Chapter 11: Precursors
The night wind gusts, bringing a chill that penetrates into the bone marrow. The sound of hurried footsteps hurriedly sounded along the rockery, accompanied by the anxious urging of the maid to the inner courtyard. Mu Lan stood at the door, looked at the back in the distance, paused a little hesitantly, turned to the agarwood on the side and said: "The girl doesn't sleep well, and she doesn't want to be disturbed by the rare rest, but she is most worried about the fifth miss, and now that there is an accident in the yard over there, it is better to wake up the girl and ask." ”
Agarwood nodded, just turned around and took a step and stopped. Mu Lan was originally walking behind her, but when she stopped, she couldn't help but stop, and was slightly stunned: "What's wrong?" ”
Agarwood looked ahead and said softly, "The girl is awake." ”
followed Agarwood's gaze and looked at it together, and sure enough, I saw Mozhu open the small curtain and help Gu Mingxiu walk out. Before he woke up, Gu Mingxiu's eyes were covered with a thin rain of smoke, looking like he was wrapped in a fog, and he couldn't see what emotions were contained in them.
"Girl, Miss Five—"
Halfway through the words, he stopped, and then stopped talking. Mu Lan trotted up to meet her, and was about to hold Gu Mingxiu, but saw that the little girl shook her head slightly, and said lightly: "Aunt Qing is about to send someone over in a while, Miao Lan, you and Mo Zhu stay." Her eyes were heavy, and her tone couldn't hear anything, "Good life look, dot it." ”
"The slave knows." Mo Zhu understood, and nodded immediately.
"But, girl, do you want to go alone?" Mu Lan asked worriedly.
"Agarwood will accompany me, and the two of you will stay." Gu Mingxiu's eyes fell on Agarwood, who was silent, and the corners of his lips rose, hooking up a casual smile.
After being stunned for a moment, Agarwood nodded immediately, stood silently behind Gu Mingxiu and followed her out of the courtyard.
Gu Liyi's Lijin Courtyard gathered a lot of people at the moment.
The doctor was seeing the doctor inside, and the maids didn't dare to come out when they stood outside the house. Dong Qing didn't come over, saying that Gu Xiaodie was frightened, and he was crying and making trouble at the moment, and a doctor was also sent there. An Li sat at the table, his eyes fell straight on the bed, looking anxious. Gu Changge stood aside, comforting in a soft voice.
"Mother." Gu Mingxiu entered the door and called softly, seeing Gu Changge raise his head and look, he smiled, "Second sister." ”
"Fourth sister." Gu Changge bowed his head.
An Li saw Gu Mingxiu walk in, hurriedly held her hand and brought her to sit down beside him, and asked worriedly, "Xiu'er, why are you here?" Are you feeling better? ”
In the afternoon, An Li sent someone to ask Gu Mingxiu, and Gu Mingxiu was taking a nap at that time. It was Mozhu who came back after seeing someone, and after the maid went back, she returned to Gu Mingxiu who was unwell and was still resting, and mentioned the matter of medicinal materials by the way.
Gu Mingxiu smiled and shook his head: "It's okay to sleep well, my mother doesn't need to worry." She glanced at the doctor and the maid around the bed, and asked softly, "How is Yiyi?" ”
"The fifth sister is probably overly frightened, some..."Gu Changge paused, and did not say the two words that the doctor said. She smiled and comforted Gu Mingxiu, "Fourth sister, don't worry too much, you don't need to come over, if you don't worry, let the maid go and talk to you." ”
"The second sister has a heart." Gu Mingxiu smiled, raised her head to meet Gu Changge's gaze, and there was something unclear in her eyes, "It's just that there is a sister who doesn't worry about her sister, and she can't rest assured if she doesn't accompany Siniang." Isn't the second sister also worried, so she waited with her mother. ”
Gu Changge was slightly stunned, and his face was immediately difficult to look at.
There are words in the words. Gu Mingxiu said on her face that she didn't have a sister and didn't worry about her sister, but secretly sarcastically mocked her that she was worried that Gu Xiaodie would be a good person here to accompany An Li. She is not at ease, whether she is not worried about Gu Liyi, or whether she is worried about what Gu Liyi will say when she wakes up, which will be unfavorable to Gu Xiaodie.
His eyes were a little angry and embarrassed for a moment, Gu Changge blinked, and only tenderness was left in his eyes. She smiled, her eyes inadvertently saw the agarwood behind Gu Mingxiu, and took a closer look with some curiosity: "Aunt Qing has not sent a new maid down, you don't need others, isn't there only the two maids Miao Lan and Mozhu around the fourth sister, who is this?" ”
"The second sister has a really good memory, and she remembered all the girls beside Siniang in just one day." Gu Mingxiu bent her lips, but there was no smile in her tone, revealing a little mockery, "It's just a maid, the second sister hasn't seen it before, so she doesn't recognize it." ”
"Whatever you say, your second sister just cares about you." An Li didn't notice anything wrong with the words of the two, but Gu Mingxiu was worried about Gu Liyi, so his tone was not good. She patted the back of Gu Mingxiu's hand and whispered to reassure.
"Siniang knows." Gu Mingxiu'er, his gaze fell on Gu Changge's face casually, "Siniang knows that the second sister is the most generous and generous, and she won't worry about Siniang in the future." ”
The fingers in the sleeves clenched the handkerchief tightly, and Gu Changge smiled softly: "The fourth sister is too worried." ”
Gu Mingxiu glanced at her with a smile, didn't say anything more, got up and walked to the bed. Ling Qiao was standing, clasping his hands in front of him, looking nervously at the doctor who took the pulse. Gu Mingxiu walked behind her and looked at the scene on the bed.
