Gu Changqing returned to the Marquis Residence.
Gu Chengfeng and Gu Chenglin had gone to the Back Mountain to pick fruits, so he returned to his room alone.
He sat down by his bed.
With no outsiders around, his perennially icy face finally showed a hint of expression. He furrowed his brows and undid his clothes.
His neck, shoulders, even the backs of his hands, and wrists were all covered with startling scratch marks. Some spots even oozed blood which had dried, sticking to his clothes and causing him to gasp from the pain when peeled off.
"Oh my! Master!"
The manservant entered, clutching freshly laundered clothes. He spotted Gu Changqing's neck full of scratches, froze in shock, then asked, "Which vixen did this!"
Gu Changqing's gaze turned icy as he swiftly put on his clothes: "Don't you know how to knock?"
