"It couldn’t have been to see his grandfather."
This girl wasn’t from the Gu Family.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and said, "I’m here to see my brother!"
"Ha, your brother is at the Governor’s Mansion?" Gu Chengfeng was amused by Gu Jiao, her knack for telling tall tales seemed to have grown stronger still. He used to actually believe her story about going north to save her brother and some foolish guy.
However, after spending so much time together, not to mention a brother or a fool, he hadn’t even seen a hair of theirs!
In his opinion, this girl was simply lying!
"He is indeed here." Gu Jiao spoke seriously.
"Oh." Gu Chengfeng chuckled, "Then who is your brother? Point him out."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "I’m afraid it would scare you to death."
"Blow away, keep blowing. Scare me to death? Unless your brother is my grandfather, even Tang Yueshan can’t scare me!"
"Did you call me?"
Tang Yueshan’s voice suddenly appeared from behind Gu Chengfeng’s stretcher.
"Damn!" Gu Chengfeng jumped with a start and tumbled straight off the stretcher!
He looked at Tang Yueshan in a disheveled state: "Why are you here?"
Has he seen a ghost in broad daylight?
"Speak of the devil, and he shall appear" wasn’t supposed to be like this!
Tang Yueshan said irritably, "You can be moved here, and I can’t come?"
It wasn’t really that he wanted to come. The first-aid station was too crowded. Allocation to the Governor’s Mansion wasn’t based on status, but on the extent of injuries, and Tang Yueshan and Gu Chengfeng just happened to fall into the category of severely wounded yet stable enough to be moved.
Gu Chengfeng snorted, "You’re here, fine, but did you have to be put in the same courtyard as me?"
Tang Yueshan said in exasperation, "What about the same courtyard? It’s not like we’re in the same room!"
"You’re in the same ward." The accompanying physician, looking at the roster in his hand, said expressionlessly.
The two of them: "..."
Gu Chengfeng and Tang Yueshan were carried into the room next to the old marquis.
On the battlefield, the two had fought side by side and supported each other. But off the battlefield, they had no friendship whatsoever. Gu Chengfeng disliked Tang Yueshan, and Tang Yueshan looked down on Gu Chengfeng.
Neither of them could stand the sight of the other.
By comparison, Tang Yueshan found Gu Jiao’s presence even more agreeable.
Gu Jiao said to the accompanying physician, "Leave it to me here, go take care of other things."
"Yes, Doctor Gu."
The accompanying physician went to attend to other patients.
Originally, the room only had one arhat bed. With the addition of new patients, another bed was added. Tang Yueshan was not picky about the bed whereas Gu Chengfeng successfully commandeered the spacious arhat bed.
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