[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage":3,"chapter-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-323":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mr Gu's First Doting Marriage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},732702,971,"Chapter 323 - 324: The Starry Sky in Memory, Sweet Torment","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-323",323,"\u003Cp>Chapter 323: Chapter 324: The Starry Sky in Memory, Sweet Torment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator: 549690339\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared wide-eyed at the handsome face before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very soon, she was kissed by Gu Qichen into a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pleasant scent filled her nostrils. Gu Qichen shifted from being domineering at first, to gradually becoming gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were kissing under the starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An infinite night sky hung above their heads, the stars like scattered shards of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evening breeze that blew was not cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of them was a fire, with the sound of corn popping in the blaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far off, from time to time, a lamb let out a bleat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as though even the air carried a deliciously sweet scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the starry sky in Xia Yangyang’s memory, the sweetest kiss in her memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many years later, in a foreign land, as she overlooked the dazzling city from her apartment in Manhattan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image that surfaced before her eyes was the starry sky from that night, the jumping bonfire, as well as the taste of sweet potatoes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bittersweet torment that continued to haunt her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang and Gu Qichen got up early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because today was the anniversary of her mother’s passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mother’s grave was in the most expensive graveyard in Feng City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yangyang’s grandmother buried all of Yangyang’s mother’s belongings and erected a tombstone on a small hillock behind the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every year, on the anniversary of her mother’s passing, Xia Yangyang would come here to pay her respects,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preparing the offerings, they would go up the mountain together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmother was in a particularly bad mood today, presumably because she was reminded of her deceased daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Yangyang felt sorrow tugging at her heart, but she didn’t let it show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they arrived at Tan Zhen’s grave, Grandmother took out one item after another from the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it was pastry that Grandmother had made early in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Zhen, this is your favourite green bean cake, you must eat a lot, and there’s sesame brittle too. This year the sesame harvest was especially good, so the sesame brittle is especially fragrant. When you were young, you had such a craving for it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmother rambled in front of the tombstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang found it very hard to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the act of worship, Gu Qichen, in accordance with the rural custom, knelt on the ground and bowed three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen then called out sincerely towards the gravestone: “Mom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Yangyang heard this, tears mysteriously began to flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been so many years since she had last said this word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen earnestly said: “Mom, don’t worry. I’ll take care of Yangyang from now on. I won’t let her suffer any grievances. I will bring all the goodness in this world to her. I hope you agree with us being together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Gu Qichen once again bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandmother also stood at the side, wiping her tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she said: “Alright, that’s enough worshiping. You two go back first. I will stay here and accompany your mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang said, “Grandmother, I’ll stay and keep you company.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman waved her off: “I have some private words to say to my daughter. You both go back first. Ah Chen, when you get back, help me tidy up the yard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang shouted in protest: “Grandmother, why do you keep ordering Ah Chen around?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen, however, readily agreed: “Alright, Grandmother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang pouted: “The yard is perfectly clean, and Grandmother just likes bossing you around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen, however, seemed completely unconcerned: “Her bossing me around means she doesn’t see me as an outsider, I can feel it, Grandmother treats me rather well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Gu, you’re too good at comforting yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been back for several days already, and Grandmother hadn’t shown him any good face yet, and was always finding ways for him to do manual labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang didn’t feel at all that Grandmother treated him well anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, she felt quite guilty.. Why didn’t Grandmother like Gu Qichen?\u003C\u002Fp>",710,"2026-06-02T11:18:11.231Z",1,"novelbin.me","f3c32cafc537717fc647eeba64cc1ac8187684fb3fc6b317d40917d4280de03e","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-324","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-322",2419,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-cover.jpg"]