Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 46

Gu Shixing held her forcefully in his arms and walked with her for half a minute, but it seemed like he didn't waste any effort.

Su Yun pursed her lips and said nothing. Because she cried so hard just now, her eyes were swollen, her nose was red, and she couldn't breathe. Even though she had just made a scene and lost her image, she couldn't do the act of rubbing her nose in front of outsiders, so she could only endure it.

When they reached the back door of the house, Su Yun stopped making a fuss and said with a cold face and a heavy nasal voice, "Put me down."

The man who had been holding her all the way put her down without saying a word.

Su Yun turned around, took the handkerchief and pinched her nose softly, then said coldly, "Go away."

Then he went forward to pull the bolt, but after pulling it, the door would not open.

She was stunned for a moment. She remembered that the back door was not locked when she left. How could it be locked from the inside?

Su Yun didn't believe it and tried several more times, his movements were a little hasty, but still to no avail.

Gu Shixing saw her angry movements and knew that the door was locked, so he lowered his voice and said, "I'll climb over the wall and open the door for you."

Su Yun didn't speak to him.

Gu Shixing extinguished the lantern and wanted to place it in front of the door. After thinking for a while, he went to the wall seven or eight steps away from the back door and then climbed over the wall.

The door opened from the inside, and Su Yun walked into the yard. She glanced at him with red and swollen eyes, and her intention to drive him away was very clear.

Gu Shixing was silent for a few breaths before he said calmly, "I drove three carriage trips in the snow, and my hands and feet are a little stiff. I need to relax."

Although his hands and feet were stiff, he was still able to drive the carriage. He just didn't want to leave so soon.

Su Yun took a deep breath and said with a nasal tone, "Just take it easy, don't bother me."

Having said that, she turned away without paying any attention to him at all.

But when they walked under the eaves, he actually followed her. She half turned around and looked back at him with an unfriendly look: "Why are you following me?!"

The lanterns under the eaves flickered on and off, and Gu Shixing, under the dim candlelight, looked at her with gloomy eyes.

That look almost spelled out the words "I'm interested in you".

After piercing through this layer of paper, he didn't even bother to cover it up.

"It's icy and snowy outside, there's no way to relax," he said.

The implication is that he wants to enter her boudoir, how shameless he is!

"Don't even think about it." After calming down, her voice became a little calmer.

Su Yun ignored him, turned around and walked quickly, trying to enter the room before him and locked the doors and windows.

He is no longer the gentleman Gu Shixing that she knows. He can now deceive her with a serious face. How can she still trust him?

It was cold, the middle of the night, and there was no one in the yard.

Su Yun walked back quickly. When he reached the door, he opened it, went in, and closed it almost in one go. However, when the door was still slightly smaller than the mouth of a bowl, a person suddenly stretched out from the side, grabbed the door, and locked it tightly.

As long as he wanted, he could push the door open, and she couldn't stop him no matter how hard she tried. But he didn't use brute force to push the door open, as if he wanted to confront her and make her willing to let him in.

How can it be? !

There was a stalemate for a moment, and neither of them said anything.

"Someone is coming." Gu Shixing suddenly spoke.

Su Yun heard the unhurried voice. She suspected that he was deceiving her, but she couldn't afford the risk.

He opened the door and let him in.

After Gu Shixing came in, she quickly closed the door, but did not look at him. She just carefully observed the movements outside the house from behind the door.

Besides the howling of the wind and snow, there were indeed hurried footsteps. She looked through the screen window and vaguely saw a faint light in the yard.

The gatekeeper must have heard some noise and came over with a lantern to take a look.

There was a warm yellow candlelight left in the room. Su Yun turned around and glanced at Gu Shixing who was standing in her room, without a happy expression on her face.

As if he didn't exist, she added some charcoal into the stove that was almost burning out, then sat aside, put the teapot on the stove, and then put her hands next to the stove to warm them.

Although there is no warmth anymore, it is better than being cold.

Gu Shixing also sat down, his eyes never leaving her.

His calm eyes concealed their indifference, as deep as an abyss. After a while, he whispered, "I was investigating the spy hiding in the Su Mansion before, but I am an outsider, so it is inconvenient to search. I don't know if the hidden person will attack you again, so I thought your brother could protect you, so I told you. And you know your brother's character, he will protect you and won't tell anyone about this."

At the end, he thought for a few breaths, and said with a little more apology in a deep voice: "I didn't think it through. I'm sorry."

Having already vented his anger a long time ago, Su Yun did not collapse like he did in the carriage just now, but just remained silent.

