Chapter 390 You Should Kiss Me

Gu Baozhu is about to turn fifteen. Her pair of black and shining eyes seem to be filled with the ripples of a clear spring. Her face is rosy like the morning glow reflecting the snow. She is wearing a silver-red long dress, standing gracefully under the lights, reflecting a thousand charming things.

Ji Shuo stood beside her. He was tall and slender, with clear edges and lines. His pair of narrow and dark eyes contained a sharp light under his calm eyes. The black brocade robe made him look imposing.

Five years of life in the forbidden palace had shed his immaturity and vigor, and he had become a superior who could not tell whether he was happy or angry, and was full of majesty and sharpness.

Gu Baozhu looked back at him. It turned out that the two were about the same height. In the past few years, he had grown very tall, and now she could only reach his shoulders.

"Go in." Ji Shuo lowered his eyes, looked at her upturned little face, and raised his chin slightly.

Gu Baozhu pursed her lips and lowered her head to enter the mansion.

Ji Shuo followed her slowly.

The two of them appeared in the hall together.

Gu's mother saw the two of them and came over in surprise: "Baozhu, Jingyun, it's so late, why are you back? I'm just going back to my hometown, and I'll come back later."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I came to see you off." The coldness in Ji Shuo's eyes faded, and there was a little more tenderness.

Gu Baozhu said to Gu's mother: "Mom, I'll go find my sister-in-law."

"Your sister-in-law is in the kitchen."

Gu Baozhu nodded and went to the kitchen with ease. Through the small square window, she saw Su Wan busy in front of the stove. She couldn't help but smile faintly, and walked in briskly: "Sister-in-law, I'm back."

"Hahaha, I told mother that you would be back, and I made your favorite food." Su Wan took the time to turn around and pointed to the cakes on the table: "Yam cake, your favorite."

Gu Baozhu took a piece of cake and put it in her mouth and took a bite. Her eyes curved and she smiled sweetly: "It's the happiest to eat the food made by sister-in-law every day."

Su Wan smiled and said: "When you want to eat, go out of the palace and I'll make it for you."

Gu Baozhu didn't say anything, and ate a piece of cake slowly.

Su Wan realized something was wrong, so she covered the pot and let the food simmer. She walked up to her and looked at her worried look. She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to go back to Xinghua Village with my mother." Gu Baozhu wiped the cake crumbs off her fingers with a handkerchief and lowered her long eyelashes: "I was a playmate for my second brother before. Now I'm almost coming of age, and I should have left the palace long ago."

"You're coming of age, and it's time to get married. It's best to stay in the capital." Su Wan is not a person with low emotional intelligence. In fact, she found out that something was wrong with Gu Baozhu a year ago.

She suddenly moved out of the palace and returned to the mansion, saying that she had grown up and staying in the palace would cause gossip. But after only half a month, she was taken back to the palace by Jingyun.

At that time, she happened to be in the mansion. Gu Baozhu didn't go out of the house. She only took Jiaojiao out to the street, or read books, practiced calligraphy and did needlework in the yard, and she was also hiding her worries.

Su Wan asked about it, but Gu Baozhu just smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't have any playmates in the palace. I'm used to being quiet, but I don't like the hustle and bustle."

Now that she was directly proposing to leave Beijing, Su Wan's idea became clearer, "You..."

Gu Baozhu seemed to realize what Su Wan was going to say and interrupted her, "Sister-in-law, even if I propose marriage, I will look for someone from Xihe Town, with a rich family and a simple population, so that I can take care of my parents nearby."