The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife

Chapter 660: The Medicine Chest’s Secret

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On the way back, Gu Jiao rode the academy's horse, and the horse king joyfully led the way ahead.

Gu Jiao rode up to the carriage and asked Gu Yan inside, "Did you bring the small medicine chest?"

Gu Yan looked at Gu Jiao in confusion and replied, "I didn't bring it. Why would I bring that?"

Gu Jiao muttered, "Hmm, then how did it end up in the basket?"

Gu Yan said, "Didn’t Xiaoshun pack it?"

"Not me." Gu Xiaoshun said from the other side, "When I left this morning, I only grabbed the basket without touching anything inside."

Gu Yan thought for a moment, then looked at Gu Jiao, saying, "Maybe you packed it yourself and forgot?"

Gu Jiao hesitantly responded, "That... might be the case."

It couldn't have been the little medicine chest putting itself in there, right?

Earlier, when she found out that there wasn't enough supplies in the first aid kit, she did think it would be great if the little medicine chest were there. Now that it was actually here, she found herself suspicious and paranoid.

Forget it.

She decided not to think about it anymore.

"Liulang."

Mu Chuan rode up.

Mu Qingchen was on the other side of Gu Jiao, and when Mu Chuan approached, he didn't move aside.

Mu Chuan was a bit impatient. Fourth brother, can't you see I need to talk to Liulang? Can't you move aside?

Mu Qingchen didn't budge, and Mu Chuan couldn't do anything about it. After all, he couldn't beat his fourth brother.

Mu Chuan had to speak to Gu Jiao over Mu Qingchen. "Liulang, you're really skilled in medicine, aren't you?"

Last time they attended the competition, they encountered Lord Duke who had fallen near the academy. At that time, Gu Xiaoshun said that Xiao Liulang knew medicine and suggested he check on Lord Duke.

They initially thought Xiao Liulang had only average skills, but today Xiao Liulang treated several seriously injured patients, which surprised them greatly.

Mu Qingchen also waited for Gu Jiao's answer.

Gu Jiao responded with an "Oh" and said, "I learned a bit."

"That's more than just a bit." Mu Chuan raised an eyebrow.

Mu Qingchen seemed to sense that Gu Jiao didn't want to dwell on this topic. He said to Mu Chuan, "Isn’t it hot squeezing in here? Aren't you supposed not to return to the academy?"

Mu Chuan replied, "I am going back! If you're going back, then so am I!"

Mu Qingchen didn't say anything more.

Mu Chuan continued to chat with Gu Jiao over Mu Qingchen. As they approached the narrow road outside the inner city gates, Mu Chuan had to separate from them.

Mu Qingchen had actually been curious about something all along, but he wasn't sure if he should bring it up. When they were about to part ways at the academy, he finally stopped Gu Jiao and asked, "Do you... know Su Xue's roommate?"

"No." Gu Jiao denied outright, "She just heard about the pavilion incident from Jing Kong and Dean Cen when she went to pick up Jing Kong, and came over to see if there was anything she could help with."

"You don't usually talk this much." Mu Qingchen said with a complex expression.

Gu Jiao blinked and boldly replied, "Isn't it because she's so charming that I'm a bit infatuated?"

This statement left Mu Qingchen speechless.

Every time he thought this classmate couldn't get any more shameless, Gu Jiao managed to surprise him again.

Mu Qingchen furrowed his brow and said, "You have a fiancee."

Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and casually remarked, "Everyone likes beauty. Having a fiancee doesn't stop me from appreciating a beauty."

"You’re really..." Mu Qingchen couldn't find common ground on this topic with Gu Jiao and simply rode ahead.

Gu Jiao watched his annoyed figure and wondered, are ancient men really so keen on their sixth sense?

She almost got caught with Xiao Heng without doing anything at all. It seemed she had to be more careful in the future.

