The Note of the Swordsman

a Day of Peace (3).

[After Gu Lang's return, three days later his mother would be found lifeless in her bed from poisoning. ]

That's the only clue the old man gave me in the notebook. In this house there are many suspects with various motives. People who disliked Gu Lang and his son could be counted fingers. First there was a second wife, and a third, then a concubine.

"But if it is extended, just in case, then..."

There are second sons, third to fifth daughters and, it could be Fu Hei. In the afternoon a luxurious horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of the fence.

Someone came out of it, it was Gu Lang. Fu Juese immediately smiled and ran towards him.

"Mother!"

"Juese!"

The two did not recognize each other for long and immediately embraced. They shed their longing all this time because they had not met for a long time.

Upon entering the house, they were greeted directly by Fu Hei, the second wife, the third, and a concubine, then there were servants lined up beside him. They all bowed their heads to Gu Lang.

"Welcome back, Madam!"

"Welcome, My wife."

"Welcome, Miss Gu."

They welcomed her with a face full of smiles. Though one of them will take Gu Lang's life later.

Now, everyone is sitting at the dining table. When the dinner started, there was already a waiter himself delivering the food.

Fu Juese no longer needed to do the things he used to do every day. They also couldn't possibly have told him to do such a thing while Gu Lang was around.

"Juese, is that what's on your finger?"

Gu Lang noticed something in his son's hand. The thing gave off a lustrous color and looked beautiful.

"This? Uhh..."

Fu Juese later recounted the events of the past few months to his mother. A lot of things have happened. The moment Gu Lang heard all that, he was extremely shocked.

"No way..."

"That's how it happened."

"So, it looks like I've missed a lot of important events, I'm sorry son..."

"It's okay, ma'am."

Even so, on the sidelines of his dangerous mission, Gu Lang always remembered his son's face.

As night fell, Gu Lang looked up at the sky and prayed every day that his son would be fine.

"Do you know, I've started practicing."

In these months, Fu Juese trained a lot in his physique. Gu Lang became aware that his son's body had become very different from the one he had been.

In the past Fu Juese was just a skinny man who was malnourished and maybe, he could be swayed when he was hit by the wind.

But look at him now. The muscles of his body look firmer, his shoulders become more up, his posture is also firm, and his body is more contained.

"So, I guess people say that after marriage, that person will change a lot is right."

Gu Lang then laughed.

"But I'm still not married, I only have a fiancee."

In this world, the age of Fu Juese is enough to have a fiance, but still not old enough to get married.

He will have to wait another five years if he wants to move on to a more serious relationship. But there are cases where people don't do it and get married underage. And it does not matter at all, fifteen years is just a normal limit and widely accepted by society.

"I think it's the same, son. Hmmm, I can't wait to see who that woman is."

"Mom will see her soon."

"really? Uh! You're also so much more mature now, I see it in the way you speak. You already look like a real man. Woo, my son is so cool!"

Gu Lang then looked at his son's face for quite a long time. Many emotions were stirring within his chest, yet he was unable to convey.

"I want to cry."

Suddenly Gu Lang said that, Fu Juese also realized, if the book had changed him a lot. Without the book he would never be able to change into what he is today. He would become a loser and embarrass his family name in the future.

So, for now Fu Juese must thank the old man who saved her.

"But I have a message for you."

"As much as possible, I'll grant you whatever your request."

"Don't get married again, you just need one wife."

As if offended, Fu Hei suddenly choked and coughed repeatedly at the dining table.