Chapter 52: Chapter 52 She Had to Take Matters into Her Own Hands_1 Chapter 52: Chapter 52 She Had to Take Matters into Her Own Hands_1 When Xiao Gousheng returned, his face was filled with anger. “Mother, that wretch’s house was as dark as outside, obviously he was already asleep! And here we’ve been foolishly waiting this whole time!”
Xiao Chen’s felt a surge of anger that sent her reeling backward, utterly shocked that Xiao Changyi couldn’t be called back.
She had thought that as soon as she spoke up, Xiao Changyi would surely return. Even if he didn’t come back immediately, he would definitely come to see her at night. But who would have known that Xiao Changyi would simply go to sleep and ignore her completely, treating her words as if they meant nothing!
And that night, just as An Jing had predicted, Xiao Chen’s indeed spent the whole night wide awake, fuming.
The next morning, before it was fully light, Xiao Chen’s got up early. This time, she didn’t send Hehua but directly asked Xiao Gousheng to go and call Xiao Changyi back again; she simply refused to believe that Xiao Changyi would not return.
It must have been Hehua who didn’t pass on the message correctly to Xiao Changyi, causing him not to come back.
She was Xiao Changyi’s biological mother; it was impossible that he wouldn’t listen to her.
Remember, when she had ordered Xiao Changyi to join the army and face certain death, he didn’t say a word and just went!
Xiao Gousheng obediently went, and by the time he slowly dressed and reached Xiao Changyi’s doorstep, it was already light out.
Standing outside Xiao Changyi’s courtyard, Xiao Gousheng hadn’t yet called out to Xiao Changyi when he saw him returning from outside with a bamboo basket on his back.
Xiao Gousheng had not expected this and was momentarily surprised. Then, fearing that Xiao Changyi might curse him to death, he quickly moved further away before demanding, “Xiao Changyi, mother is calling for you, why haven’t you gone back?”
Ever since he learned that Xiao Changyi could curse his elders and siblings, Xiao Gousheng had never referred to Xiao Changyi as older brother again.
Xiao Changyi didn’t even glance at Xiao Gousheng and walked straight into the yard.
Xiao Gousheng, seeing that Xiao Changyi was ignoring him, was furious but also didn’t dare to enter the yard. He could only stand at the gate and shout loudly, “Hey, Xiao Changyi, did you not hear me talking to you? Mother is calling you back! Hurry up and go back! She has something important to tell you!”
As Xiao Gousheng’s voice grew louder, fearing that it would wake An Jing who was still asleep, Xiao Changyi finally turned around and looked at Xiao Gousheng, speaking indifferently, “If you don’t want to be cursed to death by me, scram.”
With that, Xiao Changyi took a couple of emotionless steps toward Xiao Gousheng, appearing ready to approach and curse Xiao Gousheng to death, which immediately terrified Xiao Gousheng into screaming and turning to run.
When Xiao Changyi turned back around, he saw An Jing standing at the doorway of the main room, leaning on a wooden stick and watching him.
At the sight of An Jing, the coldness in Xiao Changyi’s eyes instantly vanished, leaving no trace. He quickly walked over, supported An Jing, and asked in a gentle voice, “Why didn’t you sleep more?”
An Jing smiled, “I woke up, so I got up.”
Glancing into the bamboo basket on his back that held fresh Niu Jin Grass intended for applying to her foot injury, she felt a warmth in her heart. “Why did you go and pick these so early in the morning? My wound is much better now, it’s not swelling so much anymore, and the medicine doesn’t need to be changed so often.”
Xiao Changyi replied, “Change it more often, and it’ll heal faster.”
An Jing just smiled. She glanced subtly towards the direction where Xiao Gousheng had disappeared, but she didn’t mention anything about it to Xiao Changyi.
Next, Xiao Changyi did the laundry and made breakfast. After breakfast, he applied pulverized fresh Niu Jin Grass to An Jing’s right ankle. Only then did he leave for town, leaving An Jing alone at home.
When it was si-time, Mrs. Chen came in person. There was no help for it; since Xiao Gousheng couldn’t get Xiao Changyi to budge, she had to take matters into her own hands.
Standing at the entrance to the courtyard, Mrs. Chen asked in a disagreeable tone, seeing An Jing sitting on a small stool in the courtyard, “Where is that wretch, Xiao Changyi? Call him out quickly!”