Transmigrated into Substitute Bride Fu Lang Chapter 6: 41 to 45, a manhua/chinese comics/漫画 fanfic

Chen Xing saw that the person looked familiar so he looked a few more times, but still did not remember who that person was.

Perhaps the curiosity and doubt in Chen Xing's eyes was too obvious, the man who was originally observing what other people had purchased suddenly raised his head to look in Chen Xing's direction, smiled and said, "What is this boss looking at?"

Chen Xing was startled, subconsciously withdrew his gaze, looked away guiltily and whispered, " It's nothing."

The man, however, as if he had seen through Chen Xing's inner thoughts, stroked his short beard, revealed a kind smile, and softly said, "Boss, don't be flustered, I'm just casually asking, if it's inconvenient for you to say, just don't say it."

Hearing his words, Chen Xing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted his state of mind, once again he turned his head, with the usual attitude towards the guest that he asked him, "What do this guest want to eat?"

The man looked at the things placed on the table, then looked at Chen Xing who smiled gently in front of him, he then said in a low voice: "I have heard from my fellow officials that your liangpi and cold noodles here are good. Give me a mixed one, beside that one green bean soup."

"Ok then." Chen Xing answered him and took his money, leaving Qiu Jiu beside him to prepare the food.

When Chen Xing handed the bowl to Qiu Jiu, something flashed through his mind like a flash of lightning, 'Fellow officials?'. He instantly remembered, this person was Private Adviser Xu ah, that he met that day when he went to the cell to see someone!

[Shi Ye : private assistant attending to legal, fiscal or secretarial duties in a local yamen; private adviser]

Chen Xing suddenly raised his head up to look at the thin middle-aged man in front of him, and said with a look of astonishment, "You are Private Adviser Xu?"

Seeing this look of surprise on Chen Xing's face, Private Adviser Xu's originally serious face gained a bit more of a smile and said with a bit of teasing, "Little Boss, you still recognised Xu 'Mou'?"

[The use of Mou is referring to oneself. It can also mean certain someone]

Being said so by him, Chen Xing felt more and more embarrassed, thinking that Xu Shi Ye had come to his stall yet not only did he not recognized him, he had also made him stand here for so long, so he hurriedly found a seat for him and sat down, soon afterwards he also wanted to return the money that he had just received to him.

Xu Shi Ye however, reached out his hand, with so little effort and gave it back to Chen Xing, and under his embarrassed gaze, he smiled gently, "Xu Mou is here to eat, so there is no reason not to pay. If this happens next time, then how would Xu Mou still dare to come and eat. You accept it, only then, I dare to come!"

Chen Xing always felt that something was strange as he listened to his words, but he could not find a reason to refute them for a while. In the past, he was only responsible for cooking, other things were handled by specialized staff (people appointed for specific tasks), only after coming here did he have to collect money and cook. He as a chef was still in the learning stage of the human world or how to deal with people.

Thus, after Xu Shi Ye politely declined Chen Xing's offer, he still looked at him with a tangled face. He then said to make it difficult for him, "But, I still want to treat you to a meal, after all, the last time compensation for that stall, it was only because of you guys that I was able to get it back. A meal isn't worth much. Well, at least it can put my mind at ease."

Xu Shi Ye looked at Chen Xing's clear eyes, knowing that his words were all from the heart, unlike the others who were so hypocritical for the sake of politeness, immediately the smile on his face grew brighter and splendid.

"All of these things are all ordered by the county magistrate to do, we are also just following orders. Little boss, if you want to thank someone, thank the county governor. Our county governor now is a good official who loves the common people like his own son ah!"

What Xu Shi Ye didn't say was that if not for the county magistrate's side opened his mouth, Chen Xing won't be able to get the money so quickly, they wouldn't have been able to say whether he could have the money or not, after all, these days, being a petty official are counting on this profit.

Chen Xing froze for a moment when he heard this, not thinking that a little commoner like him could attract the attention of the county governor.

Just as Chen Xing froze for a moment, Qiu Jiu had already brought up both of the things Xu Shi Ye had asked for and placed them in front of his table.

Xu Shi Ye looked at the cold noodles with red oil and spicy thick sauce in front of him, which looked appetizing, and thought in his heart that this trip was not in vain, after that he could at least go back and report on his task. As for the rest, he swept a glance at the tangled Chen Xing in front of him, as well as the person beside him that was busy doing his work, Qiu Jiu who was a quick and neat worker. He can only leave it to the county magistrate to make his own judgment.

Chen Xing was no longer confused, a little wanting to say something yet he was also somewhat unable to speak as he looked at Xu Shi Ye with the look 'want to say something but then he hesitated'. Xu Shi Ye even waved his hand at him and said in a polite tone, "Alright, little boss, hurry up and go busy with your business! I'll leave when I'm done eating."

Chen Xing was no good and couldn't do anything about it so he could only leave.

Just at the very moment Chen Xing turned around, Xu Shi Ye suddenly called out to stop him, and in his somewhat puzzled gaze, he faintly said, "I heard that in Little Boss's stall the other day, it was somehow not peaceful. If you encounter this kind of thing again next time, little boss, you can go to the Yamen office to seek help, we all will very welcome you."

Chen Xing looked at him and hesitantly nodded. By the time he returned to the side of the stand and started to get busy, he felt that something was not quite right there. Only that, he could not tell for a moment exactly what was wrong there.

It wasn't until he sent Xu Shi Ye away and closed the stand back after finished selling his things that Chen Xing suddenly figured out that something wasn't right there, and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! I know what is weird (strange)!"

With this sudden utterance of sound, he startled Qiu Jiu who was next to him. He stupefyingly looked at him, blinking his eyes twice and asking in confusion, "Chen Xing, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Xing's expression at this moment was extraordinarily serious, even his voice took on a bit of seriousness, "Have you ever felt that the officials here are too nice?"

Qiu Jiu, who originally thought that Chen Xing was going to say something, immediately let out a sigh of relief when he heard him say this, and said after taking a big breath, "Hey, I thought there is a problem. It turns out it's just this matter ah, maybe it's just that the officials here are more enthusiastic!"

Chen Xing stroked his own chin with one hand, his eyes filled with confusion, "However, I still feel that they are paying too much attention to this little stall of mine, and I always feel that there is something strange there! But I'm just a young ordinary citizen, and I don't have anything worth their concern!"

