Yang Guo: I'm invincible in the opening battle against Aunt Guo!

inside the room.

Wanyan Ping leaned against the headboard, her clothes half-undone, with a brand-new gauze wrapped around her chest.

Yang Guo stood by the bed, holding a medicine bottle in his hand.

Seeing Guo Fu enter, he said calmly, "Sister Fu is here."

Guo Fu's gaze swept back and forth between the two.

Wanyan Ping's face was pale, and there were faint medicinal stains seeping through the gauze on her chest, indicating that the dressing had just been changed.

The medicine bottle in Yang Guo's hand was uncapped, and the air was filled with the fragrance of medicine.

This scene... is indeed a healing process.

Guo Fu's anger subsided somewhat, but remembering Cheng Ying's matter, her face turned cold again: "Yang Guo, finish changing her dressing first, I have something to ask you."

Yang Guo nodded and continued bandaging Wanyan Ping.

His movements were professional and gentle, his fingertips avoiding all sensitive areas, his expression focused and without any distractions.

Guo Fu watched from the side, and the last bit of doubt in her heart dissipated—Yang Guo was indeed healing his injuries.

But then I looked at Cheng Ying's raspberries.

Changing the dressing like this is really...

And then there's Cheng Ying's matter...

She bit her lip, and waited until Yang Guo finished bandaging her before speaking: "Now you can tell me, right? What's going on between you and Uncle Cheng?"

Yang Guo draped the outer garment over Wanyan Ping's shoulders before turning to Guo Fu: "Sister Fu, you've misunderstood."

"A misunderstanding?" Guo Fu's eyes reddened. "Brother Da Wu and Brother Xiao Wu both saw it! You...you pinned Aunt Cheng against the pillar, and...you even touched her face!"

Yang Guo shook his head helplessly: "Just now in the corridor, Aunt Cheng had a fallen leaf stuck in her hair, and I just brushed it off for her. As for leaning against the pillar... she stepped back herself and accidentally bumped into the pillar."

"Do you need to get that close to brush away fallen leaves?" Guo Fu didn't believe it.

"The wind is strong under the eaves, and the fallen leaves are stuck together." Yang Guo said calmly, "Fu-mei, you trust Da Wu and Xiao Wu, but not me?"

Guo Fu paused.

Yes, why should she believe in Da Wu and Xiao Wu, but not Yang Guo?

But... but what Da Wu and Xiao Wu said sounded very convincing...

"Brother Yang," Wanyan Ping said softly, "Miss Guo is only doing this because she cares about you."

Guo Fu looked at her and saw the sincere apology in her eyes, which calmed her anger down a bit.

"Fu-mei," Yang Guo walked up to her, took her hand, "Uncle Cheng is my elder, I respect her enough, how could I be rude? Da Wu and Xiao Wu must have misread it, or... they said it on purpose for you to hear."

His words reminded Guo Fu.

She was well aware of the hostility that Da Wu and Xiao Wu harbored towards Yang Guo.

Yesterday outside the city, the two of them hurled insults at Yang Guo...

Could it be that they are deliberately spreading rumors?

Guo Fu wavered, but remained defiant: "Then...then swear that you have no improper thoughts about Uncle Cheng!"

Yang Guo smiled: "I swear, I now only have the respect of a junior to an elder when it comes to Uncle Cheng."

That's a clever way of putting it—he really doesn't have any "unreasonable thoughts" now, but in the future... who knows.

Guo Fu, an honest and simple girl, was unaware of his thoughts.

How could anyone possibly understand so many tricks and schemes!

Seeing Yang Guo swear, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Well... alright then. I believe you this time."

Yang Guo put his arm around her shoulder: "Let's go, let's go out. Let Miss Wanyan get some rest."

With that, he led Guo Fu out of the room.

……

Outside the courtyard gate, Da Wu and Xiao Wu were still waiting anxiously.

Seeing Yang Guo and Guo Fu come out side by side, and Guo Fu no longer showing any anger on her face, the two were startled.

"Fu-mei, he..." Wu Dunru was about to speak when Yang Guo looked at him coldly.

"You two were rude to me outside the city yesterday, and today you're stirring up trouble and trying to sow discord between me and Fu-mei... Do you really think I, Yang Guo, am easy to bully?"

After speaking, he stepped forward, releasing a slight aura of a grandmaster.

Da Wu and Xiao Wu felt an invisible pressure descend upon them, making it difficult to breathe and turning their faces pale.

"Yang...Yang Guo, what do you want to do?" Wu Xiuwen's voice trembled. "This is the Guo residence!"

"So what if it's the Guo family?" Yang Guo sneered. "Even if Uncle Guo were here, he couldn't protect you gossiping villains."

In a flash, he lifted Da Wu and Xiao Wu up at the same time, one in each hand!

"Ah!" the two exclaimed, struggling desperately, but to no avail.

Guo Fu watched from the side, wanting to plead for them, but remembering their earlier provocation, she kept quiet.

"This is just a warning," Yang Guo said calmly. "If I hear you talking badly about me behind my back again, or trying to sow discord between me and Fu Mei..."

He waved his hand.

"Bang! Bang!"

Da Wu and Xiao Wu were thrown several feet away like sandbags, crashing heavily to the ground in a sorry state.

"Get lost," Yang Guo uttered only one word.

Da Wu and Xiao Wu scrambled away, not daring to look back.

Watching their retreating figures, Guo Fu whispered, "Brother Yang, didn't you...did you go too far?"

Yang Guo turned to look at her, his expression softening: "Sister Fu, you can't be too soft-hearted with some people. If they dare to sow discord between us today, they'll dare to do even worse things tomorrow. I'm teaching them a lesson in how to be a decent human being."

Guo Fu pursed her lips and said nothing more.

Yang Guo took her hand: "Let's go, I'll take you back to your room."

The two walked side by side down the corridor.

Guo Fu secretly glanced at Yang Guo's profile, a mix of emotions welling up inside her.

She liked Yang Guo very much.

But Yang Guo was always surrounded by so many women...

Li Mochou, Wanyan Ping, Yelü Yan, and now there's another one, Uncle Cheng...

Can she really have him all to herself?

"Brother Yang," Guo Fu suddenly spoke up, "could you...could you...avoid getting involved with so many women in the future?"

Yang Guo stopped and looked at her: "Fu-mei, some things are beyond my control. But I can promise you that no matter how many people are around me, you will always have a special place in my heart."

These words were spoken frankly, but they only made Guo Fu feel even more bitter.

A special location... but not the only location.

She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

Yang Guo sighed softly and pulled her into his arms: "Fu-mei, feelings in this world are not black and white. I like you, and I like them too, but that doesn't conflict. Everyone is unique in my heart."

Guo Fu leaned against him, and tears finally streamed down her face.

She doesn't understand these profound principles.

All she knew was that she didn't want to share the person she liked with anyone else.

But she also knew that she couldn't change Yang Guo's decision.

"Brother Yang," she choked out, "you...you mustn't let me down..."

"No." Yang Guo gently stroked her hair. "I, Yang Guo, am responsible for my actions."

He lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead.

Guo Fu closed her eyes, feeling both sweet and bittersweet.

That's it.

Since we can't change it, let's try to accept it.

If you really can't accept it, then we'll talk about it when the time comes.

Guo Fu could only console herself with this thought for the time being.

The two embraced for a moment before Yang Guo escorted Guo Fu back to her room.