After eating the glutinous rice balls, Gu Lan glanced at the time. It was half past ten, which was already past Qingqing's usual sleeping time.
He put away all the dishes and chopsticks and threw them into the sink. Someone would take care of all this tomorrow. Then he picked up Qingqing and urged the old housekeeper to go back and rest.
The old housekeeper waved his hand, signaling Gu Lan and the others to leave first.
"Second Master, take the eldest lady to rest first. Your bedroom is cleaned every day, so it's very clean. I want to sit alone for a while. I'm old and I feel light. I can't sleep at this hour."
Gu Lan looked outside and saw the security guards patrolling the house walking nearby. The old housekeeper was not unattended, so he was relieved and prepared to take Qingqing back to the main bedroom.
"Qingqing, say goodnight to the housekeeper." He shook Qingqing, indicating that she should say goodbye to them.
"Goodnight, housekeeper." Qingqing waved her little hands, and her soft and sweet voice was as sweet as if she had sugar in her mouth.
"Okay, good night, Miss, you should go to bed early."
The old housekeeper waved goodbye to Qingqing with a smile, and watched her being carried away by Gu Lan.
In the night, the old housekeeper was the only one left in the kitchen. She looked at the empty kitchen and suddenly sighed. There was an indescribable loneliness in her old voice.
"Miss, don't you like the dumplings made by the housekeeper's grandmother?"
In the silence, only the dumplings that were silently placed aside and not even touched accompanied the old housekeeper.
Six white and plump dumplings quietly snuggled together, like small round jade stones. Suddenly, the soup swayed gently, and the five jade stones rolled into a ball again.
*** The Gu family's
house is very large. The whole ancestral house is comparable to a courtyard with five entrances. There are courtyards, running water, rockeries, swimming pools, and of course houses for people to live in.
The five-story main house in the middle is mainly for the Gu family's owners and guests to live in. There is also a three-story small building next to the main house, which is provided for the Gu family's servants to live in. It can be regarded as a staff dormitory.
The kitchen was separated from the main house because of the heavy smoke and fire, and was built in another place not far from the main house.
The whole ancestral house is decorated very quietly, and it also shows the background and wealth, which is enough to show that the ancestors of the Gu family must not be a simple family.
Because there are only two or three kittens left in the Gu family, and they often don't come back to live here, the whole main house seems a bit empty and lacks popularity.
If Gu Lan hadn't grown up here and was very familiar with every corner of the house, he would have naturally felt more intimate. Looking at this gloomy scene, he might have thought he had entered a haunted house.
Not to mention, their house's construction pattern and ancient-style architecture are really suitable for supernatural scenes.
He and Gu Qingqing's bedroom is on the third floor.
The first floor of the house is the banquet hall and the reception hall, the second floor is the guest room for guests to rest and some functional areas, and the third floor and above are the main living areas of the owner.
The top floor is a sky garden with a small swimming pool. It used to be Mrs. Gu's favorite, but now it has become a deserted wasteland.
The fourth floor is basically where the elders of the Gu family live, including Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, and the deceased uncle and Gu Yanyu.
As for the third floor, it is completely his and Gu Qingqing's world.
As soon as he stepped onto the third floor, Gu Lan saw the white chalk line extending from the staircase.
Recalling the origin of the chalk line, her thin lips curled up unconsciously, her throat trembled, and a low and deep laugh escaped from her teeth: "I didn't expect this to still be there."
Qingqing looked at Gu Lan who suddenly laughed in a strange way, and her little head tilted: "Brother, what are you laughing at?"
"Laughing at us, we were quite naive back then."
His eyes lingered on the crooked chalk line with nostalgia. Gu Lan could still clearly remember how he bent over and lay on the ground to draw this line bit by bit.
In fact, this is an alternative "38th parallel", which is the kind that often appears on the desks of elementary school students.
Gu Qingqing has a strong sense of territory, and she does not allow the young Gu Lan to enter her room at will.
Once again, little Gu Lan was irritated by her. In order to piss off his sister, he deliberately ran to open Gu Qingqing's door and bent all her lipsticks...
and smeared
them all on the clean white sheets that had just been washed.
Imagine that Gu Qingqing, who had just returned home from class, faced this "blood-stained" scene...
The string of reason broke directly, and it broke into several sections in a row, and it couldn't be connected no matter how hard she tried.
Little Gu Lan, who was full of complacency and thought that his revenge was successful, completely ignored the huge age difference between the siblings and the disparity in force, so that his little butt was beaten to a pulp.
After beating him, Gu Qingqing pointed at Gu Lan's nose and yelled angrily: "Don't you ever step into my room again, or I'll beat you every time I see you!"
Maybe he was frightened by his sister's furious state, or he was aroused by his rebellious psychology. The ten
-year-old
naughty child Gu Lan just lay on the ground with his red and swollen little butt, drew this dividing line with tears in his eyes, and said.
