The corridor was silent, and the noise from the lobby downstairs could be faintly heard.
Tao Mo slowly sat down against the door frame, with one hand resting on the ground and the other on his knee, his eyes and ears closely watching the movement in the room.
The door next to him creaked open, and Lao Tao leaned out half of his body, "Master."
Tao Mo hurriedly stood up, "Ah, why don't you rest so late?"
Old Tao said: "That's exactly what I want to ask the young master."
Tao Mo turned his head to look at the lights in Gu She's room, and said in a low voice, "When Gu Xiaojia comes back, I'll go back and rest."
Old Tao said, "Young master, why don't you go in?"
Tao Mo said with a dry smile, "Xian Zhi sleeps, I'm clumsy, I'm afraid I'll disturb him."
Lao Tao stared at him without saying a word.
Tao Mo lowered his head in embarrassment.
Old Tao sighed and shrank back.
Tao Mo sat down again.
Lao Tao quickly came out again, holding a quilt in his hand, "It's cold on the ground, young master sit wrapped up." He said, spreading the quilt on the ground, and when Tao Mo moved over, he folded the other half of the quilt and covered it on him.
Tao Mo said gratefully, "Thank you."
Old Tao said: "Master Gu is injured, young master don't stay too late."
Tao Mo didn't understand what he meant. Gu She was injured, he should take care of him late, why not stay too late instead
Lao Tao didn't explain and went back to the house.
Tao Mo sat hugging the quilt, his whole body slowly warmed up, accompanied by drowsiness. Just as he was dazed and about to fall asleep, he heard anxious footsteps, and then saw Gu Xiaojia rushing towards him like a heavenly soldier.
"What are you doing here?" Gu Xiaojia stood in front of him, looking down at him strangely.
Tao Mo was half asleep, half awake, rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm waiting for you."
"Wait for me?" Gu Xiaojia's expression changed, "Is something wrong with your son?"
The drowsiness of Tao Mo's nostalgia and reluctance to leave was completely wiped out by his yelling, so he quickly stood up, waved his hands and said, "He's fine. I'm afraid that if there is something wrong with Xianzhi, no one will take care of him."
Gu Xiaojia frowned slightly, "Why don't you go in and wait?"
Tao Mo whispered, "Xian Zhi fell asleep."
Gu Xiaojia felt it was weird, so he glanced at him suspiciously, and pushed the door open.
Taking advantage of the moment the door opened, Tao Mo stretched his neck desperately to look in the direction of the bed.
Since there was still some distance between the back room and the door, he could only see the bulging quilt under the bed.
"My lord, I'm back." Gu Xiaojia tiptoed in, only to find that Gu She was looking at him with open eyes, his eyes were cold, how could he be half sleepy? He was stunned and said, "My lord isn't asleep?"
Gu She didn't answer and asked instead: "Who is it?"
"The brushwork is heavy. Zhang Zishu." Gu Xiaojia muttered, "I don't know what they are thinking, and they enjoy imitating the master's paintings all day long. It's so boring! But outsiders are as stupid as each other, and they still don't believe it. He also said that the son is a fake, it is hopeless."
Gu She said: "He doesn't believe it, not because he really doesn't believe it, but because he is unwilling to believe it, and dare not believe it."
Gu Xiaojia was a little dizzy.
Gu Shedao: "The treasure of the town store is an imitation, and it will damage the reputation if it is spread."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Could it not hurt if you cover your ears and steal your bell?"
"Businessmen value profits, but frivolously fame."
Gu Xiaojia said: "That's why merchants are treacherous, and they are the most unfavorable to make friends with."
Gu She said: "This is not the case."
Gu Xiaojia complained a lot, then noticed that Gu She's complexion was not very good, he was startled, and hurriedly said: "Young master, what's wrong?"
Boom.
The door frame was knocked.
Gu Xiaojia turned her head, just in time to meet Tao Mo's worried and anxious eyes. He turned his head to look at Gu She, still with a weak and calm expression on his face.
"Just sleepy." Gu She waved his hand.
Gu Xiaojia smiled apologetically, "I'll go to the outer room to guard, if you need something, please call me."
"Outhouse?" Gu She asked blankly.
Gu Xiaojia's smile collapsed, "The inn kitchen is far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to hear the young master's call."
Gu She said: "You are not needed here, just go."
Gu Xiaojia walked out unwillingly, turned around every three steps, but Gu She was determined, even though his expression was sad and his eyes were sad, he did not waver at all. When he got out of the door, Gu Xiaojia turned around and faced Tao Mo, with all the sorrow on his face, and he stared fiercely, "Take good care of my young master! Don't forget how he got injured."
Tao Mo nodded hastily, not only was he not angry at being threatened, but he was relieved and relieved for a while.
Gu Xiaojia was worried, and told him: "Master, sleep lightly, don't sleep to death. If you hear him coughing or turning over in the middle of the night, pour him half a glass of water, no more, no less."
Tao Mo wrote it down.
Gu Xiaojia said again: "Young master, if you get up at night, you must light the lamp first, and then go outside to watch."
Tao Mo wrote it down again.
Gu Xiaojia was about to say something when he heard Gu She's dry cough coming from inside.
Gu Xiaojia shrank her head, and was about to leave, but she saw Tao Mofei jumping in.
