Gu Xin recalled hearing Cheng Huaijin call her name when she was unconscious, and how, after she woke up and the two recognized each other, the first person Cheng Huaijin asked about wasn't Xiao Yu, but her sister. She had some thoughts in her mind.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Xiao Jin, are you married in the Flowing Sand Kingdom? I remember you and Xiao Yu are two years older than me, sixteen this year, and seventeen after the New Year."
Cheng Huaijin shook his head: "No."
Gu Xin asked again, "Does Brother Xiao Jin have someone he likes?"
Cheng Huaijin looked at Gu Xin and smiled: "Yes, I do. However, my sweetheart is not in Liusha Kingdom, but in Da Zhou."
Gu Xin's guess was confirmed. She didn't know whether she should tell Cheng Huaijin that her sister was engaged and that Brother Xue was a good person.
Seeing her like this, Cheng Huaijin guessed what she was thinking and asked with a smile, "My sweetheart is Sister Niannian. Over the years, the only two thoughts that have kept me alive are that I want to return to the Great Zhou to win over that girl, and that I want to return to the Great Zhou to find my sister. It is Sister Niannian and Xiaoyu who have supported me to live on, helped me protect myself amidst all the conspiracies and tricks, and made me work harder to practice martial arts and improve my skills. Without them, I probably wouldn't have been able to survive in the Flowing Sand Kingdom."
Gu Xin looked at Cheng Huaijin. His face was very similar to Xiaoyu's, except that Xiaoyu was a boy, so he was more rugged, with deeper features and darker skin than Xiaoyu.
With a heavy heart, she said, "Brother Xiao Jin, actually, our two families have only known each other for less than half a year. I feel that you are quite fond of my sister."
Cheng Huaijin smiled and said, "Xinxin, do you know? Sister Niannian was the first woman in this world to wash my hair. She's gentle, kind, and always does things that are unexpected. I didn't understand before. I only knew that whenever your family appeared, the first person I saw was always Sister Niannian. After all these years, I've grown up, and I understand now. Maybe that one glance at you sealed my fate. There's no room for any other girl in my heart."
Gu Xin suddenly remembered what her grandmother had once said: when she first saw her grandfather, he was etched in her heart, and now, decades later, with a house full of children and grandchildren, he is still alive.
However, Gu Xin knew that Cheng Huaijin and Gu Nian would never be Grandpa and Grandma Gu.
She was still struggling with whether to tell Cheng Huaijin directly that Gu Nian was engaged. It would be cruel to Cheng Huaijin, who relied on Gu Nian for survival. But she also knew that Cheng Huaijin would find out sooner or later. Should she let him find out on his own, or give him a heads-up?
Cheng Huaijin poked at the fire with a stick, looking at the roaring flames, and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Xinxin, don't hesitate, you can tell me. Sister Niannian is so good, so outstanding, there must be many people who like her. She's already eighteen, and your second uncle and aunt have arranged a marriage for her, right? The other party must be a very good man, a man worthy of Sister Niannian, right?"
Gu Xin hugged her knees with both hands, rested her chin on them, looked at the flames, and sighed: "Well, my sister is engaged. Brother Jin, there are still many good girls in this world... Don't be too sad."
Gu Xin was at a loss for words to comfort him.
The main reason is that she has never encountered this situation before, there are no kind people around her who love someone she cannot have, and she has never comforted anyone.
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