"I'm fine!"
Gu Qingcheng's face turned pale. This body was originally just fragile.
After Gu Qingcheng exchanged some of her physical strength for her looks, her fragility turned into sickly weakness.
What a yandere!
You will get out of breath after walking a few steps, and you may even faint if you feel chest tightness and shortness of breath.
If the person is subjected to a "greater" stimulation, he will even spit out blood on the spot!
She is no longer a lamp beauty, but a snow beauty. Even without external force, she can be sick and weak!
Gu Qingcheng had been a lamp beauty, so she would not be too unfamiliar with the snow beauty.
She held onto Zhao Qingyun's arm and smiled weakly, "Da Lang, you must be hungry! Let's go to the old house for dinner!"
Zhao Qingyun: ...Mother, you are in this state now, and you still want to go to the old house?
Still eating?
Haha, with grandma's arrogance, aunt's fierceness, second aunt's scheming and fourth aunt's pretending to be stupid, the three of them, mother and son, couldn't even get through the door.
Still want to go to someone’s house for dinner?
Although it’s getting dark, I can’t dream nonsense.
Zhao Qingyun looked at his mother's frail and sickly appearance. The key point was that his mother was too "naive" and actually believed the nonsense told by the people in the old house.
If I go to the old house and get scolded again, my mother will definitely not be able to bear it.
Innocence was defeated, and he finally saw the cruel and bloody truth. This must have been very cruel for his mother!
Zhao Qingyun didn't want his mother to go through that at all.
It’s strange to say, but in the past, Zhao Qingyun disliked his mother’s “naivety” and hoped that she would face reality as soon as possible and become a qualified wife and mother.
But now, looking at his mother's breathtakingly beautiful face and her body as fragile as a porcelain doll, he suddenly felt: It's good for his mother to remain innocent forever!
The father can use his own efforts to help the mother retain her innocence and kindness.
Why can't he?
Zhao Qingyun puffed out his chest. He had already determined that he was the new pillar of the Zhao family, and suddenly he felt an endless sense of heroism.
"Mom! Let's just forget it. Grandma and the others--" are not easy people to get along with.
If you go, you will only be bullied and irritated!
"Your grandma is the most loving and kind person. The last time she came to ask me to 'borrow' some money, she said that we're all family and should look after each other!"
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However, Gu Qingcheng seemed not to notice Zhao Qingyun's worry, and could not appreciate his love and filial piety.
She seems to be living in her own world, only believing in her own principles.
Zhao Qingyun: ...So powerless!
Forget it, since my mother is so persistent, I might as well let her go and "experience" it.
Maybe it’s a little cruel, but it’s better than my mother always living in a “dream”!
Thinking of this, Zhao Qingyun stopped persuading him.
He and brother Zhao Qingsong, one on each side, supported Gu Qingcheng.
The mother and her two children left the house together.
They themselves didn't feel anything, but the combination of them, one big and two small, with the big one sick and the small one weak, looked extremely miserable and pitiful in the eyes of others.
"Ah, this orphan and his widowed mother are so pitiful!"
The neighbor next door came out with a wooden basin to pour water.
I happened to see the brothers Zhao Qingyun and Zhao Qingsong "struggling" to support Gu Qingcheng.
As for Gu Qingcheng, she was as thin as a piece of paper. Not to mention the strong wind, even a breath from someone could blow her away.
The mother and her two children were all dressed in heavy mourning, and the coarse linen clothes reminded everyone: her man was gone, and their brothers' father was gone!
"The Zhao family is about to break up."
"Yes, Doctor Zhao is such a capable man. With him around, the family can still support themselves. If he leaves, we'll be left with orphans and a widow—"
It was already evening. Some villagers who had eaten early came out to digest their food and happened to see Gu Qingcheng and her son.
There were few entertainment activities these days, so the villagers relied on gossip about the neighbors to entertain themselves.
Everyone was curious when they saw that Gu, who had been bedridden, actually got up and went out with her child.
"Zhao Sanjia, are you feeling better?"
There was someone in the crowd who was quite familiar with Gu Youniang, so he asked anxiously.
“…It’s alright!”
Gu Qingcheng heard the voice, turned her head, and tried her best to force a smile.
However, her body was too weak. After walking a few steps, she was out of breath and had a weak voice when speaking.
Gu Qingcheng's smile is sickly, but because of her appearance, it has the charm of "Xi Shi holding her heart".
The neighbor who asked the question was immediately amazed.
"I've heard that Gu is pretty, but I never thought she'd be this pretty!"
A peasant woman in the countryside doesn't know many adjectives, and can't recite any poems to describe beautiful women.
She just thought that Gu was pretty, prettier than the fairies in the paintings and the Bodhisattvas in the temples!
It was so beautiful that even as a woman, she didn't feel jealous. Instead, she felt an inexplicable admiration and a hint of heartache.
Oh, what happened to Gu?
I'm really sick.
She is so sick, why is she running out?
Did you encounter any difficulties?
Wait, I think I saw the Zhao family coming here just now.
There were also sounds of crying and shouting coming from Doctor Zhao's yard.
Could it be——
The peasant woman's eyes suddenly flashed with eagerness and a hint of anger.
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