"Of course, the whole brigade has heard about it now. I only came to tell Brother Gu because my wife Cuihua told me."
"Youcai, do me a favor."
Gu Nanxun pretended to be nonchalant. In reality, he was already secretly wanting to laugh, but he tried his best to maintain a serious expression, though the joy in his eyes was impossible to hide. He pressed his lips together, trying to suppress the laughter that was about to escape his lips, but the uncontrollable joy still quietly flowed from the corners of his mouth.
"What is it, Brother Gu? Just tell me, and I promise I'll handle it perfectly for you."
Upon hearing Gu Nanxun instruct him to do something, Zhao Youcai said excitedly. He felt as if he had returned to his childhood, to the days when he followed Gu-ge around.
"Go find a burlap sack, then follow Chen Zhaodi. Once you see her alone, then..."
"I get it, put a sack over her head and beat her up, right? Brother Gu, I know this best. I suddenly remembered that I haven't put a sack over your brother's head in a long time."
Before Gu Nanxun could finish speaking, Zhao Youcai interrupted him, excitedly picking up the sack. Gu's older brothers used to bully him at home, and Gu couldn't fight back. Zhao Youcai often followed Gu around, trying to put sacks on the two men in the Gu family.
"Okay, go ahead! Come over tonight and bring me the letter I gave you, I'll rewrite it."
"Okay, Brother Gu, I'm off then."
With that, Zhao Youcai ran out happily.
"Nanxun, what happened to your hand?"
When Lin Qing brought Gu Nanxun dinner that evening, she accidentally saw Gu Nanxun's swollen hand. Although Gu Nanxun tried to hide it, she still saw it.
"It's nothing, I just bumped into something."
Gu Nanxun felt a little embarrassed and was afraid that Lin Qing would misunderstand, so he quickly explained. However, his wandering eyes betrayed him.
"Did your family members come to cause you trouble?"
Lin Qing asked, puzzled. She was afraid that Gu Nanxun's family would cause him trouble.
"What are you thinking? Nothing like that. I'm penniless right now. They'd rather stay far away from me than let me drag them down. Why would they come looking for me?"
Gu Nanxun reached out and gently ruffled Lin Qing's hair. His Qingqing was so adorable; he had wanted to ruffle her hair for a long time.
It feels so good to knead; it's exactly the same as I imagined.
Is that because of me?
Lin Qing looked at Gu Nanxun for a long time before speaking.
Why would you think that?
Gu Nanxun looked at Lin Qing helplessly and asked gently.
"Because of me, people are talking about us behind our backs. Do you mind?"
Lin Qing stared intently into Gu Nanxun's eyes and asked seriously. But her stiff tongue and slightly sweaty palms betrayed her nervousness.
"Fool, you're the one who'll suffer from gossip, why should I care? Besides, I've gained a smart, beautiful, rich, and capable partner. Shouldn't I be secretly happy? How could I possibly care?"
Gu Nanxun noticed Lin Qing's unease. He didn't know why she was uneasy, but he didn't want her to be. Lin Qing had already told everyone that they were in a free-love relationship; how could he continue to hide behind her?
"Who's your boyfriend/girlfriend...?"
When Lin Qing suddenly heard Gu Nanxun call her "girlfriend," it was as if the whole world lit up. Although she said, "Who's your girlfriend?" her upturned lips and her suddenly flushed cheeks revealed her joy!
"It's my fault, I haven't confessed my feelings to Qingqing yet."
Gu Nanxun looked at Lin Qing, sat up straight, then held Lin Qing's hands and stared into her eyes as he spoke earnestly.
"Qingqing, would you give me a chance to be with you? To have me in your life from now on, and to take good care of you and love you for the rest of your life?"
"Qingqing, actually I liked you at first sight! But I was afraid of being a burden to you. Even though you kept saying that you could cure my leg, I was still worried that I would become a burden to you. I think you deserve someone better, not someone like me who can only lie in bed."
"But I can't accept the possibility that one day you might marry someone else, call someone else 'husband,' and have someone else's children. I think I would go crazy."
"Qingqing, I can't control myself anymore. Let me be selfish just this once! Qingqing, will you..."
"Waaah..."
Before Gu Nanxun could finish speaking, Lin Qing threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
From the moment she regained her memories in her own graveyard, to seeing Gu Nanxun lying on the ground covered in blood, to the time travel she experienced, watching a group of strangers carefully impersonating the original owner of the body, afraid of being discovered, to the trip to the countryside where she saw Gu Nanxun lying there like a broken doll, her heart felt like it was being pierced by countless needles, the pain making it hard to breathe.
Many times, she wanted to hug her brother Nanxun, but she couldn't; she had to rack her brains to cover it up. She was worried that she was causing trouble for her brother Nanxun, and she was also worried that her brother Nanxun no longer loved her.
But she loved her brother Nanxun. Although she had forgotten him in her past life, when her memories returned, she knew she loved him. This feeling was different from that of that scumbag. She didn't love that scumbag, which is why she only agreed to be with him after he pursued her for two years. Because she didn't love him, she only agreed out of gratitude. This is also why she hesitated to take the final step with him.
"Baby, don't cry..."
Seeing Lin Qing crying like a helpless child, Gu Nanxun sat there at a loss. He could only hold her tightly, gently patting her shoulder, repeating over and over, "Baby, don't cry, baby, don't cry..."
Upon hearing Gu Nanxun's words, Lin Qing cried even harder, her tears falling like large beads from her eyes.
She remembered a time when she was a child and was bullied by the other adults in the orphanage. Gu Nanxun helped her beat up the bullies, but because of the age difference, although he won in the end, he was covered in injuries.
At that time, she and he were sitting in the corner of the orphanage, and she kept crying as she looked at Gu Nanxun, who was covered in wounds.
Little Gu Nanxun's cheeks were red and swollen, her lip was cut, and her clothes were torn. He was holding her tiny self just like now, patting her shoulder, clumsily saying over and over again, "Baby, don't cry..."
It took Lin Qing a long time to calm down. She grabbed Gu Nanxun's clothes and wiped away her tears.
"Nanxun, are we dating now?"
"Of course, didn't you tell everyone that we were in a free-love relationship?"
Gu Nanxun pinched Lin Qing's red nose and teased her.
Upon hearing Gu Nanxun's words, Lin Qing's eyes widened in surprise.
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