Chapter 56 Chapter 56 For a lifetime, forever and ever.

After this meeting, Ji Lian did not try to meet Mu Xi again for half a month.

Feng Han's life seemed to be going smoothly. In the eyes of Mu Xi and several subordinates who knew the situation, he was handling the affairs of Beiqu Pavilion remotely while taking care of his pregnancy.

One day, good news came that Fenghan's second uncle had died.

If he didn't tell her, Mu Xi felt that she would never have the chance to know.

The death of a loved one shouldn't be something to celebrate, but Feng Han said, "If I weren't pregnant, I'd really like to have a couple of drinks with my wife."

Mu Xi guessed that the death of Feng Han's second uncle was not an accident. Although he simply said that the man was greedy and wanted to swallow an elephant, Mu Xi felt that Feng Han must have been involved. Even if he did not arrange all the links, it is impossible that he did not participate in any of them.

She didn't ask any more questions.

Judging from their time together, Feng Han had some residual effects from what he had done before. No matter what the question was, if Mu Xi asked, he would definitely tell the truth.

For the sake of the baby in Fenghan's belly, Mu Xi couldn't ask any more questions at this time.

Fenghan is already pregnant.

Mu Xi vaguely knew that some servants in Bitian Villa had said something in private, and it was Mingyu who told her.

Mingyu said that she immediately told those people to keep their mouths shut, and if there was any good news, her husband and wife would tell them at the right time.

When talking about this with Mu Xi, Ming Yu mainly asked indirectly, saying that he didn't know when Feng Han wanted to tell the other people working in Bitian Villa.

The reason why they didn't say it at first was because Mu Xi and Feng Han hadn't decided whether to keep the child.

Later they made a decision, but still didn't tell anyone because the month was still young and it was not safe.

Now Fenghan is visibly pregnant, and the problem of Wuchangjie can be said to have been completely solved, but they still don't say anything.

There is nothing else to worry about. The main reason is that there are many people in Bitian Villa and pregnant men have many taboos. If you tell everyone that your husband is pregnant, everyone will pay extra attention, which is a good thing.

Mu Xi directly told Ming Yu, "If you are really curious and concerned, just go and ask him."

She said she wasn't the one who was pregnant, but Fenghan was the main person involved. He could do whatever he wanted and make whatever decisions he wanted.

Mingyu came to ask Muxi because she didn't dare to ask Fenghan.

In addition to the side of Feng Han that Mu Xi didn't know before, there was another reason... Now, the only two important people to Feng Han were Mu Xi and the child.

Mingyu was worried that he had said something wrong and would be sent out again, away from them to do other things.

He was looking forward to the birth of the child. He wanted to see what his master and Madam Mu's child would look like, and he also wanted to know whether it was a girl or a boy.

When Mu Xi had nothing to do at Bitian Villa, she would read. She found a lot of interesting books in the bookstore in Yucheng.

Not only herself, Fenghan also knew that she had this hobby that was easily satisfied, so he helped her find it.

Soon, the antique shelves in the study of Bitian Villa were filled with books of various categories.

Feng Han is obviously very supportive of Mu Xi's hobby.

Buying a few books is nothing.

Once, Mu Xi told Feng Han not to help, saying that if she liked a book, she would buy it.

Feng Han suddenly remembered how she lived frugally in Luan County, and hurriedly said that she didn't have much money. She then asked Mu Xi if she wanted to buy all the bookstores in Yucheng so that she could read whatever books she wanted without having to spend money to buy them.

Mu Xi's expression at that time was hard to describe. She wanted to say something but stopped herself. In the end, she just sighed and said it was not necessary.

Feng Han guessed that he had said something wrong, but later he thought about it and felt that Mu Xi might think that he was spending money too lavishly.

The next day, he took the initiative to admit his mistake to Mu Xi and said to her, "Madam, your concerns are correct. We have a child now, and as a parent, we should naturally consider the child more. Why don't you take care of my accounts? If you keep the money in your hands, I won't spend it recklessly."

Mu Xi's expression was exactly the same as the day before, just as indescribable. She responded to him with the same three words: "No need."

Feng Han thought about it again and felt that women always care about their reputation. Mu Xi had nothing to do and no income now, so she naturally felt unbalanced.

Some people are happy to enjoy this kind of life, but Mu Xi is not that kind of person.

She has the life she longs for and the things she wants to do, but because of herself and her children, all of this has to be put on hold.

Feng Han told Mu Xi that she could continue teaching in a school in Yucheng.

If she wanted, she could open a school herself, teach when she wanted to, and manage the teachers and the children when she didn't want to.

Mu Xi looked at him for a long time, sighed, and told him to stop thinking about his own affairs. She had never thought about doing these things.

