After a male student transmigrated into the body of a widow,

Chapter 166 Uncle Gu is unaware?

Gu Lin was itching to know what was going on, so he pressed them for more information. Yu Ge'er and Zhao Saozi just smiled and remained silent. Helpless, Gu Lin decided to wait until tomorrow to go to Haoyunlou to find out the truth.

After chatting with Sister Zhao and Brother Yu for an afternoon and having dinner together, Gu Lin got up leisurely as it was getting late and slowly walked back to his courtyard.

Upon reaching the courtyard gate, Gu Lin did not immediately go in. He hesitated, remembering that the reason he had stayed in Yu Ge'er and Zhao Saozi's courtyard for dinner was to avoid someone.

But you can't escape your fate forever. Gu Lin sighed slightly, made up his mind, and stepped over the threshold.

Upon seeing him return, Xizhu, who had been waiting in the courtyard, immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Husband, have you eaten dinner? Should we send someone to the kitchen to fetch dinner?"

With his head slightly lowered, Gu Lin noticed happy Zhu's behavior and knew that someone hadn't come over. His expression relaxed slightly.

Gu Lin lifted his leg and went into the house, saying to happy Zhu, "I've eaten at my aunt's, so you don't need to bother."

Upon entering the room, Gu Lin sat down in the chair at the table.

“Serving our husbands is our duty.” Xizhu stepped forward, picked up the teapot, and poured Gu Lin a cup of calming jasmine tea. “Several pots of hot water have been boiled in the kitchen. Would you like to take a bath, my husband?”

Having been outside for half the day, and with it not being deep winter, Gu Linxi naturally wanted to take a shower.

He nodded to Xizhu, who, upon receiving the signal, immediately went out and sent someone to fetch water from the kitchen.

The kitchen was not far from Gu Lin's courtyard. In less than a quarter of an hour, servants brought several buckets of hot water into the bathroom next to Gu Lin's bedroom.

After pouring hot water into the bathtub, the servants left the room. Knowing that Gu Lin didn't like having someone serving him while he bathed, Xi Zhu also left the room.

After everyone had left, Gu Lin got up and went to where the bathtubs were placed.

After removing his clothes, Gu Lin stepped into the bathtub. The hot water covered his upper body, and he felt the warm water soothing his skin and body. Gu Lin leaned against the side of the tub, squinting his eyes in enjoyment, slowly relieving the fatigue of the past few days.

After his body gradually relaxed, Gu Lin opened his eyes, reached for a bottle of bath oil on the wooden shelf beside him, poured the bath oil into his palm, and gently rubbed his body. The clear water in the wooden tub gradually became murky, and at the same time, a faint peach blossom fragrance gradually filled the entire room.

Gu Lin lowered his head slightly and saw that the clear water in the bathtub had turned whitish and cloudy, resembling milk. He called to Xi Zhu, who was guarding outside the door, "happy Zhu, bring in a few more buckets of hot water."

As soon as he finished speaking, through the screen, Gu Lin heard a creak as the door opened, followed by the sound of steady, powerful footsteps and the sound of water hitting a wooden tub.

Leaning against the bathtub wall, Gu Lin frowned slightly. This footstep... didn't sound like happy Zhu's. happy Zhu's footsteps were much softer.

However, Gu Lin didn't think much of it. He had encountered a similar situation when he took a bath before. He asked happy Zhu to bring in water, but she had something urgent to attend to and asked someone else to bring the water in.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer through the screen, Gu Lin said, "No need to bring it in. Just put the hot water outside the screen and you can go out."

Gu Lin didn't have the habit of being watched while taking a bath. When he first moved in, he was about to take a bath on his first day when he entered the bathroom and saw people standing on either side of the tub, each holding a bath oil, a towel, and clothes.

At that time, he asked everyone to put their things down and leave. Xi Zhu, who was in the lead, looked surprised and hesitant, and asked cautiously, "Does my husband have any other instructions? If anything is missing, please let us know."

Gu Lin waved his hand slightly, signaling them to leave: "I don't have the habit of being served when I take a bath."

Seeing the young husband, who had suddenly become wealthy and yet showed no frivolity in the face of his numerous servants, Xizhu and the others knew that what the other party said was true, so they withdrew.

The person outside the screen did not respond, but Gu Lin paid attention to the movements outside. After hearing the other person put the wooden tub on the ground, a series of footsteps sounded, as if they had turned and left. Only then did Gu Lin get up and step out of the tub.

He took a bath towel from the shelf, wrapped it around his body, and then walked out of the screen.

