'No way, I'd feel a sense of accomplishment if I crushed them right now!'
Lu Huaijiao wasn't going to fall for 998's tricks.
998 was completely bewildered.
It thought for a moment and tried to persuade Lu Huaijiao.
"You... fine, even if you can take leave and go back to Shanghai now, do you think you can crush them in your current state? Without my help, you'd probably be crushed by them."
'What would I need you for? Don't I still have Gu Changzheng?'
998 is utterly speechless.
Sure enough, Gu Changzheng was the biggest stumbling block on its road to success.
It remained silent for a long time.
Lu Huaijiao ignored it and noticed some pretty, unidentified purple flowers on the edge of the field by the ditch. She tugged at Gu Changzheng's sleeve.
"Gu Changzheng, I want that flower."
His tone was very matter-of-fact.
Gu Changzheng glanced at it.
"Go pick them yourself?"
“I don’t want to go to the fields.”
The wildflowers are on the other side of the ditch, across the road. If she wanted to go there, she would have to take a detour to cross the ditch, which is more than a meter wide. She didn't want to go.
Gu Changzheng glanced at the ditch, pressed his tongue against his back teeth, clicked his tongue, suddenly picked her up, and jumped into the opposite field in one swift motion.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Lu Huaijiao was terrified when she suddenly flew up and fell back down. Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of her chest.
She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, as if afraid of falling.
"Why did you suddenly scare me? What are you trying to do?"
She was terrified of him.
"You got scared just like that?"
Gu Changzheng's thin lips curled up, a smile playing on his lips, making him look exactly like a scoundrel.
"Lu Huaijiao, you're only bold when you're bullying me; the rest of the time you're as timid as a cat."
Despite his obvious disdain, he didn't stop himself from squatting down with her in his arms, picking the small purple flower, and handing it to Lu Huaijiao.
Having received the flowers she wanted, Lu Huaijiao grumbled twice, briefly forgiving Gu Changzheng's behavior.
"Walk over there, don't jump over it anymore."
Gu Changzheng is a donkey, not a kangaroo. He jumps around thinking he has great jumping ability.
(It seems even donkeys can jump?)
Gu Changzheng scoffed and carried her toward the river.
"Where else would you go if not home? It'll be very sunny soon."
"Didn't you say you wanted to eat fish last night? I'll catch some for you, and wait for them to jump out of the river and into our pot."
Gu Changzheng's tone was full of disdain.
But on his handsome face, bathed in the morning sun, was a gentle smile that was instantly recognizable.
Lu Huaijiao nestled comfortably in his arms, letting him carry her without feeling anything was amiss. It wasn't until she heard Gu Changzheng say she wanted to eat fish that she realized something was wrong.
"Did I say that? I don't remember."
“It was said in my dream, ancestor.”
"..."
Lu Huaijiao, who is usually quick-witted and can make ten people cry with her words, was unusually taken aback when she heard Gu Changzheng's words.
In her dream, she said she wanted to eat fish.
He took it to heart, and now he's taking her fishing?
Could it be that... he actually wanted to eat fish? And so he made up a dream out of nothing?
Lu Huaijiao was exhausted from being tormented by Gu Changzheng for the past two days and nights. She fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.
She couldn't possibly remember what she dreamed about.
Therefore, Lu Huaijiao would never admit to saying or doing something she doesn't remember.
She let out a soft "hmm," her clear almond-shaped eyes, slightly upturned, filled with a hint of teasing.
"Gu Changzheng, stop pretending. It's not wrong for a man to have a sweet tooth. Anyway, I have money. I can support you if necessary!"
Gu Changzheng, who had already carried his little darling to the riverbank: ...
I just want to let go and throw this little troublemaker into the river to feed the fish...
"Gu Changzheng, it's so hot by the river. The sun is about to come out. I want to go back."
Lu Huaijiao had no idea she had almost been fed to the fish. Now, she was basking in the sun and was groaning and feeling very uncomfortable.
"How about I knit you a straw hat?" The man's tone was still impatient, as if he found her troublesome.
Lu Huaijiao didn't mind and took the opportunity to make her own request.
"Then I want something nicer, with freshly picked flowers on the hat. I want a pretty hat."
"trouble!"
…………
After being driven to despair by herself, or rather by Lu Huaijiao, 998 finally came to her senses and was about to try to persuade Lu Huaijiao again when she discovered that Lu Huaijiao was sitting on a rock by the river, her shoes off to the side, kicking her feet in the water.
998 was a little confused.
'Host, have you realized your laziness is beyond human comprehension, so you're contemplating jumping into the river?'
That 998, his words are really unpleasant.
Lu Huaijiao raised her hand and lifted the straw hat made of cattail and willow branches on her head.
'998, you must be the dumbest one of all those things you call a system, right? Saying you realized you were too lazy and couldn't think straight, so you jumped into the river. Would I die if I jumped into the river?'
998 had already mentally prepared itself, but it was just a hair's breadth away from collapsing again because of Lu Huaijiao.
Now 998 has reason to believe that Lu Huaijiao was born to be its nemesis.
'Host. '
'What's wrong? '
Has anyone ever told you that you're good-looking, but it's a shame you have an extra mouth?
Lu Huaijiao clicked her tongue.
'Well, probably no one's told you that you're missing a brain?'
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