Chapter 2: Murderous Ploy (1/2)
Chapter 2: Murderous Ploy
Translator: Pika
Noticing Zu An’s confusion, Chu Chuyan replied slowly, “I don’t care where you heard this phrase fro this Otherwise, you’ll get yourself killed”
Zu An was exasperated Goddaonna be trouble He paused Thatabout it is going to get et some ‘secret manuals’ from these places to unlock the functions?
He took a deep breath Ah, forget it Even if I don’t get a special ability froration with such a hot wife is a stroke of decent luck I’ll work everything else out
The huge difference in status between him and his wife did not overly worry him This was a common theme in many of the ReadNovelFulls he had read before, and he knew he could borrow the techniques used byQingshu[3] Even if you are a glacier, I’ how he had shared a bed with this fairy-like beauty the previous night was enough to get his heart pu Woah, boy Calm down, and wipe that drool Keep it cool
Zu An stopped asking questions so as to avoid arousing any suspicions His wife clearly had no interest in further conversation, so he looked out theto gaze at the surroundings instead
After a short while, city walls appeared in the distance By the standards of ancient China, the city of him before him was indubitably a ates, he noticed a raphed with the nahtmoon City I should find a chance to buy a map and see where this city is located in the empire, he mused to hie of the original owner of this body He was truly a good-for-nothing
He continued to study the city streets Although they couldn’t compare to any modern city center, the streets still bustled with activity, bri with people and merchants What surprised hie wasn’t jolted by buh the streets as smoothly as the finest of cars back in the modern world
His eyes were soon drawn to soh the interior of the carriage It almost looked like a series of electric circuits Is this one of the legendary ‘fore? That’s pretty extravagant
After soiant stone sculptures towering at its entrance He wasn’t sure what creatures these sculptures depicted; they looked like a crossbreed between a tiger and a lion, and they radiated a strange aura of power
The carriage cae and walked gracefully through the gates, her white dress flowing behind her
Zu An took a quick glance at his surroundings He saw a placard with the words ‘Chu Estate’ located above the gates and uy’s life suck so much that he lives with his wife’s family? So he married into her family, rather than the reverse? No wonder everyone an to stride forward, only to be blocked by Snow once ates Off to the side gates with you!”
Zu An blinked “Why can’t I go through the ates are for the Chu clansh How could a drafted son-in-law like you qualify? You’d sully the clan gates”[ref]This is a very Chinese concept Traditionally, when a man marries a wife, he ‘takes’ her from her maiden hoenerally considered incredibly shaap between the two[/ref]
Zu An gave her a cool look “You’ve got a pretty nasty mouth I bet your boyfriend has a bad case of herpes”
Snow ht not knohat this meant, but she could easily tell that it was an insult Furious, she grabbed hi to strike hiround, screa in mock pain
I didn’t even hit hi’ wasn’t a thing in this world
Chu Chuyan turned around to glare at her “You are too impudent No matter what, he’s still the son-in-law of the Chu clan In the future, you are not to treat hied, but she didn’t dare to argue “Understood”
Chu Chuyan glanced at Zu An “Can you get up now?”
Zu An clarin, “I knew you cared abouta step away froan to walk inside Her voice floated back, “Father and Mother are waiting inside Stop wasting tiht! And now, you’re pretending like nothing happened? Shaonna do to you!” Snow stared daggers at hi ed Zu An’s memory, and he recalled the conversation he had overheard earlier Apparently, the previous Zu An had claht? Oh, God Apparently I’a his options, he grabbed his head and whined, “My head hurts!” before toppling towards the to hiround
This stunt left Zu An in unbearable agony, but he didn’t dare cry out Clearly, the sa to work twice The people here clearly aren’t gullible They catch on quickly!
“Why didn’t you catch hilanced at Snow in irritation
Snow’s littleit”
Chu Chuyan spared a glance at the fallen Zu An, then said, “I heard he was hit by lightning today Perhaps he really is injured Take hiet some rest Give him a bath as well I’ll let racefully fro Snow could do but arrange for twoover a litter to carry Zu An away
Meanwhile, Zu An lay on the litter, feeling rather puzzled He had apparently claht, but Chu Chuyan didn’t reprove hiry Is her little sister adopted? He hts rather ih a doorway andpathway They passed by a rock garden before finally reaching a pavilion As they reached the pavilion Snow abruptly said, “Put hiet a few buckets of water so he can bathe himself”
Zu An waited for the footsteps of Snow and the servants to fade in the distance before stealthily opening his eyes He had been placed within a gazebo next to a s nobody nearby, he clambered to his feet He peered at his reflection in the water, only to see that his hair was completely tousled and his face was scorched black No wonder usted when she saw ainst hiht into the pond
“Heeeelp! HEEELP!”
In truth, Zu An had swu, so there was no way he could possibly drown in a small pond like this However, he was fairly certain that someone had just kicked hined drowning to buy himself souelyby the side of the water, s coldly at him Zu An was perturbed Why does Snoant to kill me? Is this some sort of scheme that my freebie wife concocted with an illicit lover? Or did the Chu clan, shamed by what happened, decide to use an ‘accident’ to dispose of this son-in-law of theirs?
Multiple possibilities spun around in hisli to the surface of the water as if he had truly drowned
This seeot off easy,” she chirped She tossed out a ribbon from within her sleeves and hooked it around the ‘corpse’ floating in the pond