Chapter 73: Floating Life (4)
Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, Childe came to wake me up, telling me not to forget to change me to what I was yesterday. After freshening up, I followed my son to the front hall for breakfast in a daze, listening to their pleasant greetings there, and my eyelids were fighting.
By the time I came to my senses, my son and I had already arrived at Miss Qin's boudoir.
Miss Qin sat on a chair not far from us, and Childe took a cup of tea and drank it lightly. I swept around, then rubbed my eyes and asked, "Childe, have you started?"
Childe raised his eyes to look at me, then at Miss Qin, and said, "Miss Qin, shall we start?"
"Bai Gongzi, the little girl's name is Qin Tassel, if the son doesn't mind, just call me by my name. Qin Tassel smiled slightly, and the conversation was full of everyone's beautiful demeanor.
"Since this is the case, it is better to be respectful than to obey the order. Childe put down the teacup and straightened his expression slightly, "Miss Tassel, before I treat your eyes, there is another question below, I wonder if Miss Tassel can answer it for you?"
Qin Tassel bowed slightly: "Childe, please ask." ”
"Dare to ask Miss Tassel's eyes, is it really because she was accidentally injured when she was killing the demon, as Ling Zun said?" Childe knocked on the table, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Qin Tassel was slightly stunned, obviously not knowing why Gongzi was asking this. But a good tutor made it impossible for her to refuse, she thought for a moment, and her hesitation was obvious.
But Childe didn't seem to notice, and asked again with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Miss Tassel?"
Qin Tassel lowered his head slightly, his hands subconsciously twisted the corners of his clothes, and whispered: "Yes." ”
"Does the young lady know that the demon has been eliminated?" Childe continued to ask, as if he was not very satisfied with her answer.
I sat on the side and watched them yawn with my head propped up, thinking that this question and answer was neither efficient nor boring, and I really didn't know how Childe could continue to ask. Does he like "Childe" and "Miss" so politely?
I shook my head and sighed, thinking that this son's hobby was really wonderful. But seeing that he was very interested, I didn't want to interrupt, so I had to continue to listen to them boringly.
Qin Liusu listened to Gongzi's words, and seemed to recall the scene of that day, his face turned pale, and his tone was a little hurried: "I, I don't know, the scene was very chaotic at that time, I fainted after being injured by mistake, I didn't see if I got rid of it......"
"Then didn't Ling Zun tell you after you woke up?"
"I didn't ...... There is no ......"
The smile on Childe's face gradually subsided, he snorted coldly, and his tone gradually became aggressive.
"Miss Tassel, can you tell you if the demon was eliminated in the end?" After speaking, without waiting for her to answer, she continued, "Miss Tassel, the demon was not eliminated in the end, he escaped and wantonly kidnapped the girls in the city, causing people's livelihood to be uneasy. Childe looked at Qin Tassel, regardless of whether she could see it or not, the corners of her mouth gradually opened a smile, "I don't know where it is, is that right?"
Qin Tassel's face became more and more pale, compared to the white silk covered by his eyes. I looked at it and sighed secretly, Childe really doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.
Qin Tassel's hand pinched the corner of his clothes tightly, and he had the strength to not crush it and swear not to give up. But in the end, she just lowered her head a little lower, vowing to follow through without knowing to the end: "I...... I don't know ......."
Childe looked at it and sighed, and his tone gradually slowed down: "Miss Tassel should know that demon, seeing him do this, even if you choose to ignore it, but God rewards hard work, and what should come will always come." What's more, can you really be ruthless and watch him walk on a road of no return?"
Qin Tassel's body stiffened obviously, as if she understood something, she raised her head suddenly, her face pale: "You guys...... You're not a doctor, but you're here to kill him?"
I was about to applaud her reaction, and after talking for so long, she finally found out, and it was really not easy.
Childe raised an eyebrow and glanced at me: "We didn't come to kill him, I only came because someone likes to meddle in things." ”
I pursed my lips, and Childe took in my expression, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he looked at Qin Tassel: "But if Miss insists on hiding it and waiting for him to fall into the devil, it will be too late." When the time comes, he will have to die if he does not die. ”
Childe's tone is soft, but the words he says are very frightening. Qin Tassel was silent for a moment, and the white silk covering his eyes gradually became wet.
"Bai Gongzi, you're right. I know him, he's the same as you, he's also surnamed Bai, his name is Bai Tianhan, and he's a good fox demon......"
"He went to kidnap those girls' ...... for me"
By the end of the day, I couldn't stop crying.
Qin Tassel was born in a merchant family and was the only child in the huge Qin family.
Master Qin is an old man, he only married Mrs. Qin in his life, and the couple had a deep affection, but they had no choice but to be married for many years, but they did not have a child.
Although Master Qin didn't say anything clearly, Mrs. Qin also knew what he was thinking, so she secretly went around to seek medical advice, just hoping to have a child. Perhaps it was Mrs. Qin's sincerity that moved the heavens, and it was only when Master Qin was nearly forty years old that her stomach moved.
