
Gu Xiqiao rubbed his temple as he reached out and received the child from the middle-aged woman. His expression was calm and collected as his every move could be a work of art, and her temperament and aura that protruded like a sore thumb in a passenger car made the middle-aged woman look upon her as her last hope.
Gu Xiqiao did not speak, already coming to a conclusion when he saw the cherry hole beside their seat.
He swept all the snacks on the table in front of him before lowering the boy down, one hand pressing down on his back and sending a stream of lively chi into him that was heading towards his stomach.
Of course, he still took out two golden needles and stabbed them into the boy's head so as not to arouse suspicion, and after he plucked them again, he pinched the boy's chubby cheek gently.
The boy woke up sadly, along with weakly: “Mommy ..”
Many onlookers gasped in shock, and their gazes immediately became strong as they went up and asked Gu Xiqiao about their condition after seeing such a miracle.
The middle-aged woman hugged the boy tightly as her lips trembled in fear. My angel, you are finally awake!
He cried for a while before he bowed and thanked Gu Xiqiao again and again, and Gu Xiqiao tried to think of a way to stop him from thanking her until the next day. “Uhm, you should go get some water for her, she might still feel a little nauseous from eating cherries just now.”
“Good!” After hearing this, the middle-aged woman immediately wiped her tears and went to the front of the carriage to fetch water for the boy.
At that time, Gu Xiqiao was still pestered by the crowd, so he could only explain, “No, my younger brother had eaten cherry seeds before, so he could only explain, so I happen to know what to do!”
Upon hearing this, they nodded and left, letting him breathe a sigh of relief before he looked down and his eyes came into contact with a pair of beads. “Sister, you are so amazing!”
Call me Auntie. Gu Xiqiao narrowed his eyes at him.
Oh. The boy who was about four years old adjusted his position in his arms slightly, his chubby cheeks and baby fat were extremely cute as he looked towards Gu Xiqiao, not even blinking. “Sister, am I heavy?”
“You are not that heavy.” Gu Xiqiao reached into his bag and took out a box of chips from his inventory, before tearing them apart and giving them to him. “Eat this. Remember to call me Auntie, okay? ”
“Aunt I know doesn't look like you.” The boy received a packet of chips, and he began to chew it obediently.
Gu Xiqiao took the opportunity to pull out his phone, scroll through, and scan the long block of text that Yao Jiamu had sent him before turning off his phone again without reply. “There's an aunt who looks like me too.”
The boy looked at him curiously, before taking the packet of chips with his small hands. “OK, but my mom said I'd be a fool if I ate this.”
“Then don't eat.” Gu Xiqiao opened the game on his phone and handed it to the boy, and the little boy put down the chip and tapped on the screen, swiping it a few times before he died at the first level. He did not give up and started tapping and swiping again and again, but he continued dying, and Gu Xiqiao wordlessly took the phone and put the bag of chips back in his hand.
Eat, Datou.
“Thank you, Brother!” The boy received the chips and started chewing them again.
Seeing that he completely ignored what he said about calling her that again, he sighed softly and admitted. “Alright, alright, sister.”
A small laugh rang out from beside him, and with his sixth sense, Gu Xiqiao knew that he must have laughed at him, so he turned his head, looking at a handsome young man in expensive clothes.
Gu Xiqiao's gaze only lasted for a moment before returning to the boy, while the young man rubbed his chin seriously.
The train quickly got to the next station where he got off the train with Datou and his mother, but because their destination was different — They went further north, while Gu Xiqiao was going to Baixing Village, so they parted ways.
After getting off the train, Gu Xiqiao did not rush to get on the bus to go to the village first. He didn't carry any luggage when he left N City because he kept all the items he needed in his inventory, so he went around buying luggage at a nearby store. He did not want anyone to question him about why he had so much food and clothing when he had not brought luggage to the village from the very beginning.
After he bought the luggage, he went to a place where there were no people and moved some items from the inventory to the luggage. He closed the lid and grabbed the handle, and although it was a bit heavy, it was not too much of a problem for him.
Gu Xiqiao was carrying a luggage box as he walked to the nearest bus terminal. He got there quickly on foot, the weight of the suitcase did not affect him in the slightest.
The latter had just left the station, so there weren't many passengers he was boarding, and when he got on the bus, there were no passengers, he even heard an old man in a straw hat nagging at himself about how he should have walked.faster so he could ride the bus than before.
All residents in Ping’an District have more accents and their Mandarin doesn't surf the townspeople, either, and it's been years since she's heard such familiar accents and slang that it just makes her feel like she's at home.
“We have arrived at the Ermao Store!” The bus slowed as the female conductor shouted near the bus entrance.
The familiar name immediately caught Gu Xiqiao's attention, and he stood up and walked out of the bus.
Ermao shop is a convenience store that is placed right at the entrance of the village and is where villagers buy daily groceries from every day. If what they want is not available, they have to take a bus and go to the city together to buy the items they need.
Gu Xiqiao got off the bus and walked on the crossroads leading to the village filled with weeds and bushes. Baixing Village was placed in a basin area surrounded by mountains, and there were only about twenty families in the small village. Even so, the location was quite close to the nearby villages, so it was not a rare sight to see four people from different villages sitting at the mahjong table.
