“I will pay more attention in the future, Qingheng, guess who I ran into this time!”
“Didn’t you run into robbers? Could it be that there was someone we knew among them?”
“It was Min Yan.”
Seeing her younger brother’s pouting expression, Gu Mengyao quickly changed the topic to distract him, not dwelling on the robbers any longer.
Although Gu Mengyao knew that her handling of the situation was not ideal and might leave future trouble, as Gu Qingheng said… she couldn’t bring herself to hurt others.
So, she would try to minimize trouble in the future! She didn’t believe that their family would always have bad luck and encounter things like robbery!
“What! Uncle Yan!!!”
“Yes, I didn’t recognize him at first. It was only when he spoke that I confirmed it was Min Yan.”
“According to you, Uncle Yan was one of the robbers. With his kung fu skills, he might even be the leader of the robbers… meaning, he led the robbery against my brother-in-law???”
“Yes, when I arrived, they were about to make a move on Yu.”
“How did Uncle Yan become like this? He wasn’t like this before!”
After hearing Min Yan’s name from Gu Mengyao’s mouth, Gu Qingheng’s intelligent little brain started to whir.
Without Gu Mengyao having to say much more, what came out of Gu Qingheng’s mouth was as if he had experienced it himself, completely recreating the scene at the time.
However, when it came to Min Yan leading the robbery, Gu Qingheng’s cute little face scrunched up. It was hard to imagine that Uncle Yan, who always had a gentle smile, had now become a robber leader who robbed others!
Before the eldest son of the Gu family died, his relationship with Min Yan was not shallow.
After the eldest son of the Gu family was taken away by a big cat on the mountain, when the remaining widowed and orphaned Gu family could no longer cope, it was Min Yan who came over periodically to send things and help deal with people who came to cause trouble.
Later, when Gu Mengyao stubbornly insisted on hunting on the mountain and could earn enough money to support the family, Min Yan stopped coming.
After only two short years, why had there been such a big change!
In Gu Qingheng’s memory, Min Yan was definitely not a bad person.
However, what his sister had personally experienced now left no room for Gu Qingheng to doubt the truth!
“There must be some difficulties! When my injury is healed, I’ll go and ask him properly.”
“Sister, your little injury is usually nothing! Tsk tsk, when brother-in-law was making a fuss before, didn’t you tell me… that he was just too nervous? And now you’re starting to be dramatic too!”
“What do you mean dramatic? I’m also a girl, and I definitely need to rest properly when I’m injured! Besides, your brother-in-law is so good to me, don’t you think that’s good?”
Hearing what Gu Qingheng said, Gu Mengyao felt a little shy, but instead of blushing like she used to, she retorted righteously!
Although while speaking, Gu Mengyao still glanced a couple of times in Gu Yu’s direction.
After confirming that he was not awake, she puffed out her chest even higher, a proud expression on her face, which made Gu Qingheng feel an uncomfortable sourness.
It was like eating extremely sour hawthorn, making Gu Qingheng’s mouth water just thinking about it.
Married people were indeed different. Was this still her reserved and shy sister!
Although it was good that her brother-in-law was like this, as it was also her sister’s good fortune, but showing off in front of him, an eight-year-old child, was really too boastful!
Rolling his eyes in annoyance, Gu Qingheng decided! For now, he wouldn’t bicker with his sister who had fallen into sweet water, but would turn his attention to his brother-in-law instead.
“Sister, how long has it been since brother-in-law fainted last time! Why did he faint again! His body is too bad, if it’s that bad… you should go up the mountain to find ginseng to replenish brother-in-law.”
“Alas, Yu’s body is indeed too weak. He fainted because those bad guys had ill intentions towards me, and he got angry! That’s why I couldn’t hold back my anger in the end. Fortunately, Yu fainted early and didn’t see my appearance at that time…”
“Definitely like a tigress!”
“Hmph, even if I’m like a tigress, Yu is still my husband, he definitely won’t dislike me.”
“Yes, yes, yes, what you say is right! Then why are you acting more and more pretentious in front of brother-in-law? When eating breakfast this morning, you ate in small bites. If I hadn’t urged you, you probably would have eaten until afternoon.”
“…”
Gu Mengyao finally realized… ever since Gu Yu changed, her younger brother’s complaints about her had been increasing.
If this continued, within a few days, Gu Qingheng might be bribed by Gu Yu and become his ally.
However, this outcome was not bad.
It also reassured Gu Mengyao that her husband and brother got along well.
In fact, even if the Gu family was poor, it wasn’t a problem, as Gu Mengyao could hunt and earn money to support the family.
However, she also had a younger brother who was still young.
In this situation, no matter how outstanding Gu Mengyao was, villagers would not consider her as a choice for a bride.
After all, having an extra burden meant that life would be less peaceful in the future. If they couldn’t even raise their own children, would they still raise a burden?
