"Oh," Meiya agreed obediently. After finishing her tea, she looked at the empty sleeve on the other side of Gu Changlin, and her eyes became wet again. She stretched out her trembling hand and grasped the empty sleeve. When she spoke again, she was choked with sobs, "Grandpa, you must have been in so much pain at that time?"
The old man, who had been cheerful for most of his life, had tears in his eyes at this moment because of what the girl said. His wrinkled hands gently covered Meiya's cheeks, and Gu Changlin said in a deep voice: "Girl, grandpa doesn't feel any pain anymore. It hasn't hurt for a long time."
"But...but I feel so bad for Grandpa," Meiya couldn't stop crying the more she spoke. She had always felt guilty and sorry for the old people in Ningguta. Now, facing Gu Changlin, she couldn't hold back any more. Tears fell drop by drop, soaking her hands that were tightly clenched on her sleeves. "Grandpa, it would have been great if... Mingwei and I were there at that time."
"Fortunately you weren't here," Gu Changlin said in a deep voice, his deep eyes fixed on Mei Ya, "Girl, if this injury happened to you and Ming Wei, it would cost this old man his life."
"Grandpa..." Meiya couldn't say any more, and she opened her mouth as if she was about to cry again.
"Don't cry anymore. Be careful or the baby you give birth to will look like a bitter melon!" Gu Changlin was busy scaring Mei Ya with a stern face.
"Really?" Mei Ya was frightened and looked at Gu Changlin doubtfully. Even though her tears were still falling, she dared not make a sound.
"Really!" Gu Changlin couldn't help laughing in his heart when he saw her like this, but he still kept a stern face. He took out the handkerchief and handed it to her while continuing to scare Meiya, "It's okay if it's a boy, but if it's a girl who is born with a sad face, even if she is a princess of the royal family, she will definitely not be able to find a husband! So don't cry anymore in the future, understand?"
"Oh, I understand," Mei Ya nodded hurriedly like a chick pecking at rice. She took the handkerchief from Gu Changlin to wipe her tears, and stroked her bulging belly guiltily, saying apologetically, "My dear, mother didn't mean it. Mother will never cry again! Don't blame mother, and don't scare mother with a sad face..."
"From now on, not only can you not cry, you have to laugh more," Gu Changlin said with a smile, his eyes fell on Meiya's belly, his eyes were full of tenderness, he paused, and then sighed, "The little girl is going to be a mother, ah! Time is unforgiving."
Gu Changlin thought about the scene when he first met Meiya. It was at the foot of the mountain, at the door of Jixian Book House. He watched the half-grown girl hurriedly rushing to Chenjiatun to take care of Grandma Chen. He was sitting in the carriage at that time, looking at Meiya's palm-sized face with a pair of dark eyes reflecting the white winter snow and the golden sunshine. She obviously had such a pair of beautiful eyes, but this girl was always timid, perhaps because of the scar on her face, or perhaps because of the name Achou.
The next time he saw the girl was in the small shabby courtyard halfway up the mountain. The girl was wearing a new red cotton-padded jacket. She looked very happy but also very shy. She stood in front of him, not daring to raise her head. Her dark eyes timidly and furtively patrolled the courtyard. As soon as she looked at the window, her little head lowered quickly, and her palm-sized face turned even redder.
How could there be such a cute and pitiful girl?
He was as emotional at that time as he is now.
Yes, there will never be another girl more lovely and pitiful than her.
The grown man who had always been free and easy in his life, only realized the benefits of having a child after he met this girl. It was also from that time that he was no longer carefree, he also had a child that made him worry...
"Grandpa," Meiya finally calmed down, holding Gu Changlin's hands tightly with both hands and talking to him, "Why don't you see Grandpa Ding? Didn't he come to the capital with you?"
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