Gu Ruobai spread his hands. "How would I know?"
After saying that, he grabbed Su Mingyu and started walking back. "It's getting late. Let's head back to the mansion early."
Su Mingyu lowered her eyes and looked at the hand being grabbed by Gu Ruobai. She felt a warm current spreading from her wrist throughout her body, so she just let him pull her along.
Looking at the passers - by coming and going, Gu Ruobai leaned over and raised his eyebrows at Su Mingyu. "Not bad. You used the winding alleys to lead Su Yueyue from the back door of the Su Mansion all the way to this pre - prepared stage."
"And that ventriloquist was really good. Of course, your light - body technique has also improved a lot. Throughout the whole process, the thing I don't understand the most is that white - blue fire."
There was actually something this man didn't know. Su Mingyu was just about to explain phosphorous fire when she heard Gu Ruobai exclaim in realization. "Is it ghost fire?"
"It sometimes appears in places where there were too many deaths on the battlefield. They say that if a person with insufficient yang energy walks by it, it will follow that person to claim their life."
Seeing Gu Ruobai talking nonsense so seriously, Su Mingyu couldn't help but burst out laughing, covering her mouth.
Gu Ruobai felt a little unnerved by her laughter. He simply stopped walking and stared directly at her. "Are you mocking me?"
Su Mingyu didn't expect such a smart person like Gu Ruobai to believe in such superstitious things.
This huge contrast in his image made her laugh uncontrollably.
Seeing her laughing more and more happily, the corners of Gu Ruobai's eyes also twitched slightly. "Are you still laughing?"
Su Mingyu pursed her lips, her eyes narrowing into slits from laughter. "Ghost fire? Do you really believe there are ghosts in the world?"
Su Mingyu was laughing so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. Gu Ruobai watched for a while and then suddenly opened his arms and pulled Su Mingyu into his embrace.
Feeling Su Mingyu's trembling body due to excessive laughter, the corners of Gu Ruobai's mouth also curled up. "If you keep making fun of me, I'll kiss you right here on the street."
Su Mingyu was completely caught off guard by this move. She was stunned at first.
But when she clearly felt the strong beats of Gu Ruobai's heart, her stiff body slowly relaxed.
In the end, she was as soft as a kneadable persimmon, obediently letting Gu Ruobai hold her.
Gu Ruobai hugged Su Mingyu tightly, quietly feeling her gradually letting down her guard. His heart softened.
The two just hugged each other without saying a word, as if the flowing crowd around them didn't exist.
The whole world seemed to only have the two of them, and no one could hear the voices of others.
After a long time, Gu Ruobai took Su Mingyu's fair and boneless hand. "Girl, let's go home."
Looking at Gu Ruobai's handsome and angular face, Su Mingyu nodded involuntarily.
The two walked hand in hand on the street, just like an ordinary couple.
Although Su Mingyu knew that Su Yueyue would definitely take revenge on her after being so frightened, she didn't expect the revenge to come so soon.
Almost the night after she scared Su Yueyue, Su Yueyue announced to the outside world that she had found Su Mingyu's body.
She also said that she was going to prepare a funeral for Su Mingyu.
Zhizhu was almost on the verge of getting anxious. "Miss, what's going on exactly? You're right here. Where did that body come from?"
Su Mingyu was unhurried. "Have you seen that 'Su Mingyu'?"
"I have." It was precisely because she had seen it that Zhizhu was even more nervous. "That person's height and build are almost the same as yours, miss."
"But the face is beyond recognition, right?" Su Mingyu slowly took a sip of tea. "Did Su Yueyue also tell everyone that my face became like this because it was eaten by fish?"
Zhizhu nodded vigorously, looking at Su Mingyu in admiration. "Miss, how did you know?"
"Su Yueyue wants to make this fake situation real, so she has to find a scapegoat for Mingyu."
A deep voice suddenly sounded. "But this person can't show their face. And since Mingyu had an accident in the lake, this reason couldn't be better."
As he said that, Gu Ruobai also poured himself a cup of tea.
"Ming...yu?"
Zhizhu blinked her big beautiful eyes and stood there in a daze.
Just now, the Prince Ruixian called the miss Mingyu?
When did they become so familiar? Why didn't she, as the maid, hear a single word about it?
Su Mingyu didn't notice how surprised Zhizhu was at all. She said indifferently, "I'm sure I wasn't the only one who saw the disgust in the eyes of the King of Yu that night. My dear younger sister must be well aware of it too."
"I ruined her dream of marrying into the royal family. If she really did nothing, she wouldn't be the Su Yueyue I know."
Gu Ruobai looked at her appreciatively and squinted his eyes. "Why don't you just take this opportunity to get away?"
"Alright." Su Mingyu had been thinking about how to get out of the Su family. This was just the right opportunity.
Hearing the two of them talking in riddles, Zhizhu didn't dare to say a word. She just lowered her head and brewed tea for them.
"By the way." Su Mingyu suddenly remembered something. "You said last time that you would help me find those people who assassinated me. Have you found them?"
Just by seeing her excited look, Gu Ruobai knew that she was up to something again.
Gu Ruobai leaned back on the chair and gently tapped his index finger on the table. "I've found them. Do you want to do it yourself?"
Su Mingyu squinted her eyes and smiled. "After all, I haven't been active for a long time. I want to see if my skills have deteriorated."
Gu Ruobai knew it would be like this. He nodded. "I can take you there, but what's in it for me?"
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Su Mingyu thought she had misheard for a moment. "You, the great Prince Ruixian, asking me for benefits. Aren't you ashamed?"
Gu Ruobai spread his hands. "You can't expect a horse to run without feeding it."
"You!" Su Mingyu pointed at Gu Ruobai's nose. "You should know that even if you don't take me there, I can find the place myself!"
Gu Ruobai never doubted this. "But it will take a long time. Maybe by the time you find them, I'll have already wiped them out."
Su Mingyu stared firmly at Gu Ruobai and saw a hint of playfulness in his eyes.
She knew very well that this man was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.
Helplessly, Su Mingyu had to sit down again. Then she forced a smile and looked at Gu Ruobai. "What do you want?"
Seeing her stubborn look like a little cat, Gu Ruobai curled his lips into a smile. "I heard that your birthday is coming up soon. I want your whole day."
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Birthday?
If Gu Ruobai hadn't mentioned it, Su Mingyu would have almost forgotten about it.
In the 21st century, since she was specially adopted by the boss to be a secret agent, she didn't know her own birthday at all.
Although she had accepted the original body's memories after time - traveling, she had gradually forgotten about this because she had been too busy recently.
She didn't expect this man to remember it clearly. "No problem! But it's a deal. A gentleman neither raises a hand nor speaks rudely!"