Chapter 101: Applying Pressure???
After learning about the Holy Cult from Gu Yu, there was no time to delay. Gu Mengyao was immediately sent to discuss countermeasures with Gongsun Feifei.
After all, it was better to prevent such things in advance, to avoid irreversible situations later.
They absolutely would not stand by and watch Gu Qing get into trouble!!!
However, Gu Yu was quite curious about how these two women would manage to prevent Gu Qing from going to the opera house.
Even if Gu Qing himself didn’t want to go, it was not an easy matter to refuse when invited by colleagues… Of course, if he absolutely refused to go, no one could force Gu Qing.
But how could they make Gu Qing have such thoughts?
As it turned out, the answer was revealed quickly at noon.
“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I just heard something remarkable!”
“What is it? Don’t rush, catch your breath first.”
However, before Gu Yu could even inquire, his younger brother-in-law came running over, eager to tell Gu Yu that something big had happened.
Afterward, Gu Yu didn’t rush Gu Qingheng to speak; instead, he let him rest first.
Since the matter had already happened, telling him wouldn’t change anything. It was better to take it slow.
Moreover, Gu Yu had already guessed what it was about.
It was nothing more than the Holy Cult that he and Gu Mengyao had discussed, and that Gu Mengyao would find Gongsun Feifei to figure out a way to stop Gu Qing from going to the opera house…
“Hoo! Brother-in-law, you’ve been sitting in the room the whole time, haven’t you gone to visit my father? When you weren’t here, my father’s face suddenly turned pale.”
“What happened? Tell me in detail.”
Only after Gu Qingheng had rested enough did he start speaking, and Gu Yu asked him to cooperate in explaining what had happened that made Gu Qingheng’s expression so… well, colorful.
“Hehe, I went to play with Sister Xia Tian earlier! But I couldn’t find her after searching for a long time. Just as I was feeling very down, a maid from the mansion secretly told me that Xia Tian was in my father’s courtyard!”
“What was Xia Tian doing in my father-in-law’s courtyard?”
“I heard that Sister Xia Tian was preparing to steal my father’s things to practice her skills…”
“Wait, is Xia Tian that bold? She dares to steal from my father-in-law?”
“Yes, but my sister also knows about it! She told my father last night that she was going to start training Sister Xia Tian’s stealing skills and asked my father to strengthen his guard to try and prevent Sister Xia Tian from succeeding… As a result, when I went over, I saw Xia Tian had already stolen my father’s military seal.”
“…”
Although he knew that Gu Mengyao had already started teaching Xia Tian the lightness skill, he hadn’t expected it! Combined with Xia Tian’s original talent for stealing, she was now so formidable!
Even with precautions in place, she could still steal Gu Qing’s military seal… This made Gu Yu feel that Xia Tian would be of great use in the future.
She could steal from anyone she wanted, even their underpants!
However, his younger brother-in-law seemed to have strayed from the topic.
The matter he was talking about was probably not about Xia Tian successfully stealing something…
“Brother-in-law, let me continue. While I was thinking about how amazing Sister Xia Tian was, she put her index finger to her lips, signaling me not to speak for now! Afterward, when I quietly leaned closer, I saw Auntie Fei crying inside through a gap in the window, and my sister was comforting her.”
“Auntie Fei crying?”
“Yes, I thought Auntie Fei was arguing with my father at the time, so I just listened for a while. But the news I heard was not as simple as an argument.”
“What exactly was it?”
Then, what Gu Qingheng said next brought the conversation back to the main topic.
However, when Auntie Fei was mentioned, Gu Yu’s spirits lifted, knowing that the main event had arrived!
He wondered how Auntie Fei would persuade his father-in-law?
Just crying and making a scene didn’t seem very effective.
“Auntie Fei told my father that a strange illness had recently become popular in the capital, which would cause people to become weak and powerless, unable to even lift a bowl of rice. And it only affected men, which was very worrying, so she asked my father not to go out frequently recently.”
“Is that all?”
“How could that be! Afterward, my father said he didn’t know about this infectious disease, but he would definitely take precautions and would never become a useless person who couldn’t even lift a bowl. But Auntie Fei shook her head, saying she knew the reason for the infectious disease, which was the ‘Exotic Charm’ opera house in the capital.”
Hearing Gu Qingheng’s words, Gu Yu seemed to have figured out what Gongsun Feifei was going to do.
However, for now, he would continue to listen to his younger brother-in-law and see how things would develop.
“When my father heard the words ‘Exotic Charm,’ his expression became a bit uneasy, making me guess that my father had definitely been there! However, Auntie Fei continued as if she didn’t know.”
