Chapter Fifty-Three In the Water

  In the inpatient department of Beijing Union Hospital, in a single room on the third floor, Bai Liangsu was sitting by the window, bathed in the morning sunlight that streamed in, and gazing at the young man and woman before him, feeling rather dazed.

  She didn't know much about Ouyang Yun, but one thing was certain: it would be extremely difficult to get this kid to spit out what he had eaten. As for her own shifu who grew up with her since childhood, she knew her like the back of her hand. Her shifu had left here smiling a few days ago, and because of that smile, when Ouyang Yun came to see her, she kindly reminded him.

  In this story, Ouyang Yun as a traverser is actually still a newcomer and has no idea what kind of person Gu Lianyun is. Although he knows she has the nickname "Nine-Tailed Fox", he doesn't know that foxes only smile when they see their prey - smiling is actually the most terrifying weapon of the fox.

  Bai Liu Su was clear about this, and in her childhood, she had personally witnessed her master's sister smiling as she chopped off the right hand of a delinquent boy, simply because that hand had touched her buttocks.

  "Could it be that Shifu has already completed her mission?" Bai Liuxu thought, her big eyes scanning the two people's faces back and forth.

  The young man and woman standing in front of her both had a tired look on their faces. What was strange was that they were both wearing light blue clothes, one a long gown and the other a large cloak with a skirt, and both had faint smiles on their faces. If Bai Liuxi were a new human of the 21st century, she would probably think of the term "couple's outfit" at this moment. What puzzled her now was that the two people who were supposed to be bitter enemies were getting along so well and seemed to have a tacit understanding. Could it be that they had also been "entwined in love" before? As she thought about this, a faint blush rose to her face...

  Ouyang Yun was also a bit dazed, just as Bai Liusu had expected. Last night he was still arguing with Gu Lianyun, but this morning they woke up and everything was fine - this change of heart was a bit too sudden! At first, he was still worried, not knowing what Gu Lianyun was planning. Women were an unfamiliar group to him, and he didn't understand their psychology at all. To be honest, it was laughable that on the way to the hospital, when the two of them were sitting in a rickshaw together, he didn't feel the happiness of having Xiang Yu by his side, but instead was nervously on guard against who-knows-what angle would suddenly erupt into a cloud of smoke.

  Gu Lianyun had somehow sensed his psychological state, and her body would often accidentally bump into his due to the inertia of the moving vehicle. The woman had gotten up early that morning, and her strange psychology was at play - she had changed from a bra to a belly band, making her chest appear even more imposing. Lei's elbow and waist were in close proximity, causing someone who usually didn't show their emotions to feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, feeling anxious and distracted while also unable to help but think wildly.

  Among the three, only Gu Lianyun understood what had happened between her and Ouyang Yun. The Japanese sneak attack, those few shredded papers, Ouyang Yun's current reaction, all made her make a decision - perhaps feeling that she had fooled enough to offset last night's hurt. When seeing the gate of Xiehe Hospital, Gu Lianyun looked at Ouyang Yun and smiled: "What's going on? Is there a hedgehog sitting next to you?"

  Ouyang Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Even a hedgehog is better than you, at least a hedgehog has a male!"

  "Heh heh!" The woman giggled and then reached out to tap him on the forehead: "You're a scoundrel with a dirty mind but no guts!"

  Ouyang Yun wrinkled her nose, looked at her and suddenly smiled, saying in a low, ambiguous tone: "Did I disappoint you?" After finishing speaking, she got up and prepared to run away.

  "Get out!" Gu Lianyun lifted one foot and kicked him in the butt, then burst into uncontrollable laughter. It was clear that Mingming was a rookie, but he still pretended to be an old hand, trying to intimidate who?!

  In the hospital corridor, Ouyang Yun thought for a moment and felt uneasy, asking her in a low voice: "Shouldn't we make a peace agreement between us? As Song Jun said, let's unite against outsiders."

  Gu Lianyun sneered: "You're so afraid of death?!"

  Ouyang Yun's face turned bitter, and he spoke bluntly: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of 'Gu Bone Powder'!"

  Gu Lianyun looked at him and said meaningfully, "Let's see how you behave. As long as you don't harm people or betray us, I won't lay a hand on you." She added solemnly, "The 'Nine-Tailed Fox' keeps her word."

  "Nine-tailed fox?!" Ouyang Yun whispered a sentence, looked at the other's delicate face and that proud chest, and secretly said: "It really is as the name suggests, but can what a fox says be trusted?" He couldn't help but shiver.

  Gu Lianyun put a breakfast on the bedside table and asked Bai Liusu: "Where are your two sisters?"

  Bai Liu Su put away her daydreams and softly said: "Mei Ren sister has gone to wash up."

  "Have you washed your face?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Then I'll feed you breakfast," Gu Lianyun said, carrying a chair to sit beside the bed and starting to feed Bai Liuxu his breakfast.