Qiu Jiu carefully looked at Chen Xing's face, hesitated for a while but still said, "Maybe it's because you're more in tune with them, plus the things you've made are also to their taste, that's why they're so polite to you!"

Chen Xing felt that this was the most logical reason, but still felt that something was not quite right there, but couldn't find anything wrong there, so he looked at Qiu Jiu and asked again, "Really?"

Facing Chen Xing's skeptical gaze, Qiu Jiu frantically nodded his head, hoping that he would believe his words, "Yes, what else could it be? After all, we're poor and we don't know anyone and we don't have many resources, so what do others have to gain? It's probably just that the county magistrate is too kind, that's why he pays special attention to the underprivileged group."

Chen Xing looked at his sincere and serious look. He seemed to think that he had a point or reasonable and that he was probably overthinking things, so he nodded along, not really caring as he said, "Hn, what you said is right."

Qiu Jiu looked at the doubt that lifted from Chen Xing's face and quietly let out a sigh of relief.

When the two of them returned to the Gu Mansion, during the evening meal, Chen Xing still couldn't hold back from telling Gu Lang what had happened today. At the end of the day, when he took the soup that Gu Lang had served him, he also added,

"I think the county magistrate is really a good person and also a good official, in the future, the life of the people here will definitely get better and better!"

Gu Lang listened to Chen Xing's words and looked up to see Chen Xing with a serious look on his face. He replied with a soft voice, the corners of his mouth hooked up in a shallow arc, as long as Chen Xing was happy it was good, and the other unnecessary things didn't matter.

After getting Gu Lang's response, Chen Xing talked to him about the things that happened during the day. Most of them were trivial matters, like the children in what family were asking for food, but their digestive system system was fragile, and his parents coaxed them and didn't allow them to eat, talking about these kinds of insignificant trivial matters.

But Gu Lang listened extraordinarily seriously, his eyes looking at Chen Xing's face because he was happy so it became a few points brighter, always bringing a pure light smile on his face.

Since Gu Lang left home, he hadn't felt such ordinary life for many years, even if it was trivial, even if it was insignificant, he missed it very much. Perhaps he hadn't found himself nostalgic before, and it wasn't until he had that one certain person now that he had some concepts towards home.

Chen Xing spoke excitedly, and Gu Lang next to him occasionally followed and responded with a couple of sentences before he had the desire to speak again. Occasionally, when a soft 'meow' came from his feet, he would stop and clip a piece of fish and hand it to the little one at his feet who had already finished eating.

Gu Lang watched as Chen Xing lowered his head to feed the cat, always with a gentle smile on his face, and suddenly he had the feeling that it wouldn't be bad if he could live like this forever.

When Chen Xing raised his head, he met Gu Lang's gaze which was as gentle as usual, but with a slight difference. He didn't know why, but when he met that gaze, his face slowly began to redden.

Even under the not-so-bright candlelight, Chen Xing's blushing was still obvious, and Gu Lang asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Chen Xing immediately came back to his senses and hastily shook his head, refusing to reveal half of his petty mind, "I'm fine."

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's evasive gaze, and after a moment of silence did not continue to pursue the question, gently answered, "Hn, however, if there is anything, you can speak directly with me."

"I know it."

Hearing Gu Lang's softly reassuring voice, Chen Xing didn't know why he suddenly remembered the day not too long ago, that little thought he had before, the one that had risen up, that little secret of wanting to be together with Gu Lang, and in an instant, his face turned even redder. He thought that it was lucky that Gu Lang didn't know, otherwise he would have laughed at him.

Gu Lang stared at Chen Xing's keep changing face, as if he was determining something, his eyes flickered and darkened, and finally gradually turned deep and quiet.

On that very night, Chen Xing had a dream about being threatened with inducements or using both coercion and cajolery by Madam Chen into a bridal sedan chair not long after he transmigrated over here; only this time and the last time is different, this time he is not alone to walk through that scene, but someone holding his hands together to perform the marriage ceremony. After that, they entered the bridal chamber, waiting until they entered the room and what he saw was Gu Lang who was wearing wedding clothes and rushing to him as he smiled.

Gu Lang's face, because of the composition of the wedding clothes, is a little more red than usual and he looks more and more handsome and peerless. He looked at Chen Xing with a smile on his face, his thin lips slightly opened, and he whispered, "Husband, let me serve you to rest!"

Chen Xing was startled awake, staring with his round eyes towards the top of the bed that showed a few outlines of hazy dim light color of night. He then quietly and slowly shrunk his body towards the inside of the thin quilt, blushing as he tried to hide himself.

How could he have such a dream? Moreover, it was such a shameful dream!

If it wasn't for the late hour now, Chen Xing would have wanted to run out and scream twice, but he couldn't. Thus, he could only twist himself into a ball under the covers, dwelling on why he had such a dream the whole night!

When he woke up the next day, Qiu Jiu was still shocked by his appearance.

Qiu Jiu looked at the patch of green blue color under Chen Xing's eyes and asked cautiously, "Chen Xing, what's wrong with you? Are you alright?"

Chen Xing, who hadn't had a good night's sleep, just looked at him and shook his head, then ghostly went to the kitchen.

Qiu Jiu looked at Chen Xing's footsteps that seemed to be floating, shook the goosebumps all over his body, and immediately followed. He had to watch Chen Xing, afraid that he would have any accidents, then he really would have to carry away leftovers while dining out.

It wasn't until they finished their breakfast that Chen Xing slightly recovered his spirit, only then he left the Gu Mansion while feeling guilty and Gu Lang's curious eyes looking at him.

Gu Lang stood at the doorway recalling the way Chen Xing looked at himself when he left, smiled gently as he closed the door and went back to the room.

Waiting until the doorway of the Gu Family had regained its calmness, did the few people hiding not far away glance at each other and feel their way towards the remote back door.

A quarter of an hour later, at the bleak and desolate back door of the Gu Family's mansion, four masked men looked around and surveyed the surroundings for a few moments, after determining that there was no one else around, they negotiated a few more sentences, then one stepped on the other's shoulder to build a human ladder, allowing the last one to climb over the Gu Family's fence.

