"Finished? So happy."
Gu Yi's mind was filled with Zheng Yu's eloquent speech just now, and he didn't pay attention to anything else. He was happily walking back when he heard Shen Xuan's voice from beside him, and he was startled.
"So focused? Let me guess, were you just..."
Gu Yi quickly covered Shen Xuan's mouth and glared at him, forbidding him to speak further. "Don't talk nonsense, Miss Zheng didn't see me at all."
"I wasn't going to say anything, what are you thinking about?" Shen Xuan teased Gu Yi, and before he could react, he gently lifted the corner of the veil. "Your face is all red, tell me, what are you thinking about?"
"What are you doing? Give me back my gentle Brother Shen Xuan!" Gu Yi grabbed the edge of the veil and pulled it down. "How can you be so teasing after just a moment apart?"
"Isn't my wife here usually? And Town Chief Zheng has finally overcome misfortune, which is something worth celebrating. As Town Chief Zheng's fiancé, I naturally can't let you off easily." Shen Xuan rarely showed his playful side in front of Gu Yi.
Gu Yi knew that Shen Xuan was happy for him. Gu Yi had been so down in the dumps a few days ago, which had worried Shen Xuan greatly.
Shen Xuan indeed had this intention. He didn't want Gu Yi to be affected by this matter. It was evident from the past few days that Gu Yi was deeply affected by it; he would eat well and grieve in private.
Being discovered by his sister about his relationship with the one he loved, his sister's opposition, and then a slight improvement after finally being able to meet, only for Zheng Yu to be framed by someone else. These successive events were too much for even Shen Xuan to bear, let alone Gu Yi.
He wanted Gu Yi to return to how he was half a month ago, and to not let this matter affect his state of mind.
Although Gu Yi knew Shen Xuan's good intentions, he still felt shy about Shen Xuan's teasing.
"You! Stop talking nonsense. We're not even close yet, how can I be considered her husband? As long as Miss Zheng can live well and my sister is by my side, I'll be content." Gu Yi said this, but his heart still felt a pang of disappointment.
Zheng Yu was framed, and he, who thought he loved him the most, was the last to know and the most helpless. He couldn't do anything, couldn't help in any way, and still needed Shen Xuan to accompany him daily.
He also couldn't get his sister to agree to their relationship.
That night, although Gu Yitong told him to wait for Zheng Yu to call her sister, Gu Yi didn't dare to believe it. What if his sister was just saying that to comfort him?
He really felt quite useless.
No! I can't think like this. I will definitely make my sister agree. I am already a teacher at the men's academy, I can't be so timid anymore.
Moreover, just thinking about giving up on the radiant Zheng Yu he had just seen made Gu Yi feel incredibly distressed.
"Yi'er, you..." Shen Xuan feared this outcome the most.
"Xuan'er, since I chose to be with Miss Zheng, I won't back down anymore. I will work hard to get closer to her, I want to be with her."
"That's more like it! That's the Gu Yi I know." Shen Xuan was full of support upon hearing Gu Yi's answer. "Let's go back, it's not good for us to be out for too long."
Gu Yi nodded with Shen Xuan and walked back.
Zheng Yu, on this side, still didn't know that Gu Yi had secretly come to see her.
After sending off the county magistrate in the afternoon, Zheng Yu returned to the entrance of the academy to wait for Gu Yi to come out. She hadn't seen him for a few days and missed him terribly.
As it was nearing the end of school, Zheng Yu sat on a nearby jar, leaning against the wall, lost in thought, contemplating what to do next.
Zheng Yu's matters were also finished. Lu Yu and Gu Yitong, as usual, went to the academy entrance to wait for the two. However, as soon as they reached the academy entrance, they saw Zheng Yu on the other side, dressed in gold.
It wasn't that the two of them weren't paying attention to her, but Zheng Yu's attire was simply too conspicuous.
"Dressed up so gaudily, she doesn't look like a town chief at all." Gu Yitong glanced at her with disdain.
Gu Yitong only showed disdain on the surface, but she couldn't do anything about it. After all, her younger brother liked her. However, seeing her like this, she felt relieved to entrust Yi'er to her. At least they were truly in love, and Yi'er would be with the one he loved, so he wouldn't be wronged by marrying her.
"What? Aren't you going to say hello?" Lu Yu knew what Gu Yitong was thinking and felt like laughing out loud, but it felt a bit immoral, so she could only use this method to suppress her laughter.
"I am her future sister-in-law. If she doesn't come to find me proactively, do I have to go and find her?" Gu Yitong was still quite proud, and her words were very stubborn.
"But looking at her like this, if you don't go over, I'm afraid she won't see you!" Lu Yu took the fan from Gu Yitong's hand, which she had lost interest in fanning, and examined it carefully.
Gu Yitong knew Lu Yu was making fun of her and angrily snatched her fan back. "If you want to play, buy your own!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, really, why has your mind become so dull? You're like a different person from when I first met you. Could it be that you have someone in your heart?"
Lu Yu said it casually. After all, they were good friends, and such things could be joked about. Moreover, she hadn't forgotten the task her husband had given her, so she might as well take this opportunity to inquire.
"What nonsense!" Hearing Lu Yu say that suddenly, Gu Yitong inexplicably felt a little guilty. She took a few steps forward, avoiding Lu Yu's gaze. He really seemed to like Afu, that clumsy and funny, dazed little servant.
Before, Afu always came to the clinic with Shen Xuan, so she could see him often. But these past few days, due to being busy with Zheng Yu's affairs, she hadn't had time to see Shen Xuan, and naturally, she hadn't seen Afu. She actually missed him.
Especially yesterday when she asked Shen Xuan why Afu hadn't come along, Shen Xuan said Afu was sick, and she became even more worried. Last night, as soon as she closed her eyes, she could picture Afu looking weak and sick.
Even more infuriatingly, last night she dreamed that Afu was crying out in pain and complaining that he was uncomfortable.
What was all this about!
Gu Yitong forcefully shook her head, clearing her mind of the messy thoughts.
Seeing Gu Yitong like this, Lu Yu didn't press further and went to find Zheng Yu.