Chapter 8 (You still know fear?...)
Gu Chaochao was still ashamed of the dream, but as soon as she raised her head, she saw the person in her dream appear in front of her, and she asked herself what she had dreamed about. This was so exciting that she didn't know what to do, she just stared blankly. Look at the person in front of you.
She had just woken up, with a bit of confusion between her brows, her eyes were soft but unaware.
Armed with no old-fashioned clothes and jewelry, she now only wears a lingerie, looking like a small cake just out of the pot, with a hot freshness. And Xiaopai himself is not at all conscious, and dares to look at people with such innocent eyes.
Or, she did it on purpose.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes, took a sip from the teacup, and the roar of Li Yinyin's previous life before her death appeared in her mind -
"Do you think she treats you sincerely? Are you close?"
"Shen Mushen, are you worthy too?!"
Kacha -
the teacup in his hand suddenly shattered, and a piece of broken porcelain was stuck in the palm of his hand, instantly turning red.
Gu Chaochao snapped back to his senses and hurriedly took the jinpa to get out of bed, but before one foot landed on the ground, he heard a deep voice: "Don't move!"
Gu Chaochao was startled, and he didn't dare to move again. .
"Are you all right?" she asked quickly.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes, hiding the dark eyes.
"...Second Young Master?" Gu Chaochao said tentatively.
Shen Mu paused for a while, then looked at her calmly: "It's fine."
As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his arms and wrapped his hands at will, and then picked up all the broken pieces of porcelain. After making sure that there was nothing on the ground, he raised his head. Looking at her: "Okay."
Gu Chaochao glanced at the blood-soaked veil on his hand, and after a long silence he said dryly, "Why did it suddenly break?"
"The tea is too hot." Shen Mushen said casually. road.
Gu Chaochao paused, thinking that the tea had been enlarged on the table for a long time, how could it be too hot?
"Why don't you ask me?" Shen Mushen interrupted her meditation.
Gu Chaochao returned to his senses, and when he raised his head to meet his gaze, he realized that he was still sitting on the bed, and the clothes on his body obviously did not meet the standards of hospitality.
She was silent for a while, before she pulled up the quilt silently, and said solemnly, "There are differences between men and women, no matter what you do, you shouldn't break into my bedroom."
Shen Mu's deep eyes didn't mean anything, "Yeah."
Gu Chaochao: "..." Then, continue to sit?
She waited for three seconds, but didn't see that he wanted to go out, so she could only say helplessly, "So, what did you come to me for?"
"You didn't bring me lunch."
"Huh?" Gu Chaochao looked up in confusion.
Shen Mu looked at her calmly, still looking cold and noble, but what he said was not very stylish: "I'm here to stutter."
Gu Chaochao: "...You don't have food?"
"No." Shen Twilight answered calmly.
... How can a person who can even waste apricot and peach spring casually say that he has no food to eat? Gu Chaochao was speechless.
Shen Mushen sat down and waited patiently.
After a while, Gu Chaochao looked helpless: "Okay, you go back first, I'll deliver it to you later."
Shen Mushen heard her words and looked at her again, seeing that she was still in good spirits, he turned and left.
Gu Chaochao stared at the direction in which he disappeared, with only four words in his head: inexplicable.
She sat still for a while, making sure he was far away, before pulling the coat over from the hanger.
She packed up as fast as she could, and was about to ask the maid who just arrived today to cook when there was a knock on the door: "Madam, are you awake?"
Gu Chaochao paused: "Wake up."
"The slave servant made some food, do you want to send it in now?" Hong Chan asked.
Gu Chaochao had already handed him a pillow as soon as he fell asleep, and Gu Chaochao cleared his throat: "Come in."
"Yes."
After speaking, Hongchan came in with something: "Madam has slept for nearly two hours and is now hungry. Is it broken?"
Gu Chaochao was taken aback: "How long do I sleep?"
"Two hours." Hong Chan replied.
After sleeping for so long, Gu Chaochao was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that it was dark outside. Then he thought about Shen Mushen who suddenly visited... He didn't run away because he heard that he had been sleeping for too long and was worried that something would happen to her. Are you here?
