Chapter 23: This person does not exist and is wearing couple outfits. It's so disgusting! ...

Ji Zhiyang was awakened by a burst of noise.

He rubbed his brows and sat up from the bed, feeling a little sore in his waist. He threw back the quilt, got out of bed, and changed his clothes. The noise outside continued, and he frowned and walked to the door and opened it.

Yun Fu was standing at the door. When he saw him coming out, he immediately went forward and said, "Master Ji, you are awake."

Ji Zhiyang hummed, "What's going on?"

Before Yun Fu could speak, a female voice rang out: "Is it you?"

Ji Zhiyang looked in the direction of the voice and saw a maid in pink standing by, staring at him with anger in her eyes, her lips curled up with a hint of mockery. Behind her stood a woman.

Jiang Wang said yesterday that she was the general's concubine's daughter, named Ye Qingqing. Why is she here? Why is she arguing at my door again?

Ji Zhiyang looked Ye Qingqing up and down. She was wearing a white long skirt with a few orchids embroidered with gold thread on the cuffs, a jade belt around her waist, and a turquoise hairpin in her hair.

Ji Zhiyang didn't have any good feelings towards her and didn't know what she was here for.

Ye Qingqing's eyes have been on Ji Zhiyang since he left the door. The kiss mark on his neck was extremely glaring.

Yesterday, she went to the palace and heard that the prince had gone out for something. After waiting for half a day, the prince finally returned home, but she heard Yin Zhu say that the prince went back to the room with a man in his arms. The man had a flushed face and his clothes were disheveled. She immediately guessed what had happened.

But she just didn't believe it. She dressed up and got up early today to give the prince a surprise. But unfortunately, when she arrived, the prince had already gone to the palace.

Thinking of the man from yesterday, I wanted to take a look. Unexpectedly, he did look somewhat like him.

But after all, he is a man and cannot appear on stage and become a princess.

Thinking of this, the anger in her eyes subsided a little, but she was still very cold: "Who are you?"

Ji Zhiyang did not answer her, but asked: "Who are you? What are you yelling at my door?"

Before Ye Qingqing could speak, Yin Zhu beside her spoke up: "Who the hell are you? How dare you be rude to the young lady? Do you know who my young lady is?"

Yun Fu saw that the atmosphere between the two was not right, so he hurried forward. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gu Huai's voice.

"Qingqing?" Gu Huai, dressed in a crescent-shaped white brocade robe, walked towards them gracefully. He looked at Ye Qingqing and called out with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Ye Qingqing turned to look at him, her eyes instantly reddened, and she ran towards him: "Brother Huai."

Ji Zhiyang stood there, not moving a muscle.

His eyes were fixed on Gu Huai and Ye Qingqing.

It's so disgusting. She still misses her brother and calls him so affectionately. Isn't it corny?

I was wondering why I disliked her for no reason, and it turns out there was a reason.

Gu Huai stroked her hair and asked, "Why did you come here so suddenly?"

Ye Qingqing raised her eyes and looked at Gu Huai eagerly. Her tone was so tender that it made people's bones soften. "No, I just wanted to... want to come and see you." After saying that, she glanced at Ji Zhiyang and said, "It's cold outside. Let's go inside."

Gu Huai chuckled and nodded, then turned and walked towards the study. Ye Qingqing followed behind him. From beginning to end, he didn't even glance at Ji Zhiyang.

Ji Zhiyang's eyes were fixed on the backs of the two people.

How disgusting! How corny!

Still wearing couple outfits?

Ha! In this situation, Gu Huai will marry her back sooner or later!

Not until Gu Huai and Ye Qingqing walked away did he come to his senses and turn around.

He rubbed his forehead with his hand, feeling a little tired. He didn't feel jealous at all.

"Mr. Ji, are you okay?" Yun Fu saw that his brows were furrowed and asked with concern.

Ji Zhiyang shook his head, "It's okay."

Yun Fu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this: "Then I will go to the kitchen and ask someone to prepare lunch."

Ji Zhiyang nodded in response.

Yun Fu took two steps and turned to look at Ji Zhiyang: "Mr. Ji, Miss Ye, in a few days..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Zhiyang waved his hand to signal him to stop. Yun Fu thought he knew the ins and outs of it, so he shut up and turned away.

Ji Zhiyang returned to the room, lay back on the bed, turned over, and buried his head under the pillow.

Why think about that? It's only two years, after I give birth to the baby, I can go back...

Two years... isn't that just a blink of an eye?

Who he is with in the future, whether he lives or dies, is none of my business!

…

Ji Zhiyang reached out and pressed his forehead.

……Why!

So annoying...

Ye Qingqing followed Gu Huai into the study and sat down opposite him.

"Brother Huai, who was that man just now?" Ye Qingqing pursed her lips and asked hesitantly.

Gu Huai looked at her, his face expressionless, "Servant."

Hearing the word "servant", Ye Qingqing smiled. This was an answer that made her satisfied, even if it was a false answer.

"Brother Huai." She called again.

Gu Huai raised his eyes: "Hmm?"

"Do you still remember how we met?" Ye Qingqing asked.

Gu Huai nodded, "I remember."

