Chapter 164: The Strange House
It was late at night, all the guests had already left, Gu Xiangyu and others gathered in the banquet hall of Qiao's house, Qiao Sanye let people have a sumptuous banquet, everyone was busy all day and didn't have a good meal, and now the rest are their own people, and everyone doesn't have so many worries, and they put out all kinds of food appearances.
Among them, the four of them had the most exaggerated eating, as if they hadn't eaten for decades, and they couldn't wait to swallow the table.
In fact, it's no wonder that the four of them were struck by lightning, all the organs in their bodies were extremely active and powerful, and they needed several times more energy than usual.
Gu Xiangyu, who has always been greedy, did not join in this gluttonous feast, she sat in the corner alone this time to study her elixir, as if the food on the table could not attract her at all.
"Sister Gu, you've been watching for a long time, hurry up and come over and eat a little!" Su Qian beckoned and shouted.
"Eat first, I'm not hungry." Gu Xiangyu continued to study the pill in his hand.
"Sister Gu, what's wrong? The delicious food couldn't even impress her! It's incredible. Su Qian sighed.
"Who is as boring as you, eating and sleeping all day long, sleeping and eating, like Bajie." Xiao Yu pouted and said.
"You two don't quarrel, I'll serve you food."
After Zao Wou-Ki finished speaking, he smiled and put lobsters into Su Qian and Xiaoyu's bowls.
Xiao Yu frowned, looked at Zhao Wuji with threatening eyes, and said viciously: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!" What exactly are your intentions? Say! β
"What can I do? Sister Xiaoyu, what should you know? Zao Wou-Ki was very aggrieved, and gave Xiao Yu a look.
Looking at Zao Wou-Ki with his eyebrows fluttering, Xiao Yu didn't know what the other party was going to do, so she leaned over and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" β
Zhao Wuji saw that no one was paying attention to him around him, so he said to Xiao Yu: "It was Qiao Ze who asked me to come over, he is waiting for Su Qian by the small river in the back mountain, you can help me convey it." β
Only then did Xiaoyu understand that she wanted her to be a matchmaker, so she made an OK gesture with Zao Wou-Ki and quietly returned to Su Qian's side.
"What's the little secret you two are discussing? Isn't your relationship unusual? Su Qian asked with a grin.
"What's the matter, the relationship between the two of us is pure like pure milk, Qianqian, don't worry about it, I eat a little bit, can you take a walk with me?"
Su Qian didn't know why Xiaoyu said this, and she didn't think much about it, so she agreed: "Let's go, I see what the hell you're going to do at night, the gods are chattering, I really don't know which one you are playing!" β
After saying hello to Gu Xiangyu, Su Qian and Xiaoyu went out for a walk.
Xiaoyu's eyesight is excellent, she saw Qiao Ze's figure from afar, she hurriedly covered her stomach and said to Su Qian: "Qianqian, I suddenly have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet, you go to the front pavilion and wait for me first, I'll look for you later." β
Xiao Yu ran away as soon as she finished speaking, leaving Su Qian standing helplessly in place, she was just about to walk towards the pavilion, when she found a black figure walking like herself.
"Who?" Su Qian asked loudly at the figure in front of her.
"It's me." Qiao Ze's voice came from the other side.
"Aze? How are you? Why are you running here at night? I didn't see you when I was looking for you to eat just now, why did you smell so much alcohol? Did you drink? β
Su Qian frowned, Qiao Ze gave her the feeling of maturity and stability before, this was the first time she had seen Qiao Ze drunk.
"Can you talk to me for a while after a little drink?" Qiao Ze's voice was desolate and helpless.
"What's wrong with you? Even if you're happy, you can't drink so much, right? Su Qian said very puzzled.
"Happy? yes, I should be happy. β
After Qiao Ze finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, sat quietly on the stone bench next to him, looked up at the bright moonlight, and said no more.
"What's wrong with you? Not happy? The Qiao family has turned the corner, and your brother's illness has been cured, what else makes you sigh so much? Su Qian asked.
Qiao Ze turned his head to look at Su Qian, there was a look of confusion in his eyes, and only after a while did he say, "Because of you." β
"Me? What does it have to do with me? Su Qian was very puzzled, hurriedly went over and touched Qiao Ze's forehead, and found that the body temperature was very normal, thinking that this guy was not sick, how could he say that it had something to do with him.
