In the evening, Gu Qingzhi returned to Wutong Lane with lots of bags and distributed the vegetables he grew to the orphans and widows in the lane as Yuan Jie had instructed. After doing this, she happened to meet Gu Fengping standing at the entrance of the lane with a medicine box on his back.

When he saw Gu Qingzhi dressed like this, he was stunned at first, looked at her suspiciously, and then patted his chest.

"You scared me. I thought it was some girl who sneaked into this place. I'm not used to you wearing this. Why did you suddenly want to change clothes?"

Gu Qingzhi rolled her eyes at him and threw the carrot in her hand to him, "I went to Pingjiao Town."

Gu Fengping took the carrot in a panic, as if he had suddenly realized something: "I thought, it was Aunt Wang who did it again, right? How about the old man over there?"

The brother and sister walked side by side into the alley. Gu Qingzhi replied to him in a nonchalant manner: "Still the same as before, not in a proper state."

"I can guess what you went through there. The old man and Aunt Wang tortured you again, right?" Gu Fengping followed her and almost restored the entire process of her trip to Pingjiao Town, of course, except for the content of the conversation between the master and the apprentice.

Gu Qingzhi was really unable to think about the childish bickering between the two and the embarrassment of dealing with the neighbors. She covered her forehead in submission and stopped Gu Fengping: "Okay, stop talking."

It was rare for his sister to show such a humane expression. Gu Fengping knew that he would be beaten if he continued talking, so he stopped at the right time and changed the subject.

"Sister, this radish is really heavy."

"Here you go, I worked so hard to pull them out."

Gu Qingzhi spoke absentmindedly, her mind almost entirely focused on counting the various snacks she had bought for the child in the other courtyard.

This outfit indeed attracted a lot of attention to Gu Qingzhi, and even Gu Fengping was carefully looked at from head to toe, which made both of them feel extremely uncomfortable.

The people coming in and out of Wutong Lane are quite complicated. Although most of them are assassins, there are also many ruffians. After all, many of Old Man Qin's businesses are closely related to them.

Girls from ordinary families in Kyoto are warned since childhood not to walk around here, otherwise they may easily encounter danger, so there are rarely girls dressed so beautifully in Wutong Lane.

Although Gu Qingzhi had martial arts skills and was not worried about these things, the naked ambition in those men's eyes still made her feel disgusted when they looked at her.

"Sister, let's go back quickly." Gu Fengping looked at the hungry eyes around him and reminded her worriedly.

"Okay." Gu Qingzhi nodded.

The two walked into the alley in front of their house and saw a young man running towards them from a distance. He was wearing a white bamboo hat on his head and looked particularly familiar.

Gu Qingzhi looked carefully, her breathing almost stopped, and then she stopped.

"What's wrong?" Gu Fengping looked puzzled and turned back to follow her gaze.

It wasn't until the boy walked up to the two of them that he could see who that person was.

The white gauze of the bamboo hat was lifted, revealing the mole on the boy's nose. His beautiful face had now become as cold as frost.

"Gu Qingzhi..." Feng Zhanye didn't know how he started. This was the first time he called her name, and he didn't expect it to be in this kind of situation.

Looking at the face that was so familiar this morning, the unfamiliar women's dress on her and the fragrant golden osmanthus in her hair now seem particularly eye-catching.

He walked quickly to her and looked at her carefully, with hope still in his eyes.

"Uh...she's not my brother, you've made a mistake!"

Gu Fengping was still planning to find an excuse, but he was not good at lying, and it felt like he was trying to cover up something as soon as he said it. Feng Zhanye didn't even look at him and ignored his words.

He pulled her hand regardless. Gu Qingzhi realized what he wanted to prove. It was too late when she wanted to pull it away. She could only let him turn her palm over, her heart gradually tightening.

When the scar on the palm of his hand, which had not yet completely disappeared, appeared before his eyes, all the strength in Feng Zhanye's body was almost drained away in an instant. A slight pain came from his chest, and he let go of her in a daze.

Oh no.

The young man lowered his head and said nothing for a long time, just remaining silent helplessly.

Gu Qingzhi looked at him and tried hard to find an excuse in her mind. Although the facts were already in front of her, she still wanted to say something to make amends.

But just as she was about to speak, a low laugh suddenly came from Feng Zhanye's mouth.

"Oh, I said that everyone is afraid of my evil spirit, so how could you take the initiative to take care of me? Is it fun to lie to me? It's fun to watch me ignorantly believe you, right?"

The smile on his face was sad, his mouth corners were forced up, and his eyes were already red.

“…Your Highness.”

The last time Gu Qingzhi saw him like this was on the night of her nightmare. She couldn't help but reach out to pull him, but he violently shook her off.

Tears were hanging in his eyes. Feng Zhanye raised his head and looked directly into Gu Qingzhi's eyes, emphasizing every word.

"You, from now on, don't appear in front of me again."

After saying that, the boy turned around and ran away without looking back.

Gu Qingzhi stood there, looking in the direction he left, and looked at the scar on the palm of her hand with annoyance.

She never thought that her true gender would be exposed in this way.

But why did Feng Zhan Ye suddenly appear in Wutong Lane?

"Sister...are you...ok?" Gu Fengping asked her tentatively.

Gu Qingzhi shook her head and tried to cheer herself up, "It's okay, let's go."

It would be a lie to say that everything was fine. Gu Qingzhi had been planning on how to get Feng Zhanye to avenge her in the future, but now, all the goodwill she had worked so hard to gain with her blood and sweat over the past few months had gone down the drain. It would be extremely difficult to regain his trust in the future.

After putting all her things back home, Gu Qingzhi changed back into men's clothes. After thinking for a moment, she decided to bite the bullet and go back to the villa to find Feng Zhanye.

"I'm going out."

Gu Qingzhi informed him, and when Gu Fengping looked up to answer her, she had disappeared.

It was completely dark.

Wu Fang stood outside the back hall door with a confused look on his face. He really didn't understand what had happened to this little ancestor that made him go crazy today.

He stood outside the door and scratched his head for a long time before deciding to ask, "Master! Are you okay?"

There was a continuous sound of something falling to the ground in the house, but there was no response.

Wu Fangzheng was worrying about whether he should go find Aunt Liu, when he saw Gu Qingzhi walking towards him.

"Guard Gu? Didn't you ask for leave today?"

A lot of strange things happened today. There were actually people who finally got a day off but didn't go home to sleep. If it were him, he would definitely sleep the whole day.

Gu Qingzhi did not answer his question, but asked him: "Is His Highness in there?"

Wu Fang just remembered this and nodded quickly: "You came back at the right time. I don't know what the young master was doing today. After he came back, he pushed and shoved me out and locked himself in the room."

Gu Qingzhi looked at the tightly closed door, heard the noisy noises inside, and sighed. It could be heard that the man was very angry.

It seems that it won't be so easy to fool you this time.

"Go back and rest, I'll take care of it."

When it comes to dealing with Feng Zhanye, Gu Qingzhi is even more reliable than Nanny Liu. Upon hearing this, Wu Fang seemed to have been pardoned and disappeared in a flash of joy.

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