Coming Kingly Son-in-Law: Don't Provoke the First Daughter - Chapter 25

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Soon Shen Zhongbai fell into the cold pool. The pool kept sinking. Besides, he was so heavy that half of his body sank into the pool immediately after he fell. As he struggled, his body sank quickly. After a while, his chest was submerged.

Gu Qiang stood aside and tried her best to refrain herself from laughing.

Shen Qianshan waved his hand in a nearby plum tree. Watching his master flip a stone to Shen Zhongbai’s leg like a thunderbolt, Jin Ye felt confused. Did his master…hate Shen Zhongbai so much?

Jin Ye found the face of his master darkened immediately and fierceness almost spilled over from his eyes when he found Gu Qiang wanted to hold Shen Zhongbai.

Then Shen Zhongbai’s leg hurt and he fell into the cold pool.

The cold pool was not so dangerous as one could imagine, but if a person without Kung Fu fell into it, he would have a slim chance of survival.

Jin Ye turned around and found figures flash in nearby trees. Obviously, they were Shen Zhongbai’s guards and felt nervous to see their master fall into the cold pool. But because Gu Qiang was there, they couldn’t emerge.

Gu Qiang was startled and then tried to control her expression. She squatted before Shen Zhongbai carefully and asked worriedly, “Oh, sir, what’s up? Are you going to swim?”

Swim? Shen Zhongbai clenched his fists in the mud with a rattle of fingers as if he was itching to knock down and tear Gu Qiang into pieces.

“Try to pull me up!” Shen Zhongbai ordered. He used to talk with her both softly and overbearingly. But now only an overbearing tone was left.

Gu Qiang nodded and told him, “Sure. Let me think about how to help you.”

She tied her horse aside, picked a thin branch from a nearby plum tree, walked to him, passed it to him, and said smilingly, “Please hold the branch. I’ll pull you up.”

Looking at the branch that was as thin as his little finger, Shen Zhongbai was furious. How could she pull him up with such a thin branch? Was her brain filled with shit?

He hit the branch away and began to practice Kung Fu. He wanted to pull himself up from the cold pool by Kung Fu. However, when he practiced Kung Fu again, he found no Kung Fu was left.

He even had little physical strength. How could it be possible? What was wrong?

Shen Zhongbai’s face looked terrible at that moment.

“Sir, please come out. How cold you are in the pool!” Gu Qiang shouted worriedly by the pool, but she couldn’t help wearing a smile. Though she didn’t know how he fell into the cold pool, she indeed took pleasure in his misfortune.

Shen Zhongbai shivered and couldn’t help saying finally, “Do you know who I am? I’m the Third Prince. If you don’t pull me out, how can I face others without feeling embarrassed?”

Gu Qiang pretended to be surprised. How could she not know him? But as an “ignorant” lady of Prime Minister Mansion, she decided to play dumb to the end.

“Prince, please come out!” she repeated. I passed the branch to you, but you refused it.

“Shut up!” Shen Zhongbai couldn’t help shouting at last. Then he tried to practice Kung Fu again, but he failed once more.

Gu Qiang felt sad because of his shout. She pointed to him and cried, “Your Highness, you shouted at me. I’m so sad…”

Then her tears rolled down. She wiped them quickly, turned around, and intended to leave with her horse.

Shen Zhongbai swallowed his saliva and realized he had trouble. Now it became slightly light, and the dawn was coming. If Gu Qiang went to the road and brought more people here, his falling into the cold pool would be spread and he would be too embarrassed to face others.

It was urgent for him to stop the girl and coax her to pull him up.

Therefore, he coughed lightly and said to her, “Could you pull me up at first?”

Gu Qiang turned around. Her good-looking face seemed attractive in the moonlight, like a lotus just out of water. It was difficult for a person to take his eyes away.

However, Shen Zhongbai had no time to enjoy it. He stared at her with expectation and hoped that she could be reliable. Was it so difficult for her to find a bigger branch and pull him up?

It was later and later at night. The water in the pool became colder and colder. Shen Zhongbai felt as if countless insects were biting his legs and waist. He was in a cold sweat because of the pain.

