Gu Youyou was taken aback, her teeth itching with anger, "Then just try and see if I dare to wake up all the neighbors."
The person outside displayed a glint of excitement in their eyes.
"Tsk tsk, truly not the ordinary village girl," he muttered to himself with an excited undertone.
"Alright, alright, then I’ll formally visit my sister-in-law tomorrow morning!"
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he looked towards Lotus Village with a cheerful demeanor and dashed off toward the village, as light as a swallow.
Gu Youyou pressed her ear to the courtyard door to listen to the movements outside, and only when she was certain the strange person had gone far away did she finally exhale deeply and walk into the house.
Inside, there was still a great Buddha waiting to be dealt with.
Abao had torn the piece of Crane Immortal White Moon Robe fabric he had pulled off the white-clothed man into shreds, and, still not feeling appeased, had sat on it with his buttocks. Seeing Gu Youyou headed inside, he finally let go of those pitiful shreds and followed her.
He couldn’t wag his tail as nimbly as a dog could, but these days, he seemed to have figured out how to curry favor with Gu Youyou, rubbing against her feet and exhibiting the look of a lackey seeking praise.
Gu Youyou’s previously heavy heart was instantly lightened by his antics, and she stopped, chuckling softly, "Abao, you did well today; do you understand to bite him again if you see that man tomorrow? I’ll reward you with a meaty bone tomorrow."
Abao made a cute, whimpering sound.
The man hiding on the rooftop came down, looking at Gu Youyou with a complicated gaze. His emaciated, pale face seemed almost translucent, as if it would shatter like glass upon touch.
Gu Youyou, who had just come out from the Gu Family’s dark chamber, was also very pale, and while she was much weaker than him, she didn’t appear so utterly lifeless as he did.
She had saved him again, and Gu Youyou thought that if there was a next time, she would surely save him again.
Not for any other reason, but because they shared the same fate, and perhaps, even the same enemy.
Seeing him was like seeing the desperate, young Gu Youyou who had no one to turn to for help.
"You better leave now, he has gone far away."
This time the man didn’t ask Gu Youyou why she saved him; from her pitiful and self-mocking eyes, he already knew the answer.
He felt fortunate that, when the whole world had abandoned him, he still managed to encounter a woman like Gu Youyou.
So what if it was out of pity?
It’s just that she... she had a secret that he knew of, and so did the person who buried that secret. She herself was unaware, and those who were desperately seeking that object even more so... Ha!
Quite the trick, deceiving the heavens and crossing the sea!
He hesitated whether to tell her or not.
Standing opposite Gu Youyou, he hesitated for a long time but ultimately chose not to speak.
Perhaps not knowing would allow her to live a little more comfortably, and a little longer, too.
Gu Youyou was feeling somewhat awkward; the man opposite her was lost in thought again, leaving her clueless about what was on his mind.
Jin Zijin was looking for him everywhere; his audacity was too great, daring to come here.
"Come with me!" Just as Gu Youyou uttered a word, she was interrupted by his declaration.
Gu Youyou was taken aback, tugging at the corner of her mouth, "Why are we circling back to the same issue? Didn’t I make myself clear just now? It’s impossible for me to go with you."
"Then..." The man’s eyes filled with a tinge of melancholy, he sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Alright then, we people... Ha, forget it, you don’t understand now, but you will in the future."
He handed Gu Youyou a peculiar little bell, tiny, only the size of a pinky fingernail, and said, "There’s a Poisonous Insect inside this. If one day you change your mind, just heat it over a fire, and I will come!"