Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 735: Chapter 570: If Someone Takes Advantage of You, Do the Same Back

Heaven help her, at that time, she was so poor she couldn’t even lift the lid off the pot!

Living off pawning things, weren’t you? When you left the Capital City, you were so poor that you hardly had a coin to your name!

Gu Changsheng reflected on the first time Zhou Mu saw her; he must have been discussing affairs at a roadside teahouse, and her? She, along with the little meat bun and Xiao Cui, had just left the Li Mansion and was secretly delighted because an old lady on the street gave them an extra handful of vegetables!

One basked in unlimited glory at the teahouse, the other was so poor, barely better off than a beggar!

The difference! It was utterly demoralizing!

”Hehe!” Zhou Mu, looking at the lively little woman in front of him, laughed dotingly, raised his hand to press her little head onto his shoulder, gazed at the sloping sun setting behind the Western Mountain, and spoke in a gentle voice, ”My whole fortune has already been presented to you with both hands, does my beloved Changsheng still feel it’s not enough? If it’s still not enough, I guess I’ll have to fulfill your wish and repay you in... the flesh!”

”Cough!”

Gu Changsheng, who had been comfortably nestling on his shoulder until then, choked on her own saliva upon hearing this!

Repay in... the flesh!

”Repay in your basket!” She raised a claw without hesitation and swung the face that seemed as though it belonged in the Divine Residence to the side. Gu Changsheng, cheeks on fire, couldn’t bear to look at his face any longer, and spoke through gritted teeth, ”Damn you, keep it appropriate, remember who you are, don’t go around with a face that could ruin an entire country and seduce scoundrels!”

What torment!

This was a real test of her self-control as someone who was obsessed with good looks!

Gu Changsheng was genuinely worried that she would fail to restrain herself and carry out capital punishment on the spot for this evildoer before her!

Her dignity! Sooner or later, it would be ruined by the tormenting little fairy in front of her!

Wuu... Save her dignity!

”Ah! My beloved Changsheng, you’re really becoming less and less adorable!” Turning his face, as beautiful as an evildoer’s, back to her, Zhou Mu grasped the naughty little claw in his palm and decried with a pained heart.

”If I’m not adorable, then don’t love me! Who cares!” Gu Changsheng huffed.

”That won’t do! I’ve given you everything, if I don’t love you, wouldn’t I end up poor and destitute?” Zhou Mu raised an eyebrow, his lips curving into a wicked smile.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng twitched the corner of her mouth, glanced at his face, and said mollifyingly, ”Relax! With that face of yours, even if you were to be stripped of everything, you could still make a living in the little servant house, it’s not likely you’d ever be poor and destitute! If you’re unlucky, you might even become a top card or something... Hmm...”

Before Gu Changsheng could finish speaking, the beautiful face in close proximity suddenly enlarged and swiftly invaded her space, aggressively stealing her breath away!

Dammit, taking advantage of her unpreparedness again, eating her tofu!

What did he think she was, the Bean Curd Beauty?

Gu Changsheng was never one to suffer a loss. Facing the situation of having her tofu eaten, she had already gotten used to it on multiple occasions!

So, her reaction was very direct – to eat back in return!

In a moment, what was initially a somewhat oppressive scene suddenly became enchanting.

Yuan Bao was busying himself among the temporarily erected stoves when he looked up and saw on the distant Western Mountain slope, two figures overlapping...

”Tsk tsk... Just for a kiss, there’s no need to hide so far away, is there? After all, I’m a Little Eunuch who has braved the storm, what haven’t I seen? Hmph...” Yuan Bao said, stirring the ”firewood” under the pot with a little stick while showing an ”I knew it” expression on his face.

Hearing this, Si Xi also glanced up the slope, but after only a quick look, he hurriedly turned away. Seeing Yuan Bao stirring the fire, he swiftly stepped forward, snatched the little stick from his hand, and looked at the Fire Chicken that was about to explode under the pot with disapproval, ”Lord Yuan Bao what are you doing? Do you really think it’s just firewood? If you keep on stirring, the Vermilion Bird Gu will go berserk! Our mistress is busy; if the Vermilion Bird Gu freaks out, it will surely roast and devour you!”

Oh God! Although the Green Dragon Gu did look a lot like a Fire Chicken, they could not hide the fact that it was a Green Dragon Gu!

They hadn’t seen a Fire Chicken go berserk, but they had seen the display of power from a Soul-Devouring Python, which was the Green Dragon Gu!

Being one of the Four Great Imperial Gu of the Southern Border, even if this Fire Chicken is poor in quality, it can’t be that bad, can it?

Thinking of his busy wife playing kissy-face, and then glancing at the Fire Chicken glaring at him from under the pot, Yuan Bao shivered briskly!

It was a sure way to commit suicide by disturbing his master and madam at this moment, and provoking the Fire Chicken who was tending the fire, would mean courting death as well! Upon realizing this, Yuan Bao instantly quieted down, not daring to stir the fire anymore even if it killed him!

Up on the hillside, just when Gu Changsheng felt like she was about to suffocate to death, the two finally ceased their efforts and separated their merged forms slightly!

Resting on Zhou Mu’s shoulder, Gu Changsheng gasped for air eagerly, taking in fresh oxygen to replenish her oxygen-starved brain!

