"You!" Seeing that his body was covered with filth, Mu Qianchen's face was gloomy. He always liked cleanliness and no woman dared to spit on him.
There was anger in Mu Qianchen's eyes, but when he raised his eyes, he saw tears on Gu Yunran's face. He looked at her stubbornly, and there seemed to be a hint of resentment in his eyes, but he was unwilling to say a word.
His heart softened, and he took out a soft towel from his pocket and handed it to her: "Wipe it."
Let her wipe him?
Gu Yunran had tears in her eyes and she rubbed her handkerchief without moving. Unexpectedly, after she said this, Mu Qianchen turned around and walked out.
Only then did Gu Yunran realize that he wanted her to wipe the corners of her mouth.
He wiped the corner of his mouth casually and was about to throw the handkerchief away, but Gu Yunran felt that the handkerchief in his hand was inexplicably familiar.
"Is it Gu Qingyue's handkerchief?"
The peony on this handkerchief was embroidered by my mother herself. Only my mother knows how to embroider this special way. There are only two such handkerchiefs in the world, one belongs to Gu Qingyue and the other is hers. It's a pity that hers had been lost long ago.
"Even a handkerchief is so precious."
Gu Yunran angrily threw the handkerchief on the table, but when she saw the name on the handkerchief clearly, she was stunned.
This is the handkerchief she lost.
Gu Yunran picked up the handkerchief and was about to leave when the door rang.
"Ms. Gu."
The voice outside was that of Ruizhu, the maid of the Mu Mansion. She was the maid of Mu Qianchen's elder sister Mu Qianxi, and the only woman in Mu Qianchen's yard.
"Come in."
Ruizhu came in with some water. Gu Yunran looked up and saw her round face. She smiled slightly as she looked at him, revealing two shallow dimples.
"Miss Gu, let me wash your face." Ruizhu placed the basin on the sandalwood rack, wet the soft towel with water, and gently wrung it dry before preparing to wipe Gu Yunran's face.
"I can do it myself."
Not liking being touched by strangers, Gu Yunran took the handkerchief from Ruizhu and wiped it gently. Then she washed her own handkerchief in the basin of water.
"I will braid your hair."
Ruizhu asked Gu Yunran to sit in front of the bronze mirror. Gu Yunran wanted to refuse, but when she saw the messy hair in the bronze mirror and... the red marks on her neck.
She lowered her head and her face turned slightly red.
Ruizhu seemed not to see it and carefully tied up Gu Yunran's hair. She also considerately left some of her hair down to cover the red marks on her neck.
While waiting for her hair to be tied up, Ruizhu looked at Gu Yunran and smiled beautifully: "Miss Gu, you look very good in the young lady's clothes."
After saying that, she respectfully retreated with the basin in her hand.
The eldest lady's clothes?
Gu Yunran was stunned and it took her a long time to come back to her senses. The clothes of the women in this room were all worn by Mu Qianchen's eldest sister Mu Qianxi when she was alive.
Thinking of that bright and beautiful face, which was destroyed in a fire, Gu Yunran's eyes became a little sore. He heard that Mu Qianxi died because of begging Mu Qianchen.
Therefore, he felt guilty about his elder sister's death.
This is the pain in his heart, and he doesn't want anyone to mention it.
Thinking of this, Gu Yunran felt secretly annoyed. She had just asked again and again without getting tired of it, and had even misunderstood that these clothes belonged to Gu Qingyue.
She was just overthinking it.
Taking a deep breath, Gu Yunran prepared to go find Mu Qianchen, but as soon as she walked out, she ran into Mu Qianchen who had already changed his clothes.
He glanced at her and said, "Lu Qingzhou is waiting for you by the lotus pond."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the platform beside the lotus pond, and Gu Yunran followed behind him.
Seeing the two people coming over, Lu Qingzhou hurriedly went to greet them, "Master Mu, Yun Ran, are you okay?"
As soon as he said this, Lu Qingzhou regretted it. Isn't this nonsense? If something happened between the two of them, would they still stand in front of him?
So, he hurriedly explained, "I went to call for help, but the Mu Mansion is too big. I shouted around but no one came. I also lost my way and it took me a long time to find my way back."
As he spoke, he clutched his clothes tightly, his eyes panicking.
Gu Yunran rolled her eyes speechlessly. Lu Qingzhou was such an idiot that he couldn't even tell a lie. He almost had the words "guilty conscience" carved on his face.
Mu Qianchen's gaze swept towards Lu Qingzhou's chest. Lu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously reached out to cover his chest, but he felt that doing so would be an admission of guilt.
Fortunately, I reacted quickly and controlled myself.
Mu Qianchen withdrew his gaze and smiled faintly: "It's okay, the shogunate is too big, it's normal for you to get lost."
Lu Qingzhou was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He winked at Gu Yunran, asking her to find an excuse to leave quickly. After two hours of tossing and turning, Gu Yunran was indeed feeling tired.
She said, "Master Mu, it's getting late. Let's go back first."
Lu Qingzhou also quickly smiled and said, "Master Mu, I see Yun Ran is very tired. I will send her back first."
"I'm quite tired." Mu Qianchen glanced at Gu Yunran and smiled faintly, "How can I not be tired after two hours of hard work?"
"You guys should go back quickly."
Gu Yunran was startled and glared at Mu Qianchen fiercely. What was wrong with him that he could say such weird things?
Sure enough, Lu Qingzhou smelled something wrong. He frowned slightly, looked at Gu Yunran, and then secretly glanced at Mu Qianchen, with a little more suspicion in his heart.
He pulled Gu Yunran and said in a low voice, "Are you not leaving yet?"
Gu Yunran shook off his hand without leaving a trace, "I can walk by myself."
As she spoke, she quickened her pace and walked out. Lu Qingzhou followed behind Gu Yunran, trying to catch up, but he couldn't catch up.
When they got on the carriage, Lu Qingzhou looked at Gu Yunran breathlessly, his eyes like poisoned swords, "Tell me, what did you and Mu the traitor do?"
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