When Lin Wei came back from an outing, he was surprised to learn that his father and Gu Ling were still playing chess, "Gu Xiaoling is too patient!"
When Lin Xian entered the study, he saw his father, who had always been serious about words and expressions, smiling all over his face. He looked at Gu Ling with eyes that were more affectionate than those of his own son.
The two had just finished a game of chess and were drinking tea.
"Dad, did you beat Gu Xiaoling in chess?" Lin Wei sat next to Gu Ling and asked curiously.
Father Lin smiled and shook his head, "I haven't won a single round."
Lin Wei felt confused, "Then why are you so happy?"
Lin's father said happily, "Xiao Gu taught my father two new chess skills, which was very interesting. He is not like you, who can't sit still."
The quality of chess reflects the character. Father Lin felt that Gu Ling's temperament was simply too good. He was rational, steady, calm, and not rigid at all. He spoke few words, but could always accurately speak to his heart, and never let anything go.
He feels uncomfortable.
Previously, Lin's father thought that Gu Ling was very arrogant and that his talent and appearance were normal.
But today I discovered that he is not arrogant. In fact, he is very gentle in his heart. His true personality is quite similar to Su Liang's, but his outward appearance is different. No wonder the two came together and became a couple. They are the same kind of people.
Before Lin Qian came in, Lin's father expressed his opinion to Gu Ling.
Gu Ling was inspired. He could answer Su Liang's doubts about his transformation. He was not pretending. All the changes were caused by her and were "harmed" by her.
Gu Ling decided that he had to let Su Liang take responsibility...
"Uncle, I'm going back now. We'll discuss it another day." Gu Ling put down the tea cup and stood up, wanting to see Su Liang right away.
"Okay, okay." Father Lin nodded with a smile, "Go back and rest quickly. Tell me what you like to eat."
"I'll go over too. There's something going on outside. I need to tell Su Xiaoliang." Lin Xie also stood up.
Gu Ling stopped and said, "Just tell me."
Lin's father said quickly, "Yes, General Su is so busy, so don't bother her all the time. It's the same thing to tell Xiao Gu."
Lin Wei hummed, "I know you think I'm an eyesore, but you really care about sex over friends! Tell Su Xiaoliang that there are many businessmen from the Yan Kingdom outside the city who want to come in at the moment to see if they can be let in. Originally, the two sides have always had frequent trade.
After the fight started, it was completely broken off. I think it's not yet time to reopen trade. That group of people may have been deliberately arranged by Fan Gang with ulterior motives. They have been driven away with words, but they refuse to leave."
Gu Ling's expression was calm, "Shoot the arrows, don't hurt anyone, drive them away."
"Okay!" Lin Wei agreed, "We can't let the people of Yan country think that our country of Qian is bloodless and just pretend that nothing happened and everything is the same as before!"
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Lin Wei hurriedly left the house again, and Gu Ling returned to the place where he and Su Liang lived. When he reached the door, he subconsciously slowed down his steps and stood outside for a while to listen. There was no movement inside.
"Su Liang?" Gu Ling called softly.
"Wait a minute." Su Liang's voice soon came from inside.
After a while, Su Liang came over and opened the door.
"Did I wake you up?" Gu Ling asked.
Su Liang shook his head, "No. I just woke up, but I haven't gotten up yet."
Gu Ling saw that her hair was a little messy as she slept, so he said, "Let me comb your hair."
Su Liang frowned subconsciously, with that weird rejection expression again, "I have my own hands."
Gu Ling: ...Of course he knows, he just wants to get close to her, but obviously Su Liang is still not used to it.
Hearing Gu Ling sigh, Su Liang had no choice but to explain, "You don't have to go to that level to fall in love. Don't tell me that you want to dress and feed me? It's too scary."
Gu Ling imagined the scene and shook his head, "I swear, I never thought about it." It was indeed scary. It felt like Su Liang was paralyzed. It was unnecessary, it was really unnecessary...
Thinking about it, Gu Ling specifically clarified why he wanted to comb Su Liang's hair just now, "Actually, I just wanted to touch your hair."
Su Liang walked over with a speechless expression and stood next to Gu Ling, "Hurry up and touch it. I'm going to change clothes after touching it."
Gu Ling silently reached out and rubbed the top of Su Liang's hair, "Okay."
Su Liang immediately turned around and entered the inner room, "I'm changing clothes, you are not allowed to peek."
Gu Ling: ...He is not that kind of person, but explaining it now is a bit confusing.
After Su Liang changed clothes and came out, Gu Ling first mentioned what Lin Wei said.
"The war has not yet been decided, and trade cannot be resumed." Su Liang shook his head, "Wait and see what the emperor means."
