Chapter 382 Lord Shen and Her Little Husband

Chen Chu was speaking when suddenly everything went black.

Pei Yuan sealed her lips with his.

Unlike the tender and lingering kiss just now, this time Pei Yuan's kiss was domineering and passionate, carrying a hint of punishment.

After the kiss ended, Pei Yuan gently bit her lips, still wanting more.

Hiss~

Shen Chu winced in pain and glared at him reproachfully.

Why did you bite me?

Pei Yuan snorted, his expression as sour as a child who wanted candy but couldn't get it.

"Brother Zhan? You call me so affectionately. You've never called me Brother Yuan before, and you won't even call me Liu Lang."

Even calling someone "Sixth Brother" depends on your mood.

Ah Chu, aren't you being too cruel to me?

Shen Chu blinked and couldn't help but laugh.

She extended two fingers and lifted Pei Yuan's chin.

"Oh dear, are you jealous?"

Pei Yuan grabbed her fair, delicate fingers and casually took a small bite.

It doesn't hurt.

The tingling, itchy sensation seemed to travel from my fingers all the way to my heart.

The itchiness made her want to pull her fingers back, but Pei Yuan wouldn't allow it, holding them in his palm and playing with them.

He looked at her with a mixture of reproach and grievance.

"Can't I be jealous? I love you, and you love me, so why can you be so affectionate with other men?"

Shen Chu smiled and offered an explanation.

"I've been used to calling him that since I was little, after all, Lu Zhan and I have been playing together since birth."

But right now, I only see him as an older brother; there are no romantic feelings involved. It's just a way of addressing him since childhood, and it's hard to change that feeling overnight.

Pei Yuan glanced at her. "Is it really just brotherly and sisterly affection? I've heard all sorts of things."

Back then, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and the Shen family were preparing to arrange a marriage for you. When my mother took me to visit relatives in Liangzhou, she was also planning to preside over your engagement, wasn't she?

"If it weren't for that misfortune, you two would have been engaged back then, wouldn't you?"

Shen Chu's eyes brightened slightly.

"I still remember when you went to Liangzhou with Consort Yu, your face was round and chubby."

Uncle Lu even joked that if your face weren't so chubby, you and Brother Zhan would look even more alike.

Pei Yuan frowned. "Is that so?"

Shen Chu nodded. "You don't remember?"

Pei Yuan snorted, "Don't try to change the subject by talking about you and Lu Zhan again."

Shen Chu said helplessly, "Alright, I admit that our two families did intend to arrange a marriage back then."

Aunt Lu and my mother saw me and Zhan-ge~ um~

She noticed Pei Yuan's eyes narrowed, as if he was about to bite her again.

Shen Chu quickly swallowed the word "brother" that was about to come out of her mouth.

"Lu Zhan and I have been very close since childhood, so Aunt Lu and Uncle Lu proposed to arrange a marriage between our children."

My mother also agreed. Back then, when Consort Yu went to Liangzhou, she really wanted to witness this marriage with her own eyes.

Only my father disagreed. If what happened back then hadn't happened, we wouldn't have been engaged when we were so young.

Pei Yuan smiled and said, "Father-in-law did the right thing."

Shen Chu was amused. "Who's your father-in-law? You're really shameless, changing your address yourself like that."

Pei Yuan said in a serious tone, "Anyway, I'm going to marry you sooner or later, so your father will naturally be my father-in-law."

"You don't know, but last time when we moved the graves at the Ning'an Marquis's residence and paid our respects to Lord Shen, I had already secretly called him by that name in my heart."

Shen Chu's expression turned strange.

"Back then, you thought I was a man. Are you sure you were calling your father-in-law in your heart, and not your father-in-law?"

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint in them.

"Chen Chu, are you doubting my abilities? Hehe, I don't mind showing you my capabilities now."

He reached out and scratched her waist.

Shen Chu was ticklish and laughed so hard she fell into her arms.

Pei Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he recalled how he had been so preoccupied with the fact that Shen Chu was a man.

After laughing, he couldn't help but ask, "The Shen family and the Lu family have been on good terms for generations. Why doesn't your father-in-law agree to your engagement with your cousin Lu Zhan?"

Recalling the past, Chen Chu felt a pang of melancholy.

“My father said that I was not yet seven years old at that time. If I had been engaged then, he would have lived in sorrow every day, worrying about his daughter getting married sooner or later.”

He said he wanted to take care of me for the rest of my life and wouldn't let me marry off to anyone.

But privately, my father told me that I have a long life ahead of me and I will meet many more people in the future.

He didn't want to decide my life for me when I was young; he wanted me to think things through carefully before making any choices.

So even if the tragedy of that year hadn't happened, she and Brother Zhan wouldn't have been engaged when they were children.

Instead, we should wait until we grow up to make a decision.

Pei Yuan gave a thumbs up, "Father-in-law is wise."

Shen Chu glanced at him. "So, are you still jealous?"

Pei Yuan toyed with Chen Chu's fingers one by one, his amorous peach blossom eyes shimmering with spring water, carrying a slightly seductive meaning.

"If you call me Sixth Brother or Sixth Brother, I won't be jealous."

Shen Chu's face flushed. "No, that's too cheesy."

Pei Yuan's face was full of accusation, "But you call him Brother Zhan, don't you find it cheesy?"

Well, we've come full circle.

Chen Chu had a headache and quickly changed the subject.

She grabbed an account book and shoved it into his hand. "You're not here to help me with the accounts, are you? You're just causing trouble. You haven't even done much accounting."

Pei Yuan shook the account book in his hand and suddenly smiled bitterly.

"Even if I wanted to help you now, I can't, because I can't see anymore."

Shen Chu then noticed that it had gotten dark sometime earlier, and the room was already quite dark.

She quickly got off Pei Yuan's lap, lit the candle, and put the lampshade on.

The room suddenly became bright.

She sat down next to Pei Yuan and resignedly picked up the account book.

"Fine, I'll calculate it myself then."

Pei Yuan muttered softly beside her, "Sooner or later, I will definitely make you call me Sixth Brother or Sixth Brother."

Shen Chu paused, nearly destroying an entire page of accounts.

She shifted to the side and scoffed, "If you keep bothering me, I'll kick you out."

Pei Yuan chuckled softly, "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Is your neck sore? Let me massage it for you."

As he spoke, his large hand precisely touched Shen Chu's shoulder, then gently kneaded her neck.

The warmth of his palm penetrated through her skin, and the gentle pressure of his kneading made Shen Chu feel much of the soreness from looking at the accounts all afternoon.

She lowered her head and began to carefully examine the accounts.

The room gradually quieted down, and they quickly finished reading the two ledgers.

Turning her head, she saw Pei Yuan sitting quietly beside her, one arm propped on the table, his well-defined knuckles supporting his chin.

Her other hand was still gently massaging her.

His eyes were slightly closed, and his long eyelashes cast two fan-shaped shadows on his face, creating a serene and beautiful scene.

Shen Chu suddenly thought of a sentence and couldn't help but chuckle.

Pei Yuan opened his eyes and tightened his grip on the back of her neck.

"What are you laughing at? Did you draw some weird shapes on my face with a brush again?"

"No." Shen Chu smiled and lowered her voice, whispering in his ear, "Seeing you quietly massaging my neck just now, waiting for me to settle the score, do you know what suddenly came to my mind?"

Pei Yuan was bewildered: "What?"

Shen Chu grinned mischievously, "Young Master Shen and her little darling husband."

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes, his voice suddenly filled with danger.

"Little darling? Lord Shen, you've used every inch of me you could, so where do you think I'm small?"