Chapter 28: Geng Zhishan Was Infuriated (1/2)

Translator: Flying Lines

Edited by Lord Immortal

“Brother Gu, where did you go? Why have you just come back?” Xie Mengxuan stood in front of Gu Yusheng and asked with concern.

Gu Yusheng glanced at Geng Zhishan in the house, covered his dim look, then looked at Xie Mengxuan, and said gently, “I didn’t go anywhere, just solving some problems.

Xie Mengxuan nodded and said, “The house of the head of the village was on fire. Do you know what was going on?”

“Really? I don’t know. I just taught Aunt Cui a lesson but the fire has nothing to do with me.” Gu Yusheng said, unperturbed.

He behaved so naturally that Xie Mengxuan had no reason to ask more questions. She nodded and went into the house with the help of Gu Yusheng. He said while walking, “Xuan’er, It’s so late, and it’s time to have a rest. We are going to leave tomorrow.”

Xie Mengxuan hummed in approval. But when he left her room, she stopped smiling.

She hoped that it was not him behind the fire. But who was it if not him? There was no villager who would harm Aunt Cui. But now...

“Darling, it’s time to sleep.” Geng Zhishan said.

Gu Yusheng stopped at the doorway and turned to look at Geng Zhishan.

Geng Zhishan frowned when he had eye contact with him. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Come outside; I had something important to say.” Gu Yusheng yanked Geng Zhishan outside of the house and glanced at Xie to console her.

Gu Yusheng knew that they were going to leave tomorrow. He shouldn’t have been so angry, but it was uncomfortable for him when he heard Geng call Mengxuan ‘wife’.

Geng Zhishan followed him to the exterior of the house. Xie Mengxuan sat in the room and looked at them, but the distance and their low voices made it impossible for her to hear clearly.

“Xuan’er is a maiden. But you call her so intimately as if she were your wife. Do you want to tarnish her chastity, so she can only marry you?” Gu Yusheng said in a harsh voice, his eyes full of discontentment.

Geng Zhishan sneered at his lack of endurance. He knew he should not act so impulsively, but he still did that. He answered in a low voice and raised his head, “She is indeed my wife, so it doesn’t matter if I call her “my wife”, does it?”

Gu Yusheng sneered, but his savage face could only be seen by Geng Zhishan because he had turned his back to the house. “I know your intentions. You got close to her just because of her noble identity. You’ve meant to lose your manliness to achieve your ambitions, namely success and richness, haven’t you?”

Geng Zhishan showed his anxiety, and his tone raised a little as a result. “Nonsense! I didn’t know her identity when I called her my wife.”

In Xie Mengxuan’s eyes, Geng Zhishan was anxious while Gu Yusheng stood there without any emotional change.

But in fact, Gu Yusheng looked at him with contempt. “Yeah, but poor people won’t have such fancy clothes and precious jewelry as she. Do you think you are the only person to know that?” He stepped forward and laughed sarcastically, “Geng Zhishan, right? She is protecting you now, but when she returns to Imperial Capital, you will be defenseless. If you still lack a proper understanding of the situation, I will kill you, and she won’t grieve or cry for you.”

Geng Zhishan was enraged at last. He stepped forward and reached for Gu Yusheng’s collar and threatened, “Then, you can have a try and see who will die?”