Chapter 88: Unknown Stranger+
After walking out of Qingshan Academy, Gu Yu thought about the previous misunderstanding. Fortunately, it didn’t lead to any terrible consequences, and instead made Director Qingshan admire him even more.
Even though Gu Yu claimed he found it by chance, no matter what, obtaining the Wang Clan’s seal proved he was a very capable person!
After all, the Wang Clan’s ancestral seal was not something anyone could casually pick up.
Cooperating with him would be extremely beneficial!
Gu Yu could guess Director Qingshan’s thoughts to some extent, but he didn’t bother to explain that it was just a beautiful misunderstanding. As long as Director Qingshan didn’t become disheartened, that was enough.
Of course, Gu Yu didn’t intend to deceive Director Qingshan. He truly wanted to bring down the Wang Clan.
He won’t forget the debt from the last time his little wife went to the battlefield. He won’t let money solve all problems!
He will make the Wang Clan realize their mistake! But not now.
“Stall owner, I’ll take this pot of flowers… You always sell me flowers, why don’t you give me a discount.”
“You young man, always asking for a discount, but I have to make a living! Forget it, forget it, take this one, consider it a gift. Come back and buy more next time!”
“This pot is too ugly, give me another one.”
“…”
Happily holding two pots of flowers, Gu Yu wandered around the market, buying anything novel and interesting he encountered. Soon, he had bought a lot.
Although Gu Yu had plenty of silver in his spatial ring, bargaining was very enjoyable, making him not mind spending time on it, treating it like a game.
Of course, this was not Gu Yu’s main purpose for visiting the market.
Looking at the Tang Sect disciples still searching for someone nearby, Gu Yu sighed helplessly. He had tried his best to delay his time in the market, but he didn’t expect… these people to be so persistent in their search. It seemed unlikely he could leave Lian Town anytime soon.
Gu Yu didn’t want to provoke the Tang Sect yet.
With the Wang Clan still unresolved, and now having to deal with the Tang Sect, he wouldn’t be able to continue his peaceful rural life.
Resolving this would require some time.
He couldn’t get fat by eating one bite. It was better to take it slow.
It would be best to wait until everyone forgot, and then he would emerge to deal with those who needed to be dealt with, and then continue his peaceful life.
Gu Yu thought this was a good plan, but in reality…
“Kid, I have something I want to ask you.”
Seeing the two people blocking his path, their clothes marked with the Tang Sect symbol, made Gu Yu feel very frustrated. He wondered why he was lingering in the market, only to be found.
How annoying!
“Ah? Uncle, what do you want to ask! Ask quickly, my mother is calling me home for dinner!”
“Call me older brother.”
“Go away, is this the time to argue? Kid, I’m asking you, have any strangers appeared suddenly recently?”
“Yes!”
“Who?”
Gu Yu feigned an innocent expression, looking very cute. Coupled with his thirteen years of age, it was seamless. However if the Gu Mengyao siblings saw him, they would surely be shocked and widen their eyes.
Because even they had never seen Gu Yu like this before.
However, the two Tang Sect members before him did not recognize Gu Yu, so they thought this was normal child behavior and didn’t take it to heart.
While one of them was very sensitive to the term “uncle,” the other directly elbowed him, signaling that the matter at hand was important.
Then, when they saw Gu Yu nod, their faces immediately lit up with surprise. They thought their luck had changed, and they were going to find Tang Wenshi first?
If they caught Tang Wenshi, their mission would be considered complete.
After receiving a generous sum of silver, they would find a place to live incognito and no longer be involved in the sect’s affairs.
“Strangers? Aren’t you two strangers? I’ve lived in Lian Town for over ten years. So many outsiders come every day, how would I know them! Are you perhaps kidnappers who want to abduct me?”
“…”
However, after hearing Gu Yu mention the two of them, their foreheads were covered in black lines. They thought this was another fruitless endeavor.
“Go away, who’s a kidnapper! Hurry up and leave, or I’ll beat you.”
“Wuwuwu.”
Unable to get any information from Gu Yu, the two became annoyed and sent him away, not wanting to see the child anymore.
They were also foolish to place their hopes on a child.
“Alas, Linzi, we gained nothing again this time. If we don’t get any information, what are we going to do!”
“What can we do? Nothing! Feng Xuanyuan doesn’t have any skills either. Didn’t she just use her charms to seduce Tang Wenshi? If it weren’t for the person behind her backing her up, how could we be ordered around like dogs by her.”
“I think if this continues, we’ll be finished sooner or later. We might as well run away.”
“Run away where? Don’t forget, we’ve all taken poison. Without the antidote, even if we escape to the ends of the earth, we’ll still die… Moreover, I have a bad feeling that we’ll always be manipulated.”
