Grandma Gu looked at Gu En and asked, "Enzi, do you really not have a girl like that around you?"
Grandpa and Grandma Gu knew Zheng Qiu's true identity. Apart from the eldest son and his wife, Uncle Gu En, and the little ones, everyone else in the family knew that Zheng Qiu was a girl.
While chatting with the Empress Dowager, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu learned about Zheng Qiu's family background and did not object to the Empress Dowager's plans.
Grandma Gu knew as soon as she saw Gu Ren that the brat must know something. Then she thought, if Renren could figure it out, surely Enzi couldn't have not noticed anything at all, so she asked this question.
Gu En was taken aback, then shook her head and assured her, "Grandma, how could that be? I usually associate with my classmates from the academy. It was only when I came back recently that I went to Taizhou to visit my third sister and met Old Wang and Boss Du. I also got to know Xiao Qiu. Boss Du is several years older than me, and he's the one Bai Yi took a liking to. I don't have any girls around me!"
Grandma Gu gave him a deep look.
This darn thing, I still can't tell that Xiao Qiu is a girl.
Grandpa Gu couldn't help but ask, "I remember when you were little, you didn't even like to go to other people's funerals. Xiao Qiu is a coroner, how did you become so familiar with her?"
Those who knew the inside story all thought that Grandpa Gu's question was a good one.
The only people present who didn't know the inside story were Uncle Gu and Madam Zhang. The couple were also puzzled. Their son seemed to have been timid since childhood, especially afraid of ghosts and spirits, and dared not go near dead people. Except for visiting graves during the New Year when he was the eldest grandson and had to go, he would avoid going to such places whenever possible.
How did he and Xiao Qiu become so close?
Gu En pursed his lips, somewhat uncertainly saying, "Maybe it's because I'm not afraid anymore! When you go out alone a lot, you inevitably end up spending the night in the wilderness. After a few times, you're not afraid anymore. Besides, Grandpa, Xiao Qiu is just a coroner. He can speak for the deceased and say what the deceased couldn't say. I think what he does is very meaningful. Think about it, Grandpa, Xiao Qiu can even cut open the body of the deceased without being afraid. It shows that he is an upright and honest person. I like people like that. So, I like to be close to him and absorb some of his sense of justice."
Grandpa Gu stroked his beard and smiled: "Really? So our Enzi likes righteous people! I also think Xiao Qiu is quite good."
Gu En nodded: "Xiao Qiu is really good. I was so scared at Boss Du's inn that I didn't dare to sleep alone. I went to his room and fell asleep quickly! So, Xiao Qiu's sense of justice is really effective."
Uncle Gu said with disdain, "You have the nerve to say that? You're seventeen this year and you still can't sleep alone. When I was your age, your older sister could already walk on her own."
Gu En: "..."
Zhang rarely showed any disdain for her son, saying, "Enzi, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but how can a real man act like this? What if you marry a delicate wife in the future, and you're both afraid of her? Wouldn't you both be hiding under the covers, trembling with fear?"
Uncle Gu gave Zhang a thumbs up and said solemnly, "Daughter-in-law, you're doing great! You've learned a four-character phrase! Trembling with fear, you know what it means, but do you know how to write those four characters?"
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