"Wife, you really are jealous." Zuan gently pulled her into his arms. Her body was as cold as an ice cube, but not as hard as ice; instead, it was as soft as cotton.
Chu Chuyan was about to resist when she heard him continue, "Nothing really happened between me and Qiu Honglei. I don't know why she said that. Maybe I'm too charming, which made her lust after me. But I absolutely... I didn't do anything to betray you with her. I swear!"
He suddenly remembered what happened with Xue'er before, but luckily he changed his mind quickly.
"Really?" The power of the contract in this world is very strong, and Chu Chuyan subconsciously believed it to some extent.
But when I heard him say that Qiu Honglei was lusting after his body, why did I want to hit him so much?
"Of course it's true. With a wife as beautiful as an angel at home, why would I look at other women?" Zu An laughed.
Chu Chuyan blushed: "Miss Qiu is clearly very beautiful too."
“Her motives are probably not so simple, but I don’t know yet what she’s after,” Zuan said in a deep voice.
Chu Chuyan's anger gradually subsided, and reason regained its advantage: "What you're saying is indeed a bit unusual. How could someone like her be interested in you?"
Zuan: "..."
I was trying to comfort you out of kindness, but you were wrong to say hurtful things.
Seeing his reaction, Chu Chuyan chuckled, her laughter as gentle as melting snow: "Alright, I know you're charming. Maybe he just likes you."
"That's more like it." Zuan snorted, but quickly frowned and said, "Wife, your condition isn't very good right now."
Chu Chuyan's smile faded. As a cultivator, she was well aware of her situation. She shook her head slightly and said calmly, "As the saying goes, life and death are predetermined. I should have died before, so I should be grateful for the extra days I've lived. It's just a pity that the Chu family is now in dire straits, and Xiao Zhao is so ignorant..."
Zuan couldn't help but interrupt her: "What time is it? You're still worrying about other people."
"Let me finish, or I won't have another chance," Chu Chuyan said, forcing herself to speak. "Our Chu family is now caught between the Emperor and the Prince of Qi. This is going against the tide. Unfortunately, we have a thousand-year-old family tradition and honor to protect, and we are unwilling to be swallowed up by either side. So the outcome is already predetermined."
"Originally, with me here, we could try to hold on until the new emperor ascended the throne and things turned around, but it seems there's no chance now. My parents can't hold on by themselves..."
“Grandpa, after I go there, could you help Chu… Sigh, never mind, you were really unhappy in the Chu family, it would be too selfish of me to ask such a thing.”
"However, I still hope you can promise me one thing: if anything happens to the Chu family in the future, please take good care of Xiao Zhao for me, considering how good she has been to you. Also, I have a sister... cough cough, I have a younger brother studying in the capital as a hostage. If possible, please help me rescue him from this predicament as well."
...
Hearing her speak these words in a weak and flat tone, Zu'an felt both amused and heartbroken: "Why are you saying your last words here? Who said you were going to die?"
Chu Chuyan smiled sadly: "I have cultivated for so many years, so I can make this kind of judgment. In my current condition, even if a god came, he couldn't save me. Your acupuncture method to expel the cold is no longer effective."
Previously, the coldness in her body was still within a controllable range, so she was able to expel the coldness little by little through a slow and steady process.
But now the cold energy in her body has completely overflowed, becoming a vast ocean, and the little bit of cold energy expelled by acupuncture is of no use at all.
“Even a god couldn’t save her, but I can. You should know there’s another way,” Zu’an said, looking into her beautiful eyes.
Chu Chuyan was taken aback at first, but after a moment she finally reacted, her originally weak and pale cheeks instantly turning red: "No, absolutely not!"
"Would you rather die than stay like this?" Zu'an asked, somewhat disappointed.
"Of course!" Chu Chuyan answered subconsciously, but immediately realized there was a problem and hurriedly explained, "It's not because of you... Ugh, anyway, how can you expect me to agree to something like this?"
“But we are husband and wife.” Zuan smiled slightly.
"We're just a fake couple," Chu Chuyan quickly corrected.
"Is it fake?" Zuan couldn't help but say, "In name, we are a lawfully wedded couple, and everyone in the entire Bright Moon City knows we are husband and wife; in fact, we have already consummated our marriage..."
Chu Chuyan hurriedly tried to explain, but Zu An said again, "Yu Xin, if you really don't want to, then why were you so angry when you found out about me and Qiu Honglei?"
"I..." Chu Chuyan was bewildered, her mind a jumbled mess, she didn't even know what she was thinking.
Seeing her lost in thought, Zu'an took the opportunity to lower his head and kiss her; at this moment, it was time for the man to take the initiative.
Many things in a relationship between a man and a woman are just a matter of a thin veil. If that veil is crossed, many things will fall into place naturally; if it is maintained indefinitely, they will probably drift further and further apart in the end.
When her lips were kissed, Chu Chuyan's eyes widened, and she gripped his clothes tightly with both hands.
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