84 Imperial Examination (second revision)

Huang Zhong found Young Master Gu on a large tree a hundred steps away from the courtyard.

Lord Gu had been hauled up by Gu Jiao and hung on a large tree branch, like a soaking wet garment, not a single dry spot on his entire being as water dripped down from him.

Huang Zhong was extremely startled when he saw him; it was lucky it was broad daylight, for he might have mistaken him for a ghost if it had been night!

"My Lord, why have you hung yourself on a tree?"

Did I hang myself? It was that reckless lass!

"And how did your face get swollen?"

Still that lass!

Every encounter with the girl spelled trouble for him, his body was soon going to bear no mark of soundness!

He realized, that lass was his nemesis!

"I refuse to recognize her as family anymore—"

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Gu Jiao bid Gu Yan goodbye, and although he was reluctant to see her go, her promise to return soon for a follow-up examination comforted him.

He accompanied Gu Jiao in his palanquin, and then saw her onto the carriage.