CHAPTER 320: CHAPTER 293: HE IS SUBTLY ASKING FOR A GREAT-GRANDSON

Gu Mansion

Qiao Yuxian listened to Old Sir Gu’s words.

He was telling her to trust Gu Yanjing, telling her there were some things she could share with Gu Yanjing.

She was staring blankly at Old Sir Gu when Gu Yanjing, who had gone to look for chess, returned.

He pushed the door open, footsteps approaching, entering the bedroom.

Qiao Yuxian instinctively turned her head to glance at him.

Gu Yanjing came in, seeing Qiao Yuxian’s reddened eyes, he slightly furrowed his brows.

Qiao Yuxian noticed his suddenly tense expression and quickly lowered her head, saying, "Grandpa, you chat. I’ll go out and take a look."

"Alright," Old Sir Gu responded.

Qiao Yuxian got up to leave, and as she passed by Gu Yanjing, she kept her head down and didn’t look at him.

Gu Yanjing watched her back, then turned his gaze to Old Sir Gu.

Old Sir Gu caught his cold, stern gaze, coughed with a guilty conscience, and said, "What are you looking at? Did you find what I asked you to look for?"

Gu Yanjing, holding a box in his hand, remained silent.

Old Sir Gu’s eyes flickered evasively, "Still looking, still looking!"

Gu Yanjing said, "What did you say to her?"

"I say whatever I want to say, none of your business," Old Sir Gu replied.

Gu Yanjing looked at him and suddenly narrowed his eyes, saying, "When I was looking for the chess in the study, I found another box on the side of a box at the bottom of the bookshelf."

Old Sir Gu’s expression suddenly froze.

Gu Yanjing said, "The wooden box was full of yellowed letters. Each envelope had a ’Wan’ character at the bottom right corner."

Old Sir Gu’s eyes widened, staring angrily at him.

Gu Yanjing stared back at him and said calmly, "They were written to you by Mrs. Qiao, weren’t they?"

"You!" Old Sir Gu suddenly exclaimed, "Her surname is Xi!"

This bastard, deliberately mentioning the surname Qiao.

He was getting back at him for making his wife cry.

"You..." Old Sir Gu glared at him, a few seconds later, he raised his hand to cover his heart, "I, my heart hurts. Oh, oh, oh..."

Gu Yanjing watched the exaggerated performance of the eighty-something-year-old man in front of him.

"Oh, oh..." Old Sir Gu yelled with his eyes closed. When he saw Gu Yanjing not reacting, he quietly opened one eye to peek at him, got caught red-handed, and quickly closed his eyes again, shouting even louder, "Oh—oh!!"

Gu Yanjing: "......"

He took out his phone to call Huang Qi, asking him to come over.

Huang Qi was next door and arrived very quickly.

Upon arriving, he first checked Old Sir Gu’s pulse, everything was normal.

His hand rested on Old Sir Gu’s wrist as he glanced at Gu Yanjing, then at Old Sir Gu.

Gu Yanjing still had a calm expression, showing no emotion.

Only Old Sir Gu kept winking at him.

Huang Qi got the message, pulled his hand back and said, "Mr. Gu, the old man still isn’t well enough to be dismissed, he needs rest and quietness in the near future."

Old Sir Gu nodded, then gave Gu Yanjing a reproachful glance.

Gu Yanjing glanced at Huang Qi, said coldly, "In that case, when you give him acupuncture tomorrow, give him a few extra pricks."

Old Sir Gu’s facial muscles twitched: "......"

This little bastard.

Huang Qi smiled at the side without saying a word.

Gu Yanjing looked at Old Sir Gu, then placed the chess he had been searching for half a day on the table beside him and said, "I didn’t look at the stuff."

Old Sir Gu naturally knew he was referring to the letters Xi Wanqing had written to him.

He snorted lightly, "Go check on Yu Xian."

Gu Yanjing said nothing, gave Huang Qi a glance. Huang Qi nodded, and only then did he leave the bedroom.

Outside the bedroom, he looked at the empty corridor.

He went downstairs to ask the servants.

The servants said Qiao Yuxian had gone out.

Gu Yanjing then asked around in the courtyard.

They said Qiao Yuxian seemed to head toward the backyard.

Gu Yanjing went to the backyard.

At this time, night fell somewhat early. The lanterns by the road lit up early.

Gu Yanjing, draped in warm, dim light, went around the garden, and found Qiao Yuxian by the lotus pond in the backyard.

The lotus pond was cleared after last year’s fall.

Now it’s bare, you can only see the water in the pond.

Qiao Yuxian stood by the lotus pond, head lowered, hand on the railing, tears uncontrollably dropping one by one.

Together with the heartache for Gu Yanjing at the Sixth Hospital last night, emotions surged and couldn’t be stopped.

Until she heard footsteps approaching, she hastily wiped her tears and turned to look at the person behind her.

Gu Yanjing stopped in front of her, looking at her wet eyes, tears still clinging to her long lashes.

Her lashes fluttered twice, and Qiao Yuxian silently lowered her head.

Gu Yanjing’s eyes trembled intensely for a moment, and he reached out to hold her in his arms.

Once Qiao Yuxian was leaning against his chest, she cried even harder, her voice muffled, shoulders shaking.

Gu Yanjing stroked her head, gently comforting her. If looked closely, it wasn’t hard to notice his lips quivering slightly.

Qiao Yuxian vented and cried out loud.

When she somewhat calmed down, Gu Yanjing pinched her earlobe and said, "What did Grandpa say to you?"

"Nothing much," Qiao Yuxian replied with a strong nasal tone.

"Did he mention Gu Zhengyu’s affair?" Gu Yanjing asked.

He could guess.

Old Sir Gu knew what happened at the Sixth Hospital, he surely must have asked Qiao Yuxian.

Having asked that, he probably even mentioned things of the past.

Qiao Yuxian remained silent without speaking.

"It’s all in the past." Gu Yanjing said.

Qiao Yuxian gave another sob.

Gu Yanjing touched her cheek and said, "Don’t take it to heart. Old Sir Gu said these things probably to make you feel sorry for me."

After saying this, he paused for a moment, then said, with a slightly detached voice, "He was subtly urging us to have a child."

Qiao Yuxian’s sob, which was about to come again, was stifled by his words.

"He wants a great-grandson, but doesn’t dare to say it to you." Gu Yanjing continued, "He’s using a ploy to gain sympathy with you."

Qiao Yuxian suddenly looked up at him, her breathing still slightly hitched, since she was looking up, tears continued to fall from the corners of her eyes.

Her wet eyes looked at Gu Yanjing, then she said, "Why are you like this, won’t even let me cry properly."

Saying this, she closed her eyes and continued to cry.

Gu Yanjing watched her tears flow down her face, kissed her eyelids, "Alright, stop crying."

"So—annoying—" Qiao Yuxian said, "won’t let me cry in peace. This newly stirred emotion is all wasted."

Gu Yanjing watched her only have a crying voice with no more tears, "My fault."

Qiao Yuxian immediately ceased her sound, sniffled, "Got a tissue?"

Gu Yanjing took out the handkerchief from his coat to wipe her tears.

Qiao Yuxian looked up at him, obediently waiting.

"Feeling better?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"Mm," Qiao Yuxian softly replied.

Gu Yanjing kissed her forehead, "It’s all in the past. It’s good now."

"Good, because of me?" Qiao Yuxian muffledly asked.

"Mm." Gu Yanjing replied, "Because you are here."

Qiao Yuxian smiled a bit with red eyes, "We’ll get even better. Always be good."

"Mm." Gu Yanjing touched her face.