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It was a long journey, but Gu Daiyan had never experienced the taste of living in the open air.

As for Duan Chengxuan, he was no longer as affectionate and affectionate as before, but instead, a faint smile appeared on his cold face every day. The only thing that existed between the two of them was a letter.

It was impossible for the two of them to be honest with each other. Gu Liuyan had made it clear multiple times that she was on the third prince's side, and Duan Chengxuan had also insisted that he would not kill Su Yuwan, at least until he found the evidence.

Along the way, the two of them learned how to talk peacefully.

However, since it had snowed in the past few days and the mountain roads were blocked, Duan Chengxuan took a room in a shabby inn. In this remote place, even a slightly bigger bed was a extravagant request.

The two of them slept with their backs to each other, but Duan Chengxuan had no choice but to wake up due to the movement of his body.

Gu Pingyan, who was wearing only a set of inner clothes, nimbly got off his body and walked barefoot to the table to pour a cup of tea. Her eyes were dim and lifeless, but she still didn't sit down.

"What's wrong?" Duan Chengxuan lifted up his blanket to get up and ignite the candle flame.

The bright candle light flashed across Gu Daiyan's eyes. He then called back some reason and lightly raised his hand: "It's nothing, I just got up after I had enough sleep."

"On your way here, you haven't been able to sleep for six hours a day." Duan Chengxuan walked over to her side with a gloomy expression, then put down the teacup that was already cold. He bent down and carried his back onto the bed. "You sleep alone."

"I can't sleep." Gu Danyan leaned obediently against his arm, but there was seriousness in her eyes.

Only after being placed on the soft bed did Duan Chengxuan realize that the back of her neck was covered in cold sweat, and his hands were ice-cold.

"How many days are left before we arrive?" Gu Liuyan lay down on the side and asked softly.

"We'll be there in a few hours after the mountain road is cleared." This time, Duan Chengxuan didn't lie down. He only sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her. "Your four limbs are always cold and covered in cold sweat. Is it because back then …"

"Not really." Gu Danyan rested her head on the corner of Duan Chengxuan's blanket and closed her eyes. "The cold sweat I had tonight was only because of my nightmare. The cold in my limbs was due to my physique. The other things were caused by you and Su Yu Wan."

He was speechless for a while, but he couldn't say whether he was regretting or feeling guilty. He just felt uncomfortable in his heart, and after pondering for a long time, he turned around.

"I didn't think you'd ever live in a place like this." Gu Danyan thought about the road they had taken and how much more desolate it had become.

"My father doesn't like me. Since I want to survive, the farther the better." Duan Chengxuan replied with slight unease, then he pulled the corners of Gu Mingyan's hair and continued, "Perhaps, if I had brought Wan'er along to stay in the sect that year, I wouldn't have hurt you in the future."

"If you hadn't left the mountain, then two of the Navy Tide Nation's would have been lost." Gu Liuyan shook his head helplessly: "Although you are cold-blooded and ruthless, and you are a murderous person on the battlefield, but overall, what you did was right."

Duan Chengxuan continued to maintain his silence, while Gu Pingyan tacitly turned his body around in his heart. He faced upwards with a slightly complacent smile on his face.

"I just want to see your expression." She said this, but her eyes were filled with genuine happiness and happiness. "Being beaten up by someone else doesn't even compare to cutting off one's own heart."

That's right, Gu Liuyan just wanted to see the look on his face when he was crushed by guilt and heartache.

The first person he fell in love with was Gu Danyan, but the one who was being tormented was the late Duan Chengxuan.

Even when they were together, they tortured each other.

After a sleepless night, when the two of them were downstairs eating, the Lady Boss happily passed the wrapped dumplings to Gu Daiyan, "It's all thanks to Lady Li's wonderful return to life, otherwise what would that pitiful child do in the future?"

"It was nothing." Gu Daiyan only smiled and continued to finish his breakfast quickly. He asked: "When can we open this mountain road?"

"In another two days, I'll have to wait until the snow has completely melted before I can go up." The Lady Boss smiled as she brought two more Herbal Tea Eggs. When she was peeling them off, she didn't forget to say a few words, "It's just that there used to be a vile child on that mountain, but I haven't heard any news of him. You guys should be careful not to get messed with by others when you go up the mountain."

"What do you mean?" Gu Danyan also stretched out his hand to peel the Herbal Tea Eggs, but he casually asked.

More than a decade ago, there was a kid in our village who was a little bully, and his father was our village's only blacksmith. No one dared to provoke him, but one day, he suddenly disappeared, and only found him after the mountain collapsed a few years ago. The Lady Boss's vivid description caused both her brows to furrow.

Gu Danyan was also confused. Why did this good kid say he didn't have anything?

"Since this child died on the mountain, why haven't we seen any hunters around for a few years?"

How is it dying on the mountain? It was being killed by poison and buried in the ground. It was a small matter for the kid to be killed by poison, but after the mountain collapsed, the piles of soil that were littered with corpses fell into the river. At this point, not only the Lady Boss sighed, but the two waiters beside her also shook their heads.

Gu Danyan was also scared and said, "This …" How heavy is the poison in order for it to be like this? "

"You're right, the coroner also mentioned this when he examined the corpse. Later on, someone from the county yamen searched for poison in the yard on the mountain. If it wasn't for the fact that the county yamen doctor knew how to cure the poison, even the bailiffs would have died." The Lady Boss clicked her tongue.

"Crack …"

The cup in his hand was crushed and the tea in his hand spilled onto the floor.

Everyone present was slightly surprised and unconsciously looked at the man who had a cold expression on his face.

Gu Danyan also turned around in confusion and only took out the handkerchief to wipe Gu Shenwei's face. Seeing his unsightly expression, he waved his hand to the Lady Boss: "People who practice kung fu sometimes can't control their strength."

"So it's like that …" The Lady Boss swallowed her saliva, and seeing Gu Pingyan comforting this Young Noble, she mustered up her courage to continue, "At first, we all thought that the families on the mountain were all kind people, but now we are all afraid. Furthermore, that coroner even said that although the corpse has been buried for a long time, both of its legs were beaten up badly, and said that it was beaten up by a wooden sword. "At that time, that little bastard's father thought of that house on the mountain. That little girl used to follow behind Big Brother's butt every day, wielding a wooden sword …"

Hearing this, Gu Liuyan's expression changed slightly.

She finally understood why Duan Chengxuan had shattered the cup with a pinch.