Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 112 Taking the boy's hand?

"Qingyue, is Master about to wake up?" Mu Nan stepped forward, suppressing his curiosity, and asked softly.

"Hmm, not bad, very good!" Gu Qingyue's face gradually filled with excitement.

"What?" Mu Xi couldn't help but ask.

She had seen clearly from behind Mu Nan that the young man was sitting quietly by the bed, staring intently at his master, and she had no idea what he was up to.

He's saying such nonsensical things now; he really is a weirdo.

Gu Qingyue turned around upon hearing this and smiled slightly.

“I mean your master looks much better, he’s feeling better,” she said, and then prepared to get up.

Well--------

Caught off guard, his hand was grasped by a long, slender hand.

Gu Qingyue turned around and saw Mu Yun Chu slowly open her eyes.

"Ah Yue," Mu Yun Chu's weak voice reached her ears.

"Ah Yue?" Gu Qingyue was very flustered.

When did Mu Yun Chu start calling herself A Yue?

Muxi, standing next to him, stared wide-eyed in horror, utterly incredulous!

The master actually took the boy's hand?

Of course, Mu Nan was even more surprised that her master called her A Yue.

What does this mean?

He needs someone to help him analyze this; he's a bit confused!

"go out".

"Oh, okay," Gu Qingyue said, indicating that she was also flustered, and couldn't help but think of that absurd dream.

He turned to leave, but the hand tightened its grip.

Gu Qingyue turned her head helplessly, wondering whether to let them leave or not.

"Them," Mu Yun Chu immediately understood her expression.

"Yes!"

Mu Xi and Mu Nan exchanged a glance, then, with a great deal of tact and a thousand doubts, they left. Mu Nan even thoughtfully closed the door behind them.

Gu Qingyue: ......

What's going on?

With her grip firm, Gu Qingyue helplessly sat down on the edge of the bed again, her eyes questioning.

"Mu Nan, why is Master holding Doctor Gu's hand?"

As soon as Mu Xi got away from the main house entrance, she quickly asked Mu Nan.

Mu Nan: "Perhaps it's because Master's hands were free at the moment? So he grabbed Qingyue's hand."

He carefully made up a story.

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Mu Xi glared at him, giving him the look of someone looking at an idiot, stomped her foot, and turned to leave.

He felt guilty.

He knew Gu Qingyue was a woman, and so did his master. So why did he cling to her the moment he woke up?

I mustn't think about it! I can't guess what my master is thinking.

in the room.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Gu Qingyue asked Mu Yun Chu with her signature nanny smile.

"Are you... alright?" Mu Yun Chu's voice was still weak.

Gu Qingyue: ...Are patients and doctors always this polite?

"I'm fine. How about you? Is anything bothering you?"

Gu Qingyue smiled and asked again.

"I am fine".

"That's good".

A sudden silence fell over the air.

"You've lost weight," Mu Yun Chu said, her eyelids heavy, almost as if she were about to fall asleep.

“You’ve lost weight too,” Gu Qingyue said, tracing the man’s face with her eyes. He had indeed lost a lot of weight, and his complexion was darker.

"Don't go," Mu Yun Chu said with her last bit of strength before falling asleep again.

Gu Qingyue looked helplessly at their clasped hands again. What kind of situation is this?!

She didn't move, quietly looking at the man in front of her whose brows were still furrowed even in his sleep, and suddenly a feeling of pity and heartache arose in her heart for no reason.

Stop!

This is not the time for sentimental love.

Looking again at the man's thick, dark eyebrows, Gu Qingyue couldn't help but wonder if they were from two different worlds and if she had been given the script of a noble young master and a peasant girl.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves; how could that be possible?!

Their social statuses were vastly different, and they were not a good match.

Gu Qingyue wasn't belittling herself or looking down on herself; rather, in this world, the most noble people, besides royalty, are the various aristocratic families.

Deeply ingrained beliefs hold that these people are born superior, and that in terms of food, lodging, living expenses, education, and upbringing, there is an insurmountable chasm between them and the lowest-ranking farmers.

Most importantly, they are actually from two different worlds with vastly different values. The fact that men here have multiple wives and concubines is a world apart from their own belief in mutual love and growing old together.

I shook my head. They're not a good match.

Suddenly, Gu Qingyue chuckled softly. What was she thinking?

Quickly get rid of that thought; she's overthinking things again.

Gently withdrawing her hand, Gu Qingyue tiptoed out of the room.

Mu Yun Chu was extremely weak due to excessive blood loss. She had only woken up once after receiving healing energy that day, and had not regained consciousness for the past two days.

Gu Qingyue took some time early in the morning to go back to the Gu residence.

Just as they arrived in front of the main house, a dark figure landed beside them.

"Yueling, come in," Gu Qingyue said as she entered the main hall without stopping.

"Master, the shops in several prefectures in Jiangnan have been purchased. Here are the deeds," Yue Ling said, bowing as she placed a wooden box on the table next to Gu Qingyue.

Gu Qingyue raised her hand, opened the box, and flipped through it, quite satisfied.

So far, she has four large shops.

These prefectures are relatively close to the southwest, and will serve as the foundation for their future expansion.

Although the capital of the Great Chu is located in the central-eastern part of the country and is relatively prosperous, the major prefectures in the Jiangnan region are also doing quite well. The only worry is that there is currently a lot of unrest in various places.

Officials were corrupt and amassed wealth, causing immense suffering to the people. In some remote areas, small groups of migrants even stormed into towns and county seats to loot and vandalize, and the government pursued them several times without success.

But I am powerless to do anything about it now; there's nothing I can do. My individual strength is too weak.

After reviewing her future development plans in her mind, Gu Qingyue got up, stuffed the small wooden box into her sleeve (actually, she placed it in the study in her spatial dimension), and walked outside with Yue Ling.

Although she had just returned, she suddenly remembered that it was time for the boys to temper their bodies again.

She wanted to go to Mo Ji Pharmacy again to buy some more medicinal herbs.

She can now produce enough medicinal herbs for her first body tempering in her space, but it's not appropriate to take them out directly.

She didn't have the medicinal herbs needed for the boys who had already undergone their first body tempering, nor did she have time to go to the mountains to collect them. Therefore, she still had to go to the herbal medicine shop.

"Master, the shops in those states have all been bought by managers. They want to meet with you, Master, to see if arrangements can be made?"

Yue Ling walked behind and asked tentatively.

"What's he like? Tell me about it," Gu Qingyue asked upon hearing this.

“The three managers were all implicated and sold off by members of prominent families in Jiangnan who had committed crimes. They were all originally shop owners. One of them was a jewelry shop owner, another managed a restaurant, and the third…” Yue Ling hesitated before continuing.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyue stopped, turned around, stared at Yue Ling's lowered head, and waited for her to continue.

“He was the second manager of Chuiqing Pavilion, the largest brothel in Songzhou. His business was taken away because his master offended a powerful figure in the capital, and he was sold off,” Yue Ling said, her head lowered, enunciating each word slowly and deliberately, not daring to look up.

Gu Qingyue stared at the man in front of her for a long time, then suddenly smiled.

"Heh---, good purchase. I'll go to Jiangnan when I have time. Have Manager Wang come back this afternoon; I need to give him some instructions." With that, Gu Qingyue left the house with light steps.

The moment he stepped out of the Gu residence, Yue Ling disappeared from his sight.