This time Feng Han was a little confused. He didn't know why Mu Xi was still unhappy.

Feng Han thought that for Mu Xi, teaching and living in the countryside were the two things she most desired and loved.

Since she can't return to the rural life in a short time, it's certainly right to complete another thing first.

But Feng Han didn't know that teaching was not Mu Xi's ideal, nor was it her favorite thing to do.

It's just that Shen Ahan left at that time, and in order to earn some meager monthly salary and maintain good communication with the outside world, Mu Xi thought about it and decided that she was the most suitable person to do this.

Mu Xi knew that Feng Han still couldn't fully understand her.

But she understood that this was normal. Even in modern times, couples who had been together for decades could not fully understand each other.

But Feng Han didn't think so. He wanted to know Mu Xi in every aspect.

Feng Han went to ask Mu Xi, and when Mu Xi saw the other person's slightly bulging belly, she swallowed back what she was about to say.

She asked Feng Han in return that since she was now the head of the Bitian Villa, it would not be inappropriate for her to suddenly go off to teach.

Feng Han laughed and said, "You think too much. Only rich people can do whatever they want."

When people become truly wealthy enough, they will start to think about random things and pursue their so-called ideals.

Mu Xi also knew this.

She didn't say anything. Feng Han carefully observed her expression and said, "If you really want to go, wait until Ji Lian leaves Yucheng completely, then you can go without any problems."

Mu Xi frowned slightly, "Will Ji Lian leave Yucheng completely?"

She didn't understand.

Ji Lian would leave Yucheng for a few days from time to time, and Mu Xi knew about it because Mingyu, Yingzhang and others never avoided her when reporting to Fenghan.

But would Ji Lian leave Yucheng completely? How could he be willing to do that?

They haven't reached a complete agreement on whether to help the second princess.

Two days later, Ji Lian sent a message to Feng Han, inviting him to meet her.

Mu Xi was mentally prepared to meet and deal with him, but Feng Han said that Ji Lian wanted to see him.

Feng Han's words and expressions were calm, as if he had already anticipated that Ji Lian would ask to meet him.

Mu Xi had some doubts in her mind, but considering Feng Han's current first principle in dealing with her, it was better not to ask.

Fenghan changed his clothes and prepared to go out, asking Mingyu to follow him, while Yingzhang stayed behind to follow Muxi.

Mu Xi was a little worried. She was afraid that Ji Lian had bad intentions.

Fenghan's belly could no longer be concealed.

Mu Xi was a little worried that Ji Lian would do something bad to Feng Han if she saw that she was pregnant.

But Feng Han was very proud and told Mu Xi not to worry, saying that he was absolutely fine.

Even if a fight really broke out, Ji Lian was no match for him. Now that he was no longer restrained by Wu Chang Jie, and the child did not bother him, he was still a martial artist. If a fight really broke out, the one who would suffer would definitely be the one who fought him.

Seeing Feng Han's stubborn attitude, Mu Xi didn't say much and turned around to tell Ming Yu to be more careful.

After Feng Han and Ming Yu left, Mu Xi's eyelids twitched twice. She had a premonition that it would twitch a third time, so she immediately decided to let Ying Zhang go with them. No matter whether he did it secretly or openly, he must protect Feng Han.

What's infuriating is that even though Ying Zhang has been respectful to Mu Xi for such a long time, when it comes to this serious and critical moment, he simply doesn't listen to her.

Ying Zhang looked embarrassed and said that the order given to him by the husband was to protect his wife. He also said that the husband had expected his wife to say so, but had warned him in advance not to listen to his wife because Ji Lian was cunning and treacherous and might try to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Mu Xi was speechless. Even though she was still worried, she thought to herself, let them be.

Since Fenghan is so confident, he must have reasons to be confident.

In fact, Fenghan certainly does.

Ji Lian had no expression on his face when he saw Feng Han, but unfortunately he soon noticed his slightly bulging belly.

The expression on his face immediately turned into shock, and then became more complicated the next moment.

"This is……"

Before he could finish his words, Feng Han smiled and said provocatively, "Of course it's my wife's."

Feng Han raised her hand and gently stroked her belly, saying softly, "I know it was you who asked me to come out. My wife told me to be careful before I left."

He paused, stopped smiling, and said, "Young Master Ji, please be more careful. I'm pregnant with my wife's child. If anything goes wrong when I meet you, my wife will immediately know that you are deliberately trying to harm me."

Ji Lian was extremely angry and furious, but he smiled instead, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

He said in a deep voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you making such random accusations? Don't you know why I asked you out? I didn't go directly to Bitian Villa because I didn't want to see Xi Niang worried about you."

Ji Lian was silent for a moment, then sneered and said, "You don't know how much Xi Niang trusts you. She still thinks you're a good, innocent person. A good person? Oh, that's a huge joke."

