Not only that, just in case, he has already sent someone to Jiangbei City, the purpose of which is naturally to talk about Yan Xiao, the woman that Jiang Xinrui said was very strange.
Now that Shen Muzhi is not stationed in Jiangbei, it should still be feasible to use some methods to lure that woman out of the city.
As long as he gets his hands on her, even if Jiang Xinrui fails, he will still be in an invincible position.
Shen Muzhi and Yan Xiao, who were sleeping soundly, were naturally unaware of Qi Chengfeng's plans. When Yan Xiao opened her eyes, it was almost dark. She tried to get up but found herself still being held by Shen Muzhi.
In this position, if she were to get up, she would definitely wake Shen Muzhi.
Yan Xiao turned her head and saw that he looked exhausted. She was reluctant to wake him up, but after a while, he showed no sign of waking up.
She touched her stomach, which was already rumbling with hunger, and any reluctance she felt vanished instantly. Nothing was more important than filling her stomach; it was the obsession of a starving ghost.
When she reached out to pry open Chen Muzhi's arm, she found that she couldn't pry it open at all.
She raised an eyebrow slightly, reached out and slapped Shen Muzhi's arm hard, saying unhappily:
"Get up if you're awake. Why are you clinging to me and lying in bed?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Muzhi tightened his embrace, his eyes still closed, his voice hoarse from just waking up:
"It's only natural for me to 'love' my wife. Don't they say absence makes the heart grow fonder? I get the feeling you don't want to be my husband at all."
Yan Xiao never expected this person to say such a thing; the tone was like that of a complaining woman.
Is this reasonable?
She reached out and tugged at Shen Muzhi's face, then, after confirming she couldn't pull anything off, replied speechlessly:
"Did you forget to take your medicine before you left? Was it just a short separation? I'm more familiar with the guards at the General's Mansion than with you."
"Forehead......"
Yan Xiao's words left Shen Muzhi speechless. In the end, he had indeed been busy and had hardly had time to spend with Yan Xiao since their reunion.
However, he could detect a hint of resentment in Yanxiao's words. Didn't this mean that Yanxiao still missed him, but was just angry with him and therefore unwilling to show it?
Yan Xiao saw Shen Muzhi staring at her with his expression changing from one moment to the next, sometimes happy, sometimes worried, and she could only think that this man was now somewhat seriously ill.
Fearing infection, she quickly pushed the person away, but fortunately, Shen Muzhi was sensible enough to let her go this time.
She stood up, straightened her clothes slightly, then reached for a pastry on the tea table, eating it as she asked:
"Aren't you hungry? Don't just lie there, get up and eat something."
Shen Muzhi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he thought:
Just as Zhao Qian said, his wife was tough on the outside but soft on the inside. She cared about him a lot, and her apparent indifference was just a woman's reserve.
His wife is shy and embarrassed to show it, so it's only right for him, a grown man, to take the initiative. Does he expect his wife to coax him?
Thinking this, Shen Muzhi could barely suppress the smile on his lips, and he quickly got out of bed:
“I knew Madam still cares about me. How can I eat just this? I’ll go and ask someone to get me some food.”
He said this and left the room, while Yan Xiao looked at Shen Muzhi's back with a blank expression, having no idea what this person was laughing about.
At this moment, she had no time to care about Shen Muzhi; all she could think about was how to kill Jiang Xinrui.
She miscalculated this time. If Shen Muzhi hadn't suddenly appeared, she might have ruined things because of her impulsiveness.
She still feels a bit scared when she thinks about it now. This is Qi Chengfeng's territory. If she had been exposed, even if she had three heads and six arms, she wouldn't have been able to die.
Right now, her wisest choice is to follow Shen Muzhi's arrangements. With his ambition and methods in conquering the world, he should be more appropriate in doing things than she is.
Moreover, after reviewing everything that had happened since she met Jiang Xinrui, she already had a general idea in her mind.
She felt that Jiang Xinrui wasn't being helped by anyone, but rather by some kind of world law.
The reason for this conjecture is twofold: firstly, Jiang Xinrui had no opportunity to come into contact with such a powerful person under her nose; and secondly, in the original story, there was no such powerful person in this world.
She guessed that her appearance as an outsider had affected the course of the world, and thus some kind of law had emerged to try to set things right.
However, the power of the laws is limited and cannot do whatever it wants. It can only protect the life of the female protagonist of the world, or allow her to retain the memories of the original world's plot, so that she can use those memories to fight against this outsider.
However, Jiang Xinrui's thought process was rather eccentric. After regaining her memories, instead of trying to win over Shen Muzhi, she abandoned him and joined forces with Shen Muzhi's mortal enemy, Qi Chengfeng, making the world's direction increasingly chaotic.
If her guess was correct, she was eager to see what would happen if the male protagonist of the world wanted to kill the female protagonist.
If she remembered correctly, this was the world of a male-oriented novel, and she refused to believe that the male protagonist's luck was inferior to that of a female protagonist who was merely a tool.
When Shen Muzhi returned with the food box, he saw his wife staring blankly at a piece of pastry.
He placed the food box on the table, opened it, and while carrying the food out, asked:
"What are you thinking about? Are you worried about what will happen later?"
He sat down next to Yanxiao, handed him a bowl and chopsticks, and gently comforted him:
"Didn't I tell you? With me by your side, you don't need to worry. I'll protect you, and I'll help you with whatever you want to do."
Yan Xiao couldn't share her suspicions with Shen Muzhiming, and when she met Shen Muzhiming's gentle gaze, she felt inexplicably guilty.
Although she was used to being alone, she wasn't a cold-hearted person; at least she could distinguish between good and bad.
Ultimately, whether it was out of gratitude or affection, he treated her sincerely, while she had just been thinking of taking advantage of him.
Oh well, at worst I'll treat him better in the future and share some of my earnings with him.
Thinking this, Yan Xiao placed a piece of meat into Shen Muzhi's bowl and replied in as gentle a tone as possible:
"With General Shen here, I naturally have no worries. You haven't eaten for almost a day, so eat more."
"Ah? Okay!"
Yan Xiao's rare gentleness made Shen Muzhi a little uncomfortable; he appeared serious on the surface but was actually bubbling with happiness inside.
At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: Zhao Qian deserves a reward and must be given an important position! This is his way of getting along with his wife; you can't go wrong by listening to him.
"Achoo~"
"Guard Zhao, you really need to take better care of your health!"
Having already sneezed several times, Zhao Qian rubbed his nose, shook his head, and said nonchalantly:
"I am in perfect health. Has the general written to me?"
"Here it is, I was just about to give it to you."
The speaker was Li Yuan, who was in charge of intelligence. As he spoke, he handed a scroll about the size of a thumb to Zhao Qian:
"This just arrived, take a look."
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