Love is More than a Word, Chapter 34: Tit-for-tat (7)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 34: Tit-for-tat (7)...

Tao Mo stared at him in stunned silence.


The same face that I never tire of looking at, even in my dreams, but why do I feel cold when I look at it right now? “Shouldn’t... lovers be together forever?" The voice was as thin as a mosquito's chirp. Tao Mo didn't know if he was speaking to himself or to him.

"Whether or not a lover can be married is a matter for the lovers." Gu She said, and then realized that he was talking more than usual today. He stood there staring at Tao Mo, his beautiful brow slightly furrowed. Why explain? He and Tao Mo were not the same person, not even 10% alike. Why bother with him when he seems so stupid?

Tao Mo doesn't know what he's thinking, but when he frowns, he thinks he's lost the case and whispers, "Is the lawsuit really that important?"

Gu She looked back at him with a dull look on his face "I've never lost before." Even though it wasn't him who lost this time, it was Sun Nuo, even though this was an outcome he had expected, even though he hadn't himself. The idea that he had to win but the taste of defeat was indeed the first time he had ever tasted it. It wasn't as bad as he thought it would be, but it was a little disorienting and hard to believe at the moment of realization.

Tao Mo: "Actually, it's worth losing once in a while to make a good marriage."

Gu She mocked a bit, "A good marriage?”

Tao Mo thought he was impressed and nodded hurriedly: "Young Master Liang and The Qiu Family Second Young Miss will definitely become a golden couple. It's a match made in heaven."

"Is a beautiful man and a beautiful woman a match made in heaven?" Gu She said, "Then what's the point of a man and a woman?"

Tao Mo: "But I think they are deeply in love."

"So they can use Tong Zhangwei as a bridge to cross the river?"

Tao Mo was startled.

Gu She said: "What's wrong with Old Master Tong?"

Tao Mo couldn't say it. Even though he married Old Master Tong at his age... The Qiu Family Second Young Miss has indeed wronged her, but the wedding is... The Qiu Family Second Young Miss promised herself. Old Master Tong came to propose marriage and even risked stopping his wife to get married again to prepare three books and six rituals of marriage really... With a good heart. Now Liang Wenwu and Qiu Wan'e are living together, but Old Master Tong is just being...

"There's no right or wrong in this world. Everyone's right and everyone's wrong."

Tao Mo suddenly understood something and then some, but the anger that had been hidden in his stomach couldn't be vented.

Gu She saw his silence and started to walk away.

Tao Mo unconsciously stopped him "Where are you going?”

Gu She looked at him with a strange look.

Tao Mo then remembered that this was the magistrate's office and Gu She was a guest." I... I mean, why don't we have a cup of tea and go?"

Gu She says: "The crude tea?"

"No, it's not. I specifically asked Hao Guozi to buy some good tea for you to try?" Tao Mo looked at him cautiously.

Gu She didn't think the tea he bought would impress him, but by some miracle, he turned around and sat down.

Tao Mo immediately went to find Hao Guozi.




Hao Guozi was already waiting outside and when he saw him running out of breath, he greeted him and said, "Do you want tea or a stick??"

"Tea?" Tao Mo paused in confusion "What do you need a stick for?"

Hao Guozi's eyes flashed with disappointment when he heard about the tea, and with a twinkle in his eye he said: "I'm afraid the young Master is going to provoke something."

"Provoke something?" Tao Mo looked at Hao Guozi as he rushed away, confused.

Gu She returned to the study and was reading a book on the bookshelf.

Tao Mo blushed and said: “Master Jin reads to me from time to time when he has time."

Gu She said: "What have you heard?"

"Poetry."

Gu She looked at him.

Tao Mo opens his mouth and recites, “Passenger’s hawk..."

Gu She had a startled glint in her eye.

"In Riverland. Gentlemen love to pursue slender women." Tao Mo shyly said, “Master Jin read it to me twice and I don't know if I'm mistaken."