Tao Mo poured half a glass of water neatly, still thinking about Gu Xiaojia's words in his heart, no more, no less, then carefully held it in front of him, looking at Gu She expectantly.
Gu She looked back at him, as if he was thinking about something, and after a long while, he slowly turned his head.
Tao Mo hastily brought the cup over.
Gu She touched her lips and moved away.
Tao Mo looked at the almost untouched water, then at Gu She, slightly disappointed, and said, "Enough?"
"Yeah." Gu She closed her eyes again.
Tao Mo took the cup and put it back on the table, and said in a low voice, "I'll be on guard at the door, just call me if you need anything."
"No need." Gu Sheshi calmly said, "Go and sleep outside."
Tao Mo was stunned, and then said with joy, "I, can I really go outside?"
Gu She said slowly: "If you dislike..."
"Okay!" Tao Mo rushed to the door, picked up the quilt and threw it on the bed, then closed the door swiftly, the whole process took only the blink of an eye.
"..." Gu She said, "Go to sleep."
"Okay." Tao Mo replied, but the man was sitting against the wall with the quilt in his arms. He knew that he would fall into a deep sleep when he lay down, so he simply sat up, so that it would be convenient for him to wake up when something happened.
The inside and outside are not far apart.
Tao Mo felt as if he could hear the other person's breathing as long as he concentrated and calmed down. He did so, and then heard Gu She move on the bed.
"Want some water?" he asked.
"No need." Gu She replied.
"Is that...waking up at night?" Tao Mo asked again.
"Need not."
Tao Mo was a little worried, got out of bed, and looked into the back room.
Gu She lay on her stomach with her eyes closed.
Tao Mo felt a dull pain in his heart. Not to mention lying on the bed all the time, even lying face up on the bed for a long time without moving is extremely uncomfortable. If it could be exchanged, he wished that the person lying on the bed was himself, even if he lay on the bed for an extra month, or even a year.
But he can't. He didn't even know how to express this feeling. In terms of what Gu She paid for him, he could give too little and too little in return.
Gratitude was easy to say, but too easy for him to say it. He couldn't even imagine how a lonely and cold person like Gu She could be tortured with a cane in the lobby in full view!
But it all happened.
That person who was supposed to be independent from the secular world and laughing proudly in the world of mortals was lying on the bed with injuries all over his body. But the person who should have been punished stood here unharmed.
He despised himself, but he couldn't allow himself to despise himself. Because too many people have given him high hopes, he no longer has the right to look down on himself.
What a contradiction!
Tao Mo's fingers clenched tightly into fists, and the veins on the back of his hands were faintly visible.
"How long are you going to stand?" Gu She asked with her eyes closed.
Tao Mo opened his mouth, the blood in his whole body was surging, the words reached his lips, hesitating, thinking to blurt out in one go, but was blocked by an invisible gate between his lips and teeth.
"You..." After an unknown amount of time, he was startled when he heard his own voice emerge in the quiet night, "Are you, uh, thirsty?"
Gu She didn't answer.
Tao Mo blushed, "Sorry."
"Why do you apologize?" Gu She finally opened his eyes, and his eyes moved to him.
Tao Mo lowered his head, didn't pay attention, and said to himself: "I have troubled you."
"Going to court is something I did voluntarily, and what happens after that has nothing to do with others."
Others... nothing to do
Tao Mo clenched his fist again, his nails almost pinched into his palm, he suddenly raised his head, but bumped into Gu Sheqing's cold eyes that were almost indifferent, the hot blood that rushed to his head cooled down like falling into an ice cellar, "Sorry." He had nothing to say.
Gu She stared at him, "You only have these things to say?"
More than these? He obviously has a thousand words, but he doesn't know how to speak them out. Tao Mo's scalp was numb from his stare, and he nodded after a long while.
Gu She's complexion did not change, but Tao Mo felt that his breathing seemed to be a little suffocated.
"You admire Liu Chongpin very much?"
Tao Mo dug into Chaos' head for a long time before he remembered who Liu Chongpin was. He said: "I don't know, I'm not familiar with him."
Gu She remained silent, as if he was weighing how trustworthy his words were.
Tao Mo said: "He came with Master Yao, and he is just a guest. Besides, he respects you so much, I think, I think most likely he will not be a bad person."
"Oh?"
One simple word, but the pressure on Tao Mo's body suddenly eased.
"Don't you think he's good-looking?"
Tao Mo was stunned, and thought about it seriously, and found that Liu Chongpin's eyes really brightened when he saw Liu Chongpin for the first time, but in retrospect, his demeanor dropped sharply, and there was nothing memorable about it, it's just that his facial features were more correct. He replied honestly: "It's not as good-looking as you."
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Gu She said: "Qincheng has a lot of things to do, so it's not suitable to stay for a long time."
"But you are injured, so you should not travel far." Tao Mo frowned. He left Tanyang County for many days, and wanted to go back sooner, but he was worried about Gu She.
Gu She said: "No problem. We will leave tomorrow."
The day before yesterday was the policeman, today is the master, I am afraid that tomorrow the magistrate will come to apologize in person. He was too lazy to look at the flattering faces of these people, let alone deal with them, returning to Tan Yang early would actually help him recover from his injuries.
Tao Mo originally wanted to persuade him again, but after hearing from him that Tan Yang has a good doctor, he can recover quickly after diagnosis and treatment, so he happily obeyed.