Chapter 992: Mother of the child (2/2)

Everyone fell silent at his words as they tried to puzzle out the meaning behind his words.

Gu Qishao went on, “This old man doesn’t like her, so why would I mount her?!”

Deeper silence greeted his statement. While everyone was fuming over reputation and moral integrity, it turned out this man hadn’t worried about those things at all. To him, the most important thing was whether he liked the girl at all. Han Yunxi was simply stunned. For a while, all she could do was stare at Gu Qishao.

“In the end, you’re still a swine!” Tang Li cursed.

“That’s too much!” Baili Mingxiang couldn’t understand Gu Qishao’s logic at all.

Gu Beiyue had already started shaking his head, while Long Feiye’s eyes narrowed into slits. He carefully digested Gu Qishao’s statements and pulled Han Yunxi behind him to shield her. While everyone quieted down, Gu Qishao said irritably, “Where’s the extortion letter? Let me see?”

Before Han Yunxi could hand it over, Long Feiye took it and gave it to Gu Qishao himself. Gu Qishao scanned its contents before stuffing it into his robes and walking off. Finally, Long Feiye asked, “Where are you going?”

Gu Qishao was already drowning in rage. “To find the child’s mother!”

“You’re not allowed to go anywhere before we sort things out!” Long Feiye said coldly.

“You think this old man won’t leave just because you say so?” Gu Qishao disdained.

“You can go ahead and try!” Long Feiye threatened.

“If this old man doesn’t go then…” Gu Qishao trailed off as he saw the warning in Long Feiye’s eyes.

Long Feiye hadn’t let Tang Li off when he was being impulsive, much less Gu Qishao now.

“Then what?” Long Feiye asked word for word.

Gu Qishao narrowed his eyes as the air between them crackled with tension. Abruptly, Gu Qishao turned away and gave a cold harrumph. “Nothing! This old man’s going to sleep. Once it’s all sorted out, remember to return my innocence to me!”

It had to be said that Gu Qishao’s devastating looks, when coupled with his constant exclamations of “this old man,” only served to increase his masculine charm instead of diminishing it. He flew leisurely back onto the roof and continued to sunbathe as if the past few minutes never happened. Nobody could do anything about it.

“Xu Donglin, get to Myriad Merchant Hall and figure out what’s going on right away,” Han Yunxi said. Whether this was true or false, all they had to do was ask Ning Cheng.

Everyone dispersed, but Long Feiye remained staring at the roof. Gu Qishao appeared lazy and warm beneath the winter sun, but there was a certain frostiness to his figure as well. He could see Long Feiye’s glacier face at a glance just by looking down.

“You get down,” Long Feiye said coldly.

“You come up,” Gu Qishao grew guarded.

“Are you coming down or not?” Long Feiye asked again.

“Are you coming up or not?” Gu Qishao didn’t give Long Feiye time to reply, but quickly added, “Otherwise, everything’s forfeit!”

As he spoke, he made to leave, but Long Feiye flew up and landed in front of him. Gu Qishao hastily retreated. “I’ll go down! I’ll go down, isn’t that enough?”

Gu Qishao immediately landed on the ground and ran for the exit. However, Long Feiye landed outside the door and soon blocked his way.

“Keep your distance from Han Yunxi!” Long Feiye warned icily. Then he brushed passed Gu Qishao’s shoulder, leaving him with a complicated expression. Only now did he realize all the things he’d said on impulse. He scratched forehead, then rubbed his nose, growing uneasy by the minute.

What will Poison lass think of me from now on?

For the next few days, Gu Qishao was nothing if not depressed. Meanwhile, everyone just gave him scornful looks. He didn’t care about that, but every time he ran into Han Yunxi, he wouldn’t meet her eyes. Actually, he wasn’t wrong with his words that day. It was just his style of doing things. But all of his manners, temper, and principles were ineffective in front of Han Yunxi.

Very soon, Myriad Merchant Hall returned Ning Cheng’s letter that revealed the truth. As it turned out, Mu Linger had pretended to be pregnant to protect Ning Jing, thus making Gu Qishao the fall guy...

1. Yu Kebing (郁柯冰) - Yu means “strongly fragrant,” Ke is “stalk, branch,” Bing is “ice.”