Chapter 56

mourning hall.

Since Lin Xiaodong was nominally an outsider, if Mr. Gu had any other relatives in the town, his funeral was all handled by the housekeeper.

The door of Gu's mansion was open, and people in the town who used to be friends with Mr. Gu came to the door to offer their condolences, but even in the process of talking, everyone's eyes couldn't help but wander, and they landed on the plain figure kneeling in front of the mourning hall. superior.

Lin Xiaodong, dressed in a snow-white filial piety, knelt on the futon.

He closed his eyes quietly, as if all the noise outside had nothing to do with him.

But as the saying goes, if you want to be pretty and be filial, even though he didn't do any dressing up today, he simply used a wooden hairpin to pull his long hair behind his head, but the thin and thin back was enough to make the people present. The guests were amazed.

In such a strange atmosphere, a man in a black long gown strode in.

"Hey, where's your invitation?" The door boy hurriedly chased after him and shouted loudly, "This is the place where my master's spirit is sacrificed, how can you trespass!?"

"Who is so bold?"

The butler, who was busy socializing with the guests to get closer, turned his head in dissatisfaction, but his eyes widened the moment he saw the person coming:

"Less, less... young master???"

He blurted out subconsciously, but regretted it almost the next second.

This "Young Master" shouted out, and it immediately alerted the inside and outside of the mourning hall.

Everyone turned their heads and looked around, only to see that the person who came was wearing an ink-colored cloud-patterned gown, the neckline was buttoned to the last button, the back was straight, tall and handsome, and there was still a bit of rain in the dark eyes. Depressed atmosphere.

At a glance, you can tell that it is not easy to mess with.

"Master Gu is back?" After confirming his identity, the people who had gathered around the housekeeper immediately dispersed and lined up to greet the man, "Oh, what a talent! It's a pity that Master Gu didn't see you in the end. one side."

Watching this scene, the housekeeper's remorseful expression gradually became gloomy.

But the man was unmoved by these, just kept silent, walked to the futon that was side by side with Lin Xiaodong, knelt down with a "pop", kowtowed deeply at Master Gu's coffin, and said hoarsely: "Unfilial son. Gu Xingzhai, meet your father!"

After a few seconds, he straightened up, and his eyes passed over the "woman" beside him calmly.

Although it was just a scrutiny glance, Lin Xiaodong lowered his head, and the helpless appearance of a plain white expression was deeply branded on his pupils.

Looking at Lin Xiaodong's snow-white cheeks and neck, he didn't know why, but a strange emotion slowly filled his heart.

After receiving the letter from his father, he hurried a full day and night, but in the end he was one step late.

He couldn't bear to rest in the tavern before, and in just a short cup of tea, he had already heard countless rumors about "Mrs. Gu" from people's mouths, as well as his father's probably strange death process.

To be honest, Gu Xingzhai's attitude towards the rumored "wife" of his father was very cold.

On the one hand, it comes from the natural rejection of being the eldest son of the original spouse, on the other hand, it comes from Lin Xiaodong himself.

He was in the same vein as a master of the heavens, although he did not have the yin and yang eyes that his master could discern at a glance, and after so many years of practice, he also had a set of methods for his own judgment.

The breath of the woman in front of him gave him a very bad feeling.

"I heard about you in the letter," he considered his words, and said to Lin Xiaodong indifferently, "Thank you for taking care of my father all these years. Now that his old man is gone, if you want to remarry, I will not stop you. you."

Hearing the voice coming from his ear, Lin Xiaodong swayed a bit, looked at Master Gu in a trance for a few seconds, and then said softly, "Thank you, Master. But..." He wanted to explain that he was only doing it to repay his kindness. He stayed by Master Gu's side, but thinking of his earnest instructions yesterday evening, he silently swallowed those words back.

"If you don't dislike it, leave me in the house and be a foot doctor," he said.

