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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

Seeing Chu Junyi's serious expression, Shen Ninghua did not waver in the slightest. Xiao Huan Xi had been doted upon since she was a child and was the apple of the Xiao family's eye, and such a person was someone they could not tolerate. In her heart, she was interested in Chu Junyi, so Chu Junyi could not be heartless to her. Now that Xiao Huan Xi had suffered so much, how could she just let it go? The only way was to hurt her and make her afraid, so she wouldn't dare to have any ideas about him!

Chu Junyi frowned slightly. "I'll get my foster father to choose a good wife for her and marry her out of the capital!"

Shen Ninghua paused before laughing. "Chu Junyi, I thought you were smart. I didn't expect you to be so stupid. I was wrong about you."

"Xiao Hua, make her leave the capital. Right now, this is the best method." He knew that this method was not the most thorough, but it was relatively the best. Once she left the capital, there was naturally no way to cause more trouble for Ning Hua.

Shen Ninghua laughed for a long time before he stopped. "Chu Junyi, how about we make a bet?"

"Bet?"

"How do we judge the winner?"

Shen Ninghua's tone was firm, "If you can persuade Xiao JingRan to let her marry Xiao Huan Xi, and Xiao Huan Xi is as you wish, then consider it my loss and I'll take you as my official wife. If Xiao JingRan doesn't agree and Xiao Huan Xi doesn't stop, then don't interfere in this matter. Xiao Huan Xi is mine to punish!"

Chu Junyi raised her head and met her gaze. A light flashed in her eyes. "Are you speaking the truth, Ning Hua?"

"Since you've said everything you've said, it's naturally true that you'll never be able to keep up with it. What, you don't dare? "

"Hehe, why would I dare?" Chu Junyi's eyes were bright, and the smile on her lips was one of determination. "Ninghua, prepare your dowry so you can become my legal wife."

Shen Ninghua smirked. "I'm warning you right now, don't underestimate women. If they want something, they can come up with thousands of ways to fight for it."

Chu Junyi raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to continue.

Shen Ninghua's eyes darkened. "Take the imperial harem for example. Back then, the reason why the emperor married the empress and widely accepted the imperial concubines was to balance the power of the previous dynasty. But think carefully, did the emperor use the imperial concubine to balance the previous dynasty, or did the imperial concubines promote their family through the emperor?" If a man wanted to gain power, the fastest way was to fight for the world. If a woman wanted to gain power, all she needed to do was find a man with monstrous power.

He knew that sometimes women had influence over a family, but he never placed too much importance on it. Even when it came to Shen Ninghua, it was only because he liked her that he worked hard with her, thought for her sake, and did not pay attention to her strength. Now that he thought about it, didn't he make the mistake of blacking out under the lights? If he continued to ignore it, who knows when he might really fall into the hands of a woman!

Looking at his expression, Shen Ninghua smiled with satisfaction in his heart. If he really loses this bet, she wouldn't mind marrying him.

When Chu Junyi raised her head to speak, she saw the radiant smile on Shen Ninghua's lips, and stopped abruptly. Perhaps what she said was true, but the truth was not that exaggerated. The reason why she told her all this was to warn herself and to change her mind about women.

He understood Shen Ninghua's personality. If someone was killed on the spot in front of her, she wouldn't open her eyes to take a look. He must have some status in her heart, to the point where she was already considