Chapter 660 The Secret of the Medicine Box (First Update)
On the way back, Gu Jiao rode the academy's horse, with the horse king leading the way with great enthusiasm.
Gu Jiao rode her horse to the carriage and asked Gu Yan inside, "Did you bring the small medicine box with you?"
Gu Yan looked at Gu Jiao with a confused expression: "I didn't bring it. Why would I bring that?"
Gu Jiao muttered, "Hmm, how come it's in the basket?"
Gu Yan then asked, "Did Xiao Shun pack it?"
“It wasn’t me,” Gu Xiaoshun said from the other side. “I set off this morning carrying the basket directly, and I didn’t touch anything inside.”
Gu Yan thought for a moment, then looked at Gu Jiao and said, "You pretended it yourself, haven't you forgotten?"
Gu Jiao hesitated: "Then...maybe so."
It couldn't have been the first-aid kit that ran in by itself.
When she first discovered that the first aid kit didn't have enough medicine, she did think that it would be great if the small first-aid kit was there. Now that it actually is, she's starting to be paranoid again.
never mind.
I don't want to think about it anymore.
"Mukuro."
Mu Chuan rode over.
Mu Qingchen was on the other side of Gu Jiao. When Mu Chuan came over, he did not move aside.
Mu Chuan was getting a little anxious. "Fourth Brother, don't you have any sense? Can't you see I have something to say to Sixth Brother?"
Fourth Brother wouldn't let him pass, and Mu Chuan couldn't do anything about it; after all, he couldn't beat Fourth Brother.
Mu Chuan could only speak to Gu Jiao through Mu Qingchen: "Sixth Brother, you really know medicine?"
After their competition last time, they ran into the Duke who had fallen near the academy. At that time, Gu Xiaoshun said that Xiao Liulang knew medicine and asked if Xiao Liulang would like to take a look at the Duke.
They thought Xiao Liulang was just average, but today he treated several seriously injured patients, which surprised them greatly.
Mu Qingchen also waited for Gu Jiao's answer.
Gu Jiao said "Oh," and then added, "I've learned a little."
"That's not just a little bit, is it?" Mu Chuan raised an eyebrow.
Mu Qingchen seemed to sense that Gu Jiao was unwilling to bring up this topic, and he said to Mu Chuan, "Isn't it hot to be squeezed on the side? Aren't you not going back to the academy?"
Mu Chuan said, "I'll go back! I'll go back if you go back!"
Mu Qingchen didn't say anything more.
Mu Chuan chatted with Gu Jiao for a few more minutes through him, and then the road outside the city gate narrowed, forcing Mu Chuan to part ways with them.
Mu Qingchen had a question in his mind all along, but he didn't know whether he should say it or not. When they were about to part ways at the academy, he finally stopped Gu Jiao and asked, "You... know Su Xue's roommate?"
"I don't know him." Gu Jiao denied it outright. "He only learned about the accident in the attic from Jingkong and Dean Cen when he went to pick up Jingkong, and came to see if there was anything he could do to help."
“You’re not usually this talkative,” Mu Qingchen said with a complicated expression.
Gu Jiao blinked and said matter-of-factly, "Isn't it because he's so handsome that I was a little tempted?"
These words left Mu Qingchen speechless.
Every time I thought this classmate was already shameless enough, he would show me how to be even more shameless.
Mu Qingchen frowned and said, "You have a fiancée."
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and said casually, "Everyone has a love for beauty. Having a fiancée doesn't stop me from admiring beautiful women."
"I think you're really..." Mu Qingchen couldn't reach a consensus with Gu Jiao on this topic, so she spurred her horse forward.
Gu Jiao watched his angry back and wondered if men in ancient times had such a strong sixth sense? She and Xiao Heng hadn't done anything, yet they were almost discovered.
It seems I need to be more careful in the future.
After arriving at the academy, Gu Jiao returned the horse to the stable, and then, together with Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan, rode in Dean Cen's carriage with the horse king back home.
"I knew you would win. The food is ready." Mrs. Nan smiled as she brought the food to the table.
Master Lu cooked several dishes that the children love, such as braised pork knuckle with rock sugar, braised crucian carp, and stir-fried bamboo shoots with vinegar. He also stewed lotus seed soup, which Mrs. Nan loves to drink. Of course, there was also the stinky mandarin fish that Mr. Meng had been talking about for a long time.
The whole family was overwhelmed by the stench. In the backyard, Ma Wang was so disgusted by the smell that his eyes rolled back and his tongue lolled out. He vowed never to walk that stinky old man again!
Gu Yan was allowed to eat a piece of shiny pork knuckle skin today, and he was particularly satisfied.
"Did you bring the pickled radishes to Liu Lang and Jing Kong?" Nan Shi Niang asked.
