Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 187: Chapter 107: The Things Dug Up from the Old House

“My lady, if you hadn’t brought it up, I was also intending to talk to you about it. The craftsmen at the house said that building a house on such a small piece of land according to your blueprints would be a waste of those excellent blueprints. So, Yuan Bao took the initiative to purchase the surrounding shops that were used as warehouses, and now, building it out, it will be much more spacious. There’s room for a garden, a martial training field, and even Xiao Leizi’s vegetable patch is incredibly spacious…”

Gu Changsheng, with his eyes shining, watched Yuan Bao gesturing and silently pondered that the backyards of the two neighboring shops were rather large; his home had just expanded more than twofold!

This was simply too extravagant! Too luxurious! And it met her criteria for a residence so well!

“Yuan Bao, well done!” Gu Changsheng, not sparing any praises, gave Yuan Bao a thumbs up.

This forceful buying and selling was indeed something suitable for someone like Yuan Bao to handle, completely sparing her the trouble!

The feeling of being a hands-off shopkeeper was utterly thrilling!

Yuan Bao twisted his plump waist, laughing coyly and modestly, with a tint of blushing shyness under all the praise.

Seeing his antics, Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitched, “Yuan Bao, if there’s anything else, say it now and please hurry up and go!”

She couldn’t bear to look any longer; a few more glances at him would damage her eyes!

Yuan Bao tilted his head and carefully thought if there was anything else he had forgotten. It seemed there was indeed one more thing.

“Lady Changsheng, let me think, there seems to be another matter, it’s on the tip of my tongue; I just can’t remember it right now.”

At that, Gu Changsheng’s entire body languidly collapsed onto the chair, “Alright then, take your time thinking, I’m going to take a quick nap.”

Just as Gu Changsheng was about to fall asleep, Yuan Bao, with a slap to his forehead, pulled a small package from his lower back and hurriedly ran to Gu Changsheng, “Lady Changsheng, I remembered! This was dug out from a wall cavity in your ancestral home.”

As he spoke, Yuan Bao placed the bundle on the table in front of Gu Changsheng.

“From my ancestral home? What kind of treasure could that possibly be?” Gu Changsheng blinked forcefully, regaining a trace of clarity.

Yuan Bao cleverly helped Gu Changsheng unwrap the package.

A long, slender box lay on top of the wrapping cloth.

Gu Changsheng tapped it, “It’s just ordinary wood; I told you, it wouldn’t be anything valuable.”

“The box might not be valuable, but inside it is a scroll of the lady’s likeness,” Yuan Bao said as he opened the box and took out a scroll tied with a brocade rope, “Lady, look.”

Gu Changsheng looked down and saw on the drawing paper an unmistakable portrait of a woman.

Dressed in red robes and standing against a folding screen, she looked back over her shoulder with meaning lightly veiled in her sorrowful eyes. With hair flowing down to her waist and adorned only with a red forehead ornament, the vivid red coral beads seemed soaked in blood; the glow flickering from the bead at the tip added a mysterious allure to the portrait of this woman..

“Such exquisite artistry, such a beautiful forehead ornament…” Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but praise, then shook her head, “But the person in this portrait isn’t me.”

Indeed, the features of the woman in the painting bore a striking resemblance to her; however, she was certain it wasn’t her!

“How can it not be? Isn’t this lady you?” Yuan Bao pointed at the portrait, “Lady, look, the eyes and brow are exactly like yours, and just like you, she loves wearing red clothes…”

Gu Changsheng looked down at herself; indeed, she too liked wearing red clothes.

As bright and fiery as the midday sun, just like her personality.

Xiao Cui and Dong Lei also came over to take a look at the scroll and nodded in agreement, “Yuan Bao is right, this is the lady.”

The consensus was clear, but Gu Changsheng still shook her head and beckoned them over, “Look, this paper is delicate and contains hidden patterns, certainly very precious. This paper has yellowed; what does that tell us?”

“Look at this painting’s ink, its smooth sheen contains a luminescence that is comparable to gold’s; Xi’s Chen Huimo ink, look here.” Gu Changsheng pointed at the scroll, explaining fervently, “The edges of the ink have slightly faded. Huimo ink is glossy and firm, penetrates the paper without blurring and is long-lasting. Since this painting has slightly faded, it must be at least twenty years old; twenty years ago, I had just been born. Do you see how it’s impossible for the woman in this painting to be me?”

Realization dawned on everyone, and they nodded.

Yuan Bao sheepishly laughed, “Heh, Lady Changsheng is indeed meticulous. I hadn’t noticed that, but didn’t you just compliment that forehead ornament? Lady, take a look.”