vstars Chapter 171: For the Money
Chapter 171: For the Money
After Pei Yan finished speaking, he stood up.
"I'll be leaving now. I'll have Madam Fang send you some precious medicinal herbs later."
"You should rest and recuperate properly, and don't stay by your wife's side anymore, otherwise even a god can't save you!"
His words seemed rather cold, but for the first time, Zhou Wenjian felt that someone cared about him so much.
It should be noted that after his home was raided, he went into hiding everywhere, evading repeated captures. Even after he was discovered and arrested, he never encountered anyone who cared about him.
Until he met his wife.
However, compared to his wife's concern, Pei Yan's concern standing in front of him now gave him a different feeling.
Is there something wrong with me...?
After watching Pei Yan leave the room, Zhou Wenjian couldn't help but ask himself a question.
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third floor.
Fang Xiaoxiao was feeling terrible at the moment, and even wished she could disappear into the ground. What had just happened made her feel utterly ashamed.
"Ugh... what have I done every single day!"
A mix of emotions—shyness, fear, and relief at surviving a disaster—made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
It is indeed very unpleasant for a person to experience too many things in one day, and it is difficult to digest them all at once.
You know, this morning she was in high spirits, criticizing Li Renyi and his group, and everyone just lowered their heads and kept quiet.
In the evening, someone attempted to assassinate her and Zhou Wenjian. If it weren't for the rescue by the heroine Xiaoman, she and Zhou Wenjian would probably have been lying on the ground, and the whole village would have held a feast the next day.
And then, what just happened in Zhou Wenjian's room...
Honestly, at that moment my mind was completely blank, like my brain had been eaten by a dog, I had absolutely no ability to think.
The key point is that she didn't refuse; in fact, she seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.
"Damn it, damn it, am I crazy? How could I possibly be infatuated with someone like that!"
The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel, and the more annoyed I become.
Why should Pei Yan bend down and bring his face close for her to kiss?
And why can't it be...?
Fang Xiaoxiao lay on the solid wood bed, her body forming a large "大" (big) shape.
She looked at the wooden ceiling.
This ceiling was specially made by a craftsman when the house was being rebuilt.
You have to understand that in ancient times, there was no ceiling.
Some are just roof beams, while others are built entirely of round pillars.
Now, she not only created the ceiling, but also modernized the layout according to her memories from her past life, making it look very beautiful and simple.
"Phew... Damn Pei Yan, why didn't that poison kill you!"
Fang Xiaoxiao complained about the poison Pei Yan had been poisoned with, wondering why they couldn't just get rid of this pretentious person.
But as she thought about it, she began to regret her good fortune.
She thought that if Pei Yanzhen were to be poisoned to death, she would lose a free source of labor.
"No, no, it's better not to poison them to death. At most, they can be made stupid."
This is the thought.
She then felt much better and forgot what had made her angry.
Women are indeed forgetful creatures.
Pei Yan, who was eavesdropping outside the door, heard Fang Xiaoxiao cursing and complaining at him from inside the room, and couldn't help but mutter a curse to himself.
He had just been thinking that he needed to explain to Fang Xiaoxiao what had just happened.
After all, it's really wrong that the woman's innocence was lost just like that.
As the crown prince, he naturally disliked taking advantage of others.
At the very least, you should apologize to them face-to-face.
Little did he know that as soon as he reached Fang Xiaoxiao's door, he heard criticisms and complaints coming from inside.
For a moment, Pei Yan didn't know whether he should go in or not, so he decided to wait and see what happened first.
Little did he know that he would hear Fang Xiaoxiao's many prejudices and misunderstandings about him.
"boom!"
Pei Yan still couldn't resist the urge to explain.
With a powerful kick, he knocked the wooden door to the ground.
As a cloud of dust rose, Pei Yan strode toward Fang Xiaoxiao.
Fang Xiaoxiao, who was lying on the bed in a "big" shape, was startled by the sudden noise and screamed. She then hugged the blanket tightly, looking at the pervert with a look of disgust.
Once she saw who it was, she immediately started yelling and cursing.
"Are you out of your mind? Are you missing a screw in your head?!"
"Why did you run into my room and leave so late at night instead of sleeping? You even kicked my door over. What were you thinking?"
She looked at the wooden door lying quietly on the ground, and then at the aloof Young Master Pei.
The more I looked at it, the higher my blood pressure rose; it was practically shooting straight to the top of my head!
Fang Xiaoxiao stopped caring about the details, even though Ouyang Tuoba and Zhou Wenjian were still living in the house.
She sprang to her feet with a swift movement, picked up the bedding from the bed, draped it over her shoulders, and resolved to be the great general facing a major battle.
"Pei Yan, let me tell you, don't think that just because you kissed me tonight, I can't live without you for the rest of my life."
"I know that you rich kids always think you're invincible and that everyone is as rich and handsome as you."
"Pah! Let me tell you right now, even if you kiss me tonight, I will never cling to you!"
"Also, please fix us."
Towards the end, for some reason, she sounded somewhat hesitant when she said the last thing about fixing the door.
Looking at Fang Xiaoxiao, who was standing with her hands on her hips, draped in a red blanket, and showing her two cute little feet, Pei Yan actually found her rather attractive.
He didn't immediately object, but instead bent down to lift the wooden door and obediently put it back in its original position.
Unfortunately, he wasn't a carpenter, so he had just put the door down.
As soon as he let go, the door was about to collapse again.
Helpless, he could only put the wooden door on the ground once again.
After all that, we're back to square one.
Pei Yan couldn't help but look at Fang Xiaoxiao, and said in a surprisingly gentle voice.
"It seems like this door can't be pressed. I'll go out and find someone to fix it first thing tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he thought about it again and felt that it seemed a bit inappropriate, so he added a sentence.
"Or I can compensate you with ten taels of silver, and you can find someone to fix it yourself, my lady. How about that?"
Ten taels of silver!
Fang Xiaoxiao, who was still angry, suddenly felt that it didn't matter that the wooden door was broken when she heard the word "silver".
As the saying goes, out with the old, in with the new.
Just as he was pondering this, Young Master Pei delivered the money.
Upon seeing the gleaming silver, Fang Xiaoxiao immediately forgot her earlier unpleasantness and put on a fawning smile.