It must be said that these words sounded very pleasant to Feng Han. He smiled and said, "Then what can Master Ji do? After all, my wife really dotes on me."

Ji Lian was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He would get angry every time he saw Mu Xi. He would feel better if he went back and calmed down for a while.

But every time he met Feng Han, it was not that simple. Feng Han could make him angry to death, and he would get even angrier when he went back.

Mu Xi was deceived, Feng Han was extremely insidious!

But what he said was not wrong. Mu Xi not only doted on him, but also trusted him. Not only did she trust him, but she also made him pregnant with her own child.

How can they be separated now?!

Ji Lian said in a deep voice, "You can pretend for a while, but not forever. Even if Xi Niang dotes on you and trusts you now, even if... you used all the dirty tricks to have her child, one day she will see for herself what kind of person you really are, and by then you'll be the one crying without tears!"

Feng Han was not afraid of what Ji Lian said.

He used to be worried all the time, but thanks to Ji Lian, the thing he feared most no longer existed.

Mu Xi saw through his true self and knew his nature, but she was still willing to agree to stay with his child and even stay with him.

Fenghan feels that his life is actually complete.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled lazily, "Master Ji, please get to the point. If I'm out for a long time and still stay with you, my wife will be very worried and might come looking for me."

Ji Lian took several deep breaths, and when he spoke again, his tone was no longer as excited as before.

"You know what happened to my mother, right? You were the one who caused it, right?"

Ji Lian turned his head to look at the scenery outside the teahouse, because he realized that as long as he looked at Feng Han, even if he was not staring at his belly, he would still be able to see it anyway.

He deliberately hypnotized himself, as if as long as he didn't see it, Fenghan was not pregnant.

Feng Han pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Aunt? What happened to Aunt?"

"Stop pretending!" Ji Lian turned to look at Feng Han and glared at him, "You clearly know it!"

He was practically furious, rarely sounding hysterical. "This was clearly all part of your plan! You tricked my mother into a deal with your second uncle, letting her believe she'd obtained the secrets of the inner sect of Beiqu Pavilion. You had her secretly cultivate without telling me or my father, causing her to go astray!"

Feng Han said calmly, "Master Ji speaks so confidently, I guess he must have solid evidence?"

Ji Lian's fierce eyes suddenly froze, and Feng Han smiled at him, "So, Master Ji, you said that all these things were caused by me, where is the evidence?"

"Master Feng Han, you even fabricated the murder of your mother and sister as a frame-up by your enemies. How could you have left such obvious evidence behind when you planned everything so carefully?"

"That's slander," Feng Han said calmly. "Let me remind you, Master Ji, don't rely on your good relationship with my wife to slander me with empty words. If she hears this, do you think she will believe you or me?"

Ji Lian's face was gloomy and he stopped talking. He knew that he was at a disadvantage and Feng Han had not left any loopholes at all.

But Feng Han didn't intend to back down. He pressed on, "My second uncle made a deal with your mother? Did I force them to do that? Your mother secretly practiced the secret techniques of our Beiqu Pavilion. Did I force her to do that by holding a knife to her neck?"

Feng Han tsk-tsk'd twice. "Master Ji, if you want to use such despicable words to win my wife back, you really underestimate the relationship between me and my wife. Master Ji, don't forget that when these things happened, I was by my wife's side day and night."

He gently stroked his belly and couldn't help but smile. "Although I don't know the exact time, maybe this child was conceived at that time."

Feng Han laughed twice, but Ji Lian remained motionless like a mountain.

One person is openly happy, the other is secretly sad.

A cool breeze blew, and Feng Han reflexively tightened her clothes. Ji Lian got angry when he saw her being so pretentious.

Feng Han has been practicing martial arts since he was young. What can a little wind do to him?

Unexpectedly, Feng Han turned his head and looked over, just meeting Ji Lian's contemptuous eyes. Feng Han was showing off today, and no matter how angry Ji Lian was, he always had a smile on his face, and it seemed that he was the one with a better temper.

Feng Han smiled and said, "My wife told me to wear two more layers before I went out. I'm afraid Master Ji never got the chance to know that pregnant men can't catch a cold. It's very troublesome. My wife worries about me every day. I have to take care of myself and not let her worry."

Ji Lian rolled his eyes at him and said nothing.

Feng Han pretended to be tired and asked Ji Lian, "Master Ji, did you ask me to come out today just to accuse me? I don't have any evidence yet. If there is nothing else, I will go back first. Otherwise, if I stay too long, I don't want my wife to come out to look for me."

Ji Lian closed his eyes. He felt that he was the most tired person.

Although Feng Han was pregnant, she didn't look tired at all. Feng Han's current energy looked like she could fight a hundred people, each of them fighting three rounds.