If Yan Guo's behavior is not to send Xizuo into the city, he is "morally kidnapping" Qian Guo, with a face of "it's even, I've already taken the initiative to come to your door, why are you making a fuss, it's not good for everyone".
In the final analysis, it is because Yan Guo is sure that Qian Guo is unwilling to fight. Even if Yan Guo starts the war first this time, Qian Guo will not fight back.
"I asked Lin Ershan to drive them away." Gu Ling said, "There is one more thing."
"What?" Su Liang asked.
"Don't you think that my sudden change has made you uncomfortable? I know the reason." Gu Ling looked at Su Liang seriously.
Su Liang nodded, "You say."
Gu Ling's eyes burned brightly, "It's all because of you. If I hadn't met you and lived with you, I wouldn't have become what I am now. Su Liang, you have changed me and made me unable to endure the loneliness and pain of living alone. Boring, everything is because of you, you have to be responsible for me."
Su Liang thought about this clearly before going to bed... She frowned and looked at Gu Ling, "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you, and you are not allowed to lie to me."
Gu Ling nodded, "Okay."
"Are you able to read minds and have been hiding it from me?" Su Liang hummed.
Gu Ling was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, with a smile in his eyes, "So, what I just said is the same as what you thought?"
Su Liang:...she is the one who is talking about it without saying anything...
Seeing that she was silent, Gu Ling looked serious and said, "I swear, I can't read minds. We are just a natural pair with a clear understanding of each other."
Su Liang held her forehead, "I know you're very proud, don't laugh!" She even said "a match made in heaven", but she had nothing to refute. She happened to be Gu Ling's bride after time travel, so it was probably God's will. Are they destined to be together?
"Isn't it good-looking?" Gu Ling asked back, "You always wanted me to laugh."
"It's beautiful, very beautiful, so beautiful." Su Liang said in a faint tone, "I have thought about it. Even if I can live on my own without you, I will never live a better life than with you. I can't find a better man than you."
This is good not only because of their appearance and talent, but also because of the rapport between the two people's personalities, their mutual understanding, their tacit understanding that can be understood with just one look, and their very similar principles of life.
Gu Ling immediately said, "I feel the same way. I have thought that without you, my life will lose its happiness. There is no other girl in this world who can make me laugh and want to spend the rest of my life with you."
Su Liang hummed, "If you confessed to me like this the night before, I would agree."
Gu Ling: ...As expected, confessing is not difficult in itself. It is his strange operation that adds obstacles to himself. I really want to go back to two days ago...
"It's true that I'm not used to it. I heard you gently saying that you wanted to comb my hair. I thought, 'You are sick, so why should you comb your hair in such a disgusting way?'" Su Liang told Gu straightforwardly.
Ling her thoughts, "It's okay to fall in love, we haven't experienced it before, but you don't have to imitate anyone else, just let nature take its course."
Gu Ling nodded. In fact, he learned how to comb hair from Xing Yusheng. He accidentally saw Xing Yusheng combing Lin Xueqing's hair...
"It's not the problem of combing your hair. Maybe you can do it in the future, but not now. Do you understand what I mean?" Su Liang asked Gu Ling.
"Understood." Gu Ling said he fully understood: physical contact should come slowly, and you can't go to bed immediately before holding hands, hugging and kissing, and combing your hair is a very intimate act, and should be ranked after holding hands, hugging and kissing, or sleeping.
After?
So, the first step is to hold hands... Gu Ling silently formulated for himself a trilogy of strategies to get close to Su Liang.
He took out the Kasyapa City visit plan carefully drawn up by Lin Qi from his sleeve, "We have to wait for the emperor's decree. Let's go to Kasyapa City according to Lin Ershan's plan first."
"Just take it, doesn't it mean there won't be any surprises if I know it first?" Su Liang didn't look at it, "Just think of it as our first official date."
Gu Ling immediately put the piece of paper away again, "Okay." He knew what dating meant, and he could feel that Su Liang was taking the matter of falling in love with him seriously, which was great.
Gu Ling was very lucky that Su Liang was not an ordinary girl. Even if she heard his weird confession that was a little bit gangster the night before, she did not misunderstand that he disliked him. It seemed that his previous cautiousness of hiding his feelings and not daring to express them was just "thinking too much".
"One thing, let's sleep in separate rooms." Su Liang said to Gu Ling.
Gu Ling shook his head subconsciously, "No."
"I'm doing this for your own good." Su Liang explained, "At your age, it's normal for you to like me and have impulses towards me. But we have just begun to fall in love and haven't developed to that point yet. Being in the same room at night is not okay.
It’s too convenient. If you want to do something but can’t do it, it’s not good for your health.”
