When Su Mingyu came to Gu Ruobai's study with this doubt to inquire.
Gu Ruobai just said casually, "If their faces are injured, first, they are easy to be recognized. Second, since they have good - looking faces, wouldn't it be a pity to ruin them like this?"
Su Mingyu: ...
She must be sick to think this man would show mercy.
"You clearly didn't really want to hurt them. Why do you act like a bad guy?"
Su Mingyu came to Gu Ruobai's side and looked at him with a smile. "According to the methods of Prince Ruixian, it would be very easy to kill two people. But you only gave them punishments."
Although the punishment seemed quite severe, Su Mingyu knew that it was just for the sake of silencing the other secret guards that Gu Ruobai made it so exaggerated.
After all, if there were no punishments for those who betrayed their master, how could Gu Ruobai convince the remaining secret guards?
"Girl, has anyone ever told you that you shouldn't be too smart?" Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Mingyu. Although his tone was threatening, there was a smile in his eyes.
Su Mingyu squinted and smiled. "Now I know. You think I'm smart, which means I guessed right, right?"
Seeing her bright smile, Gu Ruobai shook his head helplessly. "Come here."
Su Mingyu pouted and walked over. "What? Kill me to cover up the evidence?"
As soon as the words fell, a tall figure enveloped her in his arms. Sniffing the scent on Gu Ruobai's body, Su Mingyu took a deep breath.
"Don't worry about me. I know what I'm doing."
Gu Ruobai's deep voice came from beside her ear.
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "It's not really worry. I just wanted to come and see you."
Hearing the stubborn words of the person in his arms, Gu Ruobai's lips curled slightly, and his bottomless eyes were filled with a gentle light.
After hugging for a while, Su Mingyu pushed Gu Ruobai away. "I want to go and see Mu Yi and Mei Qing..."
Su Mingyu looked up at Gu Ruobai. "Actually, I don't think Mu Yi did anything wrong. So is it really okay to let him leave you like this?"
Su Mingyu clearly remembered the despair in Mu Yi's eyes when Gu Ruobai said he wanted Mu Yi to step down.
"When did I say I wanted to transfer him away from me?" Gu Ruobai sat back in his wheelchair and slowly poured himself a cup of tea.
Su Mingyu twitched the corner of her eye. "Mu Yi will probably cry when he knows."
"I'll go and see them first." After saying that, Su Mingyu came to Gu Ruobai's side, took out two medicine bottles from his arms, and then turned to leave.
Seeing the smug look on Su Mingyu's face, Gu Ruobai shook his head helplessly. This girl was getting to know him better and better recently.
At this moment, Mei Qing's face was pale. Although her eyes were closed tightly, she didn't look like she was asleep.
"Are you awake?" Su Mingyu walked in.
"Miss... Su?" Mei Qing was a little surprised. She opened her dim eyes, and her weak voice came intermittently.
Su Mingyu came to the bedside, took a look at Mei Qing's treated wound, and raised her eyebrows.
This Gu Ruobai punished on one hand and asked people to take good care of them on the other. Such a contradictory person was really rare.
"Do you want to drink some water?" Seeing Mei Qing's dry and peeling lips, Su Mingyu asked with concern.
Mei Qing originally wanted to refuse, but her throat was so dry that it was about to smoke, so she said "um" with difficulty.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu helped her up. After a while, she brought a cup of warm tea and fed it to Mei Qing's lips.
Mei Qing took a careful sip. Her ugly face was still pale, but her voice was not so unpleasant. "Thank you... Miss Su..."
"You don't have to thank me." This matter was ultimately related to her. Looking at Mei Qing's appearance, Su Mingyu felt a little guilty.
Mei Qing was in pain all over her body and didn't notice the change in Su Mingyu's expression. "Miss Su... Can I ask you a favor?"
Before Mei Qing could finish her words, Su Mingyu knew what she wanted to say. "No."
Su Mingyu flatly refused Mei Qing. "You should know that first, Mo Wenyuan didn't tell Gu Ruobai when he left. Second, even if his departure was really related to Gu Ruobai, do you think we can find the person Gu Ruobai wants to hide?"
Although Su Mingyu's words were not pleasant, every word was the truth.
No one knew Gu Ruobai's methods better than Mei Qing. If he wanted to hide someone, others had no way to find them.
Mei Qing only felt a burst of depression in her heart. That pain was more uncomfortable than the pain of the wound on her body.
Seeing Mei Qing's face turn even uglier, Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "Mei Qing... There's a saying. I don't know if I should say it or not."
Mei Qing raised her paper - like face, and her voice was weak. "Miss Su, you may as well just say it..."
"Actually, I think it's a bit blind for you to be so infatuated without even seeing Mo Wenyuan's face." Su Mingyu said while glancing at Mei Qing from the corner of her eye.
"Of course, I'm not saying what if there's an ugly face behind the mask. I just want to say that you don't know him well enough. In fact, you know nothing about him. Don't you think your love is too sudden?"
"Know nothing?" Mei Qing looked up at Su Mingyu. "Miss Su, why did you get together with our master?"
Su Mingyu was stunned by her question. Then she awkwardly cleared her throat. "Because I feel at ease. He's the only one who can make me feel at ease."
"Not a bit of excitement?" Mei Qing pulled the corner of her pale lips. "If you really like someone, you can't not feel excited."
Under Mei Qing's gaze, Su Mingyu nodded imperceptibly. "There is excitement, but the feeling he gives me most is still a sense of security."
Su Mingyu didn't say that she was different from most women in the world.
Others pursued a passionate love, but she only wanted a long - lasting sense of security. For a person in her profession, it was too difficult to feel secure.
Security not only meant strength but also meant no betrayal. These were fatally attractive to her.
"You may not believe it, Miss Su." Mei Qing let out a low laugh. "The first time I saw Mo Wenyuan, I thought he was very different. Although he was wearing a mask, his eyes gave me a shock."
"Then I accidentally fell into his arms. I only felt my heart pounding. I think I fell in love with him from that moment on. I like him no matter what he looks like."
Seeing Mei Qing being so serious, Su Mingyu couldn't help but turn her face away.
"Mei Qing... Although it may not be appropriate for me to say this, I hope you can forget about him. There are many good men in the world. Since he has disappeared, just pretend he never existed."