The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1309 - 1309 637 A Couples Reunion (Part 2)

Chapter 1309: 637 A Couple’s Reunion (Part 2) Chapter 1309: 637 A Couple’s Reunion (Part 2) After dismounting from the carriage, Gu Jiao returned the same way and arrived at the Canglan Women’s Academy following the route provided by Su Xue.

Although the Canglan Women’s Academy was located within the inner city, it covered a vast area, which was much larger than Gu Jiao had imagined, so finding the person she was looking for would be quite problematic.

“Where exactly is Linglong Pavilion?” She looked around, “And I can’t just grab someone to ask.”

As outsiders were not allowed into the Canglan Women’s Academy, her disguise as a man could easily cause misunderstandings if she suddenly appeared there.

Fortunately, it was still early, so she might as well search each courtyard one by one.

Perhaps because the beauty’s reputation was too great, the gossip Gu Jiao heard as she sneaked around revolved entirely around her!

According to the information from these people’s conversations, the beauty had also arrived in Shengdu not long before.

Unlike Gu Jiao, who became the most popular figure in Mingxin Hall within a few short days on account of her talents, this new arrival had managed to become the public enemy of all the young ladies in the Canglan Women’s Academy by her own merit.

“She never tips the servants; she has to quibble over every single Copper Plate; I’ve never seen someone so stingy!”

“She won’t help when asked for a favor, nor will she lend anything; so miserly!”

“She doesn’t let anyone enter her bedchamber; doesn’t allow anyone to touch her things! She’s very irritable!”

“She’s arrogant, always having a cold face for everyone to see!”

“Isn’t she just flaunting the attention she gets from men? All day long, she knows nothing but how to seduce them! What a ‘Fox Spirit’!”

“But… it seems her homework was praised by the master again.”

“That’s right, that’s right, she scored first place in the exam yesterday too! I really wanted to tear her apart when I saw how smug she looked!”

“She has no status, no backing. Isn’t it because she needs to elevate her own value, so she can later find a good family in Shengdu to marry into?”

The entrance requirements for the Canglan Women’s Academy were extremely high, mostly admitting daughters of noble families or exceptionally talented young women, who mostly married into wealthy families of Yan Country.

Thus, the Canglan Women’s Academy was also touted as the academy for brides throughout the six countries.

Many young masters from noble families came here, seeking to find a beautiful and suitable match from the academy.

Having heard so much, Gu Jiao couldn’t help but secretly admire the beauty; how did she manage to max out the hatred from all the students in the academy?

“Look, someone’s sending things to Linglong Pavilion again. It must be for her!” said one of the female students, pointing acidly in the direction of a small courtyard to the southeast.

Gu Jiao followed her gaze; oh, was that Linglong Pavilion?

After the group of grumbling girls left, Gu Jiao walked in the direction of Linglong Pavilion.

The time was neither early nor late; the setting sun cast its warm, yellow glow on the intricate roof ridges of Linglong Pavilion.

Gu Jiao climbed over the wall to enter the courtyard.

Linglong Pavilion housed more than one bedchamber, and Gu Jiao followed several serving women to a room at the end of the corridor.

After the serving women left, Gu Jiao slipped inside.

The women’s bedchambers were indeed more sophisticated than men’s; the room was divided in the middle by a yellow pear wood screen, with one of the beds’ curtains lowered, revealing a faint silhouette inside.

Meanwhile, the other side of the small room was empty, corresponding to what Su Xue had said about her not having moved in.

Good, it seemed she had found the right place.

Gu Jiao took out a mask to wear and uncoiled the whip at her waist with a crack on the ground!

Gu Jiao said coldly, “Are you coming out on your own, or do I have to drag you out?”

“Not coming out, huh?”

“Fine.”

Gu Jiao lashed out with her whip, pulling the person from behind the curtains, but it turned out that it was not a student at all but a dummy!

Gu Jiao frowned slightly, “Could he have known I was coming for him?”

Of course, the number one beauty of Canglan Academy knew that Gu Jiao was coming for her, or to be precise, for him.

The number one beauty was none other than Xiao Hen, who had come all the way to Yan Country with little Jingkong.

Just last night, Xiaojiu managed to return one of Gu Jiao’s hair ties; hence Xiao Hen knew that the little one had found Gu Jiao.

Given the little one’s nature, he might not necessarily tell her his whereabouts, but Xiao Hen had taken precautions and placed Linglong Pavilion’s address inside the little one’s clothing. Therefore, whether the little one confessed or not, Gu Jiao would be able to find her way here.

Seeing Gu Jiao’s stern demeanor, the little one must have smeared his reputation quite a bit in front of her!

Xiao Hen’s jaw was aching.

Of course, his avoidance of Gu Jiao was not because he feared facing her wrath, but because he couldn’t let her discover that he was the new renowned beauty of the academy; it would undermine his authority as a doctor!

