"Wanna watch together?"
The mont he said it, Jiang Zuo regretted it.
’Watch my ass,’ he thought. He wanted to slap himself.
Su Qi’s face darkened. ’This guy is actually in the mood to watch this?’
Su Qi’s hair wasn’t very long, but it wasn’t short either, reaching about to her shoulders.
But right now, Su Qi’s hair was a little damp. No, more accurately, she was a little damp all over.
To ease the awkwardness, Jiang Zuo asked, "Is it raining outside?"
"Of course not," Su Qi said as she walked in, tugging at her clothes. "I got splashed. My luck is pretty bad today. Good thing I wasn’t wearing white, or I would’ve been totally exposed."
Jiang Zuo was surprised. Su Qi was a Cultivator, yet she’d gotten splashed with water. ’Do Cultivators not use their Skills at all, just to blend in with normal life?’
Su Qi headed for the bathroom. "Get a change of clothes. Nothing white."
Without a second thought, Jiang Zuo instinctively walked toward the master bedroom. He had just stepped inside when he froze. ’What am I doing?’
’And why aren’t we fighting? No cold war?’
’This doesn’t make any sense.’
’What’s with this natural way we’re acting around each other?’
In the end, Jiang Zuo sighed and, without overthinking it, grabbed a set of clothes for Su Qi from the closet.
But when he ca out, he found Su Qi inspecting the bathroom doorway for a long ti.
Jiang Zuo was puzzled. "What are you doing?"
"Checking if there’s anything... unclean."
"...Why would there be anything unclean?"
Su Qi nodded. "You’re right. It’s not like there are that many unclean things around. By the way, weren’t you supposed to be staying at the company? Why are you back ho?"
Su Qi wiped her hair with a towel, and then, right in front of Jiang Zuo, she pulled off her wet clothes.
And then Jiang Zuo saw everything. The corner of his eye twitched at the sight.
Su Qi had a great figure, without a hint of excess fat. Although a situation like this should have been normal for them, how many years had it actually been since Jiang Zuo had seen her like this?
And so, he just stared blankly at Su Qi.
Su Qi glanced over at Jiang Zuo, then said unnaturally, "Why are you looking at like that? It’s not the first ti you’ve seen . Besides, you’re making feel shy."
’I guess that’s true. We have been together for ten years.’
’If I just rummage through my mories a bit, I’ll get used to it.’
Su Qi took the clothes from Jiang Zuo’s hands, holding them in front of herself. She moved closer to him and said, "Did you do sothing to wrong ? Otherwise, why would you stop watching TV and co watch change instead?"
Jiang Zuo gave a dry laugh. "Your underwear is wet too. You might as well change that while you’re at it."
After saying that, Jiang Zuo turned and left. Out of sight, out of mind.
Su Qi pouted. "I don’t have to wear any at ho, you know."
As Jiang Zuo walked away, his eye twitched again. ’Strange. This is simply inexplicable.’
’Why is it like this?’
Jiang Zuo didn’t understand. Why did he go soft every ti he saw Su Qi?
’This makes no sense. In theory, I should be decisive in killing, cold and rciless.’
’A situation like this shouldn’t be happening.’
’Besides, what kind of woman haven’t I killed?’
’Even a woman as beautiful as Jiu Xi... he’d killed her without a shred of hesitation. He’d even killed her enough tis for it to beco a habit.’
But Su Qi was completely different.
Jiang Zuo sat on the sofa and sighed. He felt he needed to stay calm.
’A lone man and a lone woman... pfft, an old married couple. I can definitely handle this calmly.’
Jiang Zuo took a deep breath and went back to watching TV.
In fact, it wasn’t just Jiang Zuo who found it strange; Su Qi found it strange too. Jiang Zuo hadn’t argued with her, nor had he given her the cold shoulder.
There seed to be no barrier between them.
Before long, Su Qi ca out, having changed her clothes. She sat down next to Jiang Zuo and looked around.
Jiang Zuo said flatly, "What are you looking for?"
Su Qi smiled. "Nothing. Just checking if you’ve been cleaning up around the house."
How could Su Qi possibly admit she was looking for divorce papers?
She was terrified that Jiang Zuo, being so agreeable now, would suddenly change his tune and pull them out. Then she would have to cry all over again.
Jiang Zuo went back to watching the TV and said no more. Su Qi was also silent for a mont before she asked, "Have you been going out with any other won lately?"
Jiang Zuo said tonelessly, "There was a woman, but it had nothing to do with . I don’t know her well. It was for work."
"Then who is Sweet Potato?" Su Qi asked.
Jiang Zuo glanced at Su Qi, then said, "Why don’t you shout toward the balcony?"
Su Qi was completely baffled, then beca agitated. "You brought soone ho?"
For the first ti, Jiang Zuo looked at Su Qi as if she were an idiot.
Being looked at like that by Jiang Zuo, Su Qi felt a bit embarrassed.
With a wronged expression, she finally shouted toward the balcony, "Sweet Potato?"
"QUACK?" Sweet Potato padded in from the balcony.
Then it quacked at Jiang Zuo. "QUACK?"
Jiang Zuo said flatly, "I wasn’t the one who called you."
Then Sweet Potato quacked at Su Qi. "QUACK?"
Su Qi was dumbfounded. "Quack?"
Sweet Potato: "QUACK."
Then Su Qi looked at Jiang Zuo. "It can understand human speech?"
Jiang Zuo looked back at Su Qi and asked, "What makes you think it can understand human speech just because it quacked twice?"
"But don’t you think it has a certain spiritual quality?"
"I do. Why else would I have picked it up and decided to raise it?"
At this mont, Su Qi looked at Jiang Zuo. She seed to have made a great resolve before asking, "Do you believe in Cultivation? Or, you know, immortal Cultivation. It’s..."
Jiang Zuo looked at Su Qi and instinctively recited, "Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, the rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness."
Su Qi choked on her words, and her face instantly darkened.
She had clearly prepared herself, she had clearly made up her mind, so why did this guy have to interrupt like that?
’Can’t we just have a normal conversation?’
’Great. Now I’ve lost the nerve to say it again.’
Frustrated, Su Qi stomped her foot and turned to go back to her room.
Jiang Zuo felt a little helpless. Sweet Potato also looked completely lost. Jiang Zuo then got up, tossed Sweet Potato back into its water basin, and gave it an apple for good asure.
In the room, Su Qi lay on the bed, hugging the comforter sullenly. She realized her husband didn’t seem to believe in Cultivation much.
But she hadn’t been lying there for long when her phone rang.
It was Jingyue calling. "Sis? What’s wrong?"
"Get over here, now! Master figured out what that coin is. You’re so screwed, girl."
Su Qi’s heart tightened, and she imdiately sat up. "What’s wrong? Is it serious?"
Jingyue said, "We’re not entirely sure, but Master wants you to stay by my side. Go ask for leave from your husband now. You’ll be keeping your big sis company for the next few days.
"If you can’t, I’ll co over and tell him myself."
Su Qi said unhappily, "Can’t it be tomorrow?"
Jingyue retorted, annoyed, "You two have been together for ten years! Ten years! It’s just for one night. Besides, absence makes the heart grow fonder."
"But didn’t you also say that too much ti apart makes it easy for a mistress to show up?"
"But you trust your husband not to, don’t you?"
"..."
In the end, Jingyue added, "Should I give you another hour? But wait... you two didn’t fight? No cold war? Not getting a divorce?"
"I don’t want to talk to you anymore."
With that, Su Qi hung up the phone.
Then she started to change her clothes.
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