Chapter 5: The Handsome Liu Xiahui

Gu Man hurriedly took a step back, only to find that the man had reached out and placed his hand directly on her forehead, muttering to himself with a serious, furrowed brow.

"Could it be that her brain still hasn't recovered?"

She rolled her eyes speechlessly and unceremoniously brushed his hand away. "You're the one with the brain disease!"

"Whoa, Gu Man, don't scare me!!" After saying this, the man in white didn't forget to pat his chest, his every movement exuding the air of a profligate playboy.

This person actually called her by her name directly?

Glancing at Lan'er, who was kneeling on the ground looking at her in confusion, Gu Man shed her distant expression and struggled to force a "bros" kind of smile. "If you don't come looking for me sooner next time, don't blame me for not recognizing you anymore, hmph!"

Just as she turned around, a greasy hand landed on her shoulder. "I've tried coming here several times only to be kicked out by your father. This time, I broke through the barrier in secret!"

"You!!"

Speechless. It seemed there really was some extremely complicated relationship between this person and her.

"You have no idea how bored to death I've been these past few days!" The man in white pulled her along, walking toward Manyu Pavilion with extreme naturalness.

It's over. Where did this god of plague, who is so handsome it offends both gods and men, come from?

To fail before the battle even begins—she only hoped this guy wouldn't discover her abnormality too quickly.

"Xiao Man!"

Liu Xiahui reached out and waved his hand in front of Gu Man's eyes.

"Uh, uh, sit down first!"

Gu Man gave an awkward laugh, her palms drenched in hot sweat.

If this was a transmigration, why hadn't she inherited the memories of the original Gu Man?

"What's wrong with you? You're like a completely different person!"

In the past, the foundation on Gu Man's face was thicker than the soles of a shoe; when she walked shoulder-to-shoulder with him, she didn't look like a woman at all.

"Different my foot! Just say what you have to say and get on with it!" Gu Man looked impatient. *My ancestor, please just get lost!*

Vulgar!

Liu Xiahui shook his head and sighed helplessly. "You haven't gone out for a long time. Many people in the city miss you dearly." As he finished, he didn't forget to raise an eyebrow in a sarcastic manner.

The moment she heard she could go out to play, Gu Man's eyes immediately lit up.

Liu Xiahui's figure immediately seemed incredibly towering. Aside from his annoying mouth, this man was actually alright.

Without another word, Liu Xiahui stood up. As he passed by Gu Man, he naturally took her hand.

Gu Man's eyes widened instantly, and she instinctively moved to shake him off, but she caught sight of a lake-blue figure approaching from a distance.

"Is little sister planning to go out?"

Gu Yifang glanced at the two hands clasped together before her, and jealousy immediately surged in her peach-blossom eyes.

"Let go of me!!" Gu Man awkwardly tried to pull her hand back, but the man gripped it even tighter.

"Mm, let's go!"

Without waiting for Gu Yifang to respond, he pulled Gu Man away and left quickly.

They did not hear the sound of a slap that followed immediately after; Lan'er was slapped to the ground by Gu Yifang.

"Useless thing, didn't you say Gu Man no longer recognized Cousin?"

"Replying to Eldest Miss... just now..."

"Get out!!"

Gu Yifang flicked her sleeve violently, the massive impact sending Lan'er flying to the side.

That waste Gu Man always had a way of making her angry!

Clearly, she was a thousand times more beautiful than that Gu Man, yet Cousin wouldn't even spare her an extra glance, instead spending all day acting like brothers with that woman and being inseparable.

One day, she would trample that woman under her feet.

In this Prime Minister's Manor, she would be the only favored young lady, and Cousin could only be her man!!

Once they left the Prime Minister's Manor, Gu Man's eyes nearly popped out of her head. Had she entered the 1986 version of *Journey to the West*? Why did everyone on the street look so bizarre?

Some looked no different from normal people on the surface, yet they dragged long tails behind them.

Some had graceful, slender silhouettes, but once they turned around, one would realize what kind of face they had—they were practically monsters still covered in fur!!!

Gu Man swallowed hard, her pupils slightly dilated.

It seemed Lan'er hadn't lied to her; this Tianyao Continent was nothing more than an animal kingdom.

The people she saw were all illusions formed by the cultivation of these animals!

Thinking of this, Gu Man's gaze unsteadily drifted to Liu Xiahui's face. His perfect jawline was enough to rival any modern idol superstar.

She just wondered what kind of animal lay beneath such a handsome countenance?

"If you keep looking at me like that, I'll think you're interested in me."

Liu Xiahui turned his head, a wicked curve tugging at the corner of his mouth as his sexy brows arched.

"Narcissist!"

Gu Man snorted at him, the image of that giant snake from that night suddenly flashing through her mind.

Could it be that the masked man was that snake?

Her hand instinctively went to her neck; he wanted to bite her to death.

Gu Man's constant dazed expressions made Liu Xiahui very unhappy.

Was she doing it on purpose? Was she still blaming him for not accompanying her to the Magic Beast Forest that day?

That day, the Prime Minister had been pestering him, leaving him with no way to split himself. He hadn't expected that even though he failed to meet her, she had gone by herself.

In the end, since she had become like this today, he bore a certain amount of responsibility.

"Are we going here?" Gu Man frowned, looking up at the large, golden characters on the plaque: "Hongyun Gambling House."