Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Under Nan Zhi’s confused gaze, Yu Shu slowly nodded and accused her with a blank expression, “It’s all your fault.”

Nan Zhi was completely confused, and her expression was a little lost.

However, Yu Shu extended her hand to her.

Nan Zhi lowered her head to look but couldn’t see anything, which made her even more confused.

But, the next second, the fabric covering her wrist slowly moved up. Nan Zhi’s sharp eyes caught the abnormal mark.

“…”

She thought she knew what Feng Zhiwei’s offensive action was for.

This red mark was abnormally obvious on her fair wrist. It was clearly something she had done, but Yu Shu’s act of holding up her wrist to accuse her made her feel strange.

It was like she was being publicly executed for doing something bad.

For some reason, her face felt a little hot.

At this moment, Nie Wuyou also came over. Her eyes were full of scrutiny, and her tone was confused. “What secret code are you two talking about?”

“…”

Nan Zhi’s eyelids twitched. She defensively grabbed Yu Shu’s wrist to cover it and said with a serious expression, “We’re not talking in code.”

Yu Shu gave her a strange look, and then decided to be united against the outside world. “You’re overthinking it.”

Nie Wuyou’s questioning gaze floated back and forth, and finally landed on their clasped hands, revealing a look of understanding.

Nan Zhi subconsciously pulled Yu Shu’s hand behind her and rubbed her wrist, covering the red mark on it.

Yu Shu’s expression stiffened. She secretly patted Nan Zhi.

Nie Wuyou didn’t mind. She clicked her tongue twice and said with great interest, “I actually saw it.”

Nan Zhi: …

Yu Shu: …

She raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips. “What are you trying to hide?”

Yu Shu was the first to realize that Nie Wuyou was messing with her. She had a blank expression on her face and let out a cold snort, “Don’t make fun of me.”

“Alright, let’s talk about business.” Nie Wuyou lightly coughed and returned to being serious. She slightly raised her chin and said, “After she leaves the Yaoxian Valley, it has nothing to do with us. No one can stop her anyway.”

In a few simple words, Nan Zhi naturally understood. She lightly nodded. She thought to herself that she still had to catch Feng Zhiwei, after all, the cause of the trouble was still going to Xuanming Mountain, which was related to her.

So, after the two medical cultivators with the surname Nie left, she immediately took out a communication jade slip to choose a person—

A member of the Water Clan who was both free and had high cultivation.

But, what was Feng Zhiwei going to the Western Sea for? That place was not good.

The evil deeds of the Merfolk Clan were disliked by all races. Feng Zhiwei’s temper, which led her to fight at the drop of a hat, was not suitable for that place.

After choosing for a long time, she finally chose Nan Xiang, who had been wandering around after her divorce. After all, she was the only one who met the criteria, but—

Nan Xiang: One hundred thousand spirit stones.

“…”

Nan Zhi’s face was blank. She finally laughed speechlessly.

Not to mention that she didn’t get a single spirit stone from the dowry of ten spiritual mountains, and her former sister-in-law had already taken away all her savings over the years. Now she was pitifully poor.

So she replied, “No.”

Nan Xiang: I heard you gave Su Yao five hundred thousand spirit stones a while ago?

Nan Zhi’s sore spot was hit.

That was entirely because Su Yao was full of bad intentions, and the Young City Lord was foolish and rich, so she was deceived by her.

The more she thought about it, the darker Nan Zhi’s face became.

At this moment, a shadow suddenly fell over her side. Nan Zhi felt it and was about to turn her head—

When something soft touched her face.

She looked at the smiling person and was stunned for a moment.

The slender figure blocked some of the light, and Nan Zhi couldn’t see clearly. She only saw that the corners of her mouth were curved, and she was smiling brightly and boldly.

But her voice was soft. “Why do you look like this?”

Nan Zhi took a deep breath. She quietly put away the jade slip and calmly asked back, “Did you finish your discussion so quickly?”

Yu Shu didn’t answer. Instead, she snorted. She poked Nan Zhi’s face with her fingertip and threatened, “Are you going to tell me or not?”

