"Just let me go. It'll get really hot in the sun later, I'll be dying of heat."
"I already told you I'd wash it, so you better stay put!" Gu Yanbai's face darkened again.
Su Nianxue looked surprised, "You have the nerve to go to the river?"
If the villagers find out, they'll laugh at him!
He's so concerned about saving face!
Gu Yanbai glanced at her sideways, "Am I that stupid that I have to go to the river to wash?"
"Can't I wash at home? What's wrong with that?"
As he spoke, he went behind the door, took out a carrying pole, and carried a load of empty buckets out the door.
As they reached the door, he turned back, still worried, and said, "You better stay put!"
"If I come back and find you've run away again, see what I'll do to you!"
Su Nianxue was both amused and exasperated. "Fine, I'll stay home and do nothing, okay?"
In all her life, she has never seen anyone compete with others to do chores.
Moreover, he's so domineering.
Before long, Gu Yanbai carried a full load of water into the courtyard.
Seeing that Su Nianxue had indeed not gone out, he nodded in rare satisfaction.
Suddenly she remembered that the two of them had been chatting about this and that since she woke up in the morning, she hadn't had breakfast yet!
"I've kept your breakfast warm in the pot, why don't you go and take it out and eat?"
"I don't want to eat, I have no appetite."
Su Nianxue leaned lazily against the chair, enjoying the cool morning breeze, feeling extremely comfortable.
Gu Yanbai was too lazy to waste words with her.
I went straight to the kitchen and took out the porridge that was still warming in the pot, along with two eggs.
"Eat all of these, or you'll become as skinny as a chick. Don't let a gust of wind blow you away one day."
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