Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Time flies as the seasons change. Before he knew it, Gu Qingzhi had been a guard in the villa for nearly a year.

Recalling their conversation in Longtu Pavilion that night, Feng Zhanye was only as tall as her shoulders at that time. He was so small that he curled up in her arms, looking as pitiful as an abandoned cat.

Now sometimes she would even feel dazed and wonder who the boy in front of her was.

Watching him increasingly skillfully draw the sword and dance with it fluently under the cotinus coggygria tree, the past year seemed like a dream.

The young man under the cotinus coggygria was no longer as thin as he had been when he first met her. He had also grown a lot taller and was now as tall as Gu Qingzhi's jaw.

His face still had the beautiful look of a banished immortal; although he had not yet grown out of his childishness, he already had the outline of a handsome man.

His eyes were covered with a black cloth, his moist lips were gently pursed, and the perfectly placed mole on the bridge of his nose made his face even more gorgeous.

As Gu Qingzhi tapped each bag one by one, the boy listened to the sound and identified the location. He poked the rice bags hanging on the bamboo poles one by one, and listened to the sound of sand falling, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

He took off the black cloth in front of his eyes, and there was a smile in his narrow eyes. His body was tall and straight, and he was so handsome that it made people dazzled.

He curled his slender fingers into a sword flower, sheathed the sword in his hand, and walked towards her.

"Sister Azhi, am I doing well in my training?"

As if on purpose, he slowly moved his handsome face in front of Gu Qingzhi, raised his head and blinked at her.

Feng Zhanye noticed that Gu Qingzhi's hair was messed up by the wind, and reached out to help her straighten it out. Unexpectedly, Gu Qingzhi slapped him on the shoulder and suddenly attacked him.

"Aye, we haven't practiced today's physical training yet, do you want to be lazy?"

The boy covered his shoulders, frowned his hairy eyebrows, and his face was full of grievance: "It's unfair, sister, I just saw that your hair was messy and wanted to help you tidy it up."

Gu Qingzhi narrowed her eyes and stared at him. The boy in front of her was becoming more and more skilled in acting like a spoiled child, and his little thoughts were becoming more and more numerous day by day.

"You are so defenseless that even an assassin can sneak attack you."

She didn't intend to indulge him today, so she turned around and kicked him in the chest without leaving any room for him.

Feng Zhanye was quick-witted and quick-handed. He protected his torso with his forearms and took the heavy kick.

There was a cunning light in his eyes. He didn't give Gu Qingzhi a chance to land and grabbed her ankle.

But how could this little trick stump Gu Qingzhi? She used his strength to fly into the air and kicked his head with her other foot.

The young man was not panicked. Although the person in front of him had many moves, he had already memorized them thoroughly during this period of time. He turned his head to avoid the opponent and tried to catch Gu Qingzhi's kick with his other hand.

Unfortunately, his wishful thinking failed when it came to Gu Qingzhi. That script was just to attract his attention.

Gu Qingzhi twisted his wrist with the foot that was caught and easily escaped from his shackles.

The moment she landed, she punched him in the chest, forcing him to stagger back two steps.

"Well, there are still some shortcomings, but it is much better than the past few days."

Gu Qingzhi objectively evaluated his performance today.

"Really?"

Feng Zhanye showed some joy in his eyes. Gu Qingzhi seldom praised others on weekdays, and today was the first time she said so.

"Really." Gu Qingzhi nodded approvingly.

The young man smiled with his eyes curved, but Gu Qingzhi saw that he kept covering his chest. Thinking back to the punch just now, it seemed that he had used too much force.

"Does it hurt?" She asked as she walked closer to him.

Feng Zhanye was stunned for a moment, then put on a pitiful expression: "It hurts, rub it."

Gu Qingzhi knew he was pretending when she saw his wandering eyes, so she ignored him and took out the ointment from her arms and threw it to him.

"Apply this and it won't hurt after a while."

The boy's little trick didn't work, and he was visibly disappointed. He took the ointment and turned his head away, mumbling, "Who wants ointment?"

Feng Zhanye thought he had spoken quietly enough, but Gu Qingzhi still heard it.

"Even if you don't want it, wipe it quickly and come over to eat." After saying that, Gu Qingzhi turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Looking at Madam Liu and the maids busy in the kitchen, she truly felt that the villa today was completely different from before.

