Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

Xiao He was still comforting her inside, but Gu Qing He outside had tears in his eyes without her noticing.

How could she not hate her mother? Before these things happened, her mother was clearly confident and beautiful.

Her beauty has nothing to do with her clothes. Even if she wears coarse clothes, she will smile happily.

In Gu Qinghe's eyes, her mother deserves all the good things in the world.

She would never feel insecure because of a piece of clothing, would never worry about whether she looks old, or whether other people's eyes would fall on her.

And all this is because of King Wu.

Gu Qinghe swallowed the bitterness, feeling a huge hatred towards King Wu in his heart.

With Xiao He's compliments, Lu Zhiyao finally walked out with peace of mind.

Gu Qinghe stood at the door, and slowly walked forward under Lu Zhiyao's somewhat embarrassed gaze, "How beautiful! Mother should dress like this."

"This dress is tailor-made for Madam, right?" Ouyang Xia grabbed a handful of melon seeds from somewhere and ate them while talking to Lu Zhiyao. "Why don't you pick a few more? Madam, if you wear the clothes here, it can be considered as a promotion for us."

With these words, the uneasiness in Lu Zhiyao's eyes gradually dissipated and became gentle.

Gu Qinghe also helped her pick out two pieces of clothing that were more comfortable for her to wear on a daily basis. When they had almost finished buying everything, Lan Yu started to make a fuss about going out to eat.

It seemed that he was too hungry to bear the consequences in the past few days. Now, Lan Yu wanted to eat as soon as he felt the slightest bit of hunger.

Ouyang Xia expressed his concern about this and whispered to Gu Qinghe quietly behind him, "If he continues to eat this way, it won't be long before his abdominal muscles disappear."

Gu Qinghe glanced at her and said with a bit of amusement, "Let's not talk about whether he will disappear or not, do you think he will let you touch him?"

Ouyang Xia was not annoyed at all. Instead, she laughed loudly. After laughing twice, she put her arm on Gu Qinghe's shoulder in a familiar manner, "By the way, does your General Shao have a good figure?"

"..."

His heart skipped a beat for some reason because of the words "your General Shao". Feeling hot on his cheeks, Gu Qinghe quickly said, "I don't know."

"That's a shame. To be honest, I may not have seen countless men, but as long as these men stand in front of me, I can tell which one is top-notch and which one is just a mere formality. Your General Shao is obviously top-notch at first glance."

She even gestured, "Didn't you see the blue veins on the back of his hand? And that throat..."

Gu Qinghe couldn't bear to listen any longer, and quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, "That's enough, you don't have to describe it in such detail."

Ouyang Xia shamelessly stretched his head in front of Gu Qinghe and said with a smile: "You are shy, okay, I forgot that you are not as thick-skinned as me."

After laughing, she felt a little melancholy again, "I wonder if the men in my house miss me."

She sighed and looked at Lan Yu in front of her with resentment. It was all her fault that she had to be so mean as to provoke this man. Although the best people are hard to come by, compared with life, life is obviously more important.

Just as he was about to look away, his pupils suddenly shrank. With Gao Cun's call of caution, Ouyang Xia rushed towards Lan Yu like flying.

Gao Cun pulled Lu Zhiyao to Gu Qinghe's side, avoided the carriage that was speeding past them, and quickly looked towards Lan Yu.

Lan Yu's mind was full of the roasted pigeon and osmanthus wine that Ouyang Xia had just told him about. He wondered if they were as delicious as the roasted lamb from their Yun State.

He was still recalling the taste of roasted lamb when he suddenly heard a voice of caution in his ears. He turned around and saw an out-of-control and unmanned carriage rushing towards him.

Lan Yu's eyes widened, and his pupils reflected the carriage getting closer and closer to him.

With this kind of force, he should be knocked away.

"@￥%..." It seemed like Ouyang Xia cursed him with some words he couldn't understand, but the tone was very bad.

He was not knocked away. Ouyang Xia appeared on the carriage that was about to gallop towards him. She jumped onto the horse and tightened the reins as hard as she could, turning the carriage that was rushing towards him around.

But the horse lost control and tried desperately to throw her off. Ouyang Xia pulled out a dagger from her boot and slashed it hard at the horse's neck.

Blood splattered on Lan Yu's face and he subconsciously closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw that the horse was already dead. Ouyang Xia walked towards him angrily, "The horse's hoof is about to step on your face, don't you know how to hide?"

If he died here today, not to mention Huicheng, Chizhou would probably be the first to suffer.

Lan Yu was so frightened that he just stared at her in a daze, unable to speak.

Ouyang Xia was so angry that he had no place to vent it, so he turned around and walked towards the carriage. He pulled open the curtain with a swish, and his brows furrowed even more tightly.

There was no one there.

After this incident, Ouyang Xia didn't dare to take his eyes off Lan Yu for even a second. He simply walked behind him, thinking that it was okay for him to have a stupid brain, but how come his limbs seemed to have degenerated? The carriage was right in front of him, but he was still standing there stupidly.

In order to appease Lan Yu, after arriving at the restaurant, Gu Qinghe first ordered the roasted pigeon and osmanthus wine that he had been talking about on the way.

The osmanthus wine in Chizhou is different from that in other places. Gu Qinghe originally thought that the aroma of the wine would be stronger, but after serving it, she found that the osmanthus wine looked more like a bowl of sweet soup.

The scattered osmanthus flowers and the fermented glutinous rice in the middle look quite tempting.

Gu Qinghe looked at her mother and said, "It seems quite good. Let's try it."

The food in this restaurant is considered to be among the best in the whole city of Chizhou, but compared with the restaurants in the capital, the taste is a bit disappointing.

I also stayed in Chizhou for some time. Perhaps because this is the place where Shao Wei has lived and guarded for many years, most of the people here are simple and kind. Despite the poor environment, they are still working hard.

But the rewards they get are obviously not comparable to their efforts.

But even so, those people still laughed happily.

Gu Qinghe had a bit of a loss of appetite during the meal, and because Lu Zhiyao was beside her, she tried her best to act as if nothing was wrong.

On the way back, when they passed the intersection, they heard a quarrel ahead. Ouyang Xia dragged Lan Yu, who was about to join in the fun, and twitched his forehead twice, "You know what that's about, and you're going to do it?"

Lan Yu muttered softly, "Why don't you just follow me?"

Ouyang Xia rolled her eyes in anger.

Gu Qinghe had squeezed out time to come out today, and when he returned today he would have to continue to work day and night to develop the antidote for Princess Wu, so naturally he was not in the mood to join in the fun.

But just as he was about to leave with Lu Zhiyao, he saw that Lu Zhiyao seemed to have seen something. Her gentle expression paused, her brows slowly furrowed, and she walked towards the noisy direction.

She quickly followed.

As he got closer, Gu Qinghe saw a young mother holding a skinny child kneeling in front of a fortune-telling stall, kowtowing continuously, as if begging for something.