The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 886 - 886 408 Coming to Find You (2 updates)

Chapter 886: 408 Coming to Find You (2 updates) Chapter 886: 408 Coming to Find You (2 updates) And then she felt that the big shot was even happier!

…It was really baffling.

When Princess Xinyang stepped out with Yujin’s accompaniment, what she saw was the scene of one tall and one short person squatting on the ground busily writing with their pens.

Yujin had been by Princess Xinyang’s bedside just before, so she had no idea they were up to this; she couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

“Princess,” she said, “it’s been a long time since Long Yi played with anyone, the last time was when the young Marquis was little…”

Princess Xinyang cut her off indifferently, “Yujin, he is dead, don’t mention him again in the future.”

Yujin lowered her gaze, “…Yes.”

Gu Jiao wrote despairingly with her pen until her stomach growled, signaling the end of today’s business.

Yujin offered Gu Jiao a meal, but she declined.

Having vanished so suddenly, the third son must be worried sick by now, and it’s possible Xiao Liulang is aware of her disappearance too; she needed to hurry back.

Considering the thousand-year-old Ganoderma she received, she hadn’t planned on charging a consultation fee, but since Yujin insisted on paying, she accepted it.

Consider it compensation for the whole night’s hardship spent on writing!

Gu Jiao tucked the hundred-tael silver note into her purse.

Compared to the Marquis of Xuanping who only gave her a Copper Plate, Princess Xinyang was incredibly generous.

Gu Jiao had been snatched by Long Yi when she came, so it wouldn’t do for him to abduct her again to send her back.

Yujin thoughtfully had a carriage prepared.

“I’ll send you off.”

As soon as she had finished speaking, a little maid came bustling over, “Lady Yujin, that peony seems like it won’t make it.”

“Which one?” Yujin asked.

“The princess’s favorite one,” the little maid replied.

Gu Jiao considerately said, “Lady Yujin, go take care of the peony, there’s no need to send me off.”

Tending to the peony wasn’t an immediate concern, yet Yujin saw that Gu Jiao didn’t care for such formalities. With a smile, she replied, “Alright, then you take care. The carriage is at the gate; just tell the coachman where you want to go.”

“Mhm,” Gu Jiao acknowledged, bid farewell to Yujin, and headed to the front door of the Courtyard.

The front door was ajar, opening inward.

The moment Gu Jiao pulled the door open, she laid eyes on Xiao Liulang, who was just about to knock.

Both paused simultaneously.

Gu Jiao hadn’t expected him to find this place, and Xiao Liulang hadn’t expected the door to open by itself, nor that Gu Jiao would come out just then.

“Are you okay?”

“How did you get here?”

They spoke over each other.

Xiao Liulang was still panting; his forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, showing the struggle and urgency of his journey.

He glanced at the Courtyard behind Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao’s gaze shifted slightly as she stepped over the threshold and closed the courtyard door behind her, “Let’s go.”

Yujin, hearing the unfamiliar male voice, felt uneasy and came over to have a look, but Gu Jiao had already left with Xiao Liulang.

Yujin asked the coachman, “Where is Doctor Gu?”

The coachman replied, “Someone came looking for her just now, and she left with him.”

Someone came looking for her?

She was kidnapped by Long Yi, what person could guess that Long Yi had taken her here?

Yujin was utterly baffled, she followed a few steps forward and reached the corner of Vermilion Bird Avenue, only to see a carriage disappearing into the night.

On the quiet street, the third son drove the carriage, relieved at last.

He had finally found Miss Gu; no longer did he have to be on tenterhooks.

Xiao Liulang was truly impressive, to have guessed right away that Miss Gu had come to Vermilion Bird Avenue.

But how did he guess?

The same question flickered through Gu Jiao’s mind, but unlike Yujin, she quickly came up with an answer.

No wonder he was able to stop Long Yi from killing her, and no wonder Long Yi pinched his face.

Long Yi indeed was confirming something, and the confirmation was now complete.

It made sense then that Long Yi suddenly became so close to her.

Though Gu Jiao didn’t like the idea of equating being forced to write with intimacy, if it had been someone else who hit Long Yi in the face with a pen, it’s likely the next thing being poked wouldn’t be a few charcoal pencils but that person themselves.

There were some things she guessed, and she felt that with his intelligence, it was impossible for him not to realize she had guessed, but since he didn’t say, she didn’t proceed to tear through the last veil of subtlety.

However, regarding the reason why she appeared on Vermilion Bird Avenue, she still needed to explain.

“Yesterday I removed stitches for a scholar surnamed Xu, who requested me to treat his aunt. He even paid the consultation fee in advance. But I went to the wrong place and by mistake wandered into Princess Xinyang’s Courtyard, mistaking Princess Xinyang for the aunt…”

Gu Jiao succinctly recounted the process of changing the dressing but didn’t mention the part about Long Yi making her write with a pen, nor did she tell of Princess Xinyang’s misunderstanding that Gu Jiao had ulterior motives and nearly decided to whip her with the late emperor’s imperial gold whip.

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