Chapter 51: Safe Departure
When Gu Yu said Mengyao Gu could visit the Yang family later, Lin Bai immediately agreed.
Although Lin Bai wished she could be like her cousin Bai Qian, she didn’t have the same courage.
Moreover, her cousin Bai Qian’s father was a Prime Minister and a high-ranking official in the court. Despite doting on her cousin, he ultimately sent her to the palace due to political power. What hope did Lin Bai have?
Few children of noble families could choose their own marriages.
Lin Bai’s coming to her uncle’s place to avoid an arranged marriage was already the limit of her family’s tolerance.
If she were to cause a scene by snatching someone in the street, her family would absolutely not let her off lightly if they found out.
Therefore, after letting Gu Yu leave, Lin Bai gazed at his departing back for a long time, her eyes unable to retract. She felt lost and on the verge of tears.
Lin Bai was on the verge of becoming a stone waiting for her husband, causing Uncle Zhong, who was beside her, to cover his face with his hand. He thought that when they returned, he must come up with a way to stop Miss from going astray…
The story splits into two paths.
Regardless of Lin Bai’s melancholic state, after Gu Yu quickly escaped from Lin Bai, he resisted the urge to stop and catch his breath. It was only after he settled down on the ox cart that his body relaxed.
If Lin Bai had not agreed just now, Gu Yu had planned to find a deserted place after being taken away by her and directly move her and Uncle Zhong into his space.
Fortunately, Lin Bai was not so shameless as to push the limits. Although she was reluctant, she still let Gu Yu go.
Therefore, Gu Yu decided to stay by his little wife’s side from now on.
Moreover, the incident of being forcibly taken today had created a sense of anxiety in Gu Yu’s heart. He was afraid that if he wasn’t around, Mengyao Gu might be teased by some spoiled young masters.
Of course, with Mengyao Gu’s strength, it was possible that the spoiled young master wouldn’t succeed in teasing her and would instead be severely beaten.
The ox cart rocked its way back to the village. Gu Yu jumped off the cart directly this time, and his body felt no discomfort, which amazed him. He thought that he should get closer to Mengyao Gu.
If nothing else, just the increase in Mengyao Gu’s favorability towards him could upgrade his space, and his body would also improve as a result.
When Mengyao Gu’s favorability towards Gu Yu reached its peak, perhaps even the space would undergo special changes!
When Gu Yu read novels in the past, he greatly envied the protagonists who could farm and harvest in their spaces. For Gu Yu, who had a collector’s habit, he was very envious.
He had a dream of being a landlord…
However, even if he couldn’t farm, it was fine. Anyway, this space was almost like a freebie, and it was quite functional.
At least in the future, when facing pursuit from enemies, if there were many people, he could hide in the space, and if there were few, he could directly put them into the space.
It was definitely a sharp weapon for fighting one-on-one or in a group!
Thinking about how he would dominate with his space in the future, Gu Yu suddenly saw Mengyao Gu and Gu Qingheng squatting on the ground in the courtyard after returning home, seemingly busy with something.
Out of curiosity, Gu Yu quickened his pace. When he reached behind the two of them, he discovered that the siblings were setting up traps.
After the sharpened bamboo branches were buried in a circle around the courtyard, Mengyao Gu even buried iron traps in several places where it was easy to step. Just looking at the bloody appearance on them, Gu Yu could imagine how painful it would be to get one’s foot caught, and it would surely be extremely unpleasant.
After Madam Li caused a commotion that morning, although Gu Yu drove her away, there were many villagers who had witnessed it. Among them were certainly those with malicious intentions.
Seeing that there were no adults in the Gu family and that there was a large sum of silver from selling the wild boar, many people started having greedy thoughts.
After all, hunting wild boars in the mountains could be dangerous, and even if they caught one, they had to take it to town to sell it… It would be much easier to just come to the Gu family and take the silver.
People die for wealth, and birds die for food.
However, these people did not consider that Mengyao Gu, with only one injured arm, had managed to take down a strong and well-fed wild boar. She was not someone to be easily provoked.
It was precisely because of the Gu siblings’ preparation for such an event that they buried various traps in the courtyard while Gu Yu was in town, to prevent anyone from sneaking in at night to do harm.