Hearing Shen Zhongbai talks with her humbly, Gu Qiang laughed. She moved close to him, stroked his pale face, and said, “Your Highness, I feel so sorry for you. But I’m a woman. Why don’t you ask your guards for help? A prince should have bodyguards, right?”

Then she withdrew her smile instantly. Shen Zhongbai was skilled in Kung Fu and alert. How could the guys in black beat him? She also had another doubt. He had secret guards around him, but he was hurt by the guys in black. Wasn’t it strange?

It appeared that it was his plot.

Gu Qiang turned around and threw the branch away. She kept thinking about it while walking. Though Shen Zhongbai never fell in love with her during the years she spent with him, she was clear about his manners.

He was aimed at Gu Qiang’s identity and the status of Gu Family. She raised her head suddenly and recalled that in her dream Shen Zhongbai laughed complacently and claimed he would never allow a woman from Gu Family to become the Queen. The laugh pricked her heart like a needle.

Watching her leave, Shen Zhongbai parted his lips but swallowed back his call for help on the tip of his tongue. It was not bad if she left. Then his guards could emerge to save him.

It was the first time for him to lose face before a woman. The embarrassment was more terrible than physical pain.

Gu Qiang led the horse away and felt her way down the mountain. The plum blossom garden had special charm at night, but a woman couldn’t help feeling nervous to stay here alone.

In a big plum tree nearby, Shen Qianshan rubbed his hands silently, but he wore an attractive smile. It was rare that a man could have such a pretty smile.

Shen Qianshan saw clearly what had happened. He wasn’t interested in the reason why Shen Zhongbai became so stupid. To his surprise, Gu Qiang seemed to adore Shen Zhongbai. That was why he was unpleased.

But after looking carefully, he found Gu Qiang played a trick on Shen Zhongbai.

How glorious the Third Prince was! He might be the next king. All girls in the capital wished to marry him, especially the two ones of Prime Minister Gu. Both of them were eager to marry into the royal family.

But what Gu Qiang did show that she didn’t hope to marry Shen Zhongbai. She didn’t treat him nicely. Maybe…she didn’t adore him, did she?

Gu Qiang walked slowly. The horse remained quiet. It was tired. She had got a poor sense of bearings since her childhood. After she walked for a while, she lost her way. When she looked around, she found everywhere looked the same.

After standing there for a long time, she decided to give up and wait to move on after it became light. She sat down on the ground and was ready to take a rest when a strong breeze blew behind her suddenly. She trembled and turned around only to see a man.

She stood up quickly and was about to shout, but finally, she didn’t let out a sound. Instead, she covered her mouth tightly and looked in surprise at the man between two nearby trees. His black clothes were fluttering in the breeze.

“Who…?” Before Gu Qiang finished her question, the man walked towards her and said smilingly, “Well, it has been only a few days since we met last time. Have you forgotten who I am?”

This was Shen Qianshan. As soon as she saw his face clearly, she flushed and recalled what he said that night. Then she turned her head away and murmured, “It’s you?”

Why was the man everywhere? Of course, the man often did her a favor, but she thought she could deal with something by herself. She owed him a favor unconsciously. When she wanted to return the favor, she found she couldn’t.

Shen Qianshan looked at Gu Qiang’s reddish cheeks in the moonlight and listened to insects chirping faintly and the stream murmuring. The moonlight was as chilly as water. His heart became soft suddenly.

“It’s not safe here. Let me take you out.” Shen Qianshan said patiently. In fact, he wanted to go with Gu Qiang.

Gu Qiang shook her head. She thought every one of Shen Family was bad because she hated one of them. But Shen Qianshan…should be short-lived. Though she didn’t know why he often appeared before her, it might be destined.

“Thanks, but I can walk alone.” Gu Qiang wanted to walk past him with her horse. She felt uneasy to stay together with the Ninth Duke in the wild mountain at night as a woman.

She knew she wasn’t exceedingly beautiful, but a woman should be responsible for her reputa