Chen Jie watched Su Yunjin, and Su Yunjin said with a smile, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Chen Jie replied, "It seems we’ve never spoken with such a barrier between us before, but today you don’t seem to want to tell me the truth."
"Husband, what are you talking about? As long as you want to hear it, every word from Yunjin is the truth."
"Then tell me, did Huang Wan’er spout any nonsense to you?"
Su Yunjin shook her head and said, "No, Sister Huang didn’t say anything to me, we just talked about our pasts, it was more of a getting-to-know-each-other."
Hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Su Yunjin and said, "Really?"
"Really, I would never lie to my husband."
"Then you mentioned asking me to help her?"
Looking at her husband, Su Yunjin replied, "Sister Huang said that Nan Batian is not good to her, and I think, husband, sooner or later you will have to battle Nan Batian, so why not help Sister Huang and let her transcend her suffering sooner."
After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Is that all?"
"Alright, husband, stop your suspicious guessing. I don’t need your company right now; you’d better hurry to attend to other matters."
Su Yunjin pushed Chen Jie away to leave.
Seeing this, Chen Jie gave one last look at his young lady and did not linger, leaving directly. As he walked away, Su Yunjin’s gaze moved to the shimmering surface of the pond.
Indeed, Huang Wan’er hadn’t said anything to her.
But she had guessed some of the things involved.
Because, after Chen Jie returned from the Fishing Guild Headquarters the other day, he carried the same fragrance as Huang Wan’er...
A woman’s intuition told her there was something going on, but she didn’t want to delve into it.
Her husband’s chosen path was bound to be full of thorns and hardships, yet amongst those thorns, there surely were flowers competing in splendor. If her husband liked them, she couldn’t stop him, but she had to make sure those flowers were not poisonous.
She would not block those competing for her husband’s attention, but if they threatened her husband’s safety, then she had no choice but to counter.
And as for Huang Wan’er, Su Yunjin could feel that she bore no malice.
Her maternal instincts told her that Huang Wan’er would not harm her husband, so today, when she encountered her and smelled that familiar fragrance, she invited Huang Wan’er to spend the day together...
"Didn’t you promise not to see my wife?"
Inside Huang Wan’er’s room, Chen Jie emerged from the secret passage, his first words addressing the promise.
Upon hearing this, Huang Wan’er responded with a calm expression, "It wasn’t that I wanted to see her; she came to see me..."
Hearing this, Chen Jie sat down and asked, "So you’re saying, my wife took the initiative to invite you?"
Chen Jie looked at her and asked, "Then you didn’t say anything out of line to her, did you?"
"No, I just talked with her about Buddhist Scripture. I must say your wife is quite knowledgeable; she understands the Scripture far better than I do. And you really are a bastard!"
Chen Jie was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"
Huang Wan’er said, looking at him, "Such a good wife, and you once drove her to nearly commit suicide; you really are a beast!"
Chen Jie was stunned and asked, "My wife told you this?"
"I pressured her into it. Before coming here, I looked into your history with Su Yunjin and was surprised to find out that you were once an abusive husband. If I had known, I should have bitten it off!"
Huang Wan’er revealed her cute little tiger teeth, miming the act of biting off Chen Jie’s ’instrument.’
"Sigh... Even so, your poor little wife still spoke well of you, defending you. In the end, I had no choice but to exchange secrets with her, and only then did she talk about how she nearly died with you."
Continuing, Chen Jie inquired, "You exchanged secrets with her, what did you tell her?"
Huang Wan’er replied, "Don’t worry, I didn’t talk about our affair, but rather some matters between me and Nan Batian."
"You really are revealing each other’s scars!"
Chen Jie commented upon hearing this.
Huang Wan’er said, "It is just making the best out of a sad situation, but Mr. Chen, I still want to tell you something; this can’t be hidden anymore. A woman’s sixth sense is very strong, and I feel your wife has already guessed the nature of our relationship."
Chen Jie asked, "And then?"
"So, I think you shouldn’t deliberately hide it from her. She might not care about our relationship, but she will definitely care if you lie to her!"
Chen Jie fell silent.
Huang Wan’er didn’t say anything, and after a long pause, Chen Jie finally said, "Let’s begin."
"What do you mean by ’begin’?"
At that moment, Chen Jie began to undress and said, "What do you think?"
Seeing this, Huang Wan’er stopped Chen Jie’s actions and said, "No."
"You can actually say ’don’t’?"
Chen Jie was stunned; this was the first time he knew that Huang Wan’er could refuse.
At this moment, Huang Wan’er looked at Chen Jie and said, "From now on, we shouldn’t in your residence. If you wish, come find me at Jixiang Temple."
Chen Jie was surprised by Huang Wan’er’s change.
Huang Wan’er sighed and said, "That woman, after all, is reluctant to hurt her."
Huang Wan’er said, "Just like me, she’s a woman of bitter fate. Why should the wretched make the wretched suffer."
No fierce battle ensued as expected, and soon Chen Jie returned to the banquet in the front yard. Surprisingly, during his long absence, nobody had asked where he had been.
Chen Jie had changed into a loose-fitting Martial Arts Uniform and drank with everyone.
The banquet ended quickly.