Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1 - Detention
Chapter 2 - Concubine Yun
Chapter 3 - Encountering Joy Is The Norm Of Happiness
Chapter 4 - Fire
Chapter 5 - The Bath
Chapter 6 - The Bean-Like Plum Flower
Chapter 7 - Dealing With Anger
Chapter 8 - The Scheme
Chapter 9 - Fine Time, Beautiful Scenery
Chapter 10 - Paying Respect
Chapter 11 - The Punishment Of Protracted Kneeling
Chapter 12 - Mischievous Young Master
Chapter 13 - Tease
Chapter 14 - Unexpected Pleading
Chapter 15 - Sunbathing In A Hot Summer Day
Chapter 16 - The Illness Examination
Chapter 17 - Eavesdropping Inadvertently
Chapter 18 - Intimacy
Chapter 19 - Hostility
Chapter 20 - Unfamiliar Father And Mother
Chapter 21 - The Reason Of The Visit
Chapter 22 - Who Is The Little Fat Sheep?
Chapter 23 - The Ins And Outs Of The Matter
Chapter 24 - Losing When Taking It Seriously
Chapter 25 - The Fragrance Of Agarwood
Chapter 26 - The Wonderful Redwood Of Yingge
Chapter 27 - The Carved Rabbit
Chapter 28 - The Sachet
Chapter 29 - To Sympathize
Chapter 30 - The Summoning
Chapter 31 - Opposing Each Other With Equal Harshness
Chapter 32 - Condemning
Chapter 33 - Nothing To Discuss Regarding Kissing You
Chapter 34 - The Birthday
Chapter 35 - Going Out
Chapter 36 - Jingtian City
Chapter 37 - Pay The Money
Chapter 38 - The Idle Man On The Street
Chapter 39 - The Ecstasy Of The Purple Lilac
Chapter 40 - The Man Who Forced A Man
Chapter 41 - Eight Naked Men
Chapter 42 - Can’T Provoke A Black Belly
Chapter 43 - The Pendant
Chapter 44 - The House Of Danqing
Chapter 45 - The Interrogation
Chapter 46 - The Hidden Mind
Chapter 47 - The Warning
Chapter 48 - The Incident At The Restaurant
Chapter 49 - The Discussion
Chapter 50 - Fighting To The End
Chapter 51 - Borrowing A Sword To Hurt People
Chapter 52 - Away On The Summer Holidays
Chapter 53 - The Resort At Mountain
Chapter 54 - The Heavily Scented Building
Chapter 55 - The Scream Of The Small Lotus
Chapter 56 - The Misunderstanding
Chapter 57 - Blackmail
Chapter 58 - Test The Waters
Chapter 59 - The Meaning Of Executing With The Firing Squad
Chapter 60 - Each Person Has His Own Aspiration
Chapter 61 - The Heavy Bundle Wrapped In Cloth
Chapter 62 - The Joy In The Forest
Chapter 63 - The Cliff
Chapter 64 - Little Fourth Flipped Out
Chapter 65 - Ashamed
Chapter 66 - Keep Watch At Night
Chapter 67 - The Mysterious Voice
Chapter 68 - The Starved Girl
Chapter 69 - Inadvertently Peeping At A Bath
Chapter 70 - The Overbearing Maid
Chapter 71 - Hopelessly Entangled
Chapter 72 - The Perfect Coordination
Chapter 73 - Seeking Justice
Chapter 74 - Stealing A Kiss
Chapter 75 - Doesn’T Remember Anything
Chapter 76 - The Resentment
Chapter 77 - Skillfully Deflected
Chapter 78 - The Hidden Meaning Behind The Words
Chapter 79 - A Bag Of Gold
Chapter 80 - Carefree
Chapter 81 - Obsessed
Chapter 82 - Discussing In Private
Chapter 83 - Bewildered
Chapter 84 - The Flowery Bright Moon Was Covered In The Dark Fog
Chapter 85 - Every Night Holding A Handsome Man While Sleeping
Chapter 86 - The Mental Disparity
Chapter 87 - Enemies On A Narrow Road
Chapter 88 - Ream On
Chapter 89 - Identity
Chapter 90 - The Silence
Chapter 91 - The Emotional Outburst
Chapter 92 - The Search
Chapter 93 - The Truth
Chapter 94 - Wife, Don’T Be Angry
Chapter 95 - Concealing The Original Motive
Chapter 96 - Retain
Chapter 97 - The Night Of Gentleness
Chapter 98 - Don’T Want To See
Chapter 99 - I Am Your Mother
Chapter 100 - I Don’T Even Have A Copper Coin
Chapter 101 - Shang Xin
Chapter 102 - The Unspeakable Career
Chapter 103 - The Emerge Of The Feeling
Chapter 104 - Inquiring
Chapter 105 - The Ulterior Motive
Chapter 106 - The Slave Contract
Chapter 107 - Counting One’S Chickens Before They Are Hatched
Chapter 108 - Price Competition
Chapter 109 - Please Sir, Get Into The Boiling Pot
Chapter 110 - Get Out
Chapter 111 - Using Violence Is The Right Way Of The King
Chapter 112 - Mooncake
Chapter 113 - The Banquet Of The Mid-Autumn Festival
Chapter 114 - Ill-Timed Person
Chapter 115 - Little Cousin Sister, Please Conduct Yourself With Dignity
Chapter 116 - The Beggar At The Lantern Market
Chapter 117 - The Strong Love
Chapter 118 - Half-Cooked Rice
Chapter 119 - Bringing Trouble To Oneself
Chapter 120 - Thousand Five Hundred Liang
Chapter 121 - Very Stupid, Very Naive
Chapter 122 - The Sudden Grievous News
Chapter 123 - The Past
Chapter 124 - Absolutely Not
Chapter 125 - Grief
Chapter 126 - A Very Strange Thing
Chapter 127 - Searching For Clues
Chapter 128 - Pregnant
Chapter 129 - Candy
Chapter 130 - Who Is The Real Culprit?
