FIMA Ch99: Married [Arc 6]

Gu Siyuan felt he had slept for a long time—so long that many memories detached from him, and many memories that did not belong to him were force-fed in.

He slowly opened his eyes.

What greeted his eyes were large, vast patches of golden-yellow rapeseed flowers, and by his ears was the chattering of human voices, as well as the unique “clunk-clunk…” sound of a tractor engine.

He was currently sitting on a tractor traveling on a country road.

The people around him were almost all sallow and emaciated, wearing homespun clothes that had been washed until they turned white, or even threadbare.

There were only a few brightly dressed young people, but they clearly weren’t from their local area; they should be the educated youth newly sent down to the countryside today.

And right now, it was the late 1970s in a parallel world.

…

About forty minutes later, the tractor stopped at the entrance of the Qianjin (Advance) Production Brigade’s headquarters. Carrying a bulging snakeskin bag, Gu Siyuan nimbly jumped down from the carriage.

An auntie who rode together enthusiastically said: “Siyuan, after you go back, remember to come play at Auntie’s house…”

Uncle Li, the driver who drove the tractor, also smiled playfully: “Siyuan, next time the brigade’s tractor has a problem, I will ask for your help again, it’ll save the trouble of running to the commune to invite a master.”

Gu Siyuan nodded calmly: “Okay.”

Even after he walked far away, the aunties behind were still discussing: “This Gu Laosan (Gu family’s third son) is truly remarkable. Going out to work, he actually took the opportunity to learn the craft of repairing and driving cars.”

“He looks taciturn, but he’s someone who knows how to do things. Just now on the road, if he hadn’t noticed the tractor had a problem, that minibus would have truly crashed into us, and our whole carload of people would have…”

“Yeah… thinking about it still brings lingering fear.”

The educated youth who got off together from the back vehicle, however, narrowed their eyes watching Gu Siyuan’s back figure.

Carrying the snakeskin bag, Gu Siyuan walked westward along the village road.

Their village was called Yunxi Village. However, in this era, the main division format was the production brigade. After all, work points, grain, including certificates and such were all arranged by the production brigade.

Yunxi Village was a large village with a total of three production brigades: Shengli (Victory), Fuqiang (Prosperity and Strength), and Qianjin (Advance). The Gu family where the original host belonged was part of the Qianjin Production Brigade, and the people of the Qianjin Brigade all lived in the west of Yunxi Village.

Gu Siyuan was tall with long legs, and walked fast. In just a few minutes, the courtyard walls of the Gu family could already be seen.

At this time, several noisy voices transmitted clearly.

“When it’s time to work in the kitchen, not a shadow of you can be seen, but when it’s time to eat, you run faster than anyone else? Are you the reincarnation of a starved ghost!”

In the Gu family’s courtyard, Mother Gu slammed her bowl on the table surface with a “bang”, her eyes staring fixedly at Xie Yiyang, who was picking up food with his chopsticks.

Without changing his expression, Xie Yiyang stuffed the vegetables on his chopsticks into his mouth, chewed a few times, and swallowed.

Then, he looked up with a smile at Gu Lili sitting opposite him, and said leisurely: “Lili ah, be a bit more active working in the future. Don’t provoke Mother into not forgetting to blow up even while eating.”

Gu Lili was originally eating while secretly watching Xie Yiyang make a joke of himself.

This third sister-in-law (brother-in-law, as a ‘ger’) of his was the most selfish and hateful guy. Everyone in the Gu family hated him, and getting scolded by Mother was common practice.

He didn’t expect that he actually dared to drag the matter onto his own head right now; truly laughable.

Sure enough, the next moment, Mother Gu’s anger flared even more.

She pointed her chopsticks directly at Xie Yiyang and scolded: “What nonsense are you spouting? You actually dare to take the opportunity to bully Lili?”

Xie Yiyang continued smiling playfully on the surface: “Mother, if you talk about bullying, it’s you who are bullying. I just repeated your words once.”

“You… you…” Mother Gu was so angry her hands were trembling.

Xie Yiyang continued: “Mother, to tell the truth, have you long been dissatisfied with the fact that Lili never goes down to the fields to work but eats the best? Otherwise, why would you scold people while eating?”

Mother Gu said angrily: “You shameless thing, stop talking about this and that here. The one I’m scolding is you.”

