Chapter 99: It’s Too Terrifying!
When Gu Yu and Mengyao returned to Lian Town after their vacation, Xu Wang and his group had already returned to the capital.
Gu Yu found this to be a good thing, thinking it was better for the Wang Clan to go and cause trouble for others in the capital than to continue to be an annoyance here.
Of course, if Xu Wang still had silver, Gu Yu wouldn’t have thought this way.
Every bit of silver had to be squeezed out.
However, after that troublesome Xu Wang left, his younger brother-in-law seemed to have become the new trouble.
When Gu Qingheng was brought home, he was always following Gu Yu like a shadow, even waiting outside when Gu Yu went to the toilet…
After a few days of this behavior, Gu Yu was extremely bothered and finally decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with his younger brother-in-law.
He wanted him to speak directly if he had anything to say, and stop acting like this!
“Qingheng, your recent behavior is a bit unusual!”
“Ah! Is it? I think it’s quite normal. Is Brother-in-law thinking too much?”
“You follow me around all day, is that normal?”
When Gu Mengyao went out, Gu Yu took Gu Qingheng to the courtyard and then spoke to his younger brother-in-law in a serious tone, wanting to understand what Gu Qingheng was thinking and why he had been acting so abnormally lately.
However, Gu Qingheng did not admit it easily.
At this moment, a smile was on his face, with an expression that seemed to say, ‘I won’t tell you, what can you do to me?’, which made Gu Yu feel like gnashing his teeth.
But he thought that impulse was the devil, and perhaps his younger brother-in-law just wanted to make him angry so that he couldn’t find the motive.
“I don’t always follow you! It’s Brother-in-law who is too sensitive and is always on guard.”
“My eyes aren’t blind! Following me so closely, are you trying to gather information from me? No, even if you were gathering information, you wouldn’t follow me to the toilet. It’s more like you’re afraid I’ll suddenly leave… Given the places I might go, besides the town, it’s the capital…”
As his emotions calmed down, Gu Yu had basically guessed the truth.
Thinking back to when he mentioned the Witch Priest and Bai Qian’s connection to Gu Qingheng before going on a romantic trip with Gu Mengyao, he figured this must be the reason.
At the time, Gu Yu just didn’t want his younger brother-in-law to keep bothering him, so he chose to reveal the person the Witch Priest cared about, but now it seemed… it had the opposite effect.
It made Gu Qingheng even more clingy!
However, given that he already knew the answer, the reason for still acting this way… Gu Qingheng must be curious about why the Witch Priest cared so much about Bai Qian.
After all, Bai Qian, as a well-bred lady, had never left the capital, let alone Linfeng Kingdom.
And the Witch Priest, this mysterious person, had never shown his face.
How could there be a connection between the two!
Although Gu Yu was also very surprised that the two could have a connection, after realizing that Bai Qian might be a reborn person, he didn’t think it was impossible.
Perhaps the Witch Priest was also a reborn person.
The two knew each other before their rebirth, and now it extended to after their rebirth.
“Hehe, Brother-in-law, you are still as smart as ever!”
“Stop flattering me. I can’t describe things about Bai Qian clearly yet. I’ll talk about it after I confirm.”
“If you want me to stop following you, it’s okay, but Brother-in-law, you have to promise me… to take me with you when you go to the capital next time.”
“Alright!”
After hearing his younger brother-in-law’s request, Gu Yu didn’t refuse directly. He thought that even if Gu Qingheng went with him, he probably wouldn’t be able to guess… that there were reborn people.
Therefore, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure anything out.
When Gu Qingheng saw Gu Yu readily agree, he was overjoyed, thinking that he would have the opportunity to uncover everything!
“Oh, right, I received something sent by someone from Tang Lian earlier, it’s a bracelet.”
“Sister Lian’? Brother-in-law, you’re not lying to me, are you!”
“If you don’t believe me, give me the bracelet.”
“No way!!!”
Although Gu Qingheng was a little suspicious, thinking that his brother-in-law might have just taken something out to make him happy, when he heard Gu Yu wanted to go back, Gu Qingheng immediately clutched the bracelet in his palm.
Looking at the black rope intertwined in his hand, strung with beautiful cat’s eye stones, this was something Sister Lian’ had carefully prepared for him!
Thinking of Tang Lian, Gu Qingheng was overjoyed and then took the bracelet back to his room to admire it quietly.
Gu Yu, seeing this, couldn’t help but shake his head and smile. He then didn’t stay at home any longer but went out for a stroll.
Since the earthquake, Lian Town had changed quite a bit.
Especially after the increase in refugees, the villagers no longer dared to leave the village alone, for fear of being robbed.
They might even be killed!
Regarding this, Gu Yu encountered several groups of people trying to rob him while strolling through the town… This proved that it was really not suitable for a lone stroll, otherwise, one wouldn’t know when they would die.
However, Gu Yu was not a powerless person. Facing those who wanted to rob him, he directly engaged in a black market transaction, robbing them instead.
After the robbers saw Gu Yu off with tears in their eyes, they immediately thought… that if they encountered Gu Yu again, they would definitely take a detour!
It was too terrifying!
With just a handful of powder, they couldn’t control their bodies!
Fortunately, this half-grown youth was not a vicious person, otherwise, they would all have died here today.
After Gu Yu threw the silver he had robbed from the robbers into his space, he hoped someone else would jump out for him to rob again. Although the silver he obtained was very little, even a fly’s leg was still meat!
Gu Yu was not picky.
However, after robbing several groups of robbers, Gu Yu’s subsequent journey was very smooth, and no more robberies occurred.
He didn’t know if the news had spread too quickly, or if there were only a few groups of robbers.
When Gu Yu successfully reached the town, compared to the previous chaos, Lian Town had now returned to its normal appearance, and was even more orderly than before.
At least, Gu Yu didn’t see anyone daring to speak loudly…
The current effectiveness was all thanks to the bailiffs of the county office!
Although it also instilled fear in the common people, with no refugees causing trouble, Lian Town had become calm, and no one dared to act recklessly in the town.
As long as this can be maintained and the grain prices come down, the number of refugees will gradually decrease, and life will return to normal.
However, now that the town was stable, the villages below were a bit dangerous.
For example, the robbers Gu Yu had just encountered, although they were all dealt with by Gu Yu, there were quite a few of them. The villagers who wanted to go to town would encounter these robbers and lose their belongings.
However, it was difficult to resolve this… It was better to inform Magistrate Bai and let him worry about it!
Thinking of this, Gu Yu looked at the Qingshan Academy in front of him, and a smile couldn’t help but appear on his lips. He then stepped forward and walked in.
