Chapter 353: Underestimating Her
‘I didn’t expect Xu Jing to be a second generation of a government official.’ Gu Xiqiao followed behind Xu Jing as she chatted with Jiji in her mind.
Jiji glanced around, it was the special section of the First Hospital. You wouldn’t be able to come in here if you didn’t have the money. [You didn’t want to check Xu Jing’s background previously, and it’s only obvious you didn’t know. But now that you know, do you have anything to say about it?]
‘The position of that official is quite high too.’ Gu Xiqiao sighed. ‘Do you think I should pretend to be angry then? After all, she deceived my poor, small, fragile mind.’
She had already checked, and it seemed like something had happened to Xu Jing’s relative. However, it was more of a scare than anything, and they were fine, so she wasn’t worried in the least.
[You’re just so full of s*t.] If Jiji could, it really wanted to roll its eyes all the way back in its mechanical body. [But since we don’t know what her grandfather was shocked by, it’s a bit strange.]
‘I also find that weird,’ Gu Xiqiao replied, touching her chin. ‘Oh, we’re here.’
Xu Jing, who was walking in front, stopped in front of a ward with soldiers standing outside. When she went in, she didn’t forget to instruct them, “The person behind me is my roommate, don’t stop her from following.”
‘Ah, she really has so much love for me.’ Gu Xiqiao touched her chin again. ‘For her not to forget about me in this situation.’
Jiji no longer has any desire to talk to Gu Xiqiao at this moment.
What Gu Xiqiao didn’t expect was for those soldiers to be familiar to her, it was Peng Zijie’s group of subordinates. They all looked at Gu Xiqiao, and for a moment, none of them reacted. In the end it was Liu Zi that managed to recover first. He called out in surprise, “Miss Gu!”
“Yeah,” Gu Xiqiao glanced at them, naturally remembering their faces due to her powerful memory. The last time she went to the Peng family residence to treat the old commander, the only one who spoke, Liu Zi, was the only one who knew IT and also wanted to dig into the wall of the medical world. “Are you guys guarding the door?”
“Yes, Miss Gu. Please go on in.” Liu Zi said quickly.
If it was anyone else, they might have stopped the person. But Gu Xiqiao was another matter.
She hadn’t planned on going in, but then she suddenly felt a familiar fluctuation from the room inside. Looking through the door, she pushed it open and leaned against the doorway, watching the group of people inside.
“What?!” Xu Jing was looking at the powder in the boy’s hand. She was naturally happy to hear that her grandfather and cousin were fine, but she couldn’t help the incredulous tone when she heard how it happened. “Grandpa, are you saying that the paper crane inside this saved you?”
Xu Zheng glanced at Xu Jing, before silently taking back the silk bag, not saying another word.
The tall man standing beside the bed also felt that it was nonsense, but he didn’t say much since the two were fine. He planned to have someone look into the matter without delay, and was going to do so when he turned and noticed the girl leaning on the door, and his brows furrowed.
The girl leaning on the door was holding a white dog in her arms, while her other hand was in her pocket. Her delicate chin was raised slightly, her attention on the occupants in the hospital bed. Her clear, bright eyes were gleaming thoughtfully.
“Who are you?” The man’s low, deep voice came.
The voice attracted the eyes of everyone else in the room, and they turned towards the door. Seeing that it was Gu Xiqiao, Xu Jing stood up immediately. She wanted to introduce her to her grandfather and cousin, now that she had confirmed they were fine. But she didn’t expect for Xu Zheng to climb out of bed at this moment, running towards Gu Xiqiao in hurried steps, reaching out to hand her the silk bag in his hands.
Xu Jing was also surprised at the turn of events.
“It shattered?” Gu Xiqiao knelt down slightly to look at him, a gentle smile on her face.
Xu Zheng nodded his head, saying, “It saved me and grandpa.”
“It was your good blessings.” Gu Xiqiao rubbed his head gently. “Go and lie down on the bed to rest.”
Xu Zheng turned around at that, heading towards the bed and climbing into it obediently. However, his gaze never left Gu Xiqiao.
