Chapter 1839 — Hard Going (Part 1)
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"Nothing — this dog is wonderfully human!" The old woman shook her head, then said kindly to General Weiwu, "Come along, then, and buy medicine with this old woman!"
"Woof woof!" General Weiwu immediately followed the old woman out of the room...
Only after the old woman had left did Gu Mengyao heave a deep sigh. "Xiaoshu, we are truly lucky to have met Granny — otherwise we really wouldn't have had even a place to set foot!"
"That's right — Prophecy Shu is amazing! She made Arrow-Brand Bro do a good deed before, and now it's paid off!" Shen Yushu nodded.
"Pff..." Gu Mengyao was truly speechless. If the things she had prophesied before had come true, that was at least plausible — but today's affair was plainly pure coincidence. This girl really knew how to claim credit.
Naturally, Yu Liu would take no interest in an old lady going out to buy medicine with a dog. After making a circuit and finding no trace of Gu Mengyao or Shen Yushu, he contacted Yu Xiaochen somewhat dejectedly to confess his failure — a trifling oversight had cost him a golden opportunity, and he was filled with remorse!
Yet after hearing Yu Liu's explanation, Yu Xiaochen did not blame him. If anyone was to blame, it was Yu Xiaochen himself — he had not made things clear beforehand, which had left Yu Liu timid and hesitant.
Yu Xiaochen was not one to confuse right and wrong, so he merely told Yu Liu to search Wei Zhao's villa once more, to see whether anything could be found there; if not, they should give it up for the time being.
If Gu Mengyao was determined to hide, then with only Yu Liu's abilities it would be very hard to find any clue — no point in wasting time.
The Gu family villa.
Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan had long since left. The two had suffered only light injuries, and even they did not know why Yu Liu had shown mercy — but however that might be, they had escaped with their lives.
Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had both gotten away, so there was no reason for them to linger at the villa. If Yu Liu doubled back, they would certainly be no match for him!
Without Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, to fight Yu Liu head-on would be sheer folly.
So by the time Yu Liu returned to the villa again, there was not a soul left in it.
Yu Liu searched from the ground floor up, and after turning the whole villa inside out, he found nothing of value there.
Having come up empty-handed, Yu Liu quietly left Songshan City and returned to the hidden Yu family...
Under the dim yellow lamplight, Gu Mengyao sat cautiously before the stove, watching the medicinal herbs in the clay pot. She was following Elder Zhang's instructions for decocting the medicine to the letter — though what pained her was that a single dose of the herbs Wei Zhao took cost over a thousand yuan! (To be continued)