Although Su Qingluan now understood that her position was Mu Xingzhi's "underground base", she still tried not to ask about the other party's affairs based on the principle of "less trouble is more", and she would not even ask too much when Song Bo and Yaoguang occasionally stayed out all night.

However, she was initially a little worried that the four newcomers might reveal some secrets. But when these four people became accustomed to the sudden disappearance and reappearance of the other two, Su Qingluan realized that there was a high probability that these four people were also Mu Xingzhi's men.

After figuring this out, rather than feeling angry about "Why didn't Mu Xingzhi tell her anything?", Su Qingluan felt more of a sense of sudden enlightenment: "So that's how it is": As expected, with her natural identity as the owner of a fruit shop as a cover, it was very natural to have a few more servants in the house, and no one would notice anything.

As for her, she was just a background figure, not a real confidant, so she didn't need to tell everyone who was placed next to her.

Even if Su Qingluan was angry and indignant, so what? She could only be angry for a short time.

At the same time, when she found herself experiencing emotions such as "anger" and "loss", she kept reminding herself: Su Qingluan, you must remember that although you are married to Mu Xingzhi on the surface, the two of you are actually just cooperating and it is mutually beneficial. And strictly speaking, your benefits are higher than those of the other party.

Su Qingluan saw this very clearly - except for the occasional need to cooperate with the performance, Su Qingluan's side was basically far away from the center of the war, so there would basically be no mistakes.

In comparison, Su Qingluan believed that Mu Xingzhi was the one who was really gambling his entire life on his future. After all, the imperial power that represented the supreme and irresistible was a scumbag father who looked down on him. No matter how you looked at it, this was a game of hellish difficulty.

But if Mu Xingzhi really wants something, it is only natural for him to pay the corresponding price. Su Qingluan never envies him.

However, although he always persuaded himself to jump out and not act on his emotions, people are not machines after all, and Su Qingluan would inevitably act on her emotions occasionally.

So even though she knew that Mu Xingzhi was a man who was always planning ahead, she still couldn't help but worry; even though she knew that the two of them were just in a contract marriage, Su Qingluan couldn't help but get angry when the other party disappeared without a trace and placed four people she didn't even know around her.

So when she saw Mu Xingzhi again, Su Qingluan was not only surprised, but also felt a little bit of joy that she was unwilling to admit, but it did exist. She was also a relatively rational Su Qingluan who was speechless about her joy.

Because of this complicated feeling, Su Qingluan looked at Mu Xingzhi with some annoyance and anger: "Whatever Xiao Huan wants, or whatever you want, you don't have to explain to me... Just like those four people, weren't they also placed there just because you wanted to?"

However, although Su Qingluan said these angry words, what she was thinking in her head was: Although she could disappear from everyone's sight during the period of "praying for blessings", there might still be some inconveniences, so she had to resume her identity as "Mu Xingzhi".

Moreover, Su Qingluan noticed that Mu Xingzhi now had his hair loose and was only wearing a middle-length shirt - you know, before coming to Jingzhou, Mu Xingzhi had not dressed so "haggard" for a long time.

Is this... pretending to be sick again? Su Qingluan thought with a sneer.

Su Qingluan was not a person with a deep mind. In front of a guy like Mu Xingzhi who was good at seeing through people's hearts, even if she was not a blank sheet of paper, she was almost like a blank sheet of paper.

So Mu Xingzhi could tell she was angry right away. This made him curious: "Qingluan, didn't you say that as long as I could ensure your family's well-being, you would fully cooperate within your ability? Did I ask you to do something difficult?"

Based on Su Qingluan's understanding of Mu Xingzhi during this period, he was not being sarcastic, because from the perspective of interests, being sarcastic to a partner in this way would reduce the efficiency of cooperation - yes, Mu Xingzhi was such a rational person who would put personal emotions behind interests no matter what.

So he was really confused as to why Su Qingluan was angry, and he planned to resolve this time bomb.

After all, if Su Qingluan was emotional and something went wrong at a critical moment, that would definitely not be something Mu Xingzhi would like to see.

Su Qingluan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness: she had no way to tell the other party because she cared about him more and more. This care had gone beyond the ordinary friends and partners. Su Qingluan knew rationally that this was dangerous and unwise, but emotionally Su Qingluan could not help it.

The only thing she could do now was to deny it.

So Su Qingluan used her universal formula for when others noticed she was in a bad mood, but she was unwilling to reveal the reason: "Oh, I've been a little restless and irritable lately. Everything seems to bother me. Maybe it's my period!"

"Period?"

"That's right..." Su Qingluan quickly glanced at Mu Xingzhi, then immediately looked away. "Women... there are a few days every month. You have some knowledge of medicine, so you should understand!"

Mu Xing was stunned: He really didn't think it was about Tiangui, but...

"Let me take your pulse..." As he said this, he was about to take Su Qingluan's pulse.

Seeing this, Su Qingluan immediately jumped faster than a rabbit and jumped to the side. However, Mu Xingzhi was now a "sickly" person, so it was naturally impossible for him to get up and catch her.

"Anyway, that's it. I'm not angry with you. I'm going to sleep!" After saying that, Su Qingluan dodged and got into the quilt. She didn't care where Mu Xingzhi was going to sleep outside. She covered her head with the quilt and turned into a giant quilt silkworm cocoon.

Mu Xingzhi looked at the autistic person and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "In this hot summer, is Qingluan going to give herself a heat stroke?"

The silkworm pupa squirmed in the quilt, creating a crack.

Mu Xingzhi smiled helplessly and shook his head, then he felt a little confused: He knew that women would have emotional fluctuations when they had their period, but would it be so obvious?

Putting aside Mu Xingzhi's doubts, when Su Qingluan found the note while sorting out her things, she remembered that she had once saved a young man named "Lu San" in Hongfulou and was slapped in the face for being a lecher.

Now that he thought about it, the "Lu San" should be a woman, and the one who slapped him should be the maid who saw his wife being "molested" by him - after all, she was also dressed as a man at the time, and she was only thirteen years old, at an age where it was difficult to tell before from after, and she did not have any female characteristics.

Thinking of this, Su Qingluan became curious about the place where Lu San told her she could "seek help", so she took the jade pendant and the note as a token of trust and followed the map.

After many twists and turns, Su Qingluan arrived at the most prosperous street in the capital - this was a street that even "Su Ji" did not dare to dream of, and it was a "store that you could never own just by having money."

Su Qingluan came to a powder shop called "Fendai". Just as she was about to check the information, she saw a man getting off a horse next to her - who could it be if it wasn't Lu San?