Once she had somewhat recovered, Gu Changsheng bit her teeth in irritation and warned, ”Damn it, evildoer, if you dare to take advantage of me again, I’ll go home and tell my foster father!”

I have a father! Even if he’s just a godfather! And he can keep you in check!

The authority of Mr. Ban Shan is truly boundless, even Zhou Mu, the Undefeated War God of Great Zhou, is highly respectful towards this father-in-law!

Therefore, hearing Gu Changsheng’s threat, Zhou Mu immediately showed a helpless wry smile and spoke resoundingly, ”With affairs in the Southern Border concluded, I will have the Imperial Observatory set the wedding date immediately!”

God knows his frustration!

If not for the delays caused by affairs in the Southern Border, they would have gotten married immediately after the bride-pride ceremony; how could it have come to this, sneaking around as if in an illicit affair?

Gu Changsheng fell silent upon hearing this and did not respond right away.

After a while, she picked up the family tree from the grass, pointed at the names on it, and haltingly said, ”Evildoer, have I ever told you, before I came to this world, I had relatives too? I had a grandfather who loved me dearly, as well as parents... but my parents passed away when I was very small...”

In her past life, Gu Changsheng had seen photos of her parents. Her mom was a woman who looked a lot like her, gentle and serene...

Zhou Mu’s expression changed slightly upon hearing this...

”Evildoer, in my previous life, my mother was also called Ruo Shui, same pronunciation but different characters, like the ’Ruo Shui’ of supreme goodness... In two lifetimes, I’ve been without parental love, even more clueless about what I should offer in return for the continuation of this bloodline...” Gu Changsheng caressed the family tree in her hands, murmured with her head bowed, ”In your timeline, I could have lived comfortably, but everything changed once I found out the identity of my biological mother!”

As Gu Changsheng spoke, she lifted her head, frowning into the void in front of her, ”Evildoer, the Southern Border is too mysterious for me, and it overturns everything I used to know! Here, nothing is under my control! From the moment I learned of my mother’s identity, I chose to escape. When the little meat bun was captured to the Southern Border, I had no choice but to send troops here. At first, I really resisted; I was even a bit resentful...”

”If my mother hadn’t been the Empress of the Phoenix Clan of the Southern Border, my peaceful life in Liuzhou City wouldn’t have been disrupted, maybe I would already be married to you, continuing to live quietly...”

Zhou Mu looked at the little woman in his arms, reached out to rub her small head gently, and said warmly, ”Changsheng, we can’t choose where we come from, just like I don’t want to be the Undefeated War God of Great Zhou, I don’t want to strive for that position either...”

Gu Changsheng nodded lightly upon hearing this.

”The Southern Border is the most magical place on this continent, feared by the Central Plains, and your hesitation is understandable...” Zhou Mu continued to soothe her gently.

Calmed by his reassurance, Gu Changsheng slowly shook her head, ”No, I’m not hesitating, evildoer, I’m not afraid the mystique of the Southern Border surpasses my understanding. Firearms and cannons, in the face of absolute force, all these mystical things are but fodder!”

”I just never considered, the old sesame seeds and rotten millet of the past could involve so many people and events! The plight of the Hongyan Clan weighs heavily on me, and being the laid-back person I am, I don’t want to be oppressed and restrained by responsibilities! I originally thought, once we rescued our little meat bun and put an end to Xiangka, that would have been revenge enough for the Phoenix Clan and fulfillment for the blood ties with my body’s mother, I only aimed to quell my rage by sweeping through the Southern Border, never thinking about the aftermath, or about reinvigorating the Phoenix Clan...”

”Evildoer, I even deliberately avoided the Phoenix Clan’s affairs from the past, seemingly attentive but actually indifferent, never digging deep, never taking it to heart, but now, I realize that the fact I could be born and live up to this moment is because my mother exchanged her life for it, that I possess this boundless Inner Strength is because the Eight Great Elders of the Phoenix Clan sacrificed themselves through the Gu ritual, that Xia Ruyan of the Northern Great Camp had decades of unwavering loyalty, that Hongyan Jiaojiao did not hesitate to offer her clan for loyalty, evildoer, I don’t know how many of the Phoenix Clan are giving their all in their protection, nor do I know how many are waiting for my return and salvation, evildoer, I’ve become lazy and heartless, I’ve advanced through the Southern Border unhesitatingly, but faced with so many people’s expectations, I suddenly feel out of my depth...”

At this point, Gu Changsheng could not help but sigh deeply.

She was a woman who went with the flow, heartless, lazy, craving comfort; faced with the hopes of the Phoenix Clan’s survivors, Gu Changsheng suddenly felt guilty as if failing them would be a crime...

That feeling was absolutely dreadful!

This was entirely out of her comfort zone! And beyond her expectations!

Long fingers rested over her radiant cheeks, Zhou Mu looked at the troubled little woman before him, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly, ”Changsheng, no matter what lies ahead, no matter the choices you make, I am always here, I will always be by your side, within your reach, accompanying you, even if the path ahead is a Purgatory, if you say jump, I will jump with you into the deepest abyss!”

”So, Changsheng, don’t be afraid, you still have me!”