Chapter 703: Chapter 606: A Foolish Act

"But being so blatant about this, aren’t you afraid of Mr. Tang anymore?"

Gu Shaojun lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair. "Why would I be afraid of him? I only need to respect him. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away here. No matter how capable Mr. Tang is, he can’t just fly over. So I can..."

"You can’t! The consequences will be severe!"

"What kind of consequences could there be? What were you thinking? I just meant I can finally hold my darling and get a good, comfortable night’s sleep!"

Gu Shaojun changed the subject, first telling her about his recent situation and a potential job transfer in the new year, before bringing up Gu Shaozhen.

"Why didn’t Shaozhen return to Beijing? Why did he come here with you? You were clearly the one driving, yet he’s the one who looks exhausted. What has he been up to?" Xiao Man was also curious. She didn’t believe for a second that he’d come running just for a single phone call from her Grandpa.

"He did something foolish," Gu Shaojun said. "You know Shaozhen likes doing business and making money. But he has other traits: he loves to explore, and he loves..."

Xiao Man couldn’t help but laugh. "To chase after all sorts of beautiful women? I know that one. In our last life, he was infamous for it, constantly featured in the tabloids. Rumor was he had quite a few illegitimate children."

Gu Shaojun gently flicked her forehead. "And what are rumors? Just baseless speculation. I definitely won’t let him run wild this time."

He sighed softly. "In our past life, Shaozhen’s personal life really was a mess. But we were all adults, and it wasn’t right to be overly controlling. Back then, the Gu family was not only losing its influence, but our family line was also dwindling. I was disabled and didn’t live long, Shaoyu was in poor health and chose not to marry, and in the next generation, there was only Shaofeng’s son and Shaozhen’s daughter. Shaozhen desperately wanted a son, but he had suffered a severe injury and was unable to have children, even with treatment from the best doctors. So the rumors about illegitimate children were just that—rumors. There was no truth to them at all."

Xiao Man was stunned for a moment. "Huh? Shaozhen was so badly injured in our last life that it affected his fertility? How did I not know that? Did it happen when he was young? Where exactly was he injured?"

Gu Shaojun nodded. "It was right around now. This very incident."

"What happened? I couldn’t tell. I just thought he looked a little tired."

"I’ve been giving him the elixirs and Spiritual Spring water you gave me, the ones from the Storage Ring. He’s been taking the elixirs at regular intervals, and I’ve been mixing the Spiritual Spring water with his drinking water. That’s the only reason he’s recovered this much."

Xiao Man suddenly remembered something. "Wait, that’s not right. In this life, he has a High-level Protection Talisman. I gave it to him myself. How could he still have gotten hurt? Unless he ran into an opponent on the level of a Golden Core Cultivator, or faced some incredibly powerful destructive force!"

"That’s why I said he did something foolish." Gu Shaojun chuckled. "He had the High-level Protection Talisman and had just advanced to the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, so he got cocky and thought he was invincible. Two months ago, someone talked him into putting a team together for another expedition out west. He agreed and even ended up as the leader. Apparently, he’d gone in that direction twice before, only to be forced to turn back midway. He’d been frustrated by his failures and was determined to try again. This time, there were two young women on his team. Thinking that adventurous women are a rarity these days, Gu Shaozhen was quite taken with them, and he went so far as to risk his life to protect one of them—seeing how frail and delicate she looked, he gave her his Amulet to wear! Afterward, they entered the Qinling Mountains and encountered a band of tomb raiders. Being adventurers, they were naturally brave. Without a second thought, they started tailing them, hoping to get a look inside the ancient tomb themselves. But they were discovered and led into a trap. The raiders lured them into a dead-end chamber and then set off explosives to trigger a cave-in. Everyone was trapped inside. Fortunately, some local mountain folk heard the blast and saw that half the mountain had come down, so they called the police. It took rescuers four or five days to dig everyone out. Shaozhen was badly hurt. He didn’t dare tell the family and called me instead. I had Wei Zhenling go and pick him up."

Xiao Man clicked her tongue in amazement. "An expedition team... They certainly know how to have fun. What about that woman? How did she fare?"

"She had found shelter in a small space between a stone pillar and a beam, so she was completely unharmed. Since Shaozhen was severely injured and had to leave, he asked her to return the Amulet, but the woman refused. Wei Zhenling had to use some... methods to get it back. Only then did Shaozhen finally get furious and realize the depth of his regret."

"He really deserved that lesson. Maybe now he’ll stop trying to be a hero and showing off. Some people simply aren’t worth it. You can’t just whip out something like an Amulet and lend it to others. If even a ’weak’ woman would get greedy and try to keep it, imagine if a stronger expert found out. They’d just kill him and take his treasure, wouldn’t they?"

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