"You have a marriage contract with our Qiao family, right? What do you think about this? Qiao Ze didn't answer Su Qian's words, but asked very calmly.
"How do you know? By the way, it may be that I told you before that the marriage contract that my brother set for me is from your Qiao family, but I don't like others to manipulate my marriage, so I followed Sister Gu to cultivate, and now no one in the Su family can control me, long live freedom! Su Qian is very relaxed every day now, because she is no longer the little girl she was a few years ago.
"Do you want to get out of the engagement?" JosΓ© asked again.
"In fact, it doesn't matter if I retreat or not, I am a free body, I have the final say, and my fate is in my own hands." Su Qian said with a smile.
"I, I'm the one who is engaged to you."
Qiao Ze plucked up his courage and finally told Su Qian the truth.
Su Qian was shocked, and thought that she had heard it wrong, so she confirmed again: "You're not mistaken, right?" How could the two of us possibly be engaged? There is a big difference between the identities of the two of us! β
"That's right, the marriage contract was secretly negotiated between the Qiao family and your brother, and no one even in your Su family knows about it, don't you yourself know who you want to marry? The reason why your brother didn't tell you was because he was afraid that you would leak your mouth and cause our plan to fail. JosΓ© explained.
"So, you're my fiancΓ©?" Su Qian still didn't dare to believe what the other party said.
"It used to be, but now it's not, we are friends, you have the right to pursue your own happiness, I will also support you, I wish you happiness."
Qiao Ze didn't go on in the end, he didn't want to put too much psychological pressure on Su Qian, he would pursue Su Qian in his own way, although he didn't succeed in confessing, at least from tonight onwards, he no longer had the burden of marriage in his heart, and he was free to find his own love.
"You're so hateful, you already knew it, didn't you? Why was it never told to me? Su Qian was very angry, she felt that what she had done in front of Qiao Ze before was too embarrassing, and sometimes she even regarded the other party as a male girlfriend, but now she is a little embarrassed when she thinks about it.
Qiao Ze coughed dryly twice, and said with a smile: "I used to be too busy with things at home, and I always forgot it, but now that I am free, didn't I tell you?" And I don't think we young people should care so much about marriage contracts, don't you? β
As soon as Qiao Ze said this, Su Qian's heart felt much better, she patted Qiao Ze on the shoulder and said: "It makes sense, I forgive you, now that I have figured out this matter, I won't be entangled in the marriage contract, we will still be good friends in the future, good buddies!" β
Su Qian gave Qiao Ze a hug, Qiao Ze himself drank a lot of wine, and now his face became even redder.
"Let's go, brother, let's go back and have two more drinks, it will be misunderstood if someone sees it here, Xiaoyu's eyes and ears are very good, if she knows it, it must be spread."
As everyone knows, Xiao Yu has been hiding behind a tree and listening for a long time, Xiao Yu thought that she would see Qiao Ze's confession scene kneeling on one knee, but nothing happened, it was inevitable that she was a little disappointed, thinking that Qiao Ze was too cowardly, and he didn't dare to say anything after drinking, how could such a character chase Su Qian?
"Qianqian! Where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time! Xiao Yu ran out of the path ahead.
"Didn't you tell me to wait for you at the pavilion? I happened to meet Qiao Ze, this guy was drunk, if I didn't come, maybe he would fall into the river. Su Qian was afraid that the other party would misunderstand so so she explained, but she didn't know that Xiaoyu was also knowingly asking.
"Then let's go back quickly, there is not even a light at night, and your Qiao family is too picky, what time is it, turn off the electric switch!" Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"Isn't that right? Qiao's family has never turned off the electric gate at night, is there a power outage? Although Qiao Ze walked a little swaying, he was not confused in his heart, he thought about it and said, "It's not right! Qiao's family has not had a power outage for decades, and there is a power generation room at home, how can there be a power outage? β
"That's weird, is it haunted? With Sister Gu here, what demons and monsters dare to come and make trouble? Su Qian was also puzzled.
"I remember! I felt weird as soon as I went out, the environment here is very different from the daytime! And this moon, I don't always feel like the moon! Xiao Yu said with a frown.
Qiao Ze was startled when he heard this, shook his head vigorously to stay awake, he looked around and said, "No matter what, let's go back to Master first." β
So the three of them hurriedly left the place and ran towards the banquet hall.