That person on top of the wall made a 'safe' gesture towards the several people waiting below, and then jumped from the wall to the courtyard, less than half a quarter of an hour's work, the originally tightly closed back door slowly opened in front of them after making a 'click' sound.

"Quickly enter!" As soon as he finished speaking, several people waiting at the doorway followed him to slip inside through the doorway he had opened.

When all the people had gone in, the door was closed again with a click sound.

A few people went in, looked at the desolate courtyard, eyes slightly revealed a few doubts, and finally this time, looked at their leader, boss Qiao whose mind was perturbed, one of them opened his mouth to ask: "What should we do next? How to find the person?"

Today, Boss Qiao is dressed as a man and wearing grey clothing. Her face also did not have the previous day's look of exquisite and heavy makeup, coupled with the face masked with a piece of gray cloth, looks completely two different people from her usual look. After hearing the man's question, she raised an eyebrow and then said bluntly:

"This courtyard was destroyed in the past, and most of the houses in it are no longer habitable. If they want to live here, they must be living in the ones near the gate. Moreover, the surrounding area should be cleaned up. It can be seen at a glance. Come on, let's go in the direction of the front courtyard now."

After hearing Boss Qiao's words, the remaining three looked at each other, nodded, and followed the woman towards the front yard.

Along the way, they looked at the Gu Mansion's imposing and dignified courtyard, even though it was piled with layers of gray and even damaged in many places, they still couldn't hide the place's former glory.

One of the young men finally couldn't help himself and muttered in a low voice towards his companion next to him, "This courtyard is so impressive, I want to live in it."

The man next to him squinted at him and laughed, "Are you unaware of the legend of this courtyard?"

Hearing the mockery in his tone, the young man who had just asked the question unwilling to concede and said, "Isn't it just that all his family members died here? It's not like it's haunted! Besides, even if it is haunted, are people afraid of ghosts? If I had known that inside this mansion was so good, I would have moved in a long time ago!"

The man looked at him with contempt and said sarcastically, "Other people thought the same way. They all moved into this mansion not believing or not being scared by evil forces but all of them either died or went crazy after living here for a while, so it was only after that, this place was completely called a haunted mansion by the people."

After saying that, the man looked at the awkward young man in front of him and continued: "You, this boy, before you do something, you ask around clearly first. As to avoid, at that time you won't even know what's going on when you suffer a setback or failure."

The young man's complexion wasn't very good, although he didn't really agree with the man's words, but looking at the man's ugly face, he still nodded honestly and said seriously, "I know."

"Okay, stop talking, we seem to have arrived at the place."

While they were talking, the leading Boss Qiao spoke towards them, then waved at them. After they were all energized, they took the lead through the arch door towards the other end of the courtyard.

By the time they passed through the archway in front of them, the magnificent sight that unfolded before their eyes was in stark contrast to the dilapidated state behind them.

The young man who spoke earlier looked at the exquisite courtyard in front of him and said with some disbelief, "Are we in a courtyard? The place we just passed through and this place right now are completely not the same!"

Boss Qiao looked at the courtyard that seemed like two places from the place she had just passed through, her heart gave birth to a few moments of panic for some unknown reason, only to quickly think of what she had to do, and after calculating the time in her heart, she felt that she didn't have much time left.

Boss Qiao forced down that uneasiness in her heart and looked at the remaining three people who were full of suspicion, and said in a low voice, "Don't forget what we're here for! When we get the money, what kind of courtyard do you guys want to live in that you guys can't have? Now that we have found the place, all of you be quiet with your hands and feet, don't let the people in the room hear us and run away."

Hearing Boss Qiao's words, the three people who were looking in every direction, withdrew their line of sight, nodded and softly said, "Yes!" They felt that Boss Qiao was right, when they got the money into their hands, what kind of courtyard, they wouldn't have? Why should they envy others?

A quarter of an hour later, the four of them touched the outside of Gu Lang's study and looked at Gu Lang who was quietly reading a book in the study room. Their faces were full of uncontrollable pleasantly surprised, as if he had already seen a large sum of money coming into his hands.

Boss Qiao stared at the person with somewhat sickly looks on his face in the study room. Whether the pale man coughed twice or not, is his clenched hand sweaty with tension?

"Do we act now?" A small asking voice was heard from one side.

Boss Qiao, his eyes fixed on the man inside for an instant, tried to loosen her grip and nodded her head in response, "En."

Hearing her give the order, the remaining three felt their way along the wall to the entrance of the study, soon afterwards they rushed inside with lightning speed, tying up the man seated inside in one go.

Boss Qiao, who was following behind, watched them tie up the man so smoothly and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as she straightened up and stepped inside the door.

At this moment, Gu Lang was tied to a chair with a rope by the intruders who had suddenly broken in, his gaze calmly sweeping over the four masked kidnappers in the scene. No look of panic visible on his face, as if the person who had been tied up was not him but someone else.

After Gu Lang finished looking at the four people in front of him, he finally fixed his gaze on Boss Qiao, who was at the forefront. This person, he vaguely felt that she was their leader. He then slowly opened his mouth, "Who are you guys? What is your purpose by coming here?"

Boss Qiao looked at Gu Lang, who was not the least bit nervous, and gradually developed a few twisted feelings in her heart, and finally she did not hold back, and opened her mouth, "I'm asking you a question now, and if you answer us honestly, we'll let you go. If you're not honest, I'll kill you now!"

After saying that, Boss Qiao pulled out a sharp dagger from her sleeve and aimed it straight at Gu Lang's neck.

Gu Lang glanced down at the dagger on his neck, then looked at the kidnapper in front of him whose appearance could not be seen, but by listening to its voice, he could tell that it was a woman. He gently nodded, "Okay, you say it."

Looking at Gu Lang who had give in so quickly, Boss Qiao's lifted heart gradually relaxed, even feeling that the feeling of fear she had just developed was simply her own illusion.

Boss Qiao lowered her head to get closer to the man in front of her, with a bit of excitement in her voice that she couldn't even restrain it herself, "Where are the deeds of those original shops of your family? What's the recipe for the jelly?"

Gu Lang raised his eyes to look at the person who threatened him. Something flashed in his eyes. He was silent for a while, he didn't say what Boss Qiao wished him to say, instead, he asked with some doubt, "How do you know that there are still some land deeds left in my family? After all, those shops had already been divided up by others after my family was destroyed in the first place."