"That winter, I was pushed into a pond, and it was Brother Huai who saved me. I was a concubine's daughter, not valued, and often bullied. You always stood up for me and said that I could treat you as my brother. At that time, I decided to stay with Brother Huai for the rest of my life..."

Ye Qingqing was interrupted by Gu Huai before she finished her words: "Why are you talking about this? Are you nervous because you are about to go to Beili?"

The reason why he treated her well was because Ye Qingqing looked a lot like his sister who died young. He also always treated her as his sister, and since she was his sister, he naturally had no improper thoughts.

Ye Qingqing shook her head, lowered her eyes and was silent for a moment before she said, "I don't want to go to Beili, I don't want to go to marry..." As she spoke, she stood up and walked to Gu Huai and hugged him tightly, her voice choking with sobs, "The King of Beili is extremely licentious and obsessed with women. He has many wives and concubines, and he has a bad temper. If I go to Beili, I will definitely not live long... But the imperial decree has been issued, and I cannot refuse."

After she finished speaking, she looked up at Gu Huai and said, "I can't marry the person I like, but I want to give myself to the person I love."

She untied her belt and took off a large piece of her clothes, revealing a section of her snow-white shoulders.

Gu Huai didn't expect her to take off her coat. A hint of panic flashed across his face. He quickly turned his head and raised his hands to pull up her clothes.

Ye Qingqing quickly held his hand, preventing him from moving, and said softly, "Brother Huai, don't you want me?"

I will be leaving in ten days, and I want to give you my most precious thing.

Rather than letting someone I don't love take it away, I'd rather give it to you.

"Nonsense!" Gu Huai scolded in a low voice, "Men and women should not touch each other. Put on your clothes. I will order someone to send you back to the palace."

Ye Qingqing bit her lip and started crying aggrievedly.

Gu Huai frowned, put down his hand, and sighed, "Don't be so mean to yourself. What you said is just a rumor about King Beili. If he was really so licentious, Beili would have ceased to exist long ago."

Ye Qingqing pursed her lips, lowered her head and said nothing.

Gu Huai walked to the table and sat down. "We will set out in ten days. I think there will be a lot of things to do. I will order someone to take you back to the palace to prepare."

Ye Qingqing raised her eyes, looked at his handsome profile, and said softly, "Brother Huai, I don't want to go back."

Hearing this, Gu Huai frowned and his eyes fell on her.

Ye Qingqing bit her lip and said, "Can I stay here for two days? I'm afraid there won't be another chance in the future."

Gu Huai frowned even deeper, and said firmly: "No!"

Ye Qingqing lowered her head and said nothing. Seeing this, Gu Huai thought she was upset and advised her, "Go back quickly and don't let General Ye worry."

After saying this, without waiting for Ye Qingqing to speak, he called the servants in and ordered them to send Ye Qingqing back.

Ye Qingqing looked at Gu Huai and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something else, but seeing Gu Huai's cold face, she finally uttered only two words: "Take care."

After Ye Qingqing left, Pei Ji walked in.

"My Lord."

Gu Huai nodded calmly, "How's the investigation going?"

Pei Ji said: "In the whole of Yidu, there are a total of three people named Ji Zhiyang. Two of them are still children, and one was just buried last month."

"In addition, we have not found any clues about Alpha and Beta, whether they are people or organizations. I have also checked the street where Master Ji appeared, but no one knows him or has seen him."

No one knows you?

Could it be possible that it appeared out of thin air?

Gu Huai's eyes narrowed slightly, and a dark light flashed across his pupils.

"But..." Pei Ji suddenly remembered that there was a pharmacy on that street, and the clerk there had seen him before.

"But what?" Gu Huai asked immediately.

"There is a pharmacy there. The pharmacist's clerk has seen him. I took the portrait to ask him and found out that he is Master Ji. The day the clerk saw him was the day the prince met him."

Gu Hui recalled that the day he met Ji Zhiyang, he looked a little off, as if he had a fever, his consciousness was low, his body was hot, he called his name, and muttered something incomprehensible...

"Your Highness, do you want to continue investigating?" Pei Ji asked.

Gu Huai shook his head slowly: "Forget it, no need to check anymore."

I've been searching for so many days but still can't find any clues. Why waste any more time?

But...

Why can't we find any information about him in the whole of Yidu?

Who is he?

Where are you from?

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't come to a conclusion.

"Do you want to continue sending people to follow Master Ji?" Pei Ji asked again.

Gu Huai stood up, walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside.

His eyes wandered a little, and he looked away for a long while before retracting them: "Follow him. Keep a close eye on his every move, and if there is anything unusual, report it to me immediately."

Pei Ji took the order and left the study.

Gu Huai stood there thinking for a long time, and finally, he couldn't help but call Yun Fu in.

"Your Highness." Yun Fu bowed respectfully.

Gu Huai turned around and walked to the table and sat down. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. He pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Where are the others? Did they leave the house today?"

Yun Fu was stunned: "No. Master Ji is resting in his room. He hasn't come out all day."

"Yeah." Gu Huai responded and said nothing more.

Yun Fu stood there, not knowing what to do, so he could only wait quietly for his instructions.

After a long while, Gu Huai raised his hand and signaled him to leave.

Yun Fu bowed and walked out slowly.

Gu Huai put the teacup in his hand on the table, rubbed his forehead with his hand, and Ji Zhiyang was in his mind.