Chapter 201 - 173: Bustling
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The biting winter brought snow, and the howling winds seemed relentless. After more than ten days of heavy snowfall, blue skies remained elusive, the snow falling on and off. The distant lands were already covered in white, as if blanketed in thick cotton wool, and even the perpetually spring-like Luoluo City was shrouded in misty rain, the ground perpetually damp.
Another year’s festival had come.
"Husband, it’s just dawn. Isn’t it a bit too early?"
"It’s not early anymore. I’d rather wait outside my cave dwelling than be late and lose the proper etiquette," Gu Mengqing said in a deep voice, taking the gift box from his wife.
In recent years, he had gradually shown signs of aging. With the help of Chen Li, he now did some small business and no longer had to live on the edge of a knife as before. His days were comfortable, and he’d grown a bit corpulent, looking quite well-off.
"Daddy, Daddy, I want to go too, I want to go too!" Gu Mengqing’s four-year-old son shouted while hugging his leg.
As a late-life father, Gu’s face brightened with a smile as he picked up his son and gave him an affectionate kiss. "Not now. When you’re a little older, then your father will send you to the sect, and you’ll become a Sect Disciple too!"
The young wife glanced at the toddler, hesitated, and then persuaded, "Why don’t you bring Jue Er along? I think your big sister-in-law is very fond of him."
"You don’t understand, it’s precisely because she likes him that I can’t bring him," Gu responded, putting down his son and shaking his head.
For many years, his elder brother had been childless. Though nothing was said outwardly, who knew how much he suffered inwardly, silently bearing the pain.