Gu Xin stopped Zheng Qiu, who was about to go inside, and said with a sly look in her eyes, "Xiao Qiu, shall we go to the rooftop to admire the moon?"
Zheng Qiu was taken aback, then chuckled: "It would be a bit troublesome to have someone bring a ladder now. Why don't we just stay in the yard?"
Gu Xin shook her index finger and laughed, "I don't need a ladder to climb the roof. Of course, with me here, you don't need a ladder either."
Zheng Qiu: "!"
Then Gu Xin pulled Zheng Qiu aside, put her arm around Zheng Qiu's waist, and with a leap, she pushed off a big tree in the yard and used the momentum to fly onto the roof.
Zheng Qiu was so frightened that she almost forgot to breathe.
This was the first time she had ever been held and flown like this.
Gu Xin smiled and took her hand, slowly walking upstairs: "Let's go lie down over there and look at the stars!"
Zheng Qiu: "...Didn't you say you were going to admire the moon?"
Gu Xin said in a serious tone, "Moon gazing is only truly meaningful when done with your sweetheart, but we can look at the stars with our best friends."
Zheng Qiu chuckled, "Our Princess Xinxin has a whole set of reasons."
Gu Xin added, "So, Xiao Qiu, don't look at the moon for a while, just look at the stars. My sister taught me to recognize stars, there are so many stars. I used to be lost in the desert, and I always found my way by looking at the stars."
The two found a place to sit down, then put their hands behind their heads and lay down comfortably.
Gu Xin pointed to a spot and said, "Xiao Qiu, look, those stars can guide the way. That's north, and the opposite of north is south. North is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right. That's how my sister taught me to tell directions when I was little."
Gu Xin recalled what happened after Gu Nian treated her well and said with a smile, "When we were little, we didn't distinguish between east, west, south, and north. We usually talked about front, back, left, and right. Our village was Sanchakou Village. Facing the main road, the left side was the road to the prefectural city, and the right side was the road to the county town. If you walked up for about 15 minutes, you would reach another village, and behind that was the back mountain. Then my sister thought I was silly, so she taught me how to identify north. Once I knew which direction was north, I knew the other directions."
Gu Xin then went on and on about many things from her childhood.
She hadn't had enough wine and couldn't sleep anyway. Zheng Qiu was a good-natured person and listened to Gu Xin talk about everything from Sanchakou Village to the Western Sand Kingdom.
"White clothes!" Gu Xin suddenly sat up and called out.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Qiu was startled and sat up as well.
"It's nothing, I just got thirsty from talking so much. I'll have Baiyi get us some water." Gu Xin said, then added apologetically, "It's not that I'm lazy, I'm just worried that you'll be scared up here by yourself if I go down to get water."
Zheng Qiu nodded seriously: "Yes, I believe you!"
Gu Xin was taken aback, and then the two of them burst into laughter.
The way Bai Yi flew onto the roof was much more elegant and fluid than Gu Xin's. He brought up a tray with wine, fruit, and snacks.
"I knew you, Baiyi, understood me best!" Gu Xin grabbed a peach to satisfy her craving.
"No. Third Miss, please don't say such things. If General Lu finds out, he'll transfer me to the camp to train his troops." The woman in white waved her hands repeatedly.
“He wouldn’t dare! He said that only I can make you do things from now on, and if I say no, then no. Besides, he hasn’t been at the camp lately; my dad has been keeping him at the academy as a teacher!” Gu Xin said.
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