Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1047: Chapter 1048: Falling into the Water

Gong Juechen had just arrived next to Han Xinche when he bent down to pick up the fishing rod he had just dropped on the ground, as he caught a glimpse of Han Xinche’s foot stretching toward him from the corner of his eye, he sighed internally once more, neither dodging nor avoiding.

He closed his eyes and was tripped by Han Xinche’s foot, plunging headfirst into the river.

Splash.

As Gong Juechen plunged into the river, he sighed in his heart: Dear uncle, my imperial consort mother sent my sister and me to be raised by my teacher so we could live a stable life, couldn’t you just stop making trouble, huh?

”Gong the palace doctor!” As soon as Han Xinche saw Gong Juechen fall into the water, he feigned a start and shouted out for Juechen, also ordering his attendant to jump into the water to quickly rescue Juechen onto the shore.

Gong Juechen was familiar with water, but since someone was coming to rescue him, he couldn’t be bothered to save himself and allowed Han Xinche’s attendant to drag him onto the bank.

An Jing and the others were startled when they saw Gong Juechen fall into the river, so they hurried to the riverside to check on his condition.

Seeing that Gong Juechen had been dragged ashore and had only spit out a couple of mouthfuls of water, and that he was fine apart from the shock, An Jing then asked, ”How did you end up falling into the water just like that?”

Gong Juechen feigned a shaken demeanor and said with some grievance, ”I just wanted to pick up the fishing rod, I guess the ground here is a bit steep, and as I bent down to pick it up, I tumbled in.”

”Luckily General Han was here; otherwise, we might not have been able to save you in time.” Since Juechen had been pulled up onto the shore, An Jing assumed that Gong Juechen was not adept in the water.

Gong Juechen got up from the ground, and with a sincere face, he thanked Han Xinche: ”Thank you, General Han, I can never repay you for saving my life; I shall give my big carp to General Han to eat later!”

Who wants to eat your fish!

This person is not only shameless but also a bit of an oddball.

Han Xinche remained silent for a moment before smiling and saying, ”It was nothing.”

Then, Han Xinche looked at Gong Juechen’s soaking wet clothes and ’kindly’ suggested, ”Doctor Gong, your clothes are all wet, you must be uncomfortable, why don’t you take them off to dry for a bit?”

His grandnephew had a very obvious birthmark just above his waistline. If this person truly was his grandnephew, then all they had to do was for Gong Juechen to remove his shirt for it to be revealed.

When Han Xinche had stretched out his foot to trip him, Gong Juechen had already guessed that Han Xinche wanted to check for the birthmark on his waist, but he had no intention of acknowledging his ancestral home, naturally, he wouldn’t let Han Xinche check it.

Gong Juechen laughed it off nonchalantly, ”There’s no need to remove it, drying it while wearing it works just fine, and then I don’t have to put on the clothes again. Oh, right, I’ll go sit by the fire, it’ll dry faster.”

Saying this, Gong Juechen strode towards the fire where they were grilling fish.

Han Xinche watched Juechen walk towards the fire fully drenched without taking off his clothes, feeling the urge to rush over and strip the clothes from Juechen’s body.

However, Han Xinche still managed to control himself with reason, not allowing himself to be that impulsive.

An Jing and Xiao Changyi also walked back to the fire to continue grilling fish.

As soon as he saw An Jing and Xiao Changyi return, Gong Juechen, sounding somewhat aggrieved and a little loud, said, ”Jingjing, I have to give my big carp to the Great General as thanks for saving my life, could you guys give me another one?”

Upon hearing these words from Juechen, the corners of Han Xinche’s mouth twitched. With this bear-like appearance, is he really a man?

”Alright, we’ll give you another one.” An Jing answered promptly. It was just another fish, not a big deal at all, hardly worth considering.