Nan Zhi was not threatened. She slightly pulled back and leaned against the armchair, looking at Yu Shu at ease. “Tell you what?”

Yu Shu bent down, her face sinking. Her gaze was unwavering.

Nan Zhi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at.

Suddenly, the delicate face suddenly came closer.

Her face softened, but the soft touch was gone in an instant.

After she pulled away, Yu Shu stood up straight. She used a soft tone to threaten her in a low voice. “Are you going to tell me or not?”

Nan Zhi’s eyebrows twitched slightly. She couldn’t help but laugh. Her tone was helpless. “Did you finish your discussion with Nie Wuyou? Do you plan to go to Wind and Snow Pass or Zhonghuang Mountain next?”

Yu Shu was not led astray. She raised her chin, looking down at her with a commanding presence. “Do you have to provoke me?”

Nan Zhi quietly looked at Yu Shu. She suddenly reached out her hand and hooked the tassel on Yu Shu’s waist.

Yu Shu accused her, “Don’t try to distract me.”

She put force on her fingertip. Nan Zhi pulled Yu Shu closer, and her hand naturally rested on her waist. She softly explained, “We have to delay for a day.”

“Why?”

“To write some talismans and put them up for auction.”

Yu Shu caught the key point. She said seriously, “You’re short on spirit stones.”

“Mm, but it won’t take long. I’ll only write tonight.”

“Why did you give back all those things to me if you’re short on spirit stones? And, you seem to be hiding something from me.”

“…”

Nan Zhi was speechless.

In the end, she said, “The Merfolk of the Western Sea are not easy to deal with, and Feng Zhiwei’s way of doing things is too direct. Now that her cultivation has regressed so much, I’m a little worried if I don’t find a guard for her.”

Yu Shu was silent. After her silence, she said calmly, “Nan Zhi.”

Compared to letting the heavily injured Feng Zhiwei go to the Western Sea alone, Yu Shu calmly saying her name was more unsettling.

It was worry, or something else.

Nan Zhi opened her mouth. She wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, she said truthfully, “I just feel a little bad about it. After all, she was the one who brought me out of the mystic realm.”

“But you went to the mystic realm because of her.”

Nan Zhi paused. She didn’t know how to respond.

“I didn’t say no, Nan Zhi. Just…” She lowered her eyes and pursed her lips. She said softly, “I just feel like you’re bullying me again.”

She suddenly realized that something was wrong, but she didn’t know if it was herself or Yu Shu’s words.

She clenched her fists.

Suddenly—

She grabbed Yu Shu’s hand.

Yu Shu’s long eyelashes trembled, hiding the surprise in her eyes. She looked at the hand on her wrist and then moved her gaze up.

That look of being wronged and unable to explain.

Yu Shu continued to lower her eyes. She asked in a softer and gentler tone, “What do you want to do?”

“I…”

Yu Shu could clearly feel that the hand on her wrist was loosening.

“The Merfolk of the Western Sea are not easy to deal with. I can’t just ignore this, after all, I went to Xuanming Mountain…”

Nan Zhi pursed her lips. Suddenly, her own words didn’t make much sense.

But she really couldn’t ignore it.

Although she didn’t know what Feng Zhiwei was thinking, she had indeed killed the flower demon. Although all the abnormalities might be related to the parasites, the scene of Feng Zhiwei asking her to save the flower demon was still vivid in her mind.

Did Feng Zhiwei really love the flower demon, and did she really resent her?

Of course, it was not good to tell Yu Shu these things.

She frowned in distress.

However—

Soft lips landed on her forehead. Nan Zhi couldn’t help but widen her eyes.

A quick peck.

Yu Shu turned her body back. She slightly raised the corners of her eyebrows, poked Nan Zhi’s face, and said triumphantly with an upward inflection, “Were you fooled?”

“…”

“I already said that I’ll pay for the reward.”

“I didn’t say no. Why do you look like that?”

As her words fell one by one, Nan Zhi’s heart began to beat faster.

‘Why do you look like that?’

