novelraw Chapter 257 Life is meaningless!
Chapter 257 Life is meaningless!
Chapter 257 Life is meaningless!
After drinking more than twenty cups of wine, even though the alcohol content wasn't high, Ah Gou couldn't hold on any longer.
After Gu Lianshan forced him to eat another bowl, Ah Gou collapsed onto the table, unconscious.
Gu Tang: "...Is he drunk?!"
Gu Lianshan looked at it, then nodded with a smile: "That's right! He's passed out!"
After saying that, Jianjun, as if he had won a battle, hummed a little tune and began to eat.
Gu Tang, who was standing next to him, almost couldn't help but scream!
What the hell is this?!
According to their plan, the one who should be drunk is her father!
It shouldn't be Ah Gou!!!
Gu Tang clutched her chest, looking utterly devastated, feeling utterly hopeless.
Third Uncle was even angrier than Gu Tang. He pointed at Gu Lianshan and scolded him, "Look what you've done! People came to thank you for saving their lives, and your daughter had them cook a whole table of dishes in the kitchen, and then you got them drunk and knocked them out! Who treats guests like this?"
"Please don't be angry, sir. It's normal to get drunk from drinking. Let's carry him to my room to sleep for a while. His servants will come to pick him up later."
Gu Lianshan put down his chopsticks, intending to lift Ah Gou up and help him towards the west inner room.
Gu Tang glanced at her father. Although he wasn't drunk, his unsteady gait indicated that he was also somewhat intoxicated.
To prevent them from falling together, she gently nudged Gu Ping'an: "Go help carry them to the west room."
"Sigh!" Gu Ping'an put down his chopsticks and helped his father lift Ah Gou up.
Ah Gou was so drunk he was unresponsive, and the father and son carried him away.
After placing the person on the bed and covering Gu Lianshan with his blanket, Gu Ping'an helped the slightly unsteady Gu Lianshan walk unsteadily out.
When Gu Tang saw her father's appearance in the outer room, she knew that the effects of the alcohol were kicking in and he was starting to get dizzy.
She waved her hand at Gu Ping'an: "Don't let Dad sit at the table. Help him to your room to sleep. Look at him, he's completely dazed!"
Gu Ping'an looked up and was more than just confused; he could barely keep his eyes open!
But Gu Lianshan didn't think he was drunk, shouting, "Who said Dad's drunk? Dad can still drink a dozen more cups!"
Gu Tang didn't want to pay attention to this drunkard. She got up, lifted the curtain at the door, and let Gu Ping'an help him. She told him to just take him to the east wing and not to listen to what he said.
"Father, let me help you to my room to sleep for a while. Please take it easy!"
Helping the person out of the main room, Gu Ping'an carefully led them towards the east wing.
Gu Tang didn't follow them. She just stood at the entrance of the main room and watched the father and son enter the east wing safely before lowering the curtain.
Turning around to look at the dining table, I found that my third uncle was nowhere to be seen.
Without a doubt, they went to the west wing.
I lifted the curtain hanging at the door of the west room and peeked inside. Sure enough, the old man was there, feeding Ah Gou a bowl of tea.
Stepping inside, Gu Tang asked, "How is it? Did you eat it?"
"Eating half of it will at least help sober you up a bit and make you feel less unwell. Oh, and feed your dad a bowl later too."
"Sigh!" Gu Tang responded, but did not leave. Instead, she moved closer to take a look at Ah Gou's current appearance.
But when she saw the person clearly, she was startled for a moment: "Why is her face so red? Did she drink too much and get a fever?"
Ah Gou's face was much redder than that of a typical drunk person. If it weren't for the strong smell of alcohol on him, one might think he had a fever.
"The blushing when drunk varies from person to person. Some people only blush a little, while others blush all over. Young Master Gu's reaction is alright, only his cheeks are red."
Uncle San, being his age, had seen countless drunk people in and around the village, all sorts of people, including someone like Ah Gou.
He added, "There's another saying that people with fair skin will have a much redder face than others when they're drunk."
Hearing this, Gu Tang's lips twitched. She even opened her eyes wide to observe Ah Gou's face... Hmm, he was indeed quite fair-skinned.
"Alright, let him get some rest. I reckon it won't be long before someone from his household comes to pick him up."
After putting down his teacup, Third Uncle stood up, leaning on his cane, and beckoned Gu Tang to leave so as not to disturb anyone.
Before leaving, Gu Tang suddenly turned back and glanced at Ah Gou on the bed.
It seems that getting drunk isn't entirely wrong.
I know the truth. The servants who came with the load earlier were probably hired by Ah Gou.
