Gu Immortal Returns

"I have to go!"

Seeing my insistence, the housekeeper immediately went to arrange the carriage.

After I got up, Mei Hua and I walked outside together.

I watched the carriage speeding towards the Taoist temple in the north of the city, and my heart could no longer calm down.

I lifted the curtain and looked outside.

The Taoist temple has completely changed its appearance and is no longer the same as when I left.

It seems to have been completely renovated.

The carriage couldn't go up the mountain, so I had to walk up the mountain.

The rush of traveling over the past few days has taken its toll on my body, and with this activity, I suddenly felt that everything was dark in front of me.

But I still persisted and walked towards the mountain.

Meihua and Taozi held me tightly, fearing that something would happen to me.

When we arrived at the Taoist temple, we saw that the Taoist temple had indeed been changed. Everything had been changed. Even the previous courtyard had been demolished and rebuilt.

After the houses built by the witch and Qi Jia's family were demolished, many of my favorite flowers were planted.

When I saw those flowers, I knew that these must have been prepared by my brother for me.

I walked hard towards the door.

The name of the Taoist temple disappeared, replaced by the word "Lu Mansion".

The housekeeper said beside me: "Master Lu made a lot of money after he came to Qing'an City. He bought this mountain half a year ago, demolished the previous Taoist temple, and built the Lu Mansion here."

I asked Mei Hua to knock on the door. Mei Hua did not dare to delay at all, and immediately came to the door and knocked on the door.

The servant walked to the door and opened it.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Our lady is looking for you, Mr. Lu."

The housekeeper immediately stepped forward and said, "I am Wang Dasheng of the Xu Mansion looking for your Mr. Lu!"

Hearing that it was Xu Mansion, the servant immediately made way for him, and then quickly entered the manor to report

Everything in the courtyard has changed. The big pine tree I looked at day and night before is gone. My favorite pavilion stands where the big pine tree used to be.

The servant came to the house in advance to report. Before we fully entered the garden, my brother and the servant came out anxiously.

I haven't seen my brother for more than a year, and he is obviously much more haggard. Although he is dressed more gorgeously than before, he can't hide the tiredness in his eyes.

The moment I saw my brother, I couldn't control it anymore and burst into tears of grievance.

My brother didn't recognize me. He had been doing business with Wang Dasheng. When Wang Dasheng came to the door in person, he hurried over to greet me.

"Steward Wang, what kind of wind has brought you here?"

Wang Dasheng immediately said: "Mr. Lu, this is our young lady. It is our young lady who wants to see you."

When he heard that I wanted to see my brother, he looked at me and said, "Miss Xu!"

I tried my best to calm down and walked towards my brother.

My brother subconsciously took a few steps back. When I looked at him and saw his familiar gaze, I couldn't control it anymore. "Brother——"

My body went limp and I fell directly into my brother's arms.

My brother knew that my current status was valuable and he didn't dare to hold me. He could only hold me while Meihua and Taozi walked over quickly.

I was finally carried into the room by my brother.

When I woke up and saw everything familiar in the room, I cried uncontrollably.

Mei Hua was frightened and came over to comfort me immediately.

I choked with sobs and said to Meihua: "Go and invite Mr. Lu in. Go quickly."

The elder brother kept waiting outside until Meihua came outside and asked the elder brother to come in.

My brother can only enter the room.

After I asked Meihua and the other people in the room to go out, I shouted directly to my brother
  "Brother, I'm Nan Xing, I'm back!"

After I told my brother everything, he walked directly to the bed and held me tightly in his arms. "Nan Xing, my brother knows that you will definitely come back. I promise that I will take good care of you in the future and will not let anyone hurt you again..."

My brother and I talked a lot that day, and he told me in detail everything that happened when I left.

I also learned from my brother’s words that with the help of Sheng Hongzhang, my brother had a large family fortune. He also hired many people. He just wanted to be able to protect me after he found me.

I didn't leave that day. The housekeeper felt very strange, but he didn't say anything. After all, he, a servant, had no right to deal with the lady's affairs. He could only try his best to cover up the matter and prevent the outside world from knowing.

After all, if word spread that a rich young lady who has not yet left the court stayed at the house of a strange, unmarried man, it would definitely hurt my reputation.

Naturally, the housekeeper always thinks about Xu Mansion, and he will not do anything detrimental to Xu Mansion.

My brother and I had dinner together in the evening. My brother cooked by himself and made many of my favorite things.

My brother and I chatted for a long time.

My brother knows that I don’t like it here. The reason why he stays here is because I will most likely come back.

In order to make me no longer afraid when I see this place, my brother specially arranged it to look like home.

With my brother by my side, I feel at home no matter how bad the place is.

My brother carefully picked out the fish bones and put the fish meat on my plate.
  "You love fish the most. I specially raised a lot of fish in the back mountain just to wait for you to come back and cook them for you every day."

My tears flowed out unsatisfactorily.

My brother wiped away my tears thoughtfully, "Don't cry, Nanxing, don't cry in the future. My brother will always stay by your side and protect you forever."

I lived with my brother for more than ten days, until Mrs. Xu came to the mountain in person to look for me.

I have been away from the Xu Mansion for more than two months. Mrs. Xu misses me very much. She knows that I have found my brother, so she naturally does not want to come back. She is worried that I will never come back, so she decides to come to Qing'an City to look for me.

There were only my brother and Mrs. Xu in the hall.

My brother was very grateful to Mrs. Xu for taking care of me. After seeing my brother, Mrs. Xu was very happy and immediately told her brother not to be polite.

Mrs. Xu knew that if she wanted to keep me, she had to keep my brother. She decided to let my brother return to Shengjing with me.

After meeting my brother, I never wanted to leave.

Mrs. Xu knew what I was thinking, and she decided to stay here for a while to develop a relationship with me and my brother.

Mrs. Xu was in a very good mood. She felt very happy with her brother by her side.

Today Mrs. Xu is taking me down the mountain to pick out some fabrics.

My brother's cloth shop has a lot of new fabrics coming in. We live in the mountains and there is no way to bring them all to the mountain for me to choose from. Mrs. Xu can only take me down the mountain to see them.

When we arrived at the cloth store, the shopkeeper was already waiting for us.

When he saw us arriving, he came to my side as if he were welcoming distinguished guests.

Suddenly I heard a baby crying in the distance.

The sound was very harsh, and I immediately stopped. Only then did I realize that the cry was coming from the Gu boy.

Sure enough, I saw a woman holding a child, and the child was crying loudly.

The woman was walking towards us and said reproachfully as she walked.
  "What's wrong with this child today? Why is he crying so suddenly..."

When the woman passed by me, Gu Tong's crying stopped instantly, and Gu Tong looked towards me.

The moment I saw the Gu boy, I understood that the Gu boy must have recognized me.

The Gu boy pointed his finger at me and shouted: "Mother, mother..."

My expression changed. If the Gu boy recognized me, the witch would definitely be able to find me. I was suddenly very frightened, and I held the handkerchief in my hand tightly.

When Mrs. Xu saw that I saw the child looking nervous, she thought I didn't like the child, so she scolded the housekeeper.

"Butler, what's going on? Why are you letting everyone in?"

When the housekeeper saw it, he immediately led his men and drove the woman aside.

I looked at Mrs. Xu, her face was ashen
  "Mom, I don't feel well, let's go back quickly!"

Seeing my change of expression, Mrs. Xu immediately said, "Let's go back!"

I was very nervous all the way. (End of chapter)