After hearing what happened in the palace, everyone felt regretful and sad about Feng Zhanye's experience.

After the incident of the burning of the tablet, Qiu Jiang and others finally understood that all the misfortunes that befell Feng Zhanye were not entirely due to his fate.

I don’t know if it was out of sympathy or something else, and I can’t say who first proposed it, but we just sit together to eat every day, maybe a more lively atmosphere can bring more comfort.

Feng Zhanye was not very willing at first, but after Nanny Liu talked to him a few times, he obviously got better. This became his daily routine, and they became like a real family.

Soon, Nanny Liu put the dining table next to the stove, and Gu Qingzhi came over with two plates of food. She felt a little strange when she saw that the food was on the table but Feng Zhanye had not come yet.

"That child must be imagining things again. Guard Gu, go and call him over." Madam Liu sighed.

Gu Qingzhi thought about his action of covering his chest, and was still not sure whether he was really injured. Maybe he was applying medicine.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "He got a little injured during training just now. I'll bring him some food."

After returning to the back hall and putting down the food, she saw Feng Zhanye lying on a tree from afar, not knowing what he was doing.

She just walked straight past him, and the boy didn't seem to notice her.

Gu Qingzhi couldn't help but feel a little curious, and looked up and asked, "Aye, what are you doing?"

The boy on the tree quickly made a gesture to her to keep quiet and pointed at the branch in front of him.

Gu Qingzhi squinted her eyes and looked carefully, only to find a kitten with black, white and yellow fur lying on the branch.

After a closer look, Gu Qingzhi realized that the kitten was so thin that it was almost skin and bones. Its left hind leg was injured, with a branch piercing its leg and bleeding.

Feng Zhanye reached out silently to grab the cat's neck, but the kitten suddenly noticed it, tensed its body and bared its fangs at him, its tail bristled, and it let out a threatening growl, then stepped on his arm and jumped onto a higher branch.

However, because Feng Zhanye was following the tree with his eyes, he forgot to hold on to the branch to keep his balance. His body swayed back and forth twice and suddenly fell from the tree.

Gu Qingzhi watched him sit down on the ground and curled her lips helplessly.

Well, now there is one more place to apply medicine.

"Hiss... It hurts so much..." The young man gasped, covering his injured area. He fell so hard that he couldn't stand up for a long time.

Gu Qingzhi shook her head, reached out to pull him up, and brushed the dust off his clothes.

"You are such a grown man, but you still fall down while climbing a tree. What can I say to you?"

Feng Zhanye's wound was burning with pain, and he was being lectured by Gu Qingzhi. He pouted and said in dissatisfaction, "Sister Azhi is really too much. It would be fine if she didn't pick me up, but she also said sarcastic words."

The more the boy talked, the more aggrieved he felt, and his eyes became red.

Gu Qingzhi couldn't bear to see him look so pitiful. She looked up at the kitten in the tree, went back to the house, broke off a small piece of steamed bun as a bait, and made some sounds.

"Suck, suck, get down."

The kitten tilted its furry head to look at the food in her hand, stretched its neck to sniff it, and then jumped down from the tree with difficulty, dragging its injured hind leg.

Gu Qingzhi withdrew her hand, and the cat moved towards her step by step. She quickly grabbed the kitten's neck and lifted it up, feeding it the steamed bun in her hand before the kitten could show its teeth.

"Here."

Gu Qingzhi held the cat and looked at Feng Zhanye. It seemed that the cat was very hungry. The cat gave up resisting and stayed in her arms obediently, eating the steamed bun.

"So simple?"

Feng Zhanye scratched his head awkwardly, then came over and touched it twice. The soft fur felt so smooth to the touch that it made his eyes brighter and he even forgot the pain in his body for a moment.

The boy looked at the kitten's injured leg and asked Gu Qingzhi hesitantly, "Its leg is injured. If I let it run away, I don't know if it can survive. Can I keep it?"

"It's just a kitten. I'll take it to Feng Ping to have its leg injury treated. You can tell Aunt Liu. It's okay."

Hearing Gu Qingzhi's agreement, Feng Zhanye smiled and thought for a long time before finally naming the kitten "Xiaohua".