GBP Chapter 395 Child Bride
Chapter 395 Child Bride
Gao Ruiyun started coughing again after hearing Yan Xun's words.
Now even Li Wu could understand that this person would cough whenever he tried to avoid a problem.
"Old man," Li Wu thought. After hearing Yan Xun's guess, he felt even more strongly that Gao Ruiyun in front of him was an old ghost lingering in the dungeon.
Li Wu wondered how much older Gao Ruiyun was than Yan Xun, and found Gao Ruiyun increasingly irritating.
Gao Ruiyun probably knew he couldn't get away with just coughing, so after a series of heart-wrenching coughs, he finally managed to say, "How could that be?"
“You guys…” he began subconsciously, then glanced at Li Wu as if he had realized something.
“Although I don’t have much affection for them, I just make sure they have food to eat,” Gao Ruiyun said slowly, “I would never do something so heinous.”
He looked at Yan Xun and said, "Besides, how could I bear to let you sacrifice yourself to that lord?"
He spoke with such sincerity that it seemed he would lay bare his heart for Yan Xun to see if Yan Xun didn't believe him.
But neither Yan Xun, who was being confessed to with deep affection, nor Li Wu, who had transformed into a "mother-in-law," believed Gao Ruiyun's words in the slightest.
“What you say, sir, is quite hurtful,” Li Wu said. “I remember that Sixth Concubine wasn’t taken in by you.”
"I think Sixth Concubine really likes you."
At this moment, Li Wu disregarded all guild loyalty and grabbed Lou Yanchuan to start offering his services.
"From what you're saying, only the sixth concubine in the Gao family is truly devoted to me?" Gao Ruiyun immediately retorted.
"So you're hoping I'll die sooner?" He seized on the loopholes in Li Wu's words and began to attack.
"Whether there are feelings between us or not, Master knows best," Li Wu asked again.
Anyway, according to the established rules, only Lou Yanchuan from the entire Gao family came voluntarily; the others were either sold or robbed, and none of them were willing to come.
Gao Ruiyun seemed surprised that Li Wu, who usually practiced vegetarianism and Buddhism, would be so aggressive at this moment. Just as she was about to retort, she heard Yan Xun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly ask, "I heard..."
"Did Master Gao have another wife before Li Wu entered the family?"
Upon hearing this, Li Wu immediately chimed in, "That was Master Gao's childhood sweetheart. I heard she passed away before Master Gao was ten years old."
Upon hearing this, Gao Ruiyun's face went blank for a few seconds. He even forgot to fake a cough. He frowned and looked at Li Wu, "How much do you know?"
“Not much.” Li Wu really didn’t know how much. “I only know that before you were 10 years old, the Gao family found you a child bride to bring good luck.”
“That’s all in the past.” Gao Ruiyun interrupted Li Wu, seemingly very unwilling to talk about it.
If this weren't a copy, Yan Xun would think Gao Ruiyun simply didn't want to recall painful memories.
But this is a game instance, and Gao Ruiyun is clearly one of the final bosses. His avoidance of the situation can only prove that this child bride who died many years ago is the key clue.
Players were "summoned" by Master Gao at night and were given three opportunities to ask questions, and Yan Xun did not intend to waste this opportunity.
“This is my first question,” Yan Xun stated, uttering the key phrase, “Who is that child bride?”
Gao Ruiyun seemed surprised that Yan Xun would be so interested in his childhood sweetheart. He looked at Yan Xun for a while before finally shaking his head, "I forgot."
This was obviously a lie, Yan Xun and Li Wu thought.
According to the rules, players can ask questions, and Master Gao will definitely answer them, but he might lie.
Clearly, what Master Gao is saying now is a lie.
"How old was he when he entered the Gao family?" Yan Xun asked again.
“19 years old,” said Mr. Gao.
While saying he had forgotten, Master Gao could accurately remember the age of the woman when she entered the Gao family... Without thinking, Yan Xun knew that Gao Ruiyun not only remembered his child bride, but remembered her very clearly.
The fact that he answered so quickly proves that nothing has changed over the years.
Yan Xun then recalled that when she asked the steward about the information of the child bride, the steward also said that he had forgotten, and then chuckled and said that Gao Ruiyun's favorite was definitely herself.
While there was an element of flattery in these words, Yan Xun felt there was something else going on.
In the game, Gao Ruiyun was extremely obedient to Yan Xun, but she chose to lie about this one thing.
Because Master Gao loved his deceased child bride more?
Having experienced some melodramatic love stories, Yan Xun has developed some judgment in the face of such emotional entanglements.
He could sense that Gao Ruiyun's joy and excitement in front of him were genuine, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time, just for this meeting.
If this is a murder mystery game, then this instance should have a secret belonging to "Master Gao," a secret that is being kept from all of them.
Yan Xun's expression shifted several times, and under Master Gao's somewhat uneasy gaze, he asked his third question—
"Me and that child bride."
Whom do you love more?
Gao Ruiyun's expression instantly turned troubled, as if Yan Xun's question was too difficult to answer. Finally, he whispered, "I love them all..."
Gao Ruiyun didn't need to look to know that Li Wu's expression was full of contempt. He wanted to explain to Yan Xun, but he didn't know how to start, so he could only stammer, "...Really."
Yan Xun felt a headache coming on when he saw this.
If he wasn't mistaken, he thought he and his child bride were the same person.