Chapter 65 Willing to Feel Numb
The next day, the sun shone brightly, a perfect day for going out for a stroll.
Yu Wenxue held a handkerchief in her hand, glancing sideways every now and then, ready to catch Lin Qingwan's tears at any moment.
Lin Qingwan was oblivious to the occasional concerned glances she received, her eyes fixed on the distance ahead.
These days, she is heartbroken over Gu Rongting's matter and is so immersed in pain that she almost forgets her important business.
She needs to find a way to cure Yu Wenxue's illness.
Strange, the clinic my father mentioned is nearby, but I can't find it...
The two walked quite a distance, until the cries of the surrounding vendors had faded away, before Yu Wenxue finally couldn't help but ask, "Qingwan, what are you thinking about?"
"It's nothing. I've been trying to develop a medicine recently, but I'm missing a few ingredients. I'm thinking about the location of that clinic." Lin Qingwan pinched Yu Wenxue's cheek and smiled, "You seem to have gained weight since I last saw you a few months ago."
Yu Wenxue unconsciously tossed her hair and touched her face: "If you can eat and sleep well, of course you'll gain weight."
Lin Qingwan hummed in agreement, a smile playing on her lips: "It seems the Second Young Master has taken good care of you."
As they were talking, the two reached the end of the alley. A disheveled woman carrying a child came running out of the courtyard, tumbling and crawling.
"Brother, sister-in-law, please, please take my child in!"
The woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, her forehead red and chafed, constantly pleading, "Please!"
As the footsteps drew closer, she turned her head slightly and kowtowed even more vigorously.
Yu Wenxue paused, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly, while silently counting to three in her mind.
III.2...
When the count reached one, Lin Qingwan strode forward and asked with concern, "Sister, have you encountered any difficulties?"
The woman, holding the child in her arms, cried and said, "My husband committed a crime and was taken away by the government. I need money to smooth things over, so I found a job as a wet nurse in a wealthy family, thinking I would send him to my brother and sister-in-law's house during the day and come back to pick him up at night."
"Unexpectedly, my brother and sister-in-law are truly heartless, abandoning even their own nephew..."
Remembering the mistakes she had made in the past, Lin Qingwan was not foolish enough to be completely unprepared. She stopped when she was an arm's length away from the woman.
Seeing this, a short man walked out of the courtyard and said impatiently, "Go away, you've been here for three days now. You've raised your child, how are your sister-in-law and I supposed to live?"
"One more person means one more meal, but do you have the money?"
After saying this, the man slammed the door shut without any hesitation.
A gust of wind swept by, stirring up dust from the ground.
The woman's face was ashen, making it impossible to see her features. She trotted up to me and suddenly knelt down: "Ladies, I really have no other choice. If I'm late on my first day of work, I'm afraid they won't hire me anymore. Could you please help me take my child home?"
“This…” Lin Qingwan looked to Yu Wenxue for help.
The operation was so smooth that Yu Wenxue was dumbfounded. It took her a long time to blink at Lin Qingwan.
The last sentence is probably what the woman really wanted to say, isn't it?
Her intuition told her that this was the infamous "pig butchering scam," but she had no proof.
If it were in the past, she would have turned around and left, but Lin Qingwan is not that kind of person.
Before she could even think about the cause and effect and answer, Lin Qingwan stepped forward, took the child, and carefully held him in her arms.
"Wen Xue, why don't we help you with this?"
The woman was moved to tears and wiped them away: "Young lady, my home is the second to last house at the corner of this alley, the one with the couplets pasted on the door. There aren't many people in the family, just an elderly mother who is sixty years old and bedridden."
Knowing there were precedents of children being scammed, Yu Wenxue was cautious. She secretly glanced at the child and asked curiously, "How old is your daughter?"
The woman wiped her hands and said calmly, "My daughter is six months old."
"Six months already..." Yu Wenxue suddenly realized, and without saying anything more, stood there staring at the woman.
The woman's eyes darted around: "Please hurry up, ladies. If we go any later, my mother-in-law might go to bed."
Yu Wenxue: "You want to sleep even in the middle of the day?"
"Afternoon nap..."
"Here's what we'll do. I have some money here. You can take it and use it first. Neither of us has ever taken care of a child before, and we're afraid something might go wrong." Yu Wenxue took out a silver ingot from her purse, gritted her teeth, and reluctantly handed it over.
If I'm not mistaken, those waiting for them ahead are probably accomplices of the human traffickers.
The woman's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean by this, young lady?"
"Are you worried... that I'm lying to you?"
Yu Wenxue pretended not to see through her scheme and said, "We can't give this child away. You need money, so I'll give you money. Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?"