Chapter 131 - Old Madam Is Furious
Chapter 132 - Prefer To Die Than To Admit
Chapter 133 - Why Torture Me By Hellish Means?
Chapter 134 - I Hated Him For A Long Time
Chapter 135 - Old Accumulated Grievances
Chapter 136 - Punishment
Chapter 137 - One Word Sentenced For Life
Chapter 138 - Risking One’S Life To Protect
Chapter 139 - Get Poisoned
Chapter 140 - Miscarriage
Chapter 141 - Old Madam, Save Her
Chapter 142 - Where Did The White Arsenic Come From?
Chapter 143 - Innocence
Chapter 144 - The Method Of Poisoning
Chapter 145 - The Miserable Past
Chapter 146 - Not To Stop Until Death
Chapter 147 - Not Believing At All
Chapter 148 - The Hidden Ugliness
Chapter 149 - Ironclad Evidence
Chapter 150 - Shifting The Misfortune To Someone Else
Chapter 151 - I Will Stay With You Forever
Chapter 152 - Rumor
Chapter 153 - The Sky Was About To Change
Chapter 154 - The Letter Of Announcing Divorce
Chapter 155 - No One Owed The Other
Chapter 156 - Goodbye
Chapter 157 - Shameless
Chapter 158 - Extort
Chapter 159 - Selling Herself To Save Her Mother
Chapter 160 - No Choice But To Suffer In Silence
Chapter 161 - Freeing Herself
Chapter 162 - New Home
Chapter 163 - The Life Outside Of The Residence
Chapter 164 - Tailoring
Chapter 165 - On A Windy Night With A Dark Moon
Chapter 166 - Catching A Thief
Chapter 167 - The Date Of Returning Is Distant
Chapter 168 - False Alarm
Chapter 169 - With One’S Heart Set On Speeding Home
Chapter 170 - Something Is Going To Happen
Chapter 171 - Question Intensely About Her Whereabouts
Chapter 172 - The Break Off Of The Relation
Chapter 173 - Facing An Imminent Catastrophe
Chapter 174 - Fleeing For One’S Life
Chapter 175 - Struggle In The Rain
Chapter 176 - The Reunion
Chapter 177 - An Old Friend That One Doesn’T Want To See
Chapter 178 - Rushing Back To Jingtian City
Chapter 179 - The Desolation In Aftermath Of A Disaster Was Everywhere
Chapter 180 - The Ban
Chapter 181 - Meeting But Doesn’T Know Each Other Yet
Chapter 182 - Locked Up In The Dungeon
Chapter 183 - Visit The Prisoner
Chapter 184 - Provoking Intentionally
Chapter 185 - Mess Less With Him
Chapter 186 - Unreconciled
Chapter 187 - Clear The City To Search For Someone
Chapter 188 - Clues
Chapter 189 - Five Silver Liang
Chapter 190 - Sorry, I’M Late
Chapter 191 - Embracing Indifferently
Chapter 192 - What Kind Of Weirdo?
