Five days passed quickly and Gu Shi set off again.
This time, he changed his clothes before going out, took off those expensive-looking clothes and accessories, disguised himself as a young man just starting out, ready to experience the life of an ordinary adventurer.
Who knew that these preparations were completely useless. Gu Shi started off badly and was in trouble just a few days after leaving Congleton.
The city that Gu Shi chose this time can be regarded as a very famous tourist city in the Igrit Empire, the city of Ganora, which is famous for its various beautiful flowers. Arriving in this city is like walking into a sea of flowers.
The city of Janora not only grows flowers, but also has a variety of related industries, such as perfume, wine, etc., and its products are even exported to other countries.
"Is this the city of Canora? It really deserves to be called the famous capital of flowers." Gu Shi, who had just arrived in Canora City, couldn't help but sigh when he saw the scenery in the city.
When arriving in a new city, the first thing Gu Shi had to do was of course to find a place to stay.
Walking on the street, Gu Shi could see that almost every house had one or two pots of flowers in front of it. After choosing a suitable hotel to stay in, he found a lot of flower decorations in the room.
Gu Shi touched the flowers in the vase that looked so beautiful and tempting. They were real flowers.
"It would be quite an expense to replace so many flowers frequently."
The hotel that Gu Shi chose was not a particularly luxurious one, and its quality could only be described as average. He did not expect that there would be so many flowers in the room of this hotel.
Gu Shi looked at the pink and white flowers in the vase. "They're pretty. I'll ask the boss what kind of flower they are when I get a chance. I'll buy some seeds then."
After finding a place to stay, Gu Shi didn't hang out for too long. It was already late, so he had dinner in the hotel and planned to rest. He planned to do other things until tomorrow.
That night, late at night.
Dark clouds drifted across the sky, blocking out the bright moonlight. At this moment, a sneaky figure quietly pushed open the window of Gu Shi's room and slipped in from outside.
The sensitive Shufeng discovered the intruder at the first moment, and it made a sharp cry, successfully scaring the intruder away.
"Boom"
"Ouch, what is that?!"
There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground and a scream of pain.
Gu Shi's reaction was not slow. He quickly drew out his staff and turned on the magic lamp beside him. He said in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
The person being pointed at by Gu Shi with his staff was a young man who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was sitting on the floor in a very disheveled state, with a lot of dust on his body and his face was pitch black, as if he had rolled in the mud.
Seeing Gu Shi's stern expression and the staff in his hand that seemed ready to move, the young man hurriedly said, "Wait, wait, don't do it. I'm not a bad person. Let me explain first!"
Seeing that the man didn't look like he was lying, Gu Shi straightened his staff and said, "Tell me, what were you trying to do by climbing through the window in the middle of the night?"
The boy hurriedly stood up from the floor and rubbed his sore butt. "I had no choice. A group of people were chasing me, so I wanted to find a place to hide, so I just found a window and climbed in."
As he spoke, he carefully examined Gu Shi, his eyes sparkling. "Are you an adventurer? Do you accept commissions? As long as you can get me home safely, I promise to give you a large sum of gold coins."
Gu Shi was a little surprised at the boy's familiarity. "It seems like we just met? Or did you suddenly break into my room?"
This sounds like a troublesome matter, why do you think I would agree to it?"
Hearing what Gu Shi said, the young man rushed to his feet without hesitation and hugged his legs, "Please, help me, my family is very rich, I can give you as many gold coins as you want, wuwuwuwu..."
Gu Shi hadn't expected the boy to do this. Seeing the boy about to rub his dirty face on his clothes, he immediately shouted, "Stop! Let go!"
"Then you promised me?"
The boy looked up at him pitifully, as if hoping to arouse his sympathy with his appearance, but he forgot that there was a thick layer of dirt on his face.
Gu Shi looked at his face and felt no pity at all. Instead, he just wanted him to prevent the dirt from getting on his clothes.
"You tell me first."
Feeling that Gu Shi's attitude had softened a bit, the boy immediately let go of his hand.
"My name is Harlan. About twenty days ago, I was happily shopping when I was kidnapped by a group of men in black who appeared out of nowhere.
They knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up again, they had taken me to a strange city. I then traveled to many places before arriving here.
I finally found an opportunity to escape today, but they found me right away. I guess they're looking for me everywhere now."
Hearing this, Gu Shi frowned and looked at Harlan, "Do you have anything on you that can track your location?"
Harlan shook his head frantically, “No, no, absolutely not, if there was such a thing, they would have caught me long ago.
Don't worry, they won't be able to find us anytime soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Harlan was slapped in the face.
Gu Shi caught a glimpse of a group of people walking towards the hotel in a menacing manner not far from the window.
He reached out his hand and pushed Harlan down in one go. "Find a place to hide."
Harlan's eyes widened, and he quickly realized that there might be pursuers approaching. "So fast!"
He looked around the room in panic. There was not much place to hide in the room. He finally chose to use his hands and feet to crawl under Gu Shi's bed.
Gu Shi watched the group of people getting closer and closer, and guessed that their target was this hotel. It was too late to turn off the lights and pretend to be asleep. If he could see them, then they could definitely see here. Turning off the lights now would only arouse greater suspicion.
After Harlan hid, Gu Shi cleaned up the traces he left behind and took out a book from the space ring and pretended to be serious.
Gu Shi has not yet decided whether to help Harlan. After all, they only met once, and it is not certain whether what he says can be trusted. It is better to just wait and see how he performs next.
If he was lucky enough to avoid the detection of that group of people, Gu Shi would be ready to help. After all, he came out to gain experience, and it would be nice to have such a special experience.
If he's unlucky, then he's just unlucky.
If Harlan had not been careful enough and left too many traces outside the hotel, allowing those people to find this room directly, Gu Shi would not have done anything more for him.
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