But she later found out that wasn't the case.

He had liked her for a long time.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to rescue her from being kidnapped so 'coincidentally'.

Uncle Zhang thought she was worried about the black peonies, so he suggested, "Fourth Young Madam, our lady is very easygoing. If you want two pots of black peonies, just make a phone call and she will send them to you."

Shangguan Wu's smile deepened as she thought of her approachable and fun-loving mother-in-law: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang. But please give me two more days to blend the perfume and send it to my mother-in-law. After that, I'll ask her for two more pots of black peonies."

One pot will be kept by Gu Yunzhen, and the other will be given to Rongrong. She loves flowers so much, she'll definitely like it.

"Okay, just let me know when the time comes."

Uncle Zhang had no objections.

Shangguan Wu hummed in agreement, packed up the perfumery equipment, and walked briskly out of the pharmacy.

Back at the villa, she went straight to the study on the third floor.

"Knock knock—"

Shangguan Wu knocked twice on the door, then pushed it open and said, "Honey, I'm coming in!"

Gu Yunzhen heard her voice and looked up.

Then, Shangguan Wu, her face beaming with excitement, suddenly appeared before him.

She spoke in a robotic tone: "Hello Mr. Gu, your break time is over. Please stop what you're doing, take the girl next to you, and go for a walk downstairs together."

Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow and leaned back, exuding a lazy aura.

"Girl? Are you sure about yourself?"

Forehead!

Shangguan Wu glanced down at her chest, which looked like a mountain range from one angle and a peak from the other: "Are you sure!"

Gu Yunzhen chuckled softly, his scrutinizing gaze slowly and gradually moving down from her delicate face to her impressive cleavage, his eyes darkening slightly.

Shangguan Wu felt inexplicably nervous under his gaze: "Husband?"

Gu Yunzhen suddenly frowned, reached for her phone, searched for the word 'girl', opened the definition, and held the screen up to her.

Shangguan Wu bent down and leaned closer to the screen: "A girl generally refers to an unmarried young woman..."

She blinked once, then blinked again.

"Oh, I am a married woman."

"Um."

Gu Yunzhen casually put away her phone and maneuvered her wheelchair away from the study.

Shangguan Wu was stunned for two seconds, then covered his mouth with both hands. Did he admit that she was his wife?

Overjoyed, she immediately followed him, placing one hand on his wheelchair, and they went out together.

Walking along the tree-lined path, Shangguan Wu asked curiously, "Honey, do you know who lives around here?"

Gu Yunzhen's expression was indifferent, and his thin lips parted slightly: "We have no contact."

Shangguan Wu: "..."

Okay, he really doesn't go out much.

"Should we go take a look?"

Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow: "What are you looking at?"

Shangguan Wu said, "Let's get to know our neighbors! In case anything happens, they'll all come to help!"

Gu Yunzhen lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "The situation from last time will not happen again."

His tone was calm, yet it possessed a soothing power, as if he were stating a fact.

Shangguan Wu believed what he said.

Besides, it would be quite impolite to show up empty-handed, so she changed her mind: "Then let's take a stroll around Dragon Ridge Mountain."

It would be even better if we could go into the mountains.

Although some Chinese medicinal herbs can be purchased, they are not processed perfectly, and some even lose a lot of medicinal properties and need to be further processed. In the past, she often went into the mountains with her teacher to collect herbs and process wild medicinal materials herself, which was very interesting.

After the teacher left, the village chief forbade her to go into the mountains alone because her fighting skills were too low and she was likely to get killed.

The village chief said that it was not easy to raise her to be so beautiful, so it would be good for her to be a decorative vase in the village and please everyone. She doesn't need to work too hard.

That's really going too far.

To this end, she studied hypnosis diligently, and was able to hypnotize not only people but also some animals. When she led a group of Tibetan mastiffs through the city, she finally got the chance to go into the mountains, but she was only allowed to wander around the outer edges of the mountains, because there were large wild animals such as tigers and black bears in the depths of the mountains, and she had to go to school, so she could only go into the mountains during winter and summer vacations.

After not hearing her voice for a while, Gu Yunzhen asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Shangguan Wu snapped back to reality, gazing at the lush green forest, and said without hiding anything, "I remembered some things from the village, and it feels like I haven't been back for a very, very long time."

Gu Yunzhen's eyes were deep and unfathomable, like a dark pool. She clenched her fists and asked calmly, "Want to go back?"

Shangguan Wu gave a soft "hmm".

"But not now."

As for when, she didn't know when he fell in love with her. She wanted to take him back to Hakuin Village with her.

Gu Yunzhen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

But she didn't say when she would leave, and his gaze darkened slightly.

After walking quietly for a while, Gu Shiyi, who was following at a distance, said, "Fourth Young Master, Uncle Zhang said lunch is ready."

Gu Yunzhen turned her head to look at Shangguan Wu.

Shangguan Wu happened to be looking at him too, and smiled gently: "Let's go home for dinner."

But when she turned around and looked back at the road she had come from, she didn't want to walk anymore.

"My dear husband, could you do me a small favor? I'll give you a heart shape with my thumb and forefinger crossed." She looked at him expectantly, making a heart shape with her thumb and forefinger.

Watching her soft, coquettish act, a whirlpool seemed to form deep within Gu Yunzhen's eyes.

It appears increasingly unfathomable and mysterious.

Shangguan Wu met his gaze and gradually froze, as if she had been drawn into a whirlpool, floating and sinking in his deep, ocean-like eyes. For a moment, her legs went weak.

This is terrible!

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