Chapter 193 - The Most Incurable Poison
Chapter 194 - The Odor
Chapter 195 - Mean And Despicable
Chapter 196 - Revert The Incident By Taking Liberties With A Woman
Chapter 197 - The Marriage
Chapter 198 - Throw Out
Chapter 199 - The Deep Feeling
Chapter 200 - Obituary Notice
Chapter 201 - Backfire
Chapter 202 - The Taboo Feelings
Chapter 203 - Eavesdrop
Chapter 204 - Affectionate Couple
Chapter 205 - The Back Garden In The Middle Of The Night
Chapter 206 - Escape
Chapter 207 - The Discovery Of The Incident
Chapter 208 - Taunting Sarcastically
Chapter 209 - Stealing A Kiss
Chapter 210 - Wait For Me To Deal With A Matter
Chapter 211 - Dressing And Grooming Oneself
Chapter 212 - The Wedding
Chapter 213 - The Dejection Of The Wedding Night
Chapter 214 - The Jade Pendant
Chapter 215 - The Past Fate
Chapter 216 - Decreed By Fate
Chapter 217 - Why Care About Who Wants To Cross The Single-Log Bridge?
Chapter 218 - Do Your Best And Listen To The Mandate Of Heaven
Chapter 219 - Could Die In Peace
Chapter 220 - Arranged Properly
Chapter 221 - Giving You The Cold-Shoulder
Chapter 222 - To Bully Intolerably
Chapter 223 - You Are Something!
Chapter 224 - New Rules
Chapter 225 - Wife, Your Medicine
Chapter 226 - Ten Fingers Intertwined
Chapter 227 - Don’T Turn Your Back On The Good Period Of Time
Chapter 228 - The Happiness Of A Dragon And A Phoenix (Twins)
Chapter 229 - Little Fourth’S Marriage
Chapter 230 - Perish That Thought
Chapter 231 - Loosen The Reins Only To Grasp Them Better
Chapter 232 - Begging Earnestly
Chapter 233 - Ending Part 1 The Happy Occasion Filled The House
Chapter 234 - Ending Part 2 The Happy Occasion Filled The House
Categories Genre: All, Historical, Josei, Ongoing, Romance Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Gazing Huan, Seeking Affection, 顾盼生欢, ______
Total Chapters in book: 235
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
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Chapter 122 The sudden grievous news
The next morning, after sending Zhang Hanfang away, there was no one else not pleasing to the eyes at the resort. Shu Huan finally felt relieved and cheerfully picked up her brush and did some embroidery. Gu Xiran was still busy dealing with the aftermath of the fire. He also sent someone to deliver a letter to Gu residence.
The two people hid in the room and ate alone all the three meals a day. There was no one else in the room with them. There was no need to restrain from speaking. They leisurely chatted while eating. Suddenly, they had the illusion that the years were good quiet like this as if this subtle happiness could continue for a long time until their hair turns white and until the end of time.
It was really just an illusion.
If they lived in the modern times, they could enjoy a world with only the two of them after they closed the door of their house. However, in this large residence where there were many people and many affairs, even if you closed the door, there would still be someone that will open it.
At night, before going to sleep, Shu Huan had just taken off her accessories and loosened her hair when she almost jumped up from shock by a rush of knocks on the door.
Gu Xiran was reading on the bed. After hearing this, he very unhappily frowned and asked, “What’s the matter again?”
Uh, why did he say again?!
The two exchanged a glance. Their eyes showed helplessness.
Outside the door, Huiyun’s voice could be heard. The thing that made her anxious like this would definitely not be a trivial matter.
“Second young master and mistress, get up quickly! Someone from the residence came with a message saying that eldest young master, he…he had passed away!”
Shu Huan’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly dropped the comb and rushed to open the door, “What had happened? Explain it clearly.”
Huiyun shook her head vigorously, “I don’t know. I asked the person who came with the message, but he also couldn’t tell. He only said that second young master and mistress should quickly go back. The residence is in a mess. Master fell ill. Old madam almost died from crying. Eldest young mistress had lost herself. When talking to her, she only shouted that she wanted a rope (for suicide) …”
When Gu Xiran listened till here, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to ask much more and said, “Get the carriage ready. We will leave immediately!”
The matter was a bit bizarre but it was very serious.
Shu Huan thought while biting her lips. She called the maids. It was still Meijing who rushed over with a flustered look, “Second young mistress, what is your command?”
“Go pass the message at doctor Ji’s and master Du’s that we will leave now. If they want to stay some more days, they can stay. If they don’t want to, then let the housekeeper prepare the carriages for them. It’s not convenient for master Du to follow us inside the residence now. Let him stay for a few days at doctor Ji’s. After the matter is dealt with, second young master would let someone look for him.”
Meijing promised and went away.
Shu Huan had no time to pack up much. She only brought the money and jewelries. She and Gu Xiran changed into thicker clothes and she carelessly bundled her hair. She called Shang Xin, grabbed a lantern and went to the entrance of the resort.
They hurried all the way to the entrance. No one had the mind to talk. Halfway, concubine Yun and Xiangqian caught up with them. They were also silent.
Being on the road at night, the wind would be so cold that it would make people shiver. Shu Huan couldn’t help but look at the sky, wanting to see whether the sky was about to change.