The gray-haired old man looked at Gu Xiqiao, his eyes squinting slightly as he thought for a while, before recognizing her and was pleasantly surprised, “It’s you, that girl! The one who made that move to break out of the deadlock chess game!”
Gu Xiqiao merely smiled at him politely.
The entire time, Xu Jing and the man just looked at Gu Xiqiao with a surprised expression on their faces.
[I was just saying how is it possible that you can’t calculate how they got out of danger. Of course you wouldn’t have been able to, it was something that you did by your own hands after all.] Jiji said from Gu Xiqiao’s mind at this time.
Gu Xiqiao touched her nose, slightly embarra.s.sed. She had almost forgotten, but it wasn’t like she expected them to have any relation to Xu Jing in the first place.
“Jing Jing, you know this lady?” The old man turned his eyes to his granddaughter.
Xu Jing finally collected herself, and said excitedly, “Grandpa, this is my roommate that I told you about, Gu Xiqiao.”
“Miss Gu.” The tall man was still frowning, his eyes full of scrutiny as he looked at her. “How did you get in?” He knew that Peng Zijie’s most trusted subordinates were standing guard outside, how could they just allow some stranger in?
There was also the matter of that paper crane in Xu Zheng’s hands, which made him feel more agitated. Gu Xiqiao’s appearance was just too coincidental, and strange.
“Cousin!” Xu Jing frowned, wanting to say something.
“Miss Gu?” A young man with a shaved head came in, astonishment on his usually cold face, followed by surprise when he saw her.
Gu Xiqiao raised her head, seeing that it was Peng Zijie, who had yet to change out of his military uniform. She nodded her head in greeting, then said to Xu Jing in a low voice, “I have something to do, Xu Jing. I’ll take my leave first.”
Xu Jing turned to Gu Xiqiao, then dully said, “I’ll send you off.”
“Beauty Gu, was the paper crane in my cousin’s hands real?” When they reached the elevator, Xu Jing finally couldn’t hold back anymore, and asked her. She hadn’t taken it seriously in the beginning, but if it was something that Gu Xiqiao had done, she actually would believe it a little.
She must be going out of her mind for thinking that.
Gu XIqiao merely smiled at her. “Why don’t you take a guess?”
Saying that, the elevator door slid shut.
Xu Jing, who had been left outside the elevator: “…” Guess? Guess your head?!
***
“Zijie, you know that girl?” The cold, tall man turned to Peng Zijie, his brows still in the same furrowed state. Not only did Peng Zijie look like he knew her, there was also a hint of respect in his eyes when he had caught sight of her. He had never seen Peng Zijie like that before.
And also those subordinates of Peng Zijie standing guard outside the door, they usually only listened to Peng ZIjie’s words, and this was also the first time he saw them being so respectful to another person.
Peng Zijie first asked about the old man’s condition, before standing up slowly to look at him. “Xu Ming, in the entire capital, there are only a few people who don’t recognize her.”
“What do you mean?” Xu Ming’s heart thumped in his chest.
Seeing that Xu Ming really wasn’t aware of anything, Peng ZIjie looked him in the eyes. “You should be keeping up with the news, right?”
Xu Ming was silent.
“Your aunt is a news anchor, and you don’t even watch the news.” Peng ZIjie pursed his lips. “How about I put it this way for you? Weren’t you looking for someone from Nine Heavens recently, intending to ask them to make a batch of sophisticated detectors for you?”
Xu Ming nodded his head, this matter was something that was well known, and for Peng ZIjie to know was not something surprising. “But those people didn’t agree, and I’m still thinking of how to proceed.”
“I’m telling you now, you messed up.” Peng Zijie shook his head. “I’m guessing that you won’t even be able to talk to the person in charge from Nine Heavens from tomorrow on.”
“How would you know that?” Xu Ming said, narrowing his eyes.
