Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 134 Cold Feeling

"Oh? There is another girl? Brother Chu, how can you bring a girl to such a desolate place? You really don't know how to be gentle with women." Gu Yan wiped his clothes twice, then walked to Bai Zhi with a smile and bowed, "I am Gu Yan, what is the girl's name?"

Bai Zhi: "..."

The face that was most familiar to me in the past is now the most unfamiliar person.

Why is it so awkward?

Just as Bai Zhi was about to bow and reply, Chu Yunchuan stopped her behind him and said calmly, "She is my wife."

"So you're Brother Chu's wife. I'm so sorry." Gu Yan said he was sorry, but there was no sign of disrespect on his face. Chu Yunchuan didn't waste any more time talking to him and got straight to the point: "You still remember Ge Zhen, right?"

"Ge Zhen..." Gu Yan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then clapped his hands, "I remember, of course I remember, she is the daughter of the Ge family."

The daughter of the Ge family? Bai Zhi frowned slightly. Ge Zhen and Gu Yan were childhood sweethearts, and she had already married Xuanping Hou before Chu Yunchuan replaced him. Why did Gu Yan just casually mention the daughter of the Ge family, as if she was not very familiar with Ge Zhen.

She looked at Chu Yunchuan, but did not see any abnormality on his face. It seemed that he already knew that Gu Yan was the kind of person who would speak like this.

"Just remember it." Chu Yunchuan nodded, "I have something to ask you about Ge Zhen."

Gu Yan was sincerely embarrassed: "I can't remember too much about the Ge family's daughter."

"That's fine. Just tell me as much as you remember."

"Then come in and discuss it in detail."

There was a table carved from a tree root in the courtyard, and the stools were made of logs of different sizes. Bai Zhi looked around and found that all the household items were crooked and looked very different, and they were obviously made by herself.

It turns out that Gu Yan is living a self-sufficient secluded life here.

Gu Yan handed them two short bamboo tubes and said as he poured tea: "These are the rattan flowers and tangerine peels that I dried myself. Come and try them."

Chu Yunchuan pushed the bamboo tube open: "Stop talking nonsense. Gu Yan, tell me what kind of person Ge Zhen is that you know."

"I need to think about this carefully." Gu Yan pretended to shake his head. "The daughter of the Ge family... the daughter of the Ge family... the daughter of the Ge family is pretty. She always chased after me and called me brother Yan... I really don't remember anything else."

Although his face was very familiar, his temperament was so different from Chu Yunchuan's. Bai Zhi thought secretly that even if Chu Yunchuan was given another ten years, he would not be able to imitate such an annoying charm.

Chu Yunchuan: "Think about it again."

Bai Zhi suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Gu, do you still remember Ming Xin?"

Chu Yunchuan next to her looked at Bai Zhi with a little surprise.

Gu Yan was stunned. It was obvious that he had no impression of this name. "Ming Xin? Which Ming or which Xin?"

"...Mr. Gu, you must have remembered Ming and Xin when you named them." Bai Zhi sneered, "As far as I know, Ming Xin has been with you for five or six years, and you even had a brief relationship with him. Have you forgotten about it?"

After she reminded him, Gu Yan suddenly realized, "I remember now. It's my book boy. Sister-in-law, you don't know that I have had casual relationships with countless girls and boys in the capital. I can't remember all of them... Come to think of it, sister-in-law, do you know Mingxin? How is he now?"

Bai Zhi: "He's dead."

"That's right. The Marquis's Mansion was destroyed, how could he survive alone?" Gu Yan didn't show any sadness on his face, and added a few more wisteria flowers to his cup. "What a pity. My book boy looks good and has a soft body. It's a pity that he was born in the Marquis' Mansion and will not live long."

"Mingxin was not born in the Marquis' Mansion. You brought him into the Marquis' Mansion." Bai Zhi clenched the bamboo cup, her face frighteningly cold. "Mingxin was still looking for you until the moment before his death, and you don't even remember who he is."

"He is so loyal? Then I will offer him a glass of the plum wine I brewed today."

Bai Zhi: "..."

Talking to this person is simply infuriating.

Her hand was suddenly held by Chu Yunchuan, and Bai Zhi saw him gently shaking his head. She closed her eyes, sighed and sneered, and stopped talking.

"Gu Yan, do me a favor." Chu Yunchuan avoided the part that Gu Yan must not know, and briefly described Ge Zhen's situation, "...you act as bait to lure Ge Zhen out. Ge Zhen can recognize the real Gu Yan, so this matter can only be done by you."

Gu Yan listened with a smile, but refused without a second thought: "Brother Chu, I am living comfortably here, why should I get involved in the torrent of the world? Not to mention that she is harming the people, even if everyone in the world dies tomorrow, what does it have to do with me?"

Chu Yunchuan had been prepared for this, and threatened calmly: "Now I need your help, and I can keep you safe after the matter is done. When I have no choice but to take you to catch the big fish, I will not be able to care about your life or death. Gu Yan, you have to think it through."

Gu Yan: “…”

Bai Zhi added some fuel to the fire with an expressionless face: "The lips and teeth are interdependent. Do you think it has nothing to do with you if everyone in the world dies? Are you dreaming? Once Ge Zhen takes action, your freedom will be gone. Without our protection, she will kidnap you and lock you up once she catches you, and then make you live in the Marquis's mansion."

"Don't, don't, don't." Gu Yan waved his hands quickly, "Don't scare me, I'll do it, isn't it okay for me to do it?"

"That would be the best. I'll send someone to pick you up in a few days." Chu Yunchuan stood up and glanced at Gu Yan, who was hunching his neck and drooping his head. "Let me remind you again that within a ten-mile radius, I have countless secret guards. Don't bother trying to escape."

"Escape? I'm powerless, where can I escape to? If I had known this would happen, I should have left when you asked me to, so I wouldn't be in such a dilemma now." Gu Yan said dejectedly, "It's really annoying, go away, go away, I won't keep you guys to eat stewed chicken, go away."

Chu Yunchuan had no intention of staying, so he took Bai Zhi and said goodbye to Gu Yan.

The imperial examination did not wait for anyone, and the two immediately got on the carriage for the return trip. Bai Zhi sat next to Chu Yunchuan and drove the horse with him, with no expression on her face.

Chu Yunchuan tightened the reins to slow the horse down, and asked with a guilty look on his face, "Bai Zhi, Ming Xin's death...are you so upset about it?"

"Not entirely." Bai Zhi said calmly, "I'm not a great saint. Ming Xin almost took my life at that time. If anyone stood in front of me, I would hope that he would save me by any means necessary. Even if only one of us could survive, I would fight to be the one who survived. Besides, Chang Feng was not familiar with Ming Xin, so it was inevitable that he would kill her."

Chu Yunchuan: “…Yes.”

"But I am at least familiar with Mingxin. When I think of Mingxin occasionally, I always feel that he shouldn't have died like that." Bai Zhi closed her eyes, looking lonely, "How many true hearts can we see in this world? Not only can Gu Yan not see clearly, but he also feeds his true heart to dogs... There is really no good person in Xuanping Marquis's Mansion. Oh, except for Gu Laoer, he is the most innocent in the mansion."

"Gu Shou is not innocent." Chu Yunchuan said with a cold look in his eyes, "He once tried to kill you, but you didn't realize it."