Chapter 161 Brother Complex (Second Update)
"snort!"
Gu Yan turned his back!
He was so angry that a small tuft of hair on his head stood up, expressing his displeasure in the cold wind!
Gu Changqing chuckled softly.
His voice was cold yet magnetic, and his smile possessed an irresistible charm.
Gu Yan glanced back slightly.
Then he started walking back.
After taking just one step, Gu Changqing noticed something was wrong: "What's wrong with your leg?"
Gu Yan pouted and whispered, "It's nothing, I just twisted it a little."
Their house was located right in the middle of the alley, not too far from here, but not too close either. Most people would have turned back, but this was Gu Yan.
Looking at his thin and frail body, Gu Changqing sighed helplessly: "Come on up."
"Hmm?" Gu Yan turned to look at him, her face showing a clever yet feigned ignorance, a rather contradictory expression.
Gu Changqing thought of the silly roe deer in the forest again, only this time it was the somewhat arrogant one.
Gu Changqing stretched out his broad and strong hand, grabbed Gu Yan's shoulder, and gently lifted him up to sit on his saddle.
Don't you usually eat?
So thin.
Gu Yan sat down in front of him, thinking, "Where do I not eat? You're the one who doesn't eat!"
But once he leaned against his strong, broad chest, Gu Yan couldn't speak.
Does this person eat ten buckets of rice a day?
How can he be so strong?
"Hurry up," Gu Changqing reminded him.
With the reins held by Gu Changqing, Gu Yan could only pull on the saddle.
Gu Changqing was originally quite satisfied with his saddle. After all, he was the heir of a marquis's mansion, and the servants would not prepare anything too bad for him.
But when Gu Yan placed his few fair and delicate fingers on it, the saddle instantly looked like rotten wood chips.
The saddle needs to be replaced.
Gu Changqing thought to himself.
“I’ll take you back,” he said.
“I’m not going back,” Gu Yan said.
Gu Changqing looked at him strangely: "Why?"
Gu Yan: "I want to eat something."
Gu Changqing: "What would you like to eat?"
Gu Yan: "Roasted chestnuts."
There was a stall selling roasted chestnuts on Chang'an Avenue, in the direction he had come from. Gu Changqing turned his horse around and galloped over to the chestnut stall.
Considering Gu Yan's health, he didn't let the horse run too fast, but it was still exciting enough for Gu Yan.
This is the first time I've ever ridden a horse at high speed in my life!
Gu Yan was so excited that he didn't know where to put himself on the saddle.
"Giddy up! Giddy up!"
Although he spoke very softly, Gu Changqing had amazing hearing and could hear the exact tone of the words spoken by the martial arts overlord who had unified the world.
Gu Changqing couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips and slightly increased his speed.
Gu Yan was overjoyed!
Gu Yan had long wanted to ride a horse, but in his fifteen years of life, he had been sickly for fourteen years, so he had never ridden one and had no playmates.
Xiao Jingkong and Gu Xiaoshun are both younger than him, and he wants to play with those who are older than him.
Gu Jiao can bring stability to Gu Yan, but there are some powers that Gu Jiao cannot provide.
Gu Changqing's appearance just happened to fill this gap.
Gu Yan enjoyed riding the horse very much, and even after buying the roasted chestnuts, he still looked like he wanted more.
Gu Yan took the roasted chestnuts: "I didn't bring any money. I'll pay you back when I get back."
"No need," Gu Changqing said.
"Then..." Gu Yan opened his mouth, "Did I spend all your money?"
"No."
"Oh." Gu Yan silently munched on a roasted chestnut. "I also want to eat roast chicken!"
Gu Changqing then took him to buy roast chicken. He didn't want the roast chicken from ordinary shops, and insisted on going all the way to Hu Ji's shop.
Gu Yan looked at the roast chicken in his hand and opened his mouth.
"What else would you like to eat?" Gu Changqing asked.
Gu Yan blinked and said, "Crab roe pastry, from Sanyuan Pavilion."
Sanyuan Pavilion is located in Lingnan!
Is this guy planning to elope with him?
Gu Changqing looked at him coldly.
Gu Yan squeezed the saddle reluctantly: "Fine, then let's have a skewer of candied hawthorns. I don't care where you eat them, even the cheap and unsanitary ones from roadside stalls that might give you diarrhea or make you sick are fine."
Gu Changqing: "..."
There's a dessert shop on Zhuque Street that also sells candied hawthorns. They're expensive, but you definitely won't get sick from them.
