Although she was complaining inwardly, Su Mingyu still nodded and agreed, "Fine. I believe the prince is a gentleman. So when will you take me to find that organization?"
Satisfied to see Su Mingyu's agreement, Gu Ruobai calmly took a sip of tea. "What's the hurry? It's almost evening. We can go tomorrow."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "Fine. I've got nothing to do anyway. I've drawn a few more blueprints. Take a look."
Taking the blueprints and looking them over, Gu Ruobai's expression turned somewhat grim. "This flintlock cannon seems rather bulky?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "That's just one aspect. But it has a long range. If you fill it with arsenic and sulfur poison, it can explode about two hundred steps away, killing everyone in that area."
Gu Ruobai was quite intrigued and immediately became interested, discussing it with Su Mingyu on the spot.
With the flintlock guns in the front and the flintlock cannons in the back, if an entire army were equipped like this, Gu Ruobai could envision the carnage it would cause on the battlefield.
Looking down at Su Mingyu, who was earnestly explaining things to him, Gu Ruobai found that he was becoming more and more unable to fathom this girl.
Not only did she possess unique skills, but the things in her mind were also quite extraordinary. She always knew how to use the existing things around her to do things completely different from others.
Take, for example, the sizing system for the clothes in Sinnan Pavilion.
It not only saved the time and cost of production but also reduced the waste of raw materials.
Over the years, there had been quite a few clothing stores in Yannan, but no one had ever thought of using a sizing system to reduce costs, let alone using a membership system to attract customers.
There were also numerous discount strategies and the rule of giving away a free set of clothes on one's birthday.
Wasn't every one of these things a complete subversion of the traditional clothing industry in Yannan?
Yet, it was doing extremely well.
So well that almost all the clothing stores were jealous and tried to imitate it.
Looking at Su Mingyu, her long, delicate black hair loosely hanging on her shoulders, her fair skin as smooth as a freshly peeled egg.
Her bright eyes sparkled like glass, and her curly eyelashes cast the shadows of two small fans on her cold face in the setting sun, fluttering with her movements, looking extremely lively.
Especially her slightly upturned thin lips, showing a determination that was not usually seen. She was so serious and perfect, just like a fairy who had accidentally fallen into the mortal world.
Gu Ruobai's eyes were filled with an indescribable uneasiness. "Mingyu, who exactly are you?"
"Ah?"
Su Mingyu was taken aback by the question. When she looked up, she met Gu Ruobai's deep eyes.
She was immediately drawn into the dark whirlpool in them. Su Mingyu opened her mouth and it took her a while to find her voice. "I'm just Su Mingyu. Why are you suddenly asking such a question?"
Gu Ruobai reached out and gently stroked the back of Su Mingyu's fair and smooth hand. "Forget it. If you don't want to say, I won't force you."
"After my birthday last time, I sent Mu Yi to investigate the origin of the story you told."
Su Mingyu: ???
This guy had suspected her so long ago?
She lowered her cold eyes and looked at Gu Ruobai. "So did you find anything?"
Gu Ruobai shrugged. "Nothing at all. That's why I'm even more certain of your uniqueness."
Su Mingyu: ???
"Aren't you the unique one?"
She had been suspected even though he had found nothing. Su Mingyu felt she was even more wronged than Dou E.
As if he knew what she was thinking, Gu Ruobai slightly lowered his eyes. "In this world, everything that has an effect must have a cause. But many things about you seem to have appeared out of nowhere, with no trace to be found. Who else should I suspect if not you?"
Hearing this, Su Mingyu suddenly thought this man was quite superstitious.
Just like when he said the phosphorescent fire was ghost fire.
He was somehow a bit cute.
Su Mingyu curled her lips and smiled brightly. "Why are you telling me that you've investigated me?"
Gu Ruobai was quite straightforward. "I promised you I wouldn't lie to you."
So even though the result was quite suspicious, he still told her, right?
Su Mingyu squinted and smiled. She withdrew her hand and then placed it back on Gu Ruobai's hand. "There are some things I can't tell you for now. When I think it's okay, I'll naturally let you know."
Gu Ruobai held Su Mingyu's hand back. A faint smile appeared in his deep eyes.
"I'll wait for you."
In the setting sun, their tightly held hands seemed even hotter than the rosy evening glow, gradually making Su Mingyu's ears turn red.
Finally, Su Mingyu awkwardly withdrew her hand and gently tucked the stray hair behind her ear. "Um... Take a look at this first. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. I... I'm hungry. Let's go eat."
Saying that, Su Mingyu got up and was about to walk out. But whether it was because she was a bit distracted or really didn't notice her feet, she tilted and was about to fall backward.
Gu Ruobai immediately pushed off the ground with his feet and rolled his wheelchair to Su Mingyu's side, naturally catching her and letting her sit on his lap.
Looking down at Su Mingyu with amusement, Gu Ruobai's voice was extremely low as he got closer. "Is Miss Su throwing herself at me?"
Su Mingyu blushed. She got up, glared at Gu Ruobai, and then turned around and left the backyard, leaving Gu Ruobai, who was smiling faintly, watching her from afar.
Early the next morning, as soon as Su Mingyu finished her morning exercise, she saw Gu Ruobai waiting for her in her room.
While wiping the sweat off, she curiously sized Gu Ruobai up and down. "Why aren't you pretending to be disabled?"
Previously, whether in private or in public, Gu Ruobai had always been committed to acting like a good invalid.
But for some reason, Su Mingyu felt that the time he pretended to be disabled when he was alone with her was getting less and less.
Gu Ruobai took out a mask from his bosom. "If I were pushing a wheelchair, how could I go with you to make a ruckus at the lair of that killer organization?"
He knew she was going to cause trouble even before she said anything?
Su Mingyu pouted. "Who said I'm going to cause trouble? I just want to take a look, just take a look."
"Don't make it sound so exaggerated. I'm just a weak woman."
Gu Ruobai raised an eyebrow. "A weak woman who can strangle a grown man to death with one hand?"
Su Mingyu: ...
This man was too much!
"Did you go and check the bodies of those killers from the boat ride last time?"
Gu Ruobai nodded. "Otherwise, how could I have traced them?"
To be honest, when Mu Yi told him that the cause of death of two of them was suffocation due to a constricted throat, he was somewhat surprised.
Su Mingyu touched her nose, taking it as a compliment from him before. "Let's go."