newbobooks Chapter 180 Prince, you can't beat him, run!
Chapter 180 Prince, you can't beat him, run!
After Chu Ruohan finished getting ready, she opened the door and found Gu Junze sitting in a wheelchair, waiting for her to have breakfast.
Chu Ruohan sat down opposite him, and Gu Junze skillfully picked up a piece of Chu Ruohan's favorite dish with his chopsticks and put it into her bowl.
She asked softly, "How are you feeling? Are you still in pain?"
Chu Ruohan rolled her eyes at him and said reproachfully, "It's all because of you..."
Before she could finish speaking, she realized something was wrong and lowered her head to eat the food in her bowl.
Gu Junze chuckled. Chu Ruohan looked up, her gaze filled with inquiry. "Now that your leg is healed, when do you plan to announce it to the public?"
Gu Junze put down his chopsticks, pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "Wait a little longer, now is not the time."
Just then, Yu Ling hurried in, looking somewhat troubled. "Young Master, Young Madam, Miss Shen is here again, insisting on seeing you."
Gu Junze frowned slightly. "I won't see you."
Yu Ling hesitated for a moment, then added, "Miss Shen said she's going back to Yanzhou soon, and she has a few words she wants to say to the young mistress before she leaves."
Chu Ruohan still decided to meet with her, since she was about to leave anyway, and she still had to give Princess Huijia face.
Shen Qingwan was different from both Gu's mother and Aunt Fang; she was just a spoiled child...
In the garden, Shen Qingwan stood gracefully in a simple white dress.
Upon seeing Chu Ruohan arrive, she cut to the chase, "I'm leaving now."
"Take care along the way."
Shen Qingwan took a deep breath and said, "I know my cousin only has eyes for you. My mother has arranged a marriage for me, and after this trip back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see you again."
She paused, her eyes full of concern, "My cousin has bad legs and is particularly sensitive to the cold. Please remember to add more clothes for him to keep warm in winter."
Chu Ruohan listened quietly.
Shen Qingwan continued to ramble on and on.
"Also, your cousin may seem strong on the surface, but he is actually very soft-hearted. You should be more understanding of him."
"He protected me when I was little... It's just a pity we missed our chance. You can't dislike his legs, and you can't be fickle..."
Chu Ruohan listened, "Isn't this the word used to describe a philandering man?"
Finally, Shen Qingwan held Chu Ruohan's hand tightly, tears glistening in her eyes, "Sister-in-law, I'm entrusting the man I love most to you. You must treat him very, very well, okay?"
Chu Ruohan felt a warmth in her heart and nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, I will."
Shen Qingwan released her hand, a relieved smile on her face. "That's good. I can go back now."
"Would you like to meet?"
"No, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it." Shen Qingwan held back her tears, her voice trembling with sobs.
She turned around and staggered toward the gate of the mansion.
Chu Ruohan watched her retreating figure, her heart filled with countless emotions. Only after Shen Qingwan's figure completely disappeared from sight did she slowly turn around and return to the inner courtyard.
She returned to the room, where Gu Junze was sitting quietly in his wheelchair, watching her.
"What did she say?" Gu Junze asked.
“She said…” Chu Ruohan paused deliberately, “She said you were childhood sweethearts, and that you even protected her when you were little…”
"Don't listen to her nonsense. We weren't childhood sweethearts at all. I was only five years old back then..."
"You'll be sleeping in the study tonight." With that, he turned and left.
"Han'er..."
Gu Junze hurried to catch up, only regretting that the hand crank was too slow; two wheels were not as fast as his legs.
Chu Ruohan did it on purpose; the man's stamina was too good, and her back was about to break, so she needed to rest.
As a result, Chu Ruohan still had to get up with her back aching the next day...
As night fell, the pharmacy of Hongmeng Academy was shrouded in thick darkness, with only a lone lamp in the corner emitting a faint light.
Gu Junze and Chu Ruohan hid in the shadows of the pharmacy, holding their breath and staring intently at the door.
A soft footstep broke the silence of the night, and a man in black sneaked into the pharmacy.
With familiar movements, he approached the medicine cabinet and was about to open the medicine bottle when suddenly, the lights in the pharmacy turned on.
Gu Junze and Chu Ruohan appeared from the shadows. Commander Hu seemed to have expected this day. He turned around calmly, but froze when he saw Gu Junze's legs.
"Your Highness, your leg has fully healed?"
Gu Junze waited so long to catch him, not just to give himself time to recover his leg.
He coldly questioned, "Who is behind you?"
Commander Hu saw the two people in front of him and a hint of relief flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure and said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, I will not say it. The Princess has been kind to me, and I am the one who has betrayed you."
Gu Junze felt a pang of pain in his heart upon hearing this. He had been kind to her?
Huai Shu betrayed him like that, and now he's doing the same thing. Is this how they repay kindness with enmity?
Why must they put their benefactor's son to death?
It’s ridiculous!
Gu Junze suppressed his anger, stepped forward, and shot his gaze at him like a knife.
"You think I can't do anything to you if you don't talk? The Shadow Guards have plenty of ways to make you talk."
Commander Hu remained unmoved, simply closing his eyes tightly, looking as if he were ready to die.
Suddenly, he drew the dagger hidden at his waist and stabbed it into his own chest.
Gu Junze and Chu Ruohan were shocked and tried to stop them, but it was too late.
Commander Hu slowly collapsed, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He weakly said, "You can't defeat him, Your Highness, run..."
Seeing that Commander Hu was gradually losing his breath, Gu Junze clenched his fist. "Ying Qing, take care of him."
Ying Qing accepted the order and quickly stepped forward to drag away Commander Hu's body.
Inside the pharmacy, only Gu Junze and Chu Ruohan remained.
Chu Ruohan initially thought that it was Gu's mother who poisoned her, since only she had the motive. But now it seems that things are not so simple.
He could get Huai Shu, Chu Ang, and Commander Hu to work for him, and use Gu's mother as a shield...
And the Imperial Hospital...
Could the "he" that Commander Hu mentioned be that person?
As their eyes met, they both saw the answer in each other's eyes.
"If the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die; if the father commands the son to die..." Gu Junze's voice was hoarse, "How can the son live?"
"For so many years, I always thought it was because I was weak and not favored by my father, so I never competed with Gu Cheng'an and Gu Chengyan for his favor."
"I never imagined he would be so ruthless, plotting to kill me."
He eked out a living in a wheelchair for more than ten years, but it was his own father who did it.
Chu Ruohan sensed his emotions and held his hand with heartache. "Junze, if it really is him, we must not panic."
"Han'er, let's leave!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation flashed in Chu Ruohan's eyes. She still had an enemy, Gu Chengyan, who hadn't gone to hell yet.
Seeing Gu Junze's exhausted and wounded appearance, she felt relieved. She was no longer the Chu Ruohan who had just been reborn and was struggling to move forward.
She has a million ways to kill Gu Chengyan.