Seeing Gong Juechen’s mouth was still as insolent as ever, An Jing said, "Youbao, don’t bother with him, I think he’s just not afraid of getting beaten."
Gong Juechen nodded again, "Yeah, I’m not even afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of getting beaten by you guys? But in my current state, I absolutely can’t let Zhuzhu see me, Zhuzhu will definitely mock me for being uglier than him."
As soon as An Jing heard Gong Juechen say he wasn’t afraid of death, she became curious, "I’ve heard before that if you didn’t want to save someone, even if someone held a knife to your throat, you wouldn’t do it. I’m really curious, how come you’re not afraid of dying?"
Gong Juechen said, "Since we all have to die sooner or later, what does it matter when?"
An Jing: "..." That makes sense, I’m left speechless.
Li Wuyu, however, expressed extreme admiration, "Doctor Gong, you can view life and death so indifferently, like a transcendent being above worldly concerns, Wuyu admires you!"
Gong Juechen immediately grinned, "Nice words, nice words. If you truly admire me, then find me a good-looking wife. The focus is on good-looking, don’t get it wrong. I lack nothing now, just a good-looking wife."
An Jing was too lazy to bother with Gong Juechen’s shamelessness and busied herself working with Xiao Changyi in the vegetable garden for a while before starting to make lunch.
After having lunch at An Jing’s place, Li Wuyu and Wang Youbao left, but Gong Juechen refused to go, saying he couldn’t show his face right now and would only return when it got dark.
Looking at Gong Juechen’s swollen face, An Jing: "..."
Gong Juechen stayed for dinner at An Jing’s place before he left.
As soon as Gong Juechen left, An Jing and Xiao Changyi began heating water to bathe their four children; after taking care of the children’s baths, An Jing and Xiao Changyi took baths themselves.
As soon as An Jing finished her bath, she began to coax their four children to sleep. Since Xiao Changyi didn’t know how to soothe children, this task was almost entirely An Jing’s responsibility.
Fortunately, the children were quite obedient, and it didn’t take long for all four to fall asleep.
The children were afraid of the dark; if they woke up at night and saw darkness around them, they would become frightened and start crying nonstop. To prevent this, An Jing and Xiao Changyi had almost never turned off the lights at night.
Thankfully, they didn’t lack money, so using a bit more oil was not an issue, as long as the children felt safe.
After soothing the children and tucking them in, An Jing quietly climbed into bed and snuggled into her husband’s arms.
"Husband, we’ve planted all the vegetables in our garden, and there’s not much else to do at home, so let’s go to the county tomorrow and check on our rice shop. We haven’t seen it in a long time, and I’m a little curious to see if there have been any changes." An Jing spoke softly to avoid waking the children, her voice so low only she and Xiao Changyi could hear.
"Mm," Xiao Changyi had no objections.
"The children are a bit small, but fortunately, they can now be taken out with us. Meng Zhuqing is bringing a nanny over tomorrow, so let’s have Meng Zhuqing come with us. It’s a bit difficult for the two of us to take the four children out alone."
"The Agricultural Institute is near our rice shop, right? Let’s also pay a visit there. I’ve been a Farmer official for quite some time now, and it’s about time to check out the place I’m supposed to be working at."
An Jing was appointed as a Farmer official for Qilin County, and her workplace was supposed to be at the Qilin County Agricultural Institute. However, the Emperor of Xiyun had told her she could go or not go, so she had never been.