C11

Gu Yunyan was already beautiful enough. To say that she was devastatingly beautiful wouldn't be an exaggeration. Her beauty was simply too dazzling to look at.

But she didn't expect to see a man more beautiful than Gu Yunyan one day.

His movements were elegant without a trace of femininity.

Gu Yunxiao's pitch-black eyes glanced over at him, and she unknowingly walked over.

Just a few words just now sounded like an invitation, but it was filled with an aura that no one could refuse.

She swallowed, thinking that she should check the calendar before she left this morning. It seemed like she shouldn't travel.

Gu Yunxiao lowered her eyes. This man was breathtakingly beautiful, and she didn't dare to look any further. It was as if he had fallen into that pair of pitch-black eyes after just one more glance. "Greetings, milord. This little girl is being rude. I shouldn't have disturbed milord's peace."

"No problem," the man slightly raised his hand, indicating that she should sit opposite him.

Gu Yunxiao secretly glanced behind her. If she had brought Liu Xu with her, she wouldn't be so embarrassed right now.

She helplessly sat down, not daring to raise her head. She could only stare at the black and white pieces on the chessboard, then automatically picked up a white piece from the side and placed it on the top right side.

Bai Zi and Hei Zi were equally strong, and now the entire game was already halfway through.

As long as he worked hard, this game of chess would soon come to an end.

The man raised an eyebrow and put down a black piece.

Gu Yunxiao moved even faster. At almost the same instant he let go of her hand, another white piece fell to the side.

The two fought back and forth. After a short while, the man could already tell what she was doing. His eyes revealed a hint of interest.

"Miss, you don't have to worry. The poetry meet will last for at least another hour. It's enough for us to finish this game of chess."

Gu Yunxiao rubbed her nose, feeling as if he had seen through her thoughts. "I'm afraid that brother and sister will worry if I come out for a long time. I'll be taking my leave."

As soon as she stood up, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky and whizzed over.

Gu Yunxiao was shocked. She wanted to avoid the attack, but after seeing the black shadow spread out its wings and circle above their heads for a moment, it slowly descended, landing right on the man's raised left arm.

It was a pure white sea falcon, but its jade claws were golden. A pair of eyes stared straight at her, causing people to shudder.

The originally vicious bird of prey obediently stopped on the man's arm, motionless. However, there was a little blood on its beak, which showed that it was not a harmless bird.

He had thought that this elegant and weak scholar had raised such a ferocious sea falcon. Perhaps this was a martial general?

The man didn't have any jade plates on his waist, so Gu Yunxiao couldn't be sure and didn't dare to guess his identity.

She saluted silently and did not turn around immediately. Instead, she slowly stepped back. Only when they were several zhang away did they slowly turn around and leave.

Looking at her retreating figure, the man squinted his eyes and turned to look at sea falcon: "This is really rare, looks like you like this little girl too?"

The sea falcon cried out, and the gaze with which it looked down at the man softened by twenty percent.

He stared at the messy chessboard and said with interest, "It's said that Second Miss Gu is proficient in calligraphy, but I didn't expect that this Third Miss was as good as well."

The chessboard was half-finished, Bai Zi and Hei Zi were of equal strength, and although it looked like Bai Zi's momentum was like a hot knife through butter, Hei Zi was slowly being forced back, but in truth, Hei Zi had his secrets, playing it step by step.

Initially, he thought that the Gu family's girl could not see through him, so he dropped Bai Zi into the trap. The first time was unintentional, the second was a coincidence, and the third was the same. Obviously, she had already seen through this.

In order to end this game of chess as soon as possible and escape from this place, why didn't she hide anymore?

She was worried that he would be bewitched by her beauty, so she didn't even raise her head. She really was an interesting young lady.

He was already tired of those eyes that showed infatuation when he looked at the face, so he hid in this quiet place.

Letting this lost lamb in was just a whim.

The corner of his mouth curled up. This was a rare occasion where he was in a good mood. He picked up a black stick and quickly ended the game of chess.