Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

In Xiangzhi Garden, Hong Yuan looked at Chu Qing lying on his couch in disbelief. The shock in his heart at this moment could only be described as earth-shattering.

After five years of living together day and night, and risking his life to save her in times of crisis, how could he have never thought that she was a woman! If he hadn't touched her chest when he hugged her just now, even if she was wearing green women's clothes at the moment, he might have believed that she was a woman disguised as a man.

Looking back now, everything was already traceable.

For example, she never bathed in the river with everyone else; for example, she never liked to put her arm around anyone; for another example, she could eat a big bowl of rice, but she was still the shortest and thinnest personal soldier around him, and her strength was much weaker than others.

He is so stupid.

As she was watching in a trance, she woke up slowly and struggled to sit up from the bed.

"There are still wounds on your body! Look carefully, it will break open again in a moment." He clearly remembered that at the moment he fell, she stood in front of him and was stabbed hard on the back, which gave him a slight opportunity to take advantage and kill his opponent with one blow.

So he reminded her, but his hands were always faster than his mouth, and before he could finish his words, he had already held her arms and pushed her back onto the couch.

"Fourth Master, I have to go and save my wife!" Chu Qing once again struggled to sit up, even crying. "She treated me so well, I can't just watch her get beaten by you!"

Hong Yuan was both angry and amused, so he pulled her aside and asked, "Where did you hear that my brother would beat his sister-in-law?"

"My wife said it herself a few days ago!" Chu Qing was angry.

"My sister-in-law told you in person that my brother beat her?" Hong Yuan wondered in his heart. Based on his understanding of his brother, he knew that his sister-in-law loved him deeply, but if his sister-in-law said it in person, could it be true?

"Of course the lady wouldn't tell me these words." Chu Qing sniffed and said with certainty, "She told the Countess and the eldest girl!"

After saying this, Ganlu and Shui'an both laughed.

Chu Qing turned around, stared at the two girls with wide eyes, and asked curiously: "You were also outside that day, didn't you hear it?"

Gan Lu couldn't bear to see Chu Qing like this, so she smiled and explained to her: "Madam did it on purpose to show weakness in front of others. In order to look more pitiful, when the Countess and several female relatives came, she even sent everyone away, leaving only Shui An and me."

"Yeah." Shui An nodded, not quite understanding, and patted his chest and said, "I was really scared to death that day!"

Chu Qing suddenly realized, with an embarrassed look on his face. When he met Hong Yuan's probing eyes, his whole body seemed to turn red. He held it in for a long while before he mustered up the courage to murmur, "I'm sorry..."

Hong Yuan smiled and comforted her softly, "Sister-in-law doesn't look like someone who would suffer any loss. Even if she is really bullied, don't worry, you still have me and big brother!"

Chu Qing listened and lowered her head silently. She felt a little depressed, but didn't know how to start. Suddenly, she missed the days when she was a man. At least when she was with him, she felt calm and comfortable, which was completely different from the present moment.

Hong Yuan was confused and was about to leave, but Gan Lu was quick to respond and said with a smile, "Fourth Master, this is your yard!"

"You guys stay here, I'll go to my eldest brother's place and squeeze in." Hong Yuan stood up. When he slept in the ruined temple before, he could only lie on a bed, but now he can't do that anymore. He feels a little suffocated even in the same room.

"We have our own little courtyard." Gan Lu's words also reminded Chu Qing. She hurriedly climbed down from Hong Yuan's bed, not daring to raise her head, and just said, "Yes, yes, I live in the back."

Hong Yuan thought for a moment and asked her, "When did the sister-in-law know your identity?"