Chapter 157: A Lifetime!
Seeing the servant appear, Gu Yu’s mouth twitched slightly, thinking that Li Wang was truly a persistent fellow!
Initially, after meeting Li Wang, Gu Yu hadn’t paid much attention to him.
He even directly dismissed him from his mind.
He just wanted to hurry back to Yang Family Village and didn’t want to stay in the capital any longer.
As for the capital, Gu Yu didn’t find it particularly good or particularly bad; it was merely a resting spot.
His true home was in Yang Family Village, Lian Town.
However, once his younger brother-in-law passed the imperial examination, they would also have to temporarily reside in the capital for a few years… After all, he was a child he had watched grow up, and he was very worried when he was away from home.
Gu Yu wasn’t particularly bothered by this.
As long as his wife was there, nothing was a problem.
Moreover, he had plenty of money.
No matter where he was, he could live a very comfortable life.
However, just as Gu Yu was planning for the future, Li Wang appeared.
In a daze, it seemed as if a background song of ‘He’s here, he’s here, he’s coming in a servant’s clothes’ played, and the disguised Li Wang appeared before Gu Yu with a fawning smile that did not match his current appearance.
Due to Li Wang’s previous messy appearance and his disheveled hair obscuring most of his face, Gu Yu hadn’t seen what he looked like. He had only formed a first impression, thinking he was a slovenly fellow.
But now, after being properly cleaned up, Gu Yu realized that Li Wang was very young.
And he wasn’t bad-looking either.
If he were a little older, he could play those wise old Taoist priests from abroad without any sense of incongruity.
…It was just that with such appearance and demeanor, appearing obsequious now looked very awkward.
“Why are you here?”
“Lord Gu, I am now a servant in the Gu Residence! Hehe, originally I just wanted to come and take a look, but coincidentally, there was an opening in the mansion, so I directly took it. Now it seems… this is my destiny with Lord! Fate is wonderful.”
“…”
Alright, Gu Yu felt that he shouldn’t have spoken to Li Wang. Even if he looked at him with a pair of expectant eyes, he shouldn’t have responded.
Otherwise, he would get increasingly presumptuous.
Like what he was saying now, if others heard it, they would probably think something of him…
After all, there were quite a few men who liked men in Linfeng Kingdom.
“Oh my god! Brother-in-law, I was wondering why you haven’t been clinging to my sister lately, turns out you have another lover! And it’s a man, really… tsk tsk, this servant is quite good-looking, no wonder…”
“Scram, are you getting too cocky lately?”
Gu Yu didn’t know if his thoughts had been blessed, but just as he finished thinking, Gu Qingheng’s voice sounded at that moment.
When Gu Yu heard this, his face immediately darkened.
His younger brother-in-law went out everyday and learned a lot! Look at what he was saying!
It seemed he needed to restrict his outdoor activities.
“Young Master, the Lord and I are not that kind of relationship, we are innocent!”
“Really? It doesn’t look like it! My brother-in-law is a very stingy person, and so calculating! Besides my sister, I haven’t seen him be generous to anyone else, so you have no future with him, you might as well find someone else.”
“How is that possible? I want to follow the Lord for a lifetime.”
“Oh, oh, a lifetime!”
Raising his hand to his forehead, Gu Yu was truly impressed by these two people who were talking past each other!
He directly stepped forward and flicked both of their foreheads. Gu Qingheng and Li Wang both calmed down. As they stood there with red foreheads, Gu Yu simply explained, introducing the current situation.
When Gu Qingheng heard that Li Wang was from the Royal Support Squad, he couldn’t help but cover his mouth in surprise, not expecting… that this good-looking servant had such a background!
However, upon learning that his brother-in-law didn’t want to be emperor, he still wanted to follow him.
This Li Wang was truly very strange!
According to common understanding, when someone knew that Gu Yu didn’t acknowledge his identity, wouldn’t he look disappointed and dejected?
But now, Li Wang looked very spirited.
“Lord, please rest assured, I have already drawn a line with my former self. Even if people I know see me now, they will absolutely not recognize me.”
“That’s not a problem. Even if the people from the Royal Support Squad knew, I would have no fear… It’s just, why do you want to join me? From the fact that you could guess my plan, it already shows that you are a smart person.”
“It is precisely because I am a genius that I chose to join Lord Gu! As for other mediocre guys, who are ugly and stupid, making me loyal to them would be more unbearable than swallowing a hundred flies.”
“If that’s the case, then how did you appear in the Royal Support Squad?”
“It was because I was too hungry and had no money, so I was forced to join the organization. As for my family or anything, I don’t have any~ It seems that when I was young, I committed some major offense, and then my entire family was executed. However, because I am smart, I escaped a calamity.”
Because he had decided to join Gu Yu, Li Wang did not hide anything about his origins.
After mentioning the execution of his entire family, the sensitive Gu Qingheng couldn’t help but glance at his brother-in-law, clearly showing sympathy for Li Wang’s background, and thinking that if it didn’t work out, he would just keep him.
However, Gu Yu was not a person who was easily swayed by sentiment.
Moreover, who knew if Li Wang’s words were true or false.
If he easily agreed based on a few words, Gu Yu felt that he could trick such a person out of everything he had.
Therefore, it was not an easy matter for Li Wang to become his subordinate.
Especially since Li Wang was previously a member of the Royal Support Squad, and with a prior record, he had to pass the test of time.
However, with intelligence as a bonus, Gu Yu was very satisfied with Li Wang.
After all, intellectual talents were very rare!
Although he currently only had Xi Yang and the Two Bears as subordinates, roughly speaking, they were all combat-type.
Even if he managed to get Little Red from the Alliance, it would only add another combat-type.
Li Wang’s appearance seemed to herald the arrival of an intellectual.
“Since you are a servant in the Gu Residence, then work hard! As for joining me, it still depends on your performance… Didn’t you always say you were a genius? Then stay by my younger brother-in-law’s side and teach him well!”
“I guarantee the mission will be completed!”
After saying this, Gu Yu smiled slightly and didn’t bother with anything else, leaving Gu Qingheng and Li Wang to get to know each other.
Although Gu Yu said he would assess Li Wang, he felt it was better to keep such a talented person.
However, even if he wanted to keep him, he had to temper his personality.
This was a very good opportunity. If he stayed by his younger brother-in-law’s side for a few more days, Li Wang would realize… that he wasn’t the only genius in Linfeng Kingdom.
Gu Qingheng was very formidable!
