The man in white drove the carriage back to the city, with Lu Zheng and Gu Xin sitting in the carriage.
Seeing that he was uncomfortable with his head resting against the wooden board, Gu Xin sat up straight and let him rest his head in her lap.
Leaning on my shoulder won't work; it will make Yuan Yuan feel even worse.
Lu Zheng felt much better than before: "Xin Xin, I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."
Gu Xin shook her head: "No, no. I was stupid. I saw a figure on the street that looked like you, so I chased after him. When I realized that the hairpin he wore wasn't the one I gave him, I knew I had mistaken him for someone else. Then I was kidnapped. When I woke up... Brother Yuanyuan, if I hadn't been so stupid, I wouldn't have been used to blackmail you, and you wouldn't have had to stab yourself and get injured. Brother Yuanyuan, do you know? That stab just now really scared me to death."
Lu Zheng: "You're not stupid, you're very good. Don't talk about yourself like that. Xin Xin, be careful in the future. Go with someone wherever you go, don't go alone, okay? Those people are cunning."
Gu Xin nodded: "Okay! I'll listen to Brother Yuanyuan! Brother Yuanyuan, after I go back, I'll practice kung fu for two extra hours every day. From now on, I will never be a burden to you."
Lu Zheng: "No, you have never been a burden to me! On the contrary, I have always been the one dragging you down."
Gu Xin: "No, no, I'm a burden. I will try my best."
Lu Zheng: "No, you're not, you..."
The man in white, who was rushing to catch the carriage outside, grew impatient: "Hey, you two, do you have any self-awareness as seriously injured people or young girls? If you're seriously injured, then obediently cry out in pain, and if you're a young girl, then obediently cry helplessly instead of thinking about practicing kung fu and fighting!"
The carriage was quiet for a moment, and the man in white breathed a sigh of relief.
This little girl has someone who cares about her, but he, a grown man, has no one to care about him. God is really unfair!
Suddenly, conversations broke out in the carriage again.
Lu Zheng: "Xin Xin, did you hear what they called me just now?"
Gu Xin: "You heard that! They called you Lu Zheng. Is Lu your bad father's surname?"
Lu Zheng: "Yes. Lu Zheng, Zheng as in iron-willed. My grandfather gave me this name. My grandfather was a great general, but he passed away a long time ago."
Gu Xin felt the name looked familiar, then slapped her forehead: "Brother Yuanyuan, you actually have the same name as Grandpa Zhou's grandson!"
The man in white outside the car said, "You brat, you were quite self-aware just now, knowing you were stupid. Your Yuanyuan brother, isn't that your Grandpa Zhou's grandson? Lu Zheng, the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion! Hahaha..."
Gu Xin: "Isn't he dead?"
Lu Zheng recounted the whole story to Gu Xin, and by the time they arrived in the prefectural city, he had almost finished.
Before getting out of the car, Gu Xin said very seriously, "Brother Yuanyuan, you have to believe me. I will definitely try my best. I will help you. I will make your stepmother pay for what she did to you tenfold!"
Lu Zheng: "..."
After taking Lu Zheng home, he put on a white coat over his clothes and drove to find Grandma Xiao to come and apply medicine to Lu Zheng, and also to check him over, since his medical skills were no match for Grandma Xiao's.
Gu Xin busied herself starting a fire and boiling water, then cooking rice porridge and washing the medicine pot.
Before long, Grandma Xiao, Grandpa Zhou, Grandpa Gu, and Grandma Gu all came over. Grandpa Gu went to help Gu Xin with her chores, while Grandma Gu and Grandpa Zhou assisted Grandma Xiao.
Although Lu Zheng ate ten jade beads, the sword he used to injure himself went straight through his body, and Grandma Xiao had to give him acupuncture.
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