116 Biased
The siblings’ conversation was like a thorn in Gu Jian’s ears. Gu Jian’s expression darkened, and his gaze wandered.
Gu Yuan looked down at Gu Jian and took in the subtle changes in his expression.
Even if he didn’t understand it at first, he understood it now.
A sharp light flashed across Gu Yuan’s dark phoenix eyes, cold and deep.
“They’re here, the stretcher is here!” someone shouted. Not far away, two guards from the Marquis Mansion hurried over with the empty stretcher.
They could not be bothered to bow to their masters anymore. As they carefully lifted Gu Jian, who was on the ground, onto a stretcher, Gu Jian let out a low moan. It was so painful that cold sweat almost soaked his temples, like a fish pulled out of the water.
The servants kept talking.
“Be careful.”
“Don’t bump the Marquis.”
“Marquis, endure a little longer. The doctor will be here soon.”
“…”
Amidst the commotion, Gu Jian was carried away. A group of servants surrounded the stretcher. Even the broken rhinoceros horn bow was picked up from the ground by the servant.
Gu Yuan and Gu Yanfei followed slowly at the back.
“Has the bowstring been tampered with?” Gu Yuan asked Gu Yanfei softly. His voice was so low that only the siblings could hear him.
Gu Yanfei gently stroked her sleeve and nodded imperceptibly. The corners of her lips curled up slightly.
Gu Yuan pointed at himself, then at Gu Yanfei, and then at Gu Jian. He did not say anything, but it was as if he had asked everything and guessed everything.
Gu Yanfei gently pressed an index finger on her cherry lips and made a shushing gesture. A faint smile appeared on her lips.
Gu Yuan understood and made the same “shh” gesture. A warm feeling flowed through his heart.
As if they had a small secret in common, the siblings looked at each other and smiled, their eyes slightly curved.
The sun set a little more, and the December wind became colder, fluttering their robes, hair ribbons, and broken bowstrings.
Gu Yanfei looked at the rhinoceros horn bow in the green-robed servant’s hand and touched the bowstring of her own horn bow. She flicked it gently, and the bowstring emitted a gentle buzzing sound like the strings of a zither.
From the moment the servant brought the rhinoceros horn bow, she could tell that there was a faint black gas lingering on the bow, but in this small world, there was a limit to what she could do.
Fortunately, the jade pendant she had obtained last time gave her some spiritual energy. She used her spiritual energy to draw an amulet on Gu Yuan’s forehead to protect him.
At the critical moment, the amulet sensed danger and protected the bowstring.
However, her spiritual power was limited after all. The bowstring would break eventually… She just had to grasp the opportunity.
The result was perfect!
Gu Yanfei smiled slightly and walked casually.
Gu Jian was carried all the way to the main courtyard of the Marquis Mansion. Madam Wang had already gotten someone to prepare a soft couch, hot water, new clothes, and so on.
As soon as Gu Jian and the others arrived, Madam Gu also arrived.
The main courtyard was in chaos.
When she saw Gu Jian’s pained expression and his twisted and strange right arm, Madam Gu gasped. Her legs went limp, and she staggered.
“Madam!” Bai Lu and the other maidservants quickly supported Madam Gu and helped her sit down on the chair by the soft couch.
“Ah Jian, how do you feel…?” Madam Gu looked at Gu Jian, her voice trembling.
The hurt was in her son’s body, but the pain was in her heart.
She could not help but think of how Gu Jian had injured his leg a few days ago. He had just recovered from his injury when he broke his arm again. Why was his second son so unlucky?!
“…” Gu Jian’s lips were pale. The cold sweat from before had long been dried by the cold wind. Now, more sweat continued to seep out. It was so painful that he could not even say a polite word, and his whole body was trembling.
Madam Gu’s heart ached when she saw her son like this. Her red eyes were filled with tears.
As she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, she comforted him. “Ah Jian, bear with it a little longer. Mother knows you’re in pain.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. When the doctor comes and fixes your broken bone, you’ll be fine.”
“If you’re really in pain, grab my hand…”
Gu Yanfei watched coldly, as if it had nothing to do with her. She put another candy in her mouth and stuffed another one into Gu Yuan’s mouth.
In her previous life, she knew that, compared to her father, Gu Ce, whom she had never met, Madam Gu obviously treated her second son, Gu Jian, better.