It's impossible to walk, there must be a reason to stay in town, otherwise his good man card will be collected somewhere.

But how could Gu Xingzhai really regard Lin Xiaodong as a walking doctor: "If that's the case, then forget it."

After speaking, he turned away coldly, ignoring this side.

But looking at the man's stern profile, Lin Xiaodong always felt that something was wrong: "Tong, are you sure that Gu Xi really didn't follow? Why does this Gu Xingzhai feel a little like him?"

System: "...Where is it like?"

Even if it uses the most cutting-edge technology in the universe to analyze the facial features of the two people, it can't come to the conclusion that they look alike. The system really doesn't know what Lin Xiaodong is based on.

"Temperament." Lin Xiaodong said firmly.

system:"…………"

"In short, this possibility is very, very, very small," the system deliberately used three "very" to emphasize, "it is almost equal to you go out and buy a lottery ticket and win five million, and then buy another one and win another one. You must be that big. Do you think you are an African chief or a European emperor?"

Lin Xiaodong reflected on his usual luck and fell silent.

But he still had a stubborn idea deep in his heart, or an intuition was more appropriate.

Although this young master of the Gu family is completely different from Gu Xi in terms of appearance, voice, and personality—the character needs to be further explored—he just feels that the two are very similar.

System: "You can test him."

Lin Xiaodong humbly asked for advice: "How to test?"

"Isn't he still a good person card, anyway, sooner or later, he will have to attack," the system urged, "You can try to seduce / seduce Gu Xingzhai and see if he will be tempted for you."

Lin Xiaodong said strangely: "No, didn't you always tell me to be a good person before? You must know that in this young master Gu's eyes, I am the wife of his dead father."

System: "You don't really have anything to do with Master Gu. Besides, if this Gu Xingzhai is really Gu Xi as you think, you're not called seduction."

"What's that called?"

"Husband love."

Lin Xiaodong: "..."

He began to reflect on whether he had really broken the system.

But the system's words also inspired Lin Xiaodong. At present, he only knows two people in this town, the housekeeper and Gu Xingzhai. If nothing else, these are two good person cards. Except for the one of Master Gu, the remaining two are still without a single eye. Given his somewhat embarrassed status, it is indeed quite difficult to attack them.

Most importantly, after kneeling in the mourning hall all afternoon, Lin Xiaodong was already hungry.

He glanced around secretly from the corner of his eye, the guests were almost scattered, and only a few scattered people were still talking to the housekeeper. The only people left in the mourning hall were him and Gu Xingzhai, who had just returned from Feng Puchenchen.

The man was still kneeling on the futon beside him, his eyes were tightly closed, the bottom of his eyes was light blue and black, and his mouth was muttering something like a rebirth scripture.

Lin Xiaodong noticed that he was wearing a string of jet-black wooden beads on his right wrist. Although he didn't know what kind of wood it was made of, he knew it was extraordinary just by looking at the dense patterns carved on it.

Gu Xingzhai's big hands are very beautiful, slender and fair, with well-defined joints. Facing the coffin of his deceased father, he was obviously ashamed. He lowered his head, and his fists on his knees were clenched white, showing pale blue blood vessels, which could not be seen clearly in the curling cigarettes in the mourning hall.

There is a kind of man, although the whole body is wrapped tightly by cloth, but it can always inspire a strong desire to conquer.

I want to tear off his quiet and calm mask, I want to take off his clothes one by one with my own hands, I want to see offended anger on his face, but deep in his eyes is the expression of succumbing to desire/desire. struggle and forbearance.

"If you are too weak, you can go back to your room to rest first."

As if noticing the sight beside him, Gu Xingzhai closed his eyes and said lightly without turning his head.

Lin Xiaodong came back to his senses, but he didn't refuse, just made a soft "um" and said, "Thank you, young master."

Although he knows that Master Gu is a good person, it is really difficult for him to develop too deep feelings for a person who only met once and died in less than a day.