Gu Liyi lay quietly on the bed, compared to Bai Ri, her face was much more ruddy at the moment, and it seemed that she was just asleep. However, this quiet sleeping face lasted less than a moment, and in the next second, Gu Liyi frowned, and his lips moved slightly, as if he was entangled in some terrible nightmare.
"Girl, girl." Ling Qian hurriedly leaned down and called Gu Liyi in a low voice, "Girl, it's okay." It's okay, you're just having nightmares. ”
Ling Qiao said these words over and over again, Gu Liyi slowly relaxed his brows under her comfort, gradually turned calm, and fell asleep again.
Relieved, Ling Qian glanced at Gu Liyi worriedly, and just straightened up when he heard a crisp inquiry voice from behind: "What happened?" ”
"Fourth Miss." Ling Qiao turned around and saw that it was Gu Mingxiu, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She took a step back to the side slightly, so that Gu Mingxiu could get closer to the bed, and then said softly, "The slave maid didn't know what was going on, at that time, Miss Six asked the slave maid to get the medicine, and only Miss Six and Miss Five were left in the room. When the slave came back, she met the second miss at the door, and before she could speak, she heard the sixth miss shouting for help. ”
Ling Qiao hesitated for a moment, and secretly glanced at Gu Changge, but saw Gu Changge behind An Li staring at her, his eyes were indifferent, and he couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly turned his head and lowered: "Just, I only saw the fifth miss grabbing the sixth miss, and the second girl and I immediately ran up to separate them, and then the fifth miss fainted." ”
Gu Mingxiu glanced at Gu Changge and bowed his head: "What about the sixth sister?" ”
"Miss Six seemed to be frightened and cried non-stop, Miss Six asked me to find a doctor, and then sent Miss Six back to her yard." Ling Qiao replied in a low voice, but there was always a little hesitation in his tone.
Gu Mingxiu nodded, and saw the doctor on the side receive the needle.
Without waiting to ask, the doctor had already looked at Gu Mingxiu and said, "The fifth lady in the house is nothing serious, but she is just overly frightened, so she is a little delirious." I'll prescribe the prescription first, and I'll wait for Miss Fifth to wake up and see if there's any big problem. ”
An Li nodded: "Okay, there is Dr. Lao." ”
"And when will my girl wake up?" Ling Qian asked.
The doctor was packing up the medicine box, and after hearing this, he thought about it and said, "Fifth Miss won't wake up until tomorrow at the latest, so you don't have to worry too much." ”
"Great." An Li breathed a sigh of relief, and called someone to send the doctor.
The doctor had just walked out of the door, and a little maid hurriedly walked past the doctor and entered the door. Seeing a few people in the house, the little maid hurriedly saluted and said in a low voice: "Madam, second miss, fourth miss, the master is back and is preparing dinner, please come over and eat." ”
An Li was stunned, and wanted to say something, Gu Changge raised his head and smiled to comfort her: "Mother, the fifth sister fell into the water, and the sixth sister was frightened by the fifth sister again, this is not a good thing." When you return home today, you must not let your father know about these things, for he must be tired for a day of hard work, and you must not let him be troubled. ”
The long eyelashes drooped slightly, and Gu Mingxiu smiled sarcastically in his heart.
In the previous life, she returned home, and after Gu Liyi fell into the water, her good father was furious because of this incident. The rhetoric was exactly the same as what Gu Changge taught Gu Liyi, but it all put the responsibility on her head, making her father think that she really had a relationship with Gu Fu.
In this life, Dong Qing was broken by her before the complaint, and she must have lost the battle because she was afraid that everyone would confront each other. said that he didn't mention this matter, it was just a statement to An Li, but he didn't know how to blow the pillow wind for a while.
His eyes were slightly cold, Gu Mingxiu lowered his head to wipe the beads of sweat on Gu Liyi's forehead, and the corners of his lips hooked up a faint smile.
"Mother, you go to eat, I'm not too hungry now, so I'll stay here to take care of Yiyi." Gu Mingxiu raised his head and looked at An Li.
An Li was stunned again, she knew that Gu Mingxiu couldn't force her on the issue of rice. After hesitating for a moment, An Li said: "But Xiu'er, today is the first time you have seen your father...."
"Father knows that Xiu'er is not in good health, so he won't blame Xiu'er." Gu Mingxiu smiled softly, "Mother, you and the second sister should go over quickly, don't make him wait for a long time." ”
"Okay, then." An Li glanced at her uneasily, and was helped out by Gu Changge.
The woman who was usually indifferent couldn't help but brush her sideburns, but the corners of her lips that were unconsciously pursed revealed her nervousness. On the other hand, Gu Changge's face was gentle, and there was a little smile in his eyes.
Yes, Gu Mingxiu will inevitably be cold when he returns home but does not go to see this father.
Gu Mingxiu knew Gu Changge's thoughts, but he just smiled faintly. Even if she goes, Gu Qingyuan won't like her, let alone her mother. Gu Qingyuan didn't have her daughter in his eyes at all, if he really loved her, how could he ignore her for eleven years, and how could he not come to see her on the first day she returned home when she heard that she was uncomfortable.
Mother, you have to take a good look at this man we call "father".
He didn't deserve it.