Chapter 308: Chapter 281: They Don’t Take You Seriously
Gu Mansion.
Qiao Yuxian stood at the entrance of the front hall, listening to the chatter, all aimed at drowning Ji Xiaoxiao. She hurried into the front hall, walked over, and rescued Ji Xiaoxiao, asking, "What are you chatting about?"
Instantly, everyone looked at her.
Then no one talked about Ji Xiaoxiao anymore; all the firepower was directed at her.
For the first time, Ji Xiaoxiao looked at Qiao Yuxian with a grateful expression.
"Yu Xian, set an example first."
"Honestly speaking, Yanjing isn’t young anymore, it’s time for a child."
"Yes, it’s time for our Gu Family to add to the population."
"You’re two years older than Xiao Xiao, this needs to be prioritized."
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Qiao Yuxian, who was still exchanging ideas with Gu Yanjing on a spiritual level, smiled and listened to their words one after another.
She glanced at Ji Xiaoxiao.
Ji Xiaoxiao cast her a sympathetic look.
"Alright, I’ll discuss it with Gu Yanjing," Qiao Yuxian said, barely able to make out what they were saying, just responding randomly.
Then she looked back at Gu Yanjing and found that Gu Yanjing wasn’t at the entrance of the front hall at all.
She rushed in to save Ji Xiaoxiao, thinking Gu Yanjing would follow her in to help defuse the situation, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Alright, Aunt," Qiao Yuxian answered, "We’ll put it on the agenda."
As soon as she said that, Gu Yanjing entered the front hall.
The noisy front hall instantly quieted down.
Qiao Yuxian quickly looked at Gu Yanjing, her eyes full of: save me, save me, save me, save me, save me...
When she entered the hall, Gu Yanjing was behind her.
But Wan Ying from M Continent called him.
He went to take the call.
But worried that Qiao Yuxian would be besieged inside, he quickly gave Wan Ying a response and hurried back to the front hall.
Gu Yanjing approached, rubbed the top of her head, and said, "What are you talking about putting on the agenda?"
No one spoke.
"Hmm?" Gu Yanjing looked at Qiao Yuxian, then at everyone else.
Everyone lowered their gaze, only one aunt said, "We were talking about having you both have a child sooner."
"Really?" Gu Yanjing lowered his eyes to look at Qiao Yuxian.
The corner of his eyes carried a faint, slightly meaningful smile.
Qiao Yuxian looked at the smile on his face, internally attacking him but smiled and said, "Yes. We were talking about having a son like you in the future."
Qiao Yuxian was gritting her teeth, cursing him.
But in Gu Yanjing’s mind appeared an image of a child like him.
The slight smile in Mr. Gu’s eyes instantly vanished cleanly, even a hint of coldness surfaced.
Qiao Yuxian raised her eyebrows.
Gu Yanjing touched her eyebrow, then looked at everyone else and said, "We have our own plans. No need for everyone to worry."
With one sentence, everyone dared not speak anymore.
Qiao Yuxian tugged at him and smiled, "Yes, we’ve already planned it. We’ll tell everyone if we have good news."
Gu Yanjing froze the atmosphere to an ice point; Qiao Yuxian slightly warmed it again.
The couple coordinated perfectly.
Gu Yanjing looked at Qiao Yuxian, slightly raised his eyebrows at her.
Qiao Yuxian squinted her eyes, then, in a spot invisible to everyone else, pinched his arm.
Gu Yanjing lowered his eyes to glance at his arm: "......"
After that, everyone chatted in the front hall for a while before heading to their rooms.
Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing returned to the East Courtyard.
At the East Courtyard, Qiao Yuxian saw Shang Chen carrying Qiao Zhiang upstairs.
"Asleep?" Qiao Yuxian asked softly.
"Yes." Shang Chen replied, "He fell asleep while doing homework."
"Is the homework finished?" Qiao Yuxian looked at the homework on the coffee table but couldn’t tell if he finished it.
"I don’t know," Shang Chen said.
"Let it be," Qiao Yuxian said, "Let him sleep."
Shang Chen carried him to the room; Qiao Yuxian followed. She helped Qiao Zhiang change clothes, washed his face and hands, stayed with him in the room for a while, and only left when she saw he didn’t wake up.
Gu Yanjing went to the study to continue work.
Qiao Yuxian went downstairs to make a bowl of noodles, carried it upstairs, and went to the study room.
Gu Yanjing was working, saw her carrying something inside, immediately got up, and took it from her hands.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Meng Yan said you hardly ate tonight."
"A bit busy," Gu Yanjing carried the bowl to the sofa area.
The old man was sick, he had been home for a few days, and a lot of work had piled up.
Qiao Yuxian followed him and said, "I made it. Taste it."
Gu Yanjing sat down, picked up chopsticks, and tasted it.
Qiao Yuxian eagerly asked, "How does it taste?"
Finally, Gu Yanjing tasted the meal specially made by Qiao Yuxian for him.
Gu’s heart was joyful but he replied indifferently, "Very good."
Qiao Yuxian smiled, "Eat more."
"Hmm."
Gu Yanjing ate slowly, Qiao Yuxian sat beside him, leaning on the sofa, flipping through messages on her phone.
After a while, she asked, "Did Aunt stop contacting you after Dong Qian was taken away by Yujing Manor?"
"No," Gu Yanjing replied, "The Meng Family personally went to M Continent."
"And then?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"They stayed there for more than half a month and didn’t meet anyone from Yujing Manor," Gu Yanjing said.
"Didn’t meet anyone at all?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Hmm," Gu Yanjing said, "Yujing Manor knows about their relationship with Dong Qian, and didn’t meet."
"But more than half a month without meeting?" Qiao Yuxian was a bit surprised, "Yujing Manor is really disrespecting the Gu Family."
She thought that no matter what, Yujing Manor would give some face to the Gu Family and at least meet.
Unexpectedly, they didn’t even meet.
Such arrogance.
Gu Yanjing glanced at her.
Qiao Yuxian said, "They’re disregarding you."
Gu Yanjing heard "sowing discord" in her tone.
After a pause, Gu Yanjing asked, "Any grudges with Yujing Manor?"
"Probably not," Qiao Yuxian thought and replied, "Just don’t like them."
Gu Yanjing looked at her again, asking, "Why?"
"Strong ones often dislike other strong ones," Qiao Yuxian raised her eyebrows.
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian obediently smiled at him.
Gu Yanjing felt her smile and previous words didn’t quite match.
Qiao Yuxian asked, "What’s up with Dong Qian now?"
"Still alive," Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Such simple words made one’s spine chill.
Gu Yanjing finished eating, wiped his mouth with a tissue, glanced at Qiao Yuxian, and touched her face.
Qiao Yuxian instinctively shrank her neck.
Gu Yanjing paused his hand: "Scared?"
"A bit cold," Qiao Yuxian held his hand, "Why so cold?"
Just as she finished speaking, Gu Yanjing’s phone rang.
Gu Yanjing got up and retrieved his phone from the desk; it was from the Sixth Hospital.
The moment he saw the caller ID, Gu Yanjing felt icy, and he immediately answered.
As soon as the call connected, and before the other side spoke, he heard gunfire.
Gu Yanjing turned and walked out.
Qiao Yuxian didn’t know what was happening, but seeing Gu Yanjing’s expression, she followed him.
Outside, Gu Yanjing just hung up the phone, and Qiao Yuxian’s phone rang again.
She glanced at it while walking out, it was Shen Wenyan calling.
Her heart sank again.
Answering the call, Shen Wenyan on the other side said, "Girl, someone ambushed the Sixth Hospital aimed at Yan An."
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