After lunch, Jiang Youping suddenly dressed neatly and went out: “Mengyi, I need to go out. Stay home and play for a while.”
“Mm, come back soon.” Gu Qingtong watched him walk away, then secretly ran to the pond behind his courtyard to look at the fish.
Gu Qingtong was frustrated and wanted to see where the fish was hiding today. Jiang Youping might not have seen it, but she needed to put her mind at ease.
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“Miss, come closer to the edge. Be careful not to fall into the water.” Lüguo watched nervously as her embroidered shoes were half-exposed at the pond’s edge and tugged at her sleeve.
“Lüguo, go ask if there’s a small fishing net to catch fish.”
“Miss…”
“Go quickly!”
Lüguo had no choice but to go and ask.
“What are you looking at?” Suddenly, a pleasant male voice sounded behind Gu Qingtong.
She turned around and met a pair of phoenix eyes, with a mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth.
Fan Xifeng discovered that his charming eyes had no effect on Gu Qingniang, and instead, he felt embarrassed under her ambiguous gaze. He cleared his throat: “I’m asking you, what are you looking at?”
“I’m looking at the shadows in the water.”
“Shadows?” Fan Xifeng clearly didn’t expect such an answer.
“Yes.”
Fan Xifeng had tried his best to seduce her with his eyes, but she remained unmoved, which frustrated him. However, he was Fan Xifeng – a charming, handsome man who had seduced countless married women and confused hundreds of young girls. Would he be deterred by her cold gaze? Impossible! Fan Xifeng traced his most confident smile and lifted her chin: “Why look at shadows by the water? Aren’t there copper mirrors inside?”
Gu Qingtong glanced down at his fair, slender fingers and felt disgusted.
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She stepped back: “I’m just imitating someone.”
“Imitating whom?”
“I heard a story about a man so extraordinarily beautiful that he admired himself in the water, fell in love with his own reflection, and jumped in to embrace his shadow.”
