Chapter 448: Chapter 307: Better to Crawl into Bed

Gu Changsheng collapsed onto the bed with a look of depression.

Borjigin Nian’s eyes spun quickly as she pondered, “Gu Changsheng, can’t you have both the handsome man and you?”

Gu Changsheng buried her head in the blanket and answered feebly, “Of course not! There’s a famous saying in our Chinese language, ‘You can’t have your fish and eat it too!'”

“But you’re neither a fish nor a bear’s paw…”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately got half up angrily and warned, “Borjigin Nian, stop asking knowingly and deliberately changing the subject! You can’t have both the handsome man and me! You have to choose between your senior brother and me at the very least!”

Damn it, Zhou Mu that evildoer is a handsome man, a fact that even she can’t erase–it’s truly a disheartening fact!

Borjigin Nian pouted and furrowed her brows in thought.

Gu Changsheng closed her eyes and began to soothe her still groggy brain, she hadn’t gotten enough sleep, not enough sleep!

Actually, her life’s dream was really simple–a home with money and a handsome man, eat a big bowl and sleep all day!

Who would have thought that such a simple dream could be so hard to realize?

At the very least, she couldn’t even get enough sleep!

What was there to look forward to in life? The future was bleak indeed! It was downright dark!

“I’ve thought it over, anyway my senior brother is as cold as a block of ice, I never liked him much to begin with, and you, you have an even more beautiful man at home than him, so I choose you!” After thoughtful consideration, Borjigin Nian finally stated her decision.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt wounded inside!

What the hell was this situation?

There was someone even more handsome than that evildoer Zhou Mu at her place–she must mean Flower Peacock, right?

When had Gu Changsheng fallen to the point of becoming an accessory to Flower Peacock’s value?

“Borjigin Nian, can you not be more discouraging?” Gu Changsheng pounded the blankets as she roared.

Seeing her like this, Borjigin Nian blinked innocently with wide eyes, “Did I say something wrong?”

Gu Changsheng saw this and admitted defeat.

Alright, Borjigin Nian hadn’t said anything wrong, she was just lustful and couldn’t change her true nature!

So being an added value was being an added value! At least there was some value, right?

“Gu Changsheng was my senior brother really peeping outside your window?” Borjigin Nian asked cautiously, tilting her head.

Borjigin Nian was skeptical about her aloof senior brother doing something so degrading as peeping.

“Of course it’s true!” Gu Changsheng climbed up a bit to lie side by side, face to face with Borjigin Nian at the head of the bed, she pointed to her own face and began, “See the dark circles under my eyes? That’s the ironclad proof!”

“His peeping outside my window kept me from sleeping at night, and it was only by the skin of my teeth that I managed to get some sleep at your place.”

Borjigin Nian followed her pointing hand with her gaze, and couldn’t help nodding, “Okay, there really are dark circles…”

“Wife…” Si Xi, who had been standing on the side of the bed as if he were invisible, couldn’t hold back and called out.

“Shut up! We’re having a private conversation. If you hear something, act like you didn’t. Go where it’s cool and keep to yourself!” Gu Changsheng interrupted Si Xi without hesitation.

Si Xi was a typical two-faced person! Humph!

Hearing this, Si Xi immediately covered his mouth, but his eyes were brimming with naked accusations.

His wife’s dark circles were clearly because she hadn’t slept all of the previous night; their master hadn’t really delayed his wife at all last night!

This was not just slander but deliberate, premeditated slander; there was even false evidence! Woe!

Their master was truly wronged!

“Go, go, fetch me two boiled eggs from the kitchen so I can use them to reduce the swelling. I don’t want to go out with a pair of panda eyes!” Seeing Si Xi still lingering, Gu Changsheng waved her hand impatiently.

Hearing this, Si Xi glanced at the faint blue around his wife’s eyes, nodded hastily, and backed out.

If their master was a peeping tom, then he was a peeping tom; nothing was more important than his wife!

With Si Xi gone and no third party in sight to observe, Gu Changsheng and Borjigin Nian got comfortable on the bed and started a new session of whispering.

“Nian, do you think your senior brother is possessed or something, why does he suddenly have this problem of peeping?” Gu Changsheng looked at Borjigin Nian, her face full of worry as she voiced her troubles.

Oh my god, she was almost driven insane by Zhou Mu; could it be that she was so heavily blockaded by the three people around her that she lost her mind?

Previously it was climbing into bed, and now it had escalated to peeping through windows!

Gu Changsheng reiterated that she actually preferred the straightforward bed climbing–it was at least outright and didn’t leave her so conflicted and clueless!

Borjigin Nian tilted her head, frowned and thought for a while, “Hard to say, ah, my senior brother isn’t much of a talker, very deep, trying to guess his thoughts is way too difficult!”

Gu Changsheng nodded continuously upon hearing this, “Exactly, exactly! They say a woman’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the ocean, but if you ask me, your brother’s heart is even deeper than the ocean floor! Completely inscrutable!”

Not being able to fathom it would have been fine, but the crux of the matter was that Zhou Mu could often see right through her thoughts, almost as if he had an intestinal worm inside her! This fact deeply wounded Gu Changsheng!

Why he proclaimed Huo Shuixian, that little bitch, as the Mandated Noble Lady, Gu Changsheng couldn’t figure out, nor could she fathom why he had to feign melancholy outside her window! Both were beyond her understanding.

