Luo Jiu tried to open her eyes.
Warm sunlight filters through layers of leaves, casting dappled shadows; the morning mist, carried by a gentle breeze, caresses the face with exceptional tenderness. Occasionally, a few sparrows fly by under the azure sky, leaving behind their chirping sounds.
"How is it?" Xiao Zhuo asked nervously, his hand sweating profusely as he held hers.
Luo Jiu looked at the man squatting in front of her and couldn't help but stroke his cheek.
Just as I had imagined, he was handsome, with long, slender eyebrows and dark, deep eyes that held a slight smile. His dark-colored robe made him appear even more dashing.
only……
Luo Jiu touched his chin; it felt slightly prickly. "You need to shave."
"Pfft!" Jin Xia couldn't help but exclaim. She hadn't expected Luo Jiu to open her eyes and the first thing she noticed was Xiao Zhuo's beard.
Xiao Zhuo was also surprised and helplessly tapped his head.
"My wife must make it up to me properly. These past few days, I've been working tirelessly day and night to take care of you. I've lost so much weight, not to mention my beard..."
Xiao Zhuo's wicked sense of humor hadn't changed, but what he said was also true. This time, it was Luo Jiu's turn to feel sorry for him.
"So... what do you want?"
Xiao Zhuo's eyes lit up, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, and he looked at Luo Jiu with the eyes of a lamb to the slaughter.
"Then, my lady, why not reward me with a sweet kiss..."
Before Luo Jiu could finish speaking, he jumped up and said, "Wife? Who's your wife? Go ask your wife for kisses."
Before Xiao Zhuo could even speak to stop them, they had all vanished.
Xiao Zhuo sat in the chair, sighed helplessly, and tapped his fingers on the table one after another.
It seems we need to hurry up and get Liang Ye to divorce.
...
"Madam, that playboy from town has come to ask for drinks again." The voice was Jinxia's.
Two years ago, under Xiao Zhuo's coercion, Liang Ye wrote a letter of divorce, and Luo Jiu's absurd marriage finally came to an end.
Afterwards, Xiao Zhuo and Luo Jiu came to this small town together, far away from the intrigues and power struggles of the imperial court, and enjoyed a peaceful life.
For reasons unknown, the two opened a tavern in town, specializing in brewing Daughter's Red wine, and their skills were superb.
Soon, the whole town knew that a couple had come from the southwest. Not only were they good-looking and had an ethereal air, but even their daughter's red wine was more mellow and fragrant than ever before.
From then on, the tavern was packed with customers, and business was incredibly booming.
But what's as famous as the tavern is how much the man dotes on his wife.
Rain or shine, he gets up early every day just to queue for breakfast at his wife's favorite shop. He even orders fireworks for the entire town to celebrate her birthday, just to please her.
Such an exceptionally good man made Luo Jiu the envy of all the women in town.
However, Luo Jiu seems to have encountered some setbacks these past few days.
Upon hearing Jin Xia's voice, Luo Jiu looked up from the abacus, her beautiful eyes flashing with displeasure.
"This guy comes here every few days asking for wine, throw him out!"
“But…the master isn’t here…” Jin Xia said softly, shrinking her neck involuntarily, afraid that Luo Jiu’s anger would be directed at her.
"Not here? Not here again? Where have you been sneaking off to drink and carouse all this time?"
Luo Jiu thought to herself, "As expected, the flowers in the garden are not as fragrant as the wild ones. We haven't been married for long, and this man is already never home."
"this……"
Luo Jiu had seen through it all and had no intention of listening to Jin Xia speak up for Xiao Zhuo. She threw the account book on the table and walked towards the troublemakers.
"Oh dear, what wind blew Young Master Jiang here?"
After getting married, Luo Jiu's beauty became even more striking than before, and her cool and aloof appearance was enhanced by the allure of being a wife.
She wore a red dress today, exuding charm and attracting everyone's attention as soon as she appeared.
The young master Jiang in front of them was the son of the local prefect. He was most famous for his dissolute lifestyle and womanizing. At this moment, upon seeing Luo Jiu, he practically stared at her.
He swallowed hard, then frowned and pretended to be very unhappy, asking, "Madam, is this wine not ready yet? It's so much worse than the one I had last time."
"so?"
Luo Jiu smiled and said to Jin Xia, "Jin Xia, return today's wine money to Young Master Jiang, and bring two more jars of good wine to apologize to the young master."
"Young Master Jiang, what do you think?"
Luo Jiu's flattery gave him a false sense of security, making him think that he was someone special and that no woman could resist him.
His hand was itching to move on his leg, and finally he couldn't resist and reached for Luo Jiu's waist. "How about the proprietress drinks with me this wine, and then we can call it even?"
Luo Jiu couldn't hold back any longer. "Just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean you can take me for a fool! How good-natured do I have to be to give you this kind of impression?"
She smiled at the greasy-faced man in front of her, who looked like he'd been drained by beauty, and then slapped him across the face!
"You want to take advantage of me? You'll have to wait until your next life!"
"you……"
Young Master Jiang covered his face, which had been slapped red by Luo Jiu, and pointed at her with one hand, his anger barely contained.
"You...you're courting death, aren't you? You dare to lay a hand on me?"
Luo Jiu now felt that even looking at him was an eyesore; such a person was a waste of the country's food resources.
"Guards! Tie him up and take him back..."
Luo Jiu's disdain angered him once again. If he didn't teach this woman a lesson today, how would he ever face anyone in town again?
"Don't waste your energy. What does Young Master Jiang intend to do to my wife? Tie her up and take her back? Did I hear that right?"
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