Gu Nian winced in pain, gasped for breath, and felt utterly aggrieved.
"Mother, am I still your own son? What kind of mother would be so brutal when her son is injured and unconscious?"
Seeing that his health was not seriously affected, Gu Nian's mother did not indulge him at all.
"Rough? If I'm not rough, the girl who brought you back will have already run away, and then you'll have nowhere to cry."
Gu Nian didn't know where the strength came from, but she suddenly stood up and hurriedly wanted to run outside, without even bothering to put on her clothes.
His eyes were red, as if he had suffered a great injustice, and his voice was choked with sobs.
"How can she leave? I haven't even repaid her yet! How can I not repay her life-saving grace with my own body?"
His mother slapped him on the back of the head.
"Offer yourself in return? You're just like your father! Now you're so blatantly taking advantage of people? Don't you even know if you're worthy? You think you can just cry?"
Gu Nian finally couldn't hold back her tears and fell to the ground like a grain of rice being threshed.
"But Mother, this is the first time I've ever liked a girl this much. Didn't you say that if I liked her, you would find a way to let me marry her?"
"The premise for you to marry her is that she also loves you. You're not repaying a debt of gratitude, you're taking revenge."
"Then what do you think I should do? Mother, I'm sure I really can't live without her."
Gu Nian's mother sat on the ground with him, and when they looked into each other's eyes, her eyes were full of determination.
"What if you really like someone but can't have them? Then steal them, rob them! Kick away all the obstacles and make sure that you're the only one in her sight."
"Son, love arises without knowing its origin, and deepens with time. In this life, it is the hardest thing to meet someone you truly love. Some tragic people even go through their entire lives without ever getting the love they desire."
If you like someone, go for it. There's nothing shameful about trying. If you've tried your best and she still doesn't choose you, then that's just your fate.
Gu Nian's eyes were instantly filled with hope, and she was full of vitality.
"Mother! I understand!"
He ran barefoot to where Yun Lian was. When he arrived at the dining hall and saw her eating obediently, he felt his heart was completely filled.
“Yun Lian”.
She looked up, and almost dropped the chicken leg in her hand.
"Shouldn't you be healing your injuries? Why did you suddenly come over? And without even wearing shoes, do you think you have too much time on your hands?"
Gu Nian, looking rather silly, touched his head and slowly walked to Yun Lian's side, his fingers secretly grabbing the hem of her clothes.
"The wound has been bandaged up. I was afraid I wouldn't know you were leaving if I didn't run over. It's okay if I don't wear shoes. My heart is warm, so the rest of my body won't feel cold. I don't need to live too long. It's enough to be with you forever."
Yun Lian felt goosebumps all over her body.
When this guy stares at you with those adoring eyes while he's talking, it gives you the genuine feeling that you're his whole world.
"Gu Nian, has anyone ever told you that you're being cheesy?"
"No." Usually, people are the ones who flatter him; no one will let him hear these negative comments.
"If you don't like it, I'll change everything."
Continue until you like it.
Yun Lian gave him a perfunctory reply and continued to eat with her head down.
I must say, his family is very skilled at cooking seafood, and my favorite is the shrimp that is almost the size of my palm.
Fresh, crisp, and tender, the shrimp meat bursts with juice in your mouth, an incredibly satisfying sensation.
Gu Nian noticed that she always seemed particularly disgusted with her hands after peeling shrimp.
He took the initiative to take over the task, and even Yun Lian's eating speed couldn't keep up with his shrimp-peeling speed.
Before long, a mountain of shrimp meat was piled up in front of me.
"Great job, Gu Nian. With your skills, you'll never starve anywhere."
"Hehe, as long as you like it."
After Yun Lian had eaten and drunk her fill, she wanted to slip away, as she was hoping to bump into the young Taoist priest.
"Now that you have returned home safely and received medical treatment, and I have been well treated at your home, we are even from now on. Please keep your eyes open and be careful when choosing people."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Lian stepped out into the twilight.
Gu Nian was flustered and put on the shoes that the servants had brought.
"Let me see you off! We've met, it's fate, we should be considered friends, right?"
He was panting heavily, and his face was frighteningly pale.
"You'd better go back quickly, young master, otherwise I'm afraid you'll faint halfway there and I'll have to take you back."
Gu Nian slapped herself hard on the forehead, filled with remorse.
"Why didn't I think of this method?"
"What did you say?"
Gu Nian quickly covered up: "I said that servants will be traveling with me, so don't worry about my safety, Yun Lian. I don't force you to stay, but please at least make me feel better."
His eyes held an unwavering determination.
"Alright, my friend who is disabled but determined."
Gu Nian's smile stretched almost to the back of her ears when she heard her words.
She acknowledged that they were friends.
"OK."
Once outside the Gu residence.
This was the first time Yun Lian had ever regretted going shopping with a man.
Gu Nian wanted to buy her almost anything nice she saw.
"This hairpin matches your axe perfectly."
"Their braised duck is the best. Since we're already here, let's take some with us on the way."
"I'll also prepare some sugar water for you, so you can drink it if you get thirsty on the way."
"This pancake is good, this dried meat is also good, and this, this, and this... take them all with you."
My mother said that if you want a woman to remember you, you should never stop sending her things.
If she still wants to leave after you've given her a lot of things, it just means you haven't done enough.
At this moment, Gu Nian wished he could buy the entire city and give it to her.
From beaded hairbands to exquisite shoe uppers and sword tassels, Gu Nian bought almost everything.
He waved goodbye only after the carriage he had prepared for Yun Lian was completely full.
"Yun Lian, we will definitely meet again in the future!"
Yun Lian really couldn't understand it.
How could he cry so hard, with snot and tears all over his face, after just one meeting?
She was disgusted, took out a handkerchief, and threw it at Gu Nian's face.
"Hurry up and wipe it off, young master."
That's so embarrassing.
It makes it seem like she started something and then abandoned it.
Unaware of their grief and disgust, the two were not paying attention to a young Taoist priest in blue robes who had been following them for an unknown amount of time.
His hair ornament was askew, and his face was full of confusion.
Yichan couldn't understand it.
How could he be as resolute as she said, saying "I only wish we would never meet again" while a new lover appeared beside him?
She had never seen her like that young master before.
"So, she can be this relaxed and carefree at times..."
A smile appeared on Yichan's lips, but a tear rolled down his cheek.
Upon realizing he was crying, Yichan felt as if struck by lightning, and in disbelief, he reached out to touch the corner of his eye.
He only snapped out of his daze when he saw the glistening teardrops on his fingertips.
“Those who cultivate the Tao have long since abandoned the seven emotions and six desires, so how could I possibly shed tears?”
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