Chapter 3 You Too
In the end, Ge Ge enjoyed being bound and gagged.
The team continued to move forward, at a much faster pace than before, striving to reach the destination quickly.
After encountering Ge Ge and his group, Gu Yu and the others knew that they were not far from Southern Border.
With a little more effort, they could reach it!
“I say, brother, can you let me go?”
“Do you want to stuff my younger brother-in-law’s stinky socks in your mouth?”
In the carriage, Ge Ge’s hands and feet were bound, and he sat like a log, unable to move comfortably.
Originally, Ge Ge’s mouth was tightly gagged, but he couldn’t stop making muffled sounds.
These sounds, muffled by the cloth, felt like they were heading in a direction not suitable for children.
For the sake of his reputation, Gu Yu decided to remove the gag, lest his lifelong reputation be ruined by Ge Ge.
Gu Qingheng smiled slyly from the side, curiously observing Ge Ge and the people of Southern Border.
However, the people from Southern Border, except for their sunken eyes and slightly hooked noses, did not look significantly different.
If they were to go to Northern Border, they would see more pronounced exotic customs.
“Then forget it, I still want to breathe some fresh air.”
When Ge Ge heard the words “stinky socks,” he didn’t push his luck further. Instead, he tried to curl up into a ball, cautiously guarding against the appearance of stinky socks.
Although he couldn’t resist even if they appeared, self-preservation was an instinctive human reaction.
However, because of Ge Ge’s larger size, even when curled up, he was still a large mass.
Fortunately, the carriage was spacious enough, otherwise Ge Ge wouldn’t have been able to ride it and would have had to run alongside.
“You just said that Southern Border is very dangerous, what exactly is going on?”
Ignoring Ge Ge’s efforts to curl up, Gu Yu asked the question that concerned him the most.
Gu Yu had been in the carriage when Ge Ge was talking to Gu Mengyao.
Upon hearing about the danger, Gu Yu immediately became interested, wondering what had happened in Southern Border that caused Ge Ge, a man from a village, to run out.
He’d rather be a bandit than go back.
“Alas, don’t ask anymore, quickly persuade your leader! It’s not too late to turn back now, but once you reach the territory of Southern Border, it will truly be too late!”
At this point, if he still thought this was an ordinary caravan, Ge Ge felt he should find a noose and hang himself!
Seeing Gu Yu’s curious look, Ge Ge couldn’t help but sigh.
These outsiders really don’t listen to advice!
He had already said that Southern Border was dangerous, why didn’t they listen to a word he said!
It was just like his shrew of a wife. He didn’t want to leave the village originally and was prepared to die together.
But he was knocked unconscious by his shrew of a wife, who then sent someone to take him away from the village… Afterwards, Ge Ge’s courage to face death wavered, and he never dared to return to the village.
He heard that in the Eighteen Villages, there were no survivors…
“Leader? That’s how others refer to her, but I am her husband… like you, I married into the family.”
Gu Yu said with a smile. Seeing that Ge Ge was still unwilling to tell the truth, he had to think of another way.
The common point of being a son-in-law who married into the wife’s family was a good starting point.
“You’re also a son-in-law who married into the family?”
“Yes, otherwise, where would I find such an amazing wife.”
As expected, when Gu Yu said he was also a son-in-law who married into the family, Ge Ge’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
After all, although Gu Yu looked a bit too beautiful, he also had the distinguished appearance of a wealthy young master.
Just looking at his spirit, he didn’t seem like a bullied son-in-law who married into the family.
“You don’t look like you married into the family…”
“Do you think anyone would joke about this? Besides, who says that a son-in-law who marries into the family has to be suppressed? Capable people are not restricted.”
Hearing Ge Ge’s words, Gu Yu couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, clearly disagreeing with his statement.
This was like grabbing onto one point and then endlessly brainwashing oneself into believing that one was a weakling.
No one is born weak; it depends on one’s own choices.
Hearing Gu Yu speak so confidently, Ge Ge was filled with shock. Looking at Gu Yu’s calm demeanor, he immediately felt that he, a son-in-law who married into the family, was too much of a weak chicken.
“Not restricted…”
“Exactly. Just like you didn’t leave the village through normal channels, did you? Your wife isn’t by your side, and you’re in this state. Let me guess… something must have happened in Zhongjia Village, and your wife didn’t want to drag you into danger, so she sent you out…”
After that, Ge Ge’s mouth fell open as he listened to Gu Yu’s analysis.
His wide eyes, coupled with his open mouth, made Gu Qingheng, who was sitting beside him, chuckle. He thought that he wasn’t the only one facing his brother-in-law’s accurate deductions.
With his meticulous observation, Gu Qingheng felt that his brother-in-law should open a fortune-telling stall; it would definitely be a hit!
“How did you know… cough cough, let me clarify first, I was unconscious when I left the village!”
Immediately after speaking, Ge Ge regretted it.
In the end, he had to add another sentence to clarify that he was not a coward who had escaped.
However, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng both wore expressions of disdain, clearly not believing what Ge Ge said.
“Since you’ve escaped, I understand your worries. After all, your life is very important, and no one wants to die if they can live… But have you thought about your wife? Since she went to great lengths to send you out, it means she has deep feelings for you, otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to so much trouble.”
“Yi Nan, I… wuwuwu…”
Hearing Gu Yu’s words, Ge Ge couldn’t help but cry.
He cried like a 200-pound child.
“Alright, your wife isn’t dead yet! What are you howling about?”
“How could she not be dead? All eighteen villages in Southern Border are gone, and only a few people managed to escape!”
It wasn’t clear if Gu Yu’s words had stirred up Ge Ge’s past sorrows.
When he cried, he couldn’t stop, like a burst dam, tears flowing torrentially, soon soaking his front.
Gu Yu was also speechless at the sight of such a man who cried so easily.
He thought that if he had known this would happen, he would have used a different method, to avoid looking at Ge Ge with snot and tears flowing together.
“All eighteen villages are like this?”
“Since you’ve already guessed most of it, I won’t hide anything anymore. I’ll tell you everything about what happened in Zhongjia Village!”
However, as Ge Ge listened to Gu Yu’s questions, his crying gradually subsided.
Then, he raised his eyes, which were red like peaches, and his gaze became resolute.
This handsome man was right. Yi Nan had gone to great lengths for him. If he gave up on saving her, he wouldn’t be a man at all!
This time, he was determined to go to Zhongjia Village!
