Male Lead Is Always That Heartless

Chapter 3 

Seeing Gu Yi rolling from side to side on the bed, Tao Jia nervously asked, “Beauty, what’s wrong? Is it pain in the abdomen, or are you not feeling well?” 

Gu Yi stopped moving and laughed pitifully and bitterly for a few moments, “Hahaha.” 

Frightened, Tao Jia retreated a step back, “Beauty, are you having a nightmare?” 

Nightmare, nightmare, this is not a nightmare! 

Gu Yi took a deep breath when she saw Tao Jia’s frightened expression. 

“You go out first. Allow me to be alone. If Noble Lady Wang summons me for breakfast, say that I got cold last night and I’m not feeling well ……” 

“Yes, master ……” Tao Jia withdrew from the chamber and closed the door. 

In the end, which part did not go right? 

Gu Yi calmed her heart, her optimism gradually overpowering her pessimism. There should be a way to break the situation —  The first time, she didn’t meet the female lead and choked to death on a roast cake.  The second time, she met the female lead and was smashed to death by a flowerpot. She summarized the last two experiences. 

Was the favorability not enough?

Should she worship the female lead and let her aura shine on her? 

Gu Yi was busy analyzing ways to break the situation. Meanwhile, her personal servant girl, Tao Jia, used Gu Yi’s words and politely rejected the palace maid sent by Noble Lady Wang. 

In a huff, the palace maid returned to Xiuyi Hall’s main hall and whispered a few words to Huang Li. 

After hearing this, Huang Li coldly laughed, “What? Beauty Gu has only been here for a few days, and she’s already doing this. Not putting Noble Lady in her eyes.” Turning around, she entered the hall and spiced up her report to Noble Lady Wang. 

Noble Lady Wang raised her eyebrows and laughed lightly, “Beauty Gu is delicate and weak. She should move around more. Let her walk to the Laundry Bureau for me.” 

Huang Li bowed and left.

Gu Yi, seated in the hall, still received that one dusty green-colored silk. The plot is indeed stubborn, huh? She counted the time and went to the Laundry Bureau again. 

Gu Yi once again met Zhao Wan as expected. This time, she was determined to max out Zhao Wan’s favorability. Gu Yi had dismissed the palace maid Tao Jia early on. She would have a good one-on-one, heart-to-heart talk with the female lead. 

Gu Yi handed the cloth to her, “Wash it and send it to the Xiuyi Hall’s side hall. What is your name?” 

Zhao Wan: “This slave girl is Wan Er.” 

Gu Yi: “Is it Zhao Wan?” 

Zhao Wan looked surprised, “How can Beauty know my surname is Zhao?” 

Gu Yi sighed, tilted her head to the sky at forty-five degrees, and said sadly, “I saw that you look like a deceased person.” She paused momentarily and added, “Are you related to Zhao Jie?” 

Zhao Wan’s heart jumped as she bowed and said, “Beauty, can you follow me to speak at another place?” 

There is drama! 

Gu Yi fished out her handkerchief and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes as she followed Zhao Wan down the path next to the Laundry Bureau. 

Zhao Wan walked for a short while before stopping. This place was located behind a white rockery, far from witnesses, and was very secluded. Zhao Wan bowed, “Beauty, how can you know Mr. Zhao Jie?” 

Gu Yi combined the plot with nonsense: “When I was young, I once accompanied my father to Jizhou. Because I was weak, I recuperated in Jizhou Cang County’s hospital. I disguised myself as a boy and entered the academy. I have seen Mr. Zhao Jie; he was so outstanding, so the impression left is deep.” 

The more she said, the more sad her tone became: “Unexpectedly, the Zhao family suffered such a big change. I originally thought that his descendants were scattered. You! Who exactly are you?” 

Zhao Wan thought for a moment. The Zhao family in Cang County, Jizhou, did run a few years of school and often accepted young children. When she saw this Beauty Gu, who seemed as old as herself, she believed half of her words and only said: “I’m indeed from the Zhao family. My father is Zhao Jie’s cousin.” 

Okay! Clearly, he’s your father, but you said it’s your family’s cousin —

Gu Yi didn’t expect the female lead to open her heart immediately. “Is that so?” She smiled and added, “Zhao Jie was like a teacher to me. You are his family. If you need to take care of something in the palace, I will certainly help .” 

Zhao Wan bowed, “Thank you for your kindness.” 

Gu Yi didn’t dare to be too hasty, “In that case, I’ll go back to Xiuyi Hall first.” 

Zhao Wan: “Be careful, Beauty.” 

It was challenging to make friends! 

Gu Yi smiled and walked away slowly, yet the female lead did not detain her. 

After a day, Zhao Wan came to deliver the cloth. Gu Yi kept her and exchanged pleasantries in the side hall. She specially prepared persimmon cakes, which the female lead loved to eat, and had the kitchen specially make them. 

