Chapter 38: Gentle and Silent as Spring Rain
Since this body was originally hers, she needed to make amends for the many things her predecessor had done.
In the apocalypse, when cultivating abilities, karma was of the utmost importance.
If these things were ignored, it would be easiest to succumb to inner demons and lose control during the tribulation of lightning.
Since cause and effect were intertwined, the karma had to be resolved before she could sever ties with them.
Including the squandered crystal coins; she would return them.
Su Muyao’s eyes were clean and clear at this moment; when she said she didn’t want them, she truly meant it.
Wen Nanxi’s expression shifted, seemingly puzzled. “Why don’t you want them?”
Didn’t she need crystal coins? Didn’t she need to buy some things?
As Wen Nanxi looked at Su Muyao, his gaze became increasingly warm and moving, as if enticing her to speak her heart.
Su Muyao’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and her voice was soft. “These are your crystal coins. I want to earn my own.”
Theirs was theirs, and hers was hers.
They were different and couldn’t be lumped together.
Wen Nanxi immediately understood her meaning. “Wife Master, I am your beastman husband. It is only right that I provide you with crystal coins and take good care of you.”
“There is no such thing as a beastman husband letting his Wife Master go out to earn money herself.”
Beastman husbands provided for their female partners; females rarely went out to work.
Su Muyao knew this was the rule of the Beast World Continent.
It was just that she and her beastman husbands were married in name only.
Su Muyao smiled and said, “Wen Nanxi, thank you anyway.”
“But I said I would set you all free in three months. I will give you letters of release then, so I cannot accept your crystal coins.”
Not just Wen Nanxi’s—she wouldn’t accept anyone’s crystal coins.
However, since Wen Nanxi was willing to give her so many crystal coins, even though she refused, she was still grateful to him in her heart.
Grateful that he was willing to trust her at this time.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have offered her so much money.
Although it was a lot, she believed that one day she would earn just as much herself.
Hearing these words, a trace of darkness tinged the bottom of Wen Nanxi’s warm eyes.
His gaze, thick as spilled ink, fell on her face, and he said in a low, husky voice, “Wife Master, I never said I would leave in three months.”
“That is the result they want, not what I want.”
“I will not leave.”
“My things all belong to Wife Master.”
“I want to give them all to Wife Master.”
He paused, then gently leaned closer to her, his warm breath locking onto her. He looked at her with eyes as gentle as water, his voice elegant and alluring. “Wife Master, don’t refuse, alright?”
Su Muyao really didn’t want to accept.
But looking up into Wen Nanxi’s shimmering eyes, like moonlight on rippling water, and hearing his enticing tone…
She found herself unable to say the words of refusal.
Had he never thought of leaving?
“I treated you all so badly before. Why don’t you want to leave?”
What a great opportunity this was.
Xiao Jihan and Hua Linye probably still suspected her promise.
Afraid they wouldn’t be able to leave!
Why was Wen Nanxi different?
Wen Nanxi smiled elegantly, his warm gaze wrapping around her tightly, and said clearly, “That was before. The current Wife Master is different.”
“So I will not leave.”
“Besides, I promised your father I would protect you well.”
Su Muyao couldn’t quite withstand his gaze. She fell silent for a moment, then said, “Aren’t you afraid that if you give it to me, I’ll squander it all at once?”
Hearing this, a smile touched Wen Nanxi’s eyes. “That is not something Wife Master needs to worry about. If the crystal coins are gone, I will get more for Wife Master.”
“As long as Wife Master is happy.”
Su Muyao was stunned. Watching Wen Nanxi’s expression, she knew he was serious.
“You really won’t leave?”
Seeing her disbelief, Wen Nanxi let out a soft, long sigh and said gently, “Mm, I won’t leave.”
Su Muyao broke into a smile, her eyes curving into crescents.
When she smiled, her eyes seemed to fill with sunlight, radiating warmth.
“Then I’ll keep it for you for now. If you want to leave when the three months are up, you can still leave.”
Wen Nanxi knew that whatever he said now, she might not fully believe.
He said warmly, “You will know when the time comes.”
Regardless, because of this conversation, Su Muyao trusted Wen Nanxi more.
In her heart, he was different from the others.
She knew that someone like Wen Nanxi disdained lying.
After talking for a while, Su Muyao grew sleepy.
Seeing the fatigue and drowsiness between her brows, Wen Nanxi said softly, “Be good, go to sleep.”
Su Muyao nodded and lay down.
She looked at Wen Nanxi, who was still sitting by the bed, with a puzzled expression. “Aren’t you going back to sleep?”
“You sleep first. I’ll go back after you’re asleep.”
Wen Nanxi was afraid she might feel unwell again, so he stayed to guard her for a while.
Su Muyao nodded.
For some reason, with Wen Nanxi by her side, she felt a sense of peace in her heart.
Perhaps because he carried a warm, gentle aura, like spring rain—moistening things silently and softly.
Su Muyao relaxed completely and fell asleep before long.
At this moment, Wen Nanxi stood in the quiet room like a jade tree—white as the snow on the mountains, bright as the moon in the human world.
He looked down at her peaceful sleeping face, his features softening even more, taking on a picturesque beauty like green bamboo.
After an unknown amount of time, Wen Nanxi left silently.
After a good night’s sleep, Su Muyao woke up early the next morning to find that her beastman husbands were already awake.
Because of her insistence before, everyone no longer persisted in serving her for her morning wash.
This gave Su Muyao a sense of freedom.
For breakfast, Su Muyao made drop-dough vegetable soup and pan-fried the plate of dumplings leftover from the night before.
Pan-frying with oil was completely different from boiling in water.
The fragrance wafted out immediately.
After getting up, Mei Qingchen continued repairing the wall in the courtyard.
He had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder and insisted on repairing it to be as smooth as before.
Who would have thought that while he was busy with this, he would smell the aroma of breakfast.
It was simply too fragrant, making Mei Qingchen feel a bit hungry.
He didn’t understand what food could smell so good.
Hua Linye’s foxy eyes shimmered. He smiled and said, “Mei Qingchen, it’s a good thing you said you wouldn’t eat the food Wife Master makes.”
“The dumplings Wife Master made last night were too delicious. We’ve never eaten such good food—even the Imperial Chefs in the Beast Imperial City couldn’t make them.”
“Originally, Wife Master made just enough for each of us to have a big plate.”
“But since you didn’t eat, there was exactly one plate left over. Wife Master said we could fry them in oil this morning.”
“I didn’t expect pan-fried dumplings to smell so good.”
Smelling the aroma, even Hua Linye felt hungry.
In the past, food was just something to fill their stomachs and maintain their energy for hunting and killing mutated beasts.
But now, he had expectations for food.
Mei Qingchen’s appetite had already been stirred by the smell.
Hearing Hua Linye’s words now felt like a knife being stabbed into him.
Mei Qingchen’s expression darkened by two degrees, his phoenix eyes growing deeper and blacker. “She is ready to drug you at any time.”
“A little food is enough to tempt you and make you lose your vigilance.”
Hua Linye felt uncomfortable hearing Mei Qingchen speak of Wife Master that way.
He looked at Mei Qingchen with a ‘you don’t understand’ expression and said, “You’re just stubborn. Wait until you taste the delicious food Wife Master makes, then you’ll know how good it is.”
“Oh, I forgot. You said you wouldn’t eat it, so I guess you won’t get to taste it. Don’t forget those words in the future!”
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