Just as he was about to walk around the screen, his foot suddenly slipped, and Gu Lin's body leaned forward. Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Gu Lin reacted very quickly and reached out to grab the screen that was standing next to him. However, whether he grabbed it too hard or his body's inertia was too great, the screen did not stand still and fell to the ground with him.

Hearing the loud crash of the screen falling to the ground, Gu Lin braced himself for the floor, but at the same time, he heard a series of rapid, powerful footsteps approaching him.

It was too late. Gu Lin closed his eyes, feeling helpless and ashamed. Falling in the shower was embarrassing enough, but to be caught in the act was even worse.

In mid-air, Gu Lin's body was already bent halfway down, and just as he was about to hit the ground face down, a pair of strong and powerful arms reached out in front of him and supported the young man's body. Following the other's strength, Gu Lin's face pressed against the other's chest, and through several layers of clothing, a strong and powerful heartbeat entered Gu Lin's ears.

After being rescued, Gu Lin quickly recovered from the terrifying experience.

He looked up to thank the other person, but when his gaze fell on the fabric of the other person's clothes, Gu Lin paused slightly.

Looking up, one is greeted by the young man's incomparably handsome face.

Gu Lin was taken aback, then quickly stepped out of Zheng Hao's embrace, his expression hardening as he asked, "How did you end up here?"

Seeing the wary look on the other person's face, Zheng Hao said, "It's cold today, and I don't think Xizhu can carry many buckets of water in. If the hot water comes in late, Uncle Gu might catch a cold, so I decided to bring the water in myself."

They made no mention of Xizhu's plan to bring water in with the other boys.

Standing in front of the young man, Gu Lin was only wearing a bath towel and no other clothes. Fortunately, he had wrapped the bath towel tightly, so it stuck firmly to his body when he fell to the ground.

However, the towel was too short to cover the young man's entire body.

Zheng Hao lowered his eyelids slightly, his gaze falling on a spot slightly lower in front of him. Under the snow-white bath towel, the young man's shoulder was exposed. In the dim yellow candlelight of the room, the other man's skin looked like warm and smooth mutton fat jade, beautiful and alluring. The young man's fingers under his sleeves rubbed together slightly before he restrained the urge to reach out and touch him.

Although Zheng Hao's movements were restrained and difficult to detect, Gu Lin was not as carefree as he usually was when facing him. Noticing the young man's gaze sweep over his shoulder, Gu Lin's expression turned cold and he said, "Get out."

Zheng Hao was good at reading people's expressions and quickly noticed the displeasure on the young man's face.

He said, "I'll be right outside. Uncle Gu, if you need anything, just call me."

After saying that, he turned and left the house without any hesitation.

Although he wanted to get closer to Uncle Gu, he also knew where the other man's bottom line was, and forcing him to stay would definitely anger him. Having finally managed to calm Uncle Gu down and get him to agree to try accepting him, Zheng Hao wouldn't let their relationship go back to square one.

Upon arriving outside, the servants respectfully stepped back a few paces after seeing him emerge. Zheng Hao did not leave but waited outside, just as he had told Gu Lin earlier.

After Zheng Hao left, Gu Lin's slightly tense body gradually relaxed under the bath towel.

In the past, when nothing had happened between him and Zheng Hao, Gu Lin would at most feel embarrassed as if the other party had caught him in an embarrassing situation. However, after being honest with him and realizing that Zheng Hao was not an innocent lamb, Gu Lin dared not be as carefree as before.

Ultimately, he felt useless as a man; in other people's eyes, he was a genuine bro.

He now had to be extra careful about things he hadn't noticed before, making sure the other person didn't feel any ambiguity and thus avoid any misunderstandings.

Zheng Hao stood guard outside. Gu Lin didn't feel like taking a long time to shower. After rinsing off the remaining bath oil, he put on his clothes and left the bathroom.

Seeing the young man wearing thin clothes, Zheng Hao said, "It's chilly at night, Uncle Gu, please put on a cloak first."

Only then did Gu Lin notice that the other person was holding a cloak.

Zheng Hao stepped forward, and Gu Lin said, "No need, it's just a few steps to the dormitory."

Seeing that the young man refused, Zheng Hao stopped and did not continue forward, standing a few steps away from him.

Gu Lin ignored him and walked towards the bedroom.

As soon as Gu Lin sat down on the soft couch, he looked up and saw that Zheng Hao had also come in. Noticing that the other man was wearing casual clothes instead of official robes, he explained that the other man had taken a bath as soon as he returned before coming to find him.

With his lips slightly parted, Gu Lin said to the young man indifferently, "I'm going to sleep. You can go back now."

