latelenovela Chapter 459 Confess your feelings
Chapter 459 Confess your feelings
Guo Jiaojiao returned to the kitchen to continue cooking. Shangguan Ping'an followed her in and helped cut and wash vegetables. As he helped, he pushed Guo Jiaojiao out of the kitchen and started cooking by himself.
Guo Jiaojiao was angry: "Why did you push me out?"
Shangguan Ping'an: "My cooking tastes better than yours."
Guo Jiaojiao: "You are complaining about my cooking again."
She entered the kitchen and Shangguan Ping'an pushed her out again.
Guo Jiaojiao looked helpless as she looked at Shangguan Ping'an busy in the kitchen with a gentle and loving look in her eyes.
Ever since she was teased by Senior Dugu, Guo Jiaojiao has had Shangguan Ping'an in her heart. However, because she had to take care of her master and her social status was too low, she did not dare to express her feelings to Shangguan Ping'an.
She felt that she was not worthy of Shangguan Ping'an, and had planned to wait for her master to grow old, then go wandering around the world and live out her life in solitude. Unexpectedly, four years ago, Shangguan Ping'an suddenly came to find her and said that he wanted to accompany her to take care of Master Qingshuang.
At that time, Shangguan Ping'an said, "Guo Jiaojiao, you saved me twice, and I offered myself to you but you refused. So I can only repay you in other ways. It's hard for you to take care of Master Qingshuang by yourself. I can't watch my savior suffer, so I will also take care of Master Qingshuang as well."
Since then, Shangguan Ping'an not only arranged people to take care of her and her master, but also came in person when he was free. However, because he was the eldest son of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, and he was studying martial arts and doing business, he was too busy and did not come to see her and her master very often.
But every time she came, Shangguan Ping'an would give her many surprises. He would share with her the interesting things he had experienced outside, stories about business, stories about the sea, and he also said that when he had the chance, he would take her sailing on the sea.
But what qualifications did she have to accompany him to the sea?
Guo Jiaojiao retracted her gaze and turned around to see Master Qingshuang was about to put the cricket into her mouth. Her face changed and she hurried over to stop her.
When Shangguan Ping'an came out after finishing the meal, he saw Master Qingshuang pressing Guo Jiaojiao to the ground and stuffing crickets into her mouth.
"My dear disciple, eat more. The crickets are plump and delicious, and they smell really good!"
Shangguan Ping'an's face turned pale with fright, and he subconsciously rushed over to rescue Guo Jiaojiao. Relying on his great strength, he pinned Master Qingshuang to the ground and let Guo Jiaojiao tie her up.
"Why is Master Qingshuang sick again?" Shangguan Ping'an looked unhappy.
My brother-in-law said that Master Qingshuang was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but later, as Master Qingshuang's condition became more and more serious, she actually became insane and occasionally had a seizure and tortured the people around her.
Guo Jiaojiao said with a pale face: "Master's illness has been recurring frequently recently. It used to be once every two months, then once a month, then three or four times a month, and now it's once every one or two days. I asked a doctor to see him, and the doctor said that my master doesn't have many days left to live."
Shangguan Ping'an was surprised and said, "How could this happen? Didn't I see a doctor before I left Beijing? The doctor clearly said that she could live at least seven or eight years."
Guo Jiaojiao said: "During the snowstorm, Master fell seriously ill and was in a coma for three days. After waking up, he vomited blood. After that, his health deteriorated."
Shangguan Ping'an looked at Master Qingshuang. Master Qingshuang was indeed much thinner now than last year, and there was a hint of purple at the corners of her eyes.
Master Qingshuang struggled on the bed for a while and then fell into a deep sleep.
Guo Jiaojiao and Shangguan Ping'an were sitting in the main room.
Guo Jiaojiao said: "After you left, I stayed in Da'an Guo Temple to accompany Master and didn't go anywhere. Later, the snowstorm came and everything was frozen. Fortunately, I had the habit of hoarding food, so I had no shortage of food. It was just too cold and we didn't have enough firewood. Abbot Xuchen found someone to help us and sent us a lot of firewood. Later, the court provided disaster relief in time and sent supplies everywhere. Da'an Guo Temple also received a lot. At that time, whether it was ordinary people, nobles, monks or nuns, they would help each other under the arrangement of the rescue team. I thought I had to take care of Master, so I didn't go to help with the work. I just sent the people you assigned to me. One of the two people froze to death."
Taking into account the special condition of Master Qingshuang, Shangguan Ping'an did not want her to be too tired, so before going out to sea, he arranged two people to take care of Master Qingshuang. The two people were women who knew martial arts.
During the snowstorm, Guo Jiaojiao originally didn't want to let the two women go out. It was so cold outside and she was afraid they couldn't bear it. But the two women were patriotic people and had parents and relatives at home. They were worried about the safety of their families, so they left despite Guo Jiaojiao's obstruction.
After the snowstorm ended, only one woman returned, while the other one was frozen to death.
The woman's family had just experienced a natural disaster and her parents fell ill during the disaster, so Guo Jiaojiao asked her to go back to take care of her parents.
Master Qingshuang fell seriously ill during the natural disaster and was extremely weak when she woke up.
Guo Jiaojiao continued, "After the ice and snow began to melt, I went down the mountain to inquire about you. Later, I learned that you were far away in Penglai and had not yet returned home. The old Protector of the Country said that you would be fine and told me not to worry. So I returned to the temple and took care of Master with peace of mind."
"Later, your sister returned to Beijing, and your brother-in-law returned victorious. I was worried when I didn't see you come back. Now that I see you back, I'm really happy."
After Guo Jiaojiao finished speaking, Shangguan Ping'an told her about how he escaped the ice and snow disaster in Penglai Kingdom.
"When the ice and snow froze the entire Penglai Kingdom, I thought I was dead, that I would die in a foreign land. At that time, I thought that if I could return home alive, I would do my best to fulfill all my dreams and protect all the people I love most. I want to confess my love to you."
Guo Jiaojiao felt distressed when she heard the first few words, but the last few words made her stunned: "What did you say?"
Shangguan Ping looked at her calmly: "Guo Jiaojiao, I like you, will you marry me?"
Guo Jiaojiao stood up in shock, her eyes wide open: "Shangguan Ping'an, you can't joke like that."
Shangguan Ping'an said aggrievedly: "You don't like me?"
Guo Jiaojiao said quickly: "No, I don't dislike you."
Shangguan Ping'an was instantly happy: "That means I like you."
Guo Jiaojiao blushed and stuttered.
Shangguan Ping'an held her hand and said, "We have known each other for such a long time. You know what kind of person I am. You should also understand my thoughts."
Guo Jiaojiao just felt that his hand was so hot: "I, I know, but I am not worthy of you."
Shangguan Ping'an was furious: "Whoever said that? I'll smash her mouth."
Guo Jiaojiao said: "I said so."
Shangguan Ping'an was surprised and said: "You are good-looking, lively and cheerful, smart and clever, dignified and generous, elegant and noble..."
"You're praising me too much!" Guo Jiaojiao interrupted him, "I know what kind of person I am. Shangguan Ping'an, I admit that I do like you, but it's impossible for us to be together. With my status, your family will definitely not agree."
"You're worrying too much. Before I returned to Beijing, I met my father and grandfather. I told them that I liked you, and they were very, very satisfied with you. Status, family background, to me, are not important. My family doesn't care about these things. What they care about most is my feelings. They hope that the wife I marry is someone I like."