Chapter 171.1
Xiao Liulang retracted his foot that was already on the hanging bridge.
"Are you going or not? If not, get out of the way!" Behind him, a big fellow pushed Xiao Liulang aside.
"Ah! How could you push people? Liulang! Liulang, quickly get on the bridge——" Feng Lin had been pushed onto the bridge by the crowd. He expected Xiao Liulang to follow and also get onto the bridge, only to see his position get robbed by others.
He reached for Xiao Liulang.
But he was already out of reach.
"You come back here as well!" Xiao Liulang told him.
A pity it was too late.
There were so many people wanting to cross the bridge that Feng Lin was soon squeezed into the middle.
Lin Chengye was behind Xiao Liulang.
Xiao Liulang didn"t get on the bridge, so he didn"t either.
Gu Jiao on the other side was still shouting for people to not come there because the bridge was about to break. Unfortunately, only those who were on the bridge could hear her, and they also didn’t believe her; they simply shook their heads and continued their way to the temple.
"Aiya!"
Feng Lin, who was pushed across the bridge, lost his footing, stumbled and fell as soon as he got off the bridge.
He rubbed his aching knee and got up. Before he could see Gu Jiao nearby, he heard a scream behind him.
"Ahh—"
"Ahh—"
“Ahh—"
Feng Lin looked back.
Heavens!
The bridge was broken!
The bridge did not break from the middle, but from the end near the temple.
All the people on the bridge fell into the freezing water below.
Xiao Liulang saw clearly as the big man, who had pushed him out of the way just now, fell from the bridge.
He had the most miserable fall because he was just standing on the highest point.
If Gu Jiao hadn"t stopped him from getting on the bridge, then the one who would have fallen into the icy water below was himself.
And Lin Chengye, who was behind him, couldn’t escape this disaster either.
The people that fell into the water were like dumplings in the pot, struggling desperately in the cold river. Those who had yet to get on the bridge were so scared that their legs went soft as they saw the holy place illuminated by Buddha suddenly became purgatory on earth.
Xiao Liulang looked at the slender figure on the other side from a distance.
How many times had she helped him avoid disaster?
She was clad in a dark-colored dress, and her skirt and hair fluttered in the cold wind. In the white covered earth, she seemed just like a fairy that descended the world of mortals.
Gu Jiao made her way back to the stone arch bridge.
Feng Lin followed her with a pale face.
Seriously, he was so scared to death!
If he was just a tad bit late, he would have fallen too!
He was also extremely glad that Liulang and Lin Chengye didn"t get on the bridge, otherwise where could they escape to?
Thinking till here, it was as though Feng Lin’s legs had done so many bad things that they were now being punished, unable to even walk a step.
"Hurry up." Gu Jiao urged.
"Ah..." Feng Lin hugged himself and his voice trembled.
Gu Jiao did what she could, and the rest was out of her hands.
Besides, what did the whole world have to do with her? All she cared about was that one person.
The four met and arrived at Lin Chengye"s carriage.
Steward Zhou heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the four people come over safely, "Oh, Heavens, you guys frightened me to death! I was really scared to death just now! I heard people say that the hanging bridge has suddenly broken. I wondered if Sixth Young Master and you guys were also on the bridge at the time... I… I... "
Lin Chengye patted Steward Zhou on the back soothingly.
It was only at this time that Lin Chengye realized that Steward Zhou also had it rough.
Perhaps, those who had just survived a disaster felt particularly vulnerable. In his heart, he had always regarded Steward Zhou as an immediate subordinate, but at this moment he somehow saw the shadow of his old father in Steward Zhou.
Lin Chengye felt his nose soured.
"Please, get in the carriage." Steward Zhou said with a choked smile.
Several people got into the carriage.
Although Xiao Liulang and Lin Chengye were saved, it seemed that some people in the carriage still couldn’t return to their senses completely.
Feng Lin and Lin Chengye didn"t hear Gu Jiao"s warnings at all. It was only because Xiao Liulang was pushed away by others that he and Lin Chengye didn"t get on the hanging bridge in the end.
Because the shock they suffered from this incident was tremendous, they all forgot to ask why Gu Jiao was here, and how she arrived at the temple one step earlier than they did.
The carriage soon arrived at Lin Chengye"s house. Steward Zhou raised the curtain and smiled at Lin Chengye and Feng Lin, saying, "Sixth Young Master, Young Gentleman Feng, kindly get off first and I"ll take Jieyuan Xiao and Lady Xiao back."
"Oh." Lin Chengye replied and got off the carriage with Feng Lin.
Both of them also needed some time to calm their shock.
The carriage continued towards Bishui Alley.
Steward Zhou was sitting in the coachman seat with the coachman.
Only Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao were left inside the carriage.
Xiao Liulang gave Gu Jiao a glance. She always carried the back basket with her small medicine chest in it whenever she went out.
But she didn"t bring anything today.
It could be seen that she was really anxious to go out.
He looked at her for a while then said, "How did you know that the hanging bridge would break?"
Gu Jiao replied without changing expressions, "Oh, a patient came to the medical hall a few days ago. He came back after burning incense in the Puji Temple and mentioned that the hanging bridge there was in disrepair, fearing that it wouldn"t last long. Today is the first day of the New Year. With so many people wanting to burn the first incense, I was sure that the hanging bridge wouldn’t be able to bear the weight."
She was trained in polygraph in her previous life and could control even the smallest expressions.
Xiao Liulang cast her a deep look, saying, "But there are two bridges there. How did you know that we would take the long way and take the hanging bridge instead? Did you know in advance that a n.o.ble personage would come and seal off the stone arch bridge this morning?"
Gu Jiao spread her hands and responded, "Of course I don"t know. I haven"t been to Puji Temple. I didn"t know there was also a stone arch bridge here at all, okay? The patient didn"t mention the stone arch bridge, so I thought there was only a hanging bridge."
This logic was flawless, provided that there was indeed a patient who complained with her about the disrepaired hanging bridge.
But Xiao Liulang had no way to verify this.
Only, Xiao Liulang thought that this had nothing to do with evidence.
He looked at Gu Jiao and said, "Are you..."
Was she what?
Even Xiao Liulang himself didn"t believe what he was just about to ask.
He thought a small medicine chest was enough to make him wonder deeply, but it turned out that there was much more than that.
Her secrets were no less than his.
Xiao Liulang ultimately swallowed back all his doubts.