They were in charge of being beautiful, and she was in charge of taking the hits.

Chapter 217 His Confession

"So, are we going to die, or live?" Qi Zeyun asked, raising his eyes.

"Let's wait at least three days. If anything goes wrong in the meantime, we'll have to let Fourth Sister take the blame for now."

At that moment, Wu Ziyan inexplicably sneezed.

She accidentally pulled at her wound, making it sting painfully. Rubbing her nose, she thought, "Who's talking about me?!"

After the conversation, they each rested.

Chu Yu is still at Wu Chengji's residence and has not gone back at all.

Because almost everyone associated with Wu Ziyan was being watched by informants.

Chu Qiu was in the manor, so she had to act separately from him.

However, he discovered that Wu Chengji hadn't assigned her any tasks at all.

She spent the whole day staying in the mansion, listening to them talk; she couldn't go out to run errands, deliver messages, or do anything else.

He returned to his room dejectedly, and only when he pushed open the door and didn't even notice that there were candlelights around him before he went in.

It couldn't have been a servant lighting the lamp, so she immediately drew the dagger from her waist, becoming more alert.

"who!"

Qi Zexuan was dressed in thin clothes; in the late autumn, he was only wearing a loose-fitting overcoat.

The belt was loose and sagged around her waist, and the deep V-neck was plunging below her chest.

She casually used a hairpin to hold back a few stray hairs that had fallen out.

It always seemed to move on its own without any wind, its alluring eyes blinking as it looked at her.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't tempted, but she wasn't sure if she was either.

Qi Zexuan sat down at the table very naturally, crossing his legs.

She gently placed her hand on her cheek, closed her eyes, and looked up, as if there were stars in her eyes.

"What are you doing in my room? Didn't I tie you up enough while you were in my house?"

"General Chu Yu, you know what, you guessed right."

She didn't speak in a affected or coquettish way; it was just ordinary, heartfelt words.

Unlike before, when he would immediately start touching her, Chu Yu was a little unaccustomed to this, so she sat down next to him.

"Do you know that men and women should not touch each other? It's late at night, and if word gets out that you're staying in my room, it won't be good for your reputation. Go back now."

"I do not."

"If you won't leave, then I'll have to leave."

Chu Yu got up to leave, but Qi Zexuan grabbed her sleeve, his eyes filled with unreadable emotions.

Seemingly feeling guilty, he found it difficult to speak, as Chu Yu had always been oblivious to his feelings.

"Why are you pulling me? Do you want me to tie you up?"

"You said you'd take responsibility for me, so what difference does it make if it's a day earlier or a day later?"

"I did say that if your mother agrees, I will welcome you into the Situ family in a grand and magnificent manner, with eight sedan chairs carried by eight men."

"Are you marrying me, or that responsibility?"

"Hiss... Logically speaking, shouldn't we be together? Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"look."

Qi Zexuan was about to lay his cards on the table. He rolled up his loose sleeves, revealing two snow-white arms to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu actually listened to him and carefully examined his two hands.

Qi Zexuan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally shown it to her, so it wouldn't be considered deceiving her.

"Your skin is even; it's clear you're eating well."

……

"Chu Yu, are you humiliating me? Don't you think something's missing from my hands?"

The local area carefully picked up one of his arms and examined it thoroughly.

She then pried open all five of his fingers and squeezed them, unaware that her teasing was a provocation to Qi Zexuan.

When she checked his other hand, his hand clasped hers.

"It's very strong, and it has all its fingers, just like my two arms, there's no difference."

She even wanted to roll up her sleeves to show Qi Zexuan.

Qi Zexuan knew Chu Yu was slow-witted, but he didn't expect her to be so oblivious to even this.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms.

Their chests collided, and Chu Yu felt as if she had to exhale a breath of stale air.

Why did he suddenly pull her into his arms? Was he trying to get revenge for kidnapping him?

"Think carefully, what does your brother have that I don't?"

"Huh? But I've never seen my brother. Even though I'm in the military, I'm not that open-minded!"

"You've seen him wash his hands, haven't you?"

"Who would want to watch that kid wash his hands for no reason?"

"I'm talking about chastity sand!"

“What gauze? My brother doesn’t like wearing gauze.”

It seems that Chu Yu really hasn't done anything improper with other men.

She had never put her mind to such things; otherwise, how could she not even know about the chastity sand he mentioned that could prove a man's chastity?

"What I mean is, I've slept with other women!"

"Oh... I've slept with my sisters too, so what?"

"Chu Yu! Look at me!"

Qi Zexuan really felt like he was talking to a brick wall; no matter what he said, she wouldn't listen.

He wanted to see if her eyes were darting away, and pretend he didn't care.

When I looked into her eyes, they were full of sincerity, as if she really... was born without a romantic soul.

But when she saw Qi Zexuan's eyes were red, his brows were furrowed, and he was even biting his lip, he looked regretful and guilty.

I don't know if it's because my brain is too slow or what, but it took me this long to slowly realize that he had slept with other women.

What does that mean? With other women?

"Chu Yu! I said, I've had sex with other women, that kind of thing."

She was shocked, her pupils trembled, and she felt as if something was stuck in her throat, making it hard to breathe.

Things weren't going smoothly, and she didn't understand what that feeling was like.

Her hands hung down naturally. She had wanted to resist just now, but now she felt no desire to resist at all.

She often heard the Crown Prince and his sisters occasionally make such jokes, but she didn't take them seriously.

But if a clean-cut man has slept with a woman, shouldn't he get married?

"So you've been divorced?"

This is the only level she can think of, or perhaps she has.

But he dared not compare himself to the young masters in the brothels and theaters.

"No, since you want to take responsibility for me, I'll be frank with you. I've made many deals with my body, but they were all just for sex, not for love. I even slept with Wu Chengye!"

Qi Zexuan grabbed Chu Yu's shoulders, and he could feel her body trembling.

Perhaps there was too much information, and I couldn't process it all at once.

His mind was a complete mess, thinking about how this stunningly handsome man was actually doing such a thing.

He also revealed that he had shown her his arm earlier so that she could see the chastity mark.

"Are you disgusted with me? Of course, what woman wouldn't be disgusted? I don't want you to take responsibility anymore, just leave."

"But...this is my room, whether I take responsibility or not is my business?"

"This is none of your business. What you did before? I don't care. Whether you've killed someone or done anything else, it's none of your concern."

"I don't care about anything else, I only believe the people I see in front of me right now."

This time it was Qi Zexuan's turn, and his body trembled. He had originally thought that after confessing, he would be met with Chu Yu's cold indifference.

Even though she was verbally abused, she looked somewhat sad. What was the source of her sadness?