"Gu Gongzi, let me go. I troubled you a lot yesterday." Wu Shao spoke from the side, feeling quite embarrassed. Gu Gongzi wasn't part of the medical clinic, yet he helped them with tasks every day.
"Let me go. You're not familiar with the way," Gu Yi refused without thinking. But he forgot that yesterday, he had also found Zheng Yu's residence quickly despite not knowing the way.
"Thank you for your trouble, Gu Gongzi." Lu Yu sincerely thanked Gu Yi. Last time, it was thanks to Gu Yi's timely intervention that Wu Shao was saved.
"You're welcome. I am Xuan'er's friend, and his affairs are my affairs. Moreover, you are also a good sister to my elder sister. No matter from which angle you look at it, it is only right for me to help."
"Sister, you stay here and look after the clinic. I'll be back soon." Gu Yi turned to instruct Gu Yitong. She was still a little worried about her sister being here alone, and he was afraid Gu Yitong would worry about him.
Seeing Gu Yi standing there so seriously instructing her, Gu Yitong couldn't help but want to laugh, her thoughts suddenly returning to the past.
"Sister, sister! I'm going to Auntie's house with Father. You stay home and review your lessons well, don't be playful. I'll be back soon to accompany you."
When she was young, her studies were very demanding. Once, her father was going to Auntie's house, but she had to stay behind to do her homework because she hadn't finished it. She couldn't go with them.
Before leaving, Yi'er, like a little adult, meticulously instructed her. He was younger than her and more playful, yet he put on airs to admonish her.
"Alright, you go. I'll wait for you to come back and keep me company." Gu Yitong's reply was the same as her childhood memory. She added at the end, "Be careful yourself."
Gu Yi smiled, "Okay, I'll be back soon."
Gu Yi walked quickly towards the Zheng manor, following yesterday's memory.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew. Gu Yi's veiled hat wasn't secured properly. A gust of wind blew it off his head and onto the ground. It rolled a few times before finally landing in a corner by the wall.
Gu Yi jogged a few steps and was about to bend down to pick up his veiled hat when a woman with a large head and ears blocked his hand. "I know who you are. Sun Fan was imprisoned because of you, right? You're quite good-looking. I must say, Sun Fan has good taste."
"Since she doesn't have the fortune to enjoy it, I'll take her place and dote on you." As she spoke, she reached out her short, fat, and ugly hands towards Gu Yi.
"Chen Yao! Publicly harassing a civilian man. I think you want the same fate as Sun Fan."
Before her hand could touch Gu Yi's face, it was firmly grabbed by Zheng Yu, who forcefully shoved her aside, causing Chen Yao to stumble.
That's right, this person was Chen Yao, the daughter of Deputy Town Head Chen Qi.
Chen Yao was slapped in the face and was very displeased. However, she was much smarter than Sun Fan. She transformed the expression on her face into a smiling one, a fawning smile.
"So it's the Town Head. How could I be like Sun Fan? I just saw he was good-looking and wanted to tease him. It's you, the Town Head, who has arrived. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have done anything."
"So that's how it is. Then I've wronged you." Zheng Yu pretended not to see through her and engaged in polite conversation.
"However, look clearly. He is my person. I don't like anyone touching my man." As Zheng Yu spoke, she naturally took Gu Yi's hand.
"He's your man? If I had known, I wouldn't have dared even with a hundred times the courage. Don't worry, I will definitely be respectful to my brother-in-law from now on." Chen Yao nodded and bowed obsequiously to Zheng Yu.
She walked up to Gu Yi and shouted, "Greetings, brother-in-law!" Then she turned back to Zheng Yu, looking for her reaction.
Seeing that Zheng Yu remained cold, Chen Yao quickly said, "I, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. Town Head, I'll be excusing myself."
After speaking, she hurried away. When she reached the corner, where Zheng Yu couldn't see, she spat fiercely several times.
Chen Yao had already disappeared, but Gu Yi was still lost in the moment and hadn't reacted.
Zheng Yu actually said he was her person, her person!
Gu Yi didn't know how to react when he heard that.
Upon hearing Chen Yao's ear-splitting "Brother-in-law," Gu Yi stood there frozen, as if struck by lightning.
It wasn't until Zheng Yu called him that he snapped back to reality.
Feeling the warmth from his hand, Gu Yi quickly withdrew it as if he had been burned. He stood there, unsure of what to do, his face flushed all the way to his ears.
Zheng Yu also felt awkward, her ears slightly red. She opened her mouth, but only managed to say, "I'm sorry."
Seeing that Gu Yi didn't reply, Zheng Yu felt it necessary to explain her actions. It wouldn't be good if Gu Yi misunderstood her as a flirtatious opportunist.
"Well, I, I was just afraid she would pester you again. You don't know her personality. Once she fancies someone, she'll pester them every day. The more you try to control her, the more counterproductive it is. I said you were, were, were my person, so she wouldn't dare to bother you again."
Gu Yi also extracted important information from Zheng Yu's hesitant words. He knew she had spoken out of necessity to help him out of a difficult situation. Yet, for some reason, he felt a faint sense of loss.
"Thank you, Miss Zheng, for your help. Gu Yi has nothing to repay you with," Gu Yi said with a blush. He was truly grateful to Zheng Yu. Last time, when he and Gu Yitong were in danger, it was Zheng Yu who rushed to their aid and saved their lives.
If Zheng Yu hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Gu Yitong would have been beaten to death by them. As for Gu Yi himself, they probably wouldn't have given him the chance to die by his own hand, but would have directly taken and defiled him.
If that had happened, Gu Yi would truly not have been able to live. As a proud person, he would never allow himself to be treated with such humiliation.
And if Zheng Yu hadn't arrived in time just now, with no one else around, he might have fallen victim to Chen Yao, and Gu Yi would not have survived.
Zheng Yu had saved Gu Yi's life twice. He truly had nothing to repay her with.
"If you have nothing to repay me with, then offer yourself in marriage." Zheng Yu's mind seemed to have gone haywire. She blurted out the sentence naturally, and as soon as she finished, she realized what nonsense she had said.
It was all Lu Yu's fault! All her fault! If she hadn't read her novel called "The Overbearing Wife Falls in Love with Me," how could she, the dignified Town Head, have blurted out such words!
After saying this, Zheng Yu regretted it immensely, cursing Lu Yu eight hundred and sixty times in her heart, wishing she could bundle her up and crunch her into pieces.
But how could she blame Lu Yu for something like this?
She herself had read the book, and Lu Yu hadn't forced her. She herself had remembered the words, and she herself had said them in the end.
Who could she blame?
Gu Yi, upon hearing this, was also struck by lightning and stood there stunned.
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