Chapter 18 My Wife 18 How to save the wild mandarin ducks?
Chen Meng was waiting for the opportunity to completely crush Chen Chensheng, hoping that Bai Xianming would do something dirty and break and crush the precious peony that weighed on her heart, so she was not in a hurry to close the net.
She even thoughtfully sent away all the palace maids who were patrolling this area.
The side hall was already deserted. If it weren't for Luzhu, the little girl who was called to rescue Shen San and left something here and hurried back, there would not be a single person to be seen.
One man's honey may be another's poison. This provided Bai Xianming with a good opportunity to commit evil, but it also allowed Chen Chensheng and Lu Huai to act without being disturbed.
Dayong held a high regard for etiquette, and physical contact between men and women was forbidden. Although Chen Chensheng was a man, he presented himself to the outside world as a woman. If an outsider had witnessed their blushing, heart-pounding gesture, they would likely have lost all color in shock and remained silent.
Lu and Chen, one is a handsome and promising top scholar, the dream lover of the girls waiting to be married in the capital.
One is a goddess who is the most beautiful in the capital. Although her reputation has been affected recently, she still has countless followers who admire her.
Today I am like a flower from a high mountain falling into the mortal world where love and desire are intertwined. I never thought that this encounter would be better than countless others in the world, and that we would have to promise each other a lifetime like dry wood meeting a raging fire.
But putting aside the heated and ambiguous atmosphere and their feelings for each other, these two are not simple-minded characters.
If you really want to "stay together forever", you have to consider the future and solve the current problems first, otherwise there will be a lot of accountability, and rumors will be like shattered letters - scattered all over the ground.
Whether it was the wet and messy dress covered by Shen San's cloak, or Lu Huai, who was now dressed neatly but had the red marks left by Shen San's lip balm in his confusion and passion, he looked like an immortal who had been touched.
Even though both of them had regained their senses and were no longer as emotionally overwhelmed and unable to control themselves as before, the blush on their faces had not faded.
Especially Shen San, who had been tortured for a long time, had misty and winding beads of sweat on his forehead and neck. His hair was slightly disheveled, with a few strands of fine hair hanging down and sticking to his flushed cheeks. He already had a pretty face, but now he looked even more lively.
It is not difficult to imagine how lewd and erotic the scene just now was.
They look just like a pair of wild mandarin ducks having a secret rendezvous. Who wouldn't have wild thoughts when they come here?
The key point is that if the final conclusion is made and the marriage is tied from then on, it can be considered as a consent, but one person is sincere, and even if the other person has some feelings, he or she is more likely to regard it as a ladder to success.
The main fear is the loss of reputation. Although the world is silent, they secretly love to see the noble fall and the elegant become lowly. As if this gives them room to criticize and justify stepping on those noble people who they can't touch on a normal day.
Once the accusation of unmediated adultery was put on them, Lu Huai, who had a good reputation and a clean record as an official, and Chen Chensheng, who came from a noble family, would immediately be swallowed by rumors.
What’s more, there is a time bomb on the ground that may wake up at any time?
You know, although the Bai family doesn't care much about this idiot with all five vices, he is well-known for his vengeance and vicious methods.
Bai Xianming's younger brother was a man with a bright future. Only five fingers older than Lu Huai, he was already the commander of the Imperial Guard. His rank wasn't low, but he held real power, making him a welcome guest at the homes of many high-ranking officials.
If he kept this matter in mind, even the versatile Lu Huai would be tortured to death.
"Lu Lang, what should we do now?"
Although I am greedy for this moment of warmth, I have to act according to the circumstances.
How they deal with the coming storm and how to deal with Bai Xianming who is unconscious on the ground are very important issues.
Lu Huai didn't dare to get too close to his beloved. If it weren't for the influence of the medicine, everything that happened today would have been too fast and too difficult for a respectful and polite person like him to bear.
After coming back to his senses, he felt comforted and truly felt pity for Chen Chen Sheng, so he gave her a light hug back.
