Gu Hui said to him, "Didn't you know to wait for me to come pick you up?"
Gu En said, "Sister, what if I fall asleep over there? I don't want to sleep with other people. I can't sleep if someone is next to me."
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Gu Hui stopped criticizing him.
Anyway, since then, everyone knows that Gu En has a problem: he can't sleep unless he shares a room with someone other than his family.
Therefore, it is truly remarkable that he was able to fall asleep next to Zheng Qiu, especially while still in a state of shock.
After listening, Gu Xin nodded: "Yes, I also remember that Enzi had this problem. So I thought it was strange at the time. Xiao Qiu is a girl, so she definitely couldn't sleep if Enzi slept in her bed. But Enzi doesn't sleep with people, right? So I thought Enzi was quite strange."
Gu Xin continued, "He even insisted on having a late-night talk with Xiao Qiu by candlelight. Look at him, he's studied for so many years and attended several academies. When has he ever had a late-night talk with his classmates? His servant even said that when he went to Fuzhou to handle tea plantation matters that year, he preferred to have nowhere to sleep on the road rather than share a room with someone. That's why we say he's strange! He probably didn't even realize it himself."
Gu Si listened and found it increasingly plausible, and began to worry again: "The more they talk about Xiao Qiu, the more she seems like my sister-in-law, but my brother is too naive, what should I do?"
Gu Xin waved her hand: "What are you worried about? I just told you, people who are destined to be together will find each other even if they're silly. Go to sleep and don't think about it so much."
They talked all the way back to the courtyard. It was getting late, so the two sisters stopped chatting and went back to their respective courtyards to rest.
At this moment, Gu En lay in bed, unable to fall asleep.
He was also thinking about a problem.
Lately, he keeps thinking about Xiao Qiu. He doesn't know why, but he just inexplicably starts thinking about her, and it feels weird to him.
If his second uncle hadn't assigned him the task, he really wouldn't have been able to concentrate on preparing for the exam.
For example, when he wakes up in the morning, the first thing he thinks about is what Xiao Qiu is doing? Will there be any cases today?
If there's no movement from Third Sister's side, then there's no case. He should keep an eye on what Third Sister is doing.
So he instructed his attendants to keep a close watch on who came to his house that day and to inform him immediately if anyone arrived.
Then he did morning exercises, read books, and wrote articles.
By noon, the attendant hadn't mentioned who had come, and he would ask if anyone had come looking for Third Sister, the answer of which was always no.
He started wondering again: Had Xiao Qiu gone to the Dali Temple? Or was she at the mortuary? Or was she at home studying the model his second sister had given him?
Even during her afternoon nap, Gu En's mind was completely occupied by Zheng Qiu.
Sometimes I dream about Zheng Qiu during my afternoon nap, and even after I wake up, Zheng Qiu is still on my mind.
Sometimes he even needs to practice calligraphy to calm himself down.
When he went to bed at night, before falling asleep, Zheng Qiu was still on his mind. He wondered if Xiao Qiu was asleep, if she was bored and spending the whole night looking at the model her second sister had given her, and whether he should go visit her.
If he weren't afraid of his family scolding him, and even more afraid of everyone finding out that he went to see Zheng Qiu in the middle of the night for no reason, he really would have taken action.
He would toss and turn thinking about Zheng Qiu for a long time before he could fall asleep.
Almost every day when I wake up, Zheng Qiu is on my mind, and when I fall asleep, Zheng Qiu is still on my mind.
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