Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

"Sister." The young man went to greet her happily.

Gong Yunzheng was puzzled: "Yuanzheng? Why are you here?"

"I heard from Jin Fu that my sister is here to visit Madam Wu Ji, so I'm here to pick her up." Gong Yuanzheng spoke concisely and deliberately emphasized the words Madam Wu Ji.

Sure enough, Gong Ziyu's face turned unhappy after hearing this.

"Sister Ayun." Gong Ziyu stepped forward and greeted her.

"Brother Zi Yu." Gong Yunzheng's face was gentle as he looked at the people around him one by one: "Sister Zi Shang, and... Miss Yun."

She looked at Yun Weishan with deep eyes, and her tone was not as gentle as when she spoke to Gong Ziyu and Gong Zishang.

"Second Miss." Yun Weishan bowed gracefully, and there was nothing wrong with her.

Seeing Gong Yunzheng examining Yunweishan, Gong Zishang hurriedly livened up the atmosphere: "Sister Yunzheng, there's also Jin Fan."

She tugged at Jin Fan's sleeve, her face full of shyness and anticipation. The thought of hearing those two words made her heart blossom with joy.

Unfortunately, Gong Yunzheng didn't hear it and his eyes were still fixed on Yun Weishan.

Yun Weishan felt uncomfortable being watched, her fingers tangled together, at a loss. The white dress made her face appear even more innocent, easily inspiring a desire to protect her.

Sure enough, Gong Ziyu's expression became a little embarrassed.

He moved lightly to block Yun Weishan behind him, also blocking Gong Yunzheng's view of her.

Seeing Gong Ziyu openly disappointing her sister, Gong Yuanzheng's expression became even colder.

He looked at his sister, and calmly reached for the hidden weapon bag at his waist, but found nothing.

He was suddenly startled!

His hidden weapon bag is missing?!

A look of panic flashed across the boy's face, and then he thought carefully about everything he had experienced today, the path he had walked, and the things that were questionable.

Holding Yun Weishan behind her, Gong Ziyu smiled and diverted Gong Yunzheng's attention: "It's almost time for dinner. Sister Ayun, will you eat with us?"

"No." Gong Yunzheng refused: "You just brought Miss Yun to Yu Palace, you should accompany her for dinner tonight."

After hearing this, Gong Ziyu looked embarrassed and a little shy.

After walking out of the Yu Palace gate, Gong Yunzheng asked Gong Yuanzheng who was following him: "What happened?"

Gong Yuanzheng's face was solemn: "My hidden weapon bag is missing."

"Seeing that my sister suspected Yun Weishan and Gong Ziyu was protecting her, I thought about making preparations. Unexpectedly, I came up empty-handed."

He was naturally delighted that his sister had been paying attention to him, but when he thought of his hidden weapon bag, he just felt angry...

I was angry at myself for being careless and losing my hidden weapon bag. I didn't find it until now.

If he catches anyone who dares to do anything to him, he will make sure he knows how powerful I am!

Suddenly, he remembered that when he picked up Shangguan Qian at the ladies' quarters, he helped her up when she fell.

Seeing his expression suddenly change, Gong Yunzheng asked, "Is there a suspect?"

"Sister, it's Shangguan Qian! She almost fell down and I helped her up. It must have been at that time..." Gong Yuanzheng was so anxious that he wanted to catch her.

After thinking for a while, Gong Yunzheng said to him, "Go."

Inside the Yu Palace, seeing Gong Ziyu preparing to take Yun Weishan to see her room, Jin Fan reluctantly reminded: "Did you forget something?"

"What?" Gong Ziyu was puzzled.

"Gong Yuanzheng's hidden weapon bag." Jin Fan reminded silently: "I thought you would return it to him when you saw him."

Slapping his forehead, Gong Ziyu complained, "As soon as I saw Gong Yuanzheng's unpleasant look, I forgot about this matter. Uh... you should find someone to send it to him."

Jin Fan obeyed the order and took the bag of hidden weapons handed to him by Gong Ziyu.

Before leaving, he asked, "There's something I'm confused about, and I want to ask you."

There aren't many things that can make Jin Fan feel confused. Gong Ziyu was curious: "What can make us, Jin Fan, confused?"

"I'm serious," Jin Fan said solemnly, "How did you think of practicing martial arts that night in the dungeon?"