There was a flash of panic in Boss Qiao's eyes, but then she realized that the man in front of him didn't even know who she was, so she didn't need to be that flustered.

Boss Qiao looked down at the seated Gu Lang, holding the dagger in her hand closer and closer to him, and threatened him in a vicious voice, "Where do you come up with so much nonsense? I'm going to let you say whatever you want to say but I'm not letting you ask me. If you say that much nonsense again, believe it or not, I will disabled your arms and legs first, and then force you to say it."

Feeling the stinging pain between his neck, and the warmth flowing down his neck, Gu Lang looked at the masked person in front of him with a dark look in his eyes, and slowly hooked up the corner of his lips, and asked with a bit of bewitching in his tone, "Since you know that that jelly makes money, haven't you ever wondered why after all this time, that jelly is still only made by a little Ger like Chen Xing who has no backing? "

The moment his words came out, it made Boss Qiao's sense of panic, which he had just managed to suppress with great difficulty, rise up again uncontrollably. After meeting Gu Lang's pair of clear and cold, as if penetrating everything, the panic inside her expanded even more a little, and the knife pressed on his neck was also unconsciously a little harder, and she said fiercely: "What do you want to say?"

Gu Lang, however, as if he didn't feel the threat on his neck, sighed softly, "I like stupid people because they're easy to fool, but I don't like stupid people who think they're smart, because like that, really looks really funny or absurd!"

"You!" Hearing that Gu Lang ridiculed her, Boss Qiao was about to ruthlessly deal with him and cleaned him up right away. Who knew that it was at this time that a few cries of surprise suddenly came from the side and she reflexively looked over, only to see that a few black shadows were coming over from the window, but were pouncing towards them at an extremely fast speed.

Boss Qiao's eyes widened, just as she wanted to turn back to take Gu Lang as a hostage, there was a pain in her hand, her knife fell to the ground in response, followed by a sharp pain in her abdomen, her entire body was kicked out. That moment, Boss Qiao felt like she was going to die.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the situation in the room had reversed. The few kidnappers who were originally high and mighty were now tied with ropes and forced to kneel on the floor. The man who had just been tied to the chair was rubbing his loosened arms, and after coughing softly for a few moments, he then took out a hand towel and pressed it against the bleeding part of his neck.

Gu Lang wiped the blood on his neck, brought the blood-stained hand towel to his eyes and took a look at it. Looking at the little amount of blood on it, he hooked up the corner of his mouth sarcastically and then his eyes glazed over as he looked at the men who were sitting on their knees on the ground.

"Let me see who they are!"

At Gu Lang's command, the people standing next to the thieves, in their desperate struggles, handily ripped off the masks on their faces,

Looking at the only woman among them, Gu Lang narrowed his eyes slightly, sizing them up for a long time before slowly smiling, "So it's you, Boss Qiao!"

Boss Qiao's heart skipped a beat, suddenly raised her head to look straight at Gu Lang, and immediately lowered her head after coming into contact with his cold line of sight, her heart thumping as if it would immediately jump out of her chest.

Gu Lang looked at her instead and slowly walked over, finally standing in front of her, "Tell me, how do you know that those land deeds are still in my hands?"

Boss Qiao looked at the plain and white satin uppers that had suddenly appeared in front of her, and ruthlessly clenched her teeth in a manner that she wasn't plan or going to say anything.

Gu Lang couldn't see her face, but looking at her posture he understood what she was planning to do, the smile on his face gradually faded, then he arrogantly said, "Since you don't want to say it, then forget it ."

Before Boss Qiao could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Gu Lang coldly continue,

"More or less, I want to know, it's just kind of troublesome. It makes no difference if you say it or not."

After Gu Lang finished these words, as if he had lost interest, he slowly retreated to the back, sat down back on the chair and said in a cold voice, "Escort them to the feudal officials and let Yamen deal with them."

Hearing Gu Lang's words, apart from Boss Qiao, the other three were surprised yet very happy, as long as they didn't use lynching here, after they got into the prison, as long as they gave a little favour to those yamen attendant, then they would be able to come out very soon.

Only Boss Qiao couldn't stop trembling, she raised her head and looked straight at the man sitting above the chair with scholarly and refined temperament, stuttering as she said, "You can't send us in!"

Gu Lang looked at her gritting teeth and her trembling appearance, so he softly said, "Why? You guys maliciously broke into a private home and even tried to hurt me. It is only right and proper that I send you to the yamen."

Boss Qiao looked at this unperturbed look on his face, and suddenly remembered that ever since they had entered this room, the look on this man's face had not changed, and there had not even been a hint of panic, as if their actions were just an insignificant matter, and that they posed no threat to him whatsoever.

For no apparent reason Boss Qiao was trembling more and more, she couldn't see anything from the expression in his eyes; in front of this man, she felt like a bug that could be crushed whenever he was willing to.

An image suddenly flashed through Boss Qiao's mind; the first time she felt jealous of Chen Xing was when she saw his stall doing prosperous business, and the second time was when she saw all those Yamen officials lining up in obedient manner. She was remembering, at that time, with her relationship with Lai Jiu, she would still have to serve those Yamen officials as if they were great masters yet what was Chen Xing, a little Ger with no support, doing to make those officials obediently line up? Now that she thinks about it, it wasn't because of anything else, it was all because that Ger actually had a bigger backer behind him.

Boss Qiao, who had originally only thought that because she had lost that backer Lai Jiu, she would surely get a good deal after entering the prison cell, now finally figured out the source of her fear, and why she had started to panic ever since she had entered the mansion and seen so many irrational sights.

Boss Qiao could no longer care about anything else, hurriedly lowered her head and humbly asked for mercy, "I was wrong, I was just momentarily obsessed, I was just eyeing what that Ger got. I didn't have any bad intentions, you just spared me this time! I won't dare to do it again next time, just let me off!"

Gu Lang looked at the crying and weeping woman in front of him and thought that she was really a great actress, but it was just a pity that she was still not good enough. He slowly got up and walked back in front of that woman's face as he asked her again, "Tell me, how did you know that the land deed is here with me?"

Boss Qiao immediately stopped her tears and looked at the man in front of her with reddened eyes, "It was Master Chen, he was the one who told me! When the Gu family was down and out, he joined a few other families to fleece many of your family's property."