After arriving at the academy, Gu Jiao returned the horse to the stable and then, along with Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan, rode Dean Cen's carriage back home with the horse king.

"I knew you would win. The meal is ready." Lady Nan smiled as she brought the food to the table.

Master Lu cooked several dishes beloved by the children: braised pork with rock sugar, braised crucian carp, stir-fried smoked bamboo shoots with vinegar, and lotus seed soup that Lady Nan loves. Of course, there was also the stinky mandarin fish that Old Master Meng had been talking about for a long time.

The whole family was overwhelmed by the stench. Even the horse king in the backyard rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, vowing never to follow that stinky old man again!

Today, Gu Yan was allowed to eat a shiny piece of pork skin, which made him particularly satisfied.

"Did you bring the pickled radishes for Liulang and Jing Kong?" Lady Nan asked.

"I brought some and gave it to Jing Kong." Gu Xiaoshun replied.

Lady Nan nodded, "Jing Kong seems to have a peculiar craving, as does Liulang."

Gu Yan unusually didn't utter some snide remarks.

When Jing Kong was around, he always found him noisy, but now that Jing Kong wasn't there, he felt the house wasn't lively enough.

"Humph, little stinky monk."

......

Night fell.

In a dormitory of Canglan Women's Academy's Linglong Pavilion, Little Jing Kong sat upright in his chair with dishes brought by Big Brother Xiaoshun laid out in front of him.

He was very picky; even the simplest dishes had to be presented with exquisite plating.

It took them hours to serve dinner because of his demanding plating requirements.

"Can we eat now?" Xiao Heng asked calmly.

"Mmm!" Little Jing Kong nodded his small head, satisfied as he picked up his tiny chopsticks and grabbed a piece of pickled radish handcrafted by Lady Nan into small flower shapes.

The pickled radish, shaped into delicate little flowers, looked very appetizing.

He couldn't wait to put it into his mouth.

But as soon as he chewed a bite, he grimaced in distaste and leaned back, tumbling off his chair with a clatter!

No way!

Why was it as bad as his bad brother-in-law’s cooking!

Too salty, this baby's gonna die!

Because of the salty dish, Little Jing Kong gulped down two big glasses of water, causing his little belly to become round and chubby when he went to bed.

He climbed onto the bed with great difficulty, flopped onto the mattress, and collapsed into a soulless little salted fish.

Before long, the little salted fish began to snore evenly.

The weather was getting hot, with more mosquitoes around; Xiao Heng walked over and secured the mosquito net with a clamp.

He found it hard to fall asleep.

Little Nine stood watch on a tree branch outside the window.

After some thought, he called Little Nine over.

......

After dinner at home, everyone washed up and went back to their respective rooms.

As usual, Gu Jiao checked Gu Yan's pulse and listened to his heart and lungs.

Gu Yan was already asleep, and Gu Jiao moved quietly so as not to wake him.

Back in her own room, Gu Jiao was about to rest when suddenly, a small shadow landed on the windowsill outside.

"Goo~"

Little Nine called out.

Gu Jiao walked over and gently lifted the window latch.

Little Nine fluttered its wings and flew up, waiting until the window latch opened before swiftly darting inside and landing on the desk by the window.

Little Nine's right foot was tied with a small pouch.

Gu Jiao took down the small pouch, opened it, and found inside a stack of silver banknotes, a note, and a brand-new hair ribbon.

The hair ribbon was made of ice-blue silk, incredibly soft to the touch, and of excellent quality, matching the blue and white academy uniform of Tianqiong Academy perfectly.

The silver banknotes totaled one thousand taels.

The note simply had two words written on it——household expenses.

Gu Jiao propped her chin on one hand, while the other hand played with the ice-blue hair ribbon, repeatedly staring at the two words "household expenses."

All things considered, this was essentially a love letter!

Gu Jiao curved her lips into a smile, pulled open a drawer, and took out a piece of paper.

How about love poems? She could do that too!

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