TSBFL Chapter 84
Chapter 84.1: 歸還賣身契
[Return the contract of sale]
Chen Xing did not immediately go to look at the box, but carefully wiped the water from Gu Lang half-dried long hair. They ensured that there was no more water dripping from the top, before putting down the long towel in his hands. He moved his line of eyes to the box above.
That box is only two palm sizes, on top of it, it is carved with full brown flowers, looks a bit old, and it was unknown how many years the object was used.
Chen Xing looked at that box, then looked at Gu Lang who had been staring at him with a gentle gaze in front of him, stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, and asked doubtfully, “This box is for me?”
Gu Lang nodded toward him and answered with a smile, “I should have given it to you a long time ago, but it’s not too late now. You open it and take a look at it.”
Hearing Gu Lang’s words, Chen Xing was a bit hesitant, yet he still obeyed and opened the box. In the meantime, he also muttered what is in here? Look at this style, could it be some kind of jewelry? But Gu Lang gave him jewelry for what?
Chen Xing thought like this, and came into view when both of them looked at those two little worn papers. He still gave out a ‘suspicious look’ toward Gu Lang who was sitting there, picking those two papers up.
Once he read the words on them, Chen Xing froze. Only to see that the two pieces of paper on the head of the big ‘contract of sale’, and below is written a bunch of voluntary sale of words, the bottom of the handprint name is ‘Qing Lian’ (青蓮) two words.
Looking at this unfamiliar name, Chen Xing’s heart immediately had a few guesses, and then quickly picked up the back to look it up, the same head, the same text, only that the last red seal is a child’s footprints. Above the inscription [ The inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etcs] is ‘Chen Xing’.
“This is, this is?” Chen Xing muttered, if he did not guess it correctly. Inside here, one is his, the other unfamiliar name should be his biological mother. He originally thought that he only had his own contract of sale in Gu Lang here. He did not think that Mrs Chen was so cruel, even the original body mother’s ones were also sent over.
Gu Lang beside him, looked at his in trance appearance, he reached out and pulled him in a chair to sit down, and then warmly said: “This was in your dowry when you first came here, I kept it for you for so long, so I thought I’d give it back to you now.”
Chen Xing, who was still immersed in the thoughts of Madam Chen being a cruel and ruthless woman, came back to his senses after hearing Gu Lang’s words. He looked at Gu Lang who looked at him with a gentle expression, opened his mouth, but all of a sudden he didn’t know what to say. Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing and continued gently: “Don’t worry, I have gone to the court in the daytime and I have already crossed out your name and the name on the other contract of sale from the record of the government. From now on, you are both free.”
Chen Xing thought that Gu Lang left the door earlier than them today, and did not tell him what he went to do. He was still puzzled for a while, and did not expect that he actually went to do these things. He didn’t know why, but Chen Xing suddenly felt a little warm in his heart.
Gu Lang saw Chen Xing staring at himself, seemingly because of the news was too shocked and for a moment a bit unable to regain their senses, looking like a silly rabbit. He hooked the corner of his lips and looked at the sparks dancing on the table, and said as if he was reminiscing, “Also, I know that you’ve been saving up to pay back my betrothal gifts.”
He didn’t know why, obviously it is something that has been discussed (come to an agreement) before, but Chen Xing actually felt a little bit guilty when he heard Gu Lang mention it.
Talking to this point, Gu Lang gently laughed a little, his gaze in the candlelight appearing more and more gentle, “But I never wanted to ask you to pay back that sum of money. At the beginning, that kind of saying, he just wanted to tease you only so how could I possibly think that you actually took it seriously, and after that day you are still so hardworking.”
Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang in the candlelight, perfectly not like a real person’s face, trying to rebut it in a small voice, “But, that’s also something I owed to you ah!”
Hearing this whispered murmur from Chen Xing, Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing beside him again, and in those deep black eyes, which seemed to have a bit of warmth in them due to the candlelight, he said.
“You don’t owe me, it’s the Chen family that owes the Gu family, and it’s the Chen family that received the bride price. The Chen family sees my Gu family wither (die) so they want to take forcible possession of all those things for themselves, even if it’s not you, it will be someone else, they will also use other ways to swallow those bride prices.”
Chen Xing pursed his lips, not knowing why he always felt that Gu Lang’s words made him a little less happy. If it wasn’t him, then could it be someone else is also okay? Could Gu Lang also treat the other person so gently?
Gu Lang, however, looked at Chen Xing with a fixed gaze, his voice was soft but incredibly firm, “But I’m really glad that they sent you.”
Chen Xing’s whole body was shaken, raising his eyes to meet Gu Lang’s gentleness as if he could drown himself with that always good-looking face, at this moment appeared more and more perfect, so that for a moment he did not have the ability to avert his eyes.
He only heard him say, “Fortunately, the one they sent is you. It is also fortunate that it’s not someone else.”
Hearing these words from Gu Lang, Chen Xing only felt his heart beat a few minutes faster.
“I will give you these things and tell you all this just because I hope you don’t have a burden.” When Gu Lang said these words, he looked at Chen Xing with more expectation in his eyes, “I just hope that you can follow your heart as you do whatever you do.”
When Chen Xing heard this, he was a bit confused, and his face also happened to carry this bit of doubt.
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