  Ouyang Yun stood beside him, feeling bored, and first tidied up the flower hairpin he had given her a few days ago. "It's time to change the flowers," she said. "There are too few flower shops in Beiping, it's really hard to buy." Then, he bent down and picked up the spittoon under the bed and walked out.

  Bai Liu's face turned red, it was her urine container, which hadn't been cleaned yet today.

  Gu Lianyun was using a spoon to feed her half a bowl of thin porridge, when she saw her face suddenly turn red, looking embarrassed and hesitant. She turned around and saw Ouyang Yun carrying a spittoon out, smiled and said in a low voice: "Liusu, Ouyang Yun is quite good to you, willing to do even this kind of thing."

  The red color on Bai Liu Su's face quickly dissipated, her eyebrows furrowed, and she said coldly: "Sister Mo, don't joke around. You know that in this lifetime, I only like Shen Gege."

  The two words "like" would have been something she wouldn't have dared to say out loud in front of people before, let alone add the three words "Shen Da Ge", but now that person is gone, and she can finally loudly express her true feelings.

  Gu Lianyun smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

  Ouyang Yun shook his head and walked out of the room, seeing a bright face, with eyes that sparkled more brightly, and a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth.

  The girl opposite him was walking slowly with a pale face, and when she saw him, her already white and rosy face immediately turned bright red, and her big watery eyes added a bit of panic, perhaps because she didn't expect to see him here.

  As soon as he saw her, Ouyang Yun thought of her name, and the term "beauty" would pop up in his mind. He smiled and said: "Meiren classmate, good morning."

  "Ouyang - big brother is up early!" Pan Manren said in a weak and mosquito-like voice, lowering her head, then slightly raising it after a moment, quickly casting him a glance, meeting Ouyang's bright and piercing gaze, immediately becoming shy and letting out a giggle, hastily brushing past his side and running into the sickroom.

  He saw her into the ward, Ouyang Yun was speechless and lost his smile. He thought to himself that he had seen people who were shy, but not as easily embarrassed as she was. However, she looked very pleasing to the eye like this! As he thought about it, a surge of song rose up in his chest. Unconsciously, he coughed twice, cleared his throat and hummed softly: "The reeds are green, white dew becomes frost."

  The beauty is on the other side of the water.

  The journey is long and arduous;

  Boating from afar, it seems to be in the middle of the water.

  The reeds and rushes are desolate and mournful, the white dew has not yet dried.

  The beauty is on the other side of the water.

  The path is difficult and steep;

  Boating from afar, it seems to be in the water.

  The water caltrops are harvested, but the white dew has not yet dried.

  The beauty is in the ripples of the water.

  The path winds back and forth, with many obstacles on the right.

  "Upstream from it, it seems to be in the water."

  The song ended, and the singer didn't feel anything special, but the three attentive people couldn't help exchanging glances with each other, none of them had expected that Ouyang Yun still had such a skill.

  Bai Liu Su was fine, but her heart had long been elsewhere; she just thought the song was pretty good. Pan Mei Ren was the most attentive, lightly biting her lower lip, and seemed to be in a daze. Gu Lian Yun had just seen Pan Mei Ren's charming expression, and his heart wasn't right, thinking that little thief was flirting again, this little rascal... seeing her like this, he couldn't help but feel annoyed, his teeth itching with anger. Before Ou Yang Yun even entered the room, her loud voice was already shouting: "Who is this?! What's with the wolf howling so early in the morning?!"

  Ouyang Yun was startled and stepped back, saying exaggeratedly at the door: "No way, sis! Do you have any music cells?!"

  Pan Mei looked at Gu Lianyun with a timid expression and said softly: "I think it sounds pretty good!"

  She glared at her and said: "What do you know? Haven't you heard this phrase before? A merchant's daughter doesn't know the sorrow of a lost nation, yet she still sings 'Flowers' across the river!"

  Pan Mei's eyes widened; Bai Liu Su couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Haha" - this senior sister of hers was a master at interjecting and making jokes, if it came to arguing, probably no one present could be her match.

  Ouyang Yun walked in with a snot-nosed expression, blinking his eyes at Gu Liyun for half a day. Just when everyone thought he couldn't take this stimulation and would get angry, he opened his eyebrows and laughed loudly: "Sister, you're really too talented! You're my idol!"

  At this point, Gu Lianyun couldn't take it anymore and scolded with a "Get out! You're such a treasure!" After scolding, she suddenly thought of something and burst into laughter, saying: "How can a grown man like to sing such sour songs?"

  Ouyang Yun's eyes lit up when he heard the words "treasured instrument", and said: "I almost forgot that you are from Sichuan, haha, little sister, it's not what Leng Ge said..."

  Gu Lianyun and Bai Liusu stared at him in unison, asking: "Are you also from Sichuan?"

  "Yes!"

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