This time, Xie Yiyang stopped smiling and said very calmly: “Oh, so this is how the Gu family is. A daughter-in-law (son-in-law) must definitely do much, much more work than your own family’s ‘ger’, otherwise they will be scolded even while eating. As for your own family’s ger, he can just hide at home every day and do absolutely nothing. Mother, rest assured, I will definitely properly publicize this in the village. Presumably, with such good family traditions in the Gu family, the upcoming marriages of Fourth Brother and Lili will both go very smoothly.”

“You dare threaten me?” Mother Gu was furious, slapping her chopsticks directly onto the table.

The gazes of the other people also swept over.

Xie Yiyang hurriedly shoveled the last mouthful of rice in his bowl into his mouth, and only then said leisurely: “How did I threaten you? Oh, I just repeated what you did, and this is a threat. So it turns out Mother, you also know that the things you do cannot be told to outsiders. You know that you are excessively biased toward Lili!”

Mother Gu glared at him: “What if I am biased toward Lili? How dare you compare yourself with my Lili? He is a natural-born lucky star; he is supposed to enjoy blessings and eat the best…”

Hearing this, Xie Yiyang wasn’t angry either, only saying faintly: “Mother, I advise you best not to say this. Breaking the Four Olds (old customs, culture, habits, and ideas) a few years ago, I heard that the temples on the mountain were all demolished. Yet you keep talking about lucky stars in every sentence. Are you trying to engage in feudal superstition?”

“What did you say?”

Hearing this sentence, Mother Gu completely changed her expression.

Gu Lili, who had been watching the show, also couldn’t help but say angrily: “Third Sister-in-law, how dare you speak such nonsense?”

Xie Yiyang gave him a chilly glance and sneered: “What’s wrong with me? Am I not stating a fact? When you usually enjoy the benefits of being a lucky star, you don’t say a single word. Now you can’t take it?”

“You…” Gu Lili’s fair and clean face turned bright red from anger.

“Heh…” Too lazy to pay any more attention to him, Xie Yiyang took his bowl and chopsticks and stood up: “I’m done eating. Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Eldest Sister-in-law, take your time eating!”

Just at this moment, Gu Dahai, the eldest grandson of the Gu family who always defended Gu Lili the most, ran over angrily and rammed his head straight into him: “You dare bully my Little Uncle? I’ll knock you flying!”

Xie Yiyang’s face suddenly changed.

Although his mouth was sharp, he was ultimately a ‘ger’ (physically weaker), while Gu Dahai was a ten-year-old half-grown lad. With such a sudden ram, his whole person uncontrollably fell backward.

He cursed inwardly; that threshold was built of bluestone. Falling down on that would be a huge loss. If he had known, he would have endured it and not quarreled.

Unlucky…

However, the next moment, his back pressed against a warm and solid embrace, and his waist was steadily held.

Next, he heard the astonished voices of Mother Gu, Gu Lili, and others ring out: “Laosan…”

“Third Brother… you’re back?”

Xie Yiyang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Oh my, so it turns out his husband, who ran out the door to work on the second day of their marriage and hadn’t been seen for half a year, has come back?

“Stand properly.”

Just at this moment, a slightly cold and hoarse male voice sounded by his ear.

Xie Yiyang was stunned. He turned his head to look at the person behind him, muttering: “Gu Siyuan…”

Gu Siyuan nodded and said calmly: “I’m back.”

Xie Yiyang first felt a burst of joy in his heart, and then couldn’t help but curl his lips.

So what if you’re back?

Hmph, a guy who could be instigated by the Gu family to run out and work, disappearing without a trace on the second day of our marriage—could I still expect you to stand up for me?

Mother Gu looked at the tall figure at the doorway, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: “Laosan, you came back today, why didn’t you say a word in advance? The food is all distributed. It’s just this wife of yours, every time we eat, he rushes to scoop the solid stuff from the pot…”

Gu Siyuan looked at Mother Gu and said coldly: “If there’s no food, forget it. I’ll go into the room and rest first.”

After speaking, he cast a glance at Xie Yiyang from the corner of his eye, picked up the snakeskin bag, and walked toward his own room.

Both Mother Gu and Gu Lili frowned. They only felt that after going out for half a year, Gu Laosan’s temperament seemed to have changed a lot.

