The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife-Chapter 50
The group left after having their meal at the Dean's residence.
When they arrived back in town, it was getting late, so Second Owner directly asked the coachman to send Gu Jiao and Gu Xiaoshun, this pair of brother and sister, back to the village.
Old Madame Li was very satisfied with the "Bodhisattva" given by Gu Xiaoshun. Before they left, she specially asked the Dean to give Gu Xiaoshun the Buddhist prayer beads she had treasured for many years.
These prayer beads were made of jadeite, which once shone in front of the Buddha. Both in terms of value and significance, this jadeite was unparalleled.
But Gu Xiaoshun wasn’t fond of these things, so he just gave the prayer beads to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao certainly wouldn’t be greedy for his things, but to bring it back to the Gu Family was just letting the Gu Family people swallow it up for themselves. Thus she accepted it for now and planned to return it to him when he got married and set up his own family in the future.
“Big sis, I'm going in." Gu Xiaoshun said.
After Gu Xiaoshun entered the Gu Family's old residence, Gu Jiao continued to walk ahead with her back basket and soon entered their house.
Xiao Liulang and the elderly woman were both sitting in the main room for dinner and the elderly woman was wearing a rather bad expression. As soon as Gu Jiao came in, she showed her an extremely cordial expression for the first time, "JiaoJiao is back!"
Gu Jiao nodded her head and thought, you don't have to be this enthusiastic though.
Gu Jiao had long been used to the elderly woman’s attitude of always snubbing her, so this sudden enthusiasm really made Gu Jiao a bit unaccustomed.
"What's the matter?" Gu Jiao looked at the food on the table. It was obviously getting cold, but both of them didn't move their chopsticks much.
The elderly woman flattened her mouth and said bitterly, "Liulang's cooking is terrible!"
He dared to put on airs but his cooking skills were actually worse than the idiot Gu Xiaoshun!!!
"Ah..." Gu Jiao didn't know what to say for a moment. She looked at the elderly woman and then at Xiao Liulang. To be honest, she had never tasted Xiao Liulang's cooking, so she didn't know whether it was good or bad.
Just, it was still reasonable for the elderly woman to dislike it, but how come he himself didn’t like it either?
Didn't he always cook for himself in the past?
Xiao Liulang, with a deadpan face, said nothing.
Gu Jiao let out a sigh, redone the dish and also made some egg pie cakes.
The elderly woman's eyes were glowing green!
Xiao Liulang still had a serious look, but perhaps Gu Jiao had stared at the elderly woman for too long, so when she shifted her gaze at Xiao Liulang again, she seemed to see a green glow in his eyes too.
During their meals, Xiao Liulang preferred to stay quiet. The elderly woman, on the other hand, liked to talk, and if Xiao Liulang didn’t let her talk, she would scold him with a humph, saying ‘I’m your Grandaunt!’
She was the Grandaunt you yourself recognized, even kneeling to show your filial respect was just right.
The elderly woman asked about Gu Jiao’s visit to the Dean, "Have you met the Dean?"
"En, I did. There’s an elderly mother and a young servant in his family. His life is simpler than I imagined." With his position as Dean of Tianxiang Academy, Gu Jiao thought that his family must be living in luxury, with lots of servants serving them, but it was actually different.
Still, his residence was quite big, elegant and serene. It might look simple but it didn’t lack magnificence.
Elderly woman: "Just two people?"
Gu Jiao: "Three, there’s also the servant."
Gu Jiao still retained her previous life’s ideology. Household servants were also human beings.
"Doesn’t he have a wife and children?" The elderly woman asked.
"His wife has already passed away." Xiao Liulang suddenly spoke. After pausing for a bit, he added, "She died when he was younger and he never married again."
"Quite a pity." The elderly woman no longer talked after that.
After dinner, Gu Jiao took out the gift from the Dean, a large box of osmanthus-flavored puff pastries, and two fish that the Dean personally caught.
The elderly woman liked the puff pastries very much, on the other hand, Xiao Liulang didn’t like the two fishes very much, his eyes even carrying a trace of disdain.
