Chapter 151 Take This With You
Chu Chengjin, who had been maintaining his gentle and courteous smile, looked at the festive atmosphere in the courtyard and beckoned to Gu Xiaoyao.
"Xiaoyao, come here. I have something to tell you."
Noticing that he did not address her as his wife this time, Gu Xiaoyao felt a little puzzled. Setting aside what she was doing, she followed Chu Chengjin into the room.
"What is it? Is your health acting up again?"
Fearing that his condition might have relapsed, Gu Xiaoyao directly reached out and pressed her hand against his chest.
Chu Chengjin grasped the hand resting on his chest, the smile that always seemed like a mask on his face softening into genuine warmth.
"No, my health has fully recovered. I just have something to tell you. I received a letter today, and I must head down the mountain tomorrow."
Originally, his departure was scheduled for three days later, but due to urgent matters, he had to leave a day early.
Gu Xiaoyao raised her head to look at his face, which now held a healthy flush, and suddenly reached out to pinch his cheek.
"Understood. Be careful when you go down the mountain tomorrow. If you can't resolve whatever issues you are facing, you can always ask me for help."
"Once I start making money, if you find yourself short of cash, you can come to me for it. I know you're hard up."
During these past few days, she had not been completely oblivious to him; she knew that Chu Chengjin was engaged in some highly secretive activities.
Moreover, these matters had to be kept under wraps, and she also knew that he was a poor man—poorer even than she was.
"Hearing these words from my wife truly moves me deeply. If my wife really does make a fortune, I will certainly come asking you for money."
Chu Chengjin had not tried to keep things from her lately. Sometimes, when letters arrived, she would catch a glimpse of them, so she was well aware of his impoverished state.
"Right, take this with you when you go. It will keep you safe."
Gu Xiaoyao produced a plain-colored sachet and pressed it into Chu Chengjin's hand. This item had been painstakingly retrieved from her barely usable spatial storage.
Opening even a tiny space required far more effort than opening a large one, and inside this sachet rested a single stone.
The stone was as red as blood, and Gu Xiaoyao had infused it with a shred of her elemental origin energy. No matter where he went, she would be able to locate him.
"Alright, I will keep it with me always. Thank you for thinking of me, wife. Once I leave tomorrow, I will have to leave the household affairs in your capable hands."
The few people at home were hardly the settling kind; without him around, those three would likely stir up trouble.
Hearing his words, Gu Xiaoyao glanced outside at the busy figures working with smiles on their faces, and nodded.
"Wealth moves the hearts of men. They get paid for working, so why wouldn't they be happy? I assume they understand that if they want money, they have to work."
"Besides, my fists aren't exactly known for being gentle. If they really try to make trouble, I'll make sure they taste some hardship."
Hearing her words, Chu Chengjin's smile deepened, and he reached out a finger to gently twirl a lock of short hair resting against her shoulder.
Seeing that he was just holding the sachet without moving, Gu Xiaoyao took it back from his hand and tied it directly around his waist.
"When will Xiaoyao be able to give me a sachet embroidered by your own hands? I would love to wear one embroidered by you."
Chu Chengjin leaned in closer, a faint, pleasant medicinal fragrance drifting over her—it smelled just like the medicinal herb she had dreamed of that night.
"If you want one, fine. I can try to embroider a sachet for you, but I make no guarantees about how it will turn out."
Gu Xiaoyao looked at the plain sachet at his waist, which bore no patterns at all, simply cut from ordinary cloth.
Still, since he made the request, Gu Xiaoyao felt she should grant it. After all, she was a wife who doted on her husband.