Once upon a time, Fang Mingfeng was also a knot that troubled her for many years.

She didn't understand why he liked Gu Yunmeng, and why it was Gu Yunmeng.

Since he didn't like her, why didn't he just cancel the engagement? Instead, he tried to kill her and later ruined her reputation, causing the Gu family to break off the engagement out of shame, while their Fang family occupied the moral high ground.

She had done nothing wrong. The one who was wrong was Fang Mingfeng. If the engagement needed to be cancelled, it should be her who did it.

Juanbi on the side looked at Gu Yanfei with complicated eyes. She was originally afraid that Master Fang would have some misunderstandings about her girl and Master Chu, but she didn't expect that her girl looked down on Master Fang at all.

The girl is so smart and has a keen eye. I'm afraid that this Prince Fang is just all show and no substance.

Yes, it must be like this! The carriage slowly passed through the city gate, and the whips outside cracked.

Gu Yanfei's hand holding the cup suddenly paused, and ripples appeared in the tea in the cup.

She put down the cup as if nothing had happened, but she felt like a rock was pressing on her heart and making it hard for her to breathe.

This feeling is familiar...

Gu Yanfei casually lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside the carriage.

The sun was half gone, dyeing the western sky a rouge red.

On the other side, the sky in the southeast was unusually dark, with layers of black clouds pressing down on the city. It seemed that a storm was about to come, exuding an ominous atmosphere.

Gu Yanfei's other hand hidden in his sleeve quickly calculated...

But as soon as my thumb brushed across two fingers, the oppressive feeling in my heart became stronger, and a fishy and sweet taste appeared in my throat.

She swallowed the blood back before it spilled out of her lips.

She calmly withdrew her hand, her pupils hidden under her half-drooped eyelashes. Only she knew that her heart was aching.

She was very familiar with this feeling. She was once again suppressed by the laws of this small world.

From the divination just now, she could only barely predict that Danyang City would be in great trouble, and only three out of ten people in the city would survive! After passing through the city gate, the carriage began to gradually accelerate.

Gu Yanfei absentmindedly lowered the curtains, and when he looked at Master Chu again, he was slightly startled.

There was a gloomy black aura lingering between the other person's handsome brows, which could not be shaken off.

Gu Yanfei's pupils were as deep and unfathomable as a black pool, and his gaze moved around Master Chu's eyebrows.

When she first met him, she noticed a faint blue-black aura between his brows. After entering the city, the black aura became even thicker.

In physiognomy, this means dark clouds are covering the sky.

"Mr. Chu, thank you for giving me a ride." Gu Yanfei took out a red brocade bag from his sleeve pocket and put it on the table. "This amulet is for you, Mr. Chu."

From the opening of the brocade bag that was not completely tightened, you could see a folded beige note stuffed inside.

"..." Master Chu put his right fist to his lips, chuckled softly, and his brows relaxed.

"We're at Hua'an Street!"

The crisp voice of the little picker was heard again from outside, and the carriage stopped steadily outside a mansion.

Juanbi was the first to get off the carriage. Her originally pale and gloomy face suddenly brightened up, and she felt completely relieved.

Xiao Shi looked at Gu Yanfei with a strange expression, thinking that this beautiful girl was really strange. She actually gave their young master a peace amulet. Did she think that it was because of this peace amulet that she was able to survive the fall from the cliff?

Just as Gu Yanfei was about to get off the carriage, she saw Master Chu suddenly take off the dagger at his waist and hand it to her.

"I'll give this sword back to the girl." He looked straight at Gu Yanfei, with a hint of interest in his smiling eyes.

Gu Yanfei was stunned for a moment, knowing that the other party had misunderstood him, but he still accepted it graciously.

This sword is quite handy. Gu Yanfei pulled out the sword two inches with satisfaction, put it back into the scabbard, and kindly advised the other party: "Danyang City has been in turmoil recently. If you have nothing to do, it is better to leave early."

"That's it."

Gu Yanfei held the scabbard in his hand and bowed to Master Chu with a smile and said goodbye.

Gu Yanfei smiled slightly, knowing very well that the other party would not listen to his advice. He must have other purposes for coming to Danyang City, and would not leave until he achieved his goal.

She gave him this amulet just to repay a debt of gratitude.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanfei subconsciously rubbed the scabbard in his hand with his fingertips.

When she first saw Master Chu's sword, she remembered it.

She had seen this sword before.

In her previous life, after she was rescued from the bottom of the cliff, she was in a coma most of the time. She only woke up once in a daze in the carriage and vaguely saw her savior.

At that time, she didn't see the other person's face, but only vaguely saw his sword.

She was sure it was this sword.

In other words, it was this Master Chu who saved her in her previous life and sent her back to Danyang City safely.

Gu Yanfei sighed inwardly, helped Juanbi get off the carriage with his hand, the bloody taste in his mouth still lingering and his throat was burning.

Master Chu was the only one left in the carriage, and the chess game was still unfinished. The densely packed black and white chess pieces on the board divided the world into two parts, with both sides evenly matched.

"Miss Gu, see you again if we are lucky."

Xiao Shi waved goodbye to Gu Yanfei, and their green-covered carriage sped away along the wide street and soon disappeared into the dark twilight.

The sound of horse hooves faded away, and the empty street was silent with few passers-by nearby.

Gu Yanfei stood still and looked up at the dim sky.

The clouds in the sky grew thicker and heavier, as if they were about to fall.

“Knock knock knock…”

Juanbi raised his hand and knocked on the corner door of the mansion, and shouted to the gatekeeper inside: "Old Li!"

After a while, the corner door opened with a creaky sound, leaving only an inch-long gap, and the sallow face of the doorman, Old Li, appeared behind the door.

The door stopped, and Old Li's cloudy eyes revealed a sense of gloating. He glanced at Juanbi and Gu Yanfei behind her, and said in an ambiguous tone: "Hey, the second young lady is back!"

"Mrs. Zhang, go tell Madam Xu right away." Old Li turned around and called on the maid to pass on the message.

Seeing that the door was only a crack open, Juanbi frowned and urged, "Old Li, open the door quickly!"

Old Li held the door tightly, sighed with a fake smile, and answered the question irrelevantly: "Madame Xu said that it is not proper for a girl to go out early and come back late. She said that if the second girl does not return home before sunset, she will not be allowed to enter the house."

Upon hearing this, Juanbi widened her eyes in disbelief.

She and the girl have lived here for three months, and on weekdays they were often neglected by these servants who were accustomed to taking advantage of the weak. But she didn't expect that they would go so far as to not let them in today!

Juanbi was so angry that her round face turned red, but the situation was beyond her control. If Old Li insisted on not opening the door, then there was nothing they could do.

She patiently explained, "Old Li, we had an accident on the way back to the city from Daxing Temple. The carriage fell off a cliff..."

"Juanbi, step back."

As Gu Yanfei's calm and soft female voice rang out, Juanbi obediently took two steps back.

"brush!"

Gu Yanfei pulled out the dagger from the sheath with a swift movement. The narrow sword blade flashed a cold light and made a buzzing sound in the setting sun.

Gu Yanfei swung his sword without hesitation.

Her movements were light and graceful, like a mere decoration, but the sword blade easily split the door panel, dividing the thick door panel into two like cutting tofu.

Half of the split door leaf tilted backwards and fell to the ground with a bang, leaving only the other half hanging on the door axis.

(End of this chapter)