They were not like Shen San, who had a bond of blood with him the moment they met, so Shen Chensheng was interested and easily broke free from Lu Huai's arms.
His pair of beautiful eyes swept over the pretty figure of the person in front of him, who was only wearing a thin inner shirt. He concealed the inappropriate aftertaste in his heart, and asked with a worried and cautious expression, but his eyes were dark and unclear.
She stroked her moon-white cloak, which carried the faint fragrance of Lu Huai's pine leaves, and her butterfly-like eyelashes trembled slightly. "You are so cold. There is a pink dress in the side hall. I will go and change into it."
"I'll return this coat to you." After saying that, he took off his cloak and threw it into Lu Huai's hand, then turned and walked into the hall.
In a moment of desperation, Lu Huai grabbed her robe sleeve and pushed the cloak into Shen San's arms. "Since the candlestick's identity is unknown, the water-red dress in the side hall might also be tainted with something fishy. Don't put yourself in danger."
"As for whether I'm cold or not, there's no need to worry. I'm a man, and I'm strong, so it won't be a problem."
No problem? Shen Chensheng sighed inwardly. This frail young man had nothing to do with being strong.
He didn't know how attractive Zhilan Yushu was when she shed her usual gentle and distant demeanor and became lively and emotional, and he didn't know what kind of vulgar and aggressive gazes he, a bystander, was looking at him with.
If you knew the truth, you wouldn't have the confidence to say such things.
He didn't know that at this moment Lu Huai was using a tool to temporarily stop time, pausing everything in the small world, including himself.
Because he received a notification from the hosted version 0359 deep in his consciousness and needed to know the latest tasks, this prop was also an authority held by the Samsara Company.
[Male No. 2 plays an important plot point: "A Life of Love for You" is 1/2 completed, and the "Mutual Promises" achievement has been lit.]
[The second half must be accepted by the protagonist: Chen Chensheng's successful marriage is still achievable, host Lu Huai, please keep up the good work.]
"receive!"
Lu Huai replied calmly, showing no joy at completing the task. When it came to the main system hosting, he was never as doting and close to 0359 as he was to him, and he never let his guard down.
Xiaojiu is his only family in the world, and the main system is his boss who only knows how to collect points. It is easy to tell who is close to him and who is distant.
Even though he himself was not a person who liked to hold grudges, he could not help but feel helpless about the inhumanity of this main system that was said to be a part of the main god.
The fact that every time it takes over Xiaojiu's custody, it forcibly strips Xiaojiu's consciousness and then roughly "stuffs" it back shows that it has no humanistic care for its direct subordinates.
Every time Lu Huai saw 0359 looking dizzy after it patted its butt and left, he felt very distressed.
0359 When he came to his senses, he saw Lu Huai's enlarged handsome face and was severely attacked by his beauty. It turned out that he had caught it in Lu Huai's palm again.
"Thank you, Huaihuai!" It rubbed Lu Huai's palm with its little wings and smiled shyly.
Lu Huai was unusually serious at this moment. He rubbed 0359 and asked it to pull out the plot line and take a look. It turned out that he had noticed something fishy and wanted to check it out.
He also wanted to know how the original owner dealt with the current predicament and whether any information was revealed after the banquet, but found that he could not read any relevant scenes.
He was shocked to find that in the original plot, Bai Xianming actually drowned to death at the banquet, which was completely different from the current state of being in a coma.
In the plot, the banquet that was supposed to be a welcoming banquet and a reception for tribute ended in a loss of life, causing the great Yong to lose face in front of the envoys and making Chu Yuanting very angry.
As the host, the emperor would be embarrassed to personally hold the palace security accountable. However, Chu Yuanting could not help but give an explanation to the unyielding Bai family and Bai Wenjing, whom he relied on.
He trusted Bai Wenjing and handed over such great power to him. Not only because he himself was efficient in doing things, but also because he wanted to keep the Bai family behind him firmly tied to him. It was a deal where you could catch the wolf without sacrificing the child.