Gu Changsheng shook her head in vexation, she was finding it more and more difficult to guess the thoughts of that evildoer, Zhou Mu!

“However, I grew up practicing martial arts with my master on the mountain for many years and never noticed that he had any peculiar habit of peeping…” Borjigin Nian spoke uncertainly.

She still couldn’t believe her master, who was like a divine residence, could be a peeping tom…

“In this world, everyone who stands out alone with their charm has one oddity or another. Your master is a beautiful man, and it’s normal for a beautiful man to have strange habits!” Gu Changsheng waved her hand impatiently, feeling as if there were many spirals of mosquito coils and question marks above her head.

That evildoer Zhou Mu, he occupied her entire mind!

Hearing this, Borjigin Nian nodded in agreement, “That is true. My master has a peculiar habit; he likes to collect various types of brushes, especially those that others have worn out and thrown away. Your foster father, Mr. Ban Shan, has a penchant for books, particularly the worn and rare ones…”

Gu Changsheng listened to Borjigin Nian’s prattle, the corners of her mouth twitching incessantly.

Alright! That also counted as a strange habit!

Thinking about the events of the previous night, Gu Changsheng felt overwhelmed. Although it had dawned, it was obvious she couldn’t sleep anymore!

With no other choice, Gu Changsheng got out of bed, “You rest well, I’ll prescribe and boil some medicine for you later, don’t move about, okay?”

“Mm-hmm! How is Tan Nv doing? I faintly recall collapsing next to her, how are her injuries?” Borjigin Nian asked cautiously, seeing Gu Changsheng acting so nonchalant and without sorrow, Tan Nv should be alright, right?

“She has internal injuries from head to toe…”

“What?” Borjigin Nian exclaimed in shock upon hearing this.

Bending over to pick up her shoes, Gu Changsheng was startled by her exclamation; she calmly finished putting on her soft shoes, then turned her head and gave her a white look, “Why are you so agitated? Tan Nv is fine! I performed an exploratory surgery on her, and now she is recuperating in the Medicine Tower.”

“You scared me to death! Internal injuries from head to toe means certain death! Exploratory surgery? What is exploratory surgery?” Borjigin Nian’s heart finally settled back down, and she asked with curiosity.

“I’ll explain it to you when I get back if there’s time. For now, you just focus on recovering,” Gu Changsheng waved her hand and headed to the adjacent bed chamber.

When she was woken by Borjigin Nian, Gu Changsheng knew the evildoer was no longer in her bed chamber.

Gu Changsheng looked at the neatly folded bedding on her bed and slowly walked over; her surgical knife and that bright red forehead ornament were still placed in their familiar positions beside her pillow.

The almost imperceptible scent of ambergris wafted over, causing Gu Changsheng to become slightly absent-minded.

This evildoer, instead of sleeping in his own Divine Residence, insisted on occupying her bed! He must be sick!

God knows what he was thinking!

Gu Changsheng went to the cleansing room, where Si Xi had already prepared fresh water. Gu Changsheng’s thoughts inevitably drifted to sharing bathwater with the evildoer the previous night, her face suddenly blushing, and she quickly splashed the clear water onto her face.

“Gu Changsheng! You’re not Borjigin Nian! Don’t be so incorrigible!”

It was just Zhou Mu, after all! Apart from the private parts, she had seen and touched the rest of his naked body! What’s the use of blushing so hard!

She was being utterly disgraceful!

Gu Changsheng hastily cleaned up and fled from the cleansing room.

Just then, Si Xi returned with two boiled eggs. Gu Changsheng used the eggs to soothe her dark circles while allowing Si Xi to style her hair.

She didn’t like complicated hairdos, only simple, elegant, casual, and comfortable. As Si Xi worked on her hair, she complained, “My lady, don’t most women love beauty? Who else dislikes dressing up like you do? Si Xi knows many hairstyles, like the Draping Cloud Bun, the Flying Swallow Bun, the Flying Hairbun…”

“Was I depriving you of your heroics?” Gu Changsheng teased.

“Hehe…” Si Xi gave an embarrassed laugh, “But I still think the Flying Hairbun suits my lady best. Since my lady needs to apply the eggs, why don’t I style the Flying Hairbun for you to see how it looks?”

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng pondered for a moment and said, “If you want to style it, go ahead, just don’t forget my status as an Abandoned Wife, and don’t make it too extravagant!”

“Got it!” Si Xi heard this and immediately became excited, starting to work on her hair, “My lady, there’s no need to keep mentioning your status as an Abandoned Wife. The Li Family is so small and narrow-minded, why should you take it to heart?

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but laugh at this remark; the Li Mansion, a residence of a Marquis, was considered small and petty in Si Xi’s eyes?

Indeed, she was someone who came from Zhou Mu’s side; that was some high perspective!

The green tint under her eyes wouldn’t disappear much with just an egg compress, so Gu Changsheng, not wanting to look unkempt in public, decided to apply a light makeup to conceal it.

“My lady, you’re truly beautiful!”

Seeing Gu Changsheng with her makeup perfectly done, Si Xi was entranced and couldn’t help but compliment.

As a woman, being praised for her beauty, even Gu Changsheng felt a tad self-satisfied.

“Less sweet talk, let’s go check on Tan Nv’s situation at the Medicine Tower!” Gu Changsheng said with a smile.

“Yes!” Si Xi responded promptly and hurried to follow.

And at this moment, as the dawn light shimmered, the City Gate of Liuzhou City swung wide open…