C10

It was precisely this Gu family's daughter that caused all the married ladies in the capital to be unable to marry her. Didn't she see that the handkerchief in the hands of the two impatient young ladies who were glaring at Gu Yunyan was about to be torn apart?

Gu Yunxiao felt a chill run down her spine as she looked around. Seeing Gu Xuanyi enter, she immediately jumped up and said, "Brother is entering the building. I'll go call him up."

If she did not leave now, she felt that she would definitely be seen through.

Ye Zichen took Liu Xu downstairs, but Gu Xuanyi was nowhere to be seen.

Gu Yunxiao looked around blankly. From afar, she saw a figure that looked like Master Gu's back.

However, that person walked up to the third floor step by step. She felt strange and hurried to follow him, only to see Gu Yunyan, who was supposed to be sitting in a booth on the second floor, appear in front of the third floor.

Without an invitation, they were not allowed to enter the third floor at all.

Gu Yunyan was displeased. It was obvious that there were very few people who would stop her. She couldn't help but furrow her brows and ask in a low voice.

Gu Yunxiao was too far away to hear him clearly, so she could vaguely guess who he was asking.

The little boy lowered his head to look at her, but his voice was loud and clear. He answered politely: "I only entertain guests here, I don't know anything else."

His meaning was very clear. One could not casually divulge the secrets of the nobles to outsiders.

Gu Yunyan's every move was being watched by everyone. If she stayed any longer, it would be too unruly of her to follow the rules. She could only withdraw and return to her seat on the second floor.

Gu Yunxiao hid at the side, thinking that if Master Gu could get the invitation card on the third floor, with his pampered and pampered personality, he wouldn't be able to sit on the second floor with his beloved daughter when the best things were presented to Gu Yunyan.

Plus, Master Gu's colleagues were all on the second floor, but the Gu family couldn't afford to overstep the rich ones on the third floor.

She thought that she must have seen wrongly. Just as she was about to turn back, she suddenly saw that the boy had been called away. The staircase suddenly became empty.

The building was bustling with noise and excitement, and quite a few scholars began competing before learning. Many people complimented him in hushed tones.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her, Gu Yunxiao finally suppressed her curiosity and quietly went up to the third floor.

Compared to the hustle and bustle on the first and second floor, the third floor was very quiet.

The second floor was a private room, while the third floor was a private room. Only the windows were open to look outside, but no one knew who was inside.

Gu Yunxiao could not help but regret her impetuous actions. She ran up without a care in the world. If she were to offend someone of noble status, she might really suffer.

But the more she turned around and walked back, the more she felt that something was wrong. It didn't seem like she had walked on a road before, she was obviously lost.

Gu Yunxiao had no choice but to force her way through the corridor. Seeing the light at the end, she hastened her steps.

Reaching the end, her eyes were piercing to the core. It took her a long while before she was able to open them, and all of a sudden, she felt as though the world before her opened up.

He never thought that on the third floor there would actually be a pavilion, an exquisite fake mountain, and even a small bridge with flowing water. It was as if he had wandered from the mortal world to the Peach Blossom Origins, and was so quiet that he could only hear the light sound of flowing water coming from afar.

Gu Yunxiao felt that she might have arrived at an incredible place, so she turned around and prepared to leave.

A deep male voice called out from the pavilion, "Since you're here, then you're a guest. Can we have a chat?"

She followed the direction of the voice and saw a young man in black robes sitting in the pavilion. His long white fingers were pinching a black piece as they slowly landed on the chessboard.

Staring at his hands, Gu Yunxiao could not help but breathe easier.