She had no idea in what mood she was talking to him.

Let her understand him, but she doesn't have such a broad mind.

She couldn't help but care.

How should she face her brother in the future? How should she cope with herself in the Su Mansion?

There were so many troubles that she couldn't even get angry now.

Su Yun didn't look up at him, but kept staring at the charcoal stove.

The charcoal gradually became hotter, and the warmth spread in a small area. Su Yun's cold body also warmed up a little.

After about a quarter of an hour, even the water was already steaming, but the person sitting opposite was still sitting there motionless, as if he had no intention of leaving.

Su Yun frowned slightly, raised her eyes and looked at Gu Shixing, only to see that he was resting his elbows on the table beside him, his hands supporting his brows, and his eyes closed, resting.

He really went too far!

She let him in, and he fell asleep in her room.

He frowned and opened his mouth to call him to wake him up when his eyes fell on the neck that she had bitten.

Slightly stunned.

The bite had broken the skin, and there were dried blood stains around it. The dark red blood stains were on the skin, perhaps because it was frozen all the way back, and the bite marks had turned reddish purple.

Did she bite so hard just now?

I didn't feel guilty, after all, he deserved it. But when I looked up and saw his face that didn't look like it was lit by the candlelight, I was stunned for a moment.

Not only was her face red, but her ears, neck, and hands were all red, an abnormally dark red.

After hesitating for a moment, she raised her hand, touched his forehead with the back of her hand, and felt the hot breath.

She was sure he had a fever.

When did this happen?

The next moment when his hand touched Gu Shixing's forehead, his tightly closed black eyes half opened. Perhaps because of the high fever, his eyes became a little misty and he looked at the person in front of him in confusion.

Su Yun withdrew his hand and explained calmly: "You have a fever."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shixing placed the back of his hand on his forehead.

Indeed, he felt a little bit of heat, and he smiled slightly at himself: "I am indeed weak and sick, I am sorry to make you laugh."

He put down his hand, then stood up and said to her, "I'm going back first. I'll come back to see you next time."

After that, he put on his hood and walked towards the door.

The moment Su Yun watched Gu Shixing leave, he suddenly started to have wild thoughts. In his mind, he recalled the scene of him driving the carriage back in the snow. Suddenly, the scene changed and he fell out of the carriage unconsciously, fell down the slope, and kept rolling down...

Thinking of this, he suddenly started, came to his senses, and suddenly reached out and grabbed his cloak.

Gu Shixing half turned his body and looked at her with doubtful eyes.

She is not heartless, she still has a heart.

Loosening the cloak, she said, "Rest for a while. When it's almost dawn, I'll cover you and help you leave."

It was only the third watch now, and the days were short and the nights long in winter. There were still about two hours before dawn, which was enough time for him to rest.

There seemed to be a hint of light reflected by the candlelight in Gu Shixing's deep eyes. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said "Okay" in a low voice. Then he took a few steps back and sat back in his original position.

Su Yun sniffed lightly, then poured two cups of steaming hot tea.

One cup was placed on the table next to him, and the other was for himself.

After a long silence, Su Yun put down the empty cup and said, "Do as you please. I'll take a break."

Having said that, he stood up, walked back to the bed, took off his fur robe and thick cotton coat.

After four years of sleeping in the same bed, there was nothing pretentious about taking off a coat in front of him.

He took off his outer cotton-padded clothes, got on the bed, lowered the curtains, and got into the quilt.

Last night, before she went to sleep, she asked the servants to move the stove to the bedside. But now there is no extra bedding in the room, and if the stove is moved, his fever will only get worse.

Su Yun secretly annoyed that her heart was not hard enough. If she could be harder, it would be great if she didn't care whether he lived or died.

"Ayun."

When Su Yun closed her eyes to rest, she heard Gu Shixing calling her name softly. She didn't want to respond, but the next moment she felt the voice was outside the bed and suddenly opened her eyes.

"What are you doing?" she asked unhappily, looking at the figure outside the tent.

If he dares to ask to sleep with her, then get out of here, no matter whether he lives or dies.

The next moment, he opened the curtain, stood outside the bed and looked down at her.

Su Yun lay in the quilt, staring at her.

Gu Shixing wet the towel she used to wipe her face, lifted the curtain and handed it to her: "Apply it to your eyes, it will help reduce the swelling tomorrow."

"Who asked you to be so attentive? Why are you meddling in other people's business?" She spoke in a bad tone. Compared to the pretended respect she had shown before, she now said whatever she wanted to say.

