Cang Yan was not someone easily provoked to anger.
It was only because of the matter concerning Su Hua that she had long held a grudge against Gu Qingfeng. Adding to that, she truly couldn't stand Gu Qingfeng's attitude of seeming indifference and apathy towards everything, along with that infuriatingly shameless, rogue-like behavior that made one's teeth itch with hatred.
To be honest.
If possible, Cang Yan really wanted to square off and teach Gu Qingfeng a proper lesson.
However.
She also knew that the purpose of coming here today was not to settle accounts with Gu Qingfeng.
Even if they were to fight, it would have to wait until after their discussion was finished.
"Gu, after you finish talking with Nameless, we'll settle our own matters."
"Fine."
Gu Qingfeng laughed. "It's settled then."
After saying this.
He looked towards Genggu Wuming again and asked, "Sister Nameless, is there anything else you want to discuss?"
"I said I came here not only to clear up the misunderstanding between us, but also..." Before Genggu Wuming could finish her sentence, Gu Qingfeng impatiently cut her off, saying, "And I've also said there's no misunderstanding between us at all. Even if there really was some misunderstanding, didn't you already explain it just now?
I already know you didn't interfere with my karma. All those messy karmic entanglements I encountered were brought upon myself, having nothing to do with you. Satisfied?"
"That is not what I meant."
"Then what exactly do you mean?
Can you speak plainly?"
"There is one thing for which I wish to apologize to you."
"Apologize?"
This time, Gu Qingfeng was taken aback. He didn't know what kind of act Genggu Wuming was putting on. Tilting his head, squinting his eyes, he looked Genggu Wuming up and down and asked, "Apologize for what?"
"Do you still remember our first meeting?"
"First meeting?
What about it?"
Gu Qingfeng thought for a moment, then laughed again. "Of course I remember. I lost the name 'Gu Qingfeng' to you in a bet, and you were the one who changed it for me."
Before Genggu Wuming could speak here, Cang Yan, who had been quite angry just moments ago, suddenly burst out laughing.
Gu Qingfeng asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"I heard that when you first met Nameless, your old habits flared up again, and you even tried to flirt with her?
Not only that, but you also made a bet with her that if you won, she would have to spend the night with you?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.
Indeed.
Back when Gu Qingfeng first met Genggu Wuming, he didn't know her identity at the time. Seeing how mysterious she seemed, he wanted to tease her for some fun. The two made a bet: if Gu Qingfeng won, Genggu Wuming would spend the night with him; if Genggu Wuming won, Gu Qingfeng would have to change his name from Gu Tianlang to Gu Qingfeng from then on. As it turned out, Gu Qingfeng really lost that bet.
"I must say, you are truly quite the philanderer...
Flirting with women, and even flirting with Nameless..." From Cang Yan's expression, it seemed she was not only teasing Gu Qingfeng but also poking fun at Genggu Wuming. She asked, "Throughout the ages, he's probably the only man who dared to flirt with you, right?
And even asked you to spend the night with him...
Hehehe, just thinking about it is hilarious."
Although Genggu Wuming's plain face still showed no emotional color, she glanced at Cang Yan, her eyes seeming to flash with a hint of disdain, as if looking down on Cang Yan for using this matter to mock her.
As for Gu Qingfeng, he was still leaning back in his chair against the pillar, legs crossed, leisurely sipping his wine, not feeling the slightest bit embarrassed. Instead, he chuckled happily and said, "Sister, although my virtue isn't much to speak of, and I do enjoy teasing girls in my spare time, my character is still passable, right? I honor my bets and keep my word. After I lost to you back then, I never used the name Gu Tianlang again, always calling myself Gu Qingfeng."
"You know what."
Cang Yan said with a laugh, "Thinking about it carefully, that's really true. You, this fellow, keep your promises and are quite trustworthy. From that alone, my junior sister really does have good taste."
"I say, Sister Cang Yan, let's speak plainly. Can we not always bring Su Hua into this?"
"Fine, I won't mention her then..." To say this Cang Yan was truly unfathomable was an understatement. Not only was she mysterious and unpredictable, but she was also bizarrely changeable. When dignified, she was like an empress, supremely noble and brooking no doubt. When chatting and laughing, she was like a noble consort, not only exuding endless charm but also carrying a lazy elegance within her nobility. When angry, her face turned stern and cold as ice, inspiring fear in others.
She was a woman of many faces, just like the impression she gave—sometimes sacred and bright like the great sun or the depths of the Nine Heavens, sometimes dark and evil like the hidden moon or the Nine Nethers, mysterious and unknown, bizarre and sinister, ethereal and illusory, truth and falsehood intermingled, reality and illusion blurred, making her impossible to see through and giving a very unreal feeling. One never knew which was the real her.
Gu Qingfeng paid no more attention to Cang Yan and instead looked at Genggu Wuming and asked, "Sister Nameless, when you apologized to me just now, was it about me flirting with you or about our bet? If it's about me flirting with you, then I should be the one apologizing. As for the bet...
You don't need to apologize for that, right?
Honoring bets and repaying debts are eternal principles. What is there to apologize for?"
After a pause, Gu Qingfeng asked again, "If you hadn't brought this up, I really would have forgotten. Thinking about it now, our meeting back then probably wasn't a coincidence, was it?"
"It was not."
Genggu Wuming did not deliberately hide anything, stating frankly, "Back then, I specifically went to find you."
"What for?"
Gu Qingfeng poured himself another cup of wine and continued asking, "It couldn't have been just to change my name, could it?"
"That is also the reason why I wish to apologize to you."
Gu Qingfeng drank by himself and said nothing more, his mind constantly recalling the events of that year. He thought it over and over but found nothing suspicious. He still clearly remembered that after he lost the bet to Genggu Wuming back then, Genggu Wuming left directly without doing anything else.
"Back then, when I went to find you...
My original intention was to banish you to Gui Xu."
As Genggu Wuming's voice reached him, Gu Qingfeng's heart suddenly jolted. He stared at Genggu Wuming, then laughed. "I knew you didn't have good intentions when you came to find me back then. Now it seems that's indeed the case."
"And this is the reason you have always held a grudge against me, correct?"
"Maybe, perhaps. I've forgotten."
Genggu Wuming said calmly, "There's no need for you to play dumb. From the Desolate Ancient Era onwards, in every era, I have banished more than one Original Sin bearer to Gui Xu. You must know about this. All these years, you have also been on guard against me. Back when we first met, you might not have known my identity, but after you learned who I was, you certainly could have guessed that my first meeting with you was definitely not just to see you. You should also have been able to guess that I wanted to banish you to Gui Xu."