Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 413: Chapter 280: Slaying All the Unfaithful Scoundrels Under Heaven Chapter 413: Chapter 280: Slaying All the Unfaithful Scoundrels Under Heaven Borjigin Nian heard this and helplessly looked up at the sky.

Were they talking about the same topic? Why did it always feel to her that she and Gu Changsheng were talking at cross purposes?

“Gu Changsheng, that’s not the point, okay? How can you be so confident that my senior brother won’t change his heart? This is the crux of the matter, alright?” Borjigin Nian rolled her eyes in annoyance while looking at the troubled Gu Changsheng.

If even Zhou Zongbao was certain of it, could there be any mistake?

Her senior brother must really be smitten with some beautiful minx!

Thinking of this, Borjigin Nian looked at Gu Changsheng with an involuntary trace of sympathy in her eyes.

Gu Changsheng, upon hearing her words, waved his hand impatiently, “That’s not a problem, it’s not within my scope of consideration!”

That evildoer, Zhou Mu, how exactly did he hoodwink Zhou Zongbao?

Why did she feel that apart from guilt for believing it to be true, Zhou Zongbao also seemed to share a sense of sorrow?

What the heck was going on?

Gu Changsheng declared himself baffled.

“Hey! Are you just too confident, or do you trust my senior brother that much? Zhou Zongbao is not someone who shoots without aiming, if my senior brother didn’t have some solid evidence, how could he have believed it?” Borjigin Nian grabbed Gu Changsheng’s sleeve and shook it hard, a trace of worry showing on her face, “Wake up, will you? Maybe my senior brother really has a wandering heart and fell for that minx!”

Gu Changsheng, dizzy from being shaken, quickly extricated himself from Borjigin Nian’s clutch and sighed as he explained, “I have never believed in your senior brother!”

“Yikes!”

The next moment, Borjigin Nian threw off Gu Changsheng’s sleeve and rolled far away to the other side of the couch, asking incredulously, “You don’t trust my senior brother, yet you sit as composed as if at Mount Tai? Who are you kidding? Or do you just not care about being with my senior brother?”

Gu Changsheng shrugged innocently, replying earnestly, “I don’t trust him, to be precise, I don’t trust anyone, nor do I depend on anyone. I believe in, from the beginning to the end, only myself!”

Upon hearing this, Borjigin Nian spoke with hesitation, “What do you mean? The more you talk, the more confused I get. Do you care about my senior brother or not?”

How could such a simple question lead to such convoluted answers?

If this were in her Northern Mongolian, whoever liked someone would just boldly snatch them away! Whoever wins them, keeps them! What’s with all these unnecessary complications? It’s just headache-inducing!

“I believe in myself, in my own judgment. The man chosen by Gu Changsheng will absolutely not be fickle, let alone abandon what was started in chaos!” Gu Changsheng said with a light-hearted expression, casually picking up a piece of pastry and tossing it into his mouth.

Borjigin Nian twitched the corners of her mouth upon hearing this; she couldn’t stand Gu Changsheng looking so confident and self-assured.

“My master once taught us that it’s human nature for hearts to change, like when we initially like a piece of clothing but over time we grow tired of it and start liking another. Gu Changsheng, what if my senior brother also becomes fickle, what then?”

Gu Changsheng, chewing on candied fruit, blinked his large eyes and said, “Change of heart, eh? That would be troublesome indeed…”

“If that really happened, what would you do?” Borjigin Nian asked, worried.

Gu Changsheng widened his eyes in response, “Nian, you’re worrying about the wrong person. If your senior brother cheats on me, the one you should worry about is him, not me!”

“Why?” Borjigin Nian asked, puzzled.

Gu Changsheng swallowed the candied fruit, contentedly squinting his eyes – it was delicious and not too sweet! Seeing Borjigin Nian still looking confused with her large eyes, he leisurely wiped the remnants of the candied fruit from his hands and explained, “Because, you see, denying myself is absolutely unacceptable! No matter what, I won’t doubt myself! My judgment is also not wrong, so the only one who could be at fault is your senior brother!”

“The one who makes a mistake, well, they must be punished. For example, castrating him and having him keep Yuan Bao company would be a decent idea…”

“Yikes!”

Borjigin Nian, upon hearing that, nearly fell off the couch in fright.

Gu Changsheng, quick on his feet, grabbed her leg and couldn’t help but chuckle, “Nian, could you possibly be any more foolish?”

After steadying herself, Borjigin Nian shook her head vigorously, ignoring Gu Changsheng’s schadenfreude, and blurted out in panic, “Gu Changsheng, have you lost your mind? You actually want to castrate my senior brother!”

“What’s wrong? Can’t I? I was originally planning to boldly claim that I would slaughter all the treacherous dogs in the world, but you interrupted me with your freaking out!” Gu Changsheng complained relaxedly.

Borjigin Nian’s face twitched uncontrollably, at a loss for words, taking a while to regain her composure before pointing at Gu Changsheng and accusing, “Gu Changsheng, do you even know what you’re saying? Who is my senior brother? That’s Zhou Mu, the War God renowned in the Four Kingdoms, unparalleled in martial arts, a strategic genius. And you’re saying you want to castrate him! Either you misspoke, or there’s something wrong with my ears and I heard wrong!”

