Using a house-wife Bonpu for divination—
Fu Xuan made her move.
Her face, so tender it looked like it could be pinched to draw water, drew close as she continuously breathed warm air, meticulously tending to her injured master.
“Master, oh, blood has dripped onto your trousers.”
“Fu Xuan will help you wipe it clean.”
“…”
*Swish.* Jiang Suan bolted upright, his posture as straight as a pine.
He reached out and viciously pinched his Bonpu’s cheek.
Wipe?
Wipe it where!
Things were messy enough as it was; she was only adding to the chaos.
If Hongdou weren’t lying in the room, he would have given her a proper lesson in house rules.
Did she really think his sword had grown dull?
“I’m going out for some air.
Guard the house well.”
“Yes.
Master, are you sure you don’t need anything?”
“…”
A young man in the prime of his vitality wandering the streets in the middle of the night happened to run into Li Baorong, who had just finished a phone call with his daughter.
“Xiao Jiang, not resting at this hour?”
“Can’t sleep…”
“Had a fight with Hongdou?”
“Cough…
Brother Li, don’t misunderstand.
Hongdou and I were just discussing some things at home.”
Li Baorong patted the young man’s shoulder with a meaningful look.
What kind of “discussion” lasted until the middle of the night?
If his little girl hadn’t mentioned it, he wouldn’t have even imagined it.
He offered a cigarette.
Jiang Suan took it but didn’t light it.
However, he didn’t kill the mood by lecturing him on the harms of smoking.
“Brother Li, stop talking about me.
What are you doing out here?”
“It’s that child, Youye.
In the middle of the night, she’s asking about TOPS’ recent activities in Chenghui Square.
You know about the safety accident on Lemnian Island, right?
TOPS sent people over this time, and I don’t know how the aftermath will affect us merchants.”
“She’s young, and her classmates have connections with the miners here, so she’s all fired up with righteous indignation.
I suspect she’s planning some schemes to get involved again.”
“Cough…
It’s a good thing for young people to be passionate.”
“I’m just afraid she’ll provoke people she shouldn’t!
Those big shots…
we can’t afford to get entangled with them.”
Li Baorong exhaled a deep cloud of smoke, his worried expression reflected under the neon lights.
What kind of good daughter spends her days meddling in such affairs!
His primary fear was that he couldn’t protect her.
He’d heard she’d recently joined some forum called the Strange Taste House, thinking she could help promote the family’s glazed porcelain souvenir shop online…
As a father, he didn’t understand these trendy gadgets, and it was inevitable that he worried daily.
At this thought, he couldn’t help but look toward Jiang Suan.
Xiao Jiang was also a young man, and a fortune teller at that!
“Cough…
Xiao Jiang, would you mind casting a hex for me?”
“Easy to do, easy to do.”
Jiang Suan understood the bitterness of a worried father.
It was fine if he couldn’t protect her; Jiang Suan was willing to be of service.
After all, he had promised the three little ones.
And then there was the big financier, Alice.
He might as well take care of them all!
Li Baorong suddenly slapped his forehead, sounding apologetic.
“Oh, I almost forgot the divination fee…”
“Brother Li, now that’s just not right.
Since I’m divining for little sister Youye, how could I charge you?
We’re all family…”
“Now, let me see.”
Jiang Suan closed his eyes and pinched his fingers—a veteran actor’s performance.
He looked mystical, as if deciphering the secrets of heaven, muttering under his breath.
“You guessed right.
Youye’s journey will involve her meddling in a major event in the Non-Forbidden Zone, and it’ll be quite a rollercoaster.”
“Fortunately, there will be scares but no danger.
She’ll encounter a benefactor…
cough, though there is one thing I’m not sure if I should say…
Brother Li, would you mind if your son-in-law was a woman?
Or rather, would you mind having an extra daughter-in-law?”
“???”
“Cough, just joking.
Brother Li, don’t worry.
There is no danger to her life.
If you don’t believe me, you can go to Sui-Bian Temple and have it calculated again.”
“No need.
I’ll take your word for it.”
The two men chatted outside the shop for a long time in the dead of night.
One couldn’t sleep and didn’t want to go home to disturb the three little ones; the other had a home but didn’t dare go back…
The temptation of the qipao-clad landlady sleeping defenselessly, and the house-wife loli frantically testing Jiang Suan’s limits—how was he supposed to handle that?