The Gu family’s house was newly built when Gu Siyuan’s eldest brother got married. Although it was built with mud bricks, it was built very large with many rooms—a total of eight rooms adding front, back, left, and right.

Xie Yiyang followed behind Gu Siyuan into the room, and then directly closed the door behind him.

Gu Siyuan ignored his actions, sat down on the edge of the bed, and looked around.

An adobe house. Because the room was cleaned too thoroughly, the furnishings seemed even fewer and emptier. Besides an old wardrobe, there was only the wooden bed beneath him and a mottled small low table by his hand.

Also, the long table under the window propped up by small wooden blocks.

On the table was a tattered clay vase, but inside it were inserted a few freshly picked wildflowers, adding a bit of freshness and elegance to this old room.

Xie Yiyang looked toward him and asked irritably: “Why did you let me come in? Could it be you actually brought me a gift?”

Toward this husband who ran off without a trace or even a greeting right after getting married, he truly couldn’t muster much good feeling.

“Mm,” Gu Siyuan responded lightly.

“…” Xie Yiyang was slightly shocked.

There actually truly is?

He hesitated and walked over to sit on the edge of the bed.

Gu Siyuan put down the snakeskin bag in his hand, untied the mouth of the bag, and said indifferently: “I bought all of these. Look and see if you need anything?”

Xie Yiyang initially didn’t mind it, but after vaguely seeing the things inside from the open mouth of the bag, his eyes instantly lit up. Without needing Gu Siyuan to say more, he directly dragged the bag in front of him and excitedly began to rummage through it.

Watching his suddenly changed attitude, and recalling the quarrel in the courtyard just now, Gu Siyuan thought to himself: The personality of this mission target is indeed similar to the information transmitted by the system.

This was the late 1970s of a parallel world.

However, somewhat different from the world Gu Siyuan originally came from, here, there was also the existence of ‘gers’ (males who can bear children).

The protagonist bottom of this world was a ger, and also a heartthrob koi fish (someone extremely lucky)—none other than Gu Lili, who had just had a dispute with Xie Yiyang.

Mother Gu gave birth to a total of five children. Gu Lili was the fifth, the youngest one.

When Mother Gu was pregnant with him, there was a coincidence.

At that time, winter had passed, and the grain in every household of the production brigade was tight. Several women were arranged to go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. This had always been a good job, much easier than working in the fields, and they might even be able to secretly stash a few bird eggs, wild fruits, or the like, to give their own families a treat.

Pregnant Mother Gu was also arranged in this team.

However, right upon reaching the foot of the mountain, her stomach acted up violently, and having no other choice, she could only return home.

It was originally a matter of quite some regret.

As a result, by evening, she found out that the wild boars on the mountain had actually come out early to forage for food, and the team of women going up the mountain to find wild vegetables happened to encounter three wild boars head-on.

Of those few women, five died in total. The three who didn’t die were all heavily injured; to treat their injuries, their family fortunes were exhausted, and one person even was blinded in one eye.

Mother Gu immediately rejoiced endlessly, and also began to treasure the child in her belly extremely, believing it was him being filial and having good fortune that saved her.

After the child was born, whenever any good thing happened in the family, Mother Gu would connect it with the ger, attributing it to his good fortune.

Thus, Gu Lili’s status in this family became lofty and supreme.

Mother Gu first brainwashed her husband, then brainwashed her sons and daughters. When her sons married wives, she continued to brainwash the daughters-in-law; when the daughters-in-law gave birth to grandsons and granddaughters, she continued to brainwash the grandchildren.

In short, the core essence of the entire Gu family was that everyone had to dote on Gu Lili; Gu Lili was the person with the most good fortune in the whole world.

Rural people didn’t have much knowledge or education. Being brainwashed by Mother Gu accumulating over months and years, they actually took it for real.

However, among these ordinary people, there were always a few rebellious bones.

The original host Gu Laosan’s wife, Xie Yiyang, was one of them.

He couldn’t be bothered to dote on some lucky treasure younger brother. Every day, he himself didn’t have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and working in the fields tired him to death.

As a result, they actually wanted him to go dote on someone who had new clothes to wear, candy to eat, and never had to go down to the fields. Was his brain sick?

Xie Yiyang had a fierce and spicy personality, and was selfish.

In such a heartthrob koi fish plot, he was naturally a face-slapped cannon fodder villain.

Xie Yiyang wasn’t from Yunxi Village.

