Chapter 10 : Things have come to this — let’s eat first

“How could you get married… How could you get married? I won’t allow it… I won’t allow it!”

Liu Yingying, seemingly emotionally broken by the news, turned and ran off.

Watching her retreating figure, Xu Ping’an sighed.

“Husband~ she… what’s wrong with her?”

Pei Qingxuan hid behind him, her delicate little face still showing a bit of fear.

“It’s nothing, she just can’t accept it for now, she’ll be fine after a while.”

“Can’t accept what?”

“Accept… uh, nothing. Let’s eat first.”

What to say?

He couldn’t very well say she was jealous of you, could he?

“I know… she can’t accept that you’re my husband.”

Has this silly girl finally wised up?

Ah, no!

Did this girl recover her memory?

“Husband… will you, abandon me?”

Xu Ping’an looked at the young girl’s timid face, full of grievance.

He tenderly pulled the girl into his arms.

“There, there, you are my wife. If you’re my wife for one day, you’re my wife for life. I won’t abandon you.”

Pei Qingxuan looked up, her watery eyes staring straight at him.

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Really, really?”

“Really, really.”

“Really, really, really?”

“Really… are you never going to stop?”

He raised his hand and poked Pei Qingxuan’s forehead.

Pei Qingxuan immediately covered her forehead, pouting.

Good heavens, what was he saying in broad daylight?!

He looked at the dumbfounded guests not far away and couldn’t help but rub his forehead.

This was Qi, a country that valued the separation of men and women.

Even expressions of love were to be subtle, subtle, and then more subtle.

It was no exaggeration to say that throughout the entire Great Qi, you’d be hard-pressed to find a few people who coaxed their wives like this.

“Quick, let’s go. If we don’t, we’ll have to sell tickets.”

He reached out and grabbed Pei Qingxuan’s small hand, then turned and walked into the Heaven-grade room.

“Sell tickets? Husband, what does ‘sell tickets’ mean?”

Inside the room, Pei Qingxuan’s pretty face was still full of confusion.

Xu Ping’an was stunned by the question.

Seeing Pei Qingxuan’s innocent curiosity, a mischievous thought suddenly came to mind.

“It means we’ll be stripped naked and put on display for people to see.”

“Ah!! No, don’t! Husband, I don’t want to sell tickets!”

At the thought of that scene, Pei Qingxuan’s little face immediately showed genuine fear, her small head shaking like an electric fan.

Her neatly coiled dark hair almost flew off.

Seeing this, Xu Ping’an’s lips curled up madly.

Then he put on a mournful face.

“Alas~ But, husband, I’m out of money. What will we do if we can’t make a living later?”

“Meow?”

The young girl’s tear-streaked face instantly stiffened, her expression becoming even more aggrieved.

“Husband~ Husband~ Don’t sell me, please don’t~ Qingxuan will be good and obedient, Husband…”

Seeing Pei Qingxuan’s tearful face, Xu Ping’an knew he had gone too far with the joke and quickly reassured her:

“Alright, alright, husband won’t sell you. Husband will work hard to earn money so we can both eat, okay?”

“Boohoo!”

With a choked sound, Pei Qingxuan nodded her small head vigorously.

“Husband~ If, if we really run out of money, then… then sell me~”

“Huh? Aren’t you afraid your husband won’t want you anymore?”

“But~ But, but! If husband doesn’t sell me, won’t we have no money for food?”

He looked at Pei Qingxuan’s tear-streaked face, seeing her fear yet feigned bravery as she looked at him, and he almost couldn’t keep it together.

Oh my goodness, how touching, isn’t it?!

What kind of divine wife is this?!

If this were back on Earth in his previous life, wouldn’t people be fighting over her like crazy?

“Be good~ Husband was just joking. Husband has money, there’s rice and grain at home, we won’t lack food.”

Pei Qingxuan wiped her eyes, pouting tearfully.

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Really, really?”

“Really… if you keep asking, it’ll never end. Be good, obey me, don’t cry. Husband has decided on you as his wife, and won’t sell you.”

“Mhm.”

What a wonderful wife she was, willing to sell herself for her husband to eat, even though she was crying with fear.

If he really sold her, he’d be worse than an animal.

He held Pei Qingxuan in his arms, comforting her, yet also finding it amusing.

This girl, she was like a naive country girl who knew nothing.

If she hadn’t met him, and had met someone else, she would have been swindled out of everything, even her own body.

Hmm… though now, it was almost not her own either.

He felt like, if this continued, he, Xu Ping’an, might make a grave mistake!

How could he face the people, and his conscience?!

Looking at the girl nestled in his arms, Xu Ping’an quickly recited “Chu Shi Biao” to himself, and with great effort, finally calmed his mind.

“Alright, alright, we’ve been walking all morning. Let’s eat something first, are you hungry? What do you want to eat?”

Pei Qingxuan nodded, sat up, looked at the empty table, and shook her head.

“I don’t know…”

Then, she touched her small belly, a hint of confusion on her pretty face, and turned to look at Xu Ping’an.

“Husband, am I hungry?”

How was he supposed to know if she was hungry?!

Immediately after, Pei Qingxuan suddenly took his hand and placed it on her flat little belly.

“Husband, feel… am I hungry?”

Hiss~

I’m letting down the people, letting down my conscience.

Feeling the soft, flexible little belly in his palm, Xu Ping’an’s mind momentarily wandered.

However, after feeling it, Xu Ping’an had a good idea.

She had been so severely injured before, yet she could absorb the medicine’s effects in a very short time.

And then she had walked all morning; an ordinary woman absolutely wouldn’t have that kind of stamina.

Even he felt a bit hungry now, but feeling her little belly, he couldn’t feel any internal stomach rumbling from hunger.

This was enough to show that even if she didn’t eat this meal, she wouldn’t be very hungry.

Either she was truly a cultivator, or… her physique itself was very special.

Otherwise, this situation absolutely wouldn’t occur.

But for now, he really couldn’t discern her physique.

There was no way; with organ displacement, qi and blood surging backward, and all her soul lost, with such a chaotic pulse, let alone discerning her physique, even a general diagnosis of male or female… probably couldn’t be made.

Even if the esteemed Physician Hua Tuo were reborn, facing her condition, he could only throw up his hands and leave it to fate!

That’s why it was said that it was a blessing she met him, Xu Ping’an.

If it weren’t for the thousands of years of medical knowledge cultivated by the system, even if you brought the Grand Supreme Elder’s immortal elixir, you wouldn’t be able to save this girl.

Besides, he could also refine those immortal elixirs.

Looking at the puzzled expression on Pei Qingxuan’s small face, Xu Ping’an withdrew his hand and gently patted her little head.

“Yes, my wife is hungry. Let’s eat first.”