“You did a good job on your errand. Take this box of persimmon cakes. I ate it, and it’s not bad. Try it to see if you like it or not.” 

Zhao Wan did not dare to accept it, “This is all part of my duties. Beauty is overstating it.” 

Gu Yi persisted, “What’s yours is yours. Take it.” 

Zhao Wan finally accepted it. 

On the evening of the third day, Gu Yi, just to be sure, went to squat near the Laundry Bureau, intending to meet the female lead by chance and let herself bathed in her aura. At a quarter past midnight, the moon and stars were sparse, and the breeze was light. 

Zhao Wan was surprised to see Gu Yi holding a white paper lantern, walking confidently from the garden stone path. “Greetings, Beauty.” 

Gu Yi revealed a smile, “You also come to stroll in the garden?” 

Oh my god! I finally met you, luckily I didn’t give up! 

Zhao Wan’s face heated slightly. “This garden happens to be between the premises and the Laundry Bureau. When no one is around, I often come here to enjoy the flowers.” 

Understand! The emperor also met you by chance here many times. The plot honestly does not deceive me! 

Gu Yi laughed: “I’ve also come to enjoy the flowers. Can you accompany me?” 

Zhao Wan: “Yes, Beauty.” 

The two of them strolled in the garden. Gu Yi looked at the lantern in her hand and gently shook it. “When I was young and at home, my father was always busy with official business. My mother, after counting the hours, she’d always carried a lantern and waited for him outside. My mother said that even if my father returned late, his fatigue would dissipate when he saw that candlelight.” 

Zhao Wan’s mind moved slightly, a bitterness roaming in her heart. She slowly said, “No wonder Beauty’s heart is warm and soft. It must be because your family is in harmony, and you are your parents’ treasure.” 

Gu Yi laughed softly twice, “You were also like that, right? Zhao Family is a scholarly family. Man has righteousness, while women have manners. Therefore, you have such a temperament.” 

Zhao Wan froze, and her face reddened, “Beauty has flattered ……”

Gu Yi accepted the situation as it was. 

The two walked side by side to the end of the garden stone path. Before parting, Gu Yi fought for the last time, “In this deep palace, it is difficult to get a good friend. I see you as an old friend, and if you do not refuse, I would like to become your good friend. Although I have a grade, it’s only a Beauty; you do not have to think that you had climbed on me. I am truly willing to be your friend ……” 

Zhao Wan looked at her face, contemplated for a moment, and bowed, “If you do not dislike it, this slave girl is willing.” 

Gu Yi raised an eyebrow, “Slave girl?” 

Zhao Wan reacted and mumbled lowly, “Zhao Wan is willing.” 

Gu Yi joyfully said, “Then we will meet again.” 

Zhao Wan nodded. 

Then, they bid farewell at the fork in the road by the lake. Gu Yi felt this one was sure to be solid. The female lead’s aura shines on me! 

When she considered it, the female lead was excellent. The Zhao Wan in the book came from a famous family, gentle and kind in nature but extremely strong and principled on the inside. Otherwise, the heartless emperor wouldn’t have been able to fall in love with her. Gu Yi’s footsteps were light and fast, traveling toward Xiuyi Hall. 

A thunderstorm rolled across the sky, reflecting a flash of green light on the lake beside her. Gu Yi turned her head to look, and across the shimmering lake with bamboo shadows across the lake, she spied a group of men with a man clad in bright yellow as the head of the group, followed by a long line of courtiers. It was the emperor. 

Gu Yi paused in her steps, intending to dodge to another path to avoid the heartless emperor. She turned to the right, but the soles of her feet suddenly slipped, and as she looked down, an extremely abrupt rock appeared here at some point. She subconsciously dodged to the left, but her falling position did not slow down. Tragically, Gu Yi fell headfirst into the lake, her forehead hitting the strange rock at the edge of the lake. That familiar white light flashed before her eyes again and again. 

I lose! 

Gu Yi opened her eyes again and saw the palace maid, Tao Jia, who had lifted the bed curtain for her. 

“Beauty is awake?” 

Gu Yi was lifeless, “Today is June 15th?” 

Tao Jia nodded, “Reply to master; it is June 15th.” She paused for a moment, “Today is the flipping day. Does Master want to hit it?” 

Gu Yi lay on the couch motionless, losing all of her thoughts. Is this a cycle of death? Is she going to stay in such an infinite cycle? Is there no way to break it? The legendary butterfly effect didn’t work; every road choice, a tiny decision, will bring about a sea of change. However, no matter how she chooses, the end is that she is dead, completely dead. Where was the wrong?

When Tao Jia saw that Gu Yi didn’t respond, she thought it was because she had just woken up and was still sleepy, so she repeated, “Today is June 15th, the day of the flipping. Master, do you want to hit it?”