Chapter 6: Rough

"Look at this child, she must be confused because of her illness." Wang Meili was the first to react, smiling kindly, "Juanzi, you shouldn’t play with Lingling anymore, she’s still sick."

With one sentence, Wang Meili explained Gu Juan’s behavior as two little girls just playing.

And it also implied that Gu Juan and Gu Lingling had a good relationship, but Gu Lingling was too stubborn.

Gu Chunhai left the room without a word, and Wang Meili shot Gu Juan a glare and followed him out.

As soon as he left, Gu Juan gave Gu Lingling a hard shove, "Gu Lingling, are you looking for trouble?"

"I didn’t... I did not... ah!" Gu Lingling tried to explain, but Gu Juan was already angry at her frail demeanor and came to twist her arm again.

Gu Lingling used to be foolish; no matter how Gu Juan twisted her, she did not make a sound.

But now that she had been reborn, if she stayed silent, she’d be beyond saving.

It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Gu Lingling pretended to be frightened and dodged Gu Juan’s approach. Although her voice was soft while explaining, Gu Chunhai’s ears were more sensitive than ordinary people.

With a ’crash,’ the bowl on the small square table was knocked to the floor by Gu Juan.

Both of them were stunned.

Although their family had Gu Chunhai’s salary and the allowance sent back by Gu Haojun from the army, supporting three children and a bedridden grandfather meant they weren’t wealthy.

Otherwise, in the past life, Wang Meili wouldn’t have taken the opportunity to make Gu Lingling drop out of school.

"Gu Lingling, do you want to die?" Gu Juan pushed Gu Lingling with a small voice, then raised her voice, "Lingling, how could you be so careless? This food was painstakingly made by my mom. Even if you don’t want to eat, you can’t waste food like this."

"I didn’t." Gu Lingling said softly, "Please don’t hit me, I still have to help you write a letter later."

Hearing this, Gu Juan indeed stopped her actions, snorted coldly, and went to bed to sleep.

Gu Lingling put on a coat and carefully got off the kang, picking up the shattered porcelain pieces on the floor while coughing.

"Can you stop coughing, it’s so annoying." Gu Juan suddenly shouted.

’Hiss,’ Gu Lingling was startled, and her hand got pricked by a porcelain piece, blood immediately oozing out.

"What’s wrong?" Gu Chunhai pushed open the door and walked in, seeing Gu Lingling squatting on the ground, with drops of blood on the porcelain pieces.

"Noth... nothing..." Gu Lingling hurriedly wanted to hide her hand, but it hurt too much.

"Lingling, are you all right?" Gu Juan was also startled when Gu Chunhai came in, hurriedly climbing off the kang, "Didn’t I tell you not to move, I would clean up after lying down for a bit?"

Gu Lingling stayed silent, and the expression on Gu Chunhai’s face was also not good.

He had been standing outside the whole time just now, and although the distance was a bit far, he still heard some of their conversation.

Glancing at the silent Gu Lingling, Gu Chunhai shook his head, "You go lie back on the kang, I’ll handle this."

Gu Lingling didn’t speak, but she obediently climbed back onto the kang.

In her past life, if she hadn’t recklessly insisted on being with Lv Guodong, Gu Chunhai was actually quite nice to her.

It was just her own self-destructive actions in the past life.

Of course, this couldn’t have been accomplished without the efforts of Wang Meili and her daughter.

Squatting on the ground, Gu Chunhai stared blankly at his own hand.

Was the hand he touched just now really his daughter’s?

Wasn’t it said that she never did chores at home? Why were her hands so rough?