Chapter 442: Long time no see (1/2)

Chapter 442: Long time no see

If this was the past, none of the estate guards would have listened to Han Yunxi. But now they all halted at her words. Gu Qishao turned around from the center of the crowd too look at Han Yunxi. His killing intent instantly evaporated at the sight of her tall, slender, and beautiful form. Wearing a smile, he said, “Poison lass, long time no see. Have you missed your Qi gege?”

Exactly how long had it been since he saw this girl? He was probably the only one who knew for sure.

Han Yunxi was pondering over the exact same questions. She couldn’t even recall the last time they had met, and was convinced that this unscrupulous fellow would never bother her again!

She walked over and said, “Long time no see, I thought we’d never meet again!”

“So you thought I died?” Gu Qishao’s smile grew even more brilliant as he walked towards her in turn. Though the guards didn’t want to fall back, they were reluctant to offend their esteemed wangfei now. If they did, who would speak up for their sake in the future?

Han Yunxi stood right in front of Gu Qishao and surveyed him from head to toe. She sighed softly and said, “Aye, it’s a pity, but you’re still alive.”

Gu Qishao was enjoying every minute of this, staring at Han Yunxi as he wordlessly shook his head. Han Yunxi then got straight to the point. “Do you have business with this wangfei?”

“What’s so impressive about being a wangfei? I don’t like the sound of that,” Gu Qishao said, the picture of a respectable man.

“If there’s nothing else, then I’m off. You guys can keep fighting,” Han Yunxi said as she turned around.

In a moment of panic, Gu Qishao actually grabbed her hand in front of the crowd and exclaimed, “I really have business!”

Everyone else sucked in a cold breath at the sight. Han Yunxi shook him off as if she’d been electrocuted, and shouted, “Stop getting so physical, or else I won’t be polite!”

Although Gu Qishao had been rejected countless times, his heart had never changed. He could clearly tell that this woman seemed different than before. She used to get mad at him for being so touchy-feely, but never as much as this. Now, her anger seemed to carry a hint of loathing as well.

How could this be?

Han Yunxi might not put much stock into men and women keeping their distance, but after staying with Long Feiye for so long, she began to care more about such details. Gu Qishao’s hand-holding hadn’t been such a big issue in the past, when she’d only found him annoying for belittling her. But now she harbored lingering traces of remorse towards Long Feiye for doing something that was unforgivable to him. She didn’t notice the flash of disappointment in Gu Qishao’s eyes, but urged him, “Speak if you have something to say, fart if you have gas to pass!”

Gu Qishao had long recovered his usual smile. “It’s a very important matter. Aren’t you going to invite me inside for some tea before we talk?”

“Fine then!” Han Yunxi was quite generous despite her private bewilderment. This fellow really knows how to pick his times. As soon as Long Feiye left, he came!

One of the guards quickly ran up and murmured, “Esteemed wangfei, His Highness has orders…”

“The visitor is a guest, I’ll make my own explanations to His Highness,” Han Yunxi had never treated Gu Qishao as an enemy in her heart. Moreover, the man said he had serious business!

The guards had no choice but to relent. Gu Qishao made a show of straightening out his robes before following Han Yunxi into the estate. The guards seemed to scatter, but all of them were keeping an eye on the new visitor. Han Yunxi brought Gu Qishao into the guest hall and treated him to tea. Gu Qishao took a sip and remarked, “This tea is only so-so at best!”

Han Yunxi had a servant girl take the tea away, too lazy to waste idle words. “Now can you tell me what’s going on?”

But Gu Qishao simply took out a canister of tea leaves from his pack. “Red South Peak! I know you like to drink this, so I brought some just for you.”

Red South Peak was the Celestial Fragrance tea plantation’s exclusive brew, and named such because the leaves came from the plantation’s southern mountains. This was Long Feiye’s favorite type of tea. In the past, Han Yunxi had gone to the mountains just to pick their leaves, only to be kidnapped by Jun Yixie’s subordinates. Ever since then, Gu Qishao had mistakenly assumed she liked Red South Peak best.

“Hasn’t Celestial Fragrance been shut down? Where did you get the leaves?” Han Yunxi asked doubtfully.

“Another tea plantation. It’s the same variety of tea, have a taste,” Gu Qishao was all eager attention.

But when had Han Yunxi ever accepted any of Gu Qishao’s gifts? She avoided the subject and asked, “Just what’s this serious business you’re talking about? Are you telling me or not? I still have important things to do!” Indeed, Han Yunxi was a busy woman. She had already figured out a way to testing the charcoal ash for signs of sabotage, but needed to get the experiment going before she got any results.

When Han Yunxi smiled at Gu Qishao, he smiled back even brighter. When Han Yunxi lost her temper at him, he could still manage a grin. He opened up the giant parcel he’d brought with him and gestured Han Yunxi to look closer with a mysterious expression on his face. “It’s good stuff, you’ll never be able to guess.”

Curious, Han Yunxi rose and came over for a look. But as soon as she saw the contents, she felt ill and wanted to throw up.

Giant lobsters!

She quickly jumped out of the way. “Get it away, get it away! Disgusting!”

Gu Qishao was both clueless and confused. “These are giant lobsters from the Illusory Sea Lake. They’re great for nourishing the body. This young master was super lucky, but only managed to catch three of them!”