only wants to be a head constable.
To fabricate one?
Calm, steady, meticulous, and tragically fated junior coroner, is given a brilliant but unlucky, silly, straight-laced male top scholar in the imperial examination.
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