Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

"We..." Anan's face flushed. She just wanted to invite him to continue, but she was too shy to know how to start the conversation. She just stared at him by the collar.

His hoarse voice was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. He held her earlobe and whispered beside her, "Silly..."

"We..." She broke free from his grip, lay on his chest, and put her red lips against his.

He lowered his head and rubbed her lips with his, bit her nose lightly, pulled her into his arms, closed his eyes, and smiled, "Have a good sleep, we still have things to do tomorrow."

He gradually relaxed, his breathing became even, but he held her arms tighter, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.

Isn't this just throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

Anan was angry. This man always used work as an excuse, but she was a sensible and well-behaved wife and there was nothing she could do to quarrel with him because of his affairs outside.

After thinking about this and that for a long time, she fell asleep in his arms in a daze.

Seeing that the person in his arms fell asleep, he gently let her go, quietly walked into the bathroom at the back, and splashed cold water on himself.

Outside, Jiuling's voice rang out: "Master, the people from Hesheng's side said that Madam had already sent the New Year's goods to Yongning Guard ten days ago. It was said that there were seventy or eighty boxes of miscellaneous goods!"

He was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look inside the room. She was sleeping soundly as she was tired from running around for days.

He wiped the water off his body until he was completely calm, then he slowly said, "Did Yunshu send a letter?"

"Master, rest assured. The routine documents of the Fourth Master just arrived the day before yesterday, and there have been no urgent documents in the past few days. I believe nothing will happen." Jiuling thought again and again, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's just that we found out that the Taoist temple in the suburbs of the city that we were investigating about the boy killer had long been deserted, and now the clues are completely cut off."

"Starting tomorrow, you don't have to follow me. Stay at home!" He whispered, and then reminded, "Hide your whereabouts and don't let the lady find out."

"Yes." Jiuling responded and turned away.

He returned to the room, sat in front of the couch, stroked her cheek lightly with his fingers, and raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a sweet smile.

The best part about staying in Tingyu Tower was that there was no nagging from Nanny Su. Hongze left quietly in the morning and she was not even woken up. It was not until the sun was high in the sky that Xiaofu came to her room, dragged her up, and frowned and said, "Do you remember what you said?"

Anan looked at her sleepily, yawned and asked, "Which sentence?"

"You said you would help me!" Xiao Fu was displeased and pushed her with a dark face.

This attitude, this conversation, I understand, about Jinyun, Anan thought about it, struggled to get up from the bed, and then said: "If you didn't say it, I wouldn't have realized that it seems like I haven't seen Jinyun for a long time."

"You may not know this yet, but Jinyun is now in charge of the entire Imperial Medical Bureau. He is the youngest academician ever promoted as an exception, and is a fifth-rank academician." Xiao Fu's voice became lower and lower as she spoke, and finally she dropped her head to the ground.

Anan guessed what she was worried about, so he comforted her softly, "We need to discuss this matter with Jinyun. If he was a person who pursued fame and fortune, he wouldn't get along with Hongze like this."

"I also heard that because he was given an official title this time, all the young ladies of similar age in the capital went to his house. In order to deal with those who came to propose marriage, the Nie family had continuous banquets almost every day." Xiao Fu almost cried.

Anan also sighed and asked in a low voice: "What about Jinyun? Does he have a girl he likes?"

Xiao Fu looked up at her, gritted her teeth, and finally shook her head: "I don't know!"