When they arrived at the door of the banquet hall, the three of them saw that the lights were still bright inside, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, Xiaoyu wiped the cold sweat on her head and went over to open the door.
With a creak, the door opened softly, but the room was quiet, except for the bright lights, there was no one around.
"Where have all the people gone?" Qiao Ze muttered to himself.
"It's not like they're all full, are they?" Su Qian could only think of this reason.
"Sister Gu? Where are you? Xiaoyu shouted into the house, but still no one answered.
"I'll call Sister Gu directly, they won't be playing hide and seek, right?" Su Qian took out her mobile phone from her pocket and dialed Gu Xiangyu's phone.
The phone rang for a long time but no one answered, Su Qian was very helpless, and was about to hang up the phone, when Gu Xiangyu's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone.
"Qianqian, where are you? Why haven't you come back for so long, I'm waiting for both of you to be sleepy, hurry up and come back to sleep. β
"Sister Gu, we're still in the banquet hall, have you all gone back to sleep? I'll go back with Xiaoyu, you go to sleep first, good night, what's up. β
Su Qian hung up the phone and said to Qiao Ze and Xiao Yu: "Everyone goes back to sleep, let's go back too, Young Master Qiao Ze, why don't you send the two of us back?" People are so afraid of the dark! β
Seeing Su Qian pretending to be charming, Xiaoyu really wanted to kick her feet, they were really afraid of the dark before, but after going through so many things, they were not afraid of any demons and monsters, and it would be really hypocritical to be afraid of the dark.
"Don't worry, I'll send you back, anyway, you're not familiar with the environment here, and it will be a joke if you find the wrong room again."
Qiao Ze personally escorted the two, and the three of them walked into the dark mansion together......
Twenty minutes later, Qiao Ze and the three of them were still wandering around the house, because even Qiao Ze couldn't tell which was the room where Gu Xiangyu was.
"JosΓ©? Aze? Young Master Ze? It's been so long, why hasn't it arrived yet? You don't even know your home, do you? Su Qian gradually lost her patience and began to ask questions non-stop.
Qiao Ze sweated like rain, and wiped the sweat from his forehead vigorously, but he couldn't find the room where Gu Xiangyu was.
"I remember very well that the first room where Master lived in the east wing of the mansion was a duplex three-story building, but how could it not be? Qiao's family has a total of four luxury wings, in the east, west, north and south directions, but the doors of the other three rooms are locked, and the east wing seems to have disappeared, what is going on? β
Qiao Ze hurriedly turned, but he couldn't see the fourth duplex building at all, and at this time, Xiao Yu suddenly shouted: "I saw it!" β
"Where?" Su Qian and Qiao Ze asked in unison.
"I see these houses moving!" Xiao Yu said with certainty.
"How is that possible! Are you dazzled? Su Qian felt that this was a hallucination caused by Xiaoyu after she was tired and confused.
"I can't be mistaken! My eyesight is much better than yours, I've adapted to the darkness here, and although the house is moving slowly, I can still see clearly! β
Seeing that Xiao Yu was so convinced, Su Qian and Qiao Ze panicked inexplicably, and suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and Xiao Yu and the three of them completely disappeared into the darkness......
Gu Xiangyu lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, her heart became a little irritable for some reason, she immediately sat up from the bed, adjusted her mood, and meditated.
The next morning, there was a quick knock at Gu Xiangyu's door.
Gu Xiangyu slowly opened her eyes, she saw that Su Qian and Xiaoyu's beds were empty, and thought to herself that these two lazy guys still had time to get up early, it was really rare!
"Just come in, why bother my dreams!" Gu Xiangyu thought that it was Su Qian and the others outside the door.
"Master Gu is not good, the second young master has an accident, you can go and take a look." An unfamiliar voice came from outside the door, it should be someone from the Qiao family.
Gu Xiangyu couldn't help but be stunned, thinking to himself what could Qiao Ze do? Can you lose it under your nose?
"What's wrong with Joze?" Gu Xiangyu was sleepy-eyed, his spirit was not too good, it was difficult to sleep soundly when he slept outside, and he was not as relaxed as at home.
"Master Hui Gu, the second young master has not returned for one night, and he has not notified anyone in the family in advance, the third master invites you to go to the second young master's room to see if there are any traces of being taken away." The man outside the door replied respectfully. (To be continued.) )