novelden Chapter 147 Father Loses to Daughter
Chapter 147 Father Loses to Daughter
"Where are Xiuming and Qiuci? Why haven't they come over for dinner?"
Bai Suyun rolled her eyes at him, but still patiently explained, "Xiu Ming went to the training ground early this morning and hasn't come back at all. Qiu Ci got a little injured today and is resting in her room now. I've already sent someone over to bring her food."
"No wonder you came back so early today. How did Qiu Ci get hurt? Is she alright?"
"The imperial physician said it's nothing serious, just apply the ointment on time."
"I'll go check on her later." Wei Liangzhe looked up at the servant who had brought him the iced drink earlier and gestured, "Go and take the ointment for treating bruises from my medicine box to the Second Miss."
"The imperial physician has prescribed medicine."
Wei Liangzhe scoffed disdainfully, "Hmph, their medicine is nowhere near as good as the medicine in my army?"
Bai Suyun was too lazy to pay him any more attention.
This person always has a strange self-confidence, always thinking that what they have is the best.
She didn't intend to stop him from being a good father.
Xiao Wu whispered in Wei Dongning's mind, "Are all fathers in the world the same? They can never trust other people's things?"
"I don't know." Wei Dongning pouted. "You know, I have no impression of my father from the original world at all. I spent less than half a month with this father in total, so I don't know much about him."
As for Gu Song, needless to say, he is rarely seen unless absolutely necessary.
So she had no idea what it was like to be a father.
Wei Liangzhe said he wanted to go see Wei Qiuci, and Wei Dongning thought about it and decided to go with him.
He tugged at Gu Peiyan's sleeve under the table: "Shall we go see my second sister before we leave?"
"Whatever you say, I'll listen to you."
When they arrived at Wei Qiuci's courtyard, Xiao He stopped them: "My lord, madam, the second young lady has already gone to bed."
Wei Liangzhe frowned, a displeased expression on his face.
He, as the father, wanted to see his daughter, but was stopped at the door.
Bai Suyun didn't think there was anything wrong with what Xiaohe said. She just looked at her and asked with concern, "Did the Second Miss eat anything just now?"
"Reporting to Madam, she ate very little; Miss said she wasn't hungry."
"Go and have the kitchen cook some porridge for her, so she can eat it when she wakes up. The Marquis and I will go in and check on her injuries."
Xiaohe knew she couldn't stop them, so she had no choice but to follow Bai Suyun's instructions and ask the small kitchen to make some porridge that Wei Qiuci liked.
Wei Dongning knew this was a good opportunity to say goodbye. As Wei Liangzhe and Bai Suyun were about to enter Wei Qiuci's room, she spoke first: "Father, Mother, Ayan and I won't go in, so as not to disturb Second Sister's rest. We'll go back first and come back to see her in a couple of days."
Bai Suyun nodded: "Alright."
With Bai Suyun's approval, Wei Dongning pulled Gu Peiyan away without looking back.
Once inside the Gu family's carriage, Wei Dongning stretched lazily and leaned on Gu Peiyan's shoulder, saying, "Don't take what my father said today to heart."
"Don't worry, I know there's a rift between my father and father-in-law, but I won't care about that."
Their discord isn't a recent thing.
He was used to it long ago.
It's truly rare to see them team up to take down others like they did last time.
Wei Dongning nodded, resting her head on his shoulder.
Fine, soft strands of hair brushed against his neck, tickling him.
The osmanthus-scented hair oil kept entering his nasal cavity, causing his heartstrings to tremble slightly.
He tilted his head slightly and placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head.
When the carriage stopped in front of the Gu residence, Wei Dongning had already fallen asleep leaning against Gu Peiyan.
Slowly opening her blurry eyes, she lifted the curtain and glanced outside: "Are we home?"
"Hmm, no rush to go out." Gu Peiyan wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Warm up, the spring wind is still quite cold."
Wei Dongning nodded, still leaning against him, her eyes half-closed.
It felt so good that she didn't want to get up.
“Ningbao, Ningbao, while you were sleeping for a little while, Gu Peiyan was staring at you like a lovesick fool.” Xiao Wu took a screenshot of Gu Peiyan’s state and zoomed in to show it to Wei Dongning.
Wei Dongning quietly opened her eyes, and met the same deep affection as in the screenshot.
It made her feel like her heart skipped a beat.
She blinked rapidly: "Let's go...go home?"
"Okay." Gu Peiyan withdrew her gaze, stood up, straightened the wrinkles in her clothes, and stepped down from the carriage first.
Then he reached out to Wei Dongning and helped her down from the carriage.
Gu Song was in a good mood today. Since returning from the palace, he had been tending to the flowers and plants in the garden.
As they passed by the small garden, they saw Gu Song loosening the soil in the flower field.
Wei Dongning had heard Gu Peiyan say that those were his mother's favorite varieties when she was alive, and Gu Song had never entrusted them to anyone else.
Even though he has a craftsman at home who specializes in taking care of the plants, he doesn't feel comfortable entrusting them to others.
Two people stopped behind him and greeted him loudly: "Father."
Hearing their voices, Gu Song put down the tools he was using to turn the soil and waved to them.
Although Gu Peiyan didn't know what her father was going to do, she still led Wei Dongning over there.
Gu Song took the clean handkerchief handed to him by the servant, wiped the dirt off his fingers, and then took out a few pieces of silver from his purse: "Dong Ning, put your hand out."
Wei Dongning reached out her hand in confusion.
The next moment, the silver coins landed in her hand.
Gu Song explained slowly and deliberately, "These are the things your father lost to me today, so they're all yours."
Gu Song didn't care how much he won; he was happy as long as Wei Liangzhe lost.
Wei Dongning turned to look at Gu Peiyan, wondering what her father was up to.
Gu Peiyan could guess what had happened, and comforted her, "You can take it since it's from your father."
Xiao Wu was even more confused than Wei Dongning: "Ningbao, why does it feel like all the characters have gone out of character since you arrived?"
Wei Dongning thanked Gu Song and, under his eager gaze, put the silver into her purse. Without answering Xiao Wu's question, she asked in return, "Won't this affect the normal operation of this small world?"
"No, that won't happen." It just makes it doubt that the information it received before was fake.
Wei Dongning breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that it won't have any impact."
She planned to live to be a hundred years old and didn't want to die young again because of these things.
Wei Dongning swung the purse in her hand, humming a tuneless melody as she walked back to their courtyard.
Only then did he take out the silver and weigh it carefully.
Unable to resist her curiosity, she leaned closer to Gu Peiyan and asked, "What do you think my father's reaction would be if he knew that all the money he lost ended up in my hands?"
"He must be very pleased, right?" Gu Peiyan guessed.
After all, as long as the money isn't in his father's hands, his father-in-law shouldn't have too much of an opinion.
Wei Dongning held up her index finger and waved it in front of his eyes twice: "I guess he'll try every means to get the money back from me."
"why?"