“Auntie Fei said that her friend’s husband had contracted this infectious disease. Not only could he not lift a bowl of rice, but he even needed someone to help him to the latrine. Once, he was not careful and almost fell into the latrine, but he was discovered in time, but some of it got on him… In the end, the man was so angry that he wanted to hit his head against the wall, but because he had no strength, he could only lie in bed like dead wood, devoid of any vitality.”
“After Auntie Fei finished speaking and my father heard specific examples, he was immediately terrified and quickly asked how he would contract this strange illness.”
“Then, Auntie Fei said she wasn’t too sure, only knowing that after going to ‘Exotic Charm,’ people became like that. It seemed that Westerners were naturally different from Linfeng Kingdom, which caused this infectious disease.”
“This made my father somewhat believe and doubt, thinking it was impossible to have such a strong infectious disease for these reasons, perhaps it was just rumors… But Auntie Fei immediately started crying, crying and saying how unfortunate she was. If her father really became like that, what would she, a widow and orphan, do! This made my sister next to him cry continuously, scaring my father, who directly vowed then that he would never set foot in the ‘Exotic Charm’ opera house and would have no contact with those Western women.”
After hearing Gu Qingheng explain everything, Gu Yu thought that Auntie Fei was indeed formidable.
She didn’t directly resort to the common method of crying and making a scene, but first explained the cause of the problem, then clearly stated the danger, and when Gu Qing felt a sense of crisis, she pushed all blame onto the opera house.
And when Gu Qing expressed disbelief, Gongsun Feifei then resorted to the method of crying and making a scene, with Gu Mengyao joining in.
This way, even if Gu Qing harbored doubts, he wouldn’t pursue the matter further when his wife and daughter were so heartbroken.
In any case, he couldn’t go, so thinking too much was useless.
However, what Gu Yu didn’t expect was that Gongsun Feifei didn’t even mention his name!
If she had stated that he was the one who diagnosed the illness, it might have been more convincing.
“Huh? Brother-in-law, why aren’t you surprised at all!”
“What is there to be surprised about! When you said something big happened earlier, I thought it was something major! Isn’t it just about stopping your father-in-law from going to the opera house? It’s not a big deal!”
“No, no, no, I mean that weak and powerless illness. I think brother-in-law, you should be careful!”
“???”
“Because I have a feeling that brother-in-law, you will go to that opera house before my father! If you really contract the infectious disease, then it will be terrible.”
“…”
After hearing his younger brother-in-law’s words, Gu Yu was speechless, and at the same time, the thought of wanting to beat Gu Qingheng was growing in his mind, thinking how increasingly annoying this child was becoming.
What did he mean by being careful!!!
He didn’t have this illness at all, and people like him wouldn’t… Well, it seemed he had been there once already.
“Go, go, go, what kind of big deal is this! It’s not as shocking as Xia Tian stealing the military seal!”
“Sister Xia Tian is naturally strong, and with the lightness skill that my sister taught her, she’s even more amazing! However, brother-in-law, you actually let Sister Xia Tian practice the lightness skill. When I first heard about it, I thought brother-in-law had a fever… If you weren’t delirious from the fever, how could you be different from the brother-in-law I know?”
“It’s very simple! After spending this time together, I found that Xia Tian is a good child, and she’s an orphan from a young age, with a clean background. Moreover… after you expressed your liking for her, I thought I should put more pressure on you.”
“???”
When Xia Tian was mentioned, Gu Qingheng also voiced his doubts, not understanding why Gu Yu would agree to Xia Tian learning the lightness skill.
Based on Gu Qingheng’s understanding of his brother-in-law, he would definitely not give away lightness skill secret manuals so easily.
Especially not secret manuals from the space, which were extremely precious.
However, when Gu Yu smiled slightly at Gu Qingheng, and then spoke his words, it only made Gu Qingheng more confused.
Applying pressure???
“Think about it, your Sister Xia Tian is becoming more and more outstanding. In the future, more and more people will fall under her charm. If you don’t become outstanding along with her, you will just watch your Sister Xia Tian run off with someone else!”
“…”
Subsequently, after hearing the reason from Gu Yu, Gu Qingheng’s face immediately fell, thinking how hateful his brother-in-law was, making him feel incredibly resentful right now!
If it were for his sake, Gu Qingheng would rather not be like this!
Sister Xia Tian was already very cute, and now with her abilities growing stronger, she would surely attract many suitors when she grew up.
It seemed that he had to ensure he secured a position as an important official in the imperial court.
At that time, if anyone harassed Sister Xia Tian, he would directly use his official power to drag them away and have them beaten!
It had to be said that Gu Yu’s words put a lot of pressure on Gu Qingheng, making him, with the idea of “not letting Sister Xia Tian be snatched away by others,” study even more diligently from then on.
He prepared to achieve fame in the imperial examinations and quickly marry Sister Xia Tian, lest he always worry about her being taken away by others.
