Chapter 298: Chapter 271: The Scar on the Arm
Hanging up the phone, Qiao Yuxian looked at Gu Yanjing next to her.
She hadn’t really noticed just now, but now, turning her head, she saw that the bamboo stick was bald, just left with a stick.
"Was it like this just now?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Yes." Gu Yanjing said it with a clear conscience.
But Qiao Yuxian walked up to him, picked up the sections of bamboo he had plucked, and waved them in front of his eyes: "Mr. Gu, lying is not good."
Mr. Gu didn’t speak.
Qiao Yuxian looked up at him.
Gu Yanjing lowered his eyes to meet hers.
After a while, Qiao Yuxian smiled and said, "Brother Yanjing?"
Gu Yanjing’s cold eyes trembled slightly.
Seeing his reaction, Qiao Yuxian called again, "Brother Yanjing."
Gu Yanjing looked at her, his eyes deepening.
Qiao Yuxian continued, "Brother Yanjing, Brother Yanjing, Brother Yanjing..."
Gu Yanjing embraced her waist and lowered his head to kiss her.
Afraid she might feel shy outside, Gu Yanjing didn’t kiss for too long. But before letting go, he gave her a hard kiss on the lips.
"Mm!" Qiao Yuxian protested.
Gu Yanjing gave a gentle peck again.
Qiao Yuxian felt a bit hurt by the kiss, pushed him a little, and glared at him: "You... you..."
After repeating "you" for a while, she finally said, "You big jealous jar."
Gu Yanjing: "......"
"You are a big jealous jar," Qiao Yuxian said quietly, "but even if you are jealous, poor bamboo did nothing to you."
Gu Yanjing kissed her forehead again.
Qiao Yuxian’s fierce tone deflated a bit, and she showed him her lower lip: "Swollen."
Gu Yanjing hadn’t used much force; she felt a bit of pain, but it wasn’t swollen, just a bit red. He gently kissed it again.
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips and leaned forward in his arms, saying, "Why be jealous? If there were something between us, we wouldn’t even know each other."
Gu Yanjing kept silent, using his silence to express his disagreement.
Qiao Yuxian, seeing his silent disagreement, said, "When we met at the hospital, you didn’t even glance at me. If I hadn’t insisted on seeing Grandpa, we wouldn’t know each other now."
"I looked." Gu Yanjing said.
"Hmm?" Qiao Yuxian sounded doubtful.
"I did." Gu Yanjing’s thumb gently rubbed her smooth little face, "You were so pretty that you stood out immediately."
"Really?" Qiao Yuxian looked up at him, her eyes unable to hide her smile.
"Yes." Gu Yanjing said, "I just didn’t expect there would be more to the story."
Qiao Yuxian laughed, "I guess I’m to thank for that. Only then did you get such a beautiful wife."
"Yes." Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian smiled happily again.
Gu Yanjing patted her head and said, "You were talking about Chen Xi just now."
"Yeah, did you hear?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"No," Gu Yanjing said, "I guessed it was her."
"She asked for my help," Qiao Yuxian said, "I want to help her."
"Do you think they’re targeting you?" Gu Yanjing asked based on what Qiao Yuxian had said on the phone.
"I don’t know." Qiao Yuxian said, "We’ll find out if we try."
"Last year, one night someone broke into Fenglin Villa wanting to take you away." Gu Yanjing asked, "Do you know who it was?"
Qiao Yuxian shook her head: "No, I don’t."
"Someone has been looking for you." Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian hesitated for a moment and then leaned against him: "Have we been here too long? Perhaps we should go out."
Gu Yanjing said nothing.
As Old Sir Gu had mentioned, there were many things she wouldn’t share with him.
After a brief silence, Gu Yanjing pinched her ear and said, "Let’s go."
"Okay."
The two of them went out, and Qiao Lech glanced back and forth between them several times. Only when she saw they were alright did she feel relieved.
"Sis, did he bully you?" Qiao Zhiang suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
"He seemed so fierce when he went to find you just now." Qiao Zhiang said.
Gu Yanjing, sitting on a chair, looked at him.
Qiao Zhiang didn’t dare to look at him; feeling Gu Yanjing’s gaze on him, he moved closer to Chu Zhengran.
Qiao Yuxian joked, "If I got bullied, what would you do?"
"When I grow up, I’ll beat him up for you." Qiao Zhiang said.
"But by the time you grow up, he might’ve already bullied me flat." Qiao Yuxian said.
"Then I’ll call Dad later and have him beat him up." As soon as Qiao Yu was mentioned, Qiao Zhiang finally dared to look at Gu Yanjing, even raising his chin at him.
Gu Yanjing glanced at him and said, "His school isn’t far from the Gu Group. Let him stay at Fenglin Villa so we can drop him off at school on the way to work."
Both Qiao Yuxian and Qiao Lech looked at him.
Gu Yanjing added calmly, "I’ll help with his homework from now on."
Qiao Yuxian: "?"
"I don’t want to." Little Zhiang argued.
Gu Yanjing glanced at him and ignored him, but that indifferent glance was enough to let him know that arguing was futile.
Little Zhiang’s face turned white immediately.
He looked to Chu Zhengran for help.
Chu Zhengran patted his head and said, "As your brother-in-law, I won’t take away a chance for him to impress his future father-in-law."
Gu Yanjing glanced at Chu Zhengran again.
Chu Zhengran gave him a gentle smile.
Gu Yanjing returned his cold look.
Lin Huai Shu, sitting opposite, watched the silent war between the two. After a while, he rolled up his sleeves and got up to fetch the watermelon from the opposite side.
The watermelon the waiter had just brought in; there was a plate on their side and another on the opposite side.
But Lin Huai Shu always felt the watermelon on the other side was redder and crunchier, so he got up to try a piece from the opposite side.
Chu Zhengran laughed at him putting his sleeves up and standing up, "There’s some right there for you."
"This one’s sweet." Lin Huai Shu said.
Chu Zhengran chuckled, "What a habit, always thinking others’ things are better since childhood."
"They usually are." Lin Huai Shu reached to hand Qiao Lech a piece, "Sister, try it. It’s definitely better than ours."
Qiao Lech took it, habitually thanking him.
But as soon as she uttered her thanks, she suddenly noticed a long scar on the outer side of Lin Huai Shu’s right arm.
The scar was quite long, nearly ten centimeters, but it was very thin.
Lin Huai Shu had fair skin, and the scar was slightly sunken in and even a bit red.
Staring at the scar on his arm, Qiao Lech’s heart suddenly clenched, followed by goosebumps spreading all over her body.
Her face went pale almost instantly.
Qiao Yuxian immediately noticed her emotional change: "Le Chu? Are you feeling unwell?"
Everyone quickly turned to look at her.
Seeing her looking unwell, Lin Huai Shu asked urgently, "What’s wrong? You looked fine just now."
Qiao Lech jerked back to reality, looking at Lin Huai Shu, pausing for a couple of seconds before hurriedly dropping her gaze, and her hand touched her face, "I’m fine."
"Are you sure?" Lin Huai Shu asked, "If you feel unwell, let’s go to the hospital."
"It’s fine." Qiao Lech looked back at the scar on his arm and asked, "Young Master Lin, this scar..."
Lin Huai Shu glanced at his arm, "Oh, this? A little girl scratched me when I was younger. The wound was shallow, hardly any blood, and my family didn’t think much of it, but it left such an obvious scar."
Hearing his words, Qiao Lech clenched her hand under the table tighter and dug her nails into her palm, trying to make her pain distract from the sight of that scar.