Zhi Ren has always been afraid of the cold and doesn't like practicing martial arts. He usually tries to be lazy whenever possible. He thought he would spend the whole night in the dungeon roasting a fire to keep warm.

Who knew that this guy actually practiced internal energy all night long.

Coincidentally, as soon as he came out of the dungeon, he made an agreement with Gong Shangjiao to challenge the Three Realms Trial.

"It's Sister Ayun." Seeing Jin Fan's seriousness, Gong Ziyu also became serious: "Sister Ayun went to the dungeon last night and told me not to waste the dungeon's favorable time and location, so I practiced my internal energy skills all night."

Jin Fan was puzzled: "...Second Miss?"

Seeing that his face looked wrong, Gong Ziyu asked him, "What's wrong?"

Suppressing his surprise, Jin Fan replied perfunctorily: "Nothing. I'm just wondering why you suddenly became so diligent."

Zhi Ren had just decided to participate in the Three Realms Trial today, but she had anticipated this last night? She even had Zhi Ren practice his internal skills all night long.

How did she know the content of the first level of the trial?

Is this second young lady really a little bit amazing?

In the evening, Gong Yunzheng waited for his brother to come back angrily.

The young man was obviously holding his breath. He walked over to sit across from her, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "That Shangguan Qian... I knew there was something wrong with her!"

"Did you suffer a loss?" As expected, Gong Yunzheng poured him more tea.

"Sister," Gong Yuanzheng frowned, seething with anger. "I'm very sure Shangguan Qian stole my hidden weapon bag. Today, she was leaving the ladies' quarters when she fell flat on the ground and I caught her. Halfway through, she said she forgot something and went back to get it. Then I realized my hidden weapon bag was missing. Now that I think about it, it's becoming even more suspicious!"

Gong Yunzheng asked, "What happened next?"

Gong Yuanzheng felt aggrieved: "I had the guards search her room, and my brother also had someone search her body, but they couldn't find anything."

"Finally, Gong Ziyu sent someone to return my hidden weapon bag, saying that he had found it... by the river."

He spoke the last few words a little too quickly, clearly unwilling to admit that things were that simple.

"What do you think, sister?" he asked, wanting to know his sister's opinion.

Gong Yunzheng told him, "All the hidden weapons in the hidden weapon bag must be discarded and redesigned. The poisons on the hidden weapons must also be replaced, and the materials used for the hidden weapons must be replaced as well."

"We'll do it tomorrow."

"I understand. My brother also reminded me to check the hidden weapon bag." Seeing that his sister also suspected Shangguan Qian, Gong Yuanzheng asked: "What about Shangguan Qian..."

Putting down the book in his hand, Gong Yunzheng reminded his brother: "Brother Shangjiao has his own plans for her affairs. You just need to continue to treat her as you usually do."

Seeing her brother nod, she asked again, "You just said that Brother Shangjiao had someone search Shangguan Qian's body. Who did it?"

"It's a guard." When the boy mentioned this, he said as a matter of course: "There's no way it can be my brother."

Gong Yunzheng lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

In this way, Shangguan Qian will not be tempted by Brother Shang Jiao. If she is not tempted, or only slightly tempted, things will go smoothly.

"If you want to be mistaken for a rabbit, you have to hide your fox tail. Shangguan Qian didn't do this well, but you can't do anything to her." Gong Yunzheng taught his brother, "But as hunters, we need to have enough patience."

"If you lack patience, you will end up with nothing and end up being taken advantage of."

Gong Yuanzheng frowned: "Shangguan Qian is using me?"

What was she using him for?

Gong Yunzheng explained, "She is the daughter of an honest family after all. To be wronged and humiliated like this, even if Brother Shangjiao believed you, it would be impossible for him to remain calm in the face of her tears."

Not only will you take the initiative to protect someone when you like them, guilt also has the same effect, and it may even be more intense and reliable than the former.

Love will fade with time, but guilt will only accumulate deeper and deeper.

Since you can't get love in a short time, then take away his guilt.

The more guilty I feel, the more I want to be nice to her and make it up to her.

But suspicion makes people sober. They feel that there is something wrong with her, but they have no evidence. They can only test and wrong her again and again, and their sober hearts feel pity.

It repeats itself endlessly.

Shangguan Qian...is very smart.