Changing of the sky was used to refer when the emperor was about to be changed. Since GXT was the heir of Gu household, now that he had passed away, perhaps there will be fights for his position.
Obviously, it was the 16th of August when the moon should be the roundest, but it happened that the moon was hidden behind the clouds. Even the stars were not seen. The deep night was like a huge black net that was coming at them.
She suddenly got nervous. She had a feeling like weeds were growing wildly and recklessly.
Ever since she had time-traveled, she had never seen Gu Xitian. Towards the death of this stranger, she naturally didn’t feel grief. She only felt that life was like a fantasy and that the affairs of life were very unpredictable.
A few days ago, a person who was planning to go out to do business after the Mid-Autumn festival suddenly passed away. It let her feel that there was a great mystery to this and Gu Xitian’s importance in the family doomed that his death would cause a series of chain reactions. Whether the change would be good or bad to her and Gu Xiran was still unknown.
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When they arrived outside of the entrance, there were already three carriages there. Naturally, it was impossible for the people of the resort to follow them immediately. Only a few of them followed closely. The others stayed there to pack the things before coming back.
Shu Huan walked to the front of the carriage and discovered that in the hurry, she even forgot to prepare the small staircase. Gu Xiran put his arm in front of her to support her into the carriage. She hasn’t sat down yet when she saw a few lanterns rushed over to the entrance. It was Ji Danqing, Du Qiu and mother Du who rushed over.
Gu Xiran saw that Ji Danqing was carrying his medical case. He couldn’t help but frown, “Doctor Ji, this…”
Ji Danqing still had a gentle attitude, cupped his hands and said, “It’s not safe to be on the road in the middle of the night. This humble one had discussed with Du Qiu. It’s better to go together. If something happens on the road, we can look after one another. Moreover, after you are gone, it’s very boring for us to stay here.”
Gu Xiran nodded slightly. He let the housekeeper prepare more carriages, but they had used many carriages when sending Zhang Hanfang away. The housekeeper could barely get one more carriage. Ji Danqing shared one with Du Qiu and mother Du went to the front to share one with concubine Yun.
When Meijing and the maids anxiously wanted to get into the carriage, Gu Xiran saw Huiyun. After thinking for a moment, he said to her, “You stay at the resort for the time being. I will send someone over to tell you when you can return to the residence.”
Huiyun was surprised for a moment. Then, her heart felt sour and painful. She didn’t dare to say more. She only handed Meijing the things in her hand and said, “Yes.”
This was equal to banishment and alienation in disguise!
She originally thought that if she dragged and didn’t choose someone to marry, she would be able ease the tension for some days and perhaps the matter would turn for the better. She didn’t expect that no matter how cautious and careful she was, she couldn’t stay at Gu Xiran’s side any longer.
Concubine Yun happened to hear this before she got into the carriage. Her heart was also fretting. She didn’t know whether she would have the same fate as Huiyun in the future. She suddenly felt the sad feeling of regret for her past deeds in her heart. If she had known that it would be like this, she wouldn’t have any bad thoughts, guard her status and live a peaceful life.
After everyone got into the carriages, they heard the driver raise the whip with a shout. The carriages began to move.
It was dark at night and there was no moon. Only the few lamps in front of the carriage illuminated the surroundings. The carriages couldn’t gallop. The horses listened to the drivers’ coaching and trotted forward. It looked like it was very tough.
Shu Huan couldn’t bear to look at it anymore and asked Gu Xiran in a low voice, “Were we too impatient? Seeing the way things are, it doesn’t seem like we can rush much. It was better to leave in the morning. It would only take two hours to catch up with this part of the night road and it would also not let these drivers be so tired.”
Gu Xiran sighed slightly and lowered the curtain. He said, “You are right, but after hearing the grievous news, travel at night and sleeping till dawn before embarking on the journey are two different things in the eyes of others.”
This was the reality!
Sometimes, people had to wear a fake mask. It wasn’t because he wanted to have a good reputation, but it was to be as thoughtful as possible to reduce unnecessary troubles.
Shu Huan was silent for a long time. Suddenly, she reached out and tugged at Gu Xiran’s sleeve. She asked, “Do you still have the pepper water of before? I’m afraid that I will not be able to cry when I’m nervous.”
She had only experienced the funeral of her grandparents when she was a child. At that time, it was the funeral of her close relatives with whom she shared blood with. Naturally, she mourned. However, Gu Xitian was a complete stranger to her. She could have sympathy, sorrow and a faint sadness, but it wasn’t to the point where she would be all in tears and feel like her heart and lungs were being torn apart. She was truly afraid of being caught among a group of crying people when she couldn’t cry and that it would be very embarrassing.
Total Chapters in book: 235
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
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