Gu She asked, "Do you know the meaning of this poem?"

Tao Mo said: “Master Jin said he hadn't finished reading it yet and would teach me the meaning after I'd memorized it." He didn't know if he was delusional or not, but Gu She looked a little strange after hearing the poem. He hurriedly said: "Actually I've heard other people recite it before."

"Oh?"

"His name was Peng Xiang. I remember he once did a poem about rain one drop two drops three-four drops five six seven eight eight nine ten thousand drops. A million drops of countless drops into the mud of flowers with no return." Tao Mo read it with a different feeling in his heart. However, there is no way to get rid of it," he said. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that. I still remember Young Master Yiyu's smile after listening to this poem....

Too bad it didn't last.

Gu She snickered: "He recites poetry well."

"He recites poetry?" Tao Mo is startled: “He didn't write that poem?"

Gu She says: "It's a rip off."

Tao Mo was silent.

Gu She thought he was shocked and didn't say anything.

Only after a while did Tao Mo say, "Stealing from me means he borrowed someone else's poem to cheat me?"

Gu She closed her eyes and asked instead, "Where's the tea?"

Tao Mo turned his head and looked out just as Hao Guozi came up with the tea.

Hao Guozi reluctantly placed the tea in front of Gu She and said, "Young Master Gu, please have some tea. . .”

Gu She frowned at the color of the tea.

Tao Mo was in a nervous mood "Is the tea bad?"

Gu She didn't even take a sip. "The tea is not good."

Hao Guozi rages: "Why are you talking about my young Master?"

Tao Mo: "........"

Gu She didn't even bother to say anything and left the doorway in a few steps.

Tao Mo wanted to chase after him but couldn't find a reason to do so, so Gu She left the courtyard.

Hao Guozi saw his face and said, "Young Master, Gu She is not a good person! You'd better not like him anymore."

Tao Mo whispered back: "He's not a bad guy."

"If he wasn't a bad guy, he wouldn't have sent Gu Xiaojia to help Old Master Qiu!" Hao Guozi said, "Young Master, watch out for him. He might want to use you."




Tao Mo said, "What do I have to use him for?"

"You're a magistrate. You're the one who decides all the cases. Who knows if he wants to use you to win the case?" The more Hao Guozi talked, the more suspicious he became. "What's so bad about Cha, the good guy? He did."

Tao Mo got more and more excited when he said, "He won't use me."

Hao Guozi asked suspiciously: "How do you know?" It can't be that Gu She gave his young Master some kind of bewitchment or else why would the young Master protect him with all his heart?

Tao Mo: "I always feel...like he doesn't care."





Gu She didn't say anything the whole ride back to the house.

He didn't open his mouth and Gu Xiaojia didn't dare. Gu She didn't say anything when he turned Tao Mo away today, but him immediate pursuit to the magistrate's office was a clear indication of his attitude. He'd never seen Gu She so aggressive before, and it seemed that he would have to treat that silly magistrate Tao Mo differently from now on. It's just that he's been following Gu She for so long and he's seen all sorts of noblemen and elites, but he don't think Young Master has ever shown any special affection for anyone. Tao Mo was lucky enough to have the young Master visit him twice!



After returning to the house Gu She got off and went to his room.

Gu Xiaojia followed behind him and saw that he was about to close the door and finally couldn't help but ask "Young Master, are you still packing?”

Gu She closed the door with a slight pause.

Gu Xiaojia thought he didn't remember and was reminded: "Didn't you say a while ago that you were going to go sailing after the New Year? The ship has already been bought and can't just sit on the dock. And the boatmen we hired have been spending money to maintain it."

"Keep it up." Gu She said and closed the door.

........

Keeping it up?

Gu Xiaojia's heart ached. I don't know how much it costs to be a family man, but it's hard to be a family man when you are one of those boatmen who have to survive on food and water.





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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