The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 953 - 953 437 sets of sacks (before dawn)

Chapter 953: 437 sets of sacks (before dawn) Chapter 953: 437 sets of sacks (before dawn) Xiao Liulang’s chest felt like it had been violently kneaded by someone, and he looked at her with disbelief and a complex expression.

Why?

Why are you so good to me?

I don’t deserve it.

Gu Jiao continued chopping wood and said, “The hot water is ready. You should go bathe and sleep, I’ll be done soon.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she put down the saw and said, “I’ll go fetch the water instead.”

Xiao Liulang grabbed her arm and looked at her with deep eyes, “Jiaojiao.”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t be so good to me.”

I won’t want to let go.

If one day you regret it, I might do anything to keep you by my side.

I’m not a good person, not as harmless as you think I am.

Gu Jiao met his complex gaze and said candidly, “You’re also very good to me.”

Xiao Liulang’s heart suddenly became a mess.

He took a deep breath, slowly lifted his hand, and his fingertips gently touched her cheek, “Foolish girl, you will regret it.”

Gu Jiao seriously considered this possibility, then firmly shook her head, “I won’t… If it comes to that, I’ll just divorce you.”

Xiao Liulang: “…”

——He did not feel comforted.

Xiao Liulang looked at her steadily, then suddenly laughed.

Gu Jiao with a puzzled face, “What are you laughing at?”

He answered truthfully, “Laughing at you.”

He had intended to feel melancholic, having been infected by an unspeakably desolate emotion from the bottom of his heart, yet this girl’s interruption made it impossible for his mood to stay down.

Xiao Liulang couldn’t help but chuckle, pinching her little cheek, “You know, how do you manage to ruin the mood so effectively?”

Gu Jiao, utterly clueless about how she ruined the mood, looked at him without understanding.

Xiao Liulang was amused by her little mannerisms, resting one hand behind her neck, slightly tilting his head, and leaning towards her.

This is… is he going to kiss her?

Gu Jiao’s eyes rolled around, and she closed them in a second.

However, after a long wait, she did not feel his kiss but instead heard a suppressed chuckle near her ear.

Gu Jiao opened her eyes, turned her head to look, and saw someone pinching a piece of sawdust, standing up straight, and looking at her while holding back a laugh, “You had this on your head.”

Gu Jiao darkened her face, “Oh.”

Xiao Liulang understood what she wanted, and he wanted it too. He dreamed of her at night, wishing he could carelessly press her down beneath him and treat her like in his dreams.

But he couldn’t do that.

She had only just learned about his background and hadn’t fully come to terms with it yet, not understanding what it meant to be the son of a female slave.

He would give her time, to regret or not to regret.

But he wouldn’t wait too long.

…

In the following days, Xiao Liulang stayed in Bishui Alley to recover from his injuries while Gu Jiao began to investigate the person behind the scenes.

On the fourth day, Yuan Tang came to the Medical Hall.

Gu Jiao thought he was there to get medicine for Liu Yisheng, whose stitched amputated finger had the thread removed and was healing nicely, but still needed continued medication and possibly rehabilitation depending on the situation.

“Ten taels,” Gu Jiao said.

Yuan Tang shuddered, “You, your medicine is so expensive! How could my cousin afford it?”

Gu Jiao said indifferently, “It’s you buying, not your cousin.”

Yuan Tang asked, “What do you mean?”

Gu Jiao said, “Different people, different prices.”

Yuan Tang: “… You’re a profiteer.”

Resigned, Yuan Tang handed over the ten taels.

Gu Jiao took the silver, and seeing that he didn’t leave, looked at him oddly, “What? Is there anything else? If you want to sell me information, I advise you to give up the idea.”

Yuan Tang’s lips that were just about to form a smug smile drooped in a second, “Are you a worm in my stomach? How do you know everything I’m about to do?”

Ha, leftovers from Fei Shuang’s play.

Gu Jiao sat back down in her chair and buried her head in today’s medical records.

Forget it, he was just teasing her anyway, trying to get back at her for the ten taels. It was not like he couldn’t afford to tell the information without the silver.

Yuan Tang unfolded his fan leisurely and said, “I heard your husband has disappeared. Do you know who did it?”

“Who?” Gu Jiao asked.

Yuan Tang curved his lips in a smile, “Prince Ning.”

Gu Jiao was surprisingly not very shocked to hear this answer. She put a medical record back on the shelf and looked up at Yuan Tang, “Are you sure?”

Yuan Tang clicked his tongue, raised three fingers, “I swear on my status as the future Crown Prince of Chen that I am not mistaken nor fabricating anything! However—”

He lowered the swearing hand and tapped his palm with the fan, “Prince Ning is from Empress Dowager Zhuang’s line, isn’t he? Why would he want to kidnap your husband? Is he retaliating because you killed so many of his experts? Even though those experts came after me, you intervened on my behalf, so he holds a grudge?”

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