Gu Qiqing excitedly grabbed Xu Xiaoxiao's hand and refused to let go. He pulled her to the bedside and sat down. He kept holding someone else's hand and looked at her up and down.

Xu Xiaoxiao has lost a lot of weight than before.

She had a chubby face, with big eyes, always looking weird, but now her cheeks are so thin that they are a little sunken, and her eyes are still big, but she has a little haggard look, which makes Gu Qiqing feel like a knife.

Her voice couldn't help but choke up: "Xiaoxiao..."

Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and patted her hands: "Hey hey, why are your eyes red? Are you going to cry?"

“…”

"All people are going to get married soon, why are they still so childish?"

Hearing her say this, Gu Qiqing immediately bit her lower lip and said angrily: "You are so childish!"

As she said this, she still grabbed Xu Xiaoxiao's hand again, looked at her with red eyes for a while, and said softly: "You, how are you now?"

Xu Xiaoxiao smiled calmly: "Look, I'm not here to see you well, and I'm not missing any arms or legs. What's the point?"

"No, I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about--"

Gu Qiqing stopped halfway through speaking, fearing that Xu Xiaoxiao would be sad when she mentioned the past.

Seeing her considerate look, Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes became more depressed, but she still forced herself to cheer up and said with a smile: "I'm fine, everything is over."

"Xiaoxiao..."

Gu Qiqing also knew more and more what "everything is gone". When she went to the study before, she accidentally heard the conversation between Gu Tingqiu and Si Muyun, and learned about the letters left by Xu Shizong before her death, which cut off all the relationship between him and his family, his wife and daughter.

So now Xu Xiaoxiao is a girl without a father.

Although the Xu family was saved in this way, it is conceivable how bad the incident had. How sad it was for Xu Xiaoxiao and her mother to stay with the orphan and widowed mother, and how embarrassing the situation in the family.

Especially when Gu Qiqing was thinking that when she was in the most painful time, she couldn't be with her, so she felt even more sad.

Gu Qiqing wanted to comfort her, but was afraid that his words would hurt her even more.

Seeing Gu Qiqing's conflicts and hesitation like this, Xu Xiaoxiao was so smart. Of course she knew what she was concerned about, so she just smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about the serious business. I'm here to see you today. I'm so happy to hear about your happy event."

“…”

"Speaking of this, I'm a matchmaker, too."

When he mentioned this, Gu Qiqing's face turned red.

Xu Xiaoxiao immediately laughed and said, "Oh, I'm blushing. They are all people who want to get married. Why are they still so thin? In the future, I still expect His Royal Highness the Crown Princess to assist the Crown Prince well. How can you do this?"

If it were the past, Gu Qiqing would have been so embarrassed that he would have been able to get downstairs.

But this time, she just blushed, but was not in a hurry. After a while, she whispered: "I will learn to be a qualified princess."

Xu Xiaoxiao tilted her head and looked at her for a while, and smiled and said, "The power of loving someone is really great."

“…”

"You can become so strong."

“…”

"very nice."

Gu Qiqing said: "What about you?"

"Me? What am I?"

"Do you have such power?"

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't expect her to ask this question. After thinking for a while, she said with a smile: "I don't know, I think this kind of power will be born from the bottom of my heart if I meet the right person. If I hadn't met that person, I wouldn't have it."

“…”

"So, I don't force it, nor will I force this power to be used on the wrong person."

Hearing this, Gu Qiqing was a little shocked.

Too many girls have only three parts in their lives, namely, they follow their fathers at home and follow their husbands when they get married. Perhaps there will be one husband who dies and the word "follow" that makes them lose themselves. Although she is very lucky, although she is also married, she married the person she likes. Moreover, she fought for this marriage with him, but more people have become vassals of others forever because of the word "follow".

But Xu Xiaoxiao didn't.

She seemed to be just sticking to herself, and she had the final say on what she wanted and what she didn't want.

Although Gu Qiqing didn't know where such persistence came from, she could vaguely feel that a girl like Xu Xiaoxiao would live a difficult life, but she would definitely live a comfortable life.

She whispered: "Xiaoxiao, you are such a special girl."

“…”

"I, although I can't fully understand you, I hope you can be happy. It's not as happy as getting married. I always feel that you will find your own path, which may be different from us. I hope you can walk smoothly on that path."

Xu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes with a smile: "Thank you for your good words."

“…”

"The mountains and rivers of Yan Country are so big, I will always walk my own path."

"Mountains and Rivers?"

Hearing this, Gu Qiqing seemed to feel something. He looked at her in surprise. Xu Xiaoxiao said himself: "This time I am here, first to congratulate you, second to say goodbye to you."

"Farewell?"

"Mother and I are no longer suitable for staying in the capital now. We plan to go back to our hometown. People in our hometown are more tolerant. When we settle down, I plan to go out for a trip."

"Ah? You're leaving."

Gu Qiqing looked at her in surprise: "When will you leave?"

Xu Xiaoxiao said: "Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Then you-"

"I'll congratulate you and apologize to you. I'm afraid I can't attend your wedding banquet."

Gu Qiqing felt a little disappointed and said softly: "Can't you stay for a while?"

Xu Xiaoxiao's smile also had a little bit of force and said softly: "Even if you stay for a while, Qi Qing will never be able to attend your wedding banquet. Can you understand?"

Gu Qiqing immediately understood what she meant.

Although Xu Shizong has broken up with the Xu family, his rebellion cannot be hidden. Xu Xiaoxiao is still the daughter of a traitor in the eyes of many people.

Xu Xiaoxiao said, "Even if you don't mind, I will."

“…”

"What's more, this is the wedding of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I appeared there, which sounds too ugly. I actually don't care what others say, but my father - but he, he is dead, and I don't want anyone to say anything behind him anymore."

“…”

"So, leaving here as soon as possible will be a relief for me and him."

Hearing this, Gu Qiqing's heart was as if he had been cut by a knife.
Chapter completed!