Chu Zhongtian also stood up and said, "Xiao An, I know you also want to do your part for the Chu family, and your intentions are good, but... well, you don't need to think too much about this matter. We will take care of the arrangements for the competition."

After saying that, he got up and left. Judging from his hurried expression, he was obviously going to catch up with his wife.

Zuan couldn't help but complain that his cheap father-in-law was a typical henpecked husband, but he was actually quite nice and kind to a good-for-nothing like him. He just didn't know if his seemingly kind nature was actually a cunning old fox.

Chu Huanzhao was excitedly coming to find him when Chu Zhongtian's voice came from outside: "Zhao'er, your mother is looking for you."

"Oh~" Chu Huanzhao's excited face immediately fell. He shrugged helplessly at him and then reluctantly went out.

"You and Huan Zhao have a good relationship?" Chu Chuyan asked with some surprise.

Zuan smiled smugly: "I've always been pretty friendly."

Chu Chuyan: "..."

She glanced at him and then turned to leave, saying, "Oh, and let me remind you, men shouldn't make promises they can't keep."

Zuan couldn't help but sigh. No one in this family believed him. Life was truly as lonely as snow.

He suddenly remembered something and hurriedly chased after her, calling out, "Wife, wife~"

Chu Chuyan turned around abruptly: "Shut up! I told you before not to call me that."

“You only said before that I wasn’t allowed to call you ‘wife’,” noticing that the other woman’s eyebrows were about to furrow and she was really about to get angry, Zu An quickly changed his tune, “Then I’ll call you Yan’er?”

Chu Chuyan: "..."

She thought to herself, "My parents call me that, and you call me that too. It sounds weird. But if I don't allow him to call me that, am I really going to let him keep calling me 'wife' all the time?"

"Hey, don't you have any shame? Even in that state, you're still buzzing around Miss like a fly." Xue'er jumped out and stood between the two of them. As she spoke, she glanced at his lower abdomen and her tone was full of sarcasm.

"Is it any of your business how I find my wife?" Zuan rolled his eyes. "I've already seen you naked, yet you keep showing up in front of me all the time. Who's the one without a sense of shame?"

"You!" Xue'er's face turned bright red. She considered this a great humiliation, and now this guy dared to bring it up again. She was so angry that she drew her sword to kill him.

Qiao Xueying's anger level has increased by 999!

"Alright, alright, you two stop fooling around." Chu Chuyan was worried that if she didn't step in to stop it, this guy would really be torn to pieces. "What do you want from me?"

Zuan glanced at Xue'er, whom she had pulled aside, mentally estimated the length of the sword in her hand, took a step back to leave enough safe distance before saying, "It's like this, someone wants to kill your husband, are you going to do anything about it?"

Xue'er's heart skipped a beat, and her anger subsided somewhat. She looked at him with some suspicion and uncertainty, her mind racing with a mix of thoughts.

Chu Chuyan frowned slightly. This guy no longer called her wife, but instead referred to himself as her husband: "Who wants to kill you?"

Zu An glanced at Xue'er, which terrified her, before saying, "The Plum Blossom Gang wants to kill me."

"The Plum Blossom Gang?" Chu Chuyan was taken aback. "How did you get involved with them?"

Zu An spread his hands: "I don't know either. Logically speaking, a handsome young man like me who is loved by everyone should not have any enemies, but the Plum Blossom Gang has tried to kill me time and time again. Last time I was struck by lightning, it was because of Plum Blossom Twelve."

"Is this really true?" Chu Chuyan's usually calm face showed a hint of surprise.

Zuan nodded: "Would I lie to my own wife?"

Xue'er snorted, "Go to the city and ask around. You're a notorious liar, lying to your wife..." Chu Chuyan glared at her and she quickly changed her words, "What's so bad about lying to the young lady?"

Zu An gave her a deep look: "I'm saying, you're always going against me, is it because you've fallen for me and are trying to get my attention this way?"

"I..." Xue'er couldn't catch her breath and almost fainted from anger. "Miss, don't stop me! I'm going to kill this guy today!"

Anger level from Qiao Xueying +725!

Zu An hurriedly started running around Chu Chu Yan, with Xue'er chasing after him with her sword in hand. The two of them circled around like this, neither able to catch the other for a while.

"Yan'er, aren't you going to do anything about this? She's trying to murder your husband!" Zu'an yelled as he dodged.

Chu Chuyan said coldly, "If you touch me again, I'll kill you first."

Zuan awkwardly let go of her hand. He had made quite a bit of physical contact with her while running around her to avoid her, but he didn't expect her to see through his intentions so quickly.

Speaking of which, my cheap wife is so cold; she's like an ice sculpture.

"You said you were struck by lightning because of the Twelve Plum Blossoms pattern, but what evidence do you have?" Chu Chuyan asked.

"He said it himself." Seeing that she really didn't intend to stop him, Zu'an wondered if this woman was serious and was using this as an excuse to get Xue'er to kill him?

"Where is he?"

"He is dead, and his remains have not been found."

"..."

"You're just spouting nonsense. What can the young lady do with a single sentence you say?"

Chu Chuyan stopped Xue'er from continuing the pursuit and then said, "Xue'er is right. Although the Plum Blossom Gang is just a gang, the forces behind it are quite complex. Without concrete evidence, we can't do anything to them."

"Miss, I think this guy is just talking nonsense. Why would the Plum Blossom Gang risk offending our Chu family to deal with him?" Xue'er panted, her small chest heaving, thinking to herself, "How come this guy is so healthy now?"

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