Peng Zijie didn’t reply, patting him on the shoulder instead. “You know about Nine Heavens, but did you know that the boss of Nine Heavens was that Miss Gu just now? Do you know about the mysterious lab where countless doctors clamored to appear in the capital suddenly? Do you know why the company that Ying Xu led, how did it suddenly become G.o.dlike? Let me tell you, everything is connected to Miss Gu. Were you thinking that Miss Gu had some ulterior motives just now?”
Although he wasn’t from the ancient martial arts world, the bodyguard next to him was, and he naturally knew of Gu Xiqiao’s feats in that world, as well as the various wors.h.i.+ps of the higher-ups in the various power worlds. Especially after he heard that the recent political changes in the United States were also linked to Gu Xiqiao.
When he had first heard about it, Peng Zijie couldn’t believe it. He then recalled suddenly about how she had been playing around in the Imperial Capital, and he naturally didn’t doubt her strength after that.
Peng Zijie had said a lot, and it was all in a tone of admiration, which made Xu Ming stunned.
At this time, Xu Jing came back from outside. She had heard Peng Zijie’s words. She didn’t really know the man, and it was more accurate to say that apart from her grandfather and Xu Zheng, she rarely even saw Xu Ming. She glanced at her cousin and said, “You did mess up. You even drove away Grandpa and Ah Zheng’s savior.”
“Ah Zheng, tell me, was Beauty Gu the one who gave you the paper crane?” Xu Jing asked gently after she walked up to her younger cousin.
Xu Zheng finally looked up at her, nodding his head. “Yeah.”
“I already thought that she wasn’t some ordinary girl.” The old man who had been pretending to sleep finally opened his eyes, a bright smile on his face. “With such great chess skills, she obviously wasn’t some common girl.”
“You actually believe that?” Xu Ming raised an eyebrow, looking at the people in the room. It was just a paper crane, wasn’t that a bit too far fetched?
Peng Zijie looked to Xu Ming again. “Don’t underestimate her.” What kind of ordinary person would be able to garner the wors.h.i.+p of the entire ancient martial arts world?
***
At this time, Gu Xiqiao had already arrived in the ancient martial arts world in her little pink car.
“Miss Gu,” Butler Jiang greeted her, reaching out for her keys to take her car and driving it to the garage. “Madam is waiting for you to have dinner inside.”
Gu Xiqiao handed over the keys, taking Haha into her arms and heading inside.
“Qiao Qiao, tell me, the things that happen in America and j.a.pan, are they related to you?” The moment she stepped in, Shu Chen couldn’t help the question that she had been bursting to ask, a face that was interested in gossip on her face.
Gu Xiqiao: “…” What should she say?
Jiang Han coughed into his hands, placing down his phone with an indifferent expression on his face. “Let’s eat.”
Shu Chen shot him a look, then silently turned on her phone to check the WeChat chat group.
Madam Gao: [Link] Look at what she did in America, and Yi Tong also posted a video. Miss Gu is amazing, even a Buddhist like me, my blood is boiling with pa.s.sion!
Tang Yanling: My daughter, awesome and cool!
Jiang Han: If my future daughter-in-law isn’t great, then who else would be ╮（╯▽╰）╭
Madam Gao: It’s my fault for not having a son to pair with Miss Gu.
Jiang Han: Even if you had one, she still wouldn’t be yours!
Shu Chen raised her head, looking at Jiang Han with a serious look on her face. “…”
However, the last sentence that Madam Gao had sent caught her attention. Alarms rang in her heart as she took a screenshot of it, and forwarded it to Jiang Shuxuan— [JPEG]
[Son, don’t you have any opinion on this?]
Jiang Shuxuan had just reached a tall mountain at this time, watching the malicious auras pour out from the bottom. “Has someone taken this mission?”
“One of the younger disciples from the ancient martial arts world has taken it.” Yi Tong said at a glance, letting out a sigh.
If it were in the past, where would any of those youngsters from the ancient martial arts world dare to take on these missions? But now, all of those youngsters have taken on the difficult missions, which was something that couldn’t be imagined before this.
As expected, Miss Gu was really awesome!
Jiang Shuxuan pursed his lips, his expression growing colder than ever, as though engraved into his very skin. “Let’s go back.”
