Chapter 81: 81: Chang Qing's Three Wishes!

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Chang Qing’s Three Wishes!

Actually, when Gu Qiaoqiao married and went to the Imperial Capital in her past life, she was eighteen years old, and Chang Qing was sixteen.

It was just that after hearing he had been admitted to a university in the provincial city, he seemed never to have returned to the village.

However, Gu Tianfeng always received all sorts of books from the provincial city.

And some review materials for Zishu and Qianqian.

Gu Tianfeng loved books.

Gu Qianqian loved studying.

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These were things they liked, which the Chang Family simply did not need.

Gu Tianfeng guessed it was Chang Qing, but he also could not destroy Chang Qing’s good intentions.

So, people in the village thought those books were sent by Sister Qiaoqiao.

At that moment, Gu Qiaoqiao, watching the youth standing across the fence, seemed to overlap with the man who had been crying noisily.

She clearly remembered herself, still in a daze, being pulled outside by Chang Qing.

That conversation, that scene, she thought she had forgotten, but actually, she hadn’t forgotten at all.

He said, “Sister Qiaoqiao, from now on, consider me as your family, your little brother; we will wait together for Zishu to come out.”

He said, “Sister Qiaoqiao, you know I don’t have family either, don’t ignore me.”

He said, “Sister Qiaoqiao, from now on, I will protect you, not letting you suffer any grievances anymore.”

He said, “Sister Qiaoqiao, please, give me a chance to take care of you…”

He still had tears on his face, but he kept smiling at Gu Qiaoqiao.

His hand didn’t loosen at all.

Worrying that if he let go, his Sister Qiaoqiao would be lost to him forever.

By that time, Chang Qing’s leaders and colleagues who had reacted came rushing over.

After all, such an incident had occurred during a banquet that had been going smoothly, leaving many people confused.

Gu Qiaoqiao, who had been mute for many years, just looked at him without speaking.

And at that time, her hair had turned white, and she was extremely thin.

Then a colleague curiously spoke up.

Gu Qiaoqiao knew he meant no harm, but his words still caused a drastic change in her expression.

“Hey, Chang Qing, who is this old lady?”

Upon hearing this, Chang Qing became furious, swung a punch that landed squarely on the man’s nose, causing blood to flow immediately. Then he pounced on the man, pinning him to the ground, swinging punches while bellowing, “She is my Sister Qiao, my only family, if you dare speak disrespectfully again I will beat you to death…”

The scene was chaotic.

Afterward, Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t avoid it, after all, her job was hard-won. Even though An Xiaolan was the chairperson of the hotel, Lijing Ho was not under her control alone.

Moreover, Gu Qiaoqiao was really an insignificant person, the power struggles among the higher-ups had no impact on her.

Thus, she always had a good time working here, and the salary was generous too.

From that day on, whenever Chang Qing had time, he would come to pick her up after work, handing over his hefty bonus and paycheck into her hands.

In front of her, he smiled with the satisfaction of a child.

He took her to see the gardens of emperors, he took her to see Yan Lake filled with white reeds…

He clumsily cooked for her, told jokes to cheer her up.

He went with her to visit her brother in prison and transmitted her words to Gu Zishu.

That was the only warm eight months she had.

He was a genius, a special talent for the country, and even if he wanted to be ordinary, the country would not allow it.

That day, he came to say goodbye.

He couldn’t tell her the truth, but when Gu Qiaoqiao saw the two soldiers following him, she knew he was leaving.

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At that moment, his expression solemn, he looked intently at Gu Qiaoqiao and said word by word, “Sister Qiaoqiao, I have three wishes in life, The first is to create a simulated vocal cord to enable you to speak, the second is to marry you, so you, I, and Zishu can be together forever, the third is to break the space-time laws and return to 1989 to prevent any tragedy from happening!”

In that instant, Gu Qiaoqiao was astonished at the sight of the boy next door who seemed to have grown up long ago.

Although she knew these three wishes could never be realized, Gu Qiaoqiao still cried.

Standing at the door at that moment, Chang Qing’s lean body was standing erect, his eyes filled with determination as he said, “Wait for me to come back, you must wait for me to return…”

Regrettably, she broke her promise!

He was her warmth, but her little brother Zishu was her only hope to keep living.

Her brother died.

She could no longer live on in desperation.

She left him the house and all her savings, then unhesitatingly ended her own life of suffering!

The winter wind blew in from one side of the hedge, and then she suddenly realized.

Suppressing the tears in her eyes, she smiled and looked at Chang Qing, “Yes, I’m back!”

Indeed, she had returned, back to 1986 where none of the tragedies had occurred!

Chang Qing’s gaze was as clear as mountain spring water; he fidgeted with his whitened but visibly too short cotton jacket, lowering his head slightly as he asked, “Sister Qiaoqiao, have you been doing well?”

“Yes, I’ve been fairly well.”

“Sister Qiaoqiao, you… it seems like you’ve grown taller…”

“You’ve also gotten taller. I remember the last time I left, you weren’t as tall as me, but now you’re half a head taller than I am…”

“I’m 19 centimeters taller than you…” Chang Qing’s voice carried a trace of joy, as if being taller than Gu Qiaoqiao was something quite exciting.

Gu Qiaoqiao was surprised and curiously asked, “Are you just making that up?”

“I know the height of the hedge, then I calculated it…” Chang Qing said, turning his face away shyly.

Gu Qiaoqiao laughed.

This child was actually always extremely bright.

“Does your stepmother still beat and scold you?”

“As long as I can still go to school, none of that matters…” Chang Qing said with a smile, seemingly indifferent to his stepmother’s daily beatings and scoldings.

Meanwhile, at the big pit, Qin Yize was listening to Gu Tianfeng talk about the origin of the wooden tea bowls placed on the kang table.

They were completed by Grandpa Gu and Gu Qiaoqiao together.

Qin Yize seemed intrigued. He picked up a tea bowl and scrutinized it carefully.

The material was a very rare greenish-blue wood.

The inside was as smooth as jade, and the light green color of the tea inside the bowl matched its hue.

There were four in total.

Each was carved with plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.

Utterly exquisite.

“The plum blossom and bamboo were carved by Qiaoqiao, while the orchid and chrysanthemum were carved by my father. It’s been seven years now; back then, Qiaoqiao was still in elementary school…” Gu Tianfeng reminisced.

Qin Yize’s lips curled into a smile, “The plum blossom and bamboo are a bit immature, but they have a lot of spirit…”

Her hands were truly skilled!

A twelve-year-old child managed to carve such vivid patterns into wood.

And he had also seen the Eighteen Arhats recently carved by Gu Qiaoqiao.

They could be called works of divine craftsmanship.

Unable to stay out of the limelight, Gu Zishu stood on the red brick ground, excitedly saying, “Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I’m really good at acrobatics. Let me show you…”

And without waiting for Gu Tianfeng’s intervention, he did a backflip without using his hands for support right on the ground, and then, finding it not quite satisfying, he did another.

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