Chapter Eighty-Four: Turned into a Wife Slave
Tang Wenshi’s background was too complex, especially since he died from an assassination.
This made Gu Yu regret accepting his request. However, considering that he hadn’t confirmed the time initially and had only promised to bring Tang Wenshi’s news home, Gu Yu decided not to rush into the line of fire at this moment and planned to take things slowly.
At the very least, he would hand Tang Wenshi’s blood-written letter to the sect leader after the troublemakers in the sect relaxed their guard.
However, encountering two people on the streets of Lian Town with the Tang Sect’s emblem embroidered on their clothes gave Gu Yu a headache again.
This was definitely not a coincidence, especially since the two seemed to be searching for something.
Although he didn’t know if these two were good or bad, Gu Yu wasn’t prepared to take any risks. So, he pretended to be nonchalant and walked towards the market, intending to find the craftsman who had previously built his house.
Unfortunately, the craftsman was not there.
Gu Yu could only randomly select a craftsman. After explaining his requirements, he readily paid a deposit and left his address.
As usual, Gu Yu returned home with a pot of flowers.
“Mengyao, I saw people from the Tang Sect in Lian Town just now. It would be safer to put Dahai into the space recently, so as not to be discovered by the Tang Sect people.”
“Okay.”
Afterwards, when Gu Yu returned home and handed the flower pot to Gu Mengyao, he also told her about what he saw in town and decided to put Dahai into the space first.
This sea eagle was very conspicuous. Keeping it at home was tantamount to protesting one’s innocence too much. If the Tang Sect people found out, they would definitely not let it go.
Therefore, Gu Mengyao nodded in agreement when she heard Gu Yu’s words.
“A’Yu, the Tang Sect people are still here. Are they looking for Tang Wenshi?”
“Yes, but I guess they want to confirm if he’s dead. When we saw Tang Wenshi yesterday, he was severely injured. He also said that after being ambushed, he escaped using a magic item and fled to the mountain.”
“I don’t know what Tang Wenshi did to encounter such a thing.”
“It’s not that he did anything. It’s mainly because he blocked someone’s path, so he needed to be eliminated.”
As Gu Yu spoke, he smiled at Gu Mengyao. Then, looking at Dahai chasing the white fox in the yard, he immediately took out a carrot from the space as bait. After Dahai gave up chasing the fox and ran towards Gu Yu bouncing, Gu Yu quickly put it into the space.
This glutton was just like Little Black.
“A’Yu, eagles are carnivores. They don’t eat carrots…”
“It’s fine. This isn’t an ordinary carrot. If I had to compare it, it’s like ginseng, which is very beneficial for animals! Little Black became much smarter after eating it often.”
Seeing Gu Yu teasing the eagle with a carrot, Gu Mengyao couldn’t help but remind him. Gu Yu, however, waved his hand and said not to worry.
After being soaked in space spring water, this carrot was no longer ordinary.
Rather than carrots, Gu Yu wished he could soak grass in the spring water and feed the white fox and the sea eagle grass every day…
After lunch, the craftsman Gu Yu found in the market that morning arrived with people and materials.
Gu Yu pointed to the spot next to Gu Qingheng’s room and told the craftsman to add another room here and to complete it as soon as possible!
After that, Gu Yu let the craftsman handle the rest, striving to finish the house quickly and save himself from his brother-in-law’s foot attacks.
While the craftsmen were working enthusiastically, Gu Yu did not show off his research in front of everyone. Gu Mengyao was teaching Xia Tian how to cook in the kitchen, leaving Gu Yu feeling bored. He then remembered his space and realized it had been a while since he had entered that small world.
He wondered if anything had changed inside, as Gu Mengyao’s favorability had been steadily increasing. Perhaps new books would appear on the altar!
The rule that collecting 500 favorability points would cause books to appear on the altar had changed after the space was upgraded to the second stage. At least, after reaching 500 favorability points, Gu Yu hadn’t seen any books appear on the altar.
Then, Gu Yu quickly walked into the house. After moving away from everyone’s sight, he directly raised his hand and touched the red mole at the corner of his eye, and in the next second, he appeared in the space.
Without lingering in the original spot for too long, Gu Yu pushed open the door to the space. After walking into the small world, he looked at the well-grown chili peppers and nodded with satisfaction.
The first batch of chili peppers as seeds had been harvested and handed over to the people sent by Shan Chengfeng. These were planted by Gu Yu later. Thinking that chili peppers had many uses and matured quickly, he decided to plant more, as they had high value.
After this batch of chili peppers was harvested, Gu Yu planned to plant carrots…
Since he wanted to check on the changes on the altar before entering, Gu Yu looked up and found it still empty, with nothing on it.
