Chapter 50 Huh?
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The gifts piled up at the door were moved into the yard by Gu Jinli alone.
As soon as the gate was closed, all the treasures hidden in the dark came out.
"Let me see. Let me see."
"What did the neighbor send to A-Li..."
“It seems there are pastries!”
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Gu Jinli didn't have to move the things on the rest of the way, Baibianni took the initiative to take on the job.
There was a lot of noise along the way, and by the time we returned to the room, most of the gifts had been found.
I have to say that the gifts from the neighbors were very sincere, mostly fruits and snacks.
Gu Jinli took a look at the gift and sighed slightly.
"Go buy some things tomorrow and send them to the neighbors next door!"
As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. If the neighbor can come directly to your door, it is likely that he has this idea in mind.
Thinking of the weak young lady who started coughing after saying just one sentence, Gu Jinli felt helpless.
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Someone started living next door today. In order to prevent anything unusual from being noticed, Gu Jinli quickly reminded the treasures to be careful not to expose themselves.
She never dared to underestimate how low the bottom line of human beings is.
Even though the owner next door was just a frail young lady, Gu Jinli did not dare to be careless.
The next morning, Gu Jinli went to the street to buy some things and knocked on the door next door before lunch.
The person who opened the door was the purple-robed nanny whom I had met yesterday. She seemed surprised that Gu Jinli came back. She was stunned for three full seconds before she moved aside to let her in.
"The eldest lady is practicing calligraphy in the study. Please follow me."
With the old nanny leading the way, the two of them came to the main hall one after the other.
"Sit down first, young lady. I'll ask someone to call the young lady."
After leaving these words, the old lady left in a hurry.
Watching the other person's back as he left, Gu Jinli looked around and found that the layout of this courtyard was very similar to his own, almost exactly the same.
However, there was no lotus pond in the front yard, but a flower garden that had been abandoned for a long time.
Huh, that's strange.
Where are those people from yesterday?
After looking around, he didn't find anyone else in the yard. Thinking back to when he didn't meet anyone on the way here, Gu Jinli frowned and finally realized something was wrong.
How could a young lady from a wealthy family have no one to serve her?
Besides, as a guest, I have not even had anyone to make tea since I entered the house, while there were so many people here yesterday.
It's abnormal no matter how you look at it.
After a while, Gu Jinli, who was left out in the main hall, finally saw someone coming.
The person who came was the eldest lady whom I met yesterday. She was supported by a purple-robed nanny, looking very weak, and walked slowly into the hall.
"What should I call a girl?"
Helping her young lady to sit opposite Gu Jinli, the purple-clothed nanny immediately picked up the tea on the table and made tea for the two of them.
"Please use it, young lady."
"Thanks."
Gu Jinli took the tea and said concisely: "Gu Jinli."
"It turned out to be Miss Gu."
The sickly-looking woman also took the tea handed over by the nanny and said softly, "What a good name."
Good name?
Are you serious?
Gu Jinli twitched her lips and changed the subject: "I don't know what your name is, and why you live here."
"Me...cough cough cough."
The sickly young lady started coughing again, and the violent coughing fits were frightening to hear.
"I, I'm Nangong Youqing." She said stutteringly.
Nangong Youqing?
Nangong...
His eyebrows jumped violently, and Gu Jinli pretended to ask casually: "Which family in the city are you from?"
“Ahem…”
After taking a sip of tea to moisten her dry throat, the woman's expression suddenly dimmed: "I'm not a lady."
She lowered her eyes to look at the teacup and said softly, "I am just like you, an ordinary person. It's just a trick of fate that I got mixed up with a family when I was young..."
She hesitated a little when she said this. She looked up at Gu Jinli and said, "Now that family refuses to recognize me, I can't go back. I can only stay here for the time being and make plans."
Um?
Why does this background introduction sound so familiar?
Gu Jinli remembered it almost immediately.
"You said you had mistaken your identity with a family. Could that family be the richest person?"
She remembered hearing the gossip from the treasures yesterday, saying that the daughter of the street-side bun shop and the daughter of the richest man were mistakenly taken away.
Could it be this sickly girl?
I just don’t know whether this person is a real daughter or a fake one.
Judging from her demeanor and physical condition, she doesn't look like a real rich girl who was raised in a bun shop!
But if she is not a real daughter, then she can't be a fake one.
Gu Jinli remembered that the fake daughters were all married.
"It seems that Miss Gu has heard about our family."
With a wry smile, Nangong Youqing quickly let it go.
"I'm sorry I can't tell you the specific details, I hope Miss Gu won't blame me."
"No, as long as you don't mind me taking the trouble to ask."
It seems that there is some discrepancy between the truth and the rumors.
Gu Jinli's eyes flickered slightly, but she didn't ask any further questions.
The reason she came here today was to see this sickly young lady again and find out the real situation of her living here.
Now it seems that there is a lot of inside information!
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Without staying in the eldest lady's mansion for long, Gu Jinli stood up and said goodbye without even finishing her tea.
She left behind the things she had bought at the market that morning as a reward for yesterday's gift.
In response to this, Nangong Youqing embarrassedly declined for a while, but finally accepted it.