"From now on, this side is yours and that side is mine. Whoever steps into the other's territory will be a puppy."
Then...
Gu Qingqing put her arms around her chest, her beautiful peach blossom eyes stared down at Gu Lan, and then slowly raised her red lips: "Woof woof."
She barked twice casually, and then trampled on his boundaries in front of Gu Lan.
At the end, she ruthlessly mocked: "Only children would abide by such a stupid treaty."
Little Gu Lan: "..."
He was so angry that he cried, so loudly that even all the servants in the house took turns to coax him.
In the end, Gu Qingqing, who was brainwashed by his magic voice, couldn't help it, and walked out with momentum and stuffed a chocolate into his mouth.
"If you dare to howl again, I'll stuff you with poison."
This chocolate was dark chocolate, with a cocoa content of almost 80%. It was extremely bitter when eaten, and it turned Xiao Gulan's white flour bun into a brown sugar bun.
But he was so brave that he dared to bite the bullet and negotiate with his sister: "You are not allowed to step into my territory again. If you come in again, I will scold you to death even if you feed me poison!"
"...Okay, okay, I won't step on it. Do you really think that place is a treasure trove? You are protecting it like it's something."
From then on, Gu Qingqing not only never set foot on Gu Lan's territory again, she even refused to let anyone erase this childish chalk line, leaving the evidence, waiting for Gu Lan to grow up and laugh at him for it.
Unfortunately, when Gu Lan grew up, she seemed to have forgotten about it.
Gu Lan was the same. He could only remember it now because of the scene that brought back memories.
Now he didn't need Gu Qingqing to laugh at him, he also knew how stupid he was back then.
He would ask someone to destroy this dark history!
Forcing Qingqing's curious gaze away, Gu Lan led Qingqing to his room. When he stepped into the line, he suddenly had an idea: "Qingqing, repeat 'woof woof' after me."
"Woof woof?" Qingqing followed him foolishly, and only after she finished did she realize something was wrong: "My brother is so bad, he tricked Qingqing into imitating a dog."
She pouted her lips and accused a certain old man who was old but still tricked a child.
He was really bad.
"Hahaha... Who called you stupid?"
Gu Lan's conscience did not hurt because of this, but instead he tasted the long-lost happiness from bullying a child.
Sure enough, not only should you beat your brother as early as possible, you should also bully your sister as
early as possible.
It was obvious that Qingqing couldn't wear any of the clothes that the Gu family had kept as an adult, but fortunately Gu Lan brought her a set of spare clothes from the hospital.
After washing the child, he put her on the big bed and went to clean himself.
Qingqing was too young and needed her parents' care when she slept, so Gu Lan carried her directly into his bedroom.
The little girl was still sick, and after so much trouble, she soon fell asleep out of exhaustion.
When Gu Lan came back, he saw Qingqing sleeping soundly, so he didn't disturb her. He just made a bed on the floor and went to sleep.
There was only one bed in his room, and the bed was occupied by Qingqing, so he had to put up with it and sleep on the floor.
Gu Lan slept until 6 o'clock in the morning before getting up.
As soon as he stood up, he found that Qingqing was missing.
The messy bedding was piled on the ground, forming a buffer zone between the bed and the floor, with a slightly concave mark in the middle.
It seemed that Qingqing must have walked out by herself after waking up.
Even though there were servants and security guards in the house, Gu Lan was still worried and went out to look for her.
This time he found her in the pavilion in the garden.
At that time, Qingqing was lying on the old housekeeper's lap, tilting her little head and listening to her slowly telling a story.
The originally bland and boring story was transformed into a humorous and interesting short story after the old housekeeper's words, which could attract the attention of children.
At least Qingqing liked it very much.
Gu Lan also noticed that most of the stories that the old housekeeper told Qingqing were fables with various common sense principles. Regardless of whether Qingqing could understand them or not, she learned a lot from them.
No wonder Qingqing was so sensible and well-behaved. It turned out that besides Aunt Ding, she also had the old housekeeper, a real treasure of the family.
"Second Young Master."
Qingqing did not hear the footsteps behind her, but it was the old housekeeper's voice that reminded her.
She turned her head when she heard the words, and then ran towards Gu Lan happily: "Brother!"
Like a small meat ball rolling at a very fast speed.
Gu Lan squatted slightly out of habit, spread his arms, and welcomed Qingqing's "throwing into his arms".
Gu Lan's arms were filled with milk all at once, and he didn't even waver. He picked up Qingqing steadily and walked to the old butler who was sunbathing outside the house.
"Are you leaving?"
The old butler looked a little reluctant, "Eat your dessert first before you go."
Gu Lan lowered his head and found two bowls of ginger milk on the small table next to the old butler.
One of the bowls was already half empty, needless to say, he also knew whose stomach it went into, and the other bowl was still full, obviously waiting for him to eat.
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