When Gu Qiaoqiao asked about it, it quickly shook its head, "I really don’t feel anything. My contractual relationship with Dongfang Yu is dissolved. Even if he actually has trouble, I can’t sense it."
Indeed.
Gu Qiaoqiao glanced at Gu Junbai, who looked at her with amusent and said warmly, "I noticed this little girl never lets anything slip by. Just let things run their course; life or death is up to fate. Dongfang Yu surely won’t be unprepared."
Gu Qiaoqiao felt a bit awkward, touched her nose, and muttered, "I’m Shang Qing’s good friend, and I know Dongfang Yu too. There’s a bond between them. It’s quite unsettling that they’re suddenly disconnected like this; I feel uneasy for Shang Qing."
"Dongfang Yu isn’t a child; he naturally knows what he’s doing. He and Shang Qing share a destined relationship; it’s not sothing easily broken just by one party leaving, unless..."
At this point, Gu Junbai paused.
Gu Qiaoqiao asked curiously, "Unless what?"
"Unless he’s dead. This relationship automatically ends with the heavens," Gu Junbai said calmly.
"Could it be that Dongfang Yu is dead?" Ling Nan blurted out, startled.
"He’s not dead; he’s probably hidden sowhere to treat his illness," Xiao Bai suddenly interjected.
Gu Qiaoqiao squinted her eyes and suddenly laughed, "Xiao Bai, do you know sothing you’re not telling us?"
"I’m only speculating; since I dissolved the contract with Dongfang Yu, I haven’t felt anything. But I know he gets sick in autumn, and it’s worse in winter..."
Xiao Bai explained hurriedly.
Gu Qiaoqiao thought for a mont and bent over to pick up Xiao Bai, "Xiao Bai, co back to the Imperial Capital with ."
Xiao Bai didn’t refuse; it had already thought about trying to find Dongfang Yu.
Gu Junbai didn’t stop her. Although he was sowhat opposed to Gu Qiaoqiao’s decision, that’s just how the child is; she always has to try to find an outco for whatever situation she’s in.
However, since her journey didn’t seem dangerous, and might even yield so unexpected rewards, Gu Junbai nodded and let her go.
Gu Qiaoqiao ca and went in a hurry.
She drove herself here, and nowadays Gu Qiaoqiao was quite adept at driving. She put Xiao Bai in the passenger seat, slamd on the accelerator, and sped towards the Imperial Capital.
Though it was early autumn, so places had gradually yellowing wild grass. There were nurous wild fruits along the roadside that Gu Qiaoqiao hadn’t had ti to collect when she hurried over, but now she stopped.
For next ti she returns, she doesn’t know when that will be.
Whenever it will be, these wild fruits certainly won’t be there.
This area had a lot of wild fruits, purple ones resembling wild blueberries, hanging heavily on the branches, so already fallen. These wild blueberries tasted very sour, with a hint of sweetness, but they were incredibly nutritious, rich in phytochemicals beneficial for eyesight, though picking them was tricky.
But Gu Qiaoqiao’s hands were extraordinary. In the trunk of the car was a small red plastic bucket with a lid, and within an hour, Gu Qiaoqiao had picked a small bucket’s worth.
While not much, everyone could have a taste. If she had ti over the next few days, Gu Qiaoqiao thought she should return once more. If no heavy autumn rains fell, these wild fruits wouldn’t drop quickly.
Likely still many hanging on the branches, and when frosted, they’ll be even prettier and tastier.
Then Gu Qiaoqiao picked so wild dates and hawthorns and put them in the trunk, took Xiao Bai, and continued the journey.
Thanks to the straight road, it took less than three hours to return to the Imperial Capital, just in ti for sunset, its afterglow cloaking this ancient and bustling city, the streets teeming with cars and people, bustling with activity.
The developnt here was rapid, changing daily; if you hadn’t been here for a month, it would seem as though everything had changed. Gu Qiaoqiao knew this was just the beginning; the pace of developnt would accelerate even more.
Upon arriving at Gu Garden, Gu Qiaoqiao tossed the wild fruits and mushrooms Ling Nan had collected to Lian Yuhong and then called Shang Qing, informing her she was now in the Imperial Capital, asking if Shang Qing had the keys to Dongfang Yu’s apartnt. If she did, both Xiao Bai and she wanted to check it out.
Shang Qing didn’t expect Gu Qiaoqiao to return so quickly and nodded hurriedly, "I have his apartnt key, but aren’t you going to rest, Qiaoqiao?"
"It’s fine, I’m not tired. Set off now and wait for at the entrance."
After saying that, Gu Qiaoqiao swiftly hung up the phone.
Shang Qing worked at the Shang Family’s company, so her schedule was relatively flexible.
Although she was new, she was after all a mber of the Shang Family. After hanging up, Shang Qing drove towards Da Vinci’s apartnt.
When the neon lights flashed in the night and the two girls and a cat t at Dongfang Yu’s apartnt entrance, they quickly proceeded to his floor without wasting words.
Here, a clever barrier remained; Dongfang Yu evidently still disliked disturbances.
Shang Qing took out the key and opened the door, and they stood in the entrance hall of Dongfang Yu’s apartnt.
Gu Qiaoqiao hadn’t been here for a long ti; it hadn’t changed, still cold and empty, yet extrely clean.
Sa style as Dongfang Yu.
As Gu Qiaoqiao walked, she asked Shang Qing, "You’ve never been here?"
"I’ve been here, but he wasn’t."
This was sothing Gu Qiaoqiao noticed upon entering; there was no trace of him in the apartnt. She couldn’t help rembering the first ti she t Dongfang Yu, him shivering like a frozen dog. Gu Qiaoqiao curled her lips; he might be trembling sowhere now.
They circled the place again, indeed finding no traces or ssages, clearly hastily departed like Xiao Bai hypothesized, likely due to illness.
Though Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t want to say it, she inford Shang Qing nonetheless.
Outwardly indifferent, Shang Qing quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Sotis, people look for excuses to comfort themselves about things; even if none exist, they’ll create them. This one was readily available.
Gu Qiaoqiao asked Xiao Bai, "Xiao Bai, where do you think Dongfang Yu might have gone?"
In frustration, Xiao Bai scratched its cat head; its purple eyes rolled around, suddenly rembering sothing, darted into the bedroom, and pointed to a painting on the wall, saying to Gu Qiaoqiao and Shang Qing, "Dongfang Yu painted this. The place is real; it’s the Dongfang Family’s old ho, protected by barriers and formations, invisible to ordinary people. I guess Dongfang Yu might have gone there."
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