Chapter 16 Chapter 16 That impulsive kiss was enough for him to ponder...
Gu Zhi closed his eyes and stood on one foot on a corner of the reef that was exposed on the surface of the pool. In his hand was a long sword, on which lay a round glass bead.
Her hair was wet with moisture, and small water droplets condensed on her long eyelashes. She held her breath and concentrated, and even the flutter of her eyelashes was slight.
The roar of water under the Dingxin Waterfall could not shake his heart in the slightest.
His brows suddenly frowned, and a voice came to his mind.
It was a woman's pleading voice.
"Sir, I am about to die... There are some things I want to tell you."
How did he answer?
He said, "Don't think too much, just have a good rest."
That scene flashed through my mind again.
A person with such fair skin, with a frown on his face and two hideous bloodstains under his eyes, looked even paler than usual, as if he was about to break.
On her face as white as jade, the blood and tears were like winding cracks on porcelain.
He couldn't help but think of that day when she came boating on the moonlit night, holding a lotus lantern, and the soft light flowed slowly on her face.
He was such a gentle and elegant person.
His feet staggered and his eyes suddenly opened, but he still couldn't stop falling and fell into the dark green water.
Coming out of the water, he let out a long breath, gathered his wet hair behind his head, and raised his head.
Behind me, there is a majestic sound of waterfall and thick mist, and under the sunlight, a faint rainbow is reflected.
He opened his eyes, his forehead and nose were as elegant as jade, his long hair was dripping with water, and he stared blankly at the sky.
He was distracted.
But, perhaps, I shouldn't be so cruel to her.
What Yao Jie said that day was nothing more than a guess.
If you want to assassinate him, using a poison that cannot be cured by Tianshan herbs will naturally be foolproof, but using a poison that can be cured by Tianshan herbs will also be a sure thing.
After all, the poison will not wait for anyone, and even if there is an antidote on Tianshan Mountain, it may not be able to save him.
What's more, the visitors may not be very clear about the situation in Tianshan, nor may they be very familiar with pharmacology.
Even if we take a step back, the poisonous fog was originally heading towards him, but he used glass beads to create wind and changed the direction of the poisonous fog.
How could she have calculated that he would send the poison mist back, and how could she have calculated her position so that she could deliberately swallow the poison in front of him?
He stretched out a hand from the pool, held it up to the light, and stared at the wound on his arm.
Just because You Hongchun had some doubts, it couldn't be concluded that Chu Jiaojiao was a spy. There were too many possible coincidences.
However, she took the poison for him, which was real.
She is so frail.
That night, she came to meet him with her hair uncombed and her makeup unmade, her clothes gathered tightly. Her shoulders were so thin at that time.
But because of him, her tears flowed like blood, staining the entire bed red.
What did she do wrong.
He stared at the scar on his arm, and for a moment he couldn't remember the determination he had when he cut his flesh.
Gu Zhi took a deep breath, scooped up the water, and rubbed it on his face twice in annoyance.
She gathered up her sleeves, turned around and went ashore, her long hair and white clothes creating ripples in the water.
He thought to himself, maybe not.
When I returned to Muxueyuan, the first thing I did was to find her and apologize.
Seeing that he had returned to the courtyard early today, and even his long hair and clothes were not dried, Ah Song was so shocked that he put down his work and rushed forward, "Young Master, you came back so early today."
Gu Zhi just asked: "Where is Miss Chu?"
Ah Song was stunned. "This morning, Miss Chu came with a bowl of lotus seed soup and asked if the Young Master was free. I already told her not to bring it."
It was his order to refuse the meeting. He didn't blame Asong, but he still sighed in annoyance.
"Where is Miss Chu now?"
"I don't know either. She seemed to sense that the Young Master didn't want to see her, so she went to the Senior Sister to apologize in a wronged manner."
Gu Zhi's solar plexus jumped.
"Going to look for Yao Jie? Leaving the hospital on your own?" She hadn't even recovered from the poisoning, just because of him—
"No, no," Asong hurriedly distanced himself from the matter when he saw Gu Zhi starting to pay attention to the woman again. "When I was leaving, I happened to run into Miss Songmei coming to deliver something, so Miss Chu followed her back."
