Chapter 289
She called out her own name, not Madam Gu.
This signifies Sang Lan'er's gratitude towards her as a person.
Fan Xiaoxiao paused for a moment, then smiled slightly and said, "Mm."
...
...
Of course she knew.
The Tianshan Sect is doing this now.
Firstly, Xiahou knew she was skilled in business.
Secondly, it's impossible for me to work for her forever.
When the world is at peace.
The Tianshan Sect also needs to be rebuilt.
They may even become competitors in the future.
However, there's no end to the money in the world. Teaching these once aloof sect disciples how to do business is a practical and down-to-earth way to maintain good relations.
Without the separation between the Tianshan Sect and the Great Zhou Dynasty, sects will have less mystery and can probably become more worldly.
It came along with the message from the Celestial Venerable.
There's also his godfather and godmother.
After being rescued by Gu Chongtai, they followed the Celestial Venerable on his journey.
They're back now.
Fan Xiaoxiao went to see the two elders that very day. She thought it was a separation by death, but it turned out to be a separation while still alive.
I've finally met him.
I couldn't help but cry again.
They chatted a lot that day. The two elders were never idle, so they continued selling snacks as before.
However, Fan Xiaoxiao is now married and the trade route has been built.
The nearby salt mines also started generating income.
You could say they're not short of money.
They immediately rented a shop for the two elders.
At the busiest street, at the crossroads.
...
By the time all this was finished, it was already evening of the next day.
Fan Xiaoxiao walked down the street, a gentle breeze blowing.
In any case, although these days have been tiring, good news has been coming one after another.
If it weren't for the various other rebel forces outside, and the fake emperor in the court who was always ready to kill her, the one with the secret, she wouldn't have been able to escape.
Fan Xiaoxiao thought it was perfect.
I walked to the intersection.
The vendor's cheerful calls rang out, and several children ran past her laughing.
She smiled and followed his gaze.
but.
A sudden, instinctive chill enveloped my heart.
Fan Xiaoxiao turned around almost as fast as she could.
A dark light shot towards us with lightning speed!
Her pupils contracted.
My mind clearly wanted to get away, but my body just wouldn't budge an inch!
At that speed, Fan Xiaoxiao was almost like a fool, watching the danger approach.
"Lady Xiao!!!" The Gu Yue Sect expert who had been guarding her flew over.
"Whoosh—" The arrow struck her heart precisely.
A dull, heavy pain instantly numbed her chest.
She clutched the arrow to her chest and fell backward.
Chaos erupted in the streets as people fled in panic.
Fan Xiaoxiao only knew that the experts from the Ancient Moon Sect had surrounded her, but she didn't know if anyone had chased after the assassin, or even if they had caught him.
She curled up on the ground, her face contorted in pain.
Normally, no one would dare to touch her easily.
Before a cup of tea could be brewed, she heard hurried footsteps.
"Xiaoxiao!!!" Gu Zhongtai's voice was filled with despair and suffocation.
"Catch that person! Alive! I want to tear him to pieces!!!"
He rushed to her side, wanting to reach out but not daring to touch her.
Fan Xiaoxiao opened her eyes and saw that his eyes were bloodshot and covered with tiny blood vessels.
His lips were completely bloodless.
She reached out one hand, and it was immediately enveloped.
Whether it was her imagination or not, Fan Xiaoxiao felt her heart ache even more.
Her nose stung, and her vision blurred: "Chongtai...am I...going to die...?"
"Hang in there." The man blinked, and the tears that had been welling up in his eyes dripped onto her.
"Don't cry..."
"How can I not cry, madam? You've been shot in the heart! You must have bled a lot, you must have..." He had barely finished speaking when he said that.
It fell silent, like a duck whose neck had been choked.
Tears clung to her eyelashes, but her lips trembled.
"What's wrong?" Fan Xiaoxiao suddenly realized something was amiss.
The next second, her husband touched her chest. Then he shook the arrow.
Then, they pulled something out from under her heart.
It was that little knife he gave her back then...
Fan Xiaoxiao clutched her aching chest, staring dumbfounded at the knife.
At this moment, the exquisite engravings on the blade had been destroyed by the arrowhead, leaving a deep dent.
Most importantly, this dent has caused the scabbard on the other side to bulge out.
So much so that the knife was completely destroyed and couldn't be pulled out at all...
"No wonder I feel a dull pain in my chest..." Anyone would feel this way if a metal object hit their chest.
Fan Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, but she also knew that there should be a bruise on the skin around her heart.
Fortunately, it wasn't a real arrow wound, so his life and health shouldn't be that important.
A look of wild joy appeared on Gu Zhongtai's face, along with the tears in his eyes and on his cheeks.
The person was in a state of both crying and laughing.
Fan Xiaoxiao knew he must be terrified. She was about to say something to comfort him when suddenly she felt a tightness in her body and was embraced by the man.
He held me so tightly that I felt like I couldn't breathe.
There were no civilians left in the surrounding area.
Several experts from the Ancient Moon Sect were quite sensible and, seeing this, retreated to patrol the area.
Fan Xiaoxiao pushed hard, but couldn't budge it at all.
Helpless, she could only speak: "Husband... if you keep doing this, I'm going to be strangled to death."
Gu Zhongtai quickly let go.
"I'm just so happy, you're okay, that's great..."
Just now, when he saw her lying on the ground, looking weak.
Instantly, I was reminded of my sister's death.
At that time.
He failed to protect his sister; if it were now, his wife would also be dead.
He will surely live a life filled with guilt and self-reproach.
In just a few breaths, Gu Zhongtai had already devised countless ways to torture Gu Lang and the instigators and perpetrators of this assassination attempt, to kill them all alive!
Fan Xiaoxiao noticed his suddenly downcast expression.
I guessed that he might be feeling guilty.
Despite Gu Zhongtai's seemingly idle demeanor, he actually takes good care of all kinds of intelligence, including his undercover agents and scouts.
This includes him often acting like a hands-off manager and then coming to pester her.
The biggest reason is that I want to protect her myself.
Fan Xiaoxiao is the most important person in Gu Zhongtai's life right now.
No one can be trusted to protect him.
"I'm really fine." She took his hand and placed it on the spot where the arrow had just been stuck in her skin.
There was still a hole in the clothes.
It clearly shows that a crisis just occurred here.
"Besides," Fan Xiaoxiao said, stroking his face with her other hand, "this dagger was a gift from you."
"You're the one who protected me!"
"If it weren't for that, my heart would have been pierced."
Fan Xiaoxiao wasn't so scared just now because things happened so fast.
But now that I've brought it up in person, I realize my heart is pounding like crazy, the thumping sound almost bursting out of my chest.
(End of this chapter)
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