Chapter 85
Chapter 85
Gu Liuxian froze on the spot.
Hua Wuhuang also stepped out from the shadows and stood beside Ye Piaoling.
“…”
Gu Liuxian stared at them, the smile on his face gradually cracking apart.
Only after a long while did he ask in a trembling voice, “You… What are you two doing here?”
Ye Piaoling said with a grin, “We saw a suspicious figure at Tianwen Sect, got curious, and followed him over.”
Gu Liuxian’s voice shook. “What did you see? What did you hear?”
Ye Piaoling said, “We saw everything. We heard everything too.”
Gu Liuxian refused to believe it. Trembling, he pressed, “Really?”
Ye Piaoling nodded, then copied his posture, pressing her palms together devoutly as she said, “Ali, my heart belongs to you…”
“Keep your voice down!!”
Gu Liuxian was so angry his beard quivered. He wished he could rush forward and cover this wretched disciple’s mouth.
Ye Piaoling chuckled. “Grandmaster, if there’s nothing else, we’ll be heading back.”
“Wait!” Gu Liuxian called her back, embarrassed. “About what happened today…”
Ye Piaoling said, “I’ll tell every disciple in Tianwen Sect about what happened today tomorrow, so everyone can know Grandmaster’s love story.”
“I’m even thinking of using it as material to write a little storybook. I’ve already thought of the title-The Overbearing Grandmaster Falls in Love with Me. If I sell it on the streets, I’m sure it’ll make money…”
“Absolutely not!!”
Gu Liuxian roared, his face and neck flushed red.
“Does Grandmaster think the title isn’t good enough?”
Ye Piaoling said readily, “Then I can change it. How about The Aloof Grandmaster Dotes on His Wife Like His Life?”
“Not good at all!!!”
Gu Liuxian was so furious he nearly jumped.
He clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and lowered his voice as he ordered, “You are not allowed to tell anyone about what happened today. Not a single word!”
“Why not?”
Ye Piaoling looked serious. “There isn’t any such rule in Tianwen Sect’s regulations, so why should I keep this secret for Grandmaster? Please give me a strong enough reason.”
“…”
Gu Liuxian glared at Ye Piaoling, panting with anger.
After holding it in for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said with extreme reluctance, “This old man suddenly feels that I do indeed resemble that grandfather of yours…”
“Hahahahaha!”
Hearing this, Ye Piaoling let out a clear, bell-like laugh. “Wouldn’t it have been better if you’d said that earlier?”
Gu Liuxian probed, “Then about what happened today…”
“We’re all family, so of course I’ll keep your secret!”
Ye Piaoling said briskly, “Don’t worry. I absolutely won’t tell anyone your secret.”
Only then did Gu Liuxian breathe a sigh of relief.
Then he looked toward Hua Wuhuang.
Hua Wuhuang cupped his hands. “Disciple understands. I will definitely keep Grandmaster’s secret.”
Gu Liuxian nodded in relief.
Just then, Ye Piaoling spoke again.
“But Grandpa, about me sweeping the building… Do you think you could pull a few strings? I don’t want to sweep anymore.”
Gu Liuxian: “…”
He knew there would be a follow-up move!
Swallowing his anger, Gu Liuxian, firmly under her thumb, had no choice but to negotiate nicely with this wretched disciple.
“Sigh. I announced the punishment of cleaning the library in front of everyone, so it wouldn’t be proper to go back on my word… In any case, there’s only half a month left. How about you work a little harder? Just treat it as exercise!”
Ye Piaoling sighed. “I don’t mind exercising, but someone keeps coming to make trouble for me. Today, Xiao Mei brought a gourd full of failed pills to the library and deliberately scattered them all over the floor to make my job harder.”
“She also said she’d come every day from now on. I don’t want to get into a conflict with her, which is why I wanted to ask Grandpa to pardon me from my punishment of sweeping the stairs.”
Hearing this, Gu Liuxian frowned despite himself. “Is that true?”
Ye Piaoling said, “Absolutely true. If Grandpa doesn’t believe me, you can come see for yourself tomorrow.”
“Very well,” Gu Liuxian said after a moment of thought. “If a disciple is truly deliberately stirring up trouble, this old man will certainly not tolerate it.”
The corners of Ye Piaoling’s mouth lifted.
If she hadn’t accidentally uncovered the Grandmaster’s secret, then with the Grandmaster’s prejudice against her, he wouldn’t have believed a word she said…
Great. This family connection had finally been established!
Ye Piaoling could not help gossiping again. “Grandpa, what exactly is going on between you and that old lady? She said you were hugging a vixen?”
At that question, Gu Liuxian’s face turned red again.
He heaved a long sigh and said sadly, “Those were all misunderstandings! She is my wife. Previously, because of some misunderstandings, she had a fight with me, then left home and refused to come back.”
Ye Piaoling and Hua Wuhuang were both shocked.
The Grandmaster was actually a married man?
They had never heard that before!
Ye Piaoling could not help asking, “How long has the Ancestral Grandmistress been away from home?”
Gu Liuxian counted it out. “Only about fifty or sixty years.”
Ye Piaoling: “…”
So she had left home when they were still young…
No wonder no one had ever known about the Grandmaster’s marriage.
Being gone for so many years was no different from divorce, yet the Grandmaster still refused to give up. Ye Piaoling could not help feeling a little moved.
“If it was a misunderstanding, why can’t you explain it clearly? What kind of misunderstanding was it? Do you want us to help you persuade the Ancestral Grandmistress?”
“No need!” Gu Liuxian said huffily. “This old man’s affairs don’t require a little brat like you to worry about them. You just need to make sure you don’t let this matter leak out!”
Ye Piaoling sighed.
Since Gu Liuxian did not want to say, she could not very well keep asking. So she said, “I swear I absolutely won’t leak it. If you ever need help, just call me anytime.”
Gu Liuxian snorted irritably.
As if he would ever need this wretched disciple’s help!