Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 312: Chapter 193 The child who misses his mother cannot afford to be hurt_2 Chapter 312: Chapter 193 The child who misses his mother cannot afford to be hurt_2 But clearly, Yue Xilou was not willing to cooperate. As soon as he heard these words, he glared at Gu Changsheng with hostility, “Cut the crap, hand over Gu Ze!”

Gu Changsheng gave Zhou Mu a wry smile before turning to Yue Xilou with a pleading look, his voice turning sheepish, “Can’t we talk this out? What’s with all this rage? Getting angry is bad for your health and will give you wrinkles, you know…”

“Girl! You still have the face to talk! You still have the face to plead for your precious son!” Yue Xilou wouldn’t hear it, directing his angry fire straight at Gu Changsheng.

As soon as Gu Changsheng heard this, her complexion turned sour immediately.

Damn it! What’s going on here? I just got rid of that giant Buddha, Zhou Zongbao, and now the usually good-tempered Yue Xilou has been possessed by that Buddha?

For two consecutive days, people have been yelling at her at the drop of a hat, and Gu Changsheng’s repressed temper suddenly flared up.

Hands on her hips, Gu Changsheng struck a classic teapot stance and roared back, even louder than Yue Xilou, “Hey! Has everyone taken a swig of irritating potion? Give them some paint and they think they can open a dye house, seriously. Do you all really think I’m a pushover, for everyone to squeeze whenever they like?”

“Flower Peacock, if you don’t give me a straight answer today, believe it or not, I’ll pluck out your peacock feathers and make you a baldie to keep the Little Monk company?”

After bellowing these words, Gu Changsheng felt her whole being relax a great deal.

Repressed and frustrated–that definitely wasn’t her natural state. To live with one’s emotions at the helm, that’s what truly felt blissfully satisfying!

“Such a mother exists in this world! No wonder she brought up a son like Gu Ze, who betrays his ancestors and dishonors his master! All coddled and pampered by you, his precious mother!” Yue Xilou became even more furious upon seeing her like this.

If one had to describe Yue Xilou at that moment, he was like a fire in autumn–blazing flames that wanted to consume Gu Changsheng…

Hearing the words “betray his ancestors and dishonor his master,” Gu Changsheng was taken aback, her momentum faltered, and she glanced at Han Qiu, then with growing uncertainty at Yue Xilou, feeling all the more guilty.

If she wasn’t mistaken, Han Qiu must have been drugged with Rosemary Soft Bone Powder…

This drug, it seems to have been personally concocted by her, Madam Gu, exclusively produced by her family, right?

Hallelujah! This was getting a bit dicey…

“Uhm, Flower Peacock, don’t tell me… don’t tell me you’ve been taken down by Little Meat Bun as well?” Catching on to a bit of the trickery, Gu Changsheng, nowhere near as haughty as before, gestured towards Han Qiu while asking tentatively.

She shouldn’t have brought that up, but as soon as she did, Yue Xilou glared at her with eyes ablaze, as if he wanted to tear her apart on the spot.

Damn! She was right, after all!

Gu Changsheng tilted her head back at a thirty-six-degree angle, exuding a strikingly poignant sorrow.

“You gave him the drug, didn’t you, Gu Changsheng? Are you leading him down the path of wickedness? He actually dared to drug me, making me lie on the ground for two whole days and nights!” Yue Xilou’s voice crackled with flames.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately turned around, hoisted up her beloved son, and asked indignantly, “You darned kid, it’s bad enough you drugged your master, but how could you let him lie on the ground for two days and two nights? What if he caught a cold?”

Little Meat Bun, Gu Ze, with a face like a painted kitten, struggled fruitlessly a couple of times, hanging his head low, not daring to look at his master, and stammered an explanation, twiddling his chubby fingers, “He wouldn’t catch a cold, I… I covered Peacock Master with blankets before I left. I even put on two…”

Two blankets? Gu Changsheng’s eyes widened at this revelation!

She finally understood why Flower Peacock’s hair was all frizzy–it was from the heat! This was autumn, for heaven’s sake!

Seeing Gu Ze appear, Yue Xilou’s glared angrily, looking as if he would pounce on him the next second and drag him off for discipline according to their sect’s rules.

“Calm down first, let me ask my son what exactly happened.” Gu Changsheng reassured Yue Xilou with a glance, then looked at her own son to inquire about the incident.

Hoisted off the ground, Little Meat Bun didn’t cry anymore, responding obediently and honestly to her questions.

The truth dawned on Gu Changsheng, and she felt even more distressed. What was she to say?

You see, it was like this… Knowing her son was to go out and gain experience with his master, Gu Changsheng, as his mother, was very worried. She hastily gave him plenty of her homemade and unique defensive medicines. And then, trouble ensued.

Barely ten days away from his mother, little Gu Ze started to miss her and insisted on returning home. Yue Xilou, who had affairs to handle in Huaizhou, tried to persuade him with kind words to wait a few more days. However, a child missing his mother is not easy to console. Little Gu Ze, with a scheme in mind, secretly slipped the drug his mother gave him into his master’s tea. After drinking the tea, Yue Xilou immediately fell over, and Gu Ze, ever so dutiful, covered him with two cotton blankets to prevent a chill.

Then, little Gu Ze packed up the gifts he’d scavenged for his mother into a big and small bundle, took off without his master, and stumbled his way from Huaizhou to Liuzhou by carriage. As soon as he got off, Han Qiu, who had skipped out on his family, caught him red-handed.

Upon seeing him alone, Han Qiu was greatly alarmed and took him back to their small courtyard at the foot of Baili Mountain. Unfortunately, Gu Changsheng and others had already returned to the mountain the previous evening, leaving the small courtyard deserted. Although Han Qiu intended to evade Zhou Zongbao, he gently persuaded Little Gu Ze to stay in the courtyard for a few days until Zhou Zongbao left, after which they could go up the mountain. However, a child missing his mother is hard to deal with. As soon as Gu Ze heard that Uncle Wood would accompany him instead, he felt his mother didn’t miss him anymore and, heartbroken, repeated his trick, leaving Han Qiu flat on the ground as well.

From a distance, Gu Changsheng bowed her head in contemplation, deeply sensing that although there was no failure in her parenting, her son indeed turned out to be quite peculiar…