Chapter 151.1
Director Zheng was very diligent these days, he almost lived in the Imperial Academy.
After all, he was the Acting Chief, and soon to become the real Chief. It was always good to adapt the appearance early.
Since the day Xiao Liulang ridiculed him for not being qualified to enter the Minghui Hall, he tiresomely coaxed Grand Preceptor Zhuang, who then put in a good word for him in front of His Majesty. Now he had his own place in Minghui Hall.
Only, it was just at the outer hall, and only when he became the real Chief would he be qualified to enter the inner hall.
Director Zheng stood in front of the door of the inner hall, his eyes full of greed, "Very soon, this official will be able to move in there!"
He had been working hard all day and felt a little hungry.
He wanted people to deliver him food, but there was no place to eat in the outer hall, only in the inner hall.
Thus, he had to walk out of Minghui Hall.
The attendant outside the door came up to him and asked, "My Lord must be hungry. Would you like to go back to the Director of Studies Office to have a meal? What do my Lord want to eat, I’ll have someone cook it for you."
Since moving into the Minghui Hall a few days ago, Director Zheng never wanted to go back to the Director of Studies Office. He felt that the Director of Studies Office wasn’t worthy of his present status.
He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I"ll go outside and find something to eat myself."
And get rid of this sleepiness by the way.
As the New Year was drawing near, he still had a lot of official doc.u.ments to deal with.
What a diligent and good official he was!
Director Zheng felt good about himself as he left the Imperial Academy.
As soon as he was out, Gu Jiao jumped over the wall and entered the Minghui Hall to give him a beating but failed to find his figure.
Gu Jiao didn"t know whether he would come back or not. As she was hesitating whether to wait for him here or just go out to look for him, she heard a very slight breathing.
There was another person hiding here!
Was it Director Zheng?
That guy was actually hiding?
Gu Jiao, dressed in black, pressed one hand on the table, jumped over valiantly, and grabbed the figure from behind the pillar.
The result——
"It’s you?" Gu Jiao"s raised fist froze in midair.
She immediately put her fist down and stared at the other party solemnly, saying, "It"s so late, why haven’t you come home yet?"
Xiao Liulang: "And you? What are you doing here?"
"..." Gu Jiao was muted.
What was more, she was dressed in all black, and so was he.
At the same time, a question flashed in both of their heads: When did you buy black attire behind my back?!
Gu Jiao liked wearing fancy clothes in her previous life, but her taste changed somehow upon coming here. Most of her clothes now were dark and dull in color, while Xiao Liulang always wore the white uniform of the imperial Academy, or his general blue garment.
In short, their clothes seldom clash.
Gu Jiao: I didn"t expect that the first time we’d be wearing a couple outfit is on an occasion like this!
Gu Jiao said firmly, "I asked first, so you answer first."
Xiao Liulang"s expression did not change as he replied, "I"m here to meet someone and pick up something by the way."
Gu Jiao responded in a serious tone, "What a coincidence, so am I."
— He had returned home after cla.s.s and then went back to the teacher’s office in the middle of the night behind his wife’s back. Do you believe it?
— Oh, this little girl from outside came into the Imperial Academy to meet someone. Do you believe it?
The young couple stared at each other, both with a straight face, taking ‘lying through one’s teeth’ to the extreme.
Xiao Liulang opened his mouth to say something.
"Someone is coming!" Just then, Gu Jiao raised her hand to cover his mouth as she frowned warily.
The bottom half of Xiao Liulang’s face was covered by her soft little hand, and he was almost out of breath.
He patted her on the shoulder.
Gu Jiao placed her other forefinger on her lips, "Shh—"
Xiao Liulang pointed to her hand. It’s enough to cover my mouth. Why cover my nose as well?
I can"t breathe!
"Oh, sorry." Gu Jiao removed her hand and hid behind the pillar with him.
Gu Jiao thought, if it was Director Zheng, she would first knock her own husband into a faint with a strike of her palm, tidy up this Director Zheng so much so that even heaven and earth wouldn’t be able to help him, and then carry his own husband back home.
Unfortunately, the person wasn’t Director Zheng.
It was Director Li.
He was a Deputy Director of Studies, slightly lower than Director Zheng in position.
He was a good official with moral integrity.
Xiao Liulang didn’t want to harm him.
Gu Jiao didn"t mean to hurt anyone who wasn"t on the list either.
The two people hold their breath in unison.
"My Lord, it"s so late already, you"d better come back tomorrow."
"How could that work? I have something very urgent to report to Director Zheng. It may be too late by tomorrow. If something goes wrong, will you be responsible?"
After hearing this, the two attendants did not dare to stop him and let him into Minghui Hall.
Minghui Hall was always guarded. Gu Jiao could come in because she was an agent in her previous life. She didn’t have to put too much effort to infiltrate this place, but how did Xiao Liulang get in here?
Gu Jiao cast him an odd look.
Xiao Liulang pretended not to see the little thoughts in her eyes.
Director Li entered the outer hall of Minghui Hall, saying, "You guys go and continue to keep watch. Don"t let anyone intrude. I"ll just wait for Director Zheng here."
Director Li’s reputation in Imperial Academy was excellent; he was an upright and sincere person, so the two people, without any suspicions, hurried down to guard the entrance again.
Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao really thought he was looking for Director Zheng at first, but as soon as the two attendants left, Director Li quickly rummaged through Minghui Hall.
This was the outer hall. It wasn’t that big, but it wasn’t small either.
He rummaged around furtively and rapidly.
Gu Jiao had no idea what he was doing.
On the other hand, Xiao Liulang could vaguely guess something.
Director Li continued to look for something and came to the third row of bookshelves.
On the right was the pillar where Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao were hiding.
The two of them held their breath, and tried to squeeze their bodies to the back in order to keep themselves more hidden.
But behind them was a wall, so they couldn’t get back too much. The two people stood face to face in a very close proximity, their breathing intertwined.
The pillar was only one foot thick. It was also at this time that Xiao Liulang discovered that Gu Jiao had grown again.
Gu Jiao had grown taller, but because Xiao Liulang himself was also growing, he didn’t think much about her height. Instead, it was her female figure...
Xiao Liulang tried not to let his thoughts run in the wrong places.
Gu Jiao also tried to stick herself against the wall behind her as much as possible.
"Nothing? This shouldn’t be, ah... " Director Li was getting closer and closer to the pillar.
Xiao Liulang"s clothes were exposed from the pillar.
Gu Jiao reached out her hands and tried to hug him, but Xiao Liulang stretched out his hands first, hugged her waist and made a twirl so that his own back was now against the cold wall.
He tightly embraced her soft little body into his arms.
This was the first time he had taken the initiative.
Gu Jiao didn"t expect him to be so fierce.
His chest was warm and full of strength.
Gu Jiao: It seems this guy did not only buy black clothes behind my back, but also exercises his little chest muscles without me knowing!
While his chest was hard, her body was soft.
Xiao Liulang’s blood immediately rushed to his head.
Just then—
"It’s nowhere? Just where did he put the monthly exam papers?" Director Li’s anxious voice sounded.