I remember the first time, he asked her to go back as soon as they met. His words meant rejection, but the action of opening the door showed his endless sincerity.

Gu Qingzhao did not go down the narrow steps, but stood on the steps, looked at her with his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Miss An, it's snowing today, so I can't sit on the stone pier over there."

An Ning nodded, she knew.

He continued: "So, if Miss An doesn't mind, come inside and take a rest."

The corners of An Ning's lips curled up more and more, and her eyes were full of smiles, "Thank you, Mr. Gu."

Gu Qingzhao held the door at the door, obviously waiting for her to go in first.

An Ning lifted up her skirt, stepped up the steps, and after entering the house, she could store everything at a glance. In the narrow thatched house, there was a bed that was only big enough for one person on one side of the wall. The bedding was washed white, but it was very clean.

, neatly stacked together. On the other side are pots and pans, all hung on the wall, meticulously. Below is a stove with some dry wood on the side. Everything is very old, but not stained.

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On the other side opposite the bed, there were two small wooden benches. Next to the wooden benches were some scattered charcoal fires, which looked like they had been recently lit.

An Ning looked at the pile of charcoal fire and said to Gu Qingzhao: "Mr. Gu, you guessed that I'm coming again?" Because she saw that the charcoal basin was also new, thinking that he didn't usually have the habit of burning charcoal basins. The new charcoal basin

With the new charcoal basin, An Ning felt a little warmer in her heart, "Thank you, Mr. Gu."

Gu Qingzhao looked as usual, as if preparing a charcoal basin for her was just an ordinary thing. He said in a gentle voice: "Have you contracted the cold?"

An Ning paused, then shook his head slightly, "It's not really a cold, where is Mr. Gu?" He also fell into the water that day.

Gu Qingzhao said: "No. Miss An, please sit down."

An Ning nodded and walked towards the two small wooden benches, huh? An Ning squatted down and touched the wooden benches. These are new too?

"Cough." Gu Qingzhao coughed unnaturally, "I knew you would come, Miss An. The weather is getting colder, so it's not appropriate to talk outside."

Gu Qingzhao's caring look would make his students' eyes widen if they saw it. After all, in the winter, when his students came to visit him, they would stand outside the house and talk, so there was no such treatment as inviting people into the house.

I'm afraid An Ning is the first person who has entered Gu Qingzhao's cabin so far.

But An Ning didn't think much about it, he just thought Mr. Gu was a warm-hearted person.

After the two sat down, An Ning looked at the person opposite and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Gu... what are your plans for the future?"

She made her intention clear and clear.

Gu Qingzhao stood up, "I haven't thought clearly yet." He walked to the stove and boiled a pot of something that was either tea or water on the stove. He took the teapot in his hand and poured a cup into the teacup next to him.

Boiling hot water, and then under An Ning's gaze, he reached out and placed the hot water in front of An Ning.

An Ning took it with her hand. It was water, and the tea cup was not hot, it was cooked just right.

"This water has been boiled. You can drink it and warm your hands." Gu Qingzhao sat down again.

An Ning thanked her again, but she hadn't finished talking about the topic just now.

"Mr. Gu, what are you considering? Should you join the court as an official again?"

Gu Qingzhao's eyes moved to An Ning's glass of water. He sighed softly and said softly: "Yes, I am considering whether to join the court as an official again."

An Ning remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

"Gu likes the countryside and mountains, and doesn't like the many calculations in the court. But in the court, there is nothing more than the country, the country, and the country. Gu's heart can never let Gu stay out of it."

She knew that it was because of what he had seen and learned since childhood, and because he was extremely awake, so he was unwilling to watch the court fall and the country become corrupt.

An Ning looked at his cold eyes carefully and said: "Come back, Mr. Gu, the court needs you, and the people of Daye need you. During the years when you were here, Daye prospered, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a prosperous age.

But after you left, the corruption in the court gradually increased. The Holy One is kind and trustworthy. The Holy One needs you. Mr. Gu’s students are also waiting for Mr. Gu to return. Mr. Gu... will guide the lost people.

Bring it back."

"A sober person will infect others. I think, I understand, because I am the same way. In the past, some people said that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. In fact, I think the true meaning of this sentence is that a person who has truly seen the world

, I have the truth in my heart. I have seen a piece of grass, a piece of sea, and a flower as it should have been. However, this original appearance has suddenly changed. Everyone said that they have always been like this, because in

This has always been the case in their cognition. As for Mr. Gu, An Ning wants to say that people like him cannot deceive themselves that those things that have become weird are normal and have always been like this."

"So, only sober people should work hard to make changes."

If in the prosperous times, Gu Qingzhao had stayed in Dayi Academy and cultivated countless talents for Daye, it would have been more beneficial to the country than being an official. But after he left, the two princes wanted to collude with officials in the court because of the competition for the crown prince.

Some of the students from Dali Academy were instigated to rebel and forget their original intentions, while those officials who still maintained their original intentions and did not collude with them were gradually eliminated.

The fact that court officials embezzled money and framed subordinate officials was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Gu Qingzhao thought for a long time.

"Miss An."

An Ning was looking at the scenery outside the window when a sound like a breeze came to her ears. She turned around and said, "Huh?"

Gu Qingzhao smiled softly at the corner of his mouth, his eyebrows were slightly arched, and there was a little warmth in his eyes. This was a smile from the heart.

An Ning was stunned for a moment, why in this winter, it felt like a spring breeze.

"Ah? Mr. Gu?" An Ning smiled guiltily after coming back to his senses.

"Miss An, just like Miss Ruan's paintings, is aloof from the world and independent."

Sure enough, he recognized the person in the painting as her.

"Now it seems that Gu and Miss An are on the same road."

An Ning turned her head again, looked at the snowy scene outside the window, and showed a particularly bright smile.

There is a word called confidant. How many times in life do you meet a confidant, and they are indeed... rare and precious people.

Before coming, she wanted to give Mr. Gu some secret guards to protect his safety, but now it seems that they are no longer needed.

"It's getting late, Mr. Gu, please take your leave first." She drank the lukewarm water in the book in one gulp. Gu Qingzhao took the cup she drank from at any time. If you look closely, you can find that the last time

She used the same one.
Chapter completed!