Because he is an old man, Master Qin attaches great importance to this and is cautious and cautious in everything. And Mrs. Qin's belly is also getting bigger day by day, and the two have been looking forward to it for a long time, and when they give birth, they can only save one adult and child because of difficult childbirth. Mrs. Qin knew that Master Qin had always wanted a child, so she asked the midwife to keep the child, and she died of a blood collapse.
When Master Qin learned about it, he fainted on the spot. After waking up, he didn't want to look at the child, so he went out to do business after burying Mrs. Qin. Because Qin Tassel was still in infancy at that time, Master Qin still remembered that she was his daughter, and he didn't feel at ease when he thought about leaving her to the nurse, so he entrusted it to Gu Heng, who had a friend who had forgotten his year.
The Gu family is also a famous family in the imperial city, with generations of scholars, and their ancestors have also produced emperors, so they are still honored.
But in Gu Heng's generation, he gave birth to Gu Xingfeng, the demon king of the mixed world. This child will be five years old, not only is he not interested in those Four Books and Five Classics, but he also plays tricks on the teachers invited by the family, making Gu Fu often jump like chickens and dogs.
But because he was an only son, Gu Heng couldn't bear to put too much on his hands, and every time something happened, he would be locked up or punished for copying books. At that time, although Gu Xingfeng had the intention of repenting, he later threw away the oath he had made and continued to be his "Demon King of the Mixed World".
For a sister who suddenly came to the house, Gu Xingfeng seemed very curious. But except for a little bit of good feeling at the beginning because Qin Tassel was very cute, after that, there was no good feeling at all.
Because Gu Xingfeng found that since Qin Tasui came to his house, his father's and mother's attention seemed to have shifted to him, and he was not as good as before, so he didn't have much affection for this sudden sister.
With the passage of time, Qin Tassel has gradually grown from a baby in swaddling clothes to a girl. During this time, Gu Xingfeng did not hide his dislike for this sister at all, and always teased her in different ways. Sometimes they threw worms at her, sometimes they soiled the new clothes that Mrs. Gu bought for her, and sometimes they "accidentally" locked her in a dark room and didn't let her out until night.
For these, Qin Tassel went from panic at the beginning to calmness later, and then to calm at the end, and perfectly interpreted "On How Everyone's Ladies Are Practiced". In the end, Gu Xingfeng was defeated first, thinking that she was really boring, so he gradually dispelled his thoughts of teasing her.
In such an environment, Qin Tassel's temperament gradually became introverted, and the whole person was extremely silent, and he could often sit all day without saying a word. Seeing that the Gu family and his wife were worried, they wondered if the child had any disease, and if so, how could they be worthy of the Qin family's master.
And although Gu Xingfeng gradually dissipated his mind of teasing Qin Tassel, for Qin Tassel, the next problem was that he was not socially compatible with children of the same age.
Eleven or twelve years old is the age of fun, and Qin Tassel's temperament is naturally the object of rejection by everyone. And she herself seems to know, never invites people to the house, never with those children, always goes alone, plays with herself.
Although Qin Tassel has avoided contact with those children as much as possible, the children are also simple-minded, and they always hang on their faces whether they like it or not. If you don't like someone, you want to go up and insert a kick, until you see the other party crying and running home.
Because of Qin Tassel's loneliness, he naturally became the object of hatred of the children, so even if he was not with them, he would be squeezed by them from time to time. For example, that day, Qin Tassel was squatting in the corner playing with a shuttlecock, and a group of children not far away saw it and surrounded it slightly.
The head of the child, Wang Xie Yan, snatched the shuttlecock in her hand, picked it up with two fingers and shook it as if she hated it dirty, and looked at Qin Tassel, who had not yet reacted, and said very provocatively: "Hey, Qin Tassel, your shuttlecock is quite good-looking, how about borrowing me to play?"
Qin Tassel was stunned, but she had never resisted at this time, but she stood up at this time, and reached out to grab it: "Give it back to me!"
Xie Yan deliberately raised the hand carrying the shuttlecock, and looked at Qin Liusu tiptoeing in front of him and couldn't reach it, and smiled very proudly: "I want to return it to you too, who is to blame if you can't get it yourself?"
Qin Tassel suddenly stopped moving, and just stood like that and looked straight at Xie Yan. Xie Yan was stared at by her a little inexplicably, seeing that she didn't rob it, she felt a little unhappy, and was about to return the shuttlecock to her, but Qin Tassel's eyes suddenly burst out with a ruthless energy, and he just slammed into Xie Yan like that.
Xie Yan was just a child no matter what she said, and she was hit to the ground by such a sudden bump, and the shuttlecock she was carrying in her hand was also thrown out, and several children in a circle looked at this sudden situation, you look at me, I look at you, and they haven't come to their senses.
The first to make a move was Qin Tassel. She saw the shuttlecock fly out of Xie Yan's hand, and hurriedly got up from him, and ran to pick up the shuttlecock with a "da-da-da".
Xie Yan was knocked to the ground by her, and finally came back to his senses, got up from the ground and prepared to run towards Qin Tassel, looking very fierce.