Gu Yu walked slowly forward. Once the voices behind him faded, the sad expression on his face vanished, replaced by a solemn one. He thought that even after Tang Wenshi’s death, he still found ways to cause trouble for him.
When Tang Wenshi was dying, he never mentioned that the situation was this serious.
The group who dealt with Tang Wenshi were still in Lian Town, insisting on seeing him alive or dead. Gu Yu truly regretted agreeing to Tang Wenshi’s request.
Maybe he could ask Xiao Hei to dig up Tang Wenshi’s corpse and hand it over to the Tang Sect people…
After some thought, Gu Yu finally dismissed the idea. Although Tang Wenshi was a scoundrel, Gu Yu was not someone who would dig up corpses.
Besides, the Tang Sect disciples in town were searching for Tang Wenshi so diligently, there must be something fishy going on.
It was probably on Tang Wenshi…
Unfortunately, Gu Yu hadn’t searched Tang Wenshi’s body back then, so even if there was some astonishing treasure, it had nothing to do with him now.
Gu Yu was just wondering when the Tang Sect people would leave Lian Town.
As long as they were here for a day, Gu Yu would not feel at ease.
Thinking about these things, Gu Yu quickly returned home. After handing the flower pot to Gu Mengyao, Gu Yu didn’t make his usual sarcastic remarks to cheer her up. Instead, his troubled expression made Gu Mengyao notice that something was wrong.
“A Yu, did something happen?”
“Alas, the Tang Sect people haven’t left yet. They just stopped me and asked if I had seen Tang Wenshi.”
“Ah! A Yu, are you injured?”
“Mengyao, I’m fine. I just feel that Tang Wenshi is a scoundrel. He set me up even before he died… And I can’t retaliate with any worse actions, which makes me quite depressed right now.”
Later, when Gu Mengyao asked, Gu Yu immediately shook his head at her, indicating he was fine, but he was still dwelling on Tang Wenshi.
Given Gu Yu’s petty nature, if Tang Wenshi were still alive, Gu Yu would definitely teach him a lesson, letting Tang Wenshi know that he could scheme against anyone, but not him!
When Gu Mengyao heard Gu Yu’s words, she couldn’t help but smile. She thought Tang Wenshi was quite impressive to anger her little husband to this extent. He must have made Gu Yu incredibly depressed.
“Since things have already happened, don’t think too much about it. As you always say, ‘The boat will reach its destination naturally when the time comes.’ So, continue living as you did before, and don’t carry too much of a burden.”
“Mengyao, sometimes I wonder… even though we’ve returned to Yang Family Village, trouble still keeps coming. Am I truly an immortal who descended to Earth to save all beings and solve one difficult problem after another?”
“…”
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, Gu Mengyao couldn’t help but feel amused and speechless.
However, she didn’t interrupt Gu Yu’s wild thoughts. Instead, she leaned in and kissed his cheek, then went out to the kitchen to continue researching new dishes with Xia Tian.
When there was only Gu Mengyao in the house, she always felt something was missing. Now that Xia Tian had arrived, Gu Mengyao was very happy, feeling that it was better to have another girl in the house.
Especially since Xia Tian was also a quick learner, Gu Mengyao imparted all her knowledge, teaching Xia Tian the cooking skills she had learned from Auntie Wang Er.
This left Gu Yu to ponder his research alone in the courtyard, or to prepare new medicines using herbs according to the Medical Scripture.
However, at this moment, Gu Yu covered his cheeks with his hand and chuckled foolishly.
After his little wife’s kiss, all thoughts of Tang Wenshi and the Tang Sect were forgotten. Gu Yu only felt that Gu Mengyao was becoming more and more amazing.
Just a kiss made his heart flutter.
Thus, a few days passed, and life in the Gu family was peaceful and uneventful, with no unexpected incidents.
During this period, Gu Qingheng complained that Director Qingshan was like he had taken the wrong medicine, constantly pushing them to study. Anyone who was lazy would be called over and lectured.
When they returned, the students would have a crying face, stating that they would study hard and strive for progress, and would never allow the director to lecture them again!
From then on, they truly began to work hard, earning much praise from Director Qingshan.
In addition to supervising the students’ studies, Director Qingshan also often played with a jet-black horse ornament, wearing a strange smile on his face, which made Gu Qingheng and the other students feel a shiver down their spines.
Gu Yu also found this situation speechless.
Although he knew Director Qingshan hated the Wang Clan, he never expected… him to carry the Wang Clan’s seal with him at all times. He was truly bold, not afraid of being discovered.
In addition to Gu Qingheng’s account, the other matter concerned the Gu family.
That was… Xia Tian’s house was finally completed!
With Gu Yu willing to spend money, adding a room was not a problem at all.
As long as he could stay away from his younger brother-in-law’s feet and sleep with his wife again, he didn’t mind spending any amount of money!
