Chapter 15: Acquaintance


    Trantor: Transn Editor: Transn


    Who wrote the rmendation letter for Han Shiqi? That person had to be closely associated with the massacre of the Gu family.


    However, Gu Shenwei did not have any clue because he was still a naive young Master at that time and did not care about it. If he had not been in the study when Han Shiqi met Gu Lun, he would not have remembered the manor servant.


    Han Shiqi must have known the previous “young Master”, as one of his main purposes for working in the manor had to be to recognize their faces.


    The first head that they had taken was incorrect, and so was the second. No one could be more certain about it than Han Shiqi.


    What Gu Shenwei had been worried about hade to pass.


    At this critical moment, he could do nothing. He could not rashly leave because it would only arouse the others’ attention, neither could he wait like this because Han Shiqi would open his eyes sooner orter.


    Gu Shenwei could only pray silently and let the Will of the Divine decide his fate.


    Hisplexion slightly exposed his mood. ve Yao, adept at observing people, curiously nced at him and opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it.


    Over there, Han Shiqi, whoy on the deck chair, turned over and beckoned ve Ji to massage his waist while drowsily saying, “Less talk. I’m already very lucky to keep this hand. Every time I see the Eighth Young Master, my heart pounds heavily. How dare I speak more? Let’s talk about itter.”


    ve Ji was not satisfied, especially in front of the new servants. He then pushed Han Shiqi’s waist like a little woman while saying in a seductive tone, “Third Brother, I don’t understand. They killed the wrong kid before letting you double-check. It wasn’t your fault. You deserve a medal for finding the kid. Why are you scared?”


    Gu Shenwei also wanted to know what happened to the second child.


    Han Shiqi gave two shortughs and stretched, but did not answer. Turning to face the nine teenagers, he opened his eyes.


    Gu Shenwei had his heart in his mouth and almost turned around to escape, as he would rather jump off the cliff than fall into the enemy’s hands.


    Han Shiqi closed his eyes again.


    “I’ll be away for about a month. Get some entertainment for me.”


    ve Ji understood tacitly that he had to use various means to win his backer over.


    “ve Qi and ve Xie, stay. The rest of you, go back to your room.” Then he whispered into Han Shiqi’s ear, “A pair of brothers…”


    The pair of brothers froze up as they knew that he was talking about them.


    The elder brother, ve Qi, had big eyes and bushy eyebrows, but his younger brother, ve Xie, was delicate with bright eyes and shapely eyebrows. ve Xie was so timid that he always hid half of his body behind his brother. In Gu Shenwei’s view, ve Xie always kept silent.


    ve Yao looked bad as if he suffered tremendous grievance. He immediately flew into a rage after going back to the bedroom.


    “In what way are they better than me? Just a pair of brothers. Poor taste. I’m certain that they don’t clean up their butts. Hmph, ve Ji thought I snitched on him to Mama Xue. He should have thought that everyone knows that he had hit ve Xiao.”


    Gu Shenwei roughly guessed what the pair of brothers would suffer.


    Although he was only 14, he had indistinctly heard of catamites in the Central ins. He had not understood the exact meaning of this word, but he knew that it was an extremely sordid evil deed.


    He sympathized with the pair of brothers but could do nothing. They had run into trouble while he had escaped it. Han Shiqi would leave tomorrow ande back a monthter. Perhaps during that period, the Will of the Divine would help him find his sister. They could escape together and then seek revenge.


    ve Yao was irritated at losing the chance to tter Han Shiqi. As “lucky” ve Qi and ve Xie were not here, he started to vent his anger on others.


    “ve Huan, it may be your turn next time. Look at you, with your self-righteous, noble look. You’ll win the favor of Master Han. Oh, I forgot to remind you. Those men like to be rough to such a littlemb like you. When it happens, you may not be able to walk for a few days. Haha, they…”


    Gu Shenwei really wanted to punch ve Yao in the face. However, he kept his temper in check and repeatedly warned himself not to mess things up. Han Shiqi was in the opposite room, therefore, Gu Shenwei had better not arouse his attention.


    However, he eventually could not control himself anymore and finally rushed at ve Yao on impulse.


    ve Yao was prepared for it and kept standing behind the other teenagers. The five teenagers who had not learned Central ins Chinese well could not fully understand his words, so they did not know why ve Huan suddenly lost his temper and caught hold of him.


    With his bit of family-inherited skills, Gu Shenwei could not fight with killers or bandits, but it was possible for him to defeat several peers. While looking at ve Yao’s proud pointy face, Gu Shenwei suddenly came to his senses, choked back his anger, and stepped aside.


    The pair of brothers, ve Qi and ve Xie, did note back until midnight.


    The elder brother, ve Qi, mped his lips shut and lowered his head so as to not look at anyone while his younger brother, ve Xie, sobbed behind him.


    The two teenagersy on the brick bed while the others pretended to hear nothing. However, there was one who had not fully vented his anger.


    “Hey, your butts must feel pretty good, right? Don’t think you’re higher than me after gaining a killer’s favor. I’m the Miss’s henchman now, and in the future, I’ll be…”


    Before ve Yao could finish his words, ve Qi had stridden over and punched him in the face. While the two of them fought with each other, the nearby teenagers tried to stop them but ended up joining the battle.


    Eventually, all nine teenagers in the room either willingly joined or were forced into the fight, but no one knew whom he fought with because of the darkness. Though Gu Shenwei knew Kung Fu, he still received a lot of hits.


