Love is More than a Word, Chapter 37: Linked in countless ways (1)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 37: Linked in countless ways (1)...

The night is heavy.


Gu She pushed through the door, then frowned because a snore heavier than the night crickets was coming from inside the room.

The whole house was filled with a smell of wine that was out of place with the orchid scent from the flowers.

His footsteps paused at the threshold and he turned to light the lamp.

The room brightened up, but the more the light was it seems to be making the snoring even more alarming.

He carried the lamp over to the bed.

On the bed the man's back was to him, sleeping with the blanket on his back, one foot sticking out against the edge of the bed.

Gu She had a feeling of déjà vu on his back and reached out to flip him over.

"Heh!" Tao Mo's throat made a sound like it was choked.

Gu She was in shock, thinking he can't breathe, and immediately reaches out to help him give a tap on the chest.

Tao Mo exhaled a long breath, then croaked his mouth twice, put his head on one side, and went back to sleep.

“...”

Gu She got up in front of the bed and watched him silently for a while until the snoring resumed, then he put the lamp aside and turned to go out.

Gu Xiaojia was eating peeled beans before he was called to the courtyard, but he was in a hurry and was still holding one in his hand, so he reacted only when he reached Gu She. Come here. Seeing the gaze Gu She aimed at the peeled bean in his hand, he smiled dryly and retracted his hand behind his back. "Young master, is it time for a bath?"

Gu She without speaking and pointed his finger towards the room.

Gu Xiaojia was stunned and took two steps towards the house, but before he took the stone steps, he heard a loud snorting sound. He was taken aback and quickly rushed in, then shouted, "Ah! Who are you? Ah, you, how did you get here?"

Gu She frowned and followed in, only to see Gu Xiaojia shaking Tao Mo.



Tao Mo was so drunk and confused that he waved both hands desperately, trying to get out of his grip.

"Stop." Gu She.

Gu Xiaojia stopped abruptly and turned around, "So it wasn't my eyesight gone wrong this afternoon. I saw that magistrate steward in the county magistrate house, Master Mu, jump down from the roof with a man in his hand. Could he have sent him over?"

Gu She frowned, "Mu Chun?"

"That's him!" Gu Xiaojia smoothly stuffed the peeled bean into his mouth, "I didn't expect him to be an expert. But why did he put Tao Mo on the Young master's bed?"

Gu She didn't say anything. He knew that Mu Chun wasn't simple, but couldn't figure out what he was up to.

Gu Xiaojia spat out the bean skin, which made him realize what he had done without realizing it, and hastily hid his hands behind his back to force his composure." Young master, what do we do now? Should we send him to the inn, or send someone to notify the magistrate house?"




Gu She thought about it and suddenly said, "Clean up the outer room."

“... Huh?" Gu Xiaojia looked at him dumbly.

Gu She: "Get new beddings."

"Oh." Gu Xiaojia took two slow steps towards the outside and couldn't help but turn back, "Young Master, you're not going to let him stay, are you?"

Gu She, "I will."

Gu Xiaojia was sent to the kitchen by Gu She, a little less courageous than originally, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and still quite fat, and he pursued the question and said, "The Young Master is not afraid of the immortal hit?"

Gu She raised an eyebrow, "Hit him or him hit me?"

Gu Xiaojia was stunned by the question, then scratched his head and said, "I forgot, he's also a man." Although reluctantly, he did as Gu She had instructed to prepare the outer room that had never been used before and then called two family members to carry the man away to the prepared room.

Due to the noise, Tao Mo woke up in the middle of the road and opened his eyes to stare in fascination at Gu Xiaojia who was commanding for a while.

Gu Xiaojia looked at him and was about to get angry, but he tilted his head and fell asleep again, stunned to hold back his belly of fire. He hated Tao Mo, who was sleeping comfortably, and said to his family members, "All of you, hit me harder."

The family member thought he had said the opposite and immediately got up lightly.

Gu Xiaojia: “...”

After a good toss, Gu Xiaojia asked Gu She uneasily, "Young master, shall I make a bunk and stay here for the night?"

Gu She, "No need."

"But...” Gu Xiaojia looked outward reluctantly.

"I know my own limits." Gu She said a little impatiently.