Gu Jiao killed the fish and marinated it, then she boiled some water for washing herself. When she took off her clothes, something suddenly fell out.
She picked it up and found it was a white jade thumb ring.
This jade thumb ring had a rather superb quality, its texture fine and smooth, and it looked like a hardened mutton fat, which was by no means ordinary.
"Strange, why do I have this thing on me?" She couldn’t remember, just when did the Dean and Old Madame Li give her such a great treasure?
She brought the jade thumb ring before her nose and sniffed at it. There was a faint scent of medicine.
"Is it his?"
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Hot Spring Villa.
The Marchioness returned to the villa after finishing her daily prayer for blessings in the mountain. When she heard that her son was awake, she was immediately overjoyed and asked about the specific course of events and situation.
The Head Nursemaid told her everything in detail, "The young master's condition wasn’t very good at that time, fortunately, the godly physician from Rejuvenation Hall rescued the young master successfully."
She didn't dare to say that the young master, at that time, had actually stopped breathing. After all, she didn't see it with her own eyes. Apart from that, she also didn’t mention about the little medicine girl climbing the young master’s bed, and only said that the little medicine girl was very clever, serving the young master very well.
During the conversation, they arrived at Gu Yan's courtyard.
Gu Yan angrily tore several antique paintings after waking up, and then collapsed after tearing them. He looked like a salted fish in general, paralyzed on the bed and gasping for breath, his appearance simply a tragic sight.
But just the fact that he could still wake up, the Marchioness was already very thankful. The Marchioness excitedly stepped forward, sat on the edge of the bed and held his son's hand, "Yan’er, are you awake?"
Gu Yan said silently, "I'm not, I’m still unconscious."
The Marchioness choked up. But instead of being angry, she smiled and said, "Yan’er now has the strength to talk to mother! You've been in a coma for so long, do you know that your mother was really frightened? Fortunately, the Bodhisattva blesses... "
"Just what did Bodhisattva do?" Gu Yan harrumphed.
The Marchioness laughed, "Yes, yes! It is Yan'er who is blessed with great fortune."
Gu Yan said earnestly, "She’s the one who cured me. I know it’s her. She left me some medicine." [T/N: She/her (她) & He/him (他) have the same pronunciations, so verbally, it’s not possible to distinguish the person’s gender unless you already know that person.]
When Gu Jiao rescued him, he wasn’t awake, and when she left him the medicine, he wasn’t awake either, but he just had an intuition that she was the one who did all these things.
The Marchioness naturally thought that Gu Yan meant "him"—— the old physician of the Rejuvenation Hall. She nodded and said, "It’s just like what Yan’er said, it’s the Rejuvenation Hall’s physician who saved you. Mother will properly express my gratitude to them. Hm? Yan’er, why is the jade thumb ring in your hand missing?"
That jade thumb ring was Gu Yan's personal belongings. Even though she didn’t know where he got it from, he always had it on him and never let anyone touch it. Once, he hid it in the quilt and when he couldn't find it, he lost his temper and passed out directly.
"She took it." Gu Yan said very calmly.
"Who?" The Marchioness didn't think of the old physician this time.
Gu Yan didn't answer her, but said, "She took it by accident."
Although he had only met her once, he seemed to know her very well. He himself could not explain what this intuition was all about, as if their hearts were linked as one.
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Everyone But Me Is Reborn
Her father is a coward and senselessly filial. Her mother is weak and gullible. Her elder brother is a wastrel.
When she married into the Wangfu, she suffered and was coldly treated. And by the time she was in labour, she was fated to die with the unborn child in her belly.
This was supposed to be Ning Nuan's life.
However this time, everyone but her is reborn.
Ning Nuan is at a loss. She felt that her dad has suddenly become the pillar of the family, her mother’s temper became fierce, and even her elder brother, who would only walk the dogs and play with birds all day, has begun picking up books and reading them carefully.
There is also that juvenile that shows up at the wall of her courtyard everyday, calling her “Ah Nuan, Ah Nuan” with an honest face.