At the same time, he pulled out his phone and replied to his mother’s message—[Soon.]
Taking one last glance at the place, Yi Tong marked something the location down, sending it to the team that had taken on the task, and left the place with Jiang Shuxuan.
Shu Chen smiled broadly after receiving Jiang Shuxuan’s message. Come to think of it, it was easier to dupe her son ever since he got amnesia, huh?
Gu Xiqiao looked at Shu Chen, who was smiling strangely and suddenly felt a chill coming up her back. She rubbed her arms, slightly puzzled as she made her way towards Peace Manor.
At Peace Manor, Alang was sitting by the gate, patching his wounds up. The first day, five people had come to challenge him, and he was completely beaten up in just the first round.
“How do you feel?” A cool, clear voice came.
Alang raised his head, seeing Gu Xiqiao. He stood up and said, “Miss Gu, I will work hard!”
“Good luck.” Gu Xiqiao flashed him a smile, then walked towards Yao Jiamu on the other side.
After Gu Xiqiao had left, only did Alang let out a hiss of pain.
Jiji shot him a sympathetic look. “Who are you acting tough for?”
“Master Jiji!” Alang looked at Jiji, sitting down back on the ground, feeling the tears sting at the corner of his eyes. “Why is everyone in the ancient martial arts world so… great?” He struggled to find an appropriate world. They weren’t only great, compared to the power worlds in America and j.a.pan, these youngsters from the ancient martial arts world were simply at an impossible level, okay?
“Are you saying they’re very aggressive?” Jiji grinned.
Alang nodded silently. Ah, that was exactly what he was trying to express.
Jiji patted his shoulder, once again a sympathetic look on his face. “Beauty Gu was the one who trained them, how can they not turn out the same?”
Alang: “…” He was just thinking why was it that these people fought in such a familiar way?!
“Alang,” Gu Xiqiao said as she came back to him after exchanging a few words with Yao Jiamu, Cecily and a few others. “Take out the ancient book that I gave you last time.”
Alang immediately took out the tattered strange book and handed it to her.
Gu Xiqiao opened it, flipping through it for a few seconds, then took out a sword that was in her other hand as she narrowed her eyes, looking at him. “Look properly, I will only demonstrate this once today.”
Alang watched intently as Gu Xiqiao performed the sword dance with flawless perfection.
Clang!
Finally, the sword was plunged into the muddy ground.
“Wake up.” Jiji poked Alang, who was still staring at her in shock.
Alang immediately shook himself out of his daze. Then he took the sword to the entrance of Peace Manor, accepting the challenges from the people waiting for him. He had been brought into the ancient martial arts world by Gu Xiqiao, he was envied and even hated by countless people. There were many who came to challenge him, and also many onlookers.
In the first day of the challenges, he had been completely abused by the people from the ancient martial arts world.
An ordinary person with no special powers.
“Second Elder, how long do you think Alang can last?” The great elder and everyone else were placing their bets once again.
“Seeing that Alang was just an ordinary person before this, and with Miss Gu’s speed, he should be able to face off the group from the ancient martial arts world in about half a month.” The second elder said, stroking his beard.
An ordinary person, to face the youngsters of the ancient martial arts world who had great strength, it was something that was unimaginable in the past. The elders felt that they were completely in high regard for Gu Xiqiao.
However…
Alang continued to be abused the next day, and he didn’t back down, but continued to inherit the glorious tradition of being under Gu Xiqiao, getting more courageous after facing many obstacles.
Until the third day, when Alang finally managed to draw with that bunch of youngsters, and the group of elders was rendered speechless.
The fifth day, it was Alang’s turn to abuse his opponents!
Seeing those youngsters from the ancient martial arts world who had been improving leaps and bounds get slapped to the side one by one just by a palm, the great elder heaved a long sigh. “As expected from someone that she had handpicked. Fifteen days, five days. As expected, we really underestimated her.”
The second elder hadn’t been the only one to say fifteen days, but now he didn’t want to say anything at all. He merely wiped the cold sweat that had broken out, and said, “They’re crazy.”