At that moment, she even understood the use of the sour orange.
But her husband, fearing she would be sad, was willing to act and deceive himself, doesnât that also mean that she held a place in his heart?
If he truly didnât care about her at all, he wouldnât have bothered to disguise it.
In this era, "female virtue" was the standard governing all womenâs behavior, and society also told them that if a man was capable and held status, it was impossible for him to have only one woman.
Of course, she couldnât care less about these things right now.
What concerned her more was whether her husband had encountered an attack.
Where her husband went, what kind of engagements he attended, she could ignore, but if her own husband was injured, she couldnât bear it.
"Husband."
"Um?"
Chen Jie was closing his eyes, comfortably enjoying his wifeâs massage.
"Do you have something to tell me?"
Chen Jieâs eyes suddenly opened wide, was he exposed?
"Um, what is it?"
Chen Jie asked tentatively.
He wasnât afraid of his wife, but he was afraid of hurting her heart.
His silly wife, whenever something happened, she only knew how to endure and wouldnât speak out. Chen Jie knew that even if he engaged in frivolous activities outside, she would know and yet she wouldnât reprimand him even slightly.
She would just hide in a corner and weep silently.
Oh, this foolish woman!
Chen Jie really couldnât bear to hurt her!
Thatâs why he bought an orange, as a disguise. He knew he wasnât a person who could resist temptation, but he didnât want to be a heartless man. This woman had suffered too much for him.
Even if he could make her a little happier, it was good.
Chen Jie asked again, "What is it?"
Then he immediately added;
"That rouge..."
"Husband, have you encountered danger?"
Chen Jie and Su Yunjin almost spoke at the same time, then both were stunned on the spot.
After a moment, Chen Jie said, "Is that what you wanted to ask?"
Su Yunjin glanced at the hair she had thrown on the ground, pretending not to know, "What else could it be? Husband, this hair, and the tears on your clothes, youâre not hurt, are you?"
Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ah, about that, itâs nothing, actually, I didnât want to tell you to keep you from worrying."
"Husband, the less you say, the more I worry."
His wife stated, and Chen Jie replied, "Then let me tell you, today as I was leaving the restaurant..."
Chen Jie recounted the events, but he substituted the Yihong House with a regular restaurant. Then about how Yu Biaoâs butler had hired assassins to attack him which was unsuccessful and instead, he made a fortune of 1,500 silver notes.
Oh right, and there was also quite an interesting secret manual.
Listening to todayâs assassination peril, Su Yunjin was heart-wrenched from start to finish. Hearing about that surprise sword thrust from the shadows, she shivered as if she experienced it herself.
Chen Jie, feeling Su Yunjinâs tension, took her little hand and said, "Itâs okay now, actually, itâs rather good. An assassination attempt gave me 1,500 taels. A few more assassination attempts, and we could indeed get rich."
Smack!
"What nonsense are you talking."
Su Yunjin then stretched her hand and softly tapped on Chen Jieâs arm, gentle but quite loud.
The next moment, she immediately said anxiously, "Oops, I hope it didnât hurt!"
Seeing this, Chen Jie almost laughed; he, a strong practitioner of the Willow Tendon Realm, and his wife, without any martial arts training, could she really hurt him?
That Yu Biao, the butler, and even the assassin should go smash their heads on tofu!
However, at this moment, Chen Jie pretended to be in pain, immediately clutching his arm and groaning, "Ouch, it hurts..."
Su Yunjin said, "How could it hurt? I didnât hit hard. Is it from the injury during todayâs assassination?"
"Um."
"Let me see."
Su Yunjin looked anxiously, but just then, Chen Jie suddenly kissed her forehead.
"Stop it, husband, itâs not a broken bone, is it? Should we find a doctor?"
At this Chen Jie laughed, "Why find a doctor, you are the best doctor for your husband!"
"Ah~"
"Donât, husband, itâs all water..."
...
Turning clouds and rain, journeying together to Wushan, how many times the spring wind has visited Yumen Pass.
Affectionate and tender, lamenting the folly of men and women, thrice tolls the plum blossom white with frost.
...
At midnight, Chen Jie slowly awakened and looked at the woman nestled in his arms.
Gently, he stroked her hair, not knowing if it was his imagination, today his wife seemed extraordinarily initiative.
As if she was battling some imagined enemy.
Yet, it was all to his benefit unwittingly.
Thinking this, Chen Jie opened the intelligence panel.
Coming back late to sleep tonight, Chen Jie also woke up late, as he nearly always ensured a sleeping time of between two and a half to three two-hour intervals each night.
Therefore, since he slept late today, naturally he woke up a bit later.
Opening the intelligence panel.
[Todayâs Intelligence has been Updated (Level 2)]
[1. Today you went to Yihong House, got intelligence, Yihong House uses an Oiran banquet system, daily there is an Oiran serving as the main guest of the banquet, and a theme is set for the banquet, whether it be poetry, couplets, exploring music, or chess and paintings, itâs extremely elegant, hence many well-known figures in Mianshui County frequent it.]
[2. Today you encountered an assassination by the Black Market, got intelligence, the Black Market is the underground force of Mianshui County, dealing in grey transactions, such as trading precious medicinal herbs, antique jade, weapons manuals, or even placing bounties for assassination, it is indeed a lucrative industry.]
[3. Today you reported the assassination matter to Peng Shizhong, got intelligence, Peng Shizhong made a night visit to the Black Market and negotiated with one of the Thirteen Grand Protectors, the oil seller to remove your name from the bounty list, yet after you killed the Black Market assassin, the oil seller took a keen interest in you.]