mtl008 Chapter 104 A Flutter in My Heart
Chapter 104 A Flutter in My Heart
A moment later, the man finally stopped, and Lin Cai was shoved into a carriage, followed by Gu Zhan.
Lin Cai didn't really want to talk to him right now, so when she saw him come up, she moved to the side.
Gu Zhan didn't mind. After getting on the carriage, he took out a plate of pastries from the compartment.
"It will take a while to get back to Gujia Village. We'll eat this to tide us over when we get hungry."
Lin Cai ignored him, wrapped herself in her cloak, and leaned against the corner, completely ignoring him.
The carriage started moving, swaying along the road. Lin Cai wanted to sneak off, but she heard something as soon as she moved.
"If you don't want to be tied up, I advise you not to move."
Lin Cai sat back down, glaring fiercely at the person who had closed his eyes to rest. When he took out some pastries, Lin Cai picked one up and took a big bite.
As soon as they left, Lin Long received the news and immediately ordered his men to prepare a fast horse.
"Get back here right now and take good care of your little sister. If you lose her again, you'll regret it."
Lin Bao pitifully mounted the horse, only to be threatened and beaten again. Finally, he rode back with a belly full of resentment.
He wasn't alone; he had a follower with him, sent by his older brother, whose reason was: "You've lost sight of your sister."
"To prevent this from happening a second time, you should have someone with you. That way, even if you lose your girl, she won't be lost."
Lin Bao understood what his older brother meant; it was simply about finding another bodyguard for his younger sister!
Besides protecting his younger sister, this bodyguard also has the function of monitoring him. If he does anything outrageous, his older brother will definitely be the first to come back and beat him up.
Lin Cai didn't say a word the whole way. When they were almost in town, she opened the curtain and looked outside.
She only glanced at it twice before lowering the curtain, and the carriage stopped shortly afterward.
Gu Zhan opened his eyes and got out of the car first, followed by Lin Cai, who found them in someone else's yard.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man walked towards them with two servants.
"Young Master Gu, why are you back so soon? Have you finished everything?"
"We're done. The carriage is here. We'll be leaving now."
After Gu Zhan finished speaking, he didn't even say thank you before pulling Lin Cai out. The middle-aged man behind them chased after them.
"Young Master Gu, Young Master Gu, it's getting late, and it will be dark by the time you go back. Why don't you and this young lady have a simple meal here and rest for the night before heading back?"
"no need."
Lin Cai found his voice a bit strange. He had only asked him to stay for a meal and a night, and hadn't asked him for any money. Why was he running so fast?
Moreover, he spoke without any warmth, refusing people outright without giving them any face at all.
As Lin Cai was being pulled forward, she glanced at his profile and found that he was incredibly cold and expressionless.
After walking out onto the street, Gu Zhan went to a steamed bun shop and bought two steamed buns and six mantou (steamed bread), then handed two of the steamed buns to Lin Cai.
Holding the steamed buns, Lin Cai ate as she followed him. After finishing the buns, Lin Cai stopped on the way back.
"I can't walk anymore!"
She thought that if she said she couldn't walk anymore, he would stop and rest for a while before continuing, but to her surprise, he came straight up to her and squatted down.
Lin Cai looked at his back and took a step back: "What are you doing?"
He turned to look at her: "Didn't you say you couldn't walk anymore?"
"Then hurry up and get on, it will be even harder to walk when it gets dark."
Lin Cai was truly too exhausted to walk any further. Upon hearing his words, she rushed over and, just as she wrapped her arms around his neck, was lifted onto his back.
"That person just told us to stay, but you didn't, and now you're blaming me?"
"Lin Cai, if you didn't have your family, could you still grow up?"
"Gu Zhan, what do you mean?"
“You don’t even know who he is, and you just stay because he tells you to? Aren’t you afraid of being sold?”
If you listen to everything people say, you'll probably get sold out and be helping them count the money!
Upon hearing this, Lin Cai reached out and grabbed his ear: "Gu Zhan, am I as stupid as you say? Don't you know that person?"
Suddenly, his ear was grabbed, and Gu Zhan's scalp tingled. The warmth suddenly pinched his cold ear, making him feel a little reluctant to let go.
I hope that warmth will continue to envelop my ears.
While Gu Zhan was carrying the person on his back, thoughts he had never considered before popped into his head. Unaware of this, Lin Cai grabbed the person's ear and started chattering incessantly.
“You borrowed someone’s carriage, and they wanted you to stay for a meal and overnight, but you refused. Now you come here and call me stupid. You’re really unreasonable.”
"But you're right, I can be really stupid sometimes. I saved someone twice for no reason, and now I'm being threatened by that person today."
"If I encounter a situation like that again, I'll definitely close my eyes and leave, and never get involved in such matters again..."
As darkness fell and the weather grew colder, the person on his back fell silent as they spoke.
Feeling the warmth and weight on his back, Gu Zhan walked into the darkness. By the time he returned to Gu Family Village, it was already completely dark.
Gu Zhan was unsure where to send the person, but after some consideration, he quietly sent the person back to the Gu family.
When Lin Cai woke up the next day, she was covered with a blanket and a black cloak. When she saw the black cloak, she remembered what had happened the night before.
He bumped into Scarface as soon as he stepped outside, and Scarface was startled: "Oh ho, when did you get back?"
"Just got back, what's wrong?"
Lin Cai didn't mention last night, and she didn't know what time they came back last night.
However, judging from Scarface's question, it seems they returned quite late. Gu Zhan brought him here without waking the Gu family.
"This morning?" Scarface scratched his head. "How come I didn't know?"
He got up quite early, so why didn't he see this woman come in?
"I'm back, that's all. Do I need to notify you?"
Lin Cai went into the kitchen, feeling hungry. She had only eaten two steamed buns yesterday, and she was already ravenous.
After breakfast, Lin Cai inquired about the situation in the fields. Upon learning that the Gu family only had six mu of land, Lin Cai thought of the back mountain.
"The back mountain? That belongs to the village, but if someone wants to buy it, they can. However, they'll have to go to the village chief to discuss it."
Lin Cai frowned upon hearing this. To be honest, she didn't really want to go find that old man, but Gu Dachui said that this was the only way. Otherwise, whatever they did on the mountain would belong to everyone.
She felt like cursing; what a damn stupid rule!