Chapter 25: “I Am Your Husband, Where Else Would You Go?”

He suddenly wanted some peace and quiet!

Taking another sideways glance at the woman in front of him, he felt himself being charmed. Why did he feel she was a bit cute? It must be an illusion, after all, this was the infamous Zhao schemer.

How could he find her cute?

At this moment, Zhao Xian had no idea she had charmed someone.

At this moment, it seemed like she had found a way to skillfully use her inner strength, and she became spirited.

Then, after a few attempts, after crushing over a dozen nuts, they finally remained intact, and you could crush them any way you wanted.

The next scene is that Zhao Xian started shelling nuts, ranging from big walnuts to small peanuts. Soon there was a big bowl of shells. Looking at the walnut pulp that was picked out, the corners of Gu Tingshu’s mouth twitched.

What kind of hobby was this? Crushing nuts? Or was the Prime Minister imagining these nuts as someone’s heads?

One head per nut?

Thinking about this made him shudder involuntarily.

He coughed and said, “Um, my wife, it’s quite late. Are you going to rest? Will you return to Xian An Yuan, or… or stay overnight?” Gu Tingshu said, his fingers unconsciously tugging at his sleeve, his mind in a mess.

If she stayed, he certainly wouldn’t refuse.

Zhao Xian came back to his senses immediately upon hearing this and looked at the man in front of him.

She fell silent for a moment. If she left now, would this man start to overthink things? She had been married to him for over a month, but they hadn’t consummated their marriage yet. This situation was definitely a form of emotional abuse, right?

But if she stayed? She wasn’t the original owner; this man had married the original owner. In fact, they had nothing to do with each other.

…Nothing to do with each other? She narrowed her eyes, feeling an inexplicable anger rising inside her, feeling very uncomfortable.

What was wrong with her? Was she jealous? Jealous of the original owner!

“Sigh… You should rest first! I still have official matters to attend to,” Zhao Xian said, looking at Gu Tingshu. The feeling of frustration in her heart grew stronger.

Watching her figure walk away, Gu Tingshu lowered his head in discomfort.

It wasn’t until she had walked far away that he muttered to himself, “Clearly, I am your husband! Where else would you go? We haven’t even consummated our marriage yet.” Or perhaps, she didn’t actually like him, and her kindness toward him was only because he was the one she had married, merely out of duty!

…

Zhao Xian, who had walked a considerable distance, suddenly stopped her tracks, raising an eyebrow and muttering to herself.

It seemed that having strong martial arts skills wasn’t necessarily a good thing; if one wasn’t careful, they could hear things they shouldn’t.

With a sigh, Zhao Xian returned to her courtyard and simply lay back on her bed. Her mind was in turmoil, filled with the words that person had said earlier.

“Damn it!” Zhao Xian muttered, pulling the blanket over herself.

This couldn’t go on. Even though she wasn’t the original owner, Gu Tingshu was the legal husband of this body. She couldn’t just ignore him. Moreover, she found that although she hadn’t known him for long, her eyes were already starting to focus on him, or rather, she had unconsciously regarded him as her own.

This feeling was truly terrible.

After thinking about many things, Zhao Xian finally drifted off to sleep in a daze…

Late into the night, she seemed to have a dream…

In the dream, she saw many things she had never experienced before.

She saw her experiences from childhood to adulthood. In the dream, Zhao Xian was a girl who had lost everything from the moment she was born, but she was eventually adopted by a powerful figure. She rose to prominence through various trials and eventually became a woman who stood above all others.