Chapter 892: 411 Ahen (second watch)_2 Chapter 892: 411 Ahen (second watch)_2 Ning Zhiyuan expressed his skepticism, “Really?”
Xiao Liulang nodded, “Yeah.”
“Then…” Ning Zhiyuan glanced toward the end of the alley, “Your sister-in-law didn’t co to pick you up today, let find a carriage to take you back.”
“That’s not necessary,” Xiao Liulang declined his kind offer.
Xiao Liulang seed easy to talk to in front of friends, but once he beca stubborn, nobody could persuade him. Ning Zhiyuan had no choice but to let him be.
Xiao Liulang wandered aimlessly down the street, holding his cane. When he had left the clothing store, he had almost fled in a panic, never looking back to see her face…
But her voice was deeply etched in his mind, circling incessantly, impossible to dismiss.
The sky had started pouring rain at so point, and pedestrians hurried to find shelter, all but Xiao Liulang, who was completely oblivious, walking slowly in the heavy downpour.
It wasn’t until a young, tender voice appeared beside him that he suddenly snapped back to reality.
“Brother-in-law, what are you doing, not using an umbrella?”
It was Xiao Jingkong.
Xiao Jingkong held up a small yellow umbrella that Gu Jiao had made for him, looking up in bewildernt at Xiao Liulang, who was soaked like a drowned rat.
Only then did Xiao Liulang realize he had unconsciously made his way to the entrance of the National Academy.
“Are you here to pick up today?” Xiao Jingkong asked, holding the small yellow umbrella.
It was not yet ti to finish school for the day, but Xiao Jingkong had completed his work early and was allowed to leave school ahead of schedule.
“Yeah,” Xiao Liulang responded indifferently, then told the little guy, “Let’s go.”
Xiao Jingkong didn’t move, “You don’t have an umbrella!”
“I don’t have one,” Xiao Liulang answered, then paused and added, “I don’t need one.”
“Here, take mine,” Xiao Jingkong extended the umbrella toward him.
“You use it yourself,” Xiao Liulang refused. How could he possibly take a child’s umbrella? What would he do with it? The umbrella was so small it definitely wouldn’t cover two people.
“I have a raincoat,” Xiao Jingkong said.
The raincoat that Jiaojiao had made for him!
It even had big red flowers that he had painted himself!
Xiao Jingkong handed the umbrella to Xiao Liulang, who still held it for him, while Xiao Jingkong rummaged through his school bag, quickly put on his small yellow raincoat, and then took off his shoes, holding them in his hands, and started splashing his bare feet in the water.
Xiao Liulang: “…”
You actually just wanted to play in the water, didn’t you…
Xiao Jingkong jumped into puddles all the way ho, not worrying about his tough little guy image in the slightest since Jiaojiao wasn’t there!
He was having the ti of his life, like a little frog that had landed in a pond.
So coming ho with his bad brother-in-law could be so much fun!
At their doorstep, he generously said, “Okay, from now on, I’ll allow you to co pick up when it rains!”
Xiao Liulang: Heh, as if anyone is eager to co pick you up.
Liao Quan from next door was on his way to pick up Xiao Jingkong and paused in surprise at the entrance, seeing the two of them, “Eh? You’re back?”
“Hello, Uncle Liao!” Xiao Jingkong greeted him politely.
The little guy was wearing the small raincoat Gu Jiao had made for him, complete with a little hat on top.
He liked shiny things, but Gu Jiao didn’t have access to gold dye at the mont, so she settled on making it yellow instead.
The raincoat itself was quite cute, but the big ugly red flowers he had drawn on it made it look sowhat indescribable, saved only by his handso face.
Adorably, overwhelmingly cute.
However, Xiao Liulang, the Hanlin official, using a childish little yellow umbrella, looked sowhat comical.
Liao Quan said cheerfully, “Good to see you back. I’ll go and fetch the master.”
“Goodbye, Uncle Liao!” Xiao Jingkong waved to him politely.
Liao Quan then said to Xiao Liulang, “Xiao Liulang, you should change into so dry clothes quickly, you’re all wet.”
Xiao Liulang acknowledged.
The two of them entered the courtyard.
No one else was ho, Gu Jiao was out attending to patients and hasn’t returned, the Yao Family had been invited to Granny Zhou’s place, and though they were both in Bishui Alley just a short distance away, the sudden heavy rain had them worried about the Yao Family slipping, so Granny Zhou told her to wait for the rain to stop before leaving.
Yu Yaya and her maid were also over there.
As for Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun, it goes without saying that they had gone to study.
Xiao Jingkong wasn’t satisfied with just splashing in the water alone; he ran to the backyard and let out Xiaoba, Xiaojiu, and the seven little chicks to join in the splashing.
The nine little creatures of the household indicated they did not want to splash in the water!
Xiao Liulang, on the other hand, changed into dry clothes in the west room and went to the study room to get out the arithtic book from Yan Country and continued his study and calculation of ancestral rates.
After splashing in the water for a while, Xiao Jingkong tiptoed into the study room, ca up to his desk, clutching his little belly, and said with an awkward face, “I’m hungry.”
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