At this moment, a stone accurately hit Xie Yan's chest, Xie Yan stopped and was stunned, and looked up to see a young man in black sitting on a willow tree not far away, with an emerald willow leaf in his mouth, looking at him as if he was smiling.
Xie Yan suddenly lost his courage, and he stopped in place, neither advancing nor retreating. Gu Xingfeng saw that his goal had been achieved, and he didn't hesitate, he jumped down from it while holding on to the tree, and walked towards Xie Yan with leisurely steps.
Gu Xingfeng stopped in front of Xie Yan, spit out the leaves in his mouth, and asked very arrogantly: "Hey little brat, who allowed you to bully her? My sister Gu Xingfeng can also be bullied if you want? She can only be bullied by me." After that, he glanced at Qin Tassel, who was holding the shuttlecock carefully in his hand, and said in a raised voice, "Sister Su, do you say yes?" ”
Qin Tassel turned his back to him and ignored his words.
As if expecting this scene, Gu Xingfeng didn't feel embarrassed, turned his head to look at Xie Yan and said with a smile: "Did you hear that?" It's still too late to go back now, otherwise ......" Gu Xingfeng squinted his eyes and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "Be careful that I beat you so much that you don't even know your mother!"
Where was Xie Yan treated like this, and he was about to open his mouth to refute a few words, but he was pulled by the children next to him and walked back step by step.
Halfway through, Xie Yan also looked at Gu Xingfeng and put down his words: "You wait! I'll go back and tell my father and mother to go!"
Gu Xingfeng laughed out loud when he heard this, and waved his hand very affectionately at Xie Yan: "I'm waiting! Go early and come back early! I'm still waiting for you!"
The young man's flamboyant voice echoed in the air, Gu Xingfeng turned to look at Qin Liusu and squinted his eyes, and said in a mocking tone as he walked towards her: "Sister Su, why don't you speak, crying?"
When Gu Xingfeng walked in front of Qin Liusu, she was carefully patting off the dust on the feather shuttlecock. The originally clean and gorgeous shuttlecock was stained with dust and became very ugly, but Qin Tassel still regarded it as a treasure, carefully held it in the palm of his hand, and gently stroked off the dust on it.
Gu Xingfeng watched her movements very patiently, and it took a long time for Qin Tassel to raise his head, looking at his voice in a low voice: "Thank you, Brother Gu." ”
As if he had never been thanked so seriously, Gu Xingfeng coughed unnaturally, and asked as if he remembered something: "Why didn't you know how to run when they bullied you just now?"
Qin Tassel was stunned, lowered his head and was silent.
As if she was used to it, Gu Xingfeng's eyes fell on the shuttlecock in her hand, and she said with great interest: "Look at you so precious this shuttlecock, it's nothing special, a silver ingot can buy a lot." ”
Qin Liusu was silent for a long time, looked at the shuttlecock in his hand, and his voice was still low: "This was brought to me by my father." ”
Gu Xingfeng was stunned.
Since Qin Tassel came to the Gu family, it has been ten years now. In the past ten years, Master Qin has only occasionally come back to take a look, except for bringing her some gadgets, he has no intention of taking her back to the Qin Mansion.
And these inexpensive things brought back by Master Qin naturally became Qin Tassel's priceless treasure, she was careful to put them in the box on weekdays, and she really wanted to play before she took them out to take a look. Although this shuttlecock is not a valuable thing, it was brought back by Master Qin, so it is no wonder that she cherishes it so much.
Thinking of this, Gu Xingfeng felt a little indignant in his heart. He looked at the thin and small man in front of him: "I don't know how Uncle Qin, the father, left you like this for ten years, where can anyone be a father like this?"
Although the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional. Besides, the word "father" has always been a pain in Qin Liusu's heart, and although Gu Xingfeng said these words without malice at this time, it was like a sharp knife piercing her heart, and her face turned pale in an instant.
After finishing speaking, Gu Xingfeng also seemed to notice that something was wrong, and when he looked down and saw Qin Liusu's little face, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly opened his mouth to save it: "I mean it's been so many years, Uncle Qin should come to see you more even if he has something, it shouldn't be like this...... Eh, don't cry, I won't say it, okay?"
Before she finished speaking, a mist gradually appeared in Qin Liusu's eyes, and finally the mist became heavier and heavier, and the bean-sized tears rolled down her face, and then fell to the ground, disappearing in an instant.
Gu Xingfeng, who had never seen her cry since Qin Tassel was seven years old, suddenly shook his head at this moment, he looked at her helpless, and wanted to help her wipe her tears but she avoided it.
Gu Xingfeng looked at the hand that was still stopped in mid-air in a daze, and looked at Qin Tasu, who was biting his lip and holding back his cry, not knowing what to do.
Qin Tassel also looked at him with wide eyes, her eyes were misty, she bit her lip and stepped back step by step, and after taking a few steps back, she turned around and ran away. Gu Xingfeng didn't have time to stop it, so he could only watch her run farther and farther.
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