Gu Zhi nodded and felt relieved.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. The courtyard gate opened, and the person who came in was not restrained and shouted loudly: "Master Gu, I have sent the people in your courtyard back to you."
Li Xuanbai stepped over the threshold and crossed the yard in two or three quick steps. The servant beside the door opened the bead curtain for him.
Holding a person in my arms who looks like a frost-bitten flower.
When Gu Zhi saw the person in his arms and the arrow in that person's chest, his breath was caught in his throat.
"Miss Chu!" He hurried forward, wanting to take her in. "Why are you here, Miss Chu? What happened? Didn't you go look for Yao Jie? Where's Song Mei?"
Li Xuanbai glanced at him coldly, "You ask me?" He held Nan Qiongshuang's hand tightly but refused to let go, leaving him to stretch out his hands helplessly.
"Heal the wound first, and we can deal with other things later." He called behind him, "Call that bending doctor."
Although Gu Zhi was anxious, he also sensed something from Li Xuanbai's attitude.
He had known Li Xuanbai for a long time, but he had never seen that kind of attitude from him, where he would be very irritated and impatient when he saw him, and would pretend not to see him and not let go.
Li Xuanbai had always been a cynical and unruly person. He was naturally gifted, and without much training, he easily surpassed others by a wide margin. Since entering the mountain, he had participated in the annual competitions and had never fallen out of the top three.
Because everything came so easily to him and he had a carefree personality, I never saw him care about anything.
But today, it should be the first time for him and Miss Chu to meet.
Miss Chu is beautiful, Gu Zhi understands that.
He also admitted it.
With a face that everyone loves and a personality that everyone likes, Miss Chu is likable, and Gu Zhi understands it.
But he never thought about it.
He only let Miss Chu leave the yard alone once.
Just put her aside and ignored her for a few days.
There were already other people following her and coveting her.
Even just letting them meet once.
Gu Zhi followed behind Li Xuanbai. Li Xuanbai leaned over and carefully placed the woman with her eyes closed on the couch. Gu Zhi calmly opened the bed curtain for him.
Seeing that Li Xuanbai had put the person down, he still stood by the bed without moving, even leaning down to push away the wet hair stuck to her cheek. He said, "On behalf of Miss Chu, thank you for your help, Junior Brother. Leave the rest to me. Junior Brother, please go back."
Li Xuanbai turned around and sneered, "If I had handed her over to you, she would be safe, and I wouldn't have to carry her back."
Li Xuanbai seemed to have always looked down on him, but he had never ridiculed him so blatantly before.
Gu Zhi remained silent.
He was used to having a gentle personality. Or rather, the position of Young Master required him to at least appear gentle on the outside.
He said calmly, "Junior brother, why don't you go with me outside to talk about what happened? It will also allow Miss Chu to rest here and wait for Mr. Qu Shu."
The two of them left the room, the door creaked shut, and Nan Qiongshuang, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes.
The cold sweat all over her body was fake. She hadn't been scared by a penetrating wound for a long time, so she sneered.
"You can come out now, Mist Blade."
"Hey, that man was already there at the cliff, so I couldn't go over to help you when you fell." Wu Dao's voice came from his ear, but he carefully hid his figure. "I saw him there looking at you, so I knew he might come to save you, so I didn't go to ruin your plan."
"You're smart."
Wu Dao continued, "I really thought that was the Xingchen Pavilion, but I didn't expect it to be Li Xuanbai's residence. Tianshan actually allocated such a large area for him to live in."
She turned to look at the two figures in the room and replied in secret voice, "It seems that Li Xuanbai is really favored. His status is probably catching up with Gu Zhi."
Wu Dao laughed, "So you want to use him?"
Nan Qiong Shuang said, "Of course."
Wu Dao chuckled in her ear, "I just love watching men fight over you until they get hurt. It's really fun."
The laughter echoed in her mind, making her head hurt. She rubbed her temples and said, "Go away."
Wu Dao's voice disappeared. She pricked up her ears, trying to distinguish the conversation in the hall.