Gu Lang lowered his eyes and looked at the woman under his feet, the expression on his face did not change at all, as if he was not surprised by this matter at all, "Ok, I know."

Boss Qiao thought that she had been spared, and a look of joy immediately appeared on her face, then she heard the man in front of her say, "Send them to Yamen!" The smile on her face froze in an instant, her eyes widening as she fixedly stared at the man in front of her, as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

It wasn't until someone came to take her off that Boss Qiao struggled frantically, shouting at the top of her voice, "Didn't you promise to spare me? What are you doing? What gives you the right to do this?"

Gu Lang seemed to be irritated by her piercing voice, gently frowning as he slowly said, "Twice."

Boss Qiao was in a daze, and did not really understand what he meant.

Gu Lang's voice did not rise or fall as he continued to say, "Last time, when you threw the knife was once, kidnapping me this time was also once. In fact, these two times, you wanted to kill both of us, right?"

When Boss Qiao heard his words, she wanted to defend herself a little more, but she was stopped by Gu Lang's action of waving his hand as the signal for the person next to him to block her mouth.

Gu Lang looked at the woman who was twisted into a maggot and in a sorry state, as well as the man next to her who was staring at her incredulously, Gu Lang then said indifferently, "Therefore, I really don't like stupid people pretending to be smart."

After saying this, Gu Lang said towards the man who dragged them, "Handle it cleanly, and don't let Chen Xing find out."

"Yes."

Very soon, as the group of people left, the small study room returned to silence, while Gu Lang stood in place and seemed lost in thought, he laughed and murmured softly, "I originally wanted to let you guys off, for the sake of you guys sending Chen Xing here."

The corners of Gu Lang's lips hooked up in a sarcastic arc, then he raised his hand to touch his torned neck, and softly 'Sss', It's difficult to handle.

Waiting until Chen Xing finished selling his stuff and came back happily, the moment he saw Gu Lang who came to greet them, the first thing he saw was the abnormality on his neck as he looked at him with some concern, "What happened to your neck?"

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's concerned eyes, touched his own neck, and said softly, "Nothing, it's just that when I was at home today, I accidentally poked it."

The concern in Chen Xing's eyes grew even more, not understanding what exactly it took to poke it like that, but looking at Gu Lang's gentle expression, he still didn't continue to ask more questions, and just looked at him and said, "Then I'll make the dishes stewed longer and softer in the evening, so that it's easier to digest."

"Good." Gu Lang had never had any objections to Chen Xing's words.

When Chen Xing went to the kitchen to get busy, the corners of Gu Lang's raised mouth gradually fell down, looking at Qiu Jiu who stayed behind and said, "Did anything happen to you guys today?"

When Qiu Jiu heard Gu Lang's words, a momentary change appeared on his face, then cautiously peered at Gu Lang's face whose emotion could not be seen. He hesitated for a moment yet still said, "Gongzi, did something happen today?"

Gu Lang didn't reply to his words, simply gave him a sidelong glance, which was emotionless, however it made people's hair stand on end.

Qiu Jiu shivered, immediately came back to his senses and remembered that he hadn't answered Gu Lang's words, hurriedly recalled it back. He then frowned and said: "Today there are a few local ruffians who came to pester us, wanting to blackmail some money from the stalls, but in the end we drove them, and didn't let them take any advantage."

Hearing Qiu Jiu's words, Gu Lang understood as he nodded his head. It seems that the killing intent he saw in Boss Qiao's eyes today was not fake. That woman simply did not have the intention to let him out alive.

Gu Lang lowered his eyes and laughed gently. He looked at Qiu Jiu on one side, who was still standing and looking at him too with a curious face. He then slowly opened his mouth to satisfy his curiosity, "There are four kidnappers who broke in today."

Qiu Jiu was surprised at first, but soon he looked at the calm face in front of him, as if nothing happened. It took a moment for him to figure out, those people should not be able to get any benefits, after all, in this mansion, not just the three of them who live there. He breathed a sigh of relief and waited for his family's young master's next command.

As expected, Gu Lang pondered for a few seconds, looked up to Qiu Jiu standing in front of him, and commanded: "Those four kidnappers were sent to the prison by me, you go and let the Yamen officials send them to exile. Besides that, go check how much the Chen family took advantage of our Gu family's fall down back then, both publicly and privately and check it out all in detail for me!"

"Yes!" Qiu Jiu impassioned took this task, and was about to go out from the front door to do his job, when he heard a hee-haw rattle coming from outside the window.

Qiu Jiu, who had just finished listening to what Gu Lang had encountered today, immediately tensed up, his eyes firmly looking in the direction from which the rattling came.

Just as Qiu Jiu was holding his breath and listening to the ringing sound that was getting closer and closer, on full alert, he saw a pair of furry ears first appear behind the pillar, followed by a furry head with round eyes, and when it saw Qiu Jiu, he even gave a small 'meow' towards him.

Seeing that the unknown creature that appeared was Xue Qiu, Qiu Jiu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and his face instantly relaxed, looking at the fluffy kitten at the doorway, he subconsciously wanted to go over and hug him.

But the one who was faster than Qiu Jiu was Gu Lang, only to see that he came next to Qiu Jiu at an unknown time, staring at the kitten on the ground with a serious face.

Then Qiu Jiu saw that pitiful kitten, its fur gradually standing up in front of his family's young master, looking like a fluffy white ball from afar. He sighed in his heart, thinking that his young master was simply too formidable.

Gu Lang looked at the kitten in front of him that had lived there for so long, but still behaved in a way that was incomparably reject him. He gently frowned as he slowly squatted down, and then under Qiu Jiu's unbelievable gaze, he slowly moved his hand up towards the kitten's neck.

Qiu Jiu watched from the sidelines, for the first time he looked a bit confused, he looked at the kitten's fur that was standing all over, but preferred to stay where it was, his heart started to feel a bit anxious.

Just as Qiu Jiu was weighing the possibility of him to open his mouth and ask his own young master to let this kitten go, Chen Xing's voice suddenly came from outside the door,

"Gu Lang?!"

