Cai Xiaolian rarely saw Gu Xin so determined to do something.
From the moment the trio of them arrived here, they were basically the ones teaching Gu Xin, passing on all the skills they knew to her. The girl learned, but she wasn't particularly interested in any particular skill.
As for cooking skills, the three of them only wanted to teach her a few simple dishes. Gu Xin only knew a few simple dishes, such as stir-fried shredded potatoes and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. She basically couldn't cook meat dishes.
She loves to eat, but she never takes the initiative to ask to learn how to cook.
In areas like martial arts, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, Gu Shouxin taught her everything, and she accepted whatever he taught her, rarely delving deeper into any of them.
She never said what she wanted to do in the future. When the trio of transmigrators first arrived, she was very interested in making money. Now, with the Gu family's wealth, she won't lack money even if she doesn't make any, so she's not interested anymore.
Especially after returning from her trip to the West, she basically stopped touching the household accounts, which were mostly managed by Gu Si.
As a result, after being back for so long, she finally found what she wanted to do: investigate cases at the yamen (government office).
Cai Xiaolian felt that the three time-traveling duo had had a tremendous impact on her.
As you should know, Gu Xin is a gentle, petite, and delicate girl.
Now, I'm not a person at all anymore.
Although, she still developed feelings for Lu Zheng.
Cai Xiaolian wasn't sure if Gu Xin's interest was just a passing fancy or if she genuinely liked it, so she couldn't help but ask, "Xin Xin, can you tell your mother why you've suddenly become interested in this? I don't think the case this morning could have made you suddenly have this idea. There must be other reasons, right?"
Gu Xin nodded: "Yes, that's right. After I came back, I spent my free time reading books from Renren and Yuanyuan's bookstore. Before, when I was in the West, I rarely had time. Back then, when we reconnected, Renren had her older sister and brother-in-law bring over a whole suitcase of books. I flipped through them, but I wasn't very interested. But after I came back, I realized it wasn't that I didn't like reading storybooks, but rather that I didn't like that genre. The ones Renren had her older sister and brother-in-law bring me were all about romance, and to use a word one of my sisters once used, they were incredibly melodramatic. Those melodramatic and bizarre love stories, Yuanyuan and I certainly wouldn't experience. They'd just make me feel uneasy. I don't find the love between those male and female protagonists earth-shattering; it's too unrealistic. Recently, I've been reading their detective stories, and once I started, I couldn't stop."
Cai Xiaolian: "?"
Gu Xin's eyes lit up when she talked about her favorite things: "Mom, those melodramatic love stories are mindless; watching too many of them makes me think I'll become stupid. But detective stories are different. I can think along with them. The time of death, the location of death, the first or second crime scene. The murderer's methods, the murder weapon, and the clues at the crime scene—these are really captivating. They make my brain work. Like today's case. I heard a scream, rushed over, and then told Dongxue to wait at the door, not to let her come in, because I was afraid our footprints or unintentional movements might destroy some evidence. Although I saw Li Yuyan holding the murder weapon stained with the victim's blood at a glance, I really didn't think she was the murderer."
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