Chapter Forty-Eight: Tang San's Cunning
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In the Gu household, inside Gu Zhizhang’s room, after Gu De was harshly rebuked by Gu Zhizhang, he left with tears in his eyes.
Once Gu De left, Gu Zhizhang’s usually calm and composed face twisted into a ferocious snarl, even when angry.
“Gu Chen, why didn’t you die? Why are you still alive? Master clearly said you were dead, so he sent you to that wretched woman’s room…”
“Ahhh… How dare you humiliate me! I’ll skin you alive, pull out your tendons, gouge out your eyes, cut off your nose… I’ll make a human stick out of you…”
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Almost every precious decoration in the room was smashed to bits!
After venting his rage, he left the room and headed straight to the Chunbao House.
Without hesitation, he ordered the services of the courtesan Yu Hua Kui.
Inside Yu Hua Kui’s room at Chunbao House, Gu Zhizhang recklessly expended his energy, the flower bed creaking under the strain while he murmured the name Nuo Lan Jia repeatedly…
Nine minutes later, with a low growl, Gu Zhizhang collapsed weakly onto Yu Hua Kui.
“Young Master Gu! Young Master Gu!”
After calling a few times without response, she heard Gu Zhizhang’s faint breathing.
The look of pleasure on Yu Hua Kui’s face immediately shifted to deep disgust!
Glaring at Gu Zhizhang with venom, she whispered, “What a useless wretch. Not only that, but so utterly pathetic! He never lasts ten minutes, leaving me in limbo and forcing me to spend money on those eunuchs… Damn it, you wild player!”
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Nottingham City, Nottingham Junior Academy.
Tang San once again found himself at the place where he first met Yu Xiaogang.
He quietly sat on a lounge chair inside the academy, stroking his fingers, lost in thought.
Suddenly, a figure appeared silently before him.
Tang San looked up.
“Dean, long time no see!”
“Haha… It’s been years. Xiao San, what brings you here today?”
“It’s been a while since I came back. I wanted to see how you’ve been these years.”
“As for me? Still the same old health. Lately, I’ve been taking more Kidney Treasure than before!”
“Heh… I didn’t expect the dean to still insist on taking Kidney Treasure!”
“Yeah! Kidney Treasure is a good thing; it makes me feel young!”
“Ha ha ha…”
“Dean, I came this time to ask you about someone.”
“Who?”
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“Gu Chen from the Gu family in Nottingham City. Back then, he harassed a female classmate so badly that she couldn’t bear the disgrace and jumped to her death.”
“Do you know where he went after I taught him a lesson?”
“I’m not sure. Why do you ask?”
“I suspect that the new disciple Teacher Zhao recently accepted at our Shrek Academy is actually Gu Chen in disguise! He’s still scheming to harm our female students.”
“I want to ask you to help me expose his ugly true face.”
“Well... it’s been so many years, I don’t even remember what he looks like!”
“Dean, you don’t need to remember how he looks; just insist that he is Gu Chen from the Gu family in Nottingham City!”
“Well…”
“Don’t trouble yourself, dean. I’ve already investigated. Gu Chen disappeared over a month ago, and my junior brother entered Shrek Academy about the same time. Their physiques are similar. I’m ninety percent sure they’re the same person!”
“Well…”
“Don’t worry, dean, I won’t do anything to him. I just don’t want those around him to continue being deceived. If we can prove he is indeed Gu Chen from Nottingham City, I’m willing to donate ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to support the academy.”
After some thought, Nottingham City’s dean, Kruchi, agreed to Tang San’s request.
Watching Kruchi walk away, a faint smile curved Tang San’s lips.
Everyone thought the poor girl from the slums had been killed by Gu Chen. No one knew that day Gu Chen’s meal had been drugged with a hallucinogen.
In a dazed state, Gu Chen mistook the girl for Xiao Wu and kept holding her hand, confessing endlessly.
In their struggle, he accidentally tore part of her sleeve, revealing a glimpse of her skin.
The girl, embarrassed and angry, cried and ran away.
Afterward, Tang San, accusing Gu Chen of harassing the girl, stripped him naked in the boys’ restroom and humiliated him.
The reason the girl jumped was because Tang San had lured her to the rooftop and pushed her off!
Seeing the girl’s body afterward and knowing Gu Chen had harassed her, everyone assumed it was suicide.
The incident escalated, and Gu Chen was expelled from Nottingham Junior Academy.
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The next morning, Gu Chen stretched lazily after a good sleep and prepared to go out for some exercise.
Just then, Nuo Lan Jia approached, carrying a tray with a smile.
“You’re awake! I prepared breakfast for you. Come eat something.”
“Heh heh heh… Didn’t expect my Lanlan wife to be so diligent and considerate. I won’t be polite then!”
The breakfast Nuo Lan Jia made was very simple: a fried egg, a small dish of vegetables, a bowl of vegetable porridge, and a piece of fried pancake.
Gu Chen ate happily, devouring everything like a whirlwind, licking his lips at the end with a look of satisfaction.
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“Full and satisfied, it’s time for me to set off!”
“Mm, I have to go back too. I didn’t return all night; my father must be worried!”
After a heartfelt farewell, Gu Chen set off toward Soto City.
Around a street corner, just as he changed his appearance, he heard a woman crying.
“Waaah… Has anyone seen my child? He’s about this tall, with eyebrows this thick, a round face…”
“No, no, move along, don’t hold up my business!”
Gu Chen followed the voice and saw a woman in her twenties, dressed in gray hemp cloth, asking everyone on the street if they had seen her child.
People who knew her whispered quietly nearby.
“What a curse! Little Guo Village must have offended some deity; there have been continuous disappearances. This is already the thirtieth this month!”
Gu Chen approached her and sensed a faint but ominous aura drifting in the air.
“Miss, please wait.”
“Where is this Little Guo Village you mentioned? Could you tell me?”
Hearing someone address her as miss, the woman turned around; beneath flowing long hair was a face covered with a thick beard and a mole the size of a broad bean above the mouth—a “woman” indeed.
“Brother, did you call me?” The voice was a dull grunt like an ox exhausted from farming.
Heavy and muffled, this was clearly the roughest, most rugged man ever!
“Sorry, big brother, I called the wrong person! I meant to call the one beside you!”
“You called me!” Another “woman,” her face full of pockmarks, with crooked mouth and eyes, turned around and asked in a duck-like voice.
Gu Chen almost cried; his heart was heavy, but he said nothing!
Can you imagine how a man who just saw a breathtaking beauty feels when confronted with such a disaster scene?
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“Forget it, can someone just tell me what’s going on?”
“Tch, who do you think you are? You’re not handsome at all; why should we tell you?”
The two crossed their arms and raised their chins disdainfully.
Gu Chen was even more speechless; he hadn’t even rejected them, yet they were acting so arrogantly!
“One Gold Soul Coin to whoever tells me where Little Guo Village is!”
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