Carrying a Lucky Charm, I Thrive with My Husband on the Road to Exile

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Drinking Water

The black-clad attackers this time came with a fierce momentum, completely different from before. Even though Gu Kaiyuan exerted all his strength, he only managed to injure three of them. As the number of attackers increased, Gu Kaiyuan showed a slight flaw, allowing a few black-clad attackers to head toward the Gu Family.

What is the Gu Family feeling right now?

Of course, they are shocked and afraid. Just moments ago, everything was fine, but in an instant, everyone felt unbearable thirst, like they would die of thirst if they didn’t drink water.

The snow quenched their symptoms somewhat as it entered their mouths, but it couldn’t satisfy them, leaving them wanting more.

Of course, they fear death; they kept watching the fight in the courtyard and noticed several black-clad attackers charging toward them. They hastily cupped snow in their hands and started running towards the back courtyard, stuffing snow into their mouths as they ran.

Gu Antong’s tears kept falling; she had never felt so humiliated before.

They were perfectly fine before, but everything went wrong as soon as they entered the room. Could it be that Third Uncle had plotted in advance and placed poison inside?

How ruthless, this was an attempt to kill the entire family.

But at the moment, they could not care about that; they just wanted to find a safe place to stay, but they dared not enter the previous room again.

When they reached the back courtyard, they found only a small door there. They didn’t care much and were about to open the door and rush inside, but it was too late; the black-clad attackers were already in front of them.

"Let’s talk it out," Gu Baijiang said, enduring the discomfort in his throat, "What do you want? We can discuss it slowly."

The damn Ming Peifeng, where are his people?

He said he would send people to guard the village entrance, ensuring safety; is this what he called ensuring safety?

"Just leave your lives here," they came today without intending to leave anyone alive, but they didn’t expect there would be hidden experts among them.

"Why bother talking to them so much? Just go..."

Before the sentence was finished, a sword pierced through the chest, "..." They were warned not to say so much, and now they lost their life...

Ming Peifeng’s people finally arrived, and seeing that they couldn’t win, the black-clad attackers ordered a retreat without further entanglement.

However, before leaving, the leader of the black-clad attackers threw his sword at Gu Baijiang.

Unfortunately, as if Gu Baijiang anticipated it, someone stepped in front of him, shielding him from this disaster.

Regrettably, they left, with a shrill cry trailing behind them, "Mei Bao..."

Gu Kaiyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, unsurprised that someone helped fend off disaster.

He didn’t care who the unlucky one was, instead immediately heading to the East (main) wing room, "Things outside have been resolved, don’t come out yet; I’ll come in to open the door in a moment."

Bai Suihe urgently asked, "Are you hurt?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "Don’t worry, we’re all fine."

Bai Suihe finally exhaled a long breath, feeling relieved that they had dodged another bullet.

However, she just heard a shrill scream outside, seemingly from Xu Shuanghong; it appears this time Fan Mei Bao suffered losses...

The Gu Family kept stuffing snow into their mouths, and the hurriedly arriving Ming Peifeng was shocked to see this scene, "Lord Gu, what’s going on with you all?"

"Water," now the snow couldn’t relieve their symptoms. Without the threat of external enemies, Gu Baijiang began looking around.

Unfortunately, all the doors here were tightly closed, and he had no idea where the water was.

"There’s a river outside," Gu Kaiyuan suggested with "good conscience," though he was puzzled by what was happening to them.

As soon as the words were out, the Gu Family rushed outside, evidently also remembering the river that encircled the village.

Ming Peifeng, worried, hurried to follow them, leaving no one to deal with the bodies lying on the ground.

"Master, what about these?"

Fan Mei Bao, who they had left behind, was already unconscious. Lin Hua went over to check, finding she still had a pulse.

Gu Kaiyuan, "Tell them to send her to the Gu Family over there; after all, it’s their mess to clean up themselves."

As for Fan Mei Bao, feeling sorry for her? Impossible, leaving her in this courtyard would only bring more trouble in the end.

With the order given, Lin Hua and the others immediately called out Li Dazhuang and others. In no time, the courtyard was cleared, sending those who needed to go to the Gu Family, while the other women began tidying up the snow in the courtyard. Thankfully, the snow had prevented the blood from staining the courtyard.

"What just happened?" Gu Kaiyuan collected the Beast Trap by the window, then moved the cabinet aside to open the door.

The two maidens and Nanny Pang immediately entered the room to ensure Bai Suihe wasn’t frightened, and only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"They visited in the dead of night, and us servants gave them a welcome gift." Nanny Pang constantly watched Gu Kaiyuan, "Did you feel sorry for them, son-in-law?"

"No, I’m just curious what kind of welcome gift you gave them?"

"Just some harmless medicine I concocted myself, rest assured, once their bellies are full, their symptoms will alleviate." Nanny Pang spoke lightly, yet it sent chills down their spines.

This was more alarming than a real sword fight, and they still didn’t know how they fell for it.

Bai Suihe’s eyes sparkled, "Nanny, can I learn?"

"Of course you can, miss," Nanny Pang glanced at Bai Suihe’s protruding belly, "but you’ll have to wait until after you give birth to the little master."

Bai Suihe nodded excitedly, "I understand."

She was pregnant now, so even if Nanny Pang was willing to teach, she wouldn’t dare to learn.

As they spoke, the courtyard snow had been cleaned, and soon the snowflakes drifting from the sky covered it with a thin layer again.

"In such cold weather, should the river still be unfrozen?"

"The weather here doesn’t get that cold," Gu Kaiyuan knew the river here wouldn’t freeze, but in these icy conditions, filling their bellies at the river might require staying there for a long time.

"Everyone should rest," Gu Kaiyuan had no interest in watching. Wouldn’t it be warmer to stay in the room in such cold weather?

He wasn’t interested, but Lin Hua’s eyes darted around; once everyone had left, he quietly had Zhuang Datou open a gap for him, and he hurried towards the river.

Seeing the Gu Family endlessly scooping water to drink, even their clothes soaked without caring, he couldn’t help swallowing and firmly decided never to offend Nanny Pang.

No, and also never offend the young madam, with Nanny Pang by her side; who would be so blind to provoke her, not to mention that she also intended to learn from Nanny Pang...

Ming Peifeng stayed by the river the whole time, "After drinking so much water, isn’t it enough yet?

I think you all should stop drinking now, or something bad will happen."

But the Gu Family ignored him and continued drinking the water endlessly.

Ming Peifeng, left with no choice and fearing something might happen, finally ordered his men to knock them out first and take them back.