20demayo Chapter 886 - 856
Chapter 886 - 856
"Qiao Qiqi, you are being too heartless! We are at least classmates from the same school! Now we’re here in unfamiliar territory, shouldn’t we look out for each other?" Shui Qingcheng was anxious.
"..."
Qiao Qiqi completely ignored her, continuing to fry the steak that Gu Cheng had brought.
Gu Cheng walked over and threw the woman who wouldn’t leave out...
Shui Qingcheng was so angry she burst into tears, turned around, and went to complain to the school authorities, claiming that Qiao Qiqi was not being supportive of classmates and was bullying her!
The school authorities pretended not to see; they weren’t blind, and they could tell right from wrong.
An’an came over, drawn by the fragrance, and Qiao Qiqi made her some steak. The three of them ate together.
An’an had never eaten steak before and gobbled it down hungrily. Qiao Qiqi told her to slow down, there was plenty.
"An’an, how long have the people in the mansion at the back mountain been living here? Do you know?" Qiao Qiqi asked.
"You’re asking the right person! I do know. They came about three years ago. I was still young then, but I overheard my parents talking. Apparently, they initially hired servants from the village but later sent them all back, no longer needed." An’an explained like a little adult to the two.
"You’ve never seen the people living over there?"
An’an shook her head indicating no, and started devouring her food again.
Qiao Qiqi was really worried she’d make herself sick, so she stopped her hurricane-like inhalation and mercilessly sent the little one away...
"Go check out the back mountain tonight; I think there’s something strange there."
"Sure," Gu Cheng naturally had no objections; Qiao Qiqi’s words were like an imperial decree.
But shouldn’t the decrees have categories? He really didn’t want to be a teacher to a bunch of brats!
...
In the evening, Gu Cheng donned a neat set of clothes and headed to the back mountain.
If he hadn’t been through so much, he might have been stumped by the traps in the back mountain, but Gu Cheng was no stranger and smoothly reached the first villa.
It was very quiet here, seeming unoccupied. Gu Cheng surveyed it for a week, then went to the second villa; still, no one. Finally, Gu Cheng focused his attention on the villa at the top.
As expected, this place was brightly lit, with quite a few servants coming and going.
Gu Cheng found a safe place to hide, planning to thoroughly investigate who exactly lived inside during the second half of the night.
He took out the binoculars he brought and looked at the situation in the villa. There seemed to be quite a few people inside—one, two, three, four, five...
There was a man sitting with his back to him; Gu Cheng felt a sense of familiarity, scrutinized further, and frowned. Why did that back of the head look so much like the young master?
Gu Cheng rubbed his eyes, thinking he must be seeing things, obsessed with thoughts of the young master these days.
As he looked again, that back of the head had disappeared, and so had a woman.
There were still three remaining: two older men and women, and a young man.
Even though he figured he was seeing things, Gu Cheng’s heart was stirred with waves. He struggled to wait until the second half of the night when everyone was asleep and most of the lights were turned off before daring to move slowly.
Usually, bedrooms are on the second floor, so Gu Cheng planned to go up to see what the owner of that back of the head looked like!
After looking through several rooms, they were all dark inside. Finally, there was one with light, and as Gu Cheng peeked inside, he almost screamed with excitement!
It was actually... Gu Shili!
Gu Cheng felt his heart starting to pound like a motor, even momentarily forgetting his predicament.