Gu Changqing took Gu Yan to buy a few strings of candied hawthorns.
Gu Yan's arms were already full, so he couldn't buy any more and had to obediently go home.
On the way back, the wind picked up, and Gu Yan shivered from the wind.
Gu Changqing covered him with a thousand-gold fur coat, and Gu Yan was wrapped in it, with only his furry head showing.
To be fair, even just the back of her head is cuter than her two younger brothers.
Gu Changqing took a deep breath.
He's probably possessed...
Upon arriving home, Gu Changqing first dismounted, then carried Gu Yan down, taking all the things Gu Yan was carrying inside and placing them on the stone table in the front yard.
"I'm leaving," he said as he walked out.
Gu Yan looked at him expectantly: "Would you like to stay for a meal? My sister is a great cook."
That girl who's cold-blooded even more so than an assassin?
Gu Changqing found it hard to imagine what her cooking skills would be like.
He glanced at the kitchen behind the hall, a hint of longing flashing in his eyes, but he ultimately held back: "No, I should go home."
"Oh." Gu Yan said, disappointed.
Gu Changqing mounted his horse, glanced at Gu Yan, and said, "Let's go inside."
"Hmm." Gu Yan nodded, but didn't move. He watched until Gu Yan rode his horse and disappeared at the end of the alley before turning around, jumping up and down, and entering the house feeling refreshed.
That's right.
What kind of sprained ankle?
No, no!
"Alright, your foot is fine now. Rest in bed for the next few days, and I'll come to remove the stitches in seven days." In a house on Zhuque Street, Gu Jiao finished stitching up a little girl's wound, concluding her first house call since arriving in the capital.
It's snowing again.
Snowflakes, as fine as goose feathers, fluttered and swirled, gathering and scattering, and soon the entire street was covered in snow.
Not long after she got off the carriage, she sensed that someone was following her.
She didn't enter Bishui Hutong, but instead passed by the entrance of the hutong and entered another hutong.
She subtly took the silver needle into her hand.
Finally, the other party made a move.
Two masked men with knives descended from the sky and blocked her path.
However, before they could even make a move, Gu Jiao shot silver needles into their chests.
Both of them fainted on the spot.
Almost at the same moment, a cold arrow shot from behind her.
She stepped forward, kicked off the wall, spun around in mid-air, and kicked the cold arrow away!
However, the opponent clearly had more tricks up their sleeve. A massive net was cast down from the roof, and Gu Jiao drew the dagger from her waist and cleaved the net in two.
But in that instant, a hook shot out from nowhere, snagged her little basket, and snatched it away in a flash!
"A first-aid kit!"
Gu Jiao's eyes turned cold as she looked up at the rooftop.
A man dressed in black and wearing a black mask was seen holding her small basket and looking down at her.
He gave a disdainful sneer and disappeared on the other side of the rooftop.
Gu Jiao strode after her.
Gu Jiao felt as if she had returned to her past life, to the days when she killed and robbed in the organization, and her blood was boiling.
She could sense that the other person was no ordinary fighter; he tried to ambush her several times, but she managed to evade him each time.
Finally, Gu Jiao followed the other person to a courtyard that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
The other party has already hidden inside.
The moment Gu Jiao stepped across the threshold, a volley of sharp arrows came hurtling towards her.
She had dodged bullets in her past life, so this kind of speed was no problem for her.
The arrows, which appeared to be flying at high speed, seemed to move in slow motion to Gu Jiao, who easily dodged them.
A cold snort, half-smile, came from the courtyard: "I didn't expect you could chase me all the way here. You really have some skill."
The sound came from behind the mask and was slightly different from the original voice.
Judging from his tone, Gu Jiao felt as if he was specifically targeting her.
Gu Jiao walked into the courtyard and saw the other person on the steps under the eaves: "Who are you?"
The man in black sneered, "That's the question I should be asking you. Who are you?"
Gu Jiao said "Oh": "You don't even know who I am, yet you dare to rob me?"
The man in black said, "I heard that you are a village girl from a small county town. You grew up in the village and suffered from a mental illness, which you only recovered from a year ago. But judging from your skills, you don't seem like a country bumpkin at all."
Gu Jiao replied without any guilt, "So what? Did it bother you?"
The man slowly walked down the steps, his face completely covered by a mask, revealing only a pair of incredibly sinister eyes.
He stared coldly at Gu Jiao: "Where did the real Miss Gu go?"
It seems it's not a rival clinic, but someone connected to her.
