An Empress’s Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady’s Strong Comeback Chapter 25

Chapter 25
“All right, then go and wash my clothes. Leave them on the chair over there,” Grandma Jin said.
Gu Xiao took a glance. It was all covered with oil stains, or rather dirty undergarments, and there were even some more expensive clothes that would become distorted if she was the slightest bit careless. At a glance, it was clear that the production team had deliberately dirtied them, and had prepared to use them to make things difficult for them.
However, fortunately, Gu Xiao Xiao had learnt how to deal with this kind of clothing in ancient times, so it was just a little troublesome for her.
Ji Yao looked very happy, but when she wanted to continue talking to Chu An, she discovered that Chu An had already run over to Gu Xiao’s side.
“Do you need my help? There’s quite a lot of clothes here,” Chu An said in concern.
“No need, I can do it myself,” Gu Xiaoxi said, pretending to be angry. Though it was Ji Yao who had forcefully dragged Chu An over, their close contact still made Gu Xiao very displeased.
“I’ve never played with her before, so she made that up.” Chu An really thought that Gu Xiao was angry, and hurriedly explained.
“Oh,” Gu Xiao Xiao said as she left the main hall and headed to the laundry room.
Chu An followed closely behind her.
After the two of them left, Ji Yao said calmly to Grandma Jin, who was sitting on the reclining chair, “You did quite well.”
“As long as I make that girl embarrass herself, you will find someone to cure my son’s illness, right?” Grandma Jin asked.
“Of course.” Ji Yao’s tone was filled with contempt.
Grandma Jin sighed in relief, and at the same time, looked at the little girl in front of her. There was a coldness that should not have been in her bones at this age.
Chu An followed Gu Xiao all the way until they arrived outside the laundry room.
“Why are you following me?” Gu Xiao pulled Chu An in and locked the door behind him.
“I…” Chu An didn’t know how to explain. He could only blush as Gu Xiao blocked him at the door.
“Didn’t you not like me? Didn’t you not want me to not think too much? Then pretend a bit more, and what are you doing now? Trying to play hard to get?” Gu Xiao Xiao changed the little rabbit-like appearance she displayed in front of others, and lifted Chu An’s chin, gradually moving closer to his ear.
“You remember everything, right?” Gu Xiao asked softly.
With such close contact, Chu An’s sense of propriety was instantly thrown into disarray, and added with Gu Xiao Xiao’s words, did she mean that she too remembered the events of her last life?
Chu An’s thoughts were a complete mess. In this lifetime, he had never been so flustered. Even when he had been seriously ill when he was young, he could still face it calmly.
However, this girl in front of him could easily grasp his emotions and affect his heart.
“Tell me honestly, why didn’t you acknowledge me?” Gu Xiao crossed her arms over her chest, looking like she was interrogating a criminal.
“Xiaoxiao, I didn’t do it on purpose.” Chu An withdrew the aloofness that he usually deliberately showed in front of Gu Xiao, and lowered his head, looking very pitiful.
“You should know, with my personality, how could I possibly ignore the crisis of my nation? I’m sorry, I lied to you,” Chu An apologized apprehensively.
“I don’t blame you. I only want to know why you didn’t confess to me earlier. You still remember me in this lifetime,” Gu Xiao Xiao said in confusion.
“Xiaoxiao, I was severely injured at the time, but I didn’t die. When I recovered from my injuries and returned, you had become the empress, and even gotten together with my Imperial Brother… When I sought you out, you ignored me completely, and even dismissed me from my official position because I kept pestering you, so that I would never be able to enter into the Imperial Court again… I thought you hated me.”
“That’s why I realized that you didn’t reject me and took the initiative to talk to me. I thought that you didn’t remember the events of your last life, so you had a good impression of me. I wanted to get close to you, but didn’t dare to touch you, so…” Chu An’s hands clenched into tight fists, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead in nervousness.
“Stop, are you saying that after I become the empress, I married your Imperial Brother?” Gu Xiao asked him in shock.
“En.” Chu An nodded.
“However, I died on the day of my coronation, and was assassinated,” Gu Xiao said.
“I heard the news, but the imperial physician said that the wound on your heart suddenly healed for some reason, and you came back to life when you were on the verge of death,” Chu An explained.
“Could it be…” Realization dawned on Gu Xiao. Holding Chu An’s face, she said, “After I died, the original [Gu Xiao] of that world woke up and took over my body. The one who married your Imperial Brother wasn’t me!”
Chu An’s eyes lit up bit by bit.
His Gu Xiao Xiao had never fallen in love with anyone else, and had never married anyone else!
She did not blame him for his departure, and had never disliked him either.
His Gu Xiao Xiao had always been his Gu Xiao!
Gu Xiao put her hands on her hips, and said with a flushed face, “You’re so stupid! You’re such a big idiot!”