Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 210 One Lame, One Blind

To his disappointment, despite trying to look around for a while, all he could see was a blurry, incomprehensible scene.

Meanwhile, on a hillside not far from here, Su Yue and Dali were lying quietly on the ground.

Their eyes were fixed on the road leading into the city below, closely watching every pedestrian who passed by and was about to enter the city gate.

Su Yue looked relaxed and content, cracking sunflower seeds in her hand and skillfully putting the kernels into her mouth to chew.

While enjoying this moment of leisure, she casually asked Dali beside her, "Dali, do you think we could move into the city if we managed to snatch someone else's household registration?"

After speaking, she spat out the sunflower seed shells from her mouth.

Upon hearing Su Yue's words, Dali, who had been focused on observing passersby, immediately turned his head.

Her round face looked unusually serious at this moment. She stared straight at Su Yue and then solemnly replied, "Well... I don't know."

"Should I rush down and grab one first?" Dali said, making a move to get up and act.

"Hey! Lie down, lie down! I was just saying it casually, please don't!"

If we really can't get a household registration, we can always try to find out more information elsewhere.

Seeing that Dali really intended to get up and grab the household registration, Su Yue was startled and quickly reached out to pull Dali, who was already half-sitting up, back to his original lying position.

She was genuinely worried that if she were even slightly slow to act, Dali would likely pounce on the passing crowd below without hesitation and snatch their household registrations.

"Never mind, never mind, let's go back and see if that person has woken up yet." Su Yue patted the leaves off her clothes and started walking towards the tent.

Su Yue lifted the tent flap, and soft sunlight instantly streamed into the tent.

When her gaze fell into the tent, she was pleasantly surprised to find that Gu Yuan, who had been unconscious, had actually woken up.

"Oh! You're awake! If you hadn't woken up, I really would have thought you were going to die!" Su Yue blurted out, her words carrying a hint of teasing and relief.

Gu Yuan heard the voice, struggled to open his eyes, and was surprised to see that the person in front of him was the girl he had met once at the inn.

He forced a smile, despite his discomfort, and said, "Thank you for saving me, young lady."

However, due to prolonged lack of water and food, his throat was extremely dry and hoarse, and every word he uttered sounded like he was enduring immense pain.

Seeing this, Su Yue quickly sat down with concern, carefully examining Gu Yuan's condition, and asked softly, "How are you feeling now? Is there anything that's particularly uncomfortable?"

Gu Yuan licked his chapped lips and replied with difficulty, "Much better... but I'm terribly thirsty."

After saying this, he felt as if he were about to be burned away by the thirst within him.

If it weren't for the last bit of willpower that kept me going, I probably would have fainted again.

"Oh, look at my memory, I completely forgot about that!" Su Yue slapped her forehead, suddenly realizing.

Since rescuing Gu Yuan, she has only focused on treating his injuries with the Zhenling Spring water, neglecting his most basic need for drinking water.

Thinking of this, she quickly stood up, picked up the teapot, and poured water.

However, when she turned to look at Gu Yuan, who was still lying on the bed unable to move, she suddenly realized that it might not be easy to get him to drink water directly like that.

Without hesitation, Su Yue quickly walked back to the bedside, reached out and forcefully lifted Gu Yuan, who was half-naked, up, and then quickly adjusted his position so that his head was slightly raised.

Immediately afterwards, she picked up the teacup and, without hesitation, began pouring water into Gu Yuan's mouth.

After filling Gu Yuan's mouth with water, he put him back without changing his expression. Only then did Gu Yuan realize that he wasn't wearing a shirt, and his ears immediately turned red.

"Tell me what happened to you? Why were you being chased for no reason?" Su Yue finally couldn't suppress her doubts and asked.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan was instantly reminded of that unbearable past, feeling as if a raging fire was burning in his heart, causing him unbearable pain.

But he took a deep breath, suppressing his anger and grief, and slowly recounted the whole story to Su Yue.

It turns out that Gu Yuan's father was a marquis appointed by the imperial court, and his mother was the marquis's second wife.

This first wife bore the Marquis two sons.

As for Gu Yuan's mother, she came from a merchant family. When the Marquis was away, he fell in love with her at first sight and insisted on marrying her.

Initially, the old Marquis of the Gu family did not approve of this marriage.

But who could have imagined that Gu Yuan's mother would be so capable, becoming pregnant just two months after marrying into the Marquis's household and successfully giving birth to little Gu Yuan.

However, fate is cruel. When Gu Yuan was only six years old, his poor mother was murdered by a concubine in the household and died tragically.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuan was young and ignorant at the time, and even though he witnessed the whole process, no one was willing to believe what he said.

What's even more despicable is that the aunt who murdered Gu Yuan's mother, fearing that her crime would be exposed, secretly instigated and instructed the servants in the mansion to wantonly abuse the young Gu Yuan.

If it weren't for the presence of the old Marquis at the time, those wicked servants might have become even more unscrupulous, and young Gu Yuan might have already lost his life.

Upon hearing of her sister's passing, she came to offer her condolences, only to discover that her young nephew had been abused.

Gu Yuan's three uncles were furious, but they were powerless to do anything about it. After all, the social hierarchy was scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, and they were the last merchants.

After a lot of commotion, and perhaps on some condition they agreed to, they finally managed to take the poor little Gu Yuan out of the Marquis's mansion and raise him to adulthood.

And look at the two sons born to his first wife!

The eldest son was a spirited and ambitious man, but unfortunately, he fell off his horse and broke his leg, becoming a cripple.

The second son, on the other hand, was blind after an accident that damaged his eyes.

As a result, both young masters, on whom high hopes had been placed, suffered heavy losses, and their futures were in jeopardy.

Just then, Lord Gu suddenly remembered that he actually had a son named Gu Yuan.

Therefore, he hurriedly dispatched his men to bring Gu Yuan back to Shangdu.

However, the Marquis's mansion was no longer what it used to be.

Through years of deception and manipulation, that concubine managed to ascend to the position of Madam Gu.

This aunt is now living a life of great success, with both a son and a daughter, enjoying wealth and luxury, making her the envy of many.

But how could she let Gu Yuan off so easily?