The Otherworldly Journey of a Quick Transmigrator

After walking for a while, Su Yuanyuan couldn't help but start to get irritated. The bushes were scratching her legs even through her pants, causing a stinging pain.

"Ninth Young Master, how much longer until we arrive?"

She kicked aside the bushes at her feet and looked at Gong Jiu, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't hear him say anything.

Su Yuanyuan quickened her pace, intending to get closer and ask again, but then she saw that Gong Jiu was trembling and his steps were unsteady.

"Ninth Young Master, what's wrong?"

She reached out and patted Gong Jiu's shoulder, and he went limp and lay on the ground, startling Su Yuanyuan so much that she took a few steps back.

"Hit me... please hit me... please..."

Gong Jiu started rolling around in the bushes, slapping himself in the face as he rolled. The boatmen were so frightened that they all hid behind Su Yuanyuan.

"He...what happened to him?"

The boatwoman's romanticized view of Gong Jiu had shattered completely. She was pale and stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Su Yuanyuan's expression twisted slightly. Was Gong Jiu having a relapse because he was scratched by a bush?

Looking at Gong Jiu, who was still writhing and twisting, it seemed that he couldn't leave without dealing with him.

She took out a silver needle and slowly walked up to Gong Jiu, who grabbed Su Yuanyuan's wrist.

"Hit me now... hurry!"

Su Yuanyuan ignored him, raised her hand and stabbed him without hesitation.

Gong Jiu twisted again, but found he felt nothing. He stood up and slowly straightened his clothes, his expression as natural as if he hadn't been the one who had just been tormented.

Su Yuanyuan looked at him expressionlessly. She wasn't sure if Gong Jiu would kill her to silence her.

"Miss Su, let's keep going, we'll be there soon."

Su Yuanyuan stared at his expression for a while. This man genuinely thought that his behavior just now was normal.

Regardless, Su Yuanyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he really made a move, she wouldn't be able to protect so many people. She knew how profound Gong Jiu's internal strength was.

"Let's go."

[Host, I have good news for you.]

【What? 】

The data has been collected; we can leave at any time.

Su Yuanyuan's lips curled slightly as she raised her eyelids to glance at Gong Jiu.

We'll leave once we get back from the island.

Why aren't you leaving now?

What will happen to the boatmen now that they're gone? I'm the one who brought them here; it'll be dangerous to leave them alone on the island.

Oh, I see.

Su Yuanyuan's eyelids twitched. [What kind of tone is that?]

【No, host, don't overthink it.】

Tsk, what a jerk!

After walking for most of the day, they finally saw the houses. To be fair, Gong Jiu was the heir of the Taiping Prince, but the houses on this island were far too shabby.

A few wooden houses are scattered at the foot of the mountain, without carved beams and painted rafters, without pavilions or towers, and there are not even flowers outside.

"Does the Ninth Young Master live here?"

Su Yuanyuan couldn't help but ask him out of curiosity.

"Miss Su, come with me."

Gong Jiu walked to the back of the wooden house, grabbed a rock on the mountainside and spun around it, and a cave slowly appeared next to him.

Su Yuanyuan stared wide-eyed. This was the mechanism?

He gestured for them to follow, and Gong Jiu took the lead into the cave. The others followed behind, all curious about what was inside, their eyes not even on the road.

As I walked through the long corridor, I could hear the voices of many people, as well as the clinking and clattering of wine glasses, even before I left.

Once they were completely outside, Su Yuanyuan could see clearly that it was a large cave, supported by pillars on all sides, with several large round tables in the middle.

Each table was surrounded by people drinking, gambling, and making a great commotion.

At the very front was a stone staircase with only one seat on it, which, judging from Su Yuanyuan's opinion, was pure gold and inlaid with a ring of gemstones on top.

Su Yuanyuan's eyes lit up instantly, and she excitedly called out to the system in her mind.

【system! 】

What's wrong? Why are you so agitated?

Could you please take that chair with you when you leave?

【……Can.】

Having received a positive reply, Su Yuanyuan followed Gong Jiu inside, turning back every few steps.

"Miss Su, this is where we have prepared your accommodations. Please take a look and see if there is anything you are not satisfied with."

Gong Jiu stopped in front of a room and pushed the door open so that she could see inside.

Su Yuanyuan looked inside and saw that everything was complete, even a lot of rouge and face powder had been prepared.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

"Then Miss Su, please rest first. Someone will come to call you for dinner."

When she said she liked it, Gong Jiu's smile widened noticeably. He chatted with her for a few minutes, then told her that the others would be arranged on the other side, and left only after seeing that she had no requests.

Su Yuanyuan lived on the island and rarely saw Gong Jiu. Her maids always took care of her needs.

[System, what do you mean by saying he brought me here and then doesn't care about me anymore?]

I don't know. Shall we go?

I won't feel comfortable until I figure out why he brought me here.

The boatman contacted her these past two days, saying that the men she brought with her have become addicted to gambling.

They've gambled away all the money they were given last time, and some even lost it all themselves. From now on, they'll have to work on the island.

She came to tell Su Yuanyuan that if she was going out, she should stay away from gambling places, because she was afraid that those people would pester Su Yuanyuan and do something irrational again.

Su Yuanyuan was very grateful for the boatman's reminder to stay in her room unless necessary, as he would take her out.

The maid who brought her food that day was a young girl she had never seen before. She put the soup on the table and didn't leave, just looked at her and smiled.

"busy?"

Su Yuanyuan glanced at the soup on the table; it looked very tempting, but she wondered what it would taste like.

"You are Lu Xiaofeng's lover."

Su Yuanyuan blinked, realizing what she had said, and her mouth dropped open.

"Who said that? How could that be?"

Seeing her reaction, the girl tilted her head. "Aren't you Lu Xiaofeng's lover?"

"Of course not, why are you asking that?"

"Then what use is it for Ninth Brother to bring you back!"

Su Yuanyuan raised an eyebrow. "Did Gong Jiu bring me back to lure Lu Xiaofeng here?"

"of course!"

She angrily paced around the room, glared at her, pushed open the door, and ran out.

Su Yuanyuan chuckled lightly, wondering who had spread the rumor. She and Lu Xiaofeng had never appeared together, okay?

[Host, now that you know the reason, can you leave?]

"Okay, let's leave tonight."

She stood up and walked out of the room. Since she was leaving, she wanted to tell the boatman first.

As for those few people, they probably don't want to go back, so let them stay here.

When she returned from the boatman's place, Gong Jiu was already sitting in her room waiting for her, giving her a cold look.

"You don't know Lu Xiaofeng?"

"I know them, but we're not close."

He frowned briefly, then quickly regained his composure, said nothing more, glanced at her, and left.

Su Yuanyuan shrugged, looked at the soup on the table that had gone cold, and picked up a pastry from the side to eat.

She needs to find a way to get rid of that solid gold chair. She's noticed there are always people there these past few days, with waves of gamblers constantly filling the hall.