On the second day after signing the peace treaty, Su Rong left Zhang Yun, Zhang Mao, Ning Ze, Cui Xingzhi, Jiang Zhu, and all the generals to handle the follow-up matters in the takeover of Dawei City. Su Rong, Zhou Gu, Ye Guixue, Xie Yuan, and others, taking only a small number of troops and guards, returned to the Nanchu Capital.
Everyone was eager to avoid delay on the journey and so they traveled day and night.
Taking advantage of a lull, Cui Yanjin reluctantly asked Su Rong when Zhou Gu was not around, "Sister-in-law, will you take multiple husbands and lovers in the future?"
Su Rong looked at him, "Do you think I don’t treat your cousin well enough? Or because I don’t seem to be devoted that you came to ask me this question?"
Cui Yanjin shook his head, "No, no, of course you treat my cousin well, it’s just that he has such a bad temper, I’m afraid that you’ll become impatient with him over time."
Su Rong laughed, "How did you conclude that he has a bad temper? I think his temper is really good."
"What?" Cui Yanjin was shocked, "Sister-in-law, seriously? You actually think my cousin, who’s like that, has a good temper?" He looked at Su Rong skeptically, his eyes full of doubt about her understanding of a good temper.
Su Rong smiled, "You must think that he has a bad temper because you saw the two times when he lost his temper with me. Actually, he has a pretty good temper, especially since he is very easy to placate. It’s quite rare for someone to calm down so easily after being angry."
Cui Yanjin was still skeptical, "Sister-in-Law, you must be the only one who thinks my cousin has a good temper. Even the aunts at the Duke Residence say that my cousin has the worst temper amongst all the brothers in the Zhou family."
Su Rong shook her head, "He doesn’t lose his temper easily. If he gets angry, it’s definitely because someone annoyed him. How could a person not have a temper? I think he’s already very good."
Cui Yanjin admired, "Sister-in-law, are you perhaps viewing him through rose-colored glasses? Even his bad temper, you can speak highly of."
Su Rong laughed, "That’s because you haven’t seen me when I was young. Everyone around me said I had a bad temper. Comparatively, he has a good temper. At least, aside from you, not many people say that he has a bad one."
Cui Yanjin: "... "
He scratched his head, "Sister-in-law, you didn’t answer my question yet."
Su Rong laughed, "I only want him as my husband, nobody else. Even if what you said is true and his temper isn’t good, it doesn’t matter, he’s the only one for me in this life."
Cui Yanjin exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, you are really too nice to my cousin."
Just then, Zhou Gu returned and heard this sentence. He grabbed Cui Yanjin by the collar, "Little bastard, what kind of nonsense are you spreading about me now? If you keep causing trouble, I’m going to send you back to Qinghe."
Cui Yanjin quickly withdrew his neck, yelling, "Cousin, I was wrong."
Zhou Gu let go of him and drew his sword, "Come, draw your sword, let me teach you a lesson today."
Cui Yanjin was scared and quickly ran behind Su Rong, "Sister-in-law, save me."
Su Rong wanted to laugh, "He’s just going to fence with you, not kill you, what are you scared of?"
Cui Yanjin shook his head vigorously, "I’ve heard that cousin’s double-handed sword is really powerful. Brother Fen Ling was beaten in his hands, what chance do I have? I don’t want to get beaten up by him."
Su Rong: "..."
Zhou Gu put his sword away, "I won’t use a sword, just my bare hands, come on."
"I won’t." Cui Yanjin was very wise, "Even if you use your bare hands, I can’t beat you. I don’t want to get beaten up by you." He begged, "Sister-in-law, please save me, he really will beat me up!"
Su Rong laughed and looked at Zhou Gu, "Alright, spare him! He didn’t really say anything." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"He didn’t say anything?" Zhou Gu didn’t believe her, "This kid always holds a grudge against me, he can’t have been saying nice things. Don’t plead for him."
Cui Yanjin immediately rebutted, "I didn’t say anything bad, I was just asking how you’re going to keep sister-in-law happy with your bad temper. Brother, you shouldn’t feel too secure about your favoritism. What if one day, sister-in-law doesn’t put up with you anymore and inversely prefers a gentle, obedient husband. Where would you even cry if she starts to gather other husbands and lovers, don’t you think you should change your bad temper first?"
Zhou Gu marched forward in anger, "Come here, I’m going to teach you a lesson today."
"Ahh, Sister-in-law, save me." Cui Yanjin exclaimed as he tried to hide. Seeing that Su Rong didn’t help him, he immediately shouted, "Sister-in-law, don’t spoil my cousin. Didn’t you forget that I once saved your life? How can you not help me when I am in danger?"
Su Rong: "..."
Well, when it comes to the point of bringing up the gratitude of saving life, it shows that he’s really scared. But even if he’s scared, his mouth can’t stop babbling non-stop.
She could only laugh and reach out to hold Zhou Gu, "Alright, alright, don’t be angry."
While she was holding Zhou Gu, Cui Yanjin slipped away.
Zhou Gu stared at Su Rong angrily, "Tell me, were you influenced by that brat’s words? Do you like gentle and obedient men? Are you really going to have multiple lovers and husbands in the future?"
Su Rong immediately denied, "Of course not, I told him that it’s only you. I even advised him not to worry about your temper. You see, your cousin is young and didn’t respond as calmly as Xingzhi did when he was told of those proposals for me, which frightened him, thus leading to today’s confrontation."
Zhou Gu was still fuming, "I am going to send him back. All I can see is that he’s always against me."
Su Rong laughed, "You losing your temper in front of him twice left a deep impression on him, that’s why he tried to advise you. From what I see, I wonder what kind of woman he will marry in the future to pacify him."
Zhou Gu was still really angry and retorted, "I will find him a nasty wife."
Su Rong hugged him, "Alright, don’t be angry anymore."
Zhou Gu wasn’t happy, "You just know how to placate me."
Su Rong smiled, leaning into his ear and whispered, "Find a day when there is an opportunity, take him somewhere I can’t see. If I can’t hear him scream for help, I don’t have to cover up for him out of gratitude either."
Zhou Gu immediately felt better, "Okay, just wait and see."
Such a brat, he truly deserves a punishment.
Seeing Zhou Gu in a better mood after just a few words, Su Rong laughed to herself, indeed little cousin was wrong, her cousin is so easy to appease.
She let go of Zhou Gu, and pinched his face, "Let’s go, we should continue our journey!"
Zhou Gu pinched her back and muttered, "What the hell? Pacifying me like pacifying a baby. Where did you learn all these pacifying tricks as a girl? Aren’t these charming arts something that men should learn to appease women?"
When it came to him, everything had completely reversed.
Su Rong laughed, "From Yuewan, I have read a lot of her comic books."
Zhou Gu snorted, thinking to himself, he also needs to read more when he has time. Otherwise, with all her tricks, he will always be appeased by her and not be able to learn to appease her back.
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