She should be the one asking Yu Shu that question. How could she look so triumphant?

Nan Zhi had always known that the person in front of her was keen on kissing, and now she also found that she seemed to have been infected. Looking at Yu Shu’s lips opening and closing, her mind was a little hot, and even her thoughts were involuntary.

In the end, she sat up straight. She looked at Yu Shu’s bright and bold expression, suppressing her inner emotions. She asked in a low voice, “Is the Young City Lord not afraid of being fooled? What if the reward is a lot of spirit stones?”

Yu Shu didn’t mind. She raised her chin and said arrogantly, “Then I can afford it too.”

She secretly thought that the person in front of her was a rich Young City Lord.

So the next second, the rich Young City Lord rightfully nestled in her arms.

Nan Zhi was stiff for a moment.

Her body was warm, and there was a faint fragrance. That fragrance occasionally entered her nose and bothered her. But the bothersome Young City Lord even rightfully asked to check on the guard.

“Nan Xiang? By her name, she seems to be from the Dragon Clan of the Eastern Sea?”

“Mm, she’s my sister.”

“If she’s your sister, isn’t one hundred thousand spirit stones a bit too little?”

This foolish and rich Young City Lord even gave her a questioning look, but this look was…

Lively and cute.

Nan Zhi lowered her eyes. She pushed Yu Shu’s face away and asked back, “Foolish and rich?”

Yu Shu turned her head around, accusing her unhappily.

“Nan—”

Her voice came to an abrupt halt.

Nan Zhi learned by doing and pressed her lips against Yu Shu’s cheek.

Visibly, her fair cheek quickly turned crimson. Those clear almond-shaped eyes became moist.

Her eyes widened, and she was a little flustered. “You, what are you doing?”

Nan Zhi curved her lips, revealing her white teeth. She slowly said,

“I was just kidding.”

“It’s beautiful and kind.”

Yu Shu’s movements paused. Her face became even redder. But the last time it was from shyness, this time it was from anger. She punched Nan Zhi twice and gritted her teeth, “Do you have to provoke me?”

Nan Zhi couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Yu Shu was so angry that she turned around, reached out her hand, and wrapped it around Nan Zhi’s neck, slowly tightening it. She gritted her teeth. “Nan, Zhi.”

Nan Zhi knew when to stop. She pressed her lips down, and her attitude was good. “But it’s hard to get more spirit stones. If one hundred thousand spirit stones is too little, how much do you think it should be?”

“You bullied me, and you still want me to pay for the spirit stones?”

Nan Zhi pursed her lips. She couldn’t take it anymore.

The hand on her neck had no force at all. The threatening voice was soft and gentle, and her face was as red as a crimson jade.

Her full and moist lips were right in front of her.

Realizing what she wanted to do, Nan Zhi unconsciously held her breath.

She leaned in and took action.

She said softly, “I was wrong.”

Yu Shu blinked. She quietly let go of her hand and lightly snorted, starting to say the opposite of what she meant with a red face. “Don’t kiss me.”

Nan Zhi curved her lips and nodded. She went along with it. “Okay.”

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment. She hadn’t expected Nan Zhi to answer like that, so she became even more angry. She ground her back teeth and finally gritted her teeth, saying word for word, “You’re too much.”

You’re too much.

Always provoking her, angering her, and then coaxing her.

So, she glared at Nan Zhi and bit her on the face.

“Hiss…” A sound of a sharp intake of breath.

She snorted, “You deserved it.”

Nan Zhi touched her face. The wound hurt a little. Looking at Yu Shu’s radiant expression, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud again.

Her laughter was like a powder keg, exploding at the slightest touch. Yu Shu pressed down on her, riding on top of Nan Zhi. “You’re too much!”

“Bang—”

The two of them fell to the ground. The armchair, which was suspected of being made with shoddy materials, turned into pieces of firewood, and their clothes were in a pile.

At the same time, Nan Zhi held her forehead, her eyebrows tightly locked.

Realizing that something was wrong, Yu Shu asked, “…What’s wrong?”