There were quite a number of people on the street, and they all greeted Gu Xiqiao cheerfully upon seeing him. To them, he had only been gone for three months, but to him, he had not stepped into this place for a very long time.
When he returned to this village in his past life, it was the year he was at this moment, but at that moment, the village had been cleared, the building was torn down. When he asked, he was only told that the villagers had moved, but to where, he was not told.
The goal was a small house in the middle of the village. It was a simple-looking house, with two floors and white paint brushed against the walls. This is Yu Man's house, his adoptive mother.
Yu Man is a talented woman and a barefoot doctor who lives in this small village. Whenever anyone got sick, he would heal them, but he died of a brain hemorrhage so suddenly that he didn't even have time to see a doctor.
With a flash of intent, a group of keys appeared in his hand.
He clearly remembered locking the dark green metal gate itself with the big key, but now, the key had been lost.
Gu Xiqiao raised his eyebrows slightly, already feeling the people inside the house. Did they open the lock? How dare!
He stood there in front of the gate, his fingers made of porcelain resting on the gate as he was about to push it open, but they opened themselves.
The one who opened the door was a young woman in a Bohemian style dress. She had curly hair and was light-colored, and she looked alluring and stylish, and it was clear that she was different from the girls born and raised in this village.
Looking at Gu Xiqiao, he was stunned for a moment when he saw someone not inferior to him in the appearance department in front of him.
“Who are you?” The girl raised her chin proudly as she looked at him, leaning against the gate like she did.
Who is he
Gu Xiqiao sneered, but waves of anger had already begun to form in his heart. He did not want to waste his words on this girl, so he simply waved his hand in front of her, and the girl stumbled backwards, almost falling to the ground like he did.
There was a man in the courtyard who was looking at the map, and after hearing the young lady's cry, he looked up to see Gu Xiqiao's cold face. By the time she looked towards him, she looked like an ice-cold, hot-tempered goddess, and for a moment, she could hear her own heartbeat in her ears.
Seeing this, the girl's brows furrowed and she shouted, “What, you've never seen a woman before? Why did you let him in? Let's see how you can explain this to Young Master Tang! “
“Cough ..” The man coughed awkwardly, knowing that he had embarrassed himself. “Let me ask him why he is here?”
What other reason would there be? The girl scoffed. “She's one of the shameless ladies here for Young Master Tang, no doubt!”
He did not control the volume of his voice, so the man reflexively looked towards the house. Subconsciously, he felt that this girl was not such a person, but he was unable to find any other reason why she was here. It was already a common occurrence that the girls in this village were knocking on their doors to see Tang Qinghong.
“Alright, can you get a little down? I'm gonna go see. ” The man glanced at the girl, before going inside the house.
There were two floors in the building, with two rooms where she and the girl lived, while Tang Qinghong occupied one of the two rooms on the second floor. They did not climb up to the second floor often, but now the unknown girl managed to climb up there.
The remaining rooms on the second floor were locked, and the village chief did not agree to let them go to the second floor or even touch that door, and if it was not for the mayor's help, it was not for the mayor's help, Tang Qinghong probably wouldn't be able to stay in the extra room on the second floor.
The man climbed the stairs to see the unknown girl standing there before walking towards the locked door, and before he could stop her, he took out a bunch of keys from his pocket.
He was stunned for a moment. Is he the owner of this house?
Gu Xiqiao walked into the room and looked around and the familiar and worn furniture. These were all bought and arranged by Yu Man, who treated her like his own daughter even though she was adopted.
Why... Could it be that he had not been reborn at least a month before?
He might be able to save Yu Man, right?
[Beauty Qiao, please don't be too sad. Life and death are determined by fate, and he is in a better place now!]
“I know.” Gu Xiqiao was breathing somewhat trembling, slightly overwhelmed by his current emotions. “I'm just sad because I never took him out of this village because I think we still have a lot of time, but I never expected the time to be that short.”
After a while, he opened the door again, seeing two strangers standing outside.
Gu Xiqiao looked at them with emotionless gazes, before he spoke, “Why are you staying at my house?”
The other girl would reply, before the man covered her mouth with a hand as she slightly lowered her head, not daring to meet Gu Xiqiao's gaze. “We're sorry for interrupting..”.
She was still guessing why this girl was here, but now she couldn't even talk.
You got ten minutes. Gu Xiqiao nonchalantly tucked a strand of hair behind his ear as he spoke, his tone disdainful and cold as if he was an empress talking to a farmer. “Exit from my home!”
The man opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he was stopped by a sudden exclamation.
“Small Gu, you're back!” The one who spoke was a young lady in a neat long dress and her hair was tied with a bun on her head. He had a bright smile on his face as he looked towards Gu Xiqiao. “I couldn't believe Uncle Daniu when he said that he saw you, so my mother told me to come here to check on him! You haven't eaten, have you? Come to my place!”
The three pairs of eyes looked down, and a curly-haired girl narrowed her eyes in disdain as she looked at the traditional and ancient clothes of the newcomer.