The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 665 - 627: Fooled Again!

Before dawn, Gu Yanjing set off from the Gu Mansion.

Qiao Yuxian didn’t see him off; she just stood by the window, watching him leave the courtyard.

Then she watched the car lights in the distance slowly disappear beyond the courtyard walls.

The Gu Mansion courtyard was clearly filled with lanterns.

But after those distant lights vanished, she felt the outside was completely dark.

She stared at the direction he left, standing by the window for a long time. Only when she felt really tired did she return to her bedroom, lie down, and drift off to sleep.

In the morning, Huang Qi came again to draw blood and check the pulse.

Aunt Mei brought him in since Gu Yanjing wasn’t there.

Perhaps it was because Mr. Gu wasn’t there that Qiao Yuxian felt out of sorts.

She woke up as soon as Huang Qi arrived.

After Huang Qi left, she couldn’t fall back asleep, so she got up, washed up, and went downstairs to have breakfast.

Old Sir Gu was always keeping an eye on Qiao Yuxian.

Qiao Yuxian went downstairs to eat breakfast today.

As soon as she finished eating, he appeared in the East Courtyard.

He didn’t stay long, chatted for a few minutes, and then left.

After Old Sir Gu left, Qiao Yuxian returned to her room.

She felt tired, very sleepy. But while lying in bed, she drifted between sleep and wakefulness.

After more than two hours in this state, she got up again, leaned against the headboard, and checked her phone.

There were many messages every day, all reports from various places.

Qiao Yuxian read the messages one by one.

Suddenly she saw a message about Qiao Shuning. It was sent by someone monitoring her.

Just like yesterday.

All saying that Qiao Shuning wanted to come to the Gu Mansion but was stopped and turned away.

Yesterday, Qiao Shuning circled around a lot.

The people monitoring her followed her for four or five hours without knowing where she intended to go. Finally, she thought she had lost the people monitoring her, and headed towards the Gu Mansion.

But soon she was blocked again.

Last night she came out once more.

Before dawn today, she wandered around again.

Her intentions were always aimed at the Gu Mansion.

Qiao Yuxian looked at the message, thought about it, and replied: [Let her come over.]

After responding, she leaned against the headboard and dozed off again.

Near lunchtime, she went downstairs and found Lu Muyao sitting in the living room.

Hearing footsteps, Lu Muyao looked up, and upon seeing her, he immediately stood up.

Qiao Yuxian came downstairs and walked to the sofa, but Lu Muyao didn’t say anything; he just kept looking at her. Qiao Yuxian looked at him for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Did you... have a problem with your vocal cords?"

Lu Muyao: "......"

Qiao Yuxian chuckled and said, "Did Sister Lu ask you to stay?"

"Mm," Lu Muyao agreed then added, "Not entirely. Mr. Gu told me to stay in the Capital City."

Qiao Yuxian paused in her expression, quickly understanding.

Mr. Gu told him to stay in the Capital City to protect her. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"I’m fine," Qiao Yuxian said. "No one would do anything to me. Since Sister Lu isn’t in the Capital City, pay more attention to the Lu Family. At this time, someone might harbor ill intentions and secretly cause trouble."

"I know," Lu Muyao replied. "I’m aware. I won’t let them cause trouble at this crucial moment."

Qiao Yuxian nodded, "Sit."

"No need," Lu Muyao said. "I just came to check in. If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first."

"Not staying for lunch?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"No....."

Before he could finish, the butler came in from outside and said, "Madam, someone from the front courtyard says Qiao Shuning wants to see you."

Lu Muyao frowned, and his expression turned cold: "Why is she here?"

"Let her come over," Qiao Yuxian said to the butler.

The butler hesitated for a moment and didn’t move.

Qiao Yuxian said, "It’s fine, I know what I’m doing."

"Alright," the butler left.

"See her then, maybe you won’t get to see her anymore after that," Qiao Yuxian’s tone sounded casual.

But Lu Muyao’s heart tightened, and his face darkened a little.

Qiao Yuxian hadn’t slept well the whole morning and now was looking fatigued. She sat on the sofa, pressing her temples, and said, "Have lunch before you go. Let’s talk about the Nine Emperor Hall."

"Nine Emperor Hall?" Lu Muyao asked.

"Mm," Qiao Yuxian replied, "Didn’t Yu Heng take you to see it? What do you think?"

"Quite good," Lu Muyao said.

"What does ’quite good’ mean?" Qiao Yuxian kept pressing her temples.

Lu Muyao looked at her and asked, "What’s wrong? Not feeling well? Should I call Huang Qi?"

"No," Qiao Yuxian said. "Mr. Gu isn’t here, I didn’t sleep well."

Lu Muyao’s nervous expression froze, and a speechless look swept across his face after a few seconds.

Seeing his expression, Qiao Yuxian chuckled, "Just being honest."

"Got it," Lu Muyao said with a stiff tone, somewhat through gritted teeth, "We know you two share a strong bond, no need to emphasize it."

"Not especially emphasizing it," Qiao Yuxian replied, "Just generally... emphasizing."

Lu Muyao didn’t want to talk anymore.

Qiao Yuxian laughed a couple of times, "Did you see Phecda when visiting the Nine Emperor Hall?"

Lu Muyao lifted his gaze and shot her a fierce look, then said, "Mm."

Qiao Yuxian nodded slightly without saying anything.

Lu Muyao waited for her to continue speaking. After a moment, he realized she wasn’t planning to say anything more: "And then?"

"And then what?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"After seeing Phecda?" Lu Muyao asked.

"Nothing," Qiao Yuxian replied. "I just suddenly thought of her, so I asked."

Lu Muyao’s puzzled expression turned fierce again.

Qiao Yuxian pretended nothing had happened and continued looking at her phone. As she browsed, she couldn’t help but laugh.

Lu Muyao became angrier. He understood now, she was just trying to mess around with him.

"Hey..." Qiao Yuxian finished laughing and spoke again.

Before she could finish, Lu Muyao quickly interrupted, "Stop, don’t speak. We aren’t suited for communication right now. Let’s just keep it as it is, peaceful, no disturbances."

"Mm... but..."

"I’m not listening," Lu Muyao stated firmly.

"But..." Qiao Yuxian looked like she had something really important to say.

"I’m not listening," Lu Muyao interrupted her again.

"Alright then." Qiao Yuxian sighed and leaned back on the sofa without speaking.

The living room became silent.

Only the occasional footsteps of servants could be heard.

After two minutes of quiet, Lu Muyao couldn’t shake off the sense of loss from Qiao Yuxian’s earlier sigh.

He held back and held back, feeling like something was scratching at his heart, and finally couldn’t help asking, "What were you going to say?"

Qiao Yuxian kept her eyes on her phone and didn’t speak.

Lu Muyao looked at her, paused for two seconds, and asked again, "I thought it over and decided maybe I should listen."

Qiao Yuxian looked at the phone, then burst into laughter, silently at first, then out loud, laughing so hard her shoulders shook and she couldn’t speak.

Lu Muyao saw her laughing like this, and realized she had played him again—she had nothing to say to him at all! She did it on purpose!

He fell for it again!!!