Gu Xiaojia didn't dare to say it again, and silently retreated to the door, but didn't leave immediately, as if he wanted to wait for Gu She to change his mind, but waited left and right without seeing him open his mouth, which made his resolve die down and he left the door.

The door closes again, Gu She sitting on the edge of the bed, listening to Tao Mo sleeping there, suddenly has a wonderful feeling, as if in this dark night he is not alone in this house. Since he was three years old, he has slept alone in his room, and although there are maids waiting for him outside, they never dare to raise their voices and are always careful to even have their breathing heard. So after going into the night, he often had the illusion that he was alone between heaven and earth. Tao Mo's snoring is noisy, but it always reminds him that there is another person on the other side of the room.

"Heh!" Tao Mo choked again, followed by the sound of turning over.

Gu She listened for a moment, the corners of his mouth raised silently.

The next day dawn, Tao Mo suddenly felt a dry mouth, half squinting eyes to get up to pour water, but just a few steps, the knee hit the stool, the entire person plunged forward and lay on the table.

It was a long while before he came to his senses, stood up with his chest covered, looked around with wide eyes, and then froze, "Where is this?"

"Gu Residence."

Gu She's voice came out from within, nearly startling Tao Mo into jumping onto the table.

"Gu, Gu She?" He said in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"This is are sleeping rooms."

“... Then why am I here?"

"I don't know." Gu She didn't intend to reveal the fact that Mu Chun was a martial arts expert.

Tao Mo found himself asking a stupid question, but he scratched his head to figure out how he ended up here, "I... yesterday I went to Liang Wenwu and Miss Qiu's wedding banquet in the neighboring county." He remembered it was Gu She's first time losing a case, so he didn't like it, so he shut up.

"Later?" Hearing him hesitate to say the rest, Gu She actually took the initiative to ask.

Tao Mo heard that there was no displeasure in his tone before saying, "Then I saw Just, I drank more wine, and then I don't remember."

"See what?" Gu She didn't miss what he was about to say.

Tao Mo subconsciously didn't want to mention Young master Yiyu in front of Gu She, and said vaguely, "An old friend."

There was no sound from Gu She.

After all this, Tao Mo felt his mouth wasn't so dry and turned to find his clothes.




His clothes were all stained with alcohol, and Gu Xiaojia had taken them out last night to find someone to wash them, so Tao Mo searched around and only found a tablecloth. Although there was a fireplace in the house, it was a little cold in the end, and he hesitated, but finally didn't resist the quest for warmth and got into the bed again. "Gu She, are you asleep?"

Gu She tapped the edge of the bed with his finger.

Tao Mo plucked up his courage: "Can I ask you something?"

"Say."

"Where are my clothes?" Tao Mo's voice weakened and was as light as a mosquito.



Gu She didn't seem to hear, "What?"

"My clothes?" He raises his voice slightly.

Gu She, "I don't know."

“...” Tao Mo was stunned, then covered his mouth, "I, that's what I wore last night to appear at the Gu residence?"

Gu She silence.

Tao Mo mistook his silence as a tacit acknowledgment, and his face turned into something so red that it could drip blood. "I, this, how..." he spoke incoherently for a while before asking in an even smaller voice, "Can you lend me a set of clothes?"

"What?"

"Can you, please, lend me a set of clothes?" Tao Mo pricked up his ears, straining to hear the movement on the other end.

Gu She a crisp, "No."

Tao Mo was wondering if he could send a letter to the magistrate's office for a set of clothes, when he heard Gu She continue, "I never lend my clothes to anyone." He suddenly remembered that the material of Gu She's clothes was extremely expensive at a glance, and became even more ashamed.

Gu She continued, "It's okay to give them to you instead."

Tao Mo is greatly pleased, "Thank you. Ah, that, no need for a new one, an old one is fine. It's okay if it's dirty, or, the one you wore yesterday is okay too."

No squeak from the other side of the house was heard.

In the end, it was Gu Xiaojia, who had gotten up early by being unsure, who gave him a random item from the old clothes that Gu She didn't wear.

Tao Mo was relieved to learn from Gu Xiaojia that he came to the Gu residence wearing a coat and then heard him say that he appeared in Gu She's bed, making him take another breath.


~ Love is More than A Word ~


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