At this point, Gu Jinli and the new neighbor who moved next door have become familiar with each other.
For many days afterwards, she never saw the person next door again.
"Ari, there are only two people in their yard, so pitiful."
The willow spirit stretched out its branches, still trying to find out the news.
Unfortunately, the yard next door is so deserted. It has been several days, and apart from occasionally seeing the nanny, it has not even seen the eldest lady.
"Don't just pry into other people's affairs!"
Sitting next to the rockery in the front yard, Gu Jinli was fiddling with chess pieces, playing chess with Baibianni opposite him: "Didn't I tell you? You are not allowed to invade other people's privacy."
"But they are really weird. If she is a young lady, why would she only have one nanny to serve her?"
Those who love gossip have discussed it many times behind the scenes.
If Gu Jinli hadn't stopped them, they might have lined up and lurked next door to investigate secretly.
“This has nothing to do with us.”
Shrugging helplessly, Gu Jinli clutched the chess piece in his hand and reminded gently: "Don't pay too much attention to others. It's your turn to make a move."
"Aren't you curious, Ari?"
Urged by his master, the transformed Baibianni quickly put down the chess piece in his hand and said with a tilted head: "If two people live together, life will be very difficult! How can the young lady bear it?"
“…”
So these guys are a little too gossipy, right?
Can he still concentrate on playing chess? Gu Jinli laughed angrily: "What's so unbearable? If you guys weren't around, I would live alone too!"
No one in this world can live without anyone else, and it may be a little uncomfortable at first.
But once you get used to it, it's no big deal.
Sooner or later that young lady will have to adapt.
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"Ari! The young lady is out!"
The willow fairy who had been secretly peeking over there noticed something and waved her leaves: "Oh my God! She is so beautiful!"
"She's coming over here..."
Perhaps because of the other party's approach, the willow spirit did not dare to continue talking nonsense and quickly shut up.
But soon it started making noises again.
"She took off my leaves! She held my leaves and left. She loved me very much!"
Gu Jinli: “…”
It never ends, right?
I really can't play this game any further.
Helplessly putting down the chess piece, Gu Jinli stood up and prepared to pack up and go back to his room.
But at this moment, the willow spirit suddenly became excited again.
"She asked Mammy to bring a ladder!"
"It's getting closer..."
ladder?
With a raised eyebrow, Gu Jinli unconsciously slowed down his movements.
The willow fairy had closed her mouth because of the approach of the other party, but she turned her head slightly as if she had a premonition, and saw a ladder that was higher than the wall next to her.
Gu Jinli: “???”
After a while, a weak woman with a pale face appeared in the field of vision. It was Nangong Youqing from next door.
She didn't seem to expect that Gu Jinli was right under the wall. As soon as she popped her head out, she met Gu Jinli's gaze. She was so frightened that she staggered and almost fell down.
"ah!"
The eldest lady's face turned even paler.
"Be careful."
She clearly had the body of Lin Daiyu, but she was able to do something as brave as climbing a wall. Gu Jinli didn't know what expression to make.
But seeing that the eldest lady was frightened and about to fall, she couldn't help but open her mouth to remind her.
"Hold on to the ladder."
"……call."
The young lady's white and tender fingers were tightly clinging to the ladder. She managed to keep her body steady with difficulty, and her head was covered in cold sweat due to anxiety.
"Thank you."
Pursing her pale lips, the eldest lady climbed up again stubbornly.
After a short while, he climbed to the top, sat down on it and gasped for breath.
Gu Jinli, who saw all of this, said: "..."
This young lady seems to be very unique.
Shouldn't a normal person get off quickly?
"Miss Gu, can we talk?"
After panting for a long time on the wall, Nangong Youqing finally recovered. She looked down at Gu Jinli on the other side and said softly, "I'm so bored."
boring?
Climb the wall because you are bored?
"Ms. Nangong's preferences are really special."
Gu Jinli said with a blushing face: "Climbing the wall is too dangerous. If you are bored, you can come to me through the main entrance."
"Will you open the door?"
Staring at her without blinking, the eldest lady smiled softly: "I always felt that Miss Gu would not open the door, so I tried a stupid method. Sorry~"
"Why do you feel this way?" Gu Jinli was stunned.
"Isn't it?"
Nangong Youqing sat on the wall with her long eyelashes trembling, her eyes suddenly reddened: "You definitely don't want to have anything to do with me. I'm too weak and I could die if I'm not careful."
"No one wants to pay attention to me. My family has locked me up here and is just waiting for me to die."
Miss, is this... an explosion of pent-up emotions?
He actually said so many words to a stranger like her, and his eyes were red.
For a moment, Gu Jinli didn't know what to say.
Seeing the other person about to cry, she sighed slightly.
"Miss, you better come down first...I won't ignore you."
"Really?"
Her beautiful eyes were as clear as if they had been washed with water. Upon hearing Gu Jinli's words, Nangong Youqing, who was sitting on the wall, instantly pricked up her spine.
"Then catch me."
The young lady patted the wall beneath her, her eyes shining, and she was not polite at all.
"I'm going to jump."
Gu Jinli: “…Ah?”
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