Chapter 89: Enemies on a Narrow Road

Su Wan dug a hole for herself.

Gu Huaizhi is petty, let him be angry.

Why did she bother to appease him?

“People who love to be angry age easily.” Su Wan pretended not to understand, pointing at the corner of his eye, and touched the tiger’s butt: “Look, wrinkles have formed. The prince is twenty-three years old, a full four years older than you, but your mother said he is about your age.”

She left him with a look of ‘ponder on that’, and before Gu Huaizhi could get angry, she took the plate and ran out.

“Bang——”

Su Wan closed the door, her heart beating very fast.

The room was quiet.

The man did not get angry.

Su Wan breathed a sigh of relief, washed the bowl in the kitchen, went to Mother Gu’s room to get the needle and thread basket, and practiced with two pieces of scrap cloth.

The stitches were very rough, nothing like the fine ones the original owner had sewn.

Su Wan scratched the back of her head in distress, would she be exposed?

No, she could stitch up a patient’s wound, couldn’t she handle two pieces of cloth?

Unstitching and stitching, she was more enthusiastic than when she was practicing suturing.

After dinner, Su Wan washed up and went to bed early.

Gu Huaizhi was sleeping next to her.

Su Wan opened her eyes in the dark, made sure Gu Huaizhi was asleep, she quietly got out of bed, took out the long shirt from the wooden box, slipped out of the room to the utility room and sewed it up stitch by stitch.

Although the stitches were not delicate and chic, she did her best, and it was pretty good.

She remembered that the original owner had embroidered a sea water picture for the prince when she mended for him. She wanted to embroider a bamboo, but her ability did not allow it.

With a sigh, Su Wan folded the clothes, and put them back in the box. She climbed onto the bed, sat cross-legged on the inside, and stared at Gu Huaizhi’s peaceful sleeping face. The hazy moonlight spilled on his face, making him look extraordinarily gentle.

She poked his high nose with her finger: “You have to save me some worry, I won’t indulge you next time.”

Su Wan took off the hairpin from her head, and her smooth long hair spread all over her back. She thought to herself: I only indulge you because you carved a hairpin for me and made dumplings.

She fell on the bed and fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.

Gu Huaizhi slowly opened his eyes.

The person next to him moved, Gu Huaizhi was familiar with it. He pulled open his own quilt.  Su Wan rolled over, hugged his waist, with her cheek tightly pressed against his arm.

Gu Huaizhi hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand to pinch her index finger, and touched her fingertips. There were traces of the needles pressed for a long time.

He lowered his eyelids, gazed at her peaceful sleeping face, and covered her with the quilt.

“It’s hot.” Su Wan kicked off the quilt in a daze.

“It’s cool at night.” Gu Huaizhi covered her again, seeing that she was about to kick it off again, he pressed his palm on her head: “Behave.”

Su Wan seemed to be appeased and fell asleep quietly.

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The next day, Su Wan got up, dressed neatly, and there was a basin of water brought by Gu Huaizhi on the wooden rack.

She washed up and came out of the room. Gu Huaizhi brought out two bowls of steaming soy milk from the kitchen and placed them in front of Gu Baozhu and Gu Jingyun.

Hearing the movement, Gu Huaizhi glanced at her lightly, went into the kitchen, and brought out two more bowls of soy milk.

Su Wan stared at the robe on him, which was the one she had mended.

Her mood was as bright as the sunshine outside, she sat down with a radiant smile: “Second brother, third sister, good morning.”

“It’s not early, the sun is shining on the butt.” Gu Jingyun pushed the dumplings in front of Su Wan: “Sister-in-law, I don’t have to go to the academy today, I will accompany you to find a house.”

Gu Baozhu crisply said: “I want to go too!”

“Good, let’s go together!” Su Wan took a sip of soy milk, um, it’s very sweet.

“Big brother, let’s go together!” The two little guys blinked their clean and pure big eyes: “Big brother is the most powerful, he must know where there are houses for rent.”

