Possession
"Xiaobai, I don't hate Qiu Wuji, but of course I don't like him very much either." Liu Zaixi shrugged and spoke the truth.
"Actually, I made a bet with Qiu Wuji."
After hearing the bet, Liu Mubai looked curious and worried.
"For three months, as long as he can make me like him, I will honestly be his Princess Heng. If not, then we will not bother each other and will never see each other again."
In fact, this bet seemed to give Qiu Wuji an opportunity, but in fact it was a rejection. For Liu Zaixi, she would never fall in love with Qiu Wuji. Liu Mubai's expression did not change. What if he fell in love? Would he be abandoned then?
"So, get along well with Qiu Wuji for the next three months. He's not that bad. I don't want to see you guys fighting and killing each other."
Liu Mubai couldn't possibly refuse Liu Zaixi's request. He lowered his eyes and said nothing. Normally, at this point, based on what Liu Zaixi knew, Liu Mubai would have tacitly agreed. Liu Zaixi clapped his hands, "Alright, let's get back to work."
Coming out of the backyard, Qiu Wuji had already finished all the accounts that Liu Zaixi needed to calculate. Liu Zaixi sat next to Qiu Wuji and looked through the account book. There were no mistakes and it was neat and tidy. It had to be said that Qiu Wuji's business ability was still very strong, and Liu Zaixi admitted this.
"You have finished my work, what should I do?" Liu Zai Xi knocked on the table.
"How about traveling with me?"
"Nothing."
"What did you do with him just now?" Qiu Wuji asked casually.
"What my brother and I do has nothing to do with you."
"Brother?" Qiu Wuji pinched Liu Zaixi's finger bones. Liu Zaixi was already used to Qiu Wuji touching her, and it didn't hurt anyway.
"You two are not related by blood, so you can't be considered relatives. I am more qualified to be your relative than he is. We are husband and wife, aren't we?"
Liu Zai Xi pushed Qiu Wu Ji away: "But it's just now." After that, he got up and went to the kitchen.
Qiu Wuji looked at Liu Zaixi's departing back and murmured to himself, "It will be the same in the future."
The opening went smoothly. The fish heads were in short supply, so the store closed after noon.
Liu Zai Xi urged Qiu Wuji several times to go back to the palace, but Qiu Wuji said: "You seem very sure that you will not fall in love with me, but I like you. Since there are only three months left, shouldn't I see you more often?" After hearing this, Qiu Wuji seemed to be infatuated, and if he drove him away, it would seem like Liu Zai Xi was unkind. So Qiu Wuji is still staying in the store, and Liu Zai Xi is too lazy to care about him, and is counting money with great interest.
"If you like money, I can give it to you. Why bother opening a shop?"
Liu Zaixi locked all the money in the wooden box that she had dug out. She thought that this box should be the only relic left by her mother, so she kept it.
"I told you, if you want to trap me in that little world, we can get divorced now."
When Liu Zaixi mentioned divorce, Qiu Wuji got scared and hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that."
Seeing Qiu Wuji's nervous expression, Liu Zaixi pretended to be serious: "It's better this way."
Originally, there was nothing to do with Liu Zai Xi, but Liu Zai Xi didn't want to be free and easy and leave his employees to work hard. More than just superiors and subordinates, they also had a relationship as friends.
After Liu Zaixi dealt with Qiu Wuji, he wanted to fetch water to wipe the table, but Qiu Wuji stopped him: "You don't need to do these things."
When Liu Zaixi wasn't allowed to clean the table, he started mopping the floor. Qiu Wuji stopped him from doing anything that would tire him. "What the hell do you want to do?" Liu Zaixi asked sharply, putting down his plate.
"I am a prince after all, and you are my princess. I have no reason to watch my princess do such rough work."
"The store is very busy and short-staffed. As the boss, I can't just sit back and do nothing."
"Find some more people."
"No money." Liu Zai Xi had spent all his savings when he first opened the store. Now he lives on his money as it comes. He can't be said to be in financial difficulty, but he is not at the point where he can spend lavishly either.
"Your husband has it. I'll find you some help so your men can rest."
Liu Zai Xi didn't want to owe Qiu Wu Ji any favors. They didn't know when they would become strangers. The more he helped, the more he would owe him, and slowly he would become indifferent to him. Besides, Liu Zai Xi didn't like to rely on men's help, and would not spend men's money. This was Liu Zai Xi's principle.
Liu Zai Xi was thinking when Qiu Wu Ji approached. They were so close that Liu Zai Xi could even hear Qiu Wu Ji's breathing.
"Don't feel any burden. It's not shameful to accept help from others, right? I don't need you to think about how to repay me, nor do I need you to convince yourself to like me. I just want to see you smile."
The scorching breath sprayed on Liu Zaixi's face. Liu Zaixi clearly saw the color of Qiu Wuji's pupils, his eyelashes, his eyebrows, and could even feel the synchronization of their heartbeats.
Liu Zaixi subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Qiu Wuji didn't give Liu Zaixi a chance to respond and continued, "Don't you like me that much? You're not even my friend."
Thousands of words finally converge into one sentence: "Okay."
No one knows how big a step back Liu Zaixi took with this one sentence.
Afterwards, Liu Zai Xi asked everyone to go back and rest, and several people also returned to the palace. The remaining mess in the store was left to Qiu Wuji's people to deal with.