They're only responsible for bringing the goods; they don't care about anything else.
If no one comes to pick him up, and Ah Gou sleeps all day, he'll definitely have to stay overnight.
If they can stay overnight, then this meal won't have been a waste, and the drunkenness will have been worthwhile. At least they'll have a new reason to visit again in the future.
Thinking of these things, Gu Tang felt a little better and poured a bowl of warm tea for the east wing.
With Gu Ping'an's help, Gu Tang fed her father a bowl of tea, and then the siblings returned to the main room together.
They barely ate any of the food on the table; none of the three—grandparents, grandchildren, and grandchildren—were full, and now the food was all cold.
The siblings took the dishes back to the kitchen and reheated them before finally filling their stomachs.
After the meal, Third Uncle sat in the main room, eagerly waiting for the servants to come and fetch the people.
Gu Tang advised him to go back inside and sit in bed to wait, as the temperature had dropped again today and he should be careful not to catch a cold.
The old man was someone who listened to advice. Knowing that it was terribly cold today, he obeyed Gu Tang's wishes and got up to go back inside.
There were copper bells under the left and right corridors, and he could hear the sound of the copper bells even inside the house.
The old man had a good plan, but who knew that he would wait from 9 am to 3 pm, and the copper bell still wouldn't ring.
Not only did the copper bell not ring, but it also started snowing outside. In less than a quarter of an hour, the snowfall intensified, and after standing outside for a while, a layer of white would settle on your body.
Neither of them woke up from their drunkenness; they were both sleeping soundly.
Third Uncle came out of the house, staring at the screen wall with a worried expression, feeling extremely anxious.
"Sir, please don't look anymore. If those servants were coming, they would definitely ring the bell. Since they didn't ring the bell, it means the person hasn't come."
Gu Tang stood in the main room, only peeking out, and urged the old man to go back inside.
Third Uncle was puzzled: "Why are Young Master Gu's servants so lazy? Our young master is still a guest outside, and the servants in this mansion are completely at ease, not a single one has come over!"
In about an hour, it will get dark. What should we do?
"Don't worry, if we really can't wait for them to come, we'll have to let them stay for the night. They haven't woken up yet, so we can't rush them to leave even if we want to."
Gu Tang was telling the truth; if a person doesn't wake up, then the only option is to let them stay for one night.
Third Uncle sighed, muttering as he walked into the house, "Young Master Gu is really good-natured! The servants in his household have become so unruly!"
Gu Tang: "...How do you know he's good-natured?"
“These servants are all cunning. If their master is kind, they act recklessly; if their master is fierce, they behave like quails.”
Gu Tang: ...That makes sense, that's definitely how it works under normal circumstances.
Perhaps having accepted the fact that the servants wouldn't come, Third Uncle stopped dwelling on the matter and went back to his room to read.
After everyone returned to their rooms, Gu Tang sneaked into the west wing. Ah Gou was still asleep with his eyes closed on the bed, and Gu Tang sensed something was amiss.
This person is skilled in martial arts, how come he has been sleeping for so long without waking up?
She reached out and gave him a push, then whispered, "Ah Gou?"
Gu Tang thought he couldn't wake him up, but as soon as he said that, Ah Gou's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, startling Gu Tang!
"...Are you awake or pretending to be asleep?"
His eyes were perfectly clear, without a trace of drowsiness; he was most likely pretending to be asleep!
Sure enough, when Gu Tang asked his dog that question, his eyes flickered and he looked extremely guilty.
Without him replying, Gu Tang understood immediately from his appearance and pinched him: "You're pretending to be drunk?!"
"No, no..." Ah Gou quickly waved his hands, explaining in a low voice, "I'm really drunk. I can't hold my liquor. After drinking that much alcohol all at once, I'm really drunk..."
There was a contract between the two, which Gu Tang knew, and A Gou wasn't lying.
When did you wake up?
"Woke up at 1-3 PM".
Good guy!
He had been awake for about an hour!
"Why pretend to be asleep when you're awake?"
Ah Gou cautiously glanced at her: "After waking up, I reflected on it, and I think I did something wrong..."
Gu Tang almost laughed in exasperation at this: "Wow! Your brain's finally working! You actually realize you did something wrong!"
"...I wanted to make amends, and after thinking it over, I realized that the only way to stay here was to continue pretending to be drunk and unconscious."
Gu Tang was speechless for a moment: "Those servants this morning, did you hire them or buy them?"
"I hired them. I used all my money to buy their clothes and those things in their baskets; they were all bought with real gold and silver. After buying all that, I had no money left..."
