Love is More than a Word, Chapter 41: Linked in countless ways (5)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 41: Linked in countless ways (5)...

The night was heavy outside the door, masking the pattering rain.


In the hall Gu She and Tao Mo sat opposite each other, engrossed in the chess game in the middle.

Still allowing the five pawn and first strategy.

But the whole game went down even slower than yesterday.

Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi were still patiently watching chess at first, but as an incense burned and two columns of incense passed, the distance they were from the chessboard got farther and farther away, leaving only the sound of one crisp, sharp drop after another.

The night grew darker.

The rain was tapering off.

Gu She put down a piece from a comfortable position.

Tao Mo's gaze shifted over the densely packed chessboard, and contentedly cast his piece to admit defeat, "I lose."

Gu She pointed his finger at a move in the upper right corner of the board: "You were reckless here."

Tao Mo nodded, "Stealing a chicken and still managing to lose the rice doesn't work." [1] Plotting to make headway only to end up failing

Gu She was silent.

Tao Mo was a bit apprehensive: "Did I use the wrong word?"

Gu She: "Not really."

"Not really?" Tao Mo was embarrassed, "That or using the wrong meaning?"

Gu She: "I just don't like to be associated with chickens."

Tao Mo apologized and smiled, "I won't dare to make any wild analogies in the future."

Gu She looked at his panicked face and said loosely, "Actually, there's no harm."

"Huh?"

Gu She looked at the sky and said, "It's late at night, go to bed early."

Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi seem to have anticipated the time and appear in the hall in time. Hao Guozi was still holding an umbrella in his hand.

"Going to stay in the Xianju courtyard?" Gu She asked.

Tao Mo, unsure of the meaning, nodded, "Yes."

The only one who understood was Gu Xiaojia, who immediately said, "I've already asked someone to clean up the Yayi courtyard, you'll be able to use up tomorrow."

Hao Guozi responded. "Moving again?"

Gu Xiaojia smiled dryly, "You guys come over every day to play chess, and it's inconvenient to live too far away."




Hao Guozi muttered, "It's such a hassle to move around, wouldn't it be nice to live closer in the first place."

Gu Xiaojia deadpanned, "I told you, the Yayi courtyard wasn't cleaned up when you arrived."

When Tao Mo saw the two arguings, he was busy saying, "It's getting late, we'll go back first." The rest of his sentence was directed at Gu She.

Gu She tilted his head slightly.

Looking at his clear and timeless face, Tao Mo felt his heart warming up, even walking in the cold wind, there was no coldness felt.

Gu She stared at him as he disappeared into the darkness before withdrawing his gaze.

Gu Xiaojia couldn't help but say, "Why is the Young master treating him so favorably?"

"Preferential treatment?" Gu She a brow.

Gu Xiaojia said, "Young master never pretends to be nice to others, let alone letting him enter the house and live in the Gu residence. Although Tao Mo is a simple and honest person, he has no knowledge and is unskilled, so he really doesn't look like the people you used to befriend."

Gu She thought and muttered, "Perhaps it's because he's different from the people I've befriended in the past."

Gu Xiaojia looked at him, feeling vaguely that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why, so he had to remind himself to pay more attention to the pair in the future for the Young Master's servant's actions.

In other words, Gu She looked at Tao Mo with a certain look that Gu Xiaojia couldn’t discern, even Tao Mo, who has never been aware of the latter, also had a sense of being looked at, and even during the night. Though he was dreaming of Gu She gentle brows and eyes, even to the point of waking up one morning, refreshed, even going to the magistrate's court with happy steps.

Hao Guozi reluctantly muttered, "Young Master isn't happy to see Yi Yu again, is he?"

Tao Mo was stunned by what he said, and only after a long while did he say, "Ah, Yi Yu."

When Hao Guozi saw his expression gradually calm down, he naturally guessed that his previous emotions had nothing to do with Yi Yu, so he smiled and said: "Is it possible that young master was thinking about Gu She just now?"

Tao Mo's face burned slightly, but he didn't deny it.

"Gu She is much better than Yi Yu, both in terms of his character and talent and his family temperament." Hao Guozi's mouth popped out with something diametrically opposed to what she had said at first, "Young Master should just be more friendly with him in the future."

Tao Mo shook his head helplessly, "You've said all the good and bad things."

Hao Guozi snorted, "There are only a few people in the world who are more annoying to blame than Yi Yu."

Tao Mo: "In any case, a visitor is a guest, so if you don't like him, let him be, and there is no need to make things difficult for him."

"I'm too embarrassed for him to dirty my own eyes!" Hao Guozi didn't hide her evil feeling.

"Lord Tao."

Peng Xiang's voice rings out from outside.

Hao Guozi suddenly said loudly, "Young Master, you said some people are strange, not strange, obviously a man, prefer to call the fragrance the fragrance of the fragrance, make a noise It's as if I'm some thousand-year-old lady's personal maid."

