Chapter 450: Thoughts (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Scholar Xue was anxious and went to the medical center first. After reconnecting his dislocated right shoulder, he rushed to the academy.
The next day, he went to a poetry session.
On the third day, he went to a teahouse…
In the past three days, he had gone around telling everyone he met how devoted he was to himself. He had also told others how outstanding he was… However, he had received countless disdainful gazes and disdainful scoldings.
Scholar Xue was furious and anxious. He felt that no one understood him.
No one knows inc better than myself!
Scholar Xue held back his anger and came to the river in a huff. He stroked his face and pitied himself.
His own figure was reflected in the clear river.
His eyes were so bright, like stars.
His nose was so straight that it looked like it had been carved by a knife.
His lips were so full, like peaches.
The more he looked at his reflection, the more beautiful it became.
He was as handsome as a fairy in a painting and, like the moon in the clouds, unreachable.
His reflection in the water smiled slightly, making people dazzled and unable to extricate themselves.
There was a look of infatuation in his eyes. He was gentle as he muttered, “You’re so beautiful. No one in the world can compare to you. 1 hope you and I can look after each other forever.”
A breeze blew past, causing ripples in the water…
Seeing that his other self was about to disappear without a trace, like a flower in the mirror or a moon in the water, he was shocked. “No, don’t go…”
He leaned forward eagerly, trying to catch himself in the water…
A woman’s sharp and excited voice came from behind. “Be careful…”
Scholar Xue only heard these two words. He lost his balance and fell down the riverbank.
However, he didn’t panic. He still looked at himself in the water in a daze. We can finally be together forever…
“Plop!”
The man’s body fell straight into the river, like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. Tall splashes rose from the river and splashed towards the riverbank.
The passersby by the river also noticed it and all looked in the direction of the water. The woman shouted anxiously, “Someone has fallen into the water!”
“Someone fell into the water…”
By the time Scholar Xue was picked up from the river, he was already dead. It was a few of his classmates from the academy who collected his corpse.
This matter was too unbelievable and unheard of. It was treated as a strange conversation that spread at an unbelievable speed in the capital.
In less than half a day, almost the entire capital was talking about Scholar Xue jumping into the river after losing his mind. All of them spoke vividly.
Some people said that Scholar Xue had gone crazy because he couldn’t be recommended to the court. Some said that Scholar Xue had been running around the capital crazily these past few days, telling everyone that he loved himself. Others said that Scholar Xue had taken off his clothes before he fell into the water and said that he wanted to let the world see his graceful figure…
The various discussions in the lobby below could be heard clearly in the private room on the second floor.
Fan Beiran, who was dressed in orange, felt relieved. He let out a long breath, and a happy smile appeared on his lips.
That night, when Gu Yanfei asked them to leave the old house, he was actually a little flustered. However, because Gu Yuan asked him to listen to Gu Yanfei, he listened.
In the end, it was really as Gu Yanfei had said.
“It’s too easy on him!” Fan Beiran pursed his lips.
Otherwise, he would let this Xue fellow have a taste of living a life worse than death.
Gu Yanfei played with the wine glass in her hand and took a sip of the sweet osmanthus glutinous rice wine. She said lazily, “This Love Gu is called ‘love’, but it’s actually ‘infatuation’. The child Gu is infatuated with the mother Gu. At the same time, the child Gu entered that Xue guy, so he became infatuated with himself.”
Her eyes were bright and clear, revealing a confident spirit, but also a kind of beauty that was as oppressive as the sun.
Gu Yanfei took another sip of sweet glutinous rice wine and said with a smile, “There’s no need to dirty your hands.”
“You’re right!” Fan Mushuang nodded repeatedly and smiled obediently. He followed Gu Yanfei’s lead. One moment, he eagerly added glutinous rice wine to Gu Yanfei’s cup, and the next, he asked her to try this family’s candied crabapple.
On the white porcelain plate, the golden candied crabapple was the size of a finger. It was bright and extremely tempting.
Fan Beiran closed the window of the elegant seat, blocking out all the sounds outside.
“However…” He thought of another culprit and frowned, then said resentfully, “It’s a pity that we didn’t find that old Daoist called ‘Yun Qiu’.”
Because Fan Mushuang’s matter involved a Gu worm, Gu Yuan was also afraid that this Love Gu was related to the Blood Gu that the Eldest Princess had been poisoned with previously. That night, after they left that old house, they first sent the two girls back to the residence. Then, Gu Yuan and Fan Beiran entered the palace and privately reported the entire situation to Chu Yi. That night, Chu Yi personally brought people to Wuliang Temple..