The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1479: 723 Sister complex (first update)

Chapter 1479: 723 Sister complex (first update)

It was no problem for Gu Chengfeng to use his lightfoot skills to shake off the two experts from Han Ye’s group. By now, Gu Chengfeng and Xiao Hen should have already met up with the people from the National Master Hall carrying the first aid kit.

Gu Changqing continued carrying Gu Jiao forward.

“My carriage is just ahead, once we pass through this forest, we’ll arrive, and there are a few people from the Martial Arts Arena accompanying us.”

He made the situation clear to Gu Jiao in advance, so she wouldn’t be surprised to find strangers with them when they arrived.

If Gu Jiao didn’t like traveling with the people from the Martial Arts Arena, he would send them ahead and leave the carriage for them.

“All right,” Gu Jiao didn’t mind.

Thinking of something, Gu Changqing asked, “By the way, who were those two people just now? I recognize Qun Xuan, but who’s the other?”

Gu Jiao said, “The heir of the Han Family, Han Ye.”

Gu Changqing mused, “The Crown Prince’s maternal family?”

Gu Jiao hummed an acknowledgment, wrapped her arms around his neck, and looked at him curiously, “You know about this too?”

Gu Changqing slightly tilted his head toward her with some affection, his tone a bit lighter, “I’ve been hearing some news about Shengdu in the Martial Arts Arena.”

After a pause, he continued asking, “Why does he want to kill you?”

Gu Jiao replied, “The former Princess was injured, and the king asked me to save her, but he didn’t want me to go. Additionally, there are other grudges between me and the Han Family.”

Gu Changqing’s brows furrowed, “Other grudges?”

“It’s a long story,” Gu Jiao, who preferred to act rather than talk, replied succinctly, getting straight to the point.

Gu Changqing fell silent after hearing her response.

He had never expected that Gu Chengfeng would come too, especially in such a manner.

Even when he had noticed his younger brother’s growth during the battles at the border pass, he had never imagined it to be such significant progress.

In fact, he didn’t need Gu Chengfeng to be so resilient; not just him, even their grandfather had never put much pressure on Gu Chengfeng. Being a carefree and happy gentleman of a prominent family for life was sufficient for the second son.

Without any external force compelling him, he took the burden upon his own shoulders.

They were all growing constantly, to protect the people they cared about.

There were too many shocking things to process, aside from Gu Chengfeng’s experiences as a servant at the Han Family, there was also the enmity between Gu Jiao, Han Che, and Han Ye, as well as Xiao Hen’s entanglement with the Dayan royal family.

It seemed this trip to Dayan was destined to be anything but calm.

As the siblings talked, the carriage came into view.

There were three carriages in total. The last one, which was the most ordinary, was for transporting luggage, the middle one, which was the most spacious, belonged to Gu Changqing, and the first one, which was standard in appearance, belonged to a Housekeeper of the underground Martial Arts Arena, named Pang Hai.

He was the one who had recommended Gu Changqing’s entry into Shengdu.

The fact that Gu Changqing was willing to take Gu Jiao to meet him meant that this person could be trusted.

Pang Hai was a man in his mid-thirties, but he looked older, perhaps forty, due to his prematurely worried appearance.

From a distance, he saw Gu Changqing carrying someone on his back, with another person by his side, walking steadily towards them.

Pang Hai doubted his own eyes.

Had Lord King Yama actually brought back two people after a trip into the woods? And was he carrying one of them on his back?!

Who would dare come within three feet of Lord King Yama without being beaten to a pulp?

How else did he earn the nickname ‘Lord King Yama’?

Moreover, because the coachman had to hold the lotus leaf umbrella for Gu Jiao, he occasionally bumped into Gu Changqing, yet there was not a hint of anger in Gu Changqing’s eyes.

Pang Hai’s eyes almost popped out.

Pang Hai dismounted and approached Gu Changqing, asking, “Changqing, what’s this all about?”

Gu Changqing introduced the situation with composure, “There were victims of robberies in the forest. Upon inquiry, they turned out to be fellow countrymen from Zhan Country, and she’s been injured.”

Coachman: Eh, it’s not his brother this time?

The coachman was a minor character; he certainly wouldn’t meddle in these nobles’ private affairs.

Working in Shengdu meant minding one’s own business.

Gu Changqing was carefully assessing the information he got from Gu Jiao before deciding to temporarily conceal their relationship with each other.

Pang Hai: I don’t believe you at all, your aura is completely different, okay!

Gu Changqing didn’t care whether Pang Hai believed him or not; without evidence, Pang Hai couldn’t prove anything.

He and Pang Hai came to Shengdu together, and Pang Hai was his guarantor. Should he cause any trouble, Pang Hai would be implicated as well.

So in essence, they were on the same boat.

Pang Hai gave a smile and said to Gu Jiao, “My last name is Pang, with a single name Hai, I see the young brother is not very old, you can call me Brother Hai or Big Hai.”

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