The woman took a deep breath, then smiled and calmly accepted the silver: "Thank you, young lady..."
Lin Qingwan was patiently coaxing the child and didn't notice their little incident. The moment she turned around, the woman suddenly grabbed her hair.
"Help! There's a child thief here!" the woman shouted at the top of her lungs.
The tightly closed door was suddenly flung open, and the short man, with a fierce look in his eyes, roared, "Who dares to steal a child in broad daylight?"
Just as Yu Wenxue was about to pry the woman's hands off, she saw several previously quiet households suddenly open their doors and peek out, each holding a shovel or a hoe, their faces contorted with ferocity.
Lin Qingwan's hair was pulled painfully, and tears welled up in her eyes: "You, you are so shameless!"
"Help! There are child thieves here! Catch them!"
The scene immediately descended into chaos. Yu Wenxue protected Lin Qingwan, and Lin Qingwan protected the child. It would be difficult for the two of them to defeat this group of people.
Just as Yu Wenxue was considering whether to punch the woman in the face, Gu Rongting appeared.
"stop!"
Lin Qingwan was initially delighted, but when she saw the girl following behind Gu Rongting, the light in her eyes instantly dimmed.
Ordinary people naturally felt fear when they saw officials, so they stopped and stepped aside to clear a path for Gu Rongting.
Only the woman who had initially been harassing them and the short man remained composed and boldly spoke up: "Sir, someone is stealing children here!"
Gu Rongting subconsciously looked at Lin Qingwan. Her hair was messy and her clothes were not very neat. Only her eyes showed stubbornness.
Although he didn't know why he thought that way, he just knew she couldn't possibly do such a thing.
Finally getting a chance to speak, Yu Wenxue stepped forward and said to the crowd, "This person keeps saying that we stole her child. Tell me, if you lost your child, wouldn't the first thing you do be to get the child back?"
The group exchanged glances and agreed with her.
"And this woman, after losing her child, was thinking about how to bring the person to their house. Even now, the child hasn't been taken back by them. Is this how you treat your own child?"
"The child is in your hands, so of course we have to capture you first..." the man said weakly.
Yu Wenxue: "Okay, then let me ask you, you just said this baby girl is six months old?"
The woman swallowed hard, her eyes darting around.
She had no idea whether the child was a boy or a girl; she hadn't even had a chance to check since stealing it. So she had to bite the bullet and reply, "Yes, it's a six-month-old girl."
Lin Qingwan finally understood Yu Wenxue's meaning and asked, "If any of you here have given birth, could you come forward and take a look at how old the child is?"
In the crowd, a woman wearing a headscarf put down her hoe and raised her hand: "Sir, I can."
Gu Rongting agreed with this statement and gestured for her to step forward and check.
"Reporting to you, sir, this is a four-month-old baby boy..."
The crowd erupted in uproar. Gu Rongting questioned the woman seriously, and found that her conversation with the man was full of inconsistencies and nonsensical. She couldn't even produce her identification card. He immediately ordered his men to take the two troublemakers to the government office for a thorough investigation.
Seeing the person being taken away, Yu Wenxue hurriedly added, "Wait, that woman also took one of my silver ingots. Give it back to me first; official silver ingots all have private seals on them..."
The woman gritted her teeth and clutched her sleeve tightly.
The guard beside her drew his knife. The woman stamped her foot, threw the silver she had just received on the ground, and glared at Yu Wenxue as she left.
Yu Wenxue rolled her eyes, picked up the silver, wiped it clean, and put it back in her purse.
"cousin."
Gu Rongting peered towards the source of the voice and asked blankly, "Young lady, do we know each other?"
He really has amnesia?
Yu Wenxue's gaze then fell on the girl who had remained silent, thinking that this must be the so-called "lifesaver".
Perhaps because her appearance disrupted the originally planned plot, the order of these characters' appearances changed.
As the biggest climax in the entire book, Fang Zixuan's appearance caused a significant impact on the relationship between Gu Rongting and Lin Qingwan.
Unlike other villainous female supporting characters, Fang Zixuan was originally a good person.
Her personality is very similar to Lin Qingwan's; she is equally gentle, virtuous, kind, and generous, which puts Gu Rongting in a dilemma after he regains his memory.
Right after Gu Rongting chose Lin Qingwan, Fang Zixuan turned evil. Driven by love turned to hatred, she was instigated to frame Lin Qingwan, causing her to fall from her horse and break her leg.
Before Fang Zixuan falls completely in love with Gu Rongting, she needs to find a way to help him regain his memory quickly.
