It was a note Qin Yize had left for her.
The handwriting was flamboyant.
"Qiaoqiao, I have a small task today and will be back in about a week, Qin Yize."
Gu Qiaoqiao read the note twice, then folded it up.
She recalled last night, the scene where the two of them were drinking wine.
Gu Qiaoqiao had a smile on her lips that even she herself didn’t notice as she went to wash up with light steps.
After finishing her morning routine, she came out to find Grandma Qin already preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
Grandma Qin’s health seemed even more robust now.
Her complexion was also looking much better than before.
And Grandma Qin, she always got up very early,
would exercise, and then come back to make breakfast for the whole family.
But she didn’t bother with dinner,
sometimes it was Gu Qiaoqiao who cooked, other times it was Shen Manru.
Gu Qiaoqiao entered the kitchen, peeked her head through with a smile, and noted how fragrant the rice porridge Grandma Qin was cooking smelled.
Grandma Qin liked to add some vegetables and shredded meat into her rice porridge.
And she was very patient.
That’s why her porridge was thick and full of rich rice fragrance.
Grandma Qin watched Gu Qiaoqiao with a smile.
Although it didn’t show on her face, the early riser Grandma Qin knew about the smile Qin Yize wore when he left this morning, a smile he had never shown before.
Could it be that the two of them had consummated their relationship last night?
Grandma Qin couldn’t help but shift her gaze back to Gu Qiaoqiao.
Feeling a bit unnerved by Grandma Qin’s gaze, Gu Qiaoqiao asked in surprise, "Grandma, what’s the matter?"
Grandma Qin shook her head internally, "It doesn’t seem like it at all."
And looking at Qiaoqiao, she didn’t seem any different from usual.
Grandma Qin felt somewhat disappointed.
But she wasn’t in a hurry, thinking to herself that even if they waited until she was twenty-two to consummate the marriage, becoming a mother at twenty-three wouldn’t be considered old.
After all, modern young people are getting married later and later.
And late marriages and childbirth are even encouraged.
It’s just a pity that they can only have one child.
If we were to go back a few decades, it would’ve been nice to have several more children.
With a lot on her mind, Grandma Qin’s expression naturally revealed a bit of her thoughts.
Gu Qiaoqiao felt a chill from Grandma Qin’s gaze.
Fortunately, after a few looks, Grandma Qin laughed.
Gu Qiaoqiao found the whole situation puzzling.
An old person’s thoughts can be quite complex, Gu Qiaoqiao thought with a smile, but she quickly forgot about it and didn’t take it to heart.
Instead, she started making small dumplings with Grandma.
After breakfast, Gu Qiaoqiao headed to Yubao Square.
After New Year’s, Great Grandfather planned to take her on a trip to Jiangnan.
It was to get an understanding of the Jade Carving industry of the Ye family in the south.
The Gu family also had a wine estate there.
Gu Qiaoqiao had already visited and was familiar with the nearby orchard,
but she had never been to the wine estate in Jiangnan.
During the night, all was silent.
A faint tremble came from the treetops near the basement.
If one looked closely, a white shadow could be seen drifting by.
But it was actually a White Cat.
The White Cat, using the cover of night and snow, quickly made its way near the basement.
The basement had its own guards.
The surroundings were also tightly secured, and the White Cat, rather unwillingly, wandered around the snow a few times.
Then it found a mouse hole.
In front of the mouse hole, the White Cat hesitated for a long time, but finally shrank its body and squeezed in.
Twenty minutes later, it emerged from the same hole.
The White Cat felt as if it was covered in bad luck.
So, it rolled around in the snow a few times. This was the snow that Grandpa Li and his people had swept up and piled here...