The Bai family has a deep foundation and is a giant that has been stationed in the capital since before the establishment of the Yong Dynasty. If they have any rebellious intentions, they can really make him, the king of a country, unable to sleep soundly in his bed.
Now, his own Bai Xianming died in the royal banquet. Even if it was not his fault and he did not drown, it was a sign that this noble family would take advantage of the situation to make a big move.
Therefore, Chu Yuanting found the most experienced Chu Zuo to examine the body, and asked Ning Du, who was an expert in solving cases, to assist in the inspection.
However, due to lack of evidence and the large number of people that day, it was difficult to check and count the movements of every guest, and the case was left unresolved, with the conclusion that the man accidentally fell into the lake while drunk.
This is very intriguing... Lu Huai recalled some subtle changes in the original owner's behavior after this day and inexplicable memories that hinted at what he had done wrong in his youth.
However, "Lu Huai" did not blame Shen Chensheng at all for his panic in the crisis, even though he knew that he was not the gentle little white rabbit he imagined.
He was even somewhat relieved that he had the ability to protect himself.
Because he realized that he could not protect Chen Chensheng from being targeted by the Bai family, and he also knew that Chen Chensheng was trying to lure him into becoming an accomplice, he felt a mixture of guilt and love, so he just went with the flow.
A gentleman by nature, he only blamed himself for committing a sin due to his weak will, but he never regretted marrying Shen San, so it was written quite obscurely in the plot line.
Lu Huai also felt that, from this perspective, the second male lead and the protagonist getting married so quickly might not be the beautiful story of love between a man and a woman as described in the plot.
It's more like two accomplices who are eager to be tied to the same boat and hide the truth forever in the long river of time!
As for why Shen Meng, who was determined to kill Shen Shensheng, did not expose the matter, it was simply because he was worried that his affair with Bai Xianming would be exposed. If the Bai family got angry with him again, even if he killed Shen San as he wished, he would still be skinned alive, which was really not worth it.
He sighed that the plot line of the Samsara Company was as sinister as the previous world.
Only by taking a magnifying glass and studying carefully can we appreciate the hidden interests behind the seemingly ideal emotions.
"Huai Huai, this time the protagonist...why didn't he persuade the second male lead to wipe out Bai Ka like in the plot? How are we going to handle this?"
0359's head was dizzy from the host's deduction. After Lu Huai's patient explanation, he finally understood the key point with difficulty. Then he discovered the horrifying fact that the plot was deviated. He tremblingly asked the host who was much smarter than him.
In its eyes, he had always been a beautiful and intelligent man, a mastermind who could plan and win battles from afar. If Lu Huai couldn't solve the problem, it would be completely panicked...
"He might be trying to find another way to trap the second male lead, weaving a web of love, and then gradually eroding the second male lead's will and making him work for his own purposes."
With such obvious plot fluctuations, a straight man like Lu Huai can sense that Shen Chensheng treats him a little differently. In addition, the protagonist's key identity as the pillar of this world reminds him of his old friend who had unspeakable feelings for him in the past.
However, as long as the protagonist can resist the devil's will, he will definitely still regard Lu Huai as the ladder to climb up and seize the Duke's Mansion. Simply make people be obedient dogs, and giving them a little sweetness or just cold shackles seems to be not much different, both are means of restraint and confinement.
Lu Huai thought nonchalantly and playfully, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised in a captivating arc. It turned out that Shen San and he were still alike.
What does love mean to people like them?
Even if there is some excitement, it cannot prevent any harm or exploitation.
Wasn't the original owner, a gentleman with elegant appearance and graceful figure, also involved in conspiracy and calculation, and walking step by step towards the beautiful but desolate mountain top?
The author has something to say:
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Sorry, darlings! I was overwhelmed by the task again QWQ.
This chapter is more plot-based, with a system space involved, and involves the secret of the original owner and Shen San's marriage. In fact, the male second is not a pure love brain. He married the protagonist of the original book not only for love, but also for atonement.
The next chapter is about reality! I can guarantee more updates on weekends!
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