The Rebirth of an Orphan

Zhao Xihua now just wanted to out of sight and out of mind, but when Gu Lun raised his head to drink, the corner of his eye swept towards the frosty-faced woman beside him.

That face was already stunningly beautiful and somewhat seductive, but now it had an indescribable fatal temptation.

Gu Lun put down the wine glass in his hand, wiped the wine stains on the corners of his lips with his fingers, looked at Zhao Xihua who didn't want to pay attention to him and said, "Girl, my actions just now were a bit rough. I apologize to you, but I also want to explain the truth to you clearly."

"Just say whatever you want to say." Zhao Xihua said.

Gu Lun did not continue speaking immediately, but moved closer to Zhao Xihua. The unique amber scent emanating from his body hit Zhao Xihua's nostrils, making her move her body to the side involuntarily.

"You, what are you doing?" She always felt that every move of this man was dangerous to her.

"Oh, don't be nervous." Gu Lun's lips showed a playful smile again, "I just want to tell you the rules of being the young lady of the Gu family."

"What rules?" Zhao Xihua asked coldly.

"Girl, even though we are acting, we have to act decently. After all, I am the prince of the Gu family, so you have to give me some face. Although we are allies and there are no constraints between us, we have to be fair in what we do, don't you think?"

Zhao Xihua nodded, "I know."

Gu Lun laughed: "That's good, this way we can get along well and nothing will go wrong. I will slowly tell you about the rules of the Gu family, but the most important one is..."

He slowly approached Zhao Xihua, lowered his voice little by little, stared into Zhao Xihua's eyes and said, "Don't cheat on me, understand?"

Zhao Xihua looked at the enlarged handsome face in front of her and said, "Oh, you're overthinking it. I just want to find out why my master was murdered and avenge her. I won't think of anything else."

Gu Lun's expression eased, and then he leaned back in the car seat and laughed: "Haha, it seems that the King of Xiang is interested in the goddess but she is ruthless?"

He laughed softly. He had heard the news that Sun Xiao and Zhao Xihua were going to get married, and there had been so many troubles. He thought that Sun Xiao and this girl were in love with each other, so he felt a little uncomfortable.

But now looking at Zhao Xihua's expression, it doesn't seem fake. It seems that this girl doesn't have so many thoughts about Sun Xiao, but Sun Xiaodan is thinking too much in person.

"Hehe—" Looking at the man next to her grinning foolishly, Zhao Xihua couldn't help but regret secretly, was she too hasty to agree to him? But...

She now had no choice but to follow Gu Lun. Although it might be a risky move, there was still a glimmer of hope.

Forget it, opportunities are sought after in danger. She just needs to tolerate this crazy guy next to her for the time being.

For a while, neither of them spoke. Soon it was getting dark. Gu Lun was still concerned about Zhao Xihua. Otherwise, if he didn't rest and travel at night, he would have returned to Kyoto quickly.

But the road from Yuncheng to Kyoto is mostly mountainous, and the road is very bumpy. It is getting dark now, but there is no place to stay on the road, and the nearest town is at least a hundred kilometers away.

So Gu Lun ordered everyone to stop and let Zhao Xihua have a rest, and asked someone to build an earthen stove in the wild to cook some porridge.

Pingshui and Chunfeng also accompanied Zhao Xihua to Gu's house, but they had no chance to take close care of Zhao Xihua on the way. They finally got the porridge cooked by the Gu family and wanted to give it to their sister, but unexpectedly it was taken away by Gu Lun.

Gu Lun personally brought the porridge to Zhao Xi’s screen: “Drink some hot porridge first. We still have more than a hundred kilometers to reach the town ahead. We can rest there for the night.”

"Thank you," Zhao Xihua's face turned pale. He had been sitting in the car for a whole day without taking a rest. He was indeed forcing himself to hold on.

She took the rice porridge handed to her by Gu Lun, lowered her head and started drinking it. She thought it tasted good with its fragrant rice aroma.

Gu Lun looked at her concentrating on drinking the porridge, and somehow he felt a bit of pity for her. He didn't expect that this girl was so patient. She didn't even complain after a whole day of bumpy ride on the mountain road.

"Oh, you are really a strange girl. You eat a bowl of ordinary rice porridge so happily. How can you tell that you are a delicate daughter of a rich family?"

But Zhao Xihua smiled bitterly: "It's not like I haven't eaten simple meals before. When I was at the Zhao family, we always ate leftovers like this. Besides, this rice porridge tastes really good. Why should I complain?"

Gu Lun frowned deeply after hearing this. He didn't expect that the people from the Zhao family would go so far. A rich lady actually had to eat leftovers?

"Don't worry, I will never let you suffer if you follow me in the future. This time when we return to Kyoto..."

Gu Lun suddenly stopped talking. He didn't know why he suddenly became so long-winded. Normally, he never talked about these topics of eating and drinking. All he said and did were about killing and conspiracy.

Zhao Xihua looked up at Gu Lun, not knowing what he was trying to say, so she held the bowl and said to him, "Would you like to drink something?"

Gu Lun looked at her pretty face, which was as big as a palm, and was slightly tilted. She was indescribably cute. He couldn't help but raised his hand to ruffle Zhao Xihua's hair and said with a smile: "I don't want to drink, you drink. If it's not enough, I'll go get you more."

Zhao Xihua suddenly felt a little numb all over. Looking at his expression just now, there was actually some doting on him. Could this guy really be sick?

After drinking a bowl of porridge, Zhao Xihua felt much better and leaned back in the car seat. Unexpectedly, Gu Lun kept staring at her, making her feel uncomfortable.

"Gu Lun, I don't think you need to stay here all the time. The scenery outside should be nice. You can go out and stretch your muscles, or look at the wild flowers outside. You can also go and have a look. It's too boring to stay here all the time."

Gu Lun thought to himself, is this girl trying to chase him away?

So he shook his head and said with a smile: "No, how can wild flowers be as fragrant as domestic flowers?"

Zhao Xihua stopped talking and turned her head away, no longer wanting to look at the annoying guy beside her. Since he wanted to stare at her, she would let him do it. She wouldn't lose any weight anyway.

After a short rest, the wedding procession was on the road again. It was getting darker and Zhao Xihua couldn't help falling asleep.

Suddenly there was a loud noise and the car shook violently. Then there were hurried footsteps coming from all around, so dense that it made people's scalp numb.

Zhao Xihua was awakened. She was about to roll down the window to see what was going on outside, but was held down by Gu Lun's rough big hand.