Chapter 717 He Doesn’t Understand Gu Qingchen Too Well
The yard returned to silence, and the half-kicked shuttlecock lay alone on the ground.
Gu Qingchen, holding the pile of colorful gadgets in his arms, walked back to the stone table as if possessed.
The things Qian Zhenyun brought included a clay figurine of Sun Wukong, red ropes that could be turned into various patterns, and several colorful glass beads, scattered together.
Next to this bustling scene is the rattle with a tiger cub painted on it...
Lin Jiayou's hoarse and affectionate voice seemed to still echo in my ears.
Gu Qingchen reached out and picked up the rattle. The wooden handle was polished smooth and warm, and the little tiger on the drum, with its mouth open, was indeed quite majestic.
Did she really have such a toy?
The memory is as vague as if it was covered by a layer of fog, and I can't see it clearly at all.
Just as she was lost in thought at the little tiger, a voice sounded behind her without warning.
"This tiger is painted with real spirit, and its craftsmanship is comparable to that of Carpenter Wang at the corner of East Street."
"ah!"
Gu Qingchen was so frightened that her hands trembled and the rattle almost flew out of her hand. She turned around suddenly and saw Qian Zhenyun's enlarged face, smiling at her.
"You scared me to death!" She was angry and amused, raising her hand to punch him, "Didn't you leave? Why are you showing up again like a ghost?"
Qian Zhenyun jumped back, dodged her fist, and spread his hands with an innocent look.
"Who told you to be so serious? I've been standing here for a long time and you didn't even notice."
He leaned forward, his eyes falling on the rattle in her hand, and he exclaimed in amazement, "Honestly, that's what Carpenter Wang's tiger paintings look like, with their noses and eyes all squeezed together. They look fierce, but they're actually a bit silly."
Gu Qingchen's movements froze.
She subconsciously stroked the slightly cool drum handle. Qian Zhenyun's unintentional words were like a very thin needle, gently piercing her heart.
At the entrance of East Street, Carpenter Wang.
She remembered her sister Lan Xin's purse with the word "Jia" embroidered on it, her brother's comment that it was "too sharp", and the strange look in Lin Jiayou's eyes when he turned around.
An inexplicable intuition told her that things might not be that simple.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Qian Zhenyun stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her.
Gu Qingchen came back to his senses and put the rattle back on the table with a little more force than before, making a light "knock" sound.
She kicked Qian Zhenyun's calf, "What are you still doing? You've completed the task assigned to you by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why don't you get out of here?"
"Hey, this is called killing the donkey after it has done its work." Qian Zhenyun shouted exaggeratedly, complaining but not moving his feet. "I'm just worried that you'll be bored alone. Besides, you haven't played with those treasures I gave you yet!"
Looking at his silly and excited look, Gu Qingchen's annoyance actually dissipated a little.
She rolled her eyes at him unhappily, but didn't chase him away.
Qian Zhenyun looked at Gu Qingchen with an unprecedented seriousness in his eyes.
"Gu Qingchen."
He rarely called her by her full name, and Gu Qingchen couldn't help but become serious.
“Some things may look old, but they may not really be old.”
“Some people may seem to be doing it for you, but they may not really be doing it for you.”
Gu Qingchen looked up suddenly, "What do you mean?"
Qian Zhenyun opened his mouth, looked at the ignited flame in her eyes, and sighed in his heart.
Some things are more useful if you just say them briefly rather than say them out loud.
He knew she had listened.
So, he avoided her gaze and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to bring you a message."
"The day after tomorrow, he asked you to meet him outside the city, under the big locust tree where we hid our things before."
A big locust tree where things are hidden.
These words were like a key, instantly opening the floodgates of Gu Qingchen's memory.
Under the tree, buried were her childhood slingshot, the beautiful stone that Qian Zhenyun lost to her, and the storybook that the prince had secretly hidden when he was a child for fear of being scolded by the tutor.
That was the cleanest and purest secret belonging to the three of them.
But Qian Zhenyun chose to bring it up at this time.
Gu Qingchen suddenly realized that he was reminding her.
What was buried under the tree were real old things, things that Lin Jiayou had placed with him for safekeeping and had not yet returned.
“No!”
She uttered the two words in a decisive tone, her voice cold and hard.
Small-minded? Yes, she is very small-minded!
Didn’t the Crown Prince defend Princess Jiahe at the palace banquet and let those rumors spread everywhere?
Who in the capital doesn’t know that they are a perfect match made in heaven?
Then it would be best if the two of them could stay together forever and not bother her.
What do you think of her? A thing that can be summoned and dismissed at will, and can be coaxed when you think of her?
She, Gu Qingchen, won’t keep me company!
Qian Zhenyun seemed to have expected her reaction. There was no surprise on his face. He just asked a follow-up question.
"Really not going?"
"No." Gu Qingchen answered without any hesitation.
"Okay." Qian Zhenyun shrugged, looking nonchalant as if saying, "I've delivered my message, it's up to you whether you go or not."
He knew very well in his heart that Gu Qingchen was this stubborn donkey.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought that he could embrace both girls and appease Princess Jiahe while also coaxing back this childhood sweetheart. He was simply dreaming.
He didn't know Gu Qingchen at all.
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