Gu Shixing said helplessly: "Tomorrow your mother will see your red and swollen eyes and will inevitably worry about you and ask why they are swollen?"

Su Yun frowned.

At this moment, Gu Shixing put down the folded handkerchief and wanted to cover her eyes. She quickly reached out and pulled the handkerchief from his hand.

"I'll do it myself. You put down the curtain. If you don't want to sit here, just leave." She knew he would definitely not leave.

Gu Shixing lowered the curtain and whispered, "I won't disturb your rest."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to his original seat, sat down, and picked up the tea she had poured.

Su Yun glanced at the hazy figure outside the veil before retracting her gaze, closing her eyes and applying the wet and cold handkerchief to her eyes.

It's very cold, but not uncomfortable, rather soothing.

Outside, the snow and ice were raging, and the wind was howling. The wind was even louder than when she returned to her room just now. Su Yun was glad that she had left Gu Shixing behind, otherwise if something had really happened to him on the way back, she would have been uneasy for the rest of her life.

But why did he have a fever?

Is it because the carriage had been driving in the snow for more than an hour?

Although he was young and weak, he heard from his mother-in-law in his previous life that he almost never got sick after he grew up, and he never got sick even if he went out in the wind or rain.

But looking at him, he doesn't look like he's pretending.

Su Yun couldn't sleep because there was Gu Shixing in the room and she was also worried.

Gu Shixing glanced at the curtain and saw faint ups and downs. He sighed softly, but also felt relieved.

She is still soft-hearted after all.

Drinking warm tea

I don’t know how long it took, but the handkerchief covering her eyes was almost dry before Su Yun took it off.

After taking off the handkerchief, she found that the room had darkened, probably because the oil lamp had run out of oil. Su Yun glanced outside the veil, and saw only the bright light of burning charcoal, but no sign of Gu Shixing.

She drew aside the veil and in the dim light saw the outline of a figure lying on the table.

He gently placed the handkerchief on the low table outside the bed, then lowered the curtain, closed his eyes and waited until dawn to wake him up and ask him to leave.

Apart from the sounds outside, the house was very quiet, so quiet that only the faint crackling sound of the charcoal burning in the stove could be heard.

*

Gu Shixing did not bring any secret guards with him, but there were three secret guards following him, just at a distance.

This time, Mo Tai also came out.

When the carriage stopped, they also stopped in the distance and vaguely heard the woman crying.

The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what the situation was, but no one dared to go forward.

After a long time, the crying gradually subsided until it died down.

They were waiting for their own prince right there, but more than half an hour had passed and they still hadn't seen the prince return.

It was icy and snowy, and although they were not as afraid of the cold as ordinary people, they could not stay there for long.

"How about I go and take a look?" Mo Tai suggested.

The others nodded in agreement. Mo Tai got off the horse and walked forward holding the lantern.

After a while, Mo Tai walked to where the prince parked his carriage.

When he saw the hot water bottle on the ground, his face tightened, but he didn't find any signs of a fight, so he picked up the hot water bottle.

After looking at the footprints, one large and one small, I followed them. But after walking a short distance, only the large footprints were left, and the woman's footprints were gone.

Mo Tai thought for a moment and then understood what was going on. A smile appeared on his face. He turned around and walked back to the carriage and untied it.

As he untied the clothes, he muttered to himself, "I don't know how the prince made Miss Su cry, but she will definitely need some comforting. I don't know how long we'll have to wait, so don't let yourselves get frozen. Come with me to a warm place and wait."

After untying the rope of the carriage, he made a mark on the tree trunk so that the prince would know that it was he who pulled the carriage away.

Mo Tai led the carriage back to the secret guards and explained, "The prince won't be back so soon. I remember there is a small land temple nearby. Let's go there to avoid the wind and snow."

"Someone asked, don't you want to wait for the prince?"

Mo Tai said, "We will go to the front every half an hour to see if the prince has returned. If the prince still hasn't come by daybreak, I will go check."

If he went to Zhuangzi now to investigate the whereabouts of the prince, he felt that the prince would definitely hold a grudge against him.

But I can't help but feel a little worried. The prince has been concentrating on official business for more than half a month, and he only slept for two hours yesterday. Today, he is driving a carriage in the cold weather. I don't know if he can bear it.

However, whether this can withstand the test is another matter.

The prince has read so many books about talented men and beautiful ladies. He should not be as unromantic as before, right?

It is a rare opportunity for the prince to meet Miss Su Liu. He hopes that she can be more understanding this time and not annoy her again.