Su Yun'er stroked Gai Xue, who purred contentedly, squinted her eyes happily, and raised her head high, exposing her neck so that Su Yun'er could stroke her more easily.
While comforting Gai Xue, Su Yun'er murmured to herself, "Gai Xue, your new owner takes good care of you, he likes you very much, but I can't bear to part with you, and neither can the little trees and grass. What should we do..."
Gu Jingheng stood behind her, heard her whispers, and watched as she tenderly picked up Gai Xue and held her in her arms, caressing her. Gu Jingheng's heart softened.
Just as Su Yun'er finished cleaning the kitchen and was about to leave, Lian Yingtong came over carrying Gai Xue.
“Madam Su, my young master said that this cat originally belonged to you. We rescued it by chance. Now that we have found the cat’s owner, we shouldn’t take it away from someone else. Please take Gai Xue back with you.”
Su Yun'er was first surprised, then delighted, and then very grateful.
"Thank you, Young Master Lian. Please also convey my gratitude to Young Master Gu for taking care of Gai Xue these past few days. We all named him Gai Xue, which is quite a coincidence. If it weren't for my child's fondness for him, I wouldn't necessarily want him back. However, Gai Xue likes to run around and plays, and he remembers the house, so I think he'll come back eventually."
"You're too kind, madam. After all, you've raised Gai Xue for more than half a year. That kind of affection is something we can't compare to after raising her for just over a month." Lian Yingtong smiled. "If Gai Xue can come back for a short stay in the future, we would be more than happy to do so."
As he spoke, Lian Yingtong rubbed Gai Xue's head before handing him to Su Yun'er.
After Su Yun'er mentioned some items and materials that needed to be added to the kitchen, she left with Gai Xue.
Watching Su Yun'er's departing figure, Xu Meng sighed.
It seems the general is going to appoint Lady Su as his cook.
Xu Meng looked listless and weak all afternoon, and kept sighing.
Lian Yingtong, who shared a study with him, couldn't take it anymore. She snatched the case file from his hand and threw it on the table: "Ugh, you're so annoying! You've been sighing all afternoon, it's making my head spin. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? I'll buy you a drink to make up for it! Come on, let's go out for a drink!"
With Gu Jingheng's consent, Lian Yingtong took Xu Meng to a small tavern on Baoyuan Street.
Although the tavern was small, it had plenty of snacks to go with the drinks. The two ordered two or three small dishes and three or four jugs of wine, and ate, drank and chatted.
After a few drinks, Xu Meng finally started talking.
Xu Meng came from a poor family. In order to have food to eat, he joined the army at a young age. For many years, every day when he opened his eyes, he saw either living men or men who died in front of him.
As a child, he didn't understand the difference between men and women. As he grew older, he had no chance to see women. Later, he was assigned to the army of the Seventh Prince.
At that time, the Seventh Prince was only a centurion in the army, but he was extremely strict in his administration. He advised the general: "When ordering the three armies, they must not use force against the people, they must not rob the people of their property, and they must not be violent towards women and children. Those who violate this rule will be dealt with according to military law."
The general at the time adopted the seventh prince's suggestion, so in previous years, when they arrived at the cities, the veterans would lead the newly-adult soldiers to rush into the houses and do beastly things to the beautiful women they saw. It is said that this was the common memory of many young men in the army when they first came into contact with women.
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