The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 319

Chapter 319: 173 Sister Complex (First Update)

Gu Chengfeng stumbledand fell out, landing in the snow right at Gu Changqing’s feet!

Gu Changqing: “…”

Gu Chengfeng: “…”

Gu Chengfeng was caught off guard. He didn’t expect the girl to be so despicable, not only accepting his IOU but also booting him out in the end!

Gu Changqing frowned, and looked at his brother lying on the ground in bewilderment: “What are you doing?”

Just as he finished speaking, Gu Jiao stepped out of the little wooden house.

The look on Gu Changqing’s face was even more baffled now.

Gu Chengfeng had never been so outwitted and humiliated before in his life.

Was this girl… getting revenge for him trying to outsmart her that day?

Angry and ashamed, Gu Chengfeng got up from the snow, glanced at Gu Jiao, and bitterly said: “Nothing. I just tripped by accident.”

Gu Changqing asked: “How did you two end up here?”

Gu Chengfeng replied: “I came to pick fruits for our third brother.”

Indeed, there were a basket and scattered red fruits all over the ground. These were Gu Chenglin’s favorites, which Gu Changqing had also picked for him before.

Gu Changqing then looked at Gu Jiao: “And you?”

“I was just passing by,” Gu Jiao said.

Just passing by? Gu Changqing, seeing what looked like signs of a struggle in the snow, thought that the two of them might have fought.

But soon he felt this suspicion was unlikely.

He had seen Gu Jiao’s skill, she could easily beat up the weak and scholarly Gu Chengfeng.

So, if she had indeed moved her hands, Gu Chengfeng would probably be half-dead by now.

“Did you see any other people here?” Gu Changqing still thought some expert might have been here.

Gu Chengfeng denied firmly: “No!”

Gu Jiao had made her way to the Chinese Parasol tree. She slowly reached out for the hidden weapon on the tree and smirked maliciously.

Gu Chengfeng felt a sudden jolt in his chest: “One thousand tael!”

Gu Changqing frowned and looked at his own brother: “What did you just say? What about one thousand taels?” _{ƒreewebɳovel.com}

Gu Chengfeng was breaking out in cold sweat. He reined in his gaze, composed himself, and told his older brother: “I, I have my sights set on something worth one thousand taels.”

“What on earth is that expensive?” Gu Changqing asked.

They weren’t short of silver at home. He was not frugal when it came to his younger brothers’ food and clothing, but there had to be a limit to everything. Overspending was not allowed.

Composing his face into a normal expression, Gu Chengfeng opened and closed his mouth, then said: “It’s an antique painting.”

Gu Jiao took down the hidden weapon and put it into her pocket.

Soon after, she turned her gaze to the second hidden weapon and smirked evilly once again.

Gu Chengfeng was completely flustered: “Add, add another thousand taels!”

Concerned that his younger brother had ingested some wrong medicine, Gu Changqing reached out to feel his forehead.

No fever.

Just a cold sweat.

“I… I misremembered! The asking price was two thousand taels!” Gu Chengfeng tried to cover his tracks. “I just thought, could you lend me some silver, brother?”

Gu Changqing strictly refused: “No, you are not allowed to buy such expensive things!”

Gu Chengfeng: “Oh.”

Gu Jiao took down the second hidden weapon, put it in her pocket, took out her little notebook and charcoal pencil, and approached Gu Chengfeng: “My education is limited, there are a few words I can’t write. Could you help me write them, Second Young Master?”

Teeth clenched, Gu Chengfeng took the notebook.

Gu Changqing’s brows knitted tighter.

Gu Chengfeng quickly wrote out the IOU and handed the notebook and pencil back to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao put away the notebook, satisfied.

Just then, Gu Jinyu found them.

“Sister! Big Brother? Second Brother?” She acknowledged them with a surprised look, seemingly unaware that the two brothers were present.

The two brothers seemed rather displeased.

Gu Chengfeng was upset about being bilked out of three thousand taels of silver.

Gu Changqing didn’t seem to know why he was upset.

The two of them left without speaking a word to Gu Jinyu.

Gu Changqing had almost brushed past Gu Jiao, but paused, turned around, and said to Gu Jiao: “I…I’m also educated!”

Gu Jiao: “…”

After the two brothers left, Gu Jinyu came up to her, excitement dancing in her eyes as she asked: “Sister, why are you here? What did Big Brother and Second Brother say to you? It looked like Second Brother was writing something for you. What was it?”

“Nothing,” Gu Jiao tied the drawstring of her pouch.

Gu Jinyu wrung her hands. Following the shattered vase incident, the three brothers in the family hadn’t spoken to her for a long time. Yet just now, she saw Big Brother and Second Brother talking with Gu Jiao for quite a while.

She held her hankerchief tightly, and softly said to Gu Jiao: “Sister, mother doesn’t like us associating with our three brothers. You shouldn’t talk to them in the future, or take the initiative to approach them. Mother would be unhappy.”