Gu Xijiu seemed to have come to a sudden realization, "So you’re only using me to attract Long Siye!"
For the first time ever, Di Fuyi had the urge to slap her.
Instead, he fought back the urge and gently rubbed her hair, "Sweetheart, you’re so smart! You guessed it right on your first try."
Her hair was much softer and smoother than it was half a year ago. Her skin was more tender and delicate, too. Holding her close made him realize that her back was much suppler than it was before. He could even feel the curves of her upper body – it was in such good shape.
Impatiently, Gu Xijiu grabbed his misbehaving hands in hers, "As far as I know, Long Siye is not homosexual. He’s straight."
Di Fuyi looked at her. His eyes flickered a little, "Do you know him well? He could be a very well closeted homosexual."
"How could he be? He likes Ye Hongfeng and she’s a typical girl!" The words slipped through her mouth yet again.
Di Fuyi looked at her for a moment, "Is this the reason you hate him?"
"Wh… What?"
"Does he really like Ye Hongfeng? No wonder he’s always carrying a maple jade around his waist. But, why do I get a feeling that he’s more interested in you?" Di Fuyi raised his brows.
"It’s because my look resembles Ye Hongfeng in every way…" Abruptly, Gu Xijiu stopped explaining.
It was a thorn in her heart, an untouchable wound. She could not believe that she had said it all out in front of the cryptic Di Fuyi, unreservedly.
Was it because she was drunk? How could she say it out this easily just because he had started the topic?
Regretfully, she tried to change the topic of the conversation, "No matter who he likes, be it Ye Hongfeng or I, we're both girls. That means he's not a homosexual, not bent…"
Di Fuyi kept his eyes on her, "You have come up with a lot of new terms - there’s straight and there’s bent. Straight, meaning not gay and bent, meaning gay?"
Gu Xijiu nodded, "Yes."
"That’s easy, there’s nothing I cannot do. Even if he’s straight, I’ll find ways to make him bent."
Gu Xijiu was dumbfounded. She then glowered at him, "You…"
She was exasperated and her face was instantly flushed with a slightly red complexion. Her mouth opened slightly, with her red lips tempting him to kiss her.
Di Fuyi moved his eyes away from her abruptly. The corners of his lips lifted and he laughed mischievously, "Did your heart ache for him? Don’t worry, I-Will-Take-Extra-Care-Of-Him. I’ll make him very happy."
Gu Xijiu felt as though Di Fuyi was a big, bad wolf preying on Long Siye, that little fat lamb.
Before her eyes, she seemed to have caught a glimpse of the image of Long Siye and the girl in the ice coffin.
She did not feel right about it and closed her eyes.
Long Siye never showed himself in the past six months and she did not have any news about him at all. Had he found alternative ways to resurrect Ye Hongfeng, perhaps?
Otherwise, he would already be here looking for her.
There was a sudden rush of adrenaline.
Di Fuyi fixed his eyes on her. "Seems like you still can’t get over him," said Di Fuyi, as he saw her eyes lacking in luster.
Gu Xijiu frowned, as she did not bother to explain any further.
She could feel the adrenaline rush of her blood again, so intense that she could almost feel it rushing through her throat.
It was strange, was it something wrong with her?
Just when she was about to examine herself, Di Fuyi suddenly grabbed her wrist and asked, "Did you hurt yourself recently?"
Instinctively, Gu Xijiu withdrew her hand from his grab, "It doesn’t matter, it's just a little injury."
Di Fuyi placed his finger on her wrist to examine the injury for a little while. He then turned his attention directly towards Gu Xietian who was right beside her, "General Gu, why did you hurt your own daughter? That was a strong move of your Glittering Golden Light."
Gu Xietian was lost in his own thoughts when the question was raised, so he was quite taken back by the sudden accusation. He took a while to recall the incident. It all happened when he struck a hit at Gu Xijiu while trying to save his son.
His expression changed – there was a slight remorse. "I didn’t hit her deliberately. It was all in the moment of desperation."
"Desperation? What kind of desperation?" Di Fuyi tapped the table lightly, "What kind of desperate situation would make you decide to strike her so immediately?"
Gu Xietian stammered over his words, "It was…"
"General Gu, what kind of atrocious crime had she committed, that had triggered you to sacrifice your ties of blood to righteousness and punish her together with the elders of Jiu Xing clan?" asked Di Fuyi, icily.
Gu Xijiu was surprised, too. In fact, she was hurt the day before yesterday, but as luck would have it, she happened to have with her the Gold-Inflicted Remedy, which was a very effective remedy. She felt so much better after taking the medicine. Otherwise, she would not have gone out to search for a new home with the company of Rong Jialuo. They even went for a tea afterwards.
After going back to her new home, she felt a little unsettled and short-tempered. She could even feel the rush of blood in her circulation, which was abnormal from her usual body condition. She examined herself and found out that the reverberation of the blood vessels was the root of the problem. Although it was not a big deal, she took another medicine to recover quickly.
Just yesterday, she took a rest for the entire day and she felt as if she was fully recovered. She never thought that Di Fuyi would expose everything just by taking her pulse.
She could feel a little pain at her wrist due to the tight grasp of Di Fuyi. She tried to pull her hand back but failed. Instead, she was given a stern look as a sign of warming. "Behave."
Gu Xijiu kept quiet about it.
Di Fuyi turned his look towards Gu Xietian who was already kneeling on the floor, "Do you want to speak for yourself, or do you want me to find it out by myself?"
Gu Xietian broke out in a cold sweat, as he knew clearly that once Di Fuyi became suspicious of something, nothing could ever escape his eyes and ears. He would definitely uncover it at its very core.
It would be better if he spoke for himself.
He steeled his heart and described the scenario.
Certainly, he could not repeat what every person had said on that day, so he roughly made a description with a broad outline.
He told that it was caused by some squabbles between the mother, the son and Gu Xijiu, thus provoking her to cause the fight. Within his words, he clarified again that he only meant to save the people and not to hurt anyone.
Silently, Di Fuyi listened to his words. He turned and looked at Rong Jialuo, "Did you have the Voice Recording Crane in your arms the other day? Come, play it in front of everyone. I was really curious about what the mother and son had said that would trigger the rage of my little Xijiu and make her try to kill her own brother."
Naturally, he called her his "Little Xijiu" out loud. That made her heart skip a beat.
She never thought that he would come forward and lift her up because of the incident. His kind gesture was somewhat heart-warming.
Rong Jialuo had still kept the Voice Recording Crane, so he played the voice recordings out loud in front of everyone.
The recording function of the Voice Recording Crane worked really well and the playback was excellent. All the voices remained as they were without the least difference.
It was so quiet in the hall that every single word from the playback voices of the Voice Recording Crane could clearly be heard by everyone.
The hall was filled with complacent words of Leng Xiangyu and intimidation of Gu Tianchao.
Once the playback was over, numerous people in the hall turned their attention to Gu Xietian – there were taunts, astonishments, and disbeliefs.
On the outside, Leng Xiangyu always appeared to be accomplished and well-mannered. No one would have thought that she could be so vicious to her foster daughter. Her behavior was a complete disgrace.
Yet, Gu Xietian treasured her like a darling for so many years.
His face flushed bright red. He was so embarrassed that he desperately wished to drill a hole and hide from the world after being exposed with such a disgraceful family scandal.
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