“I’ve cleared the air,” Gu Xiaoshun said.
Nan Shi Niang nodded: "It's strange that Jing Kong is also missing, as is Liu Lang."
Gu Yan, unusually, did not refute.
When Jingkong was around, he always complained that Jingkong was noisy; now that Jingkong is gone, he feels that the house is not lively enough.
"Hmph, you little stinky monk."
...
Night fell.
In a dormitory room in Linglong Pavilion of Canglan Women's Academy, Xiao Jingkong sat upright in his chair, with the dishes that his brother Xiao Shun had brought him today laid out in front of him.
He is very picky; even the simplest dishes must be presented in an exquisite manner.
It was because setting the table for him that they were delayed, which is why they ate dinner so late.
"Can we eat now?" Xiao Heng asked casually.
"Hmm!" Little Jingkong shook his little head, picked up his little chopsticks with satisfaction, and picked up a piece of pickled radish that Nan Shi Niang had personally made.
The pickled radishes were shaped into little flowers, making them look very appetizing.
He couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.
He took one bite and found it so disgusting that he fell backward and tumbled off the chair!
oops!
It tastes just as bad as what my awful brother-in-law makes!
It's so salty!
Because he ate overly salty food, Xiao Jingkong gulped down two large glasses of water, resulting in his tummy being round and chubby when he went to bed.
He struggled to climb into bed, lay down on the mattress, and collapsed like a soulless little salted fish.
Before long, the little salted fish began to snore evenly.
It's getting hot, and there are more mosquitoes. Xiao Heng went over and used clips to secure the mosquito net.
He had some trouble sleeping.
Xiao Jiu stood on a tree branch outside the window as a lookout.
He thought for a moment and then called Xiao Jiu over.
...
Inside the house, after the family had dinner and washed up, they went back to their rooms.
As usual, Gu Jiao checked Gu Yan's pulse and listened to his heart and lungs.
Gu Yan was already asleep, and Gu Jiao moved very quietly so as not to wake him.
After returning to her room, Gu Jiao was about to rest when suddenly, a small dark shadow landed on the windowsill outside.
"Gurgle~"
Xiao Jiu called out.
Gu Jiao walked over and gently pushed open the window.
Little Nine flapped its wings and flew up. After the window was opened, it darted in and landed on the desk by the window.
Xiao Jiu had a small pouch tied to her right foot.
Gu Jiao took the small purse off, opened it, and found a stack of silver notes, a note, and a brand new hairband inside.
The headband is made of blue ice silk, which feels incredibly soft to the touch and is of excellent quality, perfectly complementing the blue and white uniforms of the Sky Dome Academy.
The silver notes totaled one thousand taels.
The note simply read two words: "Household use".
Gu Jiao rested her chin on one hand and played with the ice-blue hairband in the other, looking at the words "household" over and over again.
Rounded up, this is basically a love letter!
Gu Jiao smiled and opened the drawer, taking out a piece of paper.
She can write love poems too!
Xiao Heng sat quietly in the room, not really sure if she had rested.
But when facing Gu Jiao, he wouldn't hesitate so much.
Fortunately, it didn't take long before Xiao Jiu flew back.
Xiao Jiu had the purse in her mouth.
He opened the purse and took out a paper crane.
The origami cranes were folded from the rippled paper he gave her.
He still remembers the indescribable look on her face when she received that stack of papers; he never expected that she would bring them to the capital of Yan.
There were still things in my purse.
He took them out and saw that they were notes written on sheets of watermarked paper.
The first one reads, "Until the mountains crumble and the heavens and earth unite, I will never part from you."
Xiao Heng's handsome face flushed slightly. Was this girl confessing her feelings to him? Did she have to be so blatant?
The second one reads, "I never knew what longing was, but now that I do, I am consumed by it."
Xiao Heng's cheeks burned even hotter; he realized how much she missed him.
The third one reads, "Under the acacia tree, words of longing are endless; I yearn for my beloved, but he knows nothing of my sorrow."
Xiao Heng's heart felt as if it were filled with something, swollen and burning hot.
I never realized this girl had such literary talent.
Furthermore, the depth of her feelings for herself was astounding.
Gu Jiao wrote more than a dozen notes, and each one made Xiao Heng blush and his heart pound like a deer.
But starting from one note, the love poems on the notes gradually became a little strange.
"Heaven and earth may pass away, but this sorrow will last forever."
Xiao Heng's lips twitched.
"This love can only be cherished in memory, for at the time it was already a regret."
Xiao Heng's face stiffened.
"I return to you a bowl of heartless tears, regretting that we didn't meet before I shaved my head!"
At the end, there was also a drawing of half a little person beating his chest and stamping his feet.
Xiao Heng: "...!!"
(End of this chapter)
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