Chapter 30: Only My Future Wife Can Kiss Me

“No need for you to open the back door for me!” Gu Jingyun said with pride, lifting his chin arrogantly, “The exam is next month, right? I will get in on my own merit!”

Gu Jingyun took Su Wan’s hand and walked towards the door, “Big sister-in-law, let’s go!”

As they left the house, Su Wan couldn’t help but say, “Jingyun, do you know the saying ‘A great man can bend and stretch’^[1]大丈夫能屈能伸(dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn) = A great man can bend and stretch. It’s a classic saying that means one can endure in times of adversity and make great achievements when … Continue reading?”

She was genuinely worried that the little guy’s boasting would backfire, and he’d end up with a swollen face.

Gu Jingyun’s face was stern, and his eyes was dark and round, as he said seriously, “I also know the saying ‘Every step leaves its print; walk firmly every step of the way.’ That way, if I fall, I can still pick myself up and keep going.”

Su Wan stared at Gu Jingyun for a while, then patted his little head, saying with relief, “You’re right, Aunt Gu has taught you well.”

“It was big brother who taught me,” Gu Jingyun corrected with his eyebrows knitted, “Also, you should call her ‘mother,’ not ‘aunt.’”

Su Wan: “…”

Gu Jingyun stubbornly stared at Su Wan, waiting for her to agree.

Su Wan “hummed” and uttered, “I understand now.”

Gu Jingyun grinned and smiled, smiled brighter than the sunshine.

Su Wan cupped his face and rubbed it, watching as he tried his best not to push her away, and looked so aggrieved yet allowing her to ‘bully’ him, utterly adorable.

“Chuu—”

Su Wan kissed his forehead, “You’re so cute!”

Gu Jingyun was petrified, and his eyes nearly popped out.

His dark face turned a flushed red.

Gu Baozhu watched eagerly and enviously to the point of being unbearable.

Then, Su Wan bent down and kissed her face, “Chuu—Our Baozhu is such a good girl.”

Gu Baozhu’s eyes lit up, her thin, sallow cheeks turned a rosy red, and she felt bubbles of joy in her heart.

Gu Jingyun came back to his senses and said with a touch of melancholy, “Big sister-in-law, you can’t kiss me, only my future wife can do that.”

Su Wan couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter, thinking that even though he was only a little boy, he was already thinking about getting a wife.

“Alright, I’ll remember that!”

“What good thing happened to make you so happy?” Doctor Zhou came out from the house, looked at the two awkward little ones, and then at Su Wan’s smiling face, and asked, “Do you have time to come back to the medical hall with me? I still need to consult you on how to refine the ‘Da San Jian Pills.’”

“Let’s go, I have half an hour free,” Su Wan agreed readily.

The group returned to Xinglin Medical Hall, where Doctor Zhou hurriedly took out some fruits to settle the two little ones, and the pharmacy assistant gathered all the herbs.

Su Wan ground them into a fine powder herself and then taught Doctor Zhou how to make them into honeyed pills.

After everything was refined, half an hour had passed.

Doctor Zhou exclaimed, “Young lady Su, is there any medical theory you don’t know?”

“There is, don’t think of me as too divine,” Su Wan replied as she washed her hands and glanced at the sky, preparing to take her leave.

Doctor Zhou continued, “Young lady Su, don’t open your own medical hall. I’ll give you half of the profits from this medical hall, we’ll split it fifty-fifty, why don’t you stay and run it with me?”

Su Wan was taken aback.

Doctor Zhou said earnestly, “I have no children, only this small medical hall, and my medical skills are not exquisite. Your medical skills are exceptional, and you have a kind heart. I would like to ask you to stay. I won’t interfere with your arrangements for the medical hall.”

Su Wan pondered. She had planned to open a medical hall, and if she did it herself, she would have to rent a shop and hire people.

If she partnered with Doctor Zhou, it would save a lot of trouble, and he could cover for her if needed.

“I can’t take advantage of you. How about this, after a while, I’ll rent the shop next door and specialize in medicinal meals.”

“No problem.”

The two struck a deal immediately.

Su Wan went to the backyard to call Gu Jingyun and Gu Baozhu, put on a carrying basket, and prepared to go to the Zuixiang Pavilion.

Just as they walked out the door, a carriage happened to stop.

Dean Lin got down from the carriage, and said joyfully, “Young lady Su, you haven’t left yet? We’ve come just in time; there’s another patient here, could you give a diagnosis?”

Immediately after, a tall and slender figure came out from the carriage.