Gu Hao is stunned.
Hearing that tease from Senior Zhao, not only does the back of his ears but also his heart start to burn.
Getting no reaction out of him, Ah Zhao wonders if Gu Hao is too shy that he feels uncomfortable because of her word.
She is about to say something to lighten up the mood when Gu Hao suddenly says:
"Then, Senior Zhao, are you bewitched by my beauty?"
This time it's Ah Zhao who is stunned.
It never occurs to her that Gu Hao would put forward such a question after being silence for so long.
Come to think about it, she is, indeed!
Gu Hao, a man who has come of age with new hair and brows could easily captivate anyone.
In fact, Gu Hao is nowhere as calm as he pretends to be.
After he has asked her that on a sudden impulse, he is dumbfounded as well. Standing there in a daze, he clenches his fist while thinking repeatedly what Senior Zhao will say to him.
Ah Zhao is thinking about how to answer him, too.
But before he speaks, sounds of hurried steps reach them from outside.
That familiar yet older face of the steward turns up in front of them once again.
Seeing Gu Hao with his hood down, the steward's pupils narrow as if he has seen a monster.
"Why are you here?" He sounds a bit hasty.
The steward will never forget how he felt after entering the room and seeing his master lying barely alive on the ground with his spirit core taken away from him on that day.
Before that happened, Gu Hao was called inside to meet the master but vanished.
The steward has thought that the master might have come across some powerful enemy of his and Gu Hao was unfortunately involved in the trouble as well. He was just a squire and he might have died somewhere quietly.
But right now, Gu Hao stands in front of him safe and sound.
He can't persuade himself that Gu Hao had nothing to do with what happened to the master.
Hearing the steward's question, Gu Hao raises his brows: "Mr. Steward, where does that question come from? Am I not part of our family?"
The steward is suspicious.
Seeing that, Gu Hao asks softly: "Where is my uncle? I've heard that he has gone into seclusion. Come to think of it, we did have a bit of misunderstanding when I went to see him two years ago."
The steward's expression changes.
"Young master, this way!"
He bows and gives way to Gu Hao with respect.
Gu Hao smiles slightly but doesn't move. He steps aside and gestures at Ah Zhao.
Seeing Ah Zhao who is tightly wrapped up in a cloak, the steward asks in confusion: "This is?"
Gu Hao doesn't like to speak too much about Ah Zhao in front of others. He says coldly: "A senior one."
Ah Zhao glances at him and opens her mouth with a soft laughter: "Hao-er told me that his fiancé would be here. I'm curious so I come with him and have a look."
Thinking that today she is here to support Gu Hao, she calls him by a dearer name which will let others know how close they are to each other.
Gu Hao: "..."
His ears turn red in an instant, the ease that he had when he dealt with the steward gone from him.
Why, why does senior one calls me that?
Before he has an answer, Ah Zhao is already inside the manor.
She is indeed quite curious about that Young Lady of Feng Family, who insists on breaking off her engagement with the male lead in the original plot.
After all, it must have been difficult to break off an engagement in front of that face of Gu Hao's! Click the external link to read next chapter!