Chapter 54 Dare to abandon her? Fine, then farewell.
Yunxi buried several explosive charges in different locations, and then lit the fuses one by one from smallest to largest. She then pulled Gu Nanxiao and hid behind a rock to lie down and take cover.
When the first small explosive charge exploded, Gu Nanxiao was stunned by its power. When the last large explosive charge exploded, he stared at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, unable to recover for a long time, his pupils trembling.
After a long pause, he turned his head blankly and asked Yunxi, "What did you make?"
In fact, Yunxi had long planned for the advent of explosives. The most humiliating two hundred years of China's history was the loss of cold weapons to firearms.
We invented gunpowder, and in the end, we turned it into fireworks, while the great powers turned it into powerful ships and cannons that forced open our country's doors.
Therefore, Yunxi had been looking for an opportunity to bring explosives to this country similar to China. She hadn't yet chosen a suitable opportunity.
But that morning, when she heard that Gu Nanxiao might die, she decided to give him the formula for making explosives. She simply couldn't accept the fact that Gu Nanxiao would die in a few months.
Yunxi didn't reply; she simply led Gu Nanxiao to the explosion site to examine the effects one by one. After walking around for a while, the two stopped in front of the site where the largest explosive charge had exploded.
Gu Nanxiao looked at the pit on the ground, which was at least ten feet deep, and then at the large trees lying haphazardly on the ground around him. Each tree was as thick as an adult man's arm could encircle it.
He smelled the strong odor of gunpowder in the air and looked at Yunxi again, asking, "Is this stuff made of gunpowder?"
Yunxi shook her head and said, "It's similar to gunpowder, but it's an improved version of gunpowder. It's extremely harmful and is called explosive."
As she spoke, Yunxi took out a recipe for making explosives from her sleeve and handed it to Gu Nanxiao, saying, "You've been good to me, so this recipe is perfect for repaying you."
You'd better have a large batch made before winter, just in case it's crucial to save lives. As for this formula, I hope it won't be revealed until the time is right.
After hearing Yunxi's words, Gu Nanxiao's previously boiling passion gradually cooled down. He realized that if he treated Yunxi even slightly well, she would immediately repay him with something.
It was as if they were deliberately keeping their distance, determined to settle their scores. Yunxi's attitude towards him seemed to constantly remind him of her determination to leave, and this sense of powerlessness made him uncontrollably irritable again.
Yunxi was a woman who left him clueless about how to approach her, not to mention that Gu Nanxiao had absolutely no experience with matters of the heart. But he was absolutely not going to accept the status quo. Unable to understand, he simply asked directly. Gu Nanxiao pondered for a moment and said:
"This explosive could save my life in a critical moment, so I should give you something of equal value in return. What is your wish?"
"As long as it's within my power, I will definitely help you achieve it. Even if you have to marry me as your legal wife and make me keep my promise of being with you for life, I will agree."
These past few days, Gu Nanxiao has been repeatedly pondering a question: whether he can accept a life without Yunxi in the future.
No matter how he thought about it, the answer was no. If Yunxi weren't by his side for the rest of his life, Gu Nanxiao felt he would go insane.
Therefore, while Gu Nanxiao ostensibly wanted to fulfill Yunxi's wish, his underlying implication was quite clear: if Yunxi asked him for the position of his principal wife, it would be tantamount to her agreeing to stay by his side.
Yunxi understood Gu Nanxiao's meaning perfectly well. It seemed her intentions were quite obvious and had already been discovered. Since they were now playing their cards openly, there was no need for anyone to hide anything.
She gave a slight smile and casually expressed her wish: "If I ever want to leave, please grant me my freedom, Lord Marquis."
Yunxi watched as the hope in Gu Nanxiao's eyes shattered inch by inch, until it was completely replaced by intense anger. In the end, before he exploded, he left her without a word and rode back to the palace alone.
Yunxi was incredibly perceptive and fully understood what Gu Nanxiao's change in attitude towards her meant. However, she couldn't fall for him, nor could she let Gu Nanxiao fall for her.
So, she deliberately provoked Gu Nanxiao, trying to stop their increasingly ambiguous feelings. But for some reason, watching that tall figure resolutely leave without looking back, her heart was filled with bitterness, and mist began to rise in her eyes.
The two of them rode horses for half an hour to get here, but if they were to walk back now, it would take at least three hours.
After calculating the route and time, Yunxi looked up at the sky again. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to enter the city before the city gates closed tonight.
She reached into her sleeve pocket and realized she had no money. Luckily, she still had a few hairpins in her hair, which she quickly put away. Alone in this desolate place, she couldn't flaunt her wealth; it would only invite trouble.
Yunxi walked back along the official road, but didn't encounter a single carriage returning to the city, nor did she find any houses nearby. After the sun set, the sky gradually darkened.
An hour later, Yunxi's legs ached from walking, because she hadn't fully recovered from her period, and her lower abdomen was also aching as if it were sinking down.
Yunxi didn't really believe that Gu Nanxiao would abandon her. She thought that the scoundrel would calm down and come back for her, but who knew that he would actually leave her outside the city.
Exhausted and in pain, Yunxi lost her temper. She wasn't without options, and revenge didn't have to come from his influence. How dare he abandon her? Fine, then she'd take her leave.
As darkness completely fell, Gu Nanxiao paced back and forth in his study. Finally, he punched a pillar hard and gave a command towards the door:
"Moyu, take some men to the official road outside the city and meet up with Qianyu... and that woman."
Upon hearing his master's instructions, Mo Yu asked curiously, "Master, Qian Yu has been staying in the manor and hasn't left the city!"
Upon hearing Mo Yu's words, Gu Nanxiao instantly appeared in the courtyard and coldly questioned, "What did you say? Didn't I tell Qian Yu to be Yunxi's personal bodyguard?"
Mo Yu had sensed something was wrong earlier. How come two people went out, but only one came back? He knew perfectly well how much his master cherished Miss Zhao.
I thought my master had made some other arrangements. Could it be that he abandoned the person outside the city in a fit of anger?
At this moment, Qianyu, who had been hiding in the shadows, appeared in the courtyard and knelt on one knee, replying, "Reporting to Master, when you left the manor this afternoon, you instructed that no one should follow you."
Gu Nanxiao then remembered that Yunxi had said that the contents of the box could only be seen by him alone, so he seemed to have given that instruction.
He was blinded by anger and forgot that Qianyu hadn't gone out with him today. So, he had really left Yunxi alone outside the city.
Even during the day, wild animals occasionally roam the woods outside the city, let alone at night. Gu Nanxiao felt a buzzing in his head and immediately ordered Mo Yu, "Gather the guards immediately and come with me out of the city to search for people."
When Mo Yu looked up, his master was already gone.
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