Chapter 1199: I don’t understand you anymore (2/2)

Heavens!

The gentleman actually kissed that child! Who is he? His illegitimate son? But then who’s his mother?

Lil Thing finally grew uneasy and began to cheep loudly. It ran closer to the child, hoping for a closer look. Startled awake, the baby’s cheeks puffed up as he prepared to cry. Xi Yubo quickly dashed over to coax him while Gu Beiyue plucked Lil Thing into the air. He wasn’t angry, but seriously told the creature to quiet down.

Lil Thing kicked its legs furiously, wanting to know the facts. But no matter how it struggled, the gentleman would never understand its questions. Abruptly, it hung its head down in sorrow.

So what if the gentleman understands me? So what if he answers my questions? I still won’t understand what he’s saying.

The gentleman had never belonged to it from the start! He had plenty of things it knew nothing about!

Seeing Lil Thing still, Gu Beiyue gently stroked its back and placed it back on his shoulder. Lil Thing quietly curled up its body and looked pitifully at the baby as it fell into an uncontrollable depression.

Mama Yunxi, even the gentleman has a baby now, do you know?

“You’ll care for him personally. This matter remains absolutely secret, so don’t leave it to others’ hands,” Gu Beiyue instructed intently.

Xi Yubo nodded respectfully. “Yes, this subordinate understands.”

Gu Beiyue’s mood didn’t change much when he returned to the medical academy. He was still as calm as water and soon fell asleep. But Lil Thing, who was curled up on its stomach, couldn’t stop tossing and turning nonstop. It couldn’t fall asleep!

In the end, it jumped off the bed and scurried up a cabinet before deciding to run out the window for some fresh air. Instead, it found five to six wedding invitations sitting on top of the tall piece of furniture.

Lil Thing gave a start and quickly opened up one of the invitations. Unfortunately, it couldn’t read a thing.

Who’s getting married?

There are so many copies. It doesn’t look like someone the gentleman received from others. It’s more like he’s the one sending them out!

Heavens! When did the gentleman write these invitations? I had no idea at all!

Lil Thing grew more restless. It clamped an invitation between its teeth and ran all the way back before tossing it at Gu Beiyue’s face. When Gu Beiyue woke up and saw the huffy Lil Thing, then the fallen invitation on the side, he gave a start before bursting into laughter.

He probably had no idea how attractive he looked when he laughed. It lacked the heavy, mature air he usually wore and seemed lazy and carefree, suddenly turning a handsome man into a wild one.

Lil Thing could only gape in a daze.

Gentleman, just what kind of man are you? Lil Thing can’t understand you anymore.

Gu Beiyue picked up the invitation and flipped through its contents. Then he got off the bed and switched it for a different one before presenting it to Lil Thing with both hands.

He smiled and said, “I’m getting married. This is for you.”

Lil Thing was further convinced that the gentleman was sending these out. Moreover, the one before it was for itself! The gentleman’s really getting married!

So is he marrying the mother of that child we saw? Lil Thing didn’t budge, but its round black eyes were already starting to grow wet at the edges. Seeing it look so pathetic, Gu Beiyue couldn’t help laughing again.

“Don’t worry. No matter who I marry, I’ll still only favor your master.”

Lil Thing only saw the gentleman smiling and didn’t know what he said. But it clapped the invitation away and quickly scurried out the window.

“It’s angry?” Gu Beiyue wondered to himself.

Lil Thing’s fit of temper made it absent for days. Gu Beiyue didn’t look for him because he knew it’d come back eventually. A few days later, Han Yunxi and Mu Linger arrived with three days to go until the wedding.

Gu Beiyue’s wedding news had spread all over Medical City, but the medical academy went on as usual without a single hint of wedding cheer. That was because Gu Beiyue had given orders not to make a fuss or waste money. There would be no banquets and nothing to affect the academy’s normal classes and treatments.

Because of this order, many rumors began to spread. Everyone began to suspect that Gu Beiyue had other motives for marrying Eldest Miss Qin instead of truly liking her. However, Gu Beiyue never bothered to clear up any of the gossip.

Han Yunxi and Mu Linger met Gu Beiyue just as he’d changed out of the wedding attire delivered by the tailor. It wasn’t very well-fitting.

When he saw them arrive, he tossed aside his work and walked over. “Princess, Miss Linger, did you have a peaceful trip?”

1. This would be years back, when Long Tianmo was poisoned again and they sent him to Medical City to be treated. That journey also marked the first exploration of the Skypit, the reveal of Lil Thing, and Jun Yixie kidnapping HYX in front of LFY because he had to save the skin of his junior sister Duanmu Yao.