How can someone so happy when they're so badly injured?
Suddenly remembering Shen Qingfeng, Shen Jiao thought to herself, "The Shen brothers are really strange."
No sooner had Shen Qingcheng left than Gu An hurriedly slipped in.
He endured the discomfort, took off his mask, and carefully examined Shen Jiao from head to toe. He was so angry that he pounded his chest and stamped his feet.
"The injury is so serious! Does it hurt a lot? Jiaojiao, when I get back, I have to give Shen Qingye another beating."
Um?
Shen Jiao didn't understand and asked, "What does this have to do with Shen Qingye?"
"It's a very important matter."
Having spent years mingling in the gossip circles of middle-aged women with just a handful of melon seeds, Gu An had long since mastered the skill of exaggerating and embellishing. He immediately recounted all the outrageous things Shen Qingye had done from beginning to end.
Shen Jiao asked suspiciously, "Is he really in cahoots with the vendors?"
Gu An lied through his teeth, patting his chest: "Yes, that's right, they're in cahoots. Otherwise, why would they hesitate to go to the Gu family to report? They must be worried that we'll catch up with that peddler! His heart is as black as ice."
With clear logic and well-founded evidence, Gu An successfully convinced himself.
Whether Shen Jiao believed it or not, he believed it anyway!
Very well, Gu An's lips curled into a cold smile. When he got back, he would at least beat Shen Qingye three times a month!
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Shen Qingcheng was tending to his wounds by the river. As his belt loosened, a surge of blood that had been building up for a long time gushed out, instantly staining the river water in front of him red.
Fortunately, the arrow wasn't poisoned, otherwise it would have been troublesome.
He pulled out the arrow that was still lodged in his body without expression, his hands covered in blood but he didn't utter a sound. He quickly applied medicine and then tore a strip of cloth from his clothes to bandage it.
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