Daming: Internship also counts as work experience

Chapter 60: Disdainful

Gao Yuntian looked at his sister's expression, snorted, and said, "In the past, you were the one who lectured others, but today it's rare to see you accepting a lesson."

Gao Yunduo rolled her eyes at her brother and ignored him.

Jia Chuan took a sip of tea, calmed down a little, stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you for saving my life tonight."

Gao Yuntian snorted and said, "Don't overthink it. We are doing this to save our own lives. The county magistrate said that if you die in Dongzhao County, it will be difficult for us to survive."

Gao Yunduo frowned and said, "Good words taste different in my brother's mouth."

"What I said is the truth. Who is he? He's the one favored by the Emperor, and he's about to go to the capital. If he dies here now, not only will I be held responsible for my failure to protect him, but even the county magistrate will be held accountable. First, he killed someone in the street, then set a fire late at night, and finally broke into the house to assassinate him. Let me ask you, if Jia Chuan really died tonight, would the county magistrate... be okay?"

Gao Yunduo was dissatisfied and asked, "Since you knew he was important, why didn't you arrange more manpower? You were the only one in the house at night, and you were tricked out so easily..."

"It's not that I think it's okay, it's that he himself concluded that nothing will happen in the next two days."

Jia Chuan rubbed his face and sat down in frustration.

He couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. He thought that no matter which prince wanted to kill him, it was all for revenge, just to dislike him, but it was far from the point of absolutely having to kill him. If they had the energy and ability to do so, shouldn't they have used it on Zhu Zhanji's way back to the capital?
Dong Yuanyuan looked at Jia Chuan and asked, "My dad always said you were amazing, and Brother Shunzi also said you could even predict things that hadn't happened just by counting on your fingers. Why is it that it suddenly stopped working?"

Gao Yunduo also looked at Jia Chuan, waiting for his answer.

Jia Chuan didn't dare look directly at Gao Yunduo. He glanced at her and quickly looked away. "I'm also wondering what went wrong. Killing me won't benefit them in any significant way, and they shouldn't have time to worry about me right now. Even if the emperor finds it difficult to convict them, they should just keep their tails between their legs and wait for the next opportunity."

"Who? Who are they?" Gao Yunduo asked.

Jia Chuan looked at Gao Yuntian in confusion, as if asking: Can you tell your sister about my heroic deeds without exaggeration?
Gao Yuntian hurriedly explained to his sister, "I told you before that the prince was attacked while passing through Huangluling. What... he saved him."

Gao Yunduo nodded in understanding and said, "Oh, he's the one you mentioned whose ancestors were smoking, who knew nothing, yet achieved such great success?"

Jia Chuan looked at Gao Yuntian angrily. Gao Yuntian quickly scolded Gao Yunduo, "What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ever say that? Jia Chuan is my good brother. He helped me solve several murders..."

"Oh, yes, you also said..."

"You don't need to stay here. I can do it alone. You go home." Gao Yuntian stood up and said to Gao Yunduo fiercely.

Gao Yunduo hummed with a smile, ignored her brother, and looked at Jia Chuan and said:
"My brother is like this. Even though he admires me, he still has to say some harsh words. He said that he originally wanted to ask me to come again tomorrow, but he would feel uneasy without me. He might be out most of the night. He also said that even though you said nothing would happen tonight, he just felt uneasy, so I came."

Jia Chuan naturally knew Gao Yuntian's character. After hearing Gao Yunduo's words, he just smiled and shook his head.

Gao Yuntian said anxiously: "Why are you talking so much! All the troubles you have caused..."

Jia Chuan stood up and interrupted Gao Yuntian, pacing back and forth in the limited space of the hall, saying as he walked: "This time, the King of Zhao wants to take advantage of the situation again. He thinks that no matter who kills me, the emperor will blame the King of Han..."

"It's already this time, so don't worry about the King of Han. Think about yourself. How are you going to live in the future?" Dong Shuben asked anxiously.

"Dad! My brother said all this so that he could figure out what to do next. Why did you interrupt him?!" Dong Yuanyuan said angrily.

Jia Chuan stopped strolling and sat back in his chair. He scratched his head and said, "Actually, my mind is a bit confused right now. I can't think of anything."

Shunzi stood up and said, "If you ask me, I think everything will be fine tonight. Let's all go to sleep first. Maybe our brains will be more useful after we wake up."

"Can you sleep?" Dong Shuben asked angrily, "Besides, how do you know you'll be able to sleep peacefully in the second half of the night?"

Shunzi was also a little anxious: "I don't know if it will be quiet in the second half of the night, but I know Yuanyuan is still injured. If she doesn't get medicine, she may not be able to walk tomorrow!"

Dong Shuben then remembered that his precious daughter had fallen hard twice tonight. He quickly stood up and said, "Yuanyuan, let's go back and rest!"

Dong Yuanyuan glared: "The noodles haven't come yet!"

Gao Yuntian suddenly asked: "Should we try that man tonight?"

Jia Chuan waved his hand and said, "You can interrogate me if you want. My brain is not working properly. I've been to the gates of hell twice a day. Now I feel blocked all over."

Gao Yunduo stood up and said to Gao Yuntian, "Brother, come out for a moment."

Gao Yuntian followed his sister out obediently, and just in time saw the servants coming in with steaming noodles and a few side dishes. The brother and sister had just exchanged a few words in the yard when they saw Dong Shuben and Shunzi helping Dong Yuanyuan out.

