Chapter 117 Confession (Second Update)
This was the first time she had called him that. In the past, she had always called him "husband," but that "husband" was not an intimate term between husband and wife. It was more like she was hesitant to call him by his name, so she used his "official title" in the family.
He addressed Gu Lizheng and Luo Lizheng in exactly the same way.
"Hmm?" Xiao Liulang sat down next to her.
Gu Jiao gazed at the boundless starry sky: "Do you know why the stars in the sky don't fall down?"
Xiao Liulang looked at her: "Why?"
Gu Jiao laughed foolishly, "Because they are too far away, they all have their own locations and their own trajectories."
Xiao Liulang was hearing this for the first time and found it intriguing: "If it's really too far away, why are we able to see it?"
"Because they're big!" Gu Jiao raised her hand, the alcohol making her hand wobbly. "Don't let their small size fool you, they're all incredibly big! Do you know what kind of star that is?"
"Which one?" Xiao Liulang asked.
"That one!" Gu Jiao pointed to the star for him, and to make it clearer for him, she held it up to his face. This action caused her soft little body to press against his shoulder.
Xiao Liulang froze!
"Did you see that?" Gu Jiao asked, drunk.
"Hmm." Xiao Liulang responded haphazardly, the girl's sweet fragrance penetrating his nostrils and disturbing his thoughts.
The instigator, Gu Sansui, was completely unaware of what was going on. He whispered in his ear, "Do you know what star that is? I'm only telling you, you can't tell anyone else. It's Venus! People here call it the Evening Star!"
Her breath, carrying tiny waves of heat, landed on his earlobe.
He couldn't hear a word she said; he only felt his ears burning.
Gu Sansui pinched his little earlobe: "Huh? What happened to your ears? They're so red! Are you hot?"
As she spoke, she actually pouted her little lips and blew on it for him.
Her fingertips were slightly cool, and the moment she pinched him, Xiao Liulang shuddered. He thought this was already torture enough, but she went even further.
"Gu Jiao!" Xiao Liulang grabbed her hand, forcing her to sit up straight. "Don't be ridiculous! I'm a man!"
"I know, no, you're not yet. You're not even eighteen yet, you're not a real man, you're still a child." Gu Jiao waved her hand dismissively.
Xiao Liulang looked at her dangerously: "Do you want me to prove to you whether I'm a man or not?"
These words carried a strong threat, but Gu Sansui was not intimidated at all. Instead, she stared at him blankly and said seriously, "Liulang, you are so handsome."
Xiao Liulang took a deep breath: "...You've had too much to drink, let me help you back."
Gu Jiao muttered, "The dishes haven't been washed yet."
Xiao Liulang said, "I'll wash it."
Gu Jiao: "Oh."
Xiao Liulang helped Gu Jiao up, using one hand to support his cane and the other to hold her arm, and helped her back to her room.
She lay on the soft bed, kicked off her shoes, and looked at him with wide eyes: "Liu Lang, I really want to go out and see the world."
Xiao Liulang was about to say, "You're so drunk, where else do you want to go?" but he realized that the "go out" she meant probably didn't mean going out the door.
"Where do you want to go?" he asked, looking at her.
Gu Jiao gave a bitter smile, lowered her eyes, and continued to look up at the distant starry sky: "I don't know. I've been here for so long, and the farthest place I've ever been is the hot spring resort."
Coming here? Are you really out of your mind? Have you forgotten that you're a native of Qingquan Village?
Gu Jiao rested her chin on her hand and asked, "What's outside the county town?"
Xiao Liulang thought for a moment and said, "Large county towns, prefectural cities, provincial capitals. And then there's the capital."
Gu Jiao chuckled, "Then I want to go to a big county town, a prefectural city, or a provincial capital."
"Don't you want to go to the capital?" Xiao Liulang stared at her intently.
Gu San Sui still had a sliver of reason left. Remembering that he didn't want to set foot in the capital, she smiled drunkenly and waved her hand, saying, "No, no, what's so great about the capital? Going to other places is enough. If I go back someday, I can brag about it to people."
Xiao Liulang looked at her strangely, waiting for her to explain these odd things, but she tilted her head, hugged his hand, and started snoring softly.
The hangover was unpleasant. When Gu Jiao woke up, the sun was high in the sky the next day. Her head still ached, and she felt like her head was about to explode the moment she sat up.
In her past life, she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk or falling over ten thousand cups, but this body is too weak; one cup of strong liquor is all she needs.
