Chapter 27: Threats

Gu Yunlan turned to Wu Huanmei with a helpless expression. Wu Huanmei thought for a moment and said something to Mammy Liu. Mammy Liu stepped forward and said: “Eldest Miss, Madam advises you to take this competition seriously. After all, the second miss doesn’t want to win unfairly.”

“Although Gu Yunlan is not her biological daughter, she still treats her fairly and gives this married illegitimate eldest daughter a chance. What a noble and virtuous Madam Gu.” Someone praised.

Gu Yunlan almost laughed out loud.

She really cared about face.

But it was good. It gave her a chance to defeat Gu Jiaojiao and prevent her from ever turning things around.

“Yes, Mammy.” Gu Yunlan smiled and agreed: “Yun’lan will definitely be careful.”

Mammy Liu nodded in satisfaction and turned to report back to Wu.

“The competition continues!” Dugu Yue gave Gu Yunlan a reassuring look: “The competition has five rounds, and the best of five wins. The first two rounds, Gu Jiaojiao and Gu Yunlan both passed, but Gu Jiaojiao’s speed and intelligence were clearly inferior, so she lost. In the next three rounds, as long as Gu Yunlan wins one round, she will be my disciple.”

Gu Jiaojiao frowned. She muttered in a dissatisfied voice: “This old geezer is clearly favoring Gu Yunlan!”

Wu Huanmei looked calm: “What if he is? Gu Yunlan won’t win a single round in the next three. The so-called best of five seems to be paving the way for that little b*tch, but as long as we hold Gu Ziming, she won’t be able to turn things around.”

“What if she doesn’t care about Gu Ziming?” Gu Jiaojiao felt a nagging sense of unease: “She broke Gu Ziming’s ribs before!”

“Do you really think she’s that powerful?” Wu Huanmei smiled nonchalantly: “She just seems more assertive. She’s actually a weak and stupid fool. Even if she really doesn’t care about Gu Ziming, she still cares about Lady Yun, right? Lady Yun only has one son, and she dotes on him like the apple of her eye. If Gu Ziming loses his life, she’ll probably want to kill her.”

“That’s right.” Gu Jiaojiao nodded: “Mother is still the smartest.”

She smiled and hugged Wu Huanmei’s arm.

“Learn from Mother. Control your temper.” Wu Huanmei instructed: “You can torment her privately, but don’t make a scene in public.”

“Yes, Mother.”

The third round was the golden toad.

The golden toad’s skin was bumpy, with many poisonous pustules. But it also had a lot of mucus, making it slippery to grab.

As soon as Gu Yunlan saw the golden toad, she “acted panicked”: “Oh my god! This toad is so disgusting! No, I don’t want to touch it!”

She took out her leather gloves again, but she couldn’t grab the golden toad after trying several times. Instead, she was so scared that she screamed.

Her completely different performance from before caused the crowd to murmur. Gu Jiaojiao became smug again: “Sister, how can a doctor be afraid of poisonous insects? These are all medicinal herbs!”

She held her breath, endured her disgust, and quickly grabbed the golden toad and put it in the jar.

Gu Yunlan looked disgusted: “Sister is right.”

She trembled as she reached out to grab the golden toad. This time, she successfully grabbed it. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Gu Jiaojiao: “Thank you for your encouragement, sister. Look, I caught it—ouch!”

Her hand loosened, and the golden toad jumped onto Gu Jiaojiao’s dress. The golden mucus immediately stuck to Gu Jiaojiao’s skirt. Gu Jiaojiao screamed, her face contorted in fear. She quickly took two steps back: “Gu Yunlan! Quickly take it away! Hurry!”

Gu Yunlan suppressed a laugh and pretended to be scared: “Oh, oh, oh, I’ll catch it! Oh, no, I’m so scared!”

She tried to catch it, but she kept dropping the golden toad on Gu Jiaojiao. Gu Jiaojiao was so angry that her face turned green, but she couldn’t make a scene in front of everyone. She could only keep dodging.