As soon as this idea came up, Gu Chaochao couldn't help laughing at her nervousness. She closed the door to sleep by herself, how could Shen Mushen know how long she slept. It is estimated that she was really hungry, so she came to find her.
She let out a sigh of relief and felt hungry after a while, but after thinking about it, she said, "I suddenly want to eat the rose cake from the chef, go and see if there is any more."
Hongchan responded with a low voice. Headed out.
After watching her leave, Gu Chaochao hurriedly ordered a few dishes. He originally wanted to deliver it to Shen Mushen while she was gone, but as soon as he went out, he almost ran into a few domestic servants, but he had no choice but to hide in the yard again. .
She waited for a while, only to see people passing by from time to time in front of the clean door in the past, and everyone looked serious, as if something had happened. Gu Chaochao felt itchy and wanted to stop someone to ask, but after thinking about it, it was fine.
There were too many people outside, so she took a food box and went out a little bit, so she might give it to him later.
Gu Chaochao sighed, took the food box and returned to the room, ready to repeat the old tricks later, pretending that these meals had been trampled, and then let Hongchan go to deliver them to Shen Mushen.
After planning, she began to wait for Hongchan to come back. Who knew that she had waited for a long time, but she did not see the figure of this maid. Gu Chaochao ate while waiting, and Hongchan didn't come back until dinner was almost over, but she came back empty-handed.
"Where's my rose cake?" Gu Chaochao raised his eyebrows.
Hong Chan was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Damn it, slave, slave forgot the cake by the pond, madam, wait a moment, slave will go back and get it..."
"Wait a minute," Gu Chaochao stopped her, "you What are you doing at the pond?" The
only pond in the Marquis of Yongchang's mansion is in the garden, from here to the back kitchen without passing through the garden, Hongchan suddenly ran to the pond without concealing her at all, it should be someone from the mansion just now to related.
Hong Chan was blessed, and said a little embarrassedly, "In response to Madam's words, this servant heard that Miss Li has fallen into the water, so she went to take a look."
"Falling into the water?" Gu Chaochao was surprised.
Hongchan nodded: "Yes, after Shizi came back today, it seems that he said a few words to Miss Li because of Hongyin. Miss Li was in a bad mood, so she went for a walk by the pond, but she accidentally fell into the water. The maid also fell into the pond, and she lost her anger when she was fished out."
After she finished speaking, she realized that there was an ambiguity in the sentence, and quickly explained, "Miss Li was just frightened, it was the maid who drowned."
Gu Chaochao blinked. Blinking, thinking that this person was sent by Li Yinyin, she quickly nodded worriedly: "It's alright, it's alright, I'll go see her right now.
" Stopping her, "I just came from Li's house, and I have already taken Miss Li back to recuperate."
"Where's the prince?" When such a big thing happened to Xiaoqing'er, it was impossible for him to not show up, right?
Sure enough, Hongchan replied: "Ms. Li has such a big incident in Hou's mansion, the prince will naturally go to Li's house to make amends."
Li Yinyin left, and Shen Liu also left. If nothing else, the two of them will not be together today. Will come back again, what kind of happiness on earth is this? Gu Chaochao was in a very good mood, but he didn't dare to show it in front of Hongchan, he just coughed lightly: "There is a food box over there, you can send it to the second young master."
Hongchan was puzzled: "For the second young master . deliver?"
"Well, it's my leftover food," Gu Chaochao raised his lips, "Second Young Master is very pitiful, it's better to reward him."
Hongchan understood, picked up the food box and went to Shen Mushen's yard .
Shen Mushen had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw that it was not Gu Chaochao who came in, the air pressure around him dropped.
"The slave servant was ordered by the madam to bring food to the second young master." Hong Chan said, putting down the food box.
"Got it," Shen Mushen said with a cold expression, "Go down."
"Yes."
Hong Chan left with her head lowered, Shen Mushen sat alone for a moment, and opened the food box.
I saw three plates neatly placed in the food box, one of which contained a complete fish maw and two round fish face meat. Shen Mu stared at it for a moment, the corners of his lips raised uncontrollably.
Night gradually fell, and the Hou Mansion, which had been lively all day, finally quieted down.
As soon as the time of Xu arrived, Gu Chaochao went to the Marquis of Yongchang.
