Hundred Flowers

Gu Changhuai immediately shot Mo Hua a disdainful look and said unhappily, "Weren't you leaving? Why haven't you left yet?"

"I'm tired from walking. I need to rest awhile." Mo Hua looked utterly innocent.

"Go rest somewhere else." Gu Changhuai frowned.

"I can't walk anymore..."

Mo Hua turned his clear, lively gaze toward Elder Gu Hong beside him.

Elder Gu Hong's heart softened at once. She reproached Gu Changhuai, "The child is only resting for a while. How does that bother you? You're even driving him away? You're so narrow-minded and bad-tempered. No wonder you're this old and still can't find a Dao companion."

After scolding him, Elder Gu Hong smiled at Mo Hua. "Ignore your Uncle Gu. That's just how he is. Stay as long as you like, wherever you like. Let me see who would dare drive you away."

Mo Hua said with a smile, "Thank you, Elder Gu Hong."

Gu Changhuai could not bear it any longer and rose to his feet. "Fine, then I'll leave."

But the moment he stood, Elder Gu Hong slapped a hand down on him and held him in place. "Where do you think you're running off to? I'm not done talking."

Gu Changhuai could not move.

Mo Hua watched with a face full of gloating delight.

Elder Gu Hong said, "Before, whenever I urged you, you always said the Dao Court Office was busy, so I couldn't nag you too much. But now, I heard from your Dao Court Office's Chief Administrator..."

Gu Changhuai frowned. "Aunt, you know our Chief Administrator?"

"Of course I do," Elder Gu Hong said. "His youngest son's Dao companion was introduced through me. After it worked out, he personally came to thank me. How could I not know him?"

Gu Changhuai did not know what to