Chapter 707: 707 Brother, Thank You; Twilight Returns Pharmacy

Gu Zhiqi felt slightly uncomfortable and gently moved her arm.

“It’s crowded here, and it’s easy to get bumped into.”

Suddenly, Su Yunling leaned in close, whispering into Gu Zhiqi’s ear, his deep and pleasant voice causing Gu Zhiqi to stop her small movements immediately.

After Su Yunling finished speaking, Gu Zhiqi could feel the pressure on her arm lessen a bit.

Gu Zhiqi turned her head and glanced at the hand that still shielded her, then turned to look at Su Yunling again.

Unfortunately, with the curtain between them, she couldn’t see Su Yunling’s expression.

In her memory, it seemed no one had ever protected her like this before.

The sensation was a bit strange, yet she found herself craving it.

Choosing this feeling over the slight discomfort, Gu Zhiqi allowed Su Yunling to keep his arm around her.

“Brother, thank you,” Gu Zhiqi whispered her thanks.

Her voice was very low, and it was noisy beside them, so Su Yunling only heard her call him brother, but he didn’t catch what she said after that, so he asked softly, “What?”

But Gu Zhiqi didn’t speak again, looking down as she continued to walk forward.

Seeing that Gu Zhiqi had no intention of speaking again, Su Yunling began to overthink things.

Could it be that she was telling him not to touch her again?

After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately didn’t withdraw his hand.

He kept protecting her as they walked forward. Once the crowd thinned, making it possible to avoid collisions, Su Yunling reluctantly let go of Gu Zhiqi.

Feeling the pressure on her shoulder disappear along with the warmth of the embrace, Gu Zhiqi paused slightly, turned her head, and glanced at Su Yunling again.

Su Yunling, thinking she might scold him with statements like “if you touch me again, I’ll break your waist,” was considering whether to apologize first, but then heard Gu Zhiqi softly call him, “Brother.”

Su Yunling looked at Gu Zhiqi.

“Thank you.” Her voice was still low, but this time, Su Yunling heard it clearly.

Su Yunling was slightly stunned, then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and with raised eyebrows, he said to Gu Zhiqi with deep meaning, “I thought you were going to say if I touched you again, you’d break my waist.”

Gu Zhiqi: “…”

Pretending not to hear, she stepped forward and continued walking.

**

After walking a bit further, they finally arrived at the end of the street, where there were few people, but shops still flanked both sides.

“Twilight Returns Pharmacy? This is the place,” Tang Yichen pointed to a shop at the very end of the street on the right.

It was indeed the end of the street, a dead-end, with the Twilight Returns Pharmacy bordered by an uneven stone wall on one side.

“Let’s go in and take a look,” Su Yunling suggested.

Then, the three of them entered the pharmacy together.

Inside, several large medicine cabinets stood upright, and a few account books were placed on the counter. Next to the counter, a person was propping up their chin, idly doodling in an account book with a brush in hand.

When they heard movement at the entrance, the person looked up, casually scanning the three customers, “Are you here to see a doctor or to buy medicine?”

Their demeanor was carefree, and their attitude casual, yet they didn’t come off as rude or arrogant.

“Do you have Xuan Yue Silk here?” Tang Yichen asked.

“Nope,” the person replied lazily.

Tang Yichen: ?!

Could it be that his brother had misled him?

After replying, the person lost interest and returned to doodling in the account book.

Guessing that this wasn’t Mu Huai as his brother had mentioned, Tang Yichen asked another question, “Excuse me, are you called Mu Huai?”

Hearing the question, the person didn’t even lift their eyelids, just replied indifferently, “What if I am, what if I’m not?”