It was still a bedroom that smelled of old people and Chinese medicine. Gu Chaochao came twice a day, and he was almost used to it. I don’t know if it was because the candlelight was too close. Marquis Yongchang’s complexion was better than before, but he was still in a coma. not awake.
Counting the days, there are still more than ten days before his death. Although Gu Chaochao took pity on him a little bit, but the thought that he was seeking auspiciousness would destroy the old bastard of a little girl's life, and this sympathy would soon disappear. gone.
"Ma'am, it's time to wipe the Marquis." The servant came in with hot water.
Gu Chaochao responded, but he didn't intend to do anything.
The servant didn't dare to bother her, so he put down the hot water and started to untie Yongchang Hou's clothes. Gu Chaochao looked away, calmly distracted, and when the time was almost up, he found an excuse to leave the room.
On a rare sunny day, the moonlight shrouded the entire Hou Mansion, and when the breeze blew, I only felt that my limbs and bones were comfortable.
Gu Chaochao slept too much during the day, and now he is quite energetic. Seeing the moonlight is good, and the annoying male and female couples are not in the mansion, he simply turned around and said to Hong Chan, who was following behind him: "Go back first, I will walk alone."
Hong Chan After a pause: "It's getting late, let the slaves accompany you."
Stay with me or monitor me? Gu Chaochao pulled the corner of his lips: "It's okay, I'll go back after I walk."
Seeing her insistence, Hongchan had to agree.
Gu Chaochao took a deep breath and walked forward in a good mood.
Hongchan watched her leave, and when she saw that the road she was walking was the one leading to the garden, she suddenly remembered something, but unfortunately, before she could speak to remind her, Gu Chaochao had already disappeared into the night.
Hong Chan hesitated for a moment, then turned and left.
Gu Chaochao just walked around at will, not paying attention to where he was going.
...If she remembered correctly, it seems like someone just died here?
Gu Chaochao's back suddenly felt hairy, and when he was about to leave, his peripheral vision suddenly swept across the flat stone ground beside the pond, and there was a black protrusion, as if something had been placed there.
She has always been timid and deadly. She hesitated for a second after seeing it, but she held her breath and walked over, carefully looking at it in the moonlight.
After a long while, I recognized that the top layer was a straw mat, but I couldn't see what was covered under it.
She was afraid and curious, and after struggling for a long time, she still stretched out her trembling little hand.
However, before she could touch the straw mat, there was a slight noise in the water, and she shivered in fright. She followed the sound and saw nothing.
...The pond is covered with gravel, so the sound should be the stone falling into the water.
Gu Chaochao backed away a little, but after staring at the straw mat for a long time, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand again.
Getting closer, getting closer... When her fingertips were still a fist away from the straw mat, a burst of warmth suddenly came from her back, and the next second, her slender waist was caught by a strong arm, Involuntarily dragged back. Gu Chaochao, who was in a state of high tension, was shocked, and before he could scream, his mouth was covered.
"It's me." A cold voice came from his ear.
Gu Chaochao blinked, and his legs softened after recognizing whose voice it was.
Shen Mushen clearly felt that the small body in his arms was about to fall, and the arms around her waist became harder and harder.
"You still know you're afraid?" In his always indifferent voice, there was a rare bit of ridicule.
Gu Chaochao's mouth was dry, and before she could speak, Shen Mushen suddenly pulled her behind the stone next to her.
"Shh," he reminded in a low voice.
Gu Chaochao paused, and then heard someone's voice coming from far to near -
"I told you to come quickly, you have to go out for a drink, now it's alright, I have to come and carry the body in the middle of the night, if you let the prince know, I have to be scolded."
"No, only fools come here when someone died here today, as long as you and I don't say anything, who would know that we carried them at night." The
fool Gu Chaochao said, "… ..." The
two of them were talking, and they walked to the end of the grass mat, lifted it up together, and walked out.
Another gust of cool wind blew the straw mat to the ground, and Gu Chaochao caught sight of the corpse's face. It looks a little familiar, it seems like... the one who hit the back of her hand blue in the morning?
Before she could see clearly, her eyes were covered.
His palms were hot and damp, it should be the moisture left by her breathing too fast when he was covering her nose and mouth.
Gu Chaochao saw darkness in front of him, and suddenly found it difficult to breathe.