Gu Jingcheng's expression calmed down. As he listened to Su Xiaomu's words, he felt a mixture of emotions in his heart.

He has finished the exam, and after the results come out in a few days, the two of them will part ways and will never see her again.

But why is this so?

She obviously prepared so many things for him for his exam.

Let him take the exam and have everything.

There was even some food that wouldn't go bad for a while, not just dry pastries, but also some appetizers, which made him feel for the first time that exams could be so happy.

It also allowed him to slowly relieve his nervousness while eating one bite after another of pastries.

She is very attentive and takes good care of herself.

But why does she, who seems so nice, not like him at all?

Although she is standing next to him and walking forward with him, her heart is thousands of miles away from him.

The more he focused his thoughts on this, the uglier his face became and the more uncomfortable he felt.

He couldn't restrain his emotions and asked.

"Why don't you take me to your small courtyard? You had already prepared everything before my exam..."

"I don't have everything." Su Xiaomu denied, "I haven't had time to buy many important things yet. I've been staying in an inn these days."

Gu Jingcheng actually didn't believe what Su Xiaomu said, but after meeting her eyes and looking at the clear light inside, he couldn't say anything in doubt.

"Then I won't go."

The bad mood continued to spread in my heart.

The two of them went from walking side by side to one behind the other. Neither of them said a word, and the atmosphere suddenly became slightly awkward.

Su Xiaomu held the baggage in his hand and slowly moved forward.

She wondered what was inside the baggage. She walked for a while and raised her head, not looking at the road seriously.

"Ms. Su?"

When Su Xiaomu heard someone calling him, he raised his head and looked forward.

After seeing what the person who called her looked like, she suddenly sobered up and completely forgot about guessing what was in the bag.

"Uncle Zhang?"

She suddenly took a few steps forward, blocking Gu Jingcheng from behind.

Gu Jingcheng was blocked by her sudden movement and looked at her incomprehensively, then at Uncle Zhang.

"I thought I saw it wrong, but I didn't expect it was really Mrs. Su?

Why haven't you gone back to live in the past few days? My child has been talking about you, saying that Mrs. Su is beautiful and cooks delicious food. I wish you were a relative of ours."

As soon as Uncle Zhang saw Su Xiaomu, he couldn't help laughing happily.

He used to be a person with a simple and honest face, making it easy for people to like him, and now he is so kind.

Although Su Xiaomu was a little worried that he would tell Gu Jingcheng about what happened in the small courtyard before, but now she was too embarrassed to touch him for caring about her and praising her kindness, so she could only say:

"Let's wait a few days...I'll go back when I'm free in a few days, and then I'll invite you to have dinner with me."

"Okay, then I'll just wait for Mrs. Su's craftsmanship... By the way, who is this?"

This was the first time that Uncle Zhang saw Su Xiaomu walking with a man. Looking at the man's dress and demeanor, he didn't look like an ordinary person.

In front of you is the examination room where the imperial examinations will take place these days. Could it be that they are the students taking the imperial examinations there?

His great master Qingtian, is this Madam Su so capable?

Can I have a relationship with this kind of future master?

When he thought that the person standing in front of him would be the future official, Uncle Zhang couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he spoke: "Young Master is a scholar?"

"Um."

Gu Jingcheng nodded.

He glanced at Uncle Zhang lightly, and his attitude when talking to him was really not a good one.

A stranger he had never met before, Su Xiaomu could talk to him so familiarly.

The two of them had obviously known each other for a short time and already had a relationship where they could treat each other to dinner.

Even though he had just heard that this man had a family, he still couldn't help but taste it.

He was not in a high mood, Su Xiaomu could feel it.

She was a little afraid that Uncle Zhang would be unhappy because of Gu Jingcheng's dissatisfaction, so she opened her mouth and planned to come out to smooth things over, but she didn't expect that Uncle Zhang didn't care at all and instead laughed heartily.

"It's good to be a scholar... Scholars have a future. They don't have to make a living in the city with no way out like us."

"By the way, Mrs. Su, you said you would go to the courtyard in a few days, but you want to take this young master with you?

Since he is a noble person participating in the scientific examination, maybe you can let him go to the government to talk to the official.

Tell the officers and soldiers patrolling our street to be more careful, otherwise you, a weak woman, if you encounter what happened before..."

When Uncle Zhang thought about the scene a few nights ago, he became a little scared.

Those local ruffians are all fierce-looking, and it would be really unlucky for a weak female like Madam Su to meet them.

"What happened before?"

Gu Jingcheng was worried about the familiar relationship between the two of them, and he didn't want to take the initiative to speak.

But when he heard that Su Xiaomu seemed to be in trouble living alone outside, his tone immediately became a little anxious.

"But what danger did she notice out there alone?"

"Ah? Didn't Madam Su tell this young master?

A few days ago, when she was living alone, she encountered gangsters who came to steal the house and broke the big iron lock hanging on the door.

If our family hadn't slept late that night, Mrs. Su would have been smart enough to run away from the backyard.

Then today, the young master may not be able to see Mrs. Su."

Uncle Zhang did not expect that Su Xiaomu would hide this matter from the young master in front of him. After he finished speaking, he saw that her face was full of embarrassment, as if she wanted to hide this matter.

Even his naive mind realized that he had said the wrong thing: "Ms. Su, I..."

"It's okay, I just haven't had time to tell him yet."

"He and I still have some things to do, so I won't talk to Uncle Zhang anymore. Next time we have a chance, we will definitely invite Uncle Zhang to dinner."

After laughing awkwardly a few times, Su Xiaomu took Gu Jingcheng's expression changed and ran to the corner.

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. I really just saw you and forgot to tell you about it."

"Besides, I think this matter is over, and there is no use talking to you anymore. It will only add to the troubles for both of us."

"I have already planned to find a servant who knows some martial arts. With him by my side to protect me in the future, things like that will never happen again."

She knew that she would soon receive a lot of questioning from him, so she explained everything clearly first.

After speaking, she said that the matter was actually not as serious and dangerous as Gu Jingcheng thought.

But Gu Jingcheng had completely different ideas from hers.

He didn't learn about such a dangerous thing from her, but from a passerby.

Even the passerby, in some ways, seemed to have a better relationship than the two of them.

The colder his face became, the icier his eyes became.

"You have always been like this and don't take your own safety at heart. It was the same before when you opened a shop, and now you are living alone outside."

"Is it in your heart that everything in this world is inferior to the money you make?

Even your own safety is not as important as those stinky things?"

His words were unpleasant, and she didn't have a nice tone to speak back to him.

"What you said is correct. I have always been a person who regards money as life and everything else as garbage."

"If you really think you don't like me, you can give me a piece of paper and a letter now."

When she was in a bad mood, she didn't care that he just came out of the examination room today and needed to celebrate and smooth over.
Chapter completed!