GTB Chapter 205

Chapter 207: Man proposes, but Heaven disposes…

Chapter 207 Man proposes, but Heaven disposes…

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Yan with some suspicion. He had said he would rest for three days, but it was already abandoned halfway. Was he sure he could rest for four days?

“Then… one time?” She felt that if one time could be exchanged for four days, it would still be worth it.

Although Xiao Li was right about some things, she felt that it still depended on the person. Someone like Shí Yan, who was already clingy to her, couldn’t be allowed to take whatever he wanted.

The Seventy-Two Tactics for Husband Management said, ‘Slight rejection makes affection stronger, lingering gazes across the distance make intention more tender.’

She felt that this saying was still very true. It was like the pastries from Yu Pin Gao; no matter how delicious, you couldn’t eat them every day, or you would get tired of them.

Shí Yan naturally didn’t know Jiang Jiuchu’s thoughts. He turned his handsome eyes. Actually, one time was also a profit for him because he remembered correctly that her period should be in a day or two, but he would try to get more if he could.

“One time for four days, husband feels it’s a bit unfair. How about adding one more time?”

Jiang Jiuchu didn’t say anything, but turned her head to stare at Shí Yan. After a long while, she blurted out, “Husband, you’re really a bit lecherous.”

After she said that, she saw Shí Yan’s expression freeze, and then she added, “It’s true, I’m not joking.”

“If you’re like this, and you encounter a woman who strips naked to seduce you in the future, I’m afraid husband will be able to control this part,”

As Jiang Jiuchu spoke, she tapped Shí Yan’s temple with her small hand, then looked down at Shí Yan’s lower body and continued, “This part… I’m afraid you won’t be able to control it.”

Shí Yan followed Jiang Jiuchu’s gaze to his lower body, then raised his eyes. His eyes narrowed with anger, as if he had been insulted.

“Jiang Jiuchu~”

“I don’t just look at any dirty things. If anyone dares to strip naked and defile my eyes, they can only be dragged out and beheaded.”

As he spoke, a hint of coldness emanated from his eyes because Jiang Jiuchu’s words reminded him of the woman who didn’t know whether to live or die and stripped naked to lie on his couch before.

At that time, he had sealed her throat with a knife and threw away the bed and mattress.

He didn’t know why he was so angry at the time, but he just felt disgusted.

His pair of phoenix eyes stared fiercely at Jiang Jiuchu, threatening, “If I hear such distrustful words again, you won’t get a single day of rest in the future.”

After speaking, he leaned his handsome face closer, “If Chuchu doesn’t believe it, you can… try.”

Jiang Jiuchu swallowed, not understanding why he reacted so strongly when she was just joking.

She immediately showed good sense and raised her hand to guarantee, “Okay, okay, okay, I won’t say it, I won’t say it again.”

Shí Yan glanced at Jiang Jiuchu with cold eyes, then sat back down, leaned against the back of the chair, picked up the book on the side, and ignored Jiang Jiuchu.

Jiang Jiuchu twitched the corner of her mouth. Was he… angry again?

She slowly slid off the desk, “Husband, I was just joking. Don’t be angry.”

Shí Yan didn’t say anything…

Seeing this, Jiang Jiuchu didn’t dare to leave. She was afraid that if she left, this guy would vent all his anger on the bed at night, and her little body couldn’t bear it.

She stepped forward and sat directly on Shí Yan’s lap, threw away the book he was pretending to read, hooked his neck, and kissed him on the lips.

“How about twice tonight?”

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu for a moment, then opened his thin lips slightly, “Three times.”

Jiang Jiuchu secretly curled her lips and nodded, “Okay.”

Shí Yan suppressed the corners of his mouth that he wanted to raise, and lowered his head to kiss Jiang Jiuchu’s pink lips.

However, man proposes, but Heaven disposes. Jiang Jiuchu’s period came right after dinner…

In the room, the candlelight flickered. Shí Yan leaned against the head of the bed as if he had been splashed with cold water, his expression gloomy.

Jiang Jiuchu tried hard to suppress the urge to laugh and prepared to take off her clothes and go to bed.

But when she was taking off her clothes, she suddenly realized that she hadn’t given Shí Yan the things she had bought during the day.

She immediately held the things in her hand without showing any signs, climbed onto the bed, clenched her pink fist, and stretched it out in front of Shí Yan.

“Husband, guess what I’m holding?”

Shí Yan put down the book and looked at Jiang Jiuchu with resentment, “Do I need to guess? Of course, you’re holding my heart.”

Jiang Jiuchu twitched the corner of her mouth, “Husband, I’m not playing riddles with you. There’s really something.”

As she spoke, she shook her pink fist, “Guess what it is?”

Hearing this, Shí Yan held Jiang Jiuchu’s fist in his large hand, looked at it back and forth, and then said to Jiang Jiuchu, “Thumb ring?”

Jiang Jiuchu didn’t expect him to guess it so quickly. Helplessly, she opened her hand, and a jade thumb ring appeared in her palm.

“Do you like it?”

Shí Yan took the thumb ring, rubbed Jiang Jiuchu’s palm that had turned red from pinching so hard, and said with gentle eyebrows, “I like it.”

Jiang Jiuchu withdrew her hand, “If you like it, try it on quickly. I bought it at a high price, using up most of my private money!”

“Oh, how much is most of your private money, wife?” Shí Yan asked while looking at the thumb ring in his hand. The texture was excellent, and the shape was round and exquisite. It must have cost a lot of silver.

Jiang Jiuchu stretched out two fingers with heartache, “Twenty thousand taels! This is the most expensive and best thumb ring in the Jade Treasure Pavilion.”

As she spoke, she curled her lips, “It’s still these things that make money. Even though my Jade Fragrance Shop is doing so well, the dividends for most of the year are only more than thirty thousand taels. This one thumb ring is so expensive.”

“Thank you, wife. Husband likes it very much.”

Shí Yan looked at the thumb ring on his finger, his eyebrows and eyes filled with smiles.

After all, he knew that Jiang Jiuchu loved money, and he also knew that she was not a person who spent money like water, but she bought such an expensive thumb ring for him.

“Wife, don’t feel bad. All of husband’s silver is your private money. I guarantee you can’t spend it all even if you spend it blindly.”

Jiang Jiuchu’s eyes were slightly stunned, then she leaned against Shí Yan’s chest, “As long as husband likes it, I won’t feel bad no matter how much I spend. This is the money I earned myself to buy for husband. It’s different, and husband is not allowed not to wear it.”

“Okay, husband will definitely wear it day and night.” Shí Yan put his arm around Jiang Jiuchu’s shoulder and lowered his eyes to smell her hair.

Jiang Jiuchu grabbed Shí Yan’s hand, took off the thumb ring, and placed it under his pillow, “Don’t wear it at night, it will hurt when you sleep.”

Shí Yan held Jiang Jiuchu in his arms, “Husband will be happy even if it hurts.”

“Okay, you only know how to say nice things. Sleep.” Jiang Jiuchu pushed away Shí Yan’s arms and lay straight. Her period came today, so she couldn’t sleep in any position.

Seven days later

Shí Yan went to Cining Palace to accompany the Empress Dowager for breakfast after the morning court.

Inside the house, there were no maids, only Shí Yan and the Empress Dowager. Governess Li was guarding outside the house.

The Empress Dowager took a sip of the red date and white porridge in her bowl, wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at Shí Yan opposite her.

“Yan’er, don’t blame your father for not sending the other princes out. He just likes to test people.”