Gu Jiao endured her headache, opened the small medicine box, and on the top was a box of hangover medicine.
"Huh? How did you know I was drunk?"
Gu Jiao took the medicine listlessly and patted the small medicine box: "This is the most considerate thing you've ever done."
The small medicine box was as quiet as a chicken.
Gu Jiao was dressed neatly, but her body was sluggish from the hangover. She tried to pick up her shoes three times, and dropped them on the ground twice.
Knock knock knock.
There was a knock on the door.
"Who?" Gu Jiao asked.
“Shaking (dog), shaking (dog) baby.”
It's Gouwa's voice.
Next came Xue Ningxiang's words: "Shh, don't disturb Jiaoniang's sleep."
Gouwa was taken away by Xue Ningxiang.
Judging from the fact that she had overslept and no one was making breakfast, and since the old lady wouldn't eat Xiao Liulang's terrible cooking, they called Xue Ningxiang over.
After dressing herself, Gu Jiao sat on the bed for a while, feeling dizzy, before opening the door and going out.
The old lady, Gu Xiaoshun, and Gu Yan sat upright around the table in the main room. When they heard the door open, they all turned to look at her!
"Auntie," Gu Jiao greeted them, her gaze falling on Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun. "Oh? Are the private school and academy closed today? Why didn't you two go to school? Where are your brother-in-law and Xiao Jingkong?"
The two men didn't speak, but looked at her with serious expressions.
"Are you... alright?" the old lady asked suspiciously.
"It's nothing, what's wrong?" Gu Jiao asked.
The three exchanged glances.
Gu Xiaoshun whispered, "Usually, those who say they're not drunk... are actually drunk. Those who say they're fine..."
Gu Yan said expressionlessly, "They've all gone mad."
The old lady and Gu Xiaoshun nodded in unison!
"What's all this nonsense so early in the morning?" Gu Jiao gave the three of them a strange look and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Xiao Jingkong was squatting under the jujube tree cleaning up chicken droppings when he didn't see Gu Jiao walking past him.
Gu Jiao entered the kitchen, where Xiao Liulang was simmering a hangover remedy made with pea sprouts and a little salt.
"Good morning," Gu Jiao said.
Xiao Liulang glanced at her without saying a word, then added a ladle of water to the pot: "You're awake."
"Hmm." Gu Jiao rubbed her dizzy temples and suddenly remembered that she had run off to look at the stars while washing the dishes last night, and she didn't remember much after that.
"I drank too much yesterday, did I do anything strange?" she asked casually, clearly trusting her drinking behavior completely.
Xiao Liulang glanced at her with a complicated expression.
In the yard, Jingkong finished cleaning up the last pile of chicken droppings and then carried a bucket to water the pea sprouts he had planted in his vegetable garden.
As he watered the plants, he hummed and sang: "I have a little donkey~ I never ride it~ One day I suddenly felt like riding it to the market..."
Gu Jiao's mind went blank for a moment, and a disgusting memory flashed through her mind—
She stood on the high bed, with Xiao Liulang standing directly in front of her with a solemn expression.
She had a pair of shoehorns tied to her head and was holding a small waistband in her hand. As she swayed, she sang to Xiao Liulang in a coquettish voice: "...I was holding a little leather whip and I was feeling so proud~ But then, whoosh, I fell and got covered in mud... Little brother, I fell down, I need a kiss to get up!"
Sitting like a duck, tilting his head – so cute!
Gu Jiao staggered, feeling as if a thousand arrows had pierced her heart!
After watering the pea sprouts, Xiao Jingkong started watering the soybean sprouts, and then he changed his song: "I'm Tarzan next door~ Grab the vines of love~ Listen to me~ Awooooo~"
In her mind, she lifted Liu Lang's chin and sang in a tea-tea-like tone: "...You are beautiful Jenny~ Holding my hand, let's wander the capital~ Aww~ Don't be afraid, my Liu Lang~ Aww~"
Gu Jiao's legs went weak, and she leaned against the stove for support. Even in her drunken state, she still knew how to change the lyrics!
Gu Jiao felt as if she had been struck by 20,000 arrows, and her legs went weak as she grabbed the stove for support!
That's all...
Is that all?
Gu Jiao waited anxiously for what would happen next with Xiao Jingkong, but after a long while there was still no news. That was it, finally...
However, before he could catch his breath, Xiao Jingkong started singing.
