Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman (1-200)

Chapter 59: Aroma

Gu Xiqiao woke up early in the morning and jogged a few laps before practicing the Five Animal Play on the clearing, and she used the methods that were recorded on the book to calm her heart and regulate her chi.

The old man that stood next to her looked at her for a while before he copied her actions, but he felt as if something was missing.

Once she heard his worries, Gu Xiqiao was stunned for a bit before she smiled understandingly. She practiced the Five Animal Play in tandem with ancient martial arts methods, so it was natural that there seemed to be something special with her motions. That being said, she couldn’t tell him the truth so she thought for a while before telling him a simple way to take care of his health.

The Four Seasons Theory was divided into three months for spring, three months for summer, three months for autumn and three months for winter, and was recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine as a method that was useful for people of all ages. Gu Xiqiao told him some essential points in detail until he remembered everything, and then she left.

Jiang Shuxuan always knew that she had the habit of exercising in the mornings, but this was the first time he saw her practice like that, and it shocked him quite a bit.

He ran behind her in the morning for half an hour, and her breathing was calm and steady all the way, When she said that she was going to practice the Five Animal Play after that, he agreed to wait for her, but he didn’t look forward to it, to say the least. This was the reason why he was so taken off guard when he became more and more serious and focused as he watched her moves.

The Five Animal Play was divided into the Tiger Play, the Deer Play, the Bear Play, the Monkey Play, and the Bird Play, and had been taught over the generations in China, but he had never seen someone that could practice it so well that her actions seemed to induct the chi in the atmosphere along with them.

If she knew ancient martial arts, she would have stood at the top of the pyramid with her talent.

The thought flashed in Jiang Shuxuan’s mind before he dismissed it completely. Ancient martial arts wasn’t something that could be learned so easily, and Gu Xiqiao was already past the most suitable age to learn it.

Seeing her walk back to him, the ice in his gaze thawed and showed a gentleness to the person in front of him.

Gu Xiqiao jogged over to him, her hair tied up in a simple ponytail and a thin sheen of sweat on her forehead. “Sorry to keep you waiting.”

She had wanted to just go back after she finished her run, but she felt there was something wrong if she didn’t practice the Five Animal Play as she usually did.

“No rush, wipe your sweat first.” Jiang Shuxuan took out a white handkerchief, and after she accepted it they walked back to the mansion together. “Your Five Animal Play seemed to be quite practiced, did someone teach you?”

Gu Xiqiao wiped her sweat, and she had been thinking about whether she should have returned the handkerchief to her before she was taken off guard by the question.

“I was taught by an old man back when I lived in the countryside and didn’t want to play in the mud along with a bunch of children, so I always had him teach me all sorts of things.”

Jiang Shuxuan glanced at her before he nodded. “Alright, let’s go back and eat before you go buy the materials you need for cooking.”

Once this matter was brought up, Gu Xiqiao walked a bit faster. She regretted promising to cook once she woke up in the morning.

But it was true that she knew how to cook, and seeing as Jiang Shuxuan was the type that hadn’t stepped into the market ever since he was born, Gu Xiqiao refused his accompaniment and got Mrs. Zhang to follow her.