"You also amassed quite a bit of money while you were with the Cheng family! How long has it been, and you've already spent it all?"
Gu Tang looked him up and down and didn't realize that Ah Gou was such a spendthrift.
"...I'm just unlucky. I carry money with me and it just disappears without me even realizing it."
Gu Tang...?
Ah Gou looked utterly dejected: "I reckon it's either lost or stolen."
"You're a master! If someone stole your silver, wouldn't you notice?!"
"If I could detect it, it wouldn't be called moldy..."
These words left Gu Tang speechless, with no words to reply. She felt an urge to turn around and leave, never wanting to talk to him again.
After a long pause, she took a deep breath and skipped over this infuriating topic: "Close your eyes and keep sleeping! I'll wake up tomorrow morning!"
Ah Gou paused for a moment: "Aren't you going to eat dinner? I didn't eat much today, I'm hungry."
Gu Tang: "...Hungry? You might as well starve to death!" After cursing, she left with a dark face.
Seeing that Gu Tang was angry, Ah Gou immediately knew to keep quiet and obediently closed his eyes to continue sleeping.
Not long after he closed his eyes, Gu Tang, who had left, secretly returned.
Ah Gou opened his eyes and saw a bag of pastries flying towards his head. He quickly reached out and caught it.
"Keep it down! If you get caught, you'll regret it!" Gu Tang glared at him, her expression fierce.
"I swear! I won't let anyone find out." Ah Gou raised his hand and swore, his face solemn.
Gu Tang rolled her eyes at him.
You can only believe half of what he says!
He slipped out of the west wing and had just reached the outer corridor when he saw Gu Ping'an coming out of the east wing, holding a bowl in his hand.
"What's this for?" Gu Tang glanced at the bowl in his hand.
"Father woke up and said he was very thirsty. I'll go to the main room to get him some water."
"Awake?" Gu Tang's face darkened instantly, and she walked past him straight into the east wing.
Gu Ping'an scratched his head; his second sister's expression didn't look good.
Although he was awake, Gu Lianshan was still not out of bed.
He leaned against the headboard, his energy just beginning to return. Seeing Gu Tang enter, he instinctively smiled and asked, "My daughter's here?"
Gu Tang ignored his smiling face and scolded him with a stern expression: "Is this how you treat a guest? You got him drunk and he's still asleep! I'm so angry!"
Gu Lianshan looked surprised: "Young Master Gu is still not awake?"
"Wake up, my foot! I'm still sleeping in your room!"
"...Father, go and take a look!"
After putting on his clothes, Gu Lianshan threw off the covers, got out of bed, and put on his shoes.
At this moment, Gu Pingan returned quickly with a bowl of tea.
Seeing his father's eagerness, he quickly handed him the tea: "Please drink the tea first. Grandpa just said that you should have a couple more bowls to clear your head."
Gu Lianshan: ...His daughter didn't lie to him; the old man was really angry.
He took the bowl, drank the tea in one gulp, and then hurried to the main room.
Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an followed, one because he was afraid that A Gou would be exposed, and the other because he wanted to see his father get scolded.
After the siblings entered the main room, Gu Lianshan had already gone to the west room.
Ah Gou didn't mess up this time; he slept soundly without giving anything away.
Seeing that the man was still asleep, Gu Lianshan didn't disturb him and quietly slipped out.
After leaving the west room, he ignored the siblings who were waiting to see him make a fool of himself and went to the east room to apologize to the old man.
If Gu Lianshan were to start coaxing someone, he could do so so well that the person would be completely bewildered and confused.
He hadn't been in the east wing for long when his third uncle came out looking relaxed, showing no signs of life. He even asked Gu Tang to prepare a room in the east wing.
"Young Master Gu will sleep in your father's room tonight, and your father can sleep in the east wing."
Gu Tang had no objection; it would be best if they slept separately so that Ah Gou wouldn't give himself away.
Gu Tang went to tidy up the house, and Gu Lianshan was not idle either. He took over tonight's dinner and was busy alone in the kitchen.
By the time the house was tidied up, he had also cooked dinner.
After dinner, the family of four went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Ah Gou, who had been pretending to be asleep, finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to secretly eat pastries.
Before long, the whole bag of pastries was gone.
He rubbed his stomach; he wasn't full...
He slept too much during the day, so he wasn't sleepy at night. He could see in the dark, staring intently at the roof beams, his hands on his stomach, enduring his hunger and waiting for dawn.
If it were up to his nature, he would have already slipped out to find something to eat, but considering that he had messed things up again today, he dared not go anywhere and obediently waited for dawn.