Standing in front of the young man, Zheng Hao did not move at all. Although he did not say anything, his behavior seemed to say everything.

Realizing the other person's thoughts, Gu Lin frowned, his sharp gaze piercing the other person as he warned, "This is the manor, don't be too... outrageous."

In the courtyard outside the mansion, the other party forced him to live in the same room. Gu Lin barely endured it, but there were more than just them and Xi Zhu in the mansion. Sister Zhao and Brother Yu were also there. If they suddenly came looking for him, Gu Lin felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.

His expression grew colder and colder as he said to Zheng Hao, "You should leave now."

Unlike the young man who was on high alert and afraid of being discovered, Zheng Hao remained calm and understood Gu Lin's thoughts, saying, "Uncle Gu, don't worry, Aunt and Uncle Yu won't find out that we're sleeping together."

Upon hearing the other person's words, Gu Lin's eyes widened slightly, but mindful of the servants outside, he whispered sharply, "Who sleeps with you!"

Seeing the young man bristling like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, with his round, upturned eyes glaring at him, Zheng Hao chuckled to himself, but dared not actually laugh in front of him, otherwise he would definitely be kicked out of the courtyard.

"I made a mistake."

Zheng Hao said, "There are guards in the mansion. If Aunt and the others come, someone will report it immediately, so Uncle Gu doesn't need to worry. Besides..."

Zheng Hao changed the subject and said gently, "There is a small door between my courtyard and Uncle Gu's. When my aunt and the others come over, I can just go through the door back to the front yard."

Ignoring Zheng Hao's earlier words, Gu Lin knew that after seeing through Zheng Hao's true colors, he had placed many people around him and sent informants to his residence. This was something Zheng Hao was capable of doing. Gu Lin's attention was focused on Zheng Hao's last sentence.

Gu Lin's hand twitched slightly beneath his sleeve, his breathing grew heavier, his eyes locked onto the young man's figure, and he uttered each word with clenched teeth: "Why didn't I know there was a door between our courtyards?"

At this moment, a look of surprise appeared on the young man's face: "Uncle Gu didn't know?"

Gu Lin looked up to observe the young man's expression, but found nothing amiss; the surprise on the other's face seemed genuine.

Gu Lin frowned, and Zheng Hao explained, "That small door is located behind Uncle Gu's bedroom. Uncle Gu probably doesn't go to the back of the house often, and there are many vines growing on the wall of that door, covering half of it. It's normal that Uncle Gu didn't notice it."

Looking down at the young man's thoughtful expression, Zheng Hao explained casually, "That door was left by the previous owner. I originally wanted to have it removed, but the feng shui master said that it was not advisable to remove it, otherwise it would be bad for the people living in the house, so I had it left."

After speaking, the young man showed a slightly apologetic expression.

Unable to discern whether what the other party said was true or false, Gu Lin was not one to dwell on things. He said, "It's alright, I'll buy a brass lock and lock the door another day."

Zheng Hao paused slightly, then a faint smile appeared on his lips: "As long as Uncle Gu is happy."

Having spent the entire day outside without rest, Gu Lin didn't have the energy to waste any more time with the other party. Seeing that Zheng Hao really had no intention of leaving, he threw down the cloth he was using to wipe his hair and said, "If you're not afraid of the whole mansion finding out, then you can stay."

After saying that, Gu Lin ignored him and got up to walk into the inner room.

Hearing the rustling sounds of clothes being undressed outside, Gu Lin's brows furrowed with anxiety. He turned over, facing inwards and away from the outside.

After a moment, the young man gritted his teeth slightly. He realized that the other party had really gone mad and didn't care about his reputation at all.

He rolled over again, listening to the sound of shoes being taken off outside. Gu Lin suppressed the anxiety between his brows and scoffed. What was he worried about? Even officials weren't afraid of their reputations being tarnished.

After thinking it through, Gu Lin saw that the room had darkened and the candles outside had been extinguished. He closed his eyes to calm his troubled mind.

Having been an orphan for over twenty years, he has maintained an optimistic and enterprising spirit because he is open-minded and doesn't dwell on things. Since some things have already happened, all he needs to do is get them back on track; anything more worrying or fretting is just unnecessary trouble.

Just like when he lived in the courtyard outside the mansion, Gu Lin quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Half an hour later.

A tall, handsome figure walked into the inner room and headed towards the young man's bed.

After standing still, looking at the young man sleeping soundly on the bed with a rosy blush on his face, Zheng Hao's cold expression softened slightly, and his heart also warmed. He leaned down and left a kiss on Gu Lin's forehead.

After a moment, he got up and left.