Gu Mengyao, who could guess this outcome in her heart, also felt that she might as well not get married for the rest of her life! She would directly raise her younger brother, then send him to school, and living a peaceful life like this would be nice.
It wasn’t until Yang Zhi Shuang came to propose taking his son as a son-in-law to the Gu family that Gu Mengyao’s heart began to be unsettled.
In-law entry was different from marriage… even after marriage, Gu Mengyao could stay at home and take care of her younger brother openly, not letting her younger brother become a burden and live under someone else’s gaze at their home.
Therefore, Gu Mengyao agreed to Gu Yu’s entry into the family.
But unlike ordinary families who took in sons-in-law, because Gu Mengyao’s parents were deceased and there were no relatives in the village, they couldn’t exert the same dominance over the son-in-law as other families.
Even to make Gu Yu feel better, Gu Mengyao specially accommodated him.
As past events like smoke, looking back now, Gu Mengyao felt like she had dreamed it all.
And now was reality, with a beautiful tomorrow waiting for her.
“Are we home yet?”
“Yu, are you alright!”
“Brother-in-law, you’re finally awake!”
Just as Gu Mengyao and Gu Qingheng were discussing whether to go up the mountain to find ginseng to replenish Gu Yu, Gu Yu suddenly spoke, instantly drawing their attention.
In fact, Gu Yu had woken up long ago. After coincidentally overhearing his wife’s preemptive confession, his heart was filled with joy.
Although Gu Mengyao’s favorability rating indicated that her feelings for Gu Yu were indeed genuine, Gu Yu couldn’t help but feel an incredibly exhilarating sensation hearing it directly from her.
Even if Gu Mengyao was a tigress, he wouldn’t dislike her!
Then, to avoid making Gu Mengyao feel awkward, Gu Yu closed his eyes again, pretending to be unconscious for a while longer before slowly opening them, feigning a newly awakened state.
Upon seeing Gu Yu awake, Gu Mengyao and Gu Qingheng hurriedly stood up and went to Gu Yu’s side, looking at him with concern, afraid that he might be uncomfortable in any way.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine. I just got too angry and fainted.”
“Are you really okay? If absolutely necessary, I’ll go find some ginseng to replenish you.”
“…”
“Yes! Brother-in-law, you should eat more ginseng, so you won’t keep fainting.”
Hearing Gu Mengyao suggest using ginseng to replenish him, Gu Yu’s mouth twitched. Then, his beloved younger brother-in-law added, nodding repeatedly, clearly also believing that Gu Yu was too weak at the moment and needed ginseng to nourish his body.
This made Gu Yu feel both amused and exasperated, thinking how naive his wife and younger brother-in-law sometimes were!
Was ginseng as easy to find as a radish?
Was ginseng something anyone could eat?
Let alone the fact that his body was already normal and eating it might even cause a nosebleed… If he still had his old frail body, he might have overdone it and started spitting blood after just a few bites of ginseng.
“I’m really fine! Mengyao, I’m telling you directly, even if you can find ginseng, don’t give it to me! Although ginseng replenishes yuanqi, eating too much is really unbearable, you might even spit blood!”
“Is that so? Then I’ll make more delicious food in the future, and perhaps your body won’t be so weak.”
“Yes, I’ll trouble you from now on.”
The more Gu Yu thought about it, the more he felt he had to explain things clearly to Gu Mengyao!
Otherwise, Gu Mengyao might mistakenly think he was just politely refusing and secretly find ginseng to feed him later, which would be a terrible situation!
Fortunately, Gu Mengyao’s obsession with giving Gu Yu ginseng was not deep. After hearing Gu Yu’s words, she immediately nodded and decided to focus on her daily three meals to ensure Gu Yu’s body was replenished.
Seeing this, Gu Yu was even more touched. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt something pressing on his chest.
When Gu Yu reached up to touch his bosom, he discovered that it was the silver hairpin he had bought at ‘Xiang Bao Zhai’ in town, quietly lying in the wooden box, waiting for Gu Yu to present it.
If he gave the hairpin now, would he faint again?
After all, Gu Mengyao was quite easily moved!
Gu Yu touched the box in his arms and felt in a dilemma. But after thinking about it, since he had already dispelled Gu Mengyao’s idea of eating ginseng, he wouldn’t be afraid even if he fainted again.
He couldn’t be afraid of fainting from increasing her affection and thus be unable to even give her the gift!
“Mengyao, this is a hairpin I bought in town. I think it will look good on you.”
In the end, Gu Yu decided to give her the hairpin.
When Gu Mengyao gratefully took the wooden box with a surprised expression, and then lifted the lid to reveal the exquisitely carved silver hairpin inside, her eyes were filled with emotion.
[Gu Mengyao’s Favorability +10, Space Upgrade Successful.]
