Reborn into the 70: Turning Adversity into Her Dazzling Path

”What do you want with me?” Gu Lingling said, detached.

She didn’t expect Tao Zhiran to be so persistent in looking for her, and he even had the audacity to come to her house.

She had just seen off Gu Chunxia’s family, and was already in a bad mood. Seeing Tao Zhiran now only made her more irritated, like a ghost that won’t go away.

”I want to have a word with you. Why not go to your room?” Tao Zhiran said.

Haha...

Gu Lingling really wanted to slap this clueless guy.

Shame? Face?

To her room? Was she foolish or dazed enough to invite a guy who clearly harbored no good intentions towards her to her room?

”Say whatever you have to say here.” Gu Lingling looked at Tao Zhiran indifferently, but somehow Tao Zhiran could sense mockery in her eyes.

It’s strange, he knew Gu Lingling was smart, but she was just a country girl; what insights could she really have, enough to see through him?

”Alright then.” Tao Zhiran nodded, cautiously looking around to confirm no one was there, then he took a couple of steps forward, but Gu Lingling took two steps back, ”Just say whatever you have to say, I can hear you perfectly well.”

Tao Zhiran felt annoyance rising, but he knew he had to comply with her now.

”Where were you on New Year’s Eve?” Tao Zhiran asked, ”I saw you went to the abandoned temple.”

”So what?” Gu Lingling laughed and looked at Tao Zhiran, ”Who are you to me? Do I have to report to you where I go? Who do you think you are?”

Her tone was completely unkind.

”Lingling, I’m doing this for your own good.” Tao Zhiran hurriedly said, ”I know you went to see Zhao Si’en, but not everyone would think so. If someone with bad intentions saw you and reported you, you’d be in for a lot of trouble.”

Moreover, he was quite sure that Gu Lingling indeed went to see Zhao Si’en, but more so to visit those two old men, right?

Before Zhao Si’en went to live in the abandoned temple, he had seen Gu Lingling go there too. At that time, he didn’t think much of it, but now it seemed Gu Lingling had a rather unusual relationship with those two rascals.

”Are you threatening me?” Gu Lingling suddenly laughed.

”You can think of it as me caring for you.” Tao Zhiran said affectionately.

If Gu Lingling had something in her hand at that moment, she would definitely throw it in this guy’s face.

Caring?

A weasel wishing a chicken a happy new year.

”Thank you for your concern.” Gu Lingling felt that talking to this guy here was simply a waste of time, ”Village chief uncle, this Tao Zhiqing wants to report something to you.”

Gu Lingling said to Gu Tongzhou who was walking over, ”He’s saying I went to the abandoned temple to see those two rascals.”

”Village chief uncle, you must investigate this matter thoroughly.” Gu Lingling said with some grievance, ”You know my grandma likes Si’en very much, and I went to see Enen, only to be misunderstood as going to see rascals.”

”Village chief uncle, Old Man Qian has been in our village for almost a year, right? And Old Man Zhou has been here for so long, I’ve never been to the abandoned temple before.”

”As soon as Tao Zhiqing arrives, he puts such a big label on me. Is he trying to take my life?”

”Tao Zhiqing, I just want to ask you, what did I, Gu Lingling, do to offend you, for you to slander me like this?” Gu Lingling turned to look at Tao Zhiran.

”No... I... I was just kindly reminding...” Tao Zhiran didn’t expect Gu Lingling to not be afraid at all, and flip attitudes faster than flipping a book.

He was even more surprised to see Gu Tongzhou was there.

What shocked him even more was that Gu Chunhai was also there, staring at him with a dark expression, ”Yes, Tao Zhiqing, I’d also like to ask you, how did my daughter offend you, that you want to destroy her?”