Gu Yunlan took the opportunity to pinch the golden toad’s thigh. The toad’s powerful legs jumped—right onto Gu Jiaojiao’s face!

“Ah, ah, ah, ah!” Gu Jiaojiao instinctively waved her hand to swat away the toad. She stomped her feet on the ground in disgust: “Gu Yunlan! Are you doing this on purpose?”

Gu Yunlan shrank her neck in fear: “No, I’m scared, that’s why I couldn’t hold it.”

“You…” Gu Jiaojiao was about to attack again, but Dugu Yue grabbed her wrist: “How dare you hurt my little darling?”

His eyes were bloodshot. He looked at the flattened golden toad on the ground, his eyes filled with heartache.

“Master, it was her…” Gu Jiaojiao felt wronged.

“Master? I won’t take a disciple who doesn’t cherish poisonous creatures! Do you know how rare this golden toad is?” Dugu Yue’s grip tightened, and his beard bristled with anger.

Gu Yunlan saw that Dugu Yue was angry. She was about to speak, but she saw Dugu Yue wink at her.

Relax.

How could the old fox suffer a loss? He was putting on a show for Wu and her daughter!

“We’ll pay, we’ll pay.” Wu Huanmei quickly smoothed things over: “The scene was too chaotic just now. Jiaojiao didn’t mean to do it. Please calm down, Divine Physician.”

“Three thousand taels of silver for one.” Dugu Yue said.

“Okay, no problem.” Although Wu Huanmei was reluctant, she quickly agreed and immediately had someone go get the silver notes and give them to Dugu Yue.

Dugu Yue took the silver notes and said arrogantly: “Alright, then I’ll give her another chance.”

Good, he only paid three hundred taels for one toad. The remaining two thousand seven hundred could be kept for his little disciple as pocket money!

He was really a good Master who knew how to manage money!

“Then this third round…” Wu Huanmei asked pointedly.

“Naturally, Gu Jiaojiao won.” Dugu Yue immediately said.

“Okay, okay, then let’s start the fourth round right away.” Wu Huanmei’s smile was genuine.

…

“Master. The Divine Physician seems to be looking for someone.” A figure wearing a fox mask quietly walked into the third-floor private room.

Inside the private room, a man in black clothes sat at the table drinking tea.

This time, the Yao Yue Tower’s disciple-taking banquet was only on the first and second floors, so no one noticed that there was another person on the third floor.

Mu Chenye glanced at him calmly: “Go find him. I want to see the results within a quarter of an hour.”

“Master, don’t you want to ask who he’s looking for? You’re just helping?” The fox couldn’t help but ask.

“The Divine Physician and Lan’er are master and disciple. Lan’er’s behavior was abnormal just now, and the Divine Physician’s people are looking for someone. There’s only one possibility.” Silver Wolf looked contemptuous: “The person the Divine Physician is looking for is the person the madam is looking for.”

“You just said those few words, and you thought of all this?” The fox was astonished.

“You’re stupid.” Silver Wolf was impatient: “Go now!”

“Yes!” The fox immediately flipped out.

“Master, the madam doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would suffer a loss. Why do you have to come out and watch? Your wounds haven’t healed yet, and you have so much to do.” Silver Wolf asked.

“I’m worried.” Mu Chenye’s eyes were fixed on Gu Yunlan, who was wearing a moon-white dress below, his eyes filled with tenderness.

He had taken over many businesses recently, including this Yao Yue Tower.

His father seemed rough but was actually meticulous. The people he prepared for him were all loyal and could be used immediately.

Even if his father died and the family was divided, he would still be a fool and could live a carefree life. So he was able to take over quickly.

Parents love their children, so they plan for the future. Mu Chenye deeply agreed.

“Master, I found out!” The fox rushed in, his expression unusually serious: “The news isn’t good.”