Resplendent – Chapter 407

Chapter 407: Six?

The Supreme Commander of the Imperial City Guards, Liang, had previous conflicts with the Chu family. So, when Chu Mufeng took office, Commander Liang deliberately assigned all the difficult hotheads in the army to his command, intending to give him a hard time. 

Unexpectedly, within less than a month, Chu Mufeng had managed to tame all these troublemakers. 

Chen Da, pointing at Gu Ming, who was still holding Gu Ye’s hand tightly, asked her, “Little pharmacist, is he causing you trouble? I’ll teach him a lesson for you!” He made a move to pounce on Gu Ming.

Gu Ye quickly interjected, “Big brother, you’ve got it wrong! He is my brother!” 

Chen Da awkwardly stopped in his tracks, then pointed at Gu Ming, who was glaring fiercely at the other boy, and said, “Then… is he the troublemaker? Anyone daring to provoke a pharmacist during the Great Pharmacist Convention gets ten days in custody and fifteen strokes! Brothers, get to work!” 

“Wait…” Gu Ye stepped in front of the boy and spoke urgently, “He didn’t provoke anyone and didn’t cause trouble. He… he says he’s my older brother!” 

Chu Mufeng’s eyebrows twitched slightly as he fixed his gaze on Gu Ye. 

Sure enough, she looked very much like Xiao Liu. 

Their parents often said: Your little sister looks just like Xiao Liu when she was born, especially those eyes. They’re just like your mother’s!

“What? This is also your brother? How many brothers do you have?” Chen Da rolled his eyes dramatically. 

What were these siblings causing a scene in the middle of the street for? Were they just bored? 

Gu Ye paused, glanced at the boy, and whispered, “I… I don’t know either!” She touched the jade lock around her neck; this boy in front of her had to be her real older brother. So, she really did have such a bizarre background. How confusing, how complicated!

“What? You don’t even know how many brothers you have yourself? You’re just teasing the military young master on purpose, right?” Anyone being mocked wouldn’t be in a good mood, and Chen Da’s face immediately lengthened!  He already had a long face, and now it looked almost like a horse.

Seeing that his little sister was willing to acknowledge her brother, Sixth Young Master Chu, Chu Mushan, was so overjoyed he almost wanted to do a somersault right there in the street. He excitedly grabbed Gu Ye’s hand, his voice slightly choked, and said, “Six! In our family, you have six older brothers! Father was disappointed six times before he finally got you!” 

Six older brothers! 

Gu Ye forced herself to resist the urge to run away! 

Oh God! In the Gu family, she already had one brother who spoiled her without limits, which was enough to give her headaches. If there were six more brothers who adored her to the point of obsession… how could she survive?! 

Maybe—should she just play dumb and not acknowledge this family connection?

“Xiao Liu, what exactly is going on?” Chu Mufeng gazed deeply at Gu Ye, struggling to contain his own emotions, and asked slowly.

“Second Brother, I’ve found our little sister! Waaah… I finally found our little sister!” Chu Mushan could no longer contain his excitement and burst into tears. 

Embarrassing? Who cares! He has a little sister!

“Second Brother?” Gu Ye’s face was full of shock. 

No way! It can’t be this coincidental, can it? She’s Second Brother Chu’s younger sister?

She knew about the Chu family’s lost youngest daughter! Chu Mufeng had even mentioned that she resembled their mother, the Lady Zhen of the Duke of Zhenguo, very closely. If not for the age mismatch, he would have almost thought she was their sister!

Wait! Age! Yes, that’s the crucial point! Maybe this excited Xiao Liu made a mistake in the heat of the moment!

“Second Brother Chu, how old is your sister this year?” Gu Ye asked cautiously.

“Thirteen by nominal age! Didn’t I just say? Born in the twelfth month of the Xinyou year, the year of the Rooster!” Xiao Liu rushed to answer.

Chu Mufeng suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at Gu Ye, who had now grown into the appearance of a young girl. The first time he saw her was in Nameless Town. She was raggedly dressed, small and thin, looking about seven or eight years old. The next time he saw her, she had grown a little taller but was still slender, still appearing younger than ten.

During that year, he was guarding the frontier while she was busy at the pharmacy, and they rarely met. Now, she had already begun to take on the charm of a young maiden, perfectly matching the image of the sister he had in his heart…

Chu Mufeng quietly drew a breath, calmed the excitement in his chest, and asked steadily, “Sister Ye, may I know your age?”

Gu Ye was still hesitating about whether to recognize her brothers. Gu Ming, however, spoke slowly, his eyes dim, “My sister and I were both born in the Xinyou year. We are thirteen this year! My sister went through a lot of hardship growing up, so… she looks a bit shorter than her actual age.” 

Gu Ye, most sensitive about being called short, immediately retorted, “I’ve grown quite a bit these past two years! Some grow earlier, some later. I’m only thirteen by nominal age; I still have four or five years to grow! I definitely won’t be short in the future!” 

“Yes, yes!” Xiao Liu wholeheartedly followed the principle of ‘whatever my sister says is right’ and nodded enthusiastically. “Look at the height of me and Second Brother, our family doesn’t have anyone short. When we get home, Mother will make sure you’re well nourished. You’ll grow taller in no time!” 

Gu Ye looked at the two Chu brothers. Even the shorter Xiao Liu seemed to be about 1.75 meters tall. He looked only fifteen or sixteen, so he would definitely grow taller. Second Brother and the Eldest Young Master were both over 1.8 meters—Chu family genes were really excellent! Gu Ye felt even more confident about her own height.

In this life, she would definitely surpass 1.6 meters and leave the ranks of third-tier ‘cripples’! 

Gu Ye, you can do it!

However, the moment she heard the words ‘Mother will make sure you’re well nourished,’ her enthusiasm instantly wilted. Tonics, supplements, and the like—she had always kept her distance from them. Her body was perfectly fine; she didn’t need to ‘strengthen’ herself, really! She was a doctor herself; why didn’t anyone trust her?

Huh? Something felt off… She was derailing! 

Right now, the thing she should be focusing on wasn’t her height or supplements; it was why she had suddenly become the sister of the Chu family. 

Six older brothers! Just hearing this made her scalp tingle! Eldest Young Master Chu and Second Brother Chu were both familiar to her. Whenever they spoke of their sister, their words and eyes always showed concern, guilt, and remorse.

She had even once comforted them. Now, all of a sudden, she had become the ‘protagonist’ of the story herself. The role change was so sudden that she found it hard to process.

Chu Mushan had no idea about the complicated emotions in his sister’s heart. His mind was entirely consumed by the news, “I’ve found my sister!” His excitement was beyond words. He held his sister’s wrist tightly and said excitedly, “Sister, come home with Sixth Brother! If Mother sees you, she’ll get so much better. She’s been sick because she misses you so much!” 

Eh? Why can’t I pull her? 

He turned and saw that his sister’s other wrist was still in someone else’s hand. He frowned briefly, then quickly beamed and said, “Ah, you’re my sister’s foster brother, right? Don’t worry, you’ll always be my sister’s brother! Your family is in Yan City, or did they come to the capital too? One day, our Chu family will definitely visit and thank you for raising my sister!”