Gu Youyou’s expression gradually darkened, her heart truly steadfast as a rock.
"Of course not!" Gu Youyou said in a low voice, "I hold no grudge against you."
Jin Zijin hadn’t gone far, and she believed he had heard.
I’m willing to trust you, but why don’t you explain that you possess superb medical skills, understand strange methods of healing, and also write beautifully?
You must have other unknown skills that you have yet to show, and all of these aren’t things that the Gu Family’s yin-nurturing young maid could do. So why won’t you explain?
What he didn’t know was that Gu Youyou simply could not explain.
Hungry for a whole day, having not eaten a single grain of rice, hunger kept Gu Youyou from sleeping.
This bizarre custom claimed that family members could only eat after the burial.
Turning over, she saw Jin Zijin sleeping soundly.
He must have sneakily eaten something, how annoying, he didn’t leave any for her.
Gu Youyou turned over and got out of bed, putting on her clothes.
The pots and pans at home were clean, plainly just washed. He had indeed eaten, and hadn’t left a crumb for her.
In the dead of night, there was no way to find anything to eat, unless it was the offering biscuits from the Gu Family’s ancestral hall.
To go there, a chill ran through her, she wasn’t that desperate yet.
In the quiet little mountain village, the sounds of insects occasionally broke the silence, along with voices speaking in the distance, from the ridge of a mountain.
Gu Youyou was startled.
In the dead of night, in these desolate mountains, who would be talking at this hour?
If her ears weren’t sharp, if she didn’t live near the mountainside, on a silent night , she wouldn’t have been able to hear it.
But even so, she could only faintly make out the sound of someone talking, not clearly enough to discern the words.
Since she couldn’t fall asleep anyway, Gu Youyou decided to carefully get a bit closer, perhaps she would be able to hear more clearly.
"The job isn’t done, and you dare ask me for silver!" Perhaps due to anger, the voice was a bit loud, so Gu Youyou heard it clearly.
Wait a minute, this voice sounded somewhat familiar.
She wanted to get even closer, but she couldn’t.
She was on the opposite side of a mountain hollow; to get closer, she would have to go down into the valley and then to the hilltop where the speakers were.
It was too risky and would expose her easily.
Another person was speaking with the first, but the voice was too low for Gu Youyou to hear clearly.
"I have said that you will not lack reward upon completion of the task. But is it done now? She ran off with a man, such a big issue, and you didn’t even inform us."
Gu Youyou felt more and more confused as she listened: "..."
What is all this about, such a mess? But it seems somewhat interesting; which girl has the courage to run off with a man?
The other person was whispering something in explanation, which only made the first person even angrier.
"We approached you back then because you seemed clever. If the message got intercepted, don’t you have any other way to pass the message? Hmph, in the end, it’s your lack of competence. If you want silver, show some sincerity. You’re after wealth, we’re after the person."
The more she listened, the more mysterious it sounded; it seemed it wasn’t about chasing after the girl.
As Gu Youyou pondered, a large hand gently patted her shoulder; at this late hour, she shivered with fright and let out a scream.
But the scream didn’t come out, as another large hand swiftly covered her mouth.
Seeing the owner of the hands, Gu Youyou finally exhaled a sigh of relief.
They say scaring someone can scare them to death, and it’s not a bit untrue.
Darn it, she was almost scared to death.
"Why did you come here?" Gu Youyou whispered.
"Why are you here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Jin Zijin asked.