Chapter 1163: Why is it thorny thistles? (1/2)

Faced with Gu Beiyue’s careful questioning, Gu Qishao was nothing short of impatient. He pushed the doctor’s hand aside and explained, “This old man’s really recovered. I just used up too much of my stamina in the maze, but I’ve been eating and sleeping and eating over the past two days. If you don’t believe me, why don’t we fight a round?”

“Alright, one round,” Gu Beiyue agreed.

Gu Qishao was surprised before he suddenly regretted his choice. “It’s the middle of the night, so it’s no good if we wake Poison lass up with a racket. Tomorrow! As soon as it’s daybreak, we’ll meet in the back mountains. Whoever doesn’t show up is a weakling!”

Gu Beiyue’s gentle gaze suddenly turned stern as he scrutinzed Gu Qishao. If the man hadn’t backpedald, he might have thought the guy was still fine, judging from his attitude. But avoiding a fight like this made Gu Beiyue certain that he was hiding something.

Gu Qishao rose to avoid Gu Beiyue’s gaze as he began to complain. “I say, Academy Head Gu, why are you pestering me in the middle of the night instead of spending time with your Fourth Young Miss Ren?”

“Fourth Young Miss Ren isn’t mine. Don’t speak nonsense,” Gu Beiyue stood up as well.

Gu Qishao was hoping to change the topic. With a grin, he sat on the table and chuckled, “Didn’t you say before that you’d definitely get married? What, you’ll give up on someone as good as Fourth Young Miss Ren?”

“Let’s go to the back courtyard,” Gu Beiyue was too lazy to rise to his bait.

Gu Qishao suddenly pressed close and muttered, “Gu Beiyue, you like Poison lass, don’t you?”

Gu Beiyue remained unruffled. “Are you coming or not?”

“I could tell as far back as the Duke of Qin’s manor and the Han Estate!” Gu Qishao added.

Gu Beiyue continued to ignore him. “You’re certain you’re not coming?”

“Gu Beiyue, you don’t want to get married at all. You just want to have a madam for the medical academy, right?” Gu Qishao’s eyes seemed to look right through Gu Beiyue’s pupils into his deepest, truest self.

Still, Gu Beiyue managed to topple him with a single sentence.

“Qishao, tomorrow morning is fine too,” Gu Beiyue conceded. “But I don’t have time then. His Highness does.”

Gu Qishao’s expression stagnated before he lost all spirit. He went back to the bed and lied down, then whispered softly, “Gu Beiyue, no need for a fight. You win.”

His comments about Han Yunxi and Fourth Young Miss Ren seem to have no effect on Gu Beiyue, because he was already striding to the bed. “Just what’s the matter with you?” Gu Beiyue asked seriously.

“Gu Beiyue, I can come with you to Medical City and stay put. But you have to promise me something,” Gu Qishao replied. “Don’t tell anyone else, including Poison lass and Long Feiye.”

Seeing Gu Beiyue hesitate, Gu Qishao hastily added, “Wait until after Poison lass has the baby!”

After a long time, Gu Beiyue nodded. “Fine!”

Gu Qishao didn’t elaborate after that, but he did roll up his sleeves to reveal his arm. Gu Beiyue sucked in a cold breath at the sight. “How can this be?”

“Say, Gu Beiyue…” Gu Qishao smiled. “Do you think this old man will die?”

“You won’t!” Gu Beiyue was adamant.

Gu Qishao’s smile grew more dazzling. “Done. If you say I won’t, then this old man believes it!”

That night, Gu Beiyue remained with Gu Qishao until morning. Then he hurried back to the prison cells of the medical academy to seek out Gu Yuntian. Gu Qishao didn’t go anywhere, but remained obliviously unconscious on the bed.

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At breakfast, Han Yunxi asked, “Why haven’t I seen Gu Qishao in the past two days? What’s he up to now?”

If Gu Qishao knew that his Poison lass was thinking of him this morning, he’d be thrilled. After all, she had never missed him before. She was always finding him annoying or chasing him away.

A complicated looked crept into Long Feiye’s eyes before he intoned, “I saw him with Gu Beiyue last night.”

Han Yunxi didn’t think more than that. After all, she wasn’t clear on the details of what happened to Gu Qishao in the sealed dimension. It was even normal for the man to disappear for days at a time.

“Xu Donglin, call them over. Just say I have sometihng to discuss with them,” Han Yunxi ordered. She wanted to talk about Gu Qishao’s undying body.

But Xu Donglin searched around in vain before coming back.

“You didn’t see Gu Beiyue either?” Han Yunxi asked.

Xu Donglin shook his head. “How about I go over to check with Fourth Young Miss Ren?” he suggested.

Yet that trip proved to be in vain too.