He was originally from the local Qingshui County town. His father, Xie Hui, was an accountant at a soda factory, which was an extremely decent job nowadays.

However, Xie Yiyang wasn’t Xie Hui’s biological child, but adopted.

The Xie couple had been married for many years without having children. When they reached the age of thirty-five, they spent money to buy a child from a local middleman, which was Xie Yiyang.

They originally wanted to buy a boy, but boys were generally watched closely by their families and hard to get hold of; only girls and gers were worthless.

When Xie Yiyang first arrived at the Xie family, the Xie couple was still very good to him.

However, in Xie Yiyang’s second year at the Xie family, Mrs. Xie actually got pregnant again and gave birth to a ger, Xie Jinyu.

Xie Yiyang’s position became awkward.

Especially as the two children grew up.

Firstly, when Xie Yiyang first came to the Xie family, the Xie couple arranged a baby marriage for him with the Chen family in the county town. The Chen family’s background was originally similar to theirs, but in recent years, the Chen family seized an opportunity and went to work at the County Revolutionary Committee, possessing quite some status and power.

Secondly, Xie Hui had done a good job as an accountant these years, and the factory gave him a quota for a temporary worker.

Whether it was the marriage contract with the Chen family or the job quota, the Xie couple naturally wanted to give them to their own biological ger.

Thus, Xie Yiyang was sent to Mrs. Xie’s maternal home in the countryside, only wanting to quickly find a family to marry him off, not even wanting any bride price.

Coincidentally, at this time, the Gu family was looking for a partner for their third son.

Since childhood, Xie Yiyang knew he wasn’t the Xie family’s biological child, so he didn’t have many complaints about being abandoned. However, he knew some families would sell their daughters or gers to people with defects for money.

After staying in the countryside for a few days, he felt the Gu family’s third son was not bad—he worked very hard and seemed to have an honest personality—so he decided to marry him.

The Gu family also felt this daughter-in-law who didn’t require a bride price was good, so the two sides hit it off instantly.

However, after Xie Yiyang married into the Gu family, unsurprisingly, he basically had conflicts with the Gu family members every day, especially headed by Gu Lili.

Xie Yiyang was a ger; his strength was inherently not great, and growing up in the county town since childhood, he was mostly unskilled at those farm works.

Moreover, he himself wasn’t someone who could endure hardship and work hard. Therefore, he could basically only earn four or five work points a day, while the most diligent gers could earn seven or eight work points a day.

However, Xie Yiyang had calculated it all in private.

Father Gu and Mother Gu could earn about sixteen or seventeen work points between them every day. However, in the family, Gu Lao Si (Fourth Son) was attending technical secondary school and didn’t work; Gu Lili worked even less, yet ate and used the best. They were all relying on Father and Mother Gu to feed them now. If those sixteen or seventeen work points were divided among four people, it actually wasn’t much at all.

As for the eldest branch, although Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law were capable and could earn about eighteen work points a day, they had given birth to three children, meaning five mouths to feed;

So for their third branch, although he could only earn four or five work points a day, there was only his one mouth right now.

Moreover, although his husband Gu Siyuan left home to dig canals, his monthly salary of twenty yuan was all brought back and handed entirely to Mother Gu, which could be considered the largest single income for the whole family currently.

Since that was the case, why should he work so hard and diligently?

Speaking seriously, it was clearly this large Gu family taking advantage of their third branch, alright?

Therefore, when at home, Xie Yiyang made an effort to align himself with Gu Lili, who lived the easiest life in the whole family.

After all, seriously speaking, he was only two years older than Gu Lili, okay?

After returning home from the fields, he generally wouldn’t proactively do chores, only cleaning up his own room; but when it came time to eat, he absolutely wouldn’t back down. When there were good things, he would actively fight for them, absolutely not yielding a single point to Gu Lili.

Xie Yiyang consciously felt his calculations were very reasonable.

But in the Gu family, this was not tolerated.

Especially for Gu Lili, who grew up in the palms of the whole family, this third sister-in-law was simply hateful to the extreme.

Not only fighting with him for everything and making the home unpeaceful, but also looking so coquettish.

He thought in his heart that when Third Brother came back, he would make them divorce. Third Brother had always listened to his words the most.