At that very moment Chen Xing spoke out, Gu Lang's movements paused for a moment, and as if nothing had happened, he then bent down to pick up the kitten that didn't dare to move on the ground before turning back towards Chen Xing and revealing a smile, "Why did you come over?"

Chen Xing looked at the gentle smile on his face as always, and then looked at the kitten in his arms, scratched his head, and stumbled a little as he said, "I've finished cooking, and I've come to ask you to eat! I just didn't expect Xue Qiu to be here as well."

As he said that, Chen Xing looked towards the kitten in Gu Lang's arms, his eyes revealing a few moments of doubt. He clearly remembered that Xue Qiu didn't really like to be close to Gu Lang ah!

Sensing Chen Xing's confused emotions, Gu Lang looked down at the kitten in his arms, which had not dared to move a muscle since he had carried it into his arms, his eyes staring straight at Chen Xing, so he hooked his lips, "I didn't expect that either."

After Gu Lang finished these words, he gently raised an eyebrow, then handed the cat in his arms to Chen Xing in front of him, and said indifferently, "Here, you can hold it! I assume that the kitten really doesn't like me to hold it."

When Gu Lang said this, the kitten that had originally looked like a fake cat in Gu Lang's arms,wriggled its soft body and dropped its head in Chen Xing's arms, aiming its fluffy buttocks in Gu Lang's direction.

Chen Xing looked at Xue Qiu's behavior, and immediately felt angry and funny, he always felt that Xue Qiu was doing it on purpose. But then he felt a little strange, Xue Qiu usually looked up, always with a soft look, anyone can touch him yet why in the gentle hands of Gu Lang, the kitten will be so resistant?

Chen Xing thought like this, he also naturally said it out loud.

After Gu Lang heard it, he looked at the spoiled kitten in his arms, so he said softly: "Perhaps I do not attract small animals to like me ba!"

After saying that, Gu Lang shifted his gaze back to Chen Xing's confused face and smiled at him, "Didn't you say that the meal is ready? Let's go over and eat, or it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Chen Xing blinked for a moment, feeling that the change of topic was a bit sudden, but he still nodded along, agreeing to his proposal. Before leaving, he looked down at the kitten in his arms, patted its furry buttocks, and instructed in a low voice, "You can't be so egois in the future. You have to get along with all the members of the family!"

Xue Qiu gave a small 'meow' and buried its head a little more into Chen Xing's arms, looking very aggrieved.

Gu Lang watched Chen Xing's movements, and his eyes couldn't help but darken a few points when his eyes slid down to the pampered cat in Chen Xing's arms.

Only when it was time to eat did Gu Lang and Qiu Jiu realize that the fish soup and minced pork and tofu for today's dinner were all easy-to-swallow dishes, and even the rice was two or three points softer than usual.

Watching Gu Lang try a few mouthfuls without any discomfort, Chen Xing revealed a bright smile on his face, "How is it? Do today's dishes taste good?"

Gu Lang subconsciously nodded his head when he heard this, and after a few seconds of silence, he then said, "Everything you made today was delicious, it's just that today's cooking is extraordinarily tasty."

The smile on Chen Xing's face grew wider and wider, after all, he felt that it was still a very happy thing to have something that he had worked so hard to make, recognised by the person in question.

Looking at Chen Xing who was about to smile into a flower, and Gu Lang who was looking at him with doting eyes next to him, Qiu Jiu who was also sitting at the same table for dinner couldn't help but shiver and shake off goosebumps.

When Qiu Jiu came back to his senses, he felt an unkind gaze, he turned his head to see his own young master staring at him in silence. That line of sight had no emotion but was very intimidating, making Qiu Jiu silently shrink his neck.

Fortunately, Chen Xing's timely voice saved him, only to hear him say with a somewhat trembling voice, "Gu Lang, the wound on your neck, it seems to be bleeding."

Gu Lang looked at the worried Chen Xing, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, reached out and touched his own neck, smiled lightly, not very concerned as he said, "That's all the blood that came out just now, the bleeding has stopped now, when I go back to change the gauze, it will be fine."

Chen Xing pursed his lips and stared at Gu Lang's neck for a while, and after realizing that the oozing blood had indeed almost dried up, he breathed a little sigh of relief.

However, soon Chen Xing remembered that medicine in this era was not developed, and Gu Lang's health was not well, and most importantly, the weather was still hot, so he could not help but say with some concern; "When you change the gauze, remember to put some medicine on yourself or else if it became inflammation, then it will be troublesome."

Gu Lang originally wanted to say that this was just a small wound, use two gauze and it would heal itself. But after coming into contact with Chen Xing's worried and uneasy eyes, the words on his lips turned into a soft sigh, "Okay."

Though, Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's eyes that lit up all of a sudden because he had listened to his words, he also smiled along with him.

At the feudal official office,

Several officials are escorting four people in tattered clothes towards the cell, and when you look closely you can still see the bloodstains from the torture on those people.

Looking at the closed cell door in front of him, the chief official pushed it open with a force, and then gloomy and cold air came directly to his face.

The official looked like he was used to it, and said to the several people behind him, "Hurry up and come in!" After saying that, he raised his foot and took the lead to walk in.

Originally sitting at the door chatting and eating peanuts of the two officials, at the sight of several officials came in, they immediately stood up, somewhat afraid as they said, "Captain!"

The leading official swept them up and down, looking at the pot-stewed meat and peanuts on their table that hadn't been able to pack it up yet, and said with an impatient face, "Come on, as long as you guys don't drink wine here and only eat a little bit of food, I won't care about you guys! Is Guan the matchmaker here? There are four prisoners here now, one female and three males who all need to be put in the prison."

"Yes, there is." That yamen attendant responded in this manner while looking over to the side of those officials, and sure enough, he saw Boss Qiao who, even though she was in a sorry state, still showed a bit of flirty feeling in one glance.

The captain looked at him and loudly chided, "Open the door quickly, don't dilly dallying here!"

"Yes, yes." That Yamen attendant didn't dare to say anything more and took down the key on his waist to open the door of the cell in front of him, followed by a stinking fishy stench coming out from inside.

These Yamen looked like they had been used to it for a long time, gently fanning their noses. They continued to walk inside, first passing by a cell, inside were all prisoners who looked numb and lifeless in the face, seeing them come in, they also looked untouched and indifferent.

