“No, I already knew he was better than you at that time,” Qiao Qiu said.
Bai Shu...
Qiao Qiu said, "Why do you have to be like this? Even if your martial arts are a little worse than his, you are still his junior brother. If you are not as good as him in martial arts, there is always something you are better at than him. It's just that you are too fixated on this point, which makes your vision really shallow."
"You say I have a narrow perspective?" Bai Shu looked at her, a hint of hurt flashing in his eyes.
"Your jealousy has blinded you. Your impulsiveness proves your immaturity. Do you know why you were so easily defeated by Yu Ge? It wasn't because of your martial arts skills, but because of your personality." Qiao Qiu spoke without any restraint, not afraid of provoking him in the slightest.
Every word she said felt like a knife to his heart. Bai Shu was indeed very angry, but he didn't want to hurt her, so he didn't retaliate.
Qiao Qiu lowered her eyes slightly, "Bai Shu, you actually still have a conscience. Even though I hurt you so much, you didn't try to hurt me in return."
"I won't hurt you," Bai Shu said, though he didn't know why, he was willing to follow his heart.
Qiao Qiu smiled slightly, "Actually, you're quite nice."
"It's good, but in the end, you didn't choose me." Hearing her words, Bai Shu's heart bled. He would rather she hate him than hear those words. Those words meant that no matter how good he was, he would still lose to Yu Ge.
Qiao Qiu stopped smiling and stood with her hands behind her back. "If you can't figure it out, go to the top of the mountain and look at the expansive view. Maybe you can come up with something."
Bai Shu smiled and said, "No need, you can go back."
Qiao Qiu raised an eyebrow slightly. "If you weren't so fixated on it, perhaps you could discover more wonderful things."
After saying that, Qiao Qiu moved and disappeared into the woods.
Bai Shu clenched his fists, blood seeping from between his fingers. If he could, he really wanted to scream right now.
Gu Youying hid in the Gu family for a long time, and Bai Shu did not come to take her away again. Her expectations turned to disappointment, and now a hint of despair was emerging.
Was she really just abandoned like that?
Gu Youying knew he must have gone to find Qiao Qiu; he could never forget her.
Qiao Qiu disliked him, and she had always made it very clear, but was it only obvious to her or to Bai Shu? Gu Youying didn't know.
All she knew was that if there was one person she hated most in this world, it would definitely be Qiao Qiu.
If it weren't for her, she would never have ended up like this.
If it weren't for her, Bai Shu would be in love with her today.
If it weren't for her, her research would have been completed long ago, and her life would have been steadily progressing towards glory, instead of being like a stray dog now.
Gu Youying wanted to laugh, wanted to laugh out loud, but she couldn't laugh.
Tears streamed silently down her cheeks, and her throat tightened with a lump.
Just then, a figure descended silently from the sky into the courtyard.
Gu Youying was lost in her own thoughts and didn't see it.
Bai Shu sensed someone in the kitchen and went inside.
"Have you taken everything you were supposed to?"
Upon hearing his voice, Gu Youying immediately stopped crying, and her heart felt as if it had come back to life.
She looked up at him and said, "Here, I've got it."
Hearing the slight hoarseness in her voice, Bai Shu frowned, grabbed her arm, pulled her up, put his arm around her waist, and with a light step, leaped out of the kitchen, onto the roof ridge, and flew out of the village.
Gu Youying felt much more at ease staying in his arms.
No matter who he has feelings for, as long as he hasn't abandoned her, that's enough.
...
Yu Ge received a letter from Qiao Qiu and personally led people to arrest Bai Shu.
Based on Qiao Qiu's description, he is very likely still on the mountain behind the village.
So Yuge went up the mountain to search for people without alerting the villagers.
The mountain wasn't very big, but they all had internal energy protecting them, so they could find people much faster than ordinary people.
Bai Shu heard a strange sound and quickly went out of the cave to take a look, but then turned back.
Seeing his expression, Gu Youying was puzzled. "What's wrong?"
"They've searched the area," Bai Shu said in a low voice.
Gu Youying was startled and immediately became nervous. "What should we do?"
She hadn't forgotten the days she was captured and imprisoned. Although she wasn't abused, she didn't want to spend even a moment without seeing Bai Shu.
That feeling was even more unbearable for her than being tortured.
Bai Shu frowned. If a fight broke out now, it would be very disadvantageous, and they had to leave.
Bai Shu looked inside the cave. The cave wasn't very big, making it easy to search for people. Moreover, it was a solid cave with no connecting passages.
"Grab your things and let's go."
Gu Youying nodded after hearing his words and quickly packed up her things.
Bai Shu pulled her out quietly, leaned against the wall, and ran along the other side of the mountain path.
Gu Youying had very poor stamina, and it wasn't long before Bai Shu carried her on his back using his light-footed skills.
His martial arts skills were indeed inferior to Yu Ge's, but escaping pursuit was still very easy for him.
Yu Ge didn't know Bai Shu's exact location, so he could only send people to search for him. He just happened to search the other side instead of this side, which is why Bai Shu was able to escape so easily.
Bai Shu did not stay on the mountain, but instead rushed down to the foot of the mountain.
It's no longer safe to stay on this mountain. If we stay any longer, we'll be caught by Yuge sooner or later.
His subordinates should still be there. He doesn't know if the Dark Night Gate has been breached by Yuge. He needs to go back and check.
As for Qiao Qiu's wedding, he'll come over early once he finds out the date.
Yu Ge searched the mountain for half a day but did not find Bai Shu, so he stopped searching.
If they still couldn't find him, it can only mean he fled at the first sign of trouble.
Although Bai Shu's martial arts skills were not as good as his, they were still quite impressive. If he focused on escaping, it wouldn't take long.
Yu Ge told his men to go back, while he himself went to the village.
Many farmers who came out to work in the fields greeted him when they saw him. After all, he was the future son-in-law of the Qiao family, and no matter what, they had to treat him with proper respect.
Yu Ge arrived at the Qiao family's residence and was immediately invited inside.
He first went to see Qiao's parents, and then went to find Qiao Qiu.
Fortunately, the villagers didn't place too much emphasis on outside etiquette, and there were no prohibitions against men and women meeting before marriage.
It was not so easy for Yu Ge to see Qiao Qiucai.
Qiao Qiu saw him arrive and guessed what was going on.
"He ran away?"
Yu Ge nodded. "They've disappeared without a trace, probably because our search of the mountain was too noisy."
Qiao Qiu raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Perhaps you should have told me earlier that you were arriving today."
"Hmm?" Yuge didn't quite understand what she meant.
"Your future wife is quite the target; she was even called out last night," Qiao Qiu said with a smile.
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