    No one noticed that someone hade in with antern due to the fight still being in full swing.


    ve Ji said with a sneer, “Third Brother, they are fighting for you.”


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    While resting in ve Ji’s room, Han Shiqi heard the teenagers fighting fiercely. At midnight, such a fight would arouse the night watchmen’s attention. Han Shiqi felt irritated but amused, and shouted, “Stop,” while rushing to separate the crowd.


    Gu Shenwei hadpletely lost control. The indignation that he had been repressing for several days flowed out. Every punch he gave was with all his strength. Suddenly, he felt someone pinch his right arm. Without hesitation, he took the chance to turn around, his head crossing under the arm and his left fist punching toward the other’s face.


    Han Shiqi was surprised that a little master hid among the group of children. He did not show his move to block it but grabbed the teenager’s right arm with more strength to push outward. The fearless teenager was instantly thrown into a corner.


    A red circr print was left where Gu Shenwei’s new name was branded. His bones felt like they were broken. It was true that there was arge gap between him and a killer of Golden Roc Fort.


    The two people stared at each other.


    One was once a spy who had entered the manor of the Gu family and was now a faithful killer serving the Eighth Young Master, Shangguan Nu; the other was once the young Master of the Gu family, but was now a ve, with a humiliating brand on his arm.


    At this moment, Gu Shenwei was quite calm for there was no way to escape. He would rather die gloriously in a fight than beg for mercy, disgracing the Gu family of the Central ins.


    The nine teenagers scattered throughout the room. All of them kept silent as they knew that they had caused trouble. ve Yao turned his head to face the other way as if it had nothing to do with him.


    Han Shiqi swung his hands with a surprised smile.


    Gu Shenwei knew he had been recognized. With the idea of fighting to the death in his mind, he red back.


    “ve Ji, you hide a treasure here.”


    “Don’t talk rubbish. Show your moves!”


    Gu Shenwei slowly stood up. His body was full of the first level of Yang Strength, like an overflowing brook. Facing the well-known killer of Golden Roc Fort, he was determined to fight to the death, neither shivering nor flinching.


    All the teenagers were surprised that ve Huan, who looked well-behaved, abruptly dared to fight with such reckless abandon. It was also an unexpected surprise for ve Ji, who trained this servant. If the servant behaved like this in front of the masters, ve Ji would be med for negligence.


    “You brat! Do you want to die? How dare you speak to the boss like this! What have I taught you?”


    Immediately, he took out the rosewood stick on his waist and was ready to enforce the “familyw”.


    Han Shiqi, unexpectedly, raised his arm to stop ve Ji with the same smile.


    “No, keep his wildness. Don’t let anyone touch him. Wait for my return.”


    Han Shiqi and ve Ji left with antern, leaving the nine teenagers in the darkness. All of them breathed heavily and then sessively got into the brick bed. No one won this fight and no one benefited.


    Gu Shenwei also crawled into bed. He was exhausted and it felt as if his skeleton copsed, too weak to hold up his whole body.


    “What did Han Shiqi mean? Didn’t he recognize me?


    “But how is that possible? One of Han Shiqi’s main purposes for getting into the Gu’s manor was to recognize us. Or maybe that was not Han Shiqi, but just someone who looked like him.”


    ve Ji always called him “Third Brother”, but never mentioned his real name.


    “One more butt is going to bloom…” ve Yao muttered before falling asleep. He was indignant about why he was not the lucky one.


    Gu Shenwei did not know why he was not recognized until he washed his face the next morning. His face was ck and blue and swelled up to the point that no one could recognize it.


    He had been so absorbed in his worries that he did not feel any pain. The moment he touched the cold water, he felt unbearable aches and pains.


    The others were all seriously injured and some of them limped in pain.


    When they paid their respects to the Miss as usual, Mama Xue saw the pathetic teenagers and just snorted without saying a word.


    After they returned to Firewood Yard, ve Ji used his rosewood stick to tell the teenagers that he was the master of this yard and only he was qualified to hit others.


    However, ve Yao, who started that fight, escaped the overseer’s torture because he received individual training at Mama Xue’s ce after they paid their respects to the Miss. To be a killer in Golden Roc Fort, it was not enough to only win the master’s favor; one should have a little martial arts foundation.


    But ve Yao suffered a lot at Mama Xue’s ce. While the other teenagers recovered, only he continued to suffer injuries to his face. Before going to sleep, he still imagined what would happen if he became a killer, but at the moment, he was not full of confidence.


    Gu Shenwei believed that it would not take more than a few months for ve Yao to die by Mama Xue’s hand.


    The 11th day after he entered Golden Roc Fort, Gu Shenwei was still annoyed that he had not heard any news about his sister, and was also upset about how to deal with Han Shiqi’s return. ve Yao, who had not learned Kung Fu very well, came to find him.


    Gu Shenwei was surprised to see him, as the two of them did not speak with each other over the past few days. While he was mopping the floor in ve Ji’s room, ve Yao walked in, returning earlier than usual.


    “You know Kung Fu?”


    Gu Shenwei did not answer and kept cleaning the floor.


    “Teach me.”


    “Dream on,” Gu Shenwei secretly said, still ignoring him.


    “Teach me Yin and Yang Strength and I’ll give the cloth back to you.”


    Gu Shenwei suddenly stood up.