Furthermore, the diary was full of spicy photos of Xiaoguang and Yi Xuan, making him too embarrassed to write anything else.
If this continued, he’d be “overheated” sooner or later.
…
In a daze, Jiang Suan spent another night awake.
There was only one room in the divination shop.
Hongdou was asleep.
After hesitating in front of the bed for a long time, he ultimately couldn’t bring himself to kick her out.
He made do with the sofa for the night, pillowed on Fu Xuan’s thigh.
White stockings, tender legs, fleshy—highly recommended!
When Hongdou woke up and looked over, Jiang Suan was sleeping soundly.
This time, despite sleeping in the opposite direction, he was quite well-behaved.
Probably because a girl was holding him?
She let out a soft “shh” and crouched by the sofa, reaching out to poke him.
The man didn’t react, his long eyelashes trembling with every breath.
In his quiet state, he looked exceptionally cute.
Jiang Suan had touched her in so many places; there was nothing wrong with her touching him back, hehe.
This was the first time the money-hungry landlady had taken an interest in a man.
However, at that moment, little Fu voiced a protest.
She produced the evidence of the nosebleed she had wiped for Jiang Suan last night.
The tissue was stained with crimson blood—this was “Hongdou’s” crime!
“Mistress…
Master stayed up another night because he could not obtain release.
It is suggested that the Mistress help Master clear his pressure in a timely manner.”
Hongdou was stunned at first, not understanding where the man would be bleeding from.
Wasn’t that something only women experienced during their first time?
“It is a nosebleed.
Please, Mistress, take responsibility.”
Was his vitality really that exuberant?
Was his blood-qi that sufficient?
Hongdou’s gaze flickered slightly toward Jiang Suan’s body.
Sure enough.
She defended herself with a bit of embarrassment.
Xiao Fu, you’ve misunderstood.
We really aren’t that kind of relationship yet…”
[Detected: Mistress is deliberately seducing Master!]
“…”
The AI’s logic chain was impeccable.
Hongdou puffed out her cheeks, her face heating up.
How was that seducing?
Yesterday was a bit excessive, admittedly.
To think he’d fallen asleep here without any defenses.
At most, it was a deliberate tease, but aren’t all men suckers for that?
She didn’t do this with just anyone; in the end, it was because she felt very secure around him.
“Last night doesn’t count…
cough, anyway, I’m sorry.”
“He’s an adult; he can clear his own pressure…
stop this topic.
Don’t wake him up.
I’ll go get some breakfast.”
The blushing woman fled the room.
There was no other reason than the fact that she had seen the “excessive pressure” with her own eyes.
This guy…
Unexpectedly, he was quite capable!
Fu Xuan recorded this scene.
Mistress No.
1 is also accumulating a large amount of pressure and requires dredging.
A long while later, as Jiang Suan woke up in a blur.
The aroma of food wafted through the air.
A playful giggle sounded in his ear.
“Pfft~”
“Awake?
Sleeping on a girl’s lap…
you certainly know how to enjoy yourself, Jiang Suan!”
Hongdou leaned over him, holding breakfast in her hand.
The table was already neatly laid out with food; she was clearly in a great mood.
“Eat.”
“Oh…”
Jiang Suan’s head was still a bit foggy.
He rolled over to eat.
The landlady’s service was exceptionally thorough—refilling his tea and picking out dishes for him.
“Such unexpected kindness.
Are you this grateful that I helped you with the massage?”
“Cough…
not quite…
you lost so much blood last night, you need to nourish yourself.”
“???”
Fu Xuan once again produced the “evidence,” presenting it with a straight face as if it were some precious treasure.
“You still haven’t thrown this thing away?”
“This is Master’s precious first time; it has commemorative value!
Please do not be shy, Master.
Love between men and women is natural; timely release is beneficial for physical and mental health.”
Jiang Suan’s face darkened.
Since this Fu Xuan arrived, the atmosphere at home had been drifting further and further in a strange direction.
He snatched the tissue and threw it into the trash.
That wasn’t enough; he went as far as carrying the trash out to the street.
Then, the moment he stepped back inside, he met Hongdou’s mischievous grin.
“Jiang Suan, you’ve got quite a lot of fire in you, huh?
Hehe…”