Gu Lie, dressed in a green robe and hemp shoes, crossed the second floor of the library and made his way toward the third floor, one step at a time.
Tall and solidly built, Gu Lie did not look past sixty at all. Even his brown hair showed no signs of turning white. Yet at this moment, a trace of wrath appeared on his mature, smooth face—a face that would make even young girls Envy him.
Where had this swindler come from, daring to deceive his niece!
He did not know where the other party had learned of the Gu Family's rules, but he did know that he needed to teach the man a proper lesson and make him understand that the Gu Family was not some second-rate minor family that could be deceived at will.
Therefore, he intended to seize the initiative.
Tap, tap tap!
Thud, thud thud!
His deliberately heavier footsteps moved forward step by step. At first, they could still be recognized as footsteps, but later, they became like war drums being beaten.
One after another.
Each louder than the last.
Every sound was deafening.
Every sound made one's chest feel stifled, as though a massive hammer had struck it.
The few people who had been reading on the first and second floors immediately turned pale and staggered toward the library exit.
Outside the library, the guard frowned slightly as he looked toward the stairs leading from the second floor to the third, but he did not move.
His duty was to protect the library.
As long as no one damaged the library, he could not intervene.
Besides, he believed no one would dare do such a thing.
What Gu Lie was doing was already the limit!
After all, he was not merely decoration...
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