Chapter 161 Gu Qianhan, are you a robber?

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at Chu Yanluo, his eyes slightly complicated. The words she had just blurted out made him feel uncomfortable.

Because Gu Qianhan was right. Chu Yanluo's words made it seem as if she knew Yuan Zheng very well, as if they had spent a long time together before. But she had clearly said before that she had been forced by Yuan Zheng.

Seeing Xiao Qingyuan looking at her, Chu Yanluo calmly said, "Who in the entire capital doesn't know what kind of person Yuan Zheng is? I'm just repeating what I've heard. Old habits die hard. A playboy is a playboy. He can't change his nature just because he's married."

After listening to her, Gu Qianhan didn't say anything more. His purpose in coming was simply to plant a few more seeds of doubt in Xiao Qingyuan's heart.

As long as enough seeds are planted, some will eventually take root and sprout in Xiao Qingyuan's heart, eventually growing into something he can no longer tolerate.

If he still cannot protect the Gu family or his own life in this life, then even if he dies, Xiao Qingyuan will despise Chu Yanluo because he suspects her. In this way, Shen Wantang can steadily be her Crown Princess and peacefully be the mistress of the Ning Prince's Mansion. No one will be able to challenge her authority or covet her position.

A brief silence fell over the room.

Huayi walked in at this moment, carrying a wooden box. She walked up to Xiao Qingyuan and said, "Your Highness, these are the books you requested. Moji has found them for you."

Gu Qianhan looked up at Xiao Qingyuan: "How strange. Young Master Xiao never liked reading before, but now he's taken to reading? What kind of books are you reading? It's not a picture book without a single word, is it?"

Xiao Qingyuan is now very unaccustomed to Gu Qianhan's speaking style. Although Gu Qianhan used to be a bit aloof, he wasn't so sharp-tongued. He usually didn't like to talk much, but now he doesn't know what's wrong with him, he's always making sarcastic remarks to him.

Could it be that he really likes Liu Nanshi? After the marriage with the Liu family fell through, his personality changed drastically in a fit of anger?

Xiao Qingyuan felt a tightness in his chest. He opened the box, took out the books inside, and held them up to Gu Qianhan, wishing he could poke them into his eyes: "Open your dog eyes and look! Is this a picture album? These are all proper books!"

Gu Qianhan pushed the book that was stuck to her eyes back, and then she saw three big characters written on the book—Star Gazing Technique.

Now he was even more puzzled: "Didn't you dislike watching this? When you were little, your father forced you to watch it, but you wouldn't. Why are you suddenly watching it now?"

Xiao Qingyuan snorted: "What's wrong with me looking at this? My father is very knowledgeable about astrology, and I've naturally become somewhat proficient in it as well. Now that it's been raining for so many days, I naturally want to take another good look at this book and try to predict when this rain will stop."

"No need to look, it won't do you any good."

"Gu Qianhan, what do you mean? Are you saying I'm stupid, that I can't understand, and that I can't learn?"

Gu Qianhan looked at him like he was an idiot: "I mean, in this weather, you can't see a single star."

Xiao Qingyuan was hurt by his gaze: "Hmph, you can predict the weather if you can't see the stars! Let me tell you, these books are very useful. Shen Wantang studied my father's books for a few days and was able to predict the weather. I just didn't study them seriously. If I studied them seriously, predicting when this rain will stop would be no difficult task at all!"

Gu Qianhan was taken aback: "She predicted this rainstorm?"

"certainly!"

Xiao Qingyuan looked proud: "The first day it was a sunny day, and she said there would be heavy rain tomorrow and the weather would get colder, and everything came true the next day! Isn't she amazing?"

Gu Qianhan frowned slightly. Could it be that Shen Wantang had been reborn? Otherwise, how could she have predicted this heavy rain?

He remembered clearly that Shen Wantang in his previous life was not an expert in astrology, and she never read books on astrology.

However, if Shen Wantang were reborn, how outstanding would her memory be to remember the exact time when this torrential rain began?

Gu Qianhan was confident in his amazing memory, able to remember everything he saw. But even after ten years, he couldn't remember when the rain started, only how many days it had lasted.

She remembered that the probability of this rain starting at a very low time was extremely low. Rather than believing that, she believed that she was exceptionally intelligent and had learned how to read the stars in a short period of time, and that she had predicted this heavy rain with her own abilities.

Gu Qianhan instantly guessed the truth of the matter. He snatched the book from Xiao Qingyuan's hand: "She predicted this rainstorm by reading this book?"

Xiao Qingyuan glared at him: "How would I know which book she read to learn it? She reads a lot of books! But this book, 'The Art of Star Observation,' is the foundation. It contains a large number of star charts drawn by predecessors. She must have read it."

Gu Qianhan nodded and snatched the book and box together: "Since it's so amazing, I'll take a look too."

He put the book back in the box, picked up the box, and was about to leave.

Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly grabbed him: "Are you out of your mind? Last time we met you stole my gold, this time you stole my book, and before that you even stole my woman! Are you a robber? Why do you have to steal everything from me?"

Gu Qianhan said coldly, "I'll just take it, so what?"

"This book, 'The Art of Stargazing,' was copied word by word by my father from the palace library. He also drew the illustrations stroke by stroke. It is extremely precious, and you cannot take it away!"

"Why are you so stingy? It's just a handwritten book. I'll take it back and look at it. I'll return it to you in a few days. Let go, or don't blame me for being impolite."

"No! This is all my father's hard work, and I will not lend it out! Besides, I want to read this book; I want to learn astrology and weather prediction!"

"Your brain will be wasting its time learning it. Why don't I learn it? Once I've learned it, I'll tell you the prediction result directly. Wouldn't that save you time and effort?"

"You're really that kind? I don't believe you. Once you've learned it, who knows how you'll try to scam me! Give me back my book!"

Watching the two arguing, Chu Yanluo spoke up with an arrogant expression: "Stop arguing, I'll tell you when this rain will end."

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her in surprise: "Yanluo, what did you say? You know when this rain will end?"

"I know!"

How did you know?

"Didn't the young master say that Shen Wantang learned to read stars after reading a few books? She read books, but I haven't? She can read stars, so why can't I?"

Xiao Qingyuan was somewhat surprised: "You can also read stars?"

Chu Yanluo said proudly, "What's so difficult about that? Of course I can do it. In fact, I can do even more than Shen Wantang. I can predict the weather, even if she can't. This rainstorm will last for ten days, and it will stop in four more days."