Chapter 33
Good Looks
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“You are young sir Yin, right?”
Yu Fu’s memory was quite good . During the dragon boat festival, she had not spoken with Yin Shuo, yet she could remember his appearance .
Yin Shuo could not help but look upon her a little more favorably and cupped his hands .
“Young miss Yu Fu has a good memory . I consider myself quite fortunate that the young miss has remembered me so easily . ”
The last few words sounded rather jarring, causing Gu ShuBai and Gu JiuGe to furrow their brows in unison . Their gazes looked toward Yin Shuo with a hint of displeasure .
Yu Fu was completely oblivious . Seeing him completely soaked, she figured that he had just jumped into the water to save her, thus she smiled at him and responded .
“I can remember everyone who has good looks . Young sir Yin, did you also jump into the water to save me?”
Gu ShuBai unhappily looked at Yu Fu and did not give Yin Shuo a chance to speak up .
He had good looks .
She actually dared to say that Yin Shuo had good looks in front of Gu ShuBai?
No matter how good looking he was, how could he compare with Gu ShuBai?
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“That’s right . I also really want to know why young sir Yin would be here . Also, why jump into the water to save Yu Fu?”
Gu ShuBai narrowed his bright eyes, and his usually gentle tone became strict, bringing out the might of the Gu family’s military background .
Yin Shuo shuddered quite a bit . After thinking for a brief moment, he replied with a smile: “The days are getting hot . The scenery around the river is nice, and the breeze is cool, thus I brought my family servants out to sail around . Who knew that we would hear someone shout that young miss Yu Fu had fallen into the water . As a result, I jumped into the water with my servants on the chance that we might be able to help young miss Yu Fu . Since young miss Yu Fu is fine, that is the best outcome . ”
Gu ShuBai just looked at him quietly . The majestic aura surrounding him made it hard for people to breathe .
Yin Shuo, however, was not a normal person . Facing off against this majestic aura, he stood there without a single change in his expression .
The two sides faced off, and even the atmosphere fell silent .
Yu Fu did not dare make a single sound; however, her nose began to itch . Unable to hold back, she let out a loud sneeze .
“Achoo!”
The dead atmosphere was instantly blown away by the sound of her sneeze . Gu ShuBai glanced in her direction, his eyes filled with love and a feeling of helplessness .
“If that’s the case, many thanks for young sir Yin’s kindness . Yu Fu must be getting cold from falling into the water . I will be bringing her back first to get some treatment . Farewell . ”
“Young miss Yu Fu’s health is most important . Please take care . ”
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Yin Shuo moved to the side with a smile, sending off the people of Marquis Gu’s Manor with his eyes . His gaze then became quite profound .
“Eldest young sir, you should also quickly go back and get changed . Be careful not to catch a cold . ”
Yin Shuo turned around to look at him, his eyes as sharp as a hawk’s . He then suddenly slapped him across the face!
“Gu ShuBai, why did you suddenly appear here? He nearly saw through my scheme . How could I still care about catching a cold or not?”
That attendant dropped to his knees and began to kowtow .
“It was all this servant’s failure for not inquiring ahead of time . This servant will not do it again!”
His entire forehead was covered in beads of water, and the mixture of sweat and water dripped down his face, creating a wet patch on the ground .
Yin Shuo stared at him closely for quite a while before slowly looking away at the vast river .
“If there comes a second time, just jump into the river and don’t come back…”
On the road back to the manor, Gu ShuBai rode at the front with his three younger brothers riding along behind him and Yu Fu’s carriage behind them .
Gu Xiang and Gu Yi dejectedly hung their heads . Tonight, when Gu ShuBai fought with those people, they should have stayed in the back and protected Yu Fu .
It was all because they had acted violently and fought fiercely with those thugs that Yu Fu fell into the water .
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Gu JiuGe pressed his horse forward a few steps to ride beside Gu ShuBai .
“Eldest brother, do you believe what Yin Shuo said?”
Gu ShuBai was a bit shocked, turning his head slightly to look at him, “What do you know?”
“Tonight, we ran into a drunkard . It was very strange . After hearing Marquis Gu’s Manor brought up, he was not at all afraid . He even ordered people to come and fight us . That Yin Shuo also happened to be at the river . When he was scooped up by the soldiers that eldest brother had brought along, he was even closer than I was to Yu Fu; however, I immediately jumped into the water after Yu Fu fell in . How could he be closer than me?”
Gu ShuBai nodded and said with understanding: “I also suspect Yin Shuo, but he is Prime Minister Yin’s son . The relations between generals and officials is quite strained in Eastern Ling . Without proper evidence, I cannot do anything about him . I can only order to have that drunkard’s group rounded up and interrogated . ”
“Yin Shuo has always been good at winning people over . He’s eloquent and has a clever way with words . Even if we continued to argue with him, there would be no results . On the contrary, it would have caused trouble for Yu Fu’s health . Speaking of, it’s fortunate that eldest brother appeared in such a timely fashion; otherwise, we…”
Gu JiuGe, as the older brother, had brought out his younger brothers and sister . For this sort of thing to have happened, he would be bearing the responsibility .
Gu ShuBai did not console him . He needed to be allowed to know what responsibility meant . Only like that would he feel at ease with letting him go out with their younger brothers .
“Father and I finished taking care of things in the army early . We returned to the manor but heard that you had gone out . Father did not even let me go inside before ordering me to bring people along to find you . I trust that you know who it is that father is unwilling to forsake . ”
He looked at Gu JiuGe in a tight-lipped manner, and Gu JiuGe shrank his neck in .
He felt as though he had returned to when he was around 15 or 16 and dreaded making a mistake for fear of being caned by his father . Thinking of this, he could not help but look back at Gu Xiang and Gu Yi .
Those two were currently whispering to each other . It seemed that they were talking about how they should explain things to their father .
“Father punishing me is something that should be done, and it’s fortunate that Yu Fu is fine . Father won’t punish me too severely . ”
“Fine?”
Gu ShuBai raised his voice, as he was very displeased with Gu JiuGe’s casual attitude .
“She was so cold that her entire body was shaking . Her little face was pale, and she even sneezed . Did you not hear that? She must have caught a cold . When I saved her, she was holding onto a rock in the water, and her chin was red from bumping against it . Who knows if any other part of her body is hurt . Will there be any scars left behind? The maidservants must inspect it carefully once we get back . You actually said that she’s fine?”
Gu JiuGe was stunned from what he had said then looked at him suspiciously .
“Eldest brother, there was a time when I accompanied you in training . I had my arm cut by a sword, and there was a puddle of blood that pooled up . At that time, why did you say that there’s no harm in such a small wound and told me to just grit my teeth and deal with it? Now, when Yu Fu fell into the water and got a bit cold, why are you so nervous?”
“Oh, did such a thing happen?”
Gu ShuBai was originally looking forward . Hearing these words, he turned his head and looked at Gu JiuGe while feigning shock .
“There’s nothing that can be done about that . What can be done about our Marquis Gu’s Manor raising sons strictly while doting on daughters?”
After saying this, he looked forward and spurred his horse, creating a distance between himself and Gu JiuGe .