Ignoring the probing gazes of the others, Yu Wenxue grabbed Gu Rongting's sleeve and dragged him to the corner.
Gu Rongting's ears turned bright red, and he waved his hand, "Miss, we've never met before, how could we... how could we be so close..."
Yu Wenxue grabbed a wooden stick from the side and hit him straight on the back of the head. "Now you remember me?"
Gu Rongting: "..."
He rubbed his aching head, wanting to get angry but unsure how to begin, so he said with a stern face, "Miss, what's wrong with you... is this...?"
Yu Wenxue was so angry that she felt dizzy and didn't even want to use her hands, so she simply used her head to bump Gu Rongting's shoulder.
She was wearing the hairpin Lin Qingwan had given her; she was going to stab him to death!
Suddenly, an idea popped into my head.
Does touching clothes with your lips count as kissing?
She remembered that the system had asked her to touch both Gu Rongting and Gu Yunshen at the same time, and that's exactly what she did.
It doesn't say that kissing has to be on the skin. Didn't it say that there are no restrictions on the location?
Gu Rongting was shocked: "You, are you born in the Year of the Ox?!"
Yu Wenxue ignored his words, turned her head, and brushed her lips against his sleeve.
"Brother A-Ting!" Fang Zixuan suddenly appeared, interrupting their conversation.
[System: Host, please do not try to take shortcuts...]
It was clearly a robot, but Yu Wenxue inexplicably detected a hint of helplessness in its voice.
[System: Kiss, a Chinese word, refers to a physical act of expressing emotion through lip contact. Its core connotation includes intimate communication and emotional transmission, and it is commonly used in interpersonal interactions to express affection, courtesy, or obedience.]
Yu Wenxue: "......"
"Girl, could you hit me again?" He seemed to vaguely remember the impact on the back of his head.
Some people even eagerly asked to be hit. Surprised, Yu Wenxue shook her hand and unceremoniously struck them again with the wooden stick.
Gu Rongting fainted with satisfaction.
......
The government officials acted quickly, and soon uncovered the truth, completely dismantling the hideout of the two human traffickers.
If Yu Wenxue hadn't been so vigilant, she and Lin Qingwan would likely have met a terrible end once they went to the location the woman had indicated.
Today was another day of mission failure.
After a day of fighting, Yu Wenxue was so tired that her hands and feet were weak. When she got home, she didn't even eat dinner. She quickly took a shower and went to bed.
In her half-dreaming state, she felt as if someone had touched her philtrum.
Who's so bored as to touch their philtrum...?
It was itchy. She sniffed it and found it smelled like soapberry.
She reached out and put her arm around the person's waist, muttering softly, "Why are you back so late?"
Gu Yunshen had naturally heard about what had happened during the day.
After dealing with the two human traffickers, he couldn't wait to go back and take a shower. He washed twice to make sure there was no blood on his body before returning to his room, which delayed him.
He didn't answer Yu Wenxue's question, but gently kissed the corner of her lips.
Her half-dry hair was still dripping with water when Yu Wenxue was woken up by his kiss and slowly blinked.
Immediately afterwards, the kiss came to the back of her ear, which had always been her sensitive spot, and she couldn't help but let out a low moan.
The warm, damp sensation brushed against her earlobe, its burning heat numbing her senses.
Did you have fun today?
The kiss ended abruptly, and Yu Wenxue looked at him in confusion before finally shaking her head: "I ran into a kidnapper, but luckily I was quick-witted."
Gu Yun Shen's fingers ran through her hair, it felt so good. She squinted her eyes, wanting him to massage her a little longer.
"Last time I asked you if you were willing, and you still haven't answered me. Can you answer now?"
Yu Wenxue didn't know which question he was asking; he was asking far too many. But thinking that she hadn't refused him before, she nodded and said, "I'm willing."
Having obtained her permission, Gu Yun Shen's hand suddenly stopped and moved to her neck.
My fingertips lingered on my collarbone, sending a tingling, shivering sensation through me.
Yu Wenxue twisted her body, and to cool off, she put on a homemade slip dress, revealing a large area of skin.
The curve of her chest rose and fell with her breathing, and the scars hidden in the shadows began to peek out.
A blinding expanse of white. Gu Yun Shen paused slightly, then asked again, "If you're willing, will you resist?"
"You're so strange, I can't understand a word you're saying." Yu Wenxue rolled over, making room for the other side of the bed. "Do you want to sleep? I'm so sleepy."
Then, he kissed the scar, like a deadly venomous snake slowly coiling around it, suffocating yet captivating.
The hand that was originally massaging her also moved downwards.
Author's Note: [Yellow Heart][Pants][Minus One][Rice]
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