Su Jiaoniang wanted to laugh, but she didn't want to get involved in the Lu family's affairs.
He put the red paper back into Lu Congrong's hand: "Three days from now. I will be sick that day and won't be able to go. As for Mr. Gu, he has to stay at home to help me take care of the children. Congrong, you should go back first. I'm really sorry."
After Su Jiaoniang finished speaking, she closed her front door.
Lu Congrong stared at the red invitation in her hand.
His face was bluish-purple.
Will I get sick in three days?
Get ill?
Illnesses can be predicted, but even if you're going to make an excuse, can't you come up with something more plausible? Lu Congrong's face became increasingly distorted.
Walking along the road, I saw a little girl returning from outside the village.
The little girl smelled of meat and was being pushed around by Zhang Erzhu. Seeing these people, Lu Congrong felt a surge of jealousy; they were all bullying her.
The Lu family could clearly do the money-making work, but Su Jiaoniang insisted on pushing the profitable business onto outsiders.
They are clearly the Lu family.
It's no wonder Grandma dislikes the Su family, since they're biased towards outsiders.
Lu Congrong took a deep breath and walked to Xiaoya's side.
When Gouhua saw Lu Congrong, he immediately stepped in front of Xiaoya to block her.
Gouhua wasn't older than Lu Congrong, but she had several older brothers and was quite strong. When she stood opposite Lu Congrong, she exuded an aura of dominance: "What are you doing? If you dare touch Xiaoya, I'll kill you."
As soon as Gouhua finished speaking, Zhang Erzhu started rolling up his sleeves.
The young man's arm muscles were very well-proportioned, making him look like a strong person.
Lu Congrong swallowed hard, her eyes almost brimming with grievance, but she knew her purpose. She shoved the red paper in her hand into the little girl's hand: "I just happened to see you. Give this invitation to your mother."
The little girl shrank back and said in a soft voice, "My mother said that we can't take things given to us by bad people outside."
"Who are you calling a bad person?" Lu Congrong was repeatedly rebuffed, and now he couldn't even handle a little girl. He was so angry that his chest heaved and his neck turned red.
Staring at the little girl, the veins on her outstretched hand stood out.
The little girl shrank back again.
Dog Flower puffed out his dark chest.
"What are you doing? You want to fight?" Gouhua said, striking a fighting pose.
The current Gouhua is not the same Gouhua as yesterday. She has learned a few tricks from Mr. Gu next door these past few days, and the already confident person is now even more confident.
"Get out of my way, this has nothing to do with you." Lu Congrong reached out to push Gouhua away.
However, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her hand. She saw that Gouhua had grabbed her fingers and twisted them backward. In the midst of the intense pain, Gouhua even looked down and bit her wrist.
She screamed and jerked her hand back, staring at the people opposite her with red eyes.
At this moment, Gu Xizhou appeared. Seeing the red paper on the ground and looking at the invitation, he felt complicated.
He reached out, his gaze falling on the little girl, his voice unusually gentle: "Let's go home."
Xiao Ya emerged from behind Gouhua, saw that the person was Gu Xizhou, ran towards him, and hugged his leg.
He crouched down and picked up the little girl from the ground. She was a soft little bundle, so light and weightless that Gu Xizhou felt a warmth in his heart. The little girl was his child.
"Afraid?" he asked in a low voice.
Xiao Ya shook her head: "With Sister Gouhua and Brother Erzhu, I'm not afraid."
Hearing Gu Xizhou talking to Xiao Ya without even glancing at her, Lu Congrong felt even more resentful. She glared at Gouhua, turned around and ran back to herself. She sent an invitation to Su Jiaoniang, but Su Jiaoniang refused. She told her grandfather to go instead.
Grandpa is an elder.
She didn't dare not take it in, even if she wanted it to dry.
Lu Congrong walked home.
In the Su family courtyard.
Xiao Ya held Gu Xizhou's hand and spoke softly about her business selling braised meat.
She even showed Gu Xizhou the money she had earned.
"Mr. Gu is a kind man, here's a copper coin for you." The girl stingily took out a copper coin from her purse and handed it to Gu Xizhou.
Gu Xizhou took the copper coin in his hand.
He wasn't short of money, but the money his children gave him was different from the money he had for himself.
The first gift a child gave him.
"Your mother is watching over you, go find her." This tender emotion was something Gu Xizhou couldn't understand.
He felt incredibly at ease at that moment, but he didn't know how to handle things or how to get along with Xiaoya. When he saw Su Jiaoniang looking over from the kitchen, he asked Xiaoya to come over.
After pushing the child out, I felt that my side was empty.
Changsheng sneaked into his room.
The chubby little emperor lost a lot of weight under his training.
He seems to have grown taller.
The young emperor said, "Uncle, you can't do this! Hurry up and get the person settled and bring him to our Qi Kingdom."
"Do you want to go back?" Gu Xizhou asked.
Seeing the young emperor plop down next to him, he scrutinized the young emperor, disliking people getting close.
Stared at like that, Changsheng felt very sad. Xiaoya had been sitting here just now, and her uncle had even held her. Xiaoya's flesh was soft, and she was fair-skinned. Why didn't he hold her?
The lonely Changsheng felt isolated.
"I don't want to go back. If I go back, I'll be locked up in the palace, and I'll have to..." learn from a group of bearded men.
Even when he slept at night, he was stared at by many people. Some strange women would even lift his blankets and touch his small body. They looked at him as if he were meat on a chopping board. The palace was an extremely terrifying place.
Gu Xizhou's gaze fell on Changsheng.
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