"Where are you going?" Gao Yuntian asked.

"She just bumped into someone headfirst and fell pretty hard. She's bound to have some injuries and needs some medicine..." Dong Shuben said as he looked at Gao Yunduo and asked flatteringly, "Miss Gao, is it convenient for you to apply some medicine to my daughter? We... are really having some inconveniences and were thinking of finding..."

"Okay!" Gao Yunduo agreed readily and was about to follow Dong Shuben and the others.

Gao Yuntian said hurriedly: "No matter how urgent it is, you should eat something before going." "I have eaten. Miss Gao, you eat first. After eating, go to the backyard. I will find the medicine first. His mother didn't have anything else, but she was always worried that I would get hurt, so she asked someone to prepare some medicine specifically for injuries..."

"Have you eaten? So soon?" Gao Yuntian asked in surprise.

"Oh, how can I eat that?" Dong Shuben said, shaking his head.

Just as he finished speaking, there was another hurried knock on the door. Dong Shuben's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground. Gao Yunduo shouted, "Protect Jia Chuan!" and rushed to the gate of the courtyard in a few steps.

At this time, someone outside called out, "I am the county coroner, I came to see the fake one, no, I am Jia Jingcheng."

Gao Yuntian breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gao Yunduo, "Open the door quickly, we are one family."

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Old Zheng was strolling out of the courtyard when he heard the yamen runners talking and realized that Jia Chuan almost died again. He hurried over to check.

Seeing that Old Zheng had even forgotten his own daughter, Dong Shuben stepped forward and described the dangerous situation to Old Zheng in an exaggerated way.

According to Dong Shuben, the black-clad swordsman's sword brushed past Jia Chuan's neck several times, and it was Dong Yuanyuan's timely intervention that pulled Jia Chuan back from the brink of death.

Gao Yuntian and Gao Yunduo only realized how dangerous it was before they came after listening to what Dong Shuben said, especially Gao Yuntian. He thought it was just a close call and that everything would be settled after he came. He felt very relieved and now he just had to discuss how to take precautions in the future.

Gao Yunduo thought she had arrived just in time. She was still thinking about the man who had avenged their father's death. He was not as smart and brave as her brother described. On the contrary, he was a little cowardly, as if he had never seen the world. She had seen Jia Chuan's cowardly look at noon, and when she saw him again in the evening, the first thing she saw was Jia Chuan still lying on the ground.

She called her brother out to ask if he had made some mistakes.
But after listening to Dong Shuben's story, Gao Yunduo could understand it a little bit. She felt that she did not see the whole picture, which led to such a misunderstanding, and she quickly criticized herself.

Dong Yuanyuan couldn't wait any longer and kept crying out in pain. Only then did Dong Shuben stop and he and Shunzi sent Dong Yuanyuan to the backyard.

Old Zheng walked into the house shaking his head.

When Jia Chuan saw Old Zheng, he couldn't help but sigh.

Old Zheng said, "You are truly blessed with a long life. The ones who should be sighing are the ones who want to kill you."

Then he saw noodles on the table and started eating without hesitation.

Gao Yuntian brought Gao Yunduo in. Gao Yunduo hurriedly ate some noodles and went to the backyard to apply medicine to Dong Yuanyuan.

Gao Yuntian looked at the only bowl of noodles left on the table, pushed it in front of Jia Chuan, and said, "Eat as much as you can. You don't know if you will have another chance to eat tomorrow."

Jia Chuan glared and said angrily, "What good would it do you if I died?!"

"Oh, children speak without restraint, children speak without restraint!" Old Zheng tried to smooth things over.

Gao Yuntian saw that Jia Chuan had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "I mean that there might be a lot of people coming tomorrow, and you won't have time to eat properly."

Jia Chuan exhaled and said, "If an enemy comes, we will fight him; if water comes, we will block it with earth. No matter how unscrupulous they are, they wouldn't dare to rush into my house in broad daylight and kill me. How deep of a grudge can they have?"

Gao Yuntian stood up and said, "I still think we need to interrogate the man in black first. That way we can find out if he has any accomplices, right?"

After saying that, Gao Yuntian left without waiting for Jia Chuan to say anything.

Old Zheng shouted anxiously, "You fool! If you leave, who will protect Jia Chuan if someone else comes?"

"His sister is here." Jia Chuan said.

"Whose sister? Is that pretty girl from high school your sister?" Old Zheng asked curiously.

"Alas, what's the use of being good? In my current situation, I dare not have any thoughts."

Old Zheng was stunned for a moment, then leaned forward and asked, "Who asked you that? What do you mean? Are you interested?"

Jia Chuan realized that he was being a bit evasive and quickly interrupted, asking, "What did you ask just now?"

"I'm asking if they are siblings? They look... a bit alike actually. That girl doesn't look like someone you'd be willing to mess with. I'm afraid she'll be bullied if you marry her." Old Zheng said with a wicked smile.

Jia Chuan snorted coldly and said, "The first time we met, I fell to the ground, waiting to die. The second time we met, what a coincidence! I fell to the ground again, waiting to die. If you were a girl... If you were not, I wouldn't dare to think about it!"

Old Zhang chuckled and asked, "You mean, if that girl likes you, you'll agree?"

"I don't like it!" Gao Yunduo walked into the house with her own voice.

(End of this chapter)