Gu Jiao looked calmly at the basket in his hand: "Give me back what you have."
The man took a step forward and said arrogantly, "Tell me where you took the real Miss Gu, and I'll consider returning your things to you."
Gu Jiao frowned in annoyance: "Enough with the nonsense, if you're going to fight, then fight. Stop being so girly."
The man, who had been a notorious figure in the capital for many years, was fierce and domineering. This was the first time he had been called a sissy, and his face turned black!
Gu Jiao didn't have much time to chat with him; she had to go home and cook.
Gu Jiao raised her hand and beckoned to the other person.
The man's movements were more unpredictable than Gu Jiao had imagined. After several rounds, Gu Jiao hadn't managed to gain any advantage over him.
However, it was clearly not that easy for him to subdue Gu Jiao.
He frowned.
He can defeat his enemy in three moves.
This girl endured more than ten imperial edicts.
As the two were locked in combat, the sound of horses' hooves came from the alley, followed by Gu Changqing's sharp shout: "Who goes there?"
The man paused.
Taking advantage of the situation, Gu Jiao chopped down with her hand, snatched back her small basket, and then raised her other hand, palm down, as the dagger flew out of her sleeve. She spun it in her palm and swung it out with great force!
The man couldn't dodge in time and his left arm was cut. A hidden weapon that he hadn't managed to fire fell to the ground.
He glanced back at the doorway, gritted his teeth, and used his lightness skill to leave through the back door!
"It's you?"
No sooner had the man left than Gu Changqing entered the courtyard. He was surprised to see Gu Jiao and asked, "Were you fighting with someone just now?"
Gu Jiao shook her small basket: "Someone stole my things."
"Who is it?" Gu Changqing asked.
Gu Jiao shook her head: "I couldn't see clearly, she was wearing a mask."
Gu Changqing looked around and found the hidden weapon on the ground. He picked it up and frowned: "It was him?"
Gu Jiao hummed in response: "You know him?"
Gu Changqing said, "The number one thief in the capital, Fei Shuang, uses these frost-snow darts as his unique hidden weapon."
Fei Shuang was a major headache for the government. The Dali Temple, the Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice had all suffered at his hands, with many confidential documents stolen from them. He was a notorious bandit who consistently ranked first on the court's wanted list.
Unfortunately, he was elusive and was never caught.
No one has even seen his true face.
Gu Changqing asked, "Why would he steal your things?"
Doesn't Feishuang have any pride? She stole from a little girl?
Gu Jiao recalled her conversations with him and said, "He seems to know me."
"Feishuang...do you know me?" Gu Changqing was stunned.
As night fell, the snow fell even heavier.
The Gu residence was shrouded in a sea of snow.
Gu Chenglin can now barely get out of bed, but he can't walk very far. He usually still sits in a wheelchair. He angrily had his servant push the wheelchair out of his room and headed to his second brother's place.
The children of the Marquis's mansion all have their own separate courtyards, including Gu Chenglin. However, he and his second brother are used to living there, so they are not in a hurry to move out.
"Second Brother, Second Brother!" he knocked on the door.
Gu Chengfeng came over from the other side of the corridor and looked at him, asking, "What's wrong?"
Gu Chenglin said, "Second Brother, where did you go? I've been looking for you everywhere!"
Gu Chengfeng asked, "What do you want with me?"
Gu Chenglin didn't answer immediately, but looked up at him and said, "Are you feeling unwell? You look so pale."
"I just went to the warehouse to find some things. They're frozen, it's a bit cold."
"Oh." Gu Chenglin didn't suspect anything. "Second brother, do you know where my spinning top went? It's the one that the Fifth Prince gave me, and I can't find it!"
Gu Chengfeng said, "Didn't I put it in the third cabinet on the right side of the display case for you?"
"Go find it!" Gu Chenglin ordered the servant pushing the wheelchair.
The servant hurried off and returned shortly with a beautifully crafted spinning top: "It really is there!"
Gu Chenglin took the top and stood up in surprise: "Second brother, you're amazing! You remember where I put everything!"
As he spoke, he patted his second brother's arm happily, only to hear his second brother let out a muffled groan.
He was taken aback: "Second brother, what's wrong? Did I hurt you?"
Gu Chengfeng calmly put his hands behind his back and said in a normal tone, "No, I'm fine. You go and have fun. I'll go back to my room first."
Gu Chenglin: "Oh."
My second brother is acting strange today!
(End of this chapter)
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