Therefore, after hearing Gu Xingzhai's words, Lin Xiaodong supported the cold floor tiles of the mourning hall and wanted to get up and leave.

But he forgot that he had been kneeling for too long before, and his feet were numb. As soon as he stood up, he felt an unbearable pain in his calf, his feet softened, and his body was about to fall over.

But at the last moment, a big, powerful hand caught his arm just in time.

Lin Xiaodong turned his head to look, and subconsciously smiled at the man: "Thank you."

Such a close contact, although it was only a small effort to help, but Gu Xingzhai's expression was obviously still a little uncomfortable.

He took a deep look at Lin Xiaodong's white face and those eyes that were curved when he smiled. The young man has a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes. The corners of the upturned eyes have a tinge of red, and the long eyelashes are thick and dark. In the words of the townspeople, it is "one more look and one will be hooked".

Gu Xingzhai quickly averted his gaze.

Such a beautiful woman, he thought, no wonder his father would be tempted.

"Be careful next time," he said.

After holding Lin Xiaodong steady, the man withdrew his hand almost immediately.

But the pictures just now were all seen by the housekeeper standing outside the door. Looking at Gu Xingzhai's tall and tall back, he clenched his hands beside him little by little, and his eyes changed from the shrewd enthusiasm towards the guests. Gradually it became icy cold.

Old Man Gu's heirs withered, and he accumulated a fortune in half his life, but he has only one son who has been away for many years. The housekeeper had prayed to God several times, hoping that the elder Gu's son would never return to the town - in this way, he would not only be able to sit on the large estate of Master Gu, but even Lin Xiaodong would be his!

But now Gu Xingzhai is back.

In any case, in the eyes of others, he is the rightful heir to the Gu family.

And his housekeeper can only be a housekeeper forever, dedicating his life to the Gu family... Thinking of this, how could he be reconciled?

"Brother Zhao, don't worry too much," a town cloth shop owner who was usually friends with him came over and whispered to him, "I have a plan, I promise you to take down this hairy boy without a fight."

The housekeeper narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh? My dear, please speak."

"Women misunderstood the country, beauty and misfortune have existed since ancient times." The cloth shop owner laughed softly, "As the saying goes, words are better than swords, Brother Zhao, you are a fan of the authorities, and the ready-made pieces are right in front of your eyes, why? Why not make good use of it?"

Hearing this, the butler couldn't help frowning.

Although he really wanted to bring Gu Xingzhai down, he still had plans for Lin Xiaodong. If it wasn't a last resort, he still didn't want to sacrifice such a beautiful woman to achieve his goal.

"Hey, Brother Zhao Lianxiang Xiyu, I understand," the cloth shop owner patted him on the shoulder and shook his head, "but I can't bear to have a child without a wolf, and you think, when Gu Xingzhai gets out of the way, Miss Lin will naturally be in your palm. What is it? A woman with no strength, without relying on you, can she find the sky?"

The housekeeper frowned and thought for a while, the more he smack, the more reasonable he felt.

"Listening to your words, it's really enlightening!" He cupped his hands gently and said solemnly, "If I really have a day in Zhao, I will not forget the old brother to give some credit today!"

"Where."

The two looked at each other with a tacit smile on their faces.

They thought they could avoid people's eyes and ears by standing outside the mourning hall where people came and went, but Gu Xingzhai has been practicing for many years, and his ears have long been far superior to ordinary people. .

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

Looking at the pale mourning banners blown by the wind in front of him, the man's eyes were neither sad nor happy.

He hasn't returned home for many years, and today's small town is no longer as simple as it used to be, people are charming, and demons have entered the world... It is a hundred times more sinister than he imagined.

"Father," he said solemnly in front of him holding three sticks of incense, "My son is not filial, but don't worry, I came back this time to find out the truth and let you rest in peace under Jiuquan."

"If that person did it, I would never forgive him lightly!"