As she spoke, Su Mingyu deliberately patted the empty space beside her on the bed.
Gu Ruobai raised an eyebrow and looked at the empty space on the bed beside Su Mingyu. Suddenly, he leaned over and trapped Su Mingyu between the bed board and his arms.
Gu Ruobai stared deeply into Su Mingyu's eyes, then said in a low and hoarse voice, "Okay, then let's go to sleep."
Su Mingyu pulled Gu Ruobai towards her, then led him to lie down beside her and casually covered him with the quilt. "Go to sleep."
Gu Ruobai: ...
Why did he feel like he had been tricked?
However, seeing the faint smile on Su Mingyu's lips, Gu Ruobai didn't have any other thoughts. He pulled the quilt closer, lay down beside Su Mingyu, and closed his eyes.
Listening to the even breathing sound beside her, Su Mingyu gradually fell asleep.
Early the next morning, when Su Mingyu opened her eyes, she saw Gu Ruobai sleeping beside her. Gu Ruobai was good - looking by nature, but he always carried an air of hostility on weekdays, which made people afraid to get close to him.
Now with his eyes closed, his thick and long eyelashes softened his originally sharp and strong facial features. His high nose bridge and slightly pursed thin lips, along with his perfectly chiseled facial features, made Su Mingyu squint her eyes.
Curving her lips, Su Mingyu picked up a wisp of Gu Ruobai's black hair and gently tickled the tip of his nose with it.
Gu Ruobai wrinkled his nose, reached out his hand to grab Su Mingyu's wrist, and then pulled her into his arms.
"Awake?"
The just - awakened Gu Ruobai no longer had the coldness in his eyes. Even his voice was as low as if it were wrapped in sand, which made Su Mingyu's heart tremble slightly.
"Get up." Su Mingyu withdrew her hand, then got out of bed yawning.
The autumn morning was a bit cool. Su Mingyu tightened her clothes. "Young Master Yan, I'll trouble you today."
Yan Guan's eyes flashed with a hint of amazement when he saw Su Mingyu, but as soon as he saw Gu Ruobai behind her and was stared at by those pitch - black eyes, he immediately lost his arrogance. He could only nod obediently. "Yes, Miss Sinan, please follow me."
Su Mingyu responded and followed him. However, when she followed Yan Guan out of the Yan Mansion, she didn't notice that Yan Guan made a strange hand gesture behind him.
Su Mingyu came here to build a factory, so the land she needed was around the county town. As the carriage went further and further away, neither Su Mingyu nor Gu Ruobai felt anything strange.
It wasn't until Su Mingyu found that the carriage had entered the forest that she became alert.
Su Mingyu quietly tugged at Gu Ruobai's hand, and Gu Ruobai immediately understood.
He frowned and looked at Yan Guan. "Young Master Yan, where are we going?"
Yan Guan grinned. "You wear such a big mask and don't like to talk. I bet your real face must be extremely ugly."
"I don't think you're worthy of Miss Sinan. So if you give up now, I'll spare your life. If you don't, I'll have to use force."
Saying that, Yan Guan clapped his hands, and more than a dozen people rushed out of the woods, surrounding the carriage of Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai tightly.
Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow and watched all this, her eyes a bit cold. "Young Master Yan, thank you for your affection, but I already have a husband."
"It doesn't matter. I don't care." Yan Guan sized up Su Mingyu with a disgusting look in his eyes.
Su Mingyu frowned. "But I'm not willing."
"Miss Sinan may not know that this is my territory. Our Yan family has the final say in the whole county. Besides, we're about to be transferred to the capital soon."
As Yan Guan spoke, he sized up Su Mingyu from head to toe with a frivolous look in his eyes. "Miss Sinan, if you follow me, I'll surely make you live a good life."
Su Mingyu snorted disdainfully. "You'll make me live a good life? With the little stuff in your mansion, what makes you think I'll take a fancy to it?"
"Not to mention," Su Mingyu glanced at Yan Guan contemptuously. "Do you know how many clothing stores I have in the capital and the surrounding towns? You're really shameless with your little possessions."
Yan Guan didn't expect Su Mingyu to look down on him so much. His face suddenly turned extremely ugly, as black as if ink was about to drip. "You woman, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
Saying that, Yan Guan snapped his fingers, and the people around all surrounded them.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu wasn't panicked at all. She simply got off the carriage and stared coldly at the crowd. "You guys are nothing but a bunch of weaklings."
"Grab this woman for me!" Yan Guan was a bit embarrassed after being attacked. He frowned and roared, "Beat that man to death!"
As his voice fell, those black - clothed men swarmed forward, waving their weapons towards Gu Ruobai and Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu took a step back, and Gu Ruobai stepped forward. His soft sword danced in the air, and in just a few moves, he knocked down all the more than a dozen black - clothed men.
Yan Guan didn't expect Gu Ruobai to be so powerful. He swallowed nervously.
He wanted to run, but the current situation told him that he definitely couldn't beat Gu Ruobai. So he had an idea and walked up behind Su Mingyu. Taking advantage of the fact that Su Mingyu's attention was on Gu Ruobai, he reached out his hand to grab Su Mingyu.
But Yan Guan never expected that as soon as he raised his hand, Su Mingyu turned around and kicked him, sending him flying about a meter away.
Covering the place where he was kicked, Yan Guan's eyes were blurred with pain. "You... You know martial arts..."
Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow and walked forward, stepping on Yan Guan's palm. "I didn't want to make such a big deal, but since you've come to me, I have to ask you something."
Su Mingyu's words made Yan Guan a bit stunned.
Yan Guan frowned and looked at Su Mingyu. "You... What do you want to ask?"
Su Mingyu squinted at him. "What happened to your Yan Mansion twenty years ago? Who on earth was Concubine Chen?"
"Concubine Chen? Twenty years ago?" Yan Guan's eyes widened in shock. "You! You're not here to build a factory? Who on earth are you? Why are you investigating that woman's matter!"
Such an obvious reaction showed that he must know something.
Su Mingyu looked down at him. "You don't need to worry about that. I want to know who Concubine Chen was and what happened twenty years ago."
Yan Guan gritted his teeth. "Why should I tell you!"
He was still being stubborn. Su Mingyu frowned and pressed down hard on Yan Guan's hand. Yan Guan cried out in pain. "It hurts! I'll tell you!"