Could it be that books would no longer appear on this altar?
[After the space was upgraded to the second stage, the altar’s output of books requires a favorability of 1000.]
Just as Gu Yu was wondering if the altar was broken, a line of large characters immediately appeared before him, directly explaining the reason.
It was quite similar to Gu Yu’s previous guess, and it was indeed due to the upgrade of the space that the required favorability had increased significantly.
Compared to the previous 500, it had now doubled, making Gu Yu wonder if the required favorability would increase further if the space continued to be upgraded in the future.
[Gu Mengyao Favorability: 850, Space Stage Two (8/20)]
It wasn’t much farther to 1000 favorability points.
After Gu Yu finished looking at the altar and found no books on it, he didn’t stay in the space any longer and left directly, reappearing inside the house.
With nothing else to do, Gu Yu could only take out the Medical Scripture from the space and continue reading it.
The events he had experienced during this period had clearly demonstrated the power of the Medical Scripture. Therefore, even though the dense small text on the book gave him a headache, Gu Yu had to brace himself and keep reading.
Hardship breeds success.
Once he finished reading the entire Medical Scripture, he would be able to make more medicines, which would be useful when the time came.
He could also pull a trick on others…
However, Gu Yu was almost finished reading these few Medical Scriptures. He wondered when the Advanced Medical Scripture would appear and what it would write!
And so, as Gu Yu read, time also passed quickly. It was soon time to pick up Gu Qingheng.
Gu Yu stood up from his chair, threw the Medical Scripture back into the space, and then walked out of the room. He glanced back at the ongoing construction of the house and nodded with satisfaction, feeling that it wouldn’t take too long to complete the addition.
This way, he wouldn’t have to share a room with his brother-in-law anymore!
“A’Yu, when you go to pick up Qingheng, take Xia Tian with you! Since Xia Tian came here, she hasn’t been out of the village yet. Take her now and let her see the town too.”
“Okay.”
Afterward, just as Gu Yu was about to leave home, Gu Mengyao suddenly called out to him and asked him to take Xia Tian to town to wander around, so she wouldn’t always be cooped up at home.
Upon hearing his wife’s instructions, Gu Yu naturally agreed. He took Xia Tian, the loli, with him to town to pick up his brother-in-law from school.
Along the way, Gu Yu and Xia Tian didn’t say much.
As for Xia Tian, Gu Yu hadn’t yet categorized her as one of his own people, so there was no closeness between them.
If he wanted to become close to her, it would likely take several months.
Thinking back to when Gu Yu first transmigrated to the Linfeng Kingdom, he was also wary of Gu Mengyao and her brother. However, after spending time together day and night, Gu Yu quickly discarded his wariness.
Because Gu Mengyao and her brother had been showing him kindness, the originally indifferent Gu Yu gradually relaxed and eventually became a “wife slave”…
Xia Tian also knew that Gu Yu didn’t really like her, so she didn’t dare to say anything at this time. She just looked around with curious eyes, wanting to familiarize herself with the new environment.
When they arrived in town, it made Xia Tian’s eyes light up. She thought that the town was indeed much livelier than the village!
Afterward, Gu Yu didn’t go anywhere else but headed directly to Qingshan Academy. However, along the way, he saw Tang Sect people again, searching everywhere in the crowd.
“Xia Tian, did you see that guy with the patterned corner of his clothes? The one with many moles on his face. Can you steal his money pouch for me?”
“Yes!”
Because Xia Tian was with him this time, Gu Yu’s original intention to leave directly changed. His expression remained unchanged, but he asked Xia Tian if she could steal that person’s money pouch.
Perhaps there would be something important in the money pouch.
When Xia Tian heard Gu Yu’s words, her little face was immediately filled with excitement, and she nodded heavily, vowing to complete the mission!
This was the first mission Gu Yu had given her, and she had to complete it well to prove that she wasn’t a useless freeloader, but rather someone useful!
Xia Tian had previously displayed her skills as a master thief, so stealing someone’s money pouch was now a piece of cake.
However, the target this time was clearly not an ordinary person.
When Gu Yu led Xia Tian to a secluded alley, Xia Tian not only took out a money pouch but also took out a square iron box with strange patterns and a silver hairpin, handing them all to Gu Yu.
Xia Tian was not an ordinary child. Having begged on the streets since she was young, her ability to read people’s thoughts was very well-honed. However, even if she noticed something, Xia Tian didn’t let on and continued to pretend to be ignorant.
She truly wanted to stay with the Gu family and live a good life. Therefore, when Gu Yu was suspicious of her, it was better not to be too clever.