"Conditions." Ji Lian said in a low voice.

Feng Han tilted his head, smiled, and asked him, "What are the conditions?"

"You've done so much to save my mother, so you must have a purpose. Since you've done it, you must have already thought of what you want from me. Tell me, state your conditions."

Ji Lian opened his eyes and looked at Feng Han with cold eyes.

Feng Han certainly knew Ji Lian's murderous intent towards him, but the stronger Ji Lian's murderous intent, the more excited he became.

"Although I don't know why Master Ji slandered me by saying that I harmed my aunt, but..."

Ji Lian rolled his eyes again, feeling so upset that he wanted to pick up a knife and chop off the head of the man in front of him.

But he still had some sense left and knew that he couldn't do that no matter what.

In every aspect, Feng Han must not die at his hands.

There are two obvious reasons before his eyes:

First, his mother still needs Fenghan’s help.

Second, Feng Han died, leaving two lives behind. Mu Xi would be sad, no matter which one it was for.

Ji Lian thought, although Mu Xi did not seem like the type of mother who was very enthusiastic about children, but since she allowed Feng Han to have her child, in other words, allowed him to keep the child until now, she must have some expectations for her own child in Feng Han's belly.

They were Mu Xi's family, the last person related to her by blood in this world.

"...But based on the previous relationship between Master Ji and my wife, and the previous relationship between the Ji family and the Mu family, I will definitely not ignore your aunt's affairs. Please rest assured, Master Ji. Although you hate me, I am still happy to help you."

"Mr. Feng, I think there's no need to repeat these words over and over again. Just state your conditions directly, and I'm all ears." Ji Lian said with obvious impatience.

After Ji Lian finished speaking, Feng Han was silent for a while.

Ji Lian asked him, "What's the matter? Did you not think of the terms, or did you suddenly want to increase the stakes?"

Feng Han smiled and said, "Master Ji, what are you thinking about? I just suddenly recalled that I don't know if the method I know can help you successfully save Aunt. If it only makes Aunt's obsession worse, it will be bad. This matter is so important that I must think carefully and repeatedly."

Ji Lian knew that this was just Feng Han's rhetoric. In addition to the conditions he proposed, he also had other conditions.

"I don't want to beat around the bush with you, let me get to the point."

Feng Han smiled and said softly, "I've often heard people say that sincerity is the key to success, and honesty is paramount. Young Master Ji has been doing good deeds for so many years, and your fiancée's escape from death may have been due to your contribution. It's a pity that your wife is now someone else's. However, this credit is recorded in the merit book, so Young Master Ji, there's no need to feel disappointed. If you can keep your promise, I believe your aunt will definitely escape danger, just like my wife did ten years ago."

Ji Lian gritted his teeth: "Speak..."

"First, help my lady resolve the Second Princess's entanglement. This was never her intention. She escaped death and is living such a difficult life. Why would you team up with that woman to bother her again?"

When Feng Han said this, his eyes and tone were no longer teasing and nonchalant as before, and he became very serious.

Ji Lian also put away his furious look. He was a little surprised that Feng Han would make this request.

In fact, Ji Lian thought Feng Han would order her not to get close to Mu Xi.

For a lifetime, forever and ever.

According to the pettiness of a young man like Feng Han, this is the most likely request he would make to himself.

Ji Lian asked him expressionlessly, "As long as I help her resolve the Second Princess's entanglement, will everything be safe? Feng Han, can you guarantee that you have no ulterior motives in getting involved with her?"

Feng Han answered decisively without hesitation: "No."

Ji Lian was stunned. He suddenly thought of what Mu Xi had said before.

--I know.

——I know very well.

——He won’t.

Could it be that Feng Han is really...

"If Master Ji can't even agree to this small request, then I don't need to say anything else. You definitely won't agree." Feng Han chuckled and interrupted Ji Lian's thoughts.

"Okay." Ji Lian nodded and said, "What about the second condition?"

One person says it is a requirement, the other says it is a condition.

Fenghan tasted it and smiled playfully.

"Second, I want something you left at Wuyue Tower."

Ji Lian's frown relaxed for a moment. He knew that Feng Han was going to blackmail him.

However, compared to the requests Feng Han might make about Mu Xi, asking him for the treasures collected in Wu Yue Tower is really nothing.

Light as a feather.

"Okay." Ji Lian agreed decisively.

Feng Han tilted his head and chuckled softly, "Master Ji, did you agree to this without even asking what I wanted?"

Ji Lian also smiled. "No matter what it is, I'll give it to you. Okay?"

"Okay." Feng Han smiled even more proudly, "I want the one in Wuyue Tower, the one with Ji Lian and Mu Xi's... marriage certificate inscribed on it."