Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 430 You Tell Me How to Punish Him

"Alright, Lin Qingping, you can do it." Gu Juncheng paced back and forth in the room a few times. "You were the one who told me that we should discipline the children strictly. Now think about what you're doing?"

Lin Qingping admitted that she was indeed soft-hearted. "Yes, I did say that I would discipline him strictly, but I meant strict requirements on his conduct, not being serious about such a small matter as copying as punishment. As long as he knows he was wrong, that's enough. I believe he can change..."

"A trivial matter? You think copying as punishment is a trivial matter? Why don't you ask him why he was punished with copying?"

“I know, he already said it,” Lin Qingping said quickly.

"So what? You still think it's a small matter?" Gu Juncheng looked down at her. "Fine, then let's talk about this small matter of punishment."

Lin Qingping became wary. "What do you mean?"

"If you're going to punish your son by making him copy texts, then tell me, how should you be punished?" Gu Juncheng lowered his body even further, his tone becoming increasingly aggressive.

Lin Qingping glanced at him sideways, "You're not going to make me stand in circles as punishment again, are you?"

“Just say how many hours you’ll stand there! Stand with Zhiyuan! You copied for how many hours yesterday, so stand for how many hours!” His repeated pronouncements demonstrated his integrity and incorruptibility; his son and daughter-in-law were punished together! He showed no leniency!

Lin Qingping was about to cry out to heaven!

She copied it all night yesterday!

Are you going to be forced to stand in the corner all night?

"Aren't you afraid I'll miscarry?" Lin Qingping blurted out.

Gu Juncheng's expression immediately changed, and he held her in his hands, "Are you serious? You're pregnant?"

Lin Qingping was not pregnant, she knew it herself, but she might as well use this excuse to get by for now.

However, before the thought even crossed his mind, Gu Juncheng picked her up.

"What...what are you doing?" Lin Qingping asked in a panic.

"Go get him checked out, see how the child is." He was in a great hurry.

"No, no, no, is that necessary? It's just a tiny soybean! What can you possibly see?" If she were to examine it, wouldn't her casual lie be exposed?

"We still need to go! We need to ask the doctor what we should pay attention to in our daily lives."

Gu Juncheng was determined to go, and Lin Qingping had no choice but to confess, "Gu Juncheng, no, I was just making it up..."

Gu Juncheng froze, and the face so close to his eyes also froze. "Lin Qingping!"

"Yes..." she responded weakly, then glanced at him again and saw that his face really looked bad. She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "I don't have one right now, so how about you let me have one?"

Gu Juncheng: ...

"Weren't you going to punish me?" She gently bit his neck. "Can't you find a different way to punish me? Why do you always make me stand in a circle? Can't we just spin around together?"

Gu Juncheng: ...

What are you talking about!

"Lin Qingping, you should be a little more reserved." He said with a blank face.

"No!" She cupped his face and touched his lips.

However, after just one touch, she felt herself spinning rapidly.

He turned around, kicked the open door shut, and then, with another turn, pinned her against the back of the door.

Behind her was a hard door panel, and in front of her was his body pressing down on her; she was trapped between them, unable to move.

"Lin Qingping, you asked for this!" His voice was threatening.

She really brought it on herself...

The midday heat was scorching. Even with the electric fan on its highest setting, it couldn't dispel the heat. The room was filled with sweltering heat, leaving only an unbearable stuffiness and rapid breathing.

Amidst the scorching heat, Lin Qingping's pleas for mercy came intermittently.

"Gu Juncheng, I'm hungry..."

"Gu Juncheng, otherwise, I'll just go stand in the circle..."

"Or, I can go do the extra copying, okay?"

Gu Juncheng ignored her and showed her with his actions: No way!

She chose the punishment herself, and she has to finish it even if she cries...

Finally, she went limp and fell into a deep sleep, an even deeper one than before. Gu Juncheng went out to take another shower, then made a bowl of noodles and brought it in for her to eat. No matter how he called her, she wouldn't get up. Annoyed by the mess, she almost slapped the bowl of noodles over.

Alright, Gu Juncheng gave up and told her to get some sleep before going to his office.

Lin Qingping was exhausted. She felt like she was about to be shattered. Even in her dreams, she was tossed and turned, murmuring Gu Juncheng's name...

She slept soundly until Gu Juncheng returned in the evening, when he picked her up to eat.

Lin Qingping, still half-asleep, looked at him warily.

He couldn't help but chuckle. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"I'm afraid you'll go back on your word!" She's already been punished! She won't stand in the circle again!

Gu Juncheng seemed quite agreeable at this moment, a complete change from his grumpy and stubborn demeanor at noon. "We're out for a meal, and you haven't eaten all day, yet you're still arguing with me."

Lin Qingping was indeed hungry, so she and Zhiyuan hastily made a cup of milk powder and ate a few biscuits in the morning.

"Where's Zhiyuan?" Lin Qingping suddenly remembered that she hadn't had a chance to tell Zhiyuan about being exposed at noon! Sigh, the word "lust" really gets in the way!

"You eat first, I've already called you." In fact, Zhiyuan had been exhausted these past two days and finally relaxed enough to sleep. Gu Juncheng had called him several times, and the kid would answer with his eyes closed, but in reality he would turn over and fall asleep again. There was really no way to get him to sleep.

Dinner was brought from the cafeteria by Gu Juncheng; it included pork ribs, shrimp, and vegetables. Lin Qingping was starving and ate a large bowl of rice and drank a bowl of pork rib soup. Feeling much better, she lay on the sofa, rubbing her stomach, and asked him, "Are you going to punish Zhiyuan again? How do you plan to punish him?"

Gu Juncheng, who was eating, said: "You still have the leisure to care about others? It seems the punishment wasn't enough. How about you make them stand in circles for a few more hours?"

Lin Qingping felt incredibly comfortable right now, and couldn't resist saying, "No, spinning around is still the most comfortable..."

"Cough cough cough..." Gu Juncheng choked on the pork rib soup and coughed for a while before recovering. Looking at her, he said in a leisurely voice, "Lin Qingping, you really are..."

Lin Qingping glanced at him. "Are you feeling unwell?"

Gu Juncheng, who had finally recovered, coughed violently again.

"Lin Qingping! I'm truly impressed by you!"

Zhiyuan came out of the room at this moment, looking at everything in front of him with a mixture of trepidation and confusion: Gu's father is back? Did he find out something?

He secretly winked at his mother.

"Stop blinking, or you'll get a cramp! Your father knows everything!" Lin Qingping sighed.

"Then..." Zhiyuan stammered nervously, "I..."

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what do you mean'?" Gu Juncheng finally stopped coughing, his face serious. "You should be thinking about what you're going to do when you get punished!"

Zhiyuan looked at Lin Qingping with concern, "Then, just punish me, please don't punish my mother, I begged her..."

Gu Juncheng and Lin Qingping exchanged a glance, but couldn't bring themselves to say aloud, "They've already been punished..."