However, half a year after Xie Yiyang married into the Gu family, Gu Laosan finally finished digging the canal. As a result, the tractor he took on the way home was knocked into a ditch by a minibus, and the person died just like that.

Xie Yiyang became a widower.

Moreover, because Gu Laosan left on the second day of their marriage, they hadn’t even had time to have physical relations, so there was no bloodline child left behind.

Xie Yiyang was already hated by the Gu family. Now, he was even less tolerated by everyone, who only wanted to kick him out directly.

However, Xie Yiyang proposed to the Gu family that it was fine to let him leave, but the Gu family must give him the compensation from the transport company, as well as all of Gu Laosan’s wages from these years.

How could the Gu family agree to this? That was several hundred yuan.

So Xie Yiyang brazenly stayed at the Gu family and refused to leave, clamoring that if the Gu family dared to force him or bully him, he would hang himself with a rope at the Gu family’s doorway.

In this era, except for those who were utterly reckless and unprincipled, everyone else still cared about reputation, especially now when the Red Armbands (Red Guards/militia) were making people overly paranoid and jittery.

Thus, Xie Yiyang still stayed in the Gu family, but was disliked by everyone, and his status was much lower than before.

At this time, the protagonist bottom, Gu Lili, caught the eye of a sent-down male educated youth in the village named Feng Keng.

Feng Keng’s family background was very good; his father was a government official.

After graduating from high school, he should have been assigned as a secretary in the municipal government, but due to his stepmother’s schemes, he was sent down to the countryside.

When a person like Feng Keng came to the countryside, he naturally was unwilling to truly become a farmer.

He had a flexible mind and knew how to conduct himself. He quickly built a good relationship with the brigade captain and got the light work of driving the tractor. Taking advantage of delivery opportunities, he occasionally went to the county to inquire about the latest political and current affairs news, and also took the opportunity to engage in some speculation and profiteering (buying and selling for profit). His life was considered quite comfortable.

Originally, a figure like this would definitely look down on a rural ger.

But the Gu family members themselves were not bad-looking. Especially Gu Lili, who didn’t have to go down to the fields or do chores; his whole person was raised to be fair and tender. Compared with the gers and even girls of the same age in the village, it was the difference between a fairy and mud.

Moreover, Mother Gu doted on Gu Lili. The other children in the family had only studied for a few years, considering it done once they could recognize words. Gu Lili, however, had studied all the way to high school and could converse quite well with Feng Keng.

Most importantly, Gu Lili’s luck was indeed good. Every time he went up the mountain, he could find quite a few good things, adding bricks and tiles (contributing) to Feng Keng’s profiteering work.

Perhaps because life in the countryside was truly tough to endure, Feng Keng and Gu Lili got together just like that, and he took him along to engage in the profiteering business.

Feng Keng had connections and brains, and Gu Lili had good luck and could always hit the jackpot to get good things. So this business grew increasingly prosperous.

Xie Yiyang was a flexible person. He only felt that Gu Lili’s recent expenses were getting larger and larger, so he wanted to know what money-making avenues he had.

Ever since Gu Laosan died, his life in the Xie family (Gu family) had been too difficult.

Not long after, when everyone went to the county town together, he secretly trailed Gu Lili. The result was he discovered Gu Lili and Feng Keng carrying large bags into a courtyard in an alley, tightly closing the door as soon as they entered.

When the two came out again, their hands were empty, but their faces bore joyous expressions.

Didn’t know what kind of tricks they were up to.

So, when they exited the alley entrance, Xie Yiyang opened his mouth and asked them what secret they had.

Gu Lili and the other were startled, absolutely never expecting that they had actually been secretly followed. However, Feng Keng was a smart person and instantly dealt with it relying on his quick wit.

But Gu Lili felt lingering fear and thought things were bad.

Xie Yiyang wasn’t a fool. Although he didn’t think of it momentarily now, facing their spending situation later, with a slight thought, he would be able to guess that the two of them were engaging in speculation and profiteering.

If it were other Gu family members who caught Gu Lili speculating and profiteering, at most they would scold him a few words, educate him not to do this in the future, and then rigidly help him conceal it.

But Xie Yiyang had always been at odds with him, and was a most acid and mean person. Afterward, even if he didn’t report him, he would probably blackmail him to extract a sum of benefits.

Even more annoying was that from then on, he would have a handle in Xie Yiyang’s hands, and might frequently be hit up for money by him.