While saying this, Borjigin Nian shook her head in disbelief.

“In that case, maybe I should take your pulse to see if there’s an issue with your ears.” Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng chuckled and pounced toward Borjigin Nian.

“Ahh! Don’t come near me, I don’t play with lunatics!” Borjigin Nian dodged him at once.

The two of them immediately tussled with each other again.

Dong Lei, who had come to deliver refreshments, stared in surprise with widened eyes.

“This one, is she my wife?”

Dong Lei asked Si Xi, who was waiting outside the Lake Heart Pavilion with astonishment and rapidly blinking eyes.

Her own wife was indeed free-spirited, but she rarely participated in such playful activities with others.

Seeing the genuine smile on her wife’s face, Dong Lei’s eyes grew slightly moist, misting over with a hint of tears.

Her beloved wife had always been busy managing their livelihood and household; now, she also had friends to laugh and play with. The feeling was truly wonderful!

Si Xi rolled his eyes at Dong Lei, took the tray from her hand, and said, “Your wife and Princess Nian have been horsing around for quite a while and must be hungry by now. These snacks will only tide her over. Let’s have dinner served earlier tonight, lest we truly let your wife go hungry.”

Upon hearing this, Dong Lei nodded with a smile and hurriedly dashed toward the kitchen.

As Si Xi entered, the two playful women in the pavilion parted and quickly straightened out their clothes.

“Didn’t you see, Xiao Si Xi is still here. Even if your senior brother were to have a change of heart, at the very least, he should deal with these big eyes pressing at my side, right?” Gu Changsheng nonchalantly pointed at Si Xi as evidence in front of him.

Borjigin Nian thought for a moment and felt that there seemed to be some truth to it.

Si Xi was specifically prepared for her senior brother’s first wife, something she knew about since their days studying martial arts together on the mountain as children.

Although that’s what she thought, Borjigin Nian couldn’t help but oppose Gu Changsheng, “Who knows if it isn’t because senior brother has a new flame and simply forgot to take them back!”

Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes at that.

Damn it, Si Xi was brought in after the new flame had arrived, okay!

But she was already too lazy to quibble with Borjigin Nian over this!

The two eyed the freshly served snacks on the table and began a new round of playful squabbling over them.

…

The evening meal was indeed served a bit earlier than usual.

As Gu Changsheng and Borjigin Nian walked into the dining room hand in hand, they were momentarily stunned by the person seated at the head of the table, before quickly and joyfully greeting him, “Foster Father!”

When Borjigin Nian saw the formality and heard this address, she was also momentarily taken aback.

Foster Father?

The refined elderly man seated there, if she remembered correctly, was her master’s very dear friend, Mr. Ban Shan, right?

“Borjigin Nian pays her respect to the gentleman,” she said.

Although puzzled, Borjigin Nian gracefully bent into a formal bow.

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng quickly led her forward, proudly showing her off to her foster father, “Foster Father, I’m glad you decided to come out. This is my new friend, Borjigin Nian.”

“Nian, this is my Foster Father.”

Mr. Ban Shan, still in his partially worn scholar’s robe, furrowed his brows slightly at the sight of Borjigin Nian, “Why are you not serving by your master’s side, nor acting as Princess in the Northern Mongolian territory, but have run off to Great Zhou instead?”

Hearing her foster father’s question, Gu Changsheng snickered behind her hand.

Borjigin Nian’s face showed a trace of unease as she awkwardly lowered her head, mumbling in response, “Senior brother said that the Tower Master of the Cool Breeze Bright Moon Tower, the number one beauty of the Four Kingdoms, Yue Xilou, is in Liuzhou, so I came…”

As a literary giant of the times and a close friend of her master, Mr. Ban Shan held Borjigin Nian’s deep respect.

Upon hearing her words, Mr. Ban Shan cast a look at his daughter, “After dinner, come to my Book Tower.”

“Yes, Foster Father,” Gu Changsheng cheerfully replied.

After hearing this, Borjigin Nian quietly pulled Gu Changsheng aside and whispered, “Gu Changsheng, does the master not like me?”

Gu Changsheng blinked her large eyes in response, “I don’t think so. With my foster father’s temperament, he is not easily fond of someone, nor does he readily dislike someone. You’re overthinking it!”

“Then how did you manage to get the master to become your foster father? You’re so lucky!” Borjigin Nian asked with a face full of admiration. “Having a literary giant as a foster father is incredible!”

“That’s a long story, I’ll tell you when we get back! My foster father doesn’t want outsiders to know, so you shouldn’t mention it to others deliberately, okay?” Gu Changsheng reminded her, then pulled her towards the dining table, “Let’s eat quickly, I’m starving!”

“Foster Father, don’t keep such a stern face, Nian is afraid of you. You might frighten her and she won’t be able to eat!” As Gu Changsheng took a seat next to Mr. Ban Shan, she busied herself arranging his utensils, and began to tease.

Mr. Ban Shan smiled at this, his face showing a mix of indulgence and helplessness as he said, “You! I really don’t know what to say about you!”

Borjigin Nian watched their harmonious interaction in amazement. This was the esteemed and aloof Mr. Ban Shan!