Chapter 28 Shameless

Li Qu didn't know where Zhou Jin was going to take her. At first, she was indifferent to whatever the winds were blowing, but gradually she began to feel panicked.

The carriage stopped, and Zhou Jin reached out to hug her, but she instinctively pushed his arm away: "Where is this?"

"Little Aqu." He called her by her name only, his voice cool and soothing.

Li Qu curled up, her legs bent, stubbornly wanting to know the answer: "Where is this?"

"Baoyue Tower".

She slowly opened her eyes, her pupils red and brimming with tears, looking pitiful yet wary: "What does Master want to do?"

Li Qu knew that such occasions not only involved competitions of beauty, but also some vulgar games such as "exchanging concubines" and "auctioning concubines on the spot".

Even more so, there are no tricks that the powerful and wealthy won't play, only things you can't imagine.

Zhou Jin leaned forward again, and Li Qu tried to block him, but it was like an ant trying to shake a tree—she couldn't budge him an inch.

On the contrary, the man had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, was strong and powerful, and exuded a strong masculine aura that made Li Qu tremble uncontrollably.

She bit her lower lip hard, her toes gripping the soles of her shoes, nestled in Zhou Jin's arms, silently weeping in humiliation.

As the noise faded into the distance, Li Qu realized that Zhou Jin hadn't walked into the main hall of Baoyue Tower. Relieved, she looked up and found that she had arrived at the back courtyard of Baoyue Tower.

She looked at him.

In the candlelight, his expression was cold and aloof. She wondered if it was due to the effects of the drug, but she found him exceptionally handsome and charming tonight.

She hugged him tightly, boldly raised her lips, and kissed his sliding Adam's apple.

She wasn't entirely sure he liked her right now.

But she knew how to make him crave her.

Although she doesn't value her innocence, it doesn't mean she's promiscuous.

In Hezhou, if Zhou Jin didn't want to, no one could get close to her.

"Master..." she looked at him with a wronged expression, her eyes pleading as if she were begging a god.

Zhou Jin took a deep breath, pursed his lips tightly, and quickened his pace: "Don't be afraid."

The simple words put Li Qu at ease.

It's probably not one of those vulgar tricks she's thinking of.

Upon arriving at her destination, Li Qu had no idea where she had been placed.

A cool sensation came from behind, slightly relieving the weakness and heat in my body.

She was slightly out of breath, and as she gently raised her eyelashes, the bright light from the mirror in the room scorched her pupils.

“A new pavilion called Mirror Pavilion has been built in Baoyue Tower, but no one has entered it yet.”

Li Qu completely put aside her worries, but then began to redefine Zhou Jin's shamelessness.

She accused him: "You did it on purpose, you're shameless, waaaaah..."

"I won't let you drink next time."

She gently pounded him, and he enjoyed it without restraint.

Zhou Jin repeatedly pushed the boundaries of her perception of him.

After an unknown amount of time, just as Li Qu felt weak and sore all over, the effects of the medicine wore off, and her mind gradually cleared, he took out the silver bell anklet that he had been planning for a long time and coaxed her.

"Good girl, little Aqu, put it on, I want to hear it."

Li Qu dodged: "This concubine..."

Her voice was hoarse, and she was startled as soon as she spoke. Only then did she realize that she hadn't been able to control her instincts at all tonight.

While she was still in a daze, he had already wrapped the anklet around her delicate ankle.

The Baoyue Tower was extremely noisy in the middle of the night.

Hongguo, who was guarding outside Jingguang Pavilion, was so sleepy that she was dozing off, but was suddenly awakened by the crisp sound of a silver bell.

I opened my eyes and looked around, but I couldn't tell where the sound was coming from.

The sound of the bell could be heard sometimes near, sometimes far, sometimes slow as a fairy's graceful steps, sometimes fast as a torrential downpour.

The varying degrees of intensity and urgency, like fine carving and polishing, are captivating and unsettling.

Hongguo shuddered, raised her hand to cover her ears, and was no longer sleepy.

I spent a sleepless night.

Li Qu even suspected that the one who administered the traditional Chinese medicine was not her, but Zhou Jin.

Unbeknownst to her, Zhou Jin looked up and saw a vision of beauty.

The images reflected in the mirror from various angles were so stimulating that he couldn't stop himself from seeing them.

That night, he felt like he was going crazy, and only when she seemed to have truly lost all life did he feel satisfied and the night ended.

When the two returned to the Zhou residence, it was already broad daylight.

Zhou Jin carried the sleeping Li Qu and personally escorted her back to Fanghua Garden.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he looked at her peaceful sleeping face and thought of her defensiveness and grievance when she found out he had taken her to Baoyue Tower. His heart softened a little.

She was probably afraid he would give her away?

To give away?

Zhou Jin pondered the two words for a moment, then frowned.

He could hardly imagine her being pleasured by another man.

Now that she has been taken by him, she can only belong to him for the rest of her life.

He would never allow anyone to touch a single hair on her head, not a single person!

"Wake her up this afternoon, don't let her sleep in the wrong mode," he instructed Xu Mama. "Tell the kitchen to give her some nourishing food and take good care of her."

Xu Mama nursed Zhou Jin and continued to work in Zhou Jin's courtyard even after he was weaned. She knew Zhou Jin quite well, if not completely.

Over the years, she had never seen or heard of Master Zhou showing any concern or care for a woman.

She gripped her right hand tightly with her left, her heart pounding with joy, but her face remained impeccably polite: "Yes."

"Where did the handprint on her face come from?"

Xu Mama's heart skipped a beat, and she thought to herself, "My lord, you are wise. It was Madam Li who did this. It was probably because of a dispute over the matter of status."

Zhou Jin frowned almost imperceptibly.

"Madam Li also asked me to tell the Third Master that since he has taken her daughter, he should at least give her a proper title."

Zhou Jin knew he was in the wrong, so he remained silent.

He reached out and tucked the blanket around her.

He thought that he really should give her a proper title.

"Take good care of her," he added before getting up and leaving.

Afterwards, Huaixiang sent a lot of tonics such as bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin to Fanghua Garden.

Zhou Jin's affection for Li Qu exceeded everyone's expectations.

Including the old lady in Yongshou Hall.

She twirled the prayer beads in her hand and chatted with Rong Mama beside her: "Master Huichi of Yinghua Temple is quite accomplished."

"That's right. In recent years, Third Master has devoted himself to officialdom and has been very secretive about women. Now that he has found his soulmate and embarked on this path, he will probably no longer be opposed to marriage."

The old lady smiled and nodded: "That's what I think too."

She shifted her posture: "My second son's wife didn't come today, shouldn't she come tomorrow?"

"Exactly."

"Then tomorrow I must have a good chat with her about the daughters of each family who are ready to be married."

She seemed to have forgotten about Lu Yanyan. In a good mood today, she instructed Rong Mama: "Keep an eye on Li Shi's use of the contraceptive pills."

The larger the family, the more important they are to family traditions.

The Zhou family of Hezhou is the most powerful, while the Chu, Wei, Qiao, and Bai families stand in a tripartite balance of power. To this day, no family has ever had a joke about a son born out of wedlock being superior to a son born out of wedlock.

Rong Mama smiled and replied, "This old servant will find some time to go and tighten the skin for the people in Fanghua Garden."

"Well, Li has done a good job serving the third son. Go pick out some nourishing things for him, don't go empty-handed."

"yes."

Some people are happy, some people are hateful.

Lu Yanyan hated that Li Qu had caught her third cousin's eye, but Bai Shi in Qinglan Courtyard hated Li Qu even more.

"You bitch! She stole my favor!"