The two of them discussed in low voice the circumstances of Li Xuanbai's discovery of her. However, perhaps because there were too many things that were not known to others, Li Xuanbai was unsure of what she was going to say to Gu Zhi. He said a few perfunctory words and got up to leave.
The stone in her heart was finally put down.
If Li Xuanbai was there, it might not be so convenient for her to act in tears to Gu Zhi afterwards.
Maybe it will ruin her good thing.
The kiss she gave Li Xuanbai at that time was just because she had stabbed him twice, but he didn't care. So she took a gamble and used a kiss to distract him.
She made the right bet. Li Xuanbai didn't get angry.
He even helped her and sent her back to Muxueyuan. In front of Gu Zhi, he carried her into the house while she was dying.
Her impulsive kiss was enough for him to ponder for the whole night.
Nan Qiong Shuang closed her eyes and rested, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of her lips.
After waiting for a while, the door was pushed open from the outside, and in came a white-haired old man with a medicine box, her old acquaintance, Qu Shu.
Gu Zhi followed behind and came in together.
Finally seeing Gu Zhi, she opened her eyes and tears welled up in her eyes.
The moment I found the figure in white, two lines of tears rolled down my cheeks.
"Master, I finally get to see you again." Her eyes were red as she said, "I thought you would never see me again."
An arrow lodged in her chest prevented her from lying sideways, forcing her to lie flat on her back. She tilted her head stubbornly to look at him, tears streaming down her nose.
When he saw the tears, his heart skipped a beat.
He is the most soft-hearted person and cannot bear to see others cry.
What's more, all these things that happened today were caused by him.
He walked forward, ignoring the looks of the servants and Qu Shu beside him, and used his snow-white sleeves to wipe away the sweat on her forehead and the tears on her cheeks bit by bit.
Seeing this, Asong and Qu Shu glanced at each other quickly and then lowered their eyes.
Miss Chu has won the favor of the young master again.
The young master missed her and said several times that he wanted to let her go, but he couldn't.
Ah Song whispered to Ah Liang beside him, "Go get the best Jinchuang Powder, and the best medicine on the mountain, and prepare them all."
A Liang: "The best wounds are scattered with the eldest sister, this..."
Asong: "Go get it."
The arrow hit her chest. Qu Shu was about to reach out to unbutton her collar, but suddenly withdrew his hand and looked at Gu Zhi's expression.
He was indeed embarrassed, but he finally turned his eyes away and said, "Sir, there is no need to look at me, please."
Qu Shu turned around to look for the medicine box. Nan Qiongshuang considered Gu Zhi's expression and saw that he seemed to be heartbroken and sympathetic, so she plucked up the courage and reached out her hand.
The hand soaked with cold sweat gently and humbly hooked his little finger.
Gu Zhi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Qu Shu hasn't turned around yet.
He looked into her helpless and frightened eyes.
She looked at him, and a round tear rolled down her eyes.
Gu Zhi looked at her wet and aggrieved eyes, lowered his head, and a tear fell.
He said in a low voice, "I'm sorry for making the girl suffer."
Nan Qiongshuang was shocked and didn't know how to react for a moment.
Tears fell on the back of her hand. He lowered his head, his long hair hanging down like silk. Such a handsome man actually rubbed his thumb on her hand lovingly, wiping away her tears.
Nan Qiong Shuang was just stunned, her heart was thundering and echoing.
She has been assassinating for so many years, and countless men have lost their minds for her.
But it was the first time someone shed tears for her.
Why? Was it just because she had just been poisoned and then shot by an arrow?
But even she herself never took such a small matter to heart.
What is there for him to cry about?
Is this little bit of suffering really unbearable?
She had never felt sorry for herself, but why did he seem to feel sorry for her?
It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She knew that she should take advantage of his guilt and complain to him tearfully, but for some reason, she couldn't look him in the eye.
She just turned her head and pulled her hand out of his.
Gu Zhi just thought she was shy.
The room was so quiet, so quiet it was a bit tormenting. She hurriedly changed the subject, almost as if to escape, and said again with tears in her eyes:
"Sir, Senior Sister... wants to kill me."
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