Waiting until they found an empty cell, the officials threw three of the men into it, and then pulled the only woman, Boss Qiao, to continue walking inside.

Boss Qiao, who was dragged and forced to stand up by the officials, looked at the long corridor that seemed to have no end, and didn't even dare to imagine what she would suffer, and she now regretted it very much in her heart. She felt that she didn't dare to move that kind of mind, and if she didn't move that state of mind, then she wouldn't have turned into what she is now.

Just as Boss Qiao was regretting her actions, they had already arrived at an open and spacious small inner yard. There was a woman in her early thirties sitting leisurely on a chair, seeing them come raised her eyelids before slowly standing up.

The leader of the group looked at the woman and said in a loud voice, "Guan Matchmaker, this is the new female inmate, keep an eye on her."

The woman looked at Boss Qiao and didn't ask her what the offense was, nodding, she went straight over and pulled her to push open the back of that small door.

Boss Qiao stumbled as he pulled her, the shackles on her hands and feet making it impossible for her to do anything to fight back until that woman roughly shoved her into the cell.

Caught off guard, Boss Qiao fell hard to the floor, bruising her hands.

Boss Qiao waited angrily for the woman, only to hear the woman let out a cold laugh and said contemptuously, "What? You think you can still live as comfortably as you normally do when you're here?"

In the face of the woman's mean taunts, Boss Qiao first froze slightly, then lowered her head as if resigned to her fate.

As the woman looked at her, the sarcastic smile at the corner of her mouth grew stronger, in her place, she had never seen anyone so disobedient. Even if they were disobedient now, they would be honest after a while.

Just as Guan Matchmaker turned to leave this dirty place, she suddenly heard an unfamiliar female voice from behind, "Can you help me?"

Hearing the pleading female voice, Guan Meipo (Previously, I translated it as Guan Matchmaker)'s mean face hooked up a smile, and waiting until she turned around again, her face changed back to an expressionless look. She indifferently looked at the new female prisoners lying on the edge of the railing.

Seeing that Guan Meipo paid attention to herself, Boss Qiao's wretched face immediately revealed a pleasing look, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, can you deliver a message for me?"

Hearing this, Guan Meipo snorted, looking at the woman in front of him with nonchalant sarcasm, "Madam, what kind of place do you think this is? This is a prison, not an inn. My task here is to watch over you guys, not here to work as your maid."

Boss Qiao's face changed, looking at her and echoed: "Your Excellency is naturally not doing this kind of small thing, it's just that I'm locked here now, and I really have no choice but to ask you to help me this time."

Perhaps because the words of Boss Qiao were pleasing to the ears, Guan Meipo's face expression was better, but still that indifferently looked at her, she also did not talk and said that she wanted to help her.

Boss Qiao looked at her who didn't go, or opened her mouth and said want to help her, suddenly cleverly thought of something, looked up at her, her eyes shining as she said: "Your Excellency, please give me a few minutes of time."

After saying that, Boss Qiao tore open the cuff of her shirt under the indifferent eyes of Guan Meipo, and took out a not so thin gold piece from inside.

Boss Qiao noticed that the moment she took out this gold leaf, a color of greed appeared in the eyes of Guan Meipo which made her relieved, since she still could be greedy, the hope for her to help herself is still there.

Thinking of this, Boss Qiao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, looking at the Guan Meipo in front of her, she handed the gold leaf in her hand out of the cell door, and softly said, "Your Excellency, here is my filial piety to you, and I also ask you to carry a message for me."

Guan Meipo first looked at the gold leaf, then looked at the woman whose beauty could still be seen at this time even though she was in prison. She was silent for a few moments, seemingly pondering whether or not to help her.

Fortunately, Guan Meipo finally walked up to her as Boss Qiao wished and took the gold leaf from her hand, biting it to make sure it was real before lifting her eyelids towards the woman in the prison and saying, "Speak up, what's the message?"

Guan Meipo's words carried a few cool breaths, but in Boss Qiao's ears it was as if it was heavenly music. She grasped the cell's door bar and urgently spoke her wish out in one go, fearing that the person in front of her would ignore her if she said it too late. "Your Excellency (Da ren), help me bring a message to the Chen family's Old master, and say that I hope he'll save me this time for the sake of me having served him with all my heart and soul in the past."

After saying that, Boss Qiao thought of something else and continued to add, "Also, tell him that I still have some evidence on him in my hands."

When Guan Meipo heard this, she first froze, then looked at the woman with disheveled hair and dirty face in front of her and sneered, "I didn't think that you would have such a big connection. I know it, I will bring it to you."

"Many thanks,Da ren many thanks, your Excellency!" Boss Qiao's face immediately revealed an ecstatic look as she couldn't stop thanking him.

Guan Meipo, however, gave her one more deep look and turned around to leave this dark and damp place.

When Guan Meipo left, Boss Qiao, whose whole body tense at first, instantly relaxed before she sat down on the ground, praying in her heart that Master Chen would be able to save her, even if he didn't miss their former affection, that he, for the sake of her last words, would scoop her up from water.

After Guan Meipo went out of the cell, she came to the adjoining Yamen office, walked straight to Xu Shiye's desk, changed her previous arrogant posture in front of Boss Qiao, and humbly said, "Your Excellency, that newcomer woman really asked me to pass a message for her."

Xu Shiye slowly put down the writing brush in his hand upon hearing this, raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of him and asked curiously, "Oh, what did she say?"

Guan Meipo didn't dare to hide it and told the story from beginning to the end as it was, then endured the pain as she handed over the gold leaf that Boss Qiao had given her as well.

Xu Shiye looked at the gold leaf, stroked his own beard, and laughed in a low voice, "That's a bit interesting, you wait for me for a moment."

Guan Meipo did not dare to have objections, watched Xu Shiye finish this sentence, from the side took out a white paper, began to write words on it. She could not read but vaguely guessed that the writing was the story she just told.

After Xu Shiye finished writing, he even carefully wrapped it up in an envelope for her, and then handed it directly to her, commanding in a low voice, "Since she asked you to send it over, you should help her to send it over!"

"Yes." Guan Meipo received that envelope, but stood still in the same place without moving, her eyes all looking towards that gold leaf.

