After returning to Bishui Alley, Gu Jiao found a vase to nourish the Begonia flower and placed it on her windowsill.
The Begonia flower didn’t have a special aroma, but she found it fragrant because it carried the lingering touch from his fingertips.
When Xiao Liulang came to the doorway of the east room, he saw Gu Jiao leaning on the windowsill, admiring the Begonia that couldn’t compare in beauty to her. She supported her cheeks with her hands and looked very earnest, as if she were looking at an exotic treasure she had never seen before.
Just a Begonia, can you like it that much?
There are also Begonia trees at home, but their blooming season had already passed.
Somewhere deep in his heart felt a soft poke again, and Xiao Liulang tapped on the door frame with his fingertips, his voice slightly hoarse, "I’m going over to my grandfather-in-law’s place."
Gu Jiao turned her head, her youthful face bathed in the warm twilight, and she curved her lips at him, "Okay, I’ll call you for dinner."
"Mhm."
Xiao Liulang mumbled a response and quickly turned around, as if something was chasing him.
Gu Jiao couldn’t help but laugh.
She took out her notebook and wrote seriously—Husband sent flowers for the first time.
After a pause, she added another line, He even said goodbye to his next-door neighbor before leaving. My husband is really clingy.
Stepping out of the courtyard, Xiao Liulang felt quite embarrassed. The two households were already interconnected, going next door was nearly like going to the study room, so why did he still explain himself to her just for a trip to the study room?
She never explains to him.
Xiao Liulang went to the former Libationer’s home to help him mark the papers from Guozijian.
While the two men were immersed in hard work, Gu Jiao also came and knocked on the room’s door.
"Jiaojiao is here?" The former Libationer smiled in delight.
"Grandfather-in-law." Gu Jiao greeted him, glanced at Xiao Liulang, then said to the former Libationer, "I’ll take little Jingkong to the fruit garden."
"Ah... Go ahead." The former Libationer was puzzled, as there was no need to make such a special mention of this; they never used to mention such things before.
Gu Jiao smiled at someone, her small hands behind her back, and left with special vigor.
The former Libationer’s eyes then turned to Xiao Liulang.
Xiao Liulang continued to mark the papers with a serious demeanor, "What are you looking at me for?"
Something wasn’t right.
Something was decidedly off with the two young ones!
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