Gu Ling's ears turned red again. Although he was a little distracted by Su Liang's straightforward words, he still quickly grasped the point, "You mean, you don't have to wait until you are eighteen? As long as... you think you can, just...
…Can?"
Su Liang was stunned for a moment, and saw Gu Ling's eyes looking at her expectantly. But when she said that just now, she had not considered the issue of eighteen years old. Because her mental age had already exceeded ten years.
Eight years old.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Su Liang knew that if she answered yes, it meant that she and Gu Ling might soon develop to that point. After all, they were very familiar with each other, and of course she liked Gu Ling. Previously, she had not gone there just because she had not made it clear.
I have thought about that. In fact, they are now a legitimate couple.
Su Liang also knew that if she could answer no, Gu Ling would definitely be willing to accept it and be able to restrain her desires.
"I think..." Su Liang paused.
Gu Ling's heart skipped a beat as he listened to every word. He liked Su Liang. He was a normal man. Of course he wanted to get close to her and do that kind of thing. But if Su Liang wasn't willing, he could wait, although two years was too much.
After a long time, it will be very difficult...
"Let nature take its course." Su Liang continued.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's okay." He raised his voice and said it deliberately to avoid any ambiguity.
Su Liang was just telling Gu Ling about some rules of the world before the time travel. The decision to become an adult at the age of eighteen is determined by many factors. But now she lives in a world where women are fifteen and hair-haired, and several of her friends are already married.
, some of them are about to have babies. She thinks that she can do that kind of thing, it’s not a big problem, and she also knows what it means to tell Gu Ling openly...
But to say no would be too pretentious and unnecessary.
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This day is of great significance to Gu Ling.
He had never been in such a good mood. Even when he was sitting quietly, he could laugh out loud. Everything around him felt a little brighter, and even the sky became brighter.
Su Liang wanted to go to the South City Gate to check on the situation. As soon as they went out, they met Chen Yun.
Chen Yun is still the same, his beard has not been trimmed for several days, it is a bit messy and looks more rugged.
He was riding on horseback, followed by a carriage.
Seeing Su Liang and Gu Ling walking out side by side, Chen Yun dismounted and saluted Gu Ling, "Master Hou."
"How?" Su Liang asked.
A smile appeared on Chen Yun's tired face, "It's him! I brought him back! In the car with my parents!"
Not far away, Chen's father and Chen's mother had already got out of the car with a young man. It was Ling Yun who Su Liang had met in the valley outside Qianhu City a few days ago.
Ling Yun also saw Su Liang and bowed deeply to her to express his gratitude.
"Congratulations." Su Liang smiled, "Your family is finally reunited."
"Thank you for everything." Chen Yun looked serious.
Su Liang shook his head, "Why are you so polite? Take them home quickly. There's nothing important about business for the time being. You should take care of your family."
The Chen family in Kasyapa City is next door to the Lin family, and was originally the Lin family's house. Although Lin Yun was not there when Chen Yun brought his parents here at the end of last year, Lin's father and mother hosted Chen Yun's family and helped them arrange a place to live.
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Chen Yun nodded and saw Su Liang reaching out to hold Gu Ling's arm, "Let's go."
Gu Ling was still thinking about when to hold Su Liang's hand, but she didn't expect her to take the initiative to come over, and she was pleasantly surprised.
The two of them walked to the side, Su Liang let go of Gu Ling, got on their horses, and went to the south city gate.
Chen Yun watched them leave, then turned around and returned to Chen's father and mother, "Go home."
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"That day I saw a black mist between Chen Yun's eyebrows." Only then did Gu Ling remember this incident.
Su Liang nodded, "I gave him an antidote medicine given by Master, and he's fine. I'll have to ask Chen Xiao later what's going on."
Gu Ling shook his head slightly, "No need to ask. Lin Ershan will definitely find out more and come to tell us."
Su Liang chuckled, "You know him so well, why don't you sleep at his place first?"
"No." The most Gu Ling could accept was sleeping next door to Su Liang, but not any further away.
When the two of them arrived at the south city gate, Lin Wei had already driven away the merchants from the Yan Kingdom who had gathered outside the city, and was about to go home.
When he learned that Chen Yun was back with his younger brother, Lin Yi looked overjoyed and said, "It's really Chen Xiao? That's great! It's God's will for Su Xiaoliang to meet him! I'll go and have a look!"
Lin Wei ran away after saying this. Gu Ling lowered his head and said in Su Liang's ear, "God's will only allows you to meet me. No one else."
Su Liang couldn't help laughing, "Master, you should have confidence. You hang out in front of me every day, how can I like others? Really, I wish I had confessed earlier, it's so complicated."
After finishing speaking, Su Liang took Gu Ling's arm again in full view of everyone, "There is a mountain over there, let's go climb it and watch the sunset."