Xu Shiye couldn't help but lose a bit of a smile as he watched Guan Meipo's movements. He pushed that gold leaf in front of her, saying in a low voice, "Since this is a thank you fee for you, then you can keep it! She shouldn't let you make a trip for nothing."

Guan Meipo's face revealed a look of joy, but her mouth said, "This, isn't appropriate ba?"

Xu Shiye waved his hand, seemingly not wanting to dwell on it, "Alright, this is what you deserve. Hurry up and go,ba! On the female prisoner's side, you are still needed to guard it na!"

"Yes, yes." Guan Meipo didn't speak any more nonsense, grabbed that gold leaf and ran outside.

Looking at the back of the Guan Meipo who hurriedly left, Xu Shiye stroked his short mustache and muttered, "That one is really as good as God at predicting things!".

[料事如神: predict like a prophet; foretell with miraculous accuracy]

Guan Meipo took that letter which personally transcribed by Xu Shiye, all the way to the Chen family with muttering, looking at the grand door in front of her, she still could not help but murmur: "This Xu Shiye could have something to do with that woman, otherwise why would he personally write the letter for that woman?"

Anyone who worked as a manservant for a wealthy family, especially as a concierge of this kind, was a bit discerning; therefore, before Guan Meipo who had her head bowed in thought, arrived at their door, the Chen family's gatekeeper already saw her, then when she got closer, knowing that she should be here to find them, he directly greeted her and said with a smile: "Da ren, you have come here to our mansion, what is your business?"

His words interrupted Guan Meipo's train of thought, and also caused her to instantly come back to her senses, directly handing over the letter she had cupped in her hand, "This is from the newly coming female prisoner. She said that it must be handed over to Master Chen."

The gatekeeper looked at the letter in his hand, and was obviously a bit at a loss as well. But Guan Meipo didn't give him a chance to ask questions, and after handing the item over, she directly turned around and left; anyway, her letter had already been delivered, and the rest was none of her business.

Looking at the back of Guan Meipo who left with big strides, the gatekeeper then looked at the letter in his hand, and finally scratched his hair in agony, he still decided to give this thing to the housekeeper to make things difficult for him.

Madam Chen, who was in her room, letting her little maids pinch her shoulders and rub her legs, suddenly heard from outside that the housekeeper was asking to meet.

Mrs Chen pondered for a couple of seconds and asked the little maids around her to step back before summoning the butler to come in.

After that butler came in, he first performed a salute before pulling out a letter from his arms and directly said, "This was sent over from Yamen side, saying that this letter is from a female offender, it was sent for master. I don't know how to deal with it, so I've come to ask for Madam's opinion."

As soon as Madam Chen heard this, her face, which was originally somewhat loose, instantly became serious, and she hastily waved away the maids on the left and right. She said as she beckoned towards him, "Bring it over."

"Yes." The butler didn't make any pretense, and with a quick step forward, he directly passed the letter to Madam Chen.

Madam Chen took the letter, and at first was a little hesitant to open it. What if it was opened and could not be restored? As a result, she saw that the seal of the letter was not sealed and it was very easy to restore it, so she no longer hesitated and directly opened it and took out the letter from inside.

The housekeeper was tweaking his ears and scratching his cheeks (in anxiety or delight) as he looked at it, very curious about the content inside, but he only saw Madam Chen snorting coldly and cursing in a low voice, "That bitch, in her dreams!"

Madam Chen originally wanted to tear the letter. She wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, but soon, not knowing what she had recalled, suddenly she stuffed the letter back and sealed it to its original form before she handed it over to the housekeeper, "I have not seen this letter."

The housekeeper first froze when he heard this, then as if he thought of something, he hurriedly nodded and said, "This time, I've come here for the purpose that I am going to ask the madam for advice on this quarter's branch."

Madam Chen hooked the corner of her lips, very satisfied with this knowledge of him.

Gu Mansion,

Inside Gu Lang's study, Gu Lang was in the middle of formulating a plan for Chen Xing's next stage of literacy when he heard several knocks sound at the door of his room.

"Come in."

The next second the voice rang out, Qiu Jiu walked over. Wearing a gray linen coat, that person didn't get up, with an indifferent face, and the whole person just looked uninterested in anything.

Qiu Jiu walked over to Gu Lang, who was writing without stopping, and said softly, "Gongzi, as you expected, that woman has asked the guard in the prison to send a letter for her to the Chen Mansion."

"Oh, is that so?" Gu Lang's writing brush did not stop, and even became more and more flowing like floating clouds and water (natural and spontaneously), "And was it sent in?"

"It was sent."

"Very good."

Gu Lang collected the last stroke and looked at the ten words he had written, feeling extraordinarily satisfied.

Qiu Jiu looked at the man in front of him, and still couldn't help but ask, "Gongzi, why did you help her?" He felt that according to Gongzi's character, he should have killed her instead and directly made her beg for her life. (have a fate worse than death)

Gu Lang raised his eyes to look at the subordinate in front of him, and there was detachment between those handsome eyebrows. He laughed softly, but it added a bit more coolness, "How do you know that I'm helping her?"

Helping that woman to deliver a letter and letting people from Chen's family rescue her, isn't that helping her?

Qiu Jiu looked at the young master in front of him, even after following him for so long, he still couldn't figure out his thoughts until now.

Perhaps because he saw through Qiu Jiu's doubts, so Gu Lang slightly lowered his eyebrows and softly said: "If I want that Chen family to save her, then it'll be considered that I'm helping her. If that Chen family doesn't save her, moreover even still treats her as a hidden danger, and finds out that she happens to be in jail right now, what do you think will happen to her?"

"Naturally, it's to speed up the speed of her disappearance!"

Qiu Jiu understood in an instant, and at the same time felt a cold chill run down his body as he looked at his family's young master, always with a bit of awe. No matter how long he had followed his family's young master, every time he experienced his family's young master's scheming, he would feel his hairs stand on end!

Gu Lang looked at Qiu Jiu in front of him, who was looking at him adoringly, and gently hooked the corner of his lips. What he was going to do was more than that.

Just when the atmosphere in the study room was somewhat frightenedly quiet, a cat's cry suddenly came from the doorway, followed by Chen Xing poking his head out while holding Xue Qiu in his arms.

Chen Xing grabbed Xue Qiu's little paw and waved it in Gu Lang's direction, smiling brightly, "We're going to eat ah!"