*
In Yinqiuxie, Liu Zaixi was lying, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Qiu Wuji handed over the water: "What are you thinking about?"
Liu Zai Xi had no intention of hiding it from Qiu Wu Ji. Maybe Qiu Wu Ji could help him guess.
"Don't you think it's strange that the Liu family, who are far away in Pingyang City, would suddenly come to the capital, and come to my door so accurately? Everything is too weird."
As a result, Liu Zaixi finished drinking the quilt, and Qiu Wuji was calm and said: "It is very likely that it was instructed by someone, but who wants to harm you."
Liu Zai Xi stretched lazily. Before she traveled through time, she had always stayed in the Liu Mansion. She was only bullied by the two sisters and never made any enemies. After traveling through time, Liu Zai Xi was even more cautious, fearing to offend anyone. Who hated her so much and had the ability to investigate her? He was definitely not an ordinary person. The specific situation could only be known after Han Yi's investigation.
Since you are here, you might as well make the best of it. Liu Zai Xi doesn't want to cause trouble, but he will never let anyone bully him.
In fact, Liu Zai Xi didn't have to do anything at all. Once someone wanted to kill her, one of Qiu Wuji and Liu Mubai would take care of it immediately.
Liu Zai Xi didn’t think too much about it. She wanted to study the dishes for the next opening.
After thinking about it all night, he decided to have a staple food, Xinjiang fried rice noodles. Thinking of Xinjiang fried rice noodles, he thought of snail noodles. Liu Zai Xi was a loyal fan of both. It would be better to wait until these ancient people could accept it and try making snail noodles. The more Liu Zai Xi thought about it, the more excited he became. Seeing his excited look, Qiu Wuji smiled.
Hanyi's investigation was very quick, and it turned out that Prince Heng's Mansion did not keep idle people.
Within two days, Han Yi finished the investigation. Liu Zai Xi was in the store, so Han Yi went to find Qiu Wu Ji as soon as possible. After all, Liu Zai Xi was implicated in this matter.
"Your Highness, the results of the investigation that the princess asked me to do are out."
"explain."
"The people in the Liu Mansion are being controlled by someone behind the scenes. My subordinates investigated the whereabouts of everyone in the Liu Mansion. Among them, the eldest young master of the Liu Mansion, Liu Yeming, entered the palace and is serving as an official in the court. The person who recommended him to the palace was none other than Concubine Hui."
Qiu Wuji was not surprised. This was easy to guess. He was curious about what Jiang Zhiyi would use the Liu Mansion for.
Qiu Wuji soon realized something. It seemed that Liu Zaixi could have been doing her business in the capital with peace of mind, but she was being held back by Qiu Wuji everywhere. Han Yi looked up at Qiu Wuji, noticing his silence, and then saw a stern, shadowy expression on his face. If Liu Zaixi knew that he had implicated her, would her hope of falling in love with him be even slimmer, or might she even outright hate him?
Loving someone always makes you worry a lot and have a lot of wild thoughts. Han Yi sometimes feels that the prince is no longer a prince. He has become more tender and indecisive.
"Then, Your Majesty, do I need to inform the Princess?"
Qiu Wuji thought for a moment and said, "No need, let me tell you."
"yes."
Time passed in a flash. In the evening, Liu Zai Xi was exhausted after a busy day's work. It was not that he was physically tired, as Liu Mubai and the others took care of the physical work. But he was mainly mentally tired, as he needed to put in a lot of energy.
Liu Zai Xi was bathing behind the screen, while Qiu Wu Ji was reading outside. In fact, he didn't concentrate on the book at all, and he didn't like reading either. He just wanted to calm his restless heart.
The sound of running water behind the screen kept reaching his ears, and the candlelight flickered. Qiu Wuji swallowed his saliva, his face flushed. If you didn't know, you would think that Qiu Wuji was reading some different book.
Liu Zaixi poured water on herself with a scoop. The water dripped onto her skin and then slid back into the water. The screen could not block the sound, and sometimes it could not be seen, which gave people enough room for imagination and was extremely charming.
For the past decade or so, Qiu Wuji hadn't touched a woman. He stole a kiss from Liu Zaixi, held her hand, and hugged her, but he hadn't done anything else. He hadn't thought anything of it before, but now Qiu Wuji knew. He was a man, and he wanted to possess everything about Liu Zaixi: her mouth, her eyes, her ears. He wanted to kiss her everywhere, lock her up, and preferably keep her from going anywhere. She could only look at him every day, with no one else around, enjoying herself from day to night. She wasn't allowed to cook for other men, smile at anyone else, or care about anyone else. He was enough for her, and only he was worthy of Liu Zaixi.
"Splash--" The sound of water coming out, and a strange feeling coming from the lower body.
Fortunately, my clothes were loose and I was sitting under the table, so it couldn't be seen.
Liu Zaixi walked out barefoot, wiping her wet hair. The water on her hair soaked through her clothes, making them somewhat transparent, revealing the outline of her skin.
Sitting casually beside Qiu Wuji, my eyes were moistened by the mist and filled with water.
"What did you want to tell me?"
Qiu Wuji looked at his chest, which was also a little wet.
Following Qiu Wuji's gaze, Liu Zaixi quickly pulled his clothes tighter and cursed, "Qiu Wuji, please have some shame."
Qiu Wuji looked at the chattering mouth and thought: The lips are wet too.
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