Gu Huaizhi gave a light “hmm”.

“Yay! It’s settled then.” The two little guys got excited.

Su Wan: “……” Don’t you want to ask the person involved for their opinion??

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After breakfast, they went to town.

Gu Huaizhi glanced at Gu Jingyun.

Gu Jingyun grabbed Su Wan’s sleeve: “Sister-in-law, I know where there are houses for rent, it’s in Pear Blossom Lane.”

“Let’s go to Pear Blossom Lane first.” Su Wan touched his head, holding Gu Baozhu’s hand, and they went to Pear Blossom Lane together.

A rental notice was posted at the entrance of the house at No. 8 Pear Blossom Lane.

Su Wan knocked on the door.

An old man opened the door, wearing a cloth gown, with hunched back, and gray hair and beard. He was dressed like a gatekeeper.

“Are you here to see the house?” The old man’s muddy eyes looked at Gu Huaizhi: “Young man, do you want to rent a house, or buy a house?”

“How much is this house?” Gu Huaizhi asked.

“What price does the young man offer?”

“Fifty taels.”

The old man’s face, like old tree bark, twitched, seemingly speechless at this price.

Su Wan was also speechless, she had gone around before and understood the market price of houses, at least two hundred taels of silver for this location. Gu Huaizhi offered fifty taels, wouldn’t he be kicked out?

“Alright, fifty taels it is!” The old man agreed painfully.

Su Wan was full of question marks.

It really was one who dared to say, and one who dared to sell!

Her face suddenly became strange.

“Little girl, the old man is not a liar.” The old man sighed heavily: “You are the divine doctor Su from Xinglin Medical Hall, right? The old master heard that you were looking for a house, so he gave an order, whatever the first price you offer, no matter how much, I have to agree.”

Su Wan pondered: “Does your old master have a request?”

“The lady has a strange disease, and has been seeking medical advice for a year or two without any effect. This time, hearing that there was a divine doctor in Xihe Town, he specially brought the lady to Xihe Town, and was planning to find a time to visit.” The old man stopped there.

Su Wan understood, before the people had come to her, she had found them, promised her benefits, so that she would do her best to treat the people.

“I am a doctor, treating patients is my duty. You just let him bring his wife to Xinglin Medical Hall, no need to promise me any benefits.” Su Wan said with a smile: “Can I take a look at the house first?”

“Divine Doctor Su, please.” The old man took Su Wan and the others to see the house.

There was a screen wall when they entered the house, with flower gardens on both sides. After bypassing the screen wall, there was a large courtyard in the middle, facing the screen wall was the main house, and on the left and right were the east and west wing rooms. Each wing room had a side room and a utility room. Behind the main house, there was a row of low houses.

The layout was very much to Su Wan’s liking.

“How much is this house worth?”

“It’s worth more than two hundred taels, the old master discounted it to two hundred taels for sale. If it’s for rent, it’s rented annually, fifteen taels of silver a year.”

“I like this house.” Su Wan took out her money bag, pulled out two banknotes worth one hundred each, and handed them to the old man: “You take it, I’ll buy it.”

“This…” The old man’s eyes drifted to Gu Huaizhi, this young man had arranged for someone to buy this house in advance. Seeing his almost imperceptible nod, he accepted the banknotes: “Alright, I’ll take your two hundred taels.”

The old man wrote down the contract and gave it to Su Wan along with the deed.

The whole process went surprisingly smoothly.

Su Wan held the deed as if she was dreaming, she had her own house in this different world!

Suddenly, Su Wan had a wonderful sense of belonging.

“Divine Doctor Su, please come over tomorrow to hand over, I will move things out today.” The old man sent them out of the house.

“Alright, I’ll come early tomorrow.” Su Wan had to meet the deadline and couldn’t delay too long.

The old man agreed.

Su Wan turned around, the door opposite opened, and the prince came out.

Enemies meet on a narrow road.

The prince glanced at Gu Huaizhi, his gaze went down, and settled on Gu Jingyun’s face.