He was just getting into the mood because the next song required him to express a very tragic emotion, which is an extremely difficult task for a three-year-old child.
He carried a small bucket in one hand and held up a small ladle in the other, gazing solemnly ahead: "True feelings are like the vast grasslands, layer upon layer, unbreakable by wind or rain, always brightening with the sun and shining down upon us."
Gu Jiao's mind started conjuring up images again!
Halfway through her song, she jumped off the bed and looked at Xiao Liulang with deep affection.
"...snowflakes are falling, the north wind is howling"
The world was a vast expanse of white.
A sprig of winter plum
Standing proudly in the snow
The fragrance wafts only for her.
I love what I love without regrets...
The song wasn't over yet. Xiao Liulang turned to leave, but she sat on the ground, hugged his leg, and began to wail like a banshee: "I'll love you even if I die—I won't be happy unless I'm completely unrestrained—only in this way can I express the depth of my feelings—I'll love you even if I die—I won't be happy unless I cry until I smile—even if the universe is destroyed, my heart will still be there—"
Gu Jiao was completely devastated.
It's worse than walking two blocks outside only to realize you forgot to wear a bra!
Xiao Liulang glanced at her: "The hangover soup is ready."
Gu Jiao said awkwardly, "No, no need, I'm awake."
It would have been better if he had never woken up!
Gu Jiao didn't know how she got back to her room. She opened the small medicine box and rummaged through it: "Amnesia pills, amnesia pills, amnesia pills..."
Knock knock knock.
There was a knock on the door.
"I'm not here!" Gu Jiao buried her head in the small medicine box.
Xiao Liulang, who glimpsed this scene through the crack in the door: "..."
Xiao Liulang cleared his throat and said seriously, "I'm going to the county government office. The document announcing the reopening of the Imperial Academy's enrollment has been sent to all regions, and each county has one nomination quota. I'll go see if the county government office has any news."
His total score in the preliminary examination was the highest in the entire county, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the spot would be his.
Gu Jiao pulled her head out of the small medicine box, a box of hangover medicine still stuck to her forehead, and asked blankly, "Are you going to study at the Imperial Academy? The Imperial Academy in the capital?"
Xiao Liulang said, "Yes, there is only one Imperial Academy in Zhao Kingdom."
"Why suddenly..."
Thinking of going to Beijing?
Before I could finish my question, she suddenly fell silent.
Don't you have any self-awareness? You went crazy all night, and you can't even let people be scared into losing their minds?
Gu Jiao: "I'll go with you."
Xiao Liulang: "Okay."
When Gu Jiao finished washing up and changed her clothes and came out of the house, no one could tell that anything was wrong with her. She had regained her calm and composed demeanor.
The old lady, Gu Yan, and Gu Xiaoshun stared intently at her, but couldn't figure it out for a long time.
Gu Jiao said calmly, "You lot, don't skip school, go get your schoolbags!"
"Yes." Gu Xiaoshun nodded. This was his sister; his sister was back.
Gu Yan nodded and went inside to get his book bag.
When Xiao Jingkong heard that Jiaojiao was going to take them to school, he happily came out carrying his schoolbag: "Jiaojiao!"
Gu Jiao patted his little head.
Last night, only one person in the family wasn't frightened by Gu Jiao, and that was Xiao Jingkong.
In his eyes, Jiao Jiao hadn't done anything strange, and the way he looked at her was the same as always.
Gu Jiao was very pleased.
As it turned out, she was too quick to be pleased.
The group boarded Uncle Luo's oxcart.
Xiao Jingkong sat next to Gu Jiao.
The autumn air was crisp and clear, with a cool breeze blowing. Everyone in the car tacitly chose to forget everything, except for Xiao Jingkong, who looked up and earnestly said to Gu Jiao, "Jiaojiao, the songs you sang last night were so beautiful! I've learned them all!"
That's definitely bringing up the very thing you shouldn't talk about.
Gu Jiao, whose true nature had been exposed, was speechless.
Little Jingkong patted his chest and said, "I'll sing for Jiaojiao every day from now on!"
Gu Jiao imagined the terrifying scene of being dominated by Xiao Jingkong's mesmerizing singing in a loop in the future.
Gu Jiao: May a bolt of lightning strike her dead!
Jiaojiao's KTV Song List:
Little Furnace
The Neighboring Tarzan
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Love You Till I Die
(End of this chapter)
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