Luckily, he had made preparations!

Having drawn a blank in the room, Gu Jiao was contemplating the other person’s intentions when she heard footsteps approaching from the corridor.

Gu Jiao sidled behind the yellow pearwood gauze cabinet, and the door was pushed open. A young girl dressed in pink-white Academy attire stepped in.

After she entered the room, she first closed the door and slid the bolt into place. Then she immediately walked towards the bedchamber where the dummy had been placed.

Gu Jiao sneered and stepped out from behind the cabinet, “Are you the student assigned to this dormitory?”

The girl seemed to be greatly startled, her face losing color as she turned around, looking at Gu Jiao with wide-eyed terror.

As Gu Jiao looked at her lovely face, she thought to herself that the girl was indeed beautiful, but wasn’t her prettiness a bit exaggerated? On second thought, there had indeed been no one more attractive than her along the way.

The girl gestured with her hands, apparently asking who are you?

Seeing that Gu Jiao did not respond, the girl looked at Gu Jiao with a pleading gaze, then pointed at a table not far away where there were brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Gu Jiao understood and went over to sit down.

The girl came to the table, and it was then that Gu Jiao noticed her right hand seemed injured, wrapped in white gauze.

The girl’s brow furrowed slightly. She unfurled a sheet of white paper and, with much effort, began writing with her left hand, “I am the student of this bedchamber. May I ask who you are and why you have come to my room?”

Gu Jiao remembered that Su Xue had mentioned she was a little mute. She was not surprised that the girl answered by writing.

“Can you hear what I’m saying?” Gu Jiao asked her.

The girl nodded and wrote, “I am not deaf.”

Gu Jiao examined the writing on the paper. It was different from the script that had the address written on Jingkong’s body, which was understandable since a person’s handwriting would generally differ between their left and right hands.

Gu Jiao took out a slip of paper from her pouch, stained with dye, and handed it to her, “Did you leave this?”

The girl took it, looked it over, and her eyes lit up. She wrote with her brush, “Young Master, have you found Jingkong?”

Gu Jiao saw her excited expression, which didn’t seem like that of a cruel young girl who would mistreat a child. Gu Jiao was a bit puzzled, “You even know his name is Jingkong?”

The girl hastily wrote, “He told me. I met him at a pier in Yan Country. He was all alone and looked so pitiful that I took him with me.”

“Which pier?” Gu Jiao asked.

“Tongcheng Pier,” the girl wrote.

Yan Country indeed had such a pier, but it was not on the way to Shengdu. Why would Jingkong have gone there?

Who brought him to Yan Country?

“I asked him about his past, but he wouldn’t speak,” the girl continued to write. “All he said was that he wanted to come to Shengdu to find Jiaojiao. When I asked who Jiaojiao was, he wouldn’t say either.”

Could it be that Jingkong was abducted to Yan Country and then ran away on his own, later encountering this kind-hearted girl?

She had misunderstood; the girl had not been abusing Jingkong, rather she had been treating him kindly.

As for why Jingkong ran away, it was because he missed her too much and wanted to find her.

That was indeed a possibility.

As for why Jingkong didn’t let the girl bring him to her, it was because she was using Xiao Liulang’s enrollment papers, and her identity could not be revealed.

Jingkong was a smart child.

“It seems I have misunderstood you,” Gu Jiao said, looking at the girl.

The girl smiled and wrote, “Did you think that I was mistreating him, and that’s why you came to trouble me? You care about him so much, what is he to you?”

Gu Jiao did not answer her question but instead said, “This has all been a misunderstanding, and I apologize for offending you. Thank you for looking after Jingkong during this time. I shall find a way to repay you when I have the chance. I must leave now, take care.”

Next door was a warehouse. Xiao Hen pressed his ear against the wall of the neighboring room until he heard Gu Jiao finish speaking and leave, then he finally let out a long breath.

He was the one who had found the person, and the dialogue had been prearranged. He had even accounted for the difference between his and the other person’s penmanship—a perfect deception.

But he didn’t feel the triumph he had expected.

In fact, he felt somewhat disappointed.

He wanted to see her.

Very, very much.

He wanted to settle accounts with her to her face, and he wanted to personally ask her how she had been all this time.

He had never missed someone so much that it hurt.

Although he was so angry with her, he was still worried about whether she was taking good care of herself.

Xiao Hen rubbed his chest, took a deep breath, and stepped out of the warehouse.

He arrived at the entrance of the dormitory, thinking back to how she had just been there, and suddenly regretted it.

Had he known, he wouldn’t have let her go.

He lowered his gaze and pushed open the door; his eyes swept to the figure on the ground and he quickly looked up!

There stood Gu Jiao, who had already left, staring at him intently, a slight curve to her lips, “Lord Xiao, it’s been a long time.”

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