How could Gu Lili be willing to work so hard himself, only for Xie Yiyang to pick up cheap advantages empty-handed…

Therefore, after discussing with Feng Keng, he thought of a scheme, planning to strike first to gain the upper hand.

Because Gu Lili often came to the county town, he knew a bit about the situation of Xie Yiyang’s maternal home, and also knew that Xie Yiyang previously had a fiancé named Chen Zexin, who worked at the County Revolutionary Committee, but later married Xie Yiyang’s younger brother, Xie Jinyu.

So, he secretly had someone deliver a letter to Chen Zexin, pretending to use Xie Yiyang’s tone, saying that his husband died, he was very lonely now, and wanted to meet him.

That Chen Zexin naturally had an impression of Xie Yiyang. From childhood, he liked his good looks, but only later when he heard Xie Yiyang actually proactively ran off to marry a rural person did he dispel the idea.

But now, Xie Yiyang’s husband had died. The meaning in this letter—wasn’t it wanting to throw himself back into his embrace?

Someone’s wife, a widower, they say it has a different kind of flavor.

Thus, he eagerly ran over to keep the appointment.

Seeing beauty aroused Chen Zexin’s evil desires, and as soon as he saw Xie Yiyang, he pounced on him.

And at this time, Xie Jinyu happened to come over as well.

He received a letter at home today, saying his husband was seen secretly having a tryst with someone. He didn’t expect it was actually true.

Seeing all this before him, he immediately caused a scene.

Chen Zexin was scared stiff, and immediately retorted that it was Xie Yiyang who deliberately wrote a letter to seduce him.

He worked in the government; reputation was very important.

And at this time, Feng Keng also lured the picket team of the County Revolutionary Committee over.

Chen Zexin’s father was a committee member of the Revolutionary Committee. The squad leader naturally also knew Chen Zexin. No matter how Xie Yiyang explained, he immediately concluded the matter: everything was Xie Yiyang’s fault; Chen Zexin only came to meet for the sake of their past friendship.

With Xie Yiyang looking like this, he didn’t look like a proper person.

Moreover, there was that letter as evidence.

Thus, Xie Yiyang only made a trip to the county town, but turned into a “worn-out shoe” (loose woman/man) beaten by everyone. He was caught, subjected to public struggle sessions, and smashed with rotten eggs.

When he endured through the struggle sessions and returned to the village, the entire village knew about this matter.

The Gu family also took this opportunity to kick Xie Yiyang out. Heavily injured, plus being cold and hungry, Xie Yiyang died in that winter.

As for the protagonist top and bottom, they participated in the college entrance examination a year later and got admitted to a university in the capital.

Relying on the wealth accumulated from speculation and profiteering during this period, they continued to do business in the capital, ultimately becoming famous and renowned wealthy entrepreneurs nationwide.

…

“Current Mission: Change Xie Yiyang’s character ending and allow him to attain happiness.
Success Reward: One chance for a lucky draw.
Failure Penalty: Unable to obtain rewards.”

Xie Yiyang excitedly took out the enamel spittoon at the very top of the snakeskin bag and placed it on the ground. From inside the spittoon, he pulled out a packet of orange candies and a packet of White Rabbit creamy candies.

Holding the spittoon and candies, Xie Yiyang raised his fine eyebrows and asked in high spirits: “These are all for me.”

Gu Siyuan nodded: “If you like them, just put them in the room.”

Originally, according to the original host’s honest character, these would all be handed over to Mother Gu or given to Gu Lili. But now, of course they were for this nominal wife and mission target.

Xie Yiyang immediately nodded happily: “Good, you are not allowed to go back on your word.”

Then, he turned back and continued to excitedly pull things out.

Soon, he pulled out a yellow and blue iron box with the three large characters ‘Pechoin’ written on it. This was vanishing cream, most liked by gers and girls.

Xie Yiyang immediately turned his head and excitedly hugged Gu Siyuan: “Gu Laosan, I wronged you before; you are a good husband.”

“Hmm?” Gu Siyuan.

However, before he could react, that warm and soft little body had already swiftly left.

Holding the vanishing cream, Xie Yiyang skipped over to sit by the long table under the windowsill. He took out a strange little mirror from the drawer, and then earnestly began to smear his face facing the mirror.

“…” Gu Siyuan was silent.

This mission target is truly a practical person.

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