Tao Mo lowered his voice, "Didn't you just say you didn't want to get your eyes dirty?"

Just as Peng Xiang enters the door, Hao Guozi covers his eyes and walks out, "I'm going to be blinded!"

Tao Mo smiled apologetically at Peng Xiang, "You mustn't mind."

Peng Xiang: “...” He was trying to pretend he didn't know it was sarcasm, but when he said that, he couldn't pretend to go on being deaf and dumb, so he could only act as if he was accosted, "I know he has hate in his heart."

Tao Mo's mouth opened and he didn't know where to start his rebuttal, so he just sighed quietly.

Peng Xiang originally wanted to use his mouth to go downhill, but he didn't say it, so he didn't want to force himself, so he changed the subject: "Young master sent me to ask if Young Master Tao is free today? If you are free, could you come and sit in his room. Young master has personally cooked a few small dishes and would like to catch up with Young master Tao."

The words fell into Tao Mo's ears, but it was a different sentiment.

To think that he had dreamt of such a scene a thousand times, but in the end, he only got a broken dream in return. Now, the dreamscape was truly revealed before his eyes, but it put him in a trance and he couldn't see any joy in it.

"Lord Tao?" Peng Xiang whispered urgingly.

“Very well." Tao Mo returned and smiled, "I'll go after I take care of all this."

Looking at his face, Peng Xiang was worried that he wouldn't agree, but now that he's agreed, he was relieved, and is busy reporting back to Yi Yu with joy.

Tao Mo stood in place for a moment and looked at Master Jin who was sitting in the corner, completely ignored, "Master Jin."

Master Jin looked up from a large pile of paperwork and said with a blank expression, "A clear official can't decide on his own family matters. What's more, I'm only an advising master. Do not ask me."

Tao Mo whispered, "I just wanted to ask Master Shifu to read the rest of the paperwork as well."

“...” Master Jin angrily put his pen to the inkstone and said, "Where's Mu Chun? He's got a lot of free time to jump around!"

Tao Mo: "I haven't seen him today."

Master Jin: "Isn't his Excellency at all angry about this?"

"Why would I be so angry?"




"He just receives a salary and doesn't work." Of course, as you can see right now, it's Master Jin who's even angrier for receiving a salary and working for it.

Sure enough, Tao Mo said, "He may be in a hurry to do something. If Master Shifu doesn't mind"

"Smack! I really mind it!"

"Since Master Jin is so idle, so free, then naturally he is free to work more." Mu Chun entered the room with a smile.

Master Jin snorted, "No matter how idle I am, I am no more idle than Master Mu, and he disappeared early in the morning."

"I've gone to repair the roof for his Excellency," Mu Chun said.

Master Jin: "Mending the roof is such a trivial matter that it also has to labor Master Mu to pick a nail and a tile?"

Mu Chun: "Mu Chun's experience is still shallow, making it difficult for him to take on heavy responsibilities, so he has to start with these small things. Of course, the major matters in the Yamen still depend on Master Jin."

Although I don't know how sincere his words were, hearing his opponent praise himself so much in front of Tao Mo, his heart naturally blossomed and faintly said. "You can't hide from the first day, you can't hide from the fifteenth. Sooner or later you're going to get involved in these things."

When Mu Chun saw that he had solved the Jin Master and was about to go out, he was called by Tao Mo and said, "Isn't the roof repaired yet?"

Mu Chun, who had always known elegance by hearing the strings, immediately said, "Young master Yi Yu is a distinguished guest, how can I treat him lightly. Naturally, I'll give him the best treatment and hospitality." Compared to the other ones that are even more ridiculously bad, the one at Yi Yu's place is indeed better.

Where did Tao Mo think of this much and said, "That's good."

Master Jin suddenly blurted out, "Isn't his Excellency going to his room later? It will be known then."

Mu Chun's gaze flickered, "His Excellency is going to go to visit Young master Yi Yu?"

Tao Mo: "He cooked himself and said he wanted to catch up with me."

"This is his Excellency's fault," Mu Chun looked disapproving, "He was originally a guest, how can he be allowed to cook himself? It's only right that his Excellency should be his Excellency at the Xianwei Restaurant."

Tao Mo felt rude even when he said that, "Then I'll go talk to him here?"

"Why don't his Excellency go to the Xianwei Restaurant to make reservations first, and I'll be the one to invite Master Yi Yu." When Mu Chun saw him dilly-dallying, he added, "I've heard that the Xianwei Restaurant has had a lot of customers lately, so in case it is the reason I'm late,"

Tao Mo left without looking back.

When Mu Chun turned back, he saw Master Jin looking at him with a knowing smile.




Mu Chun smiled, "Would Master Jin mind joining us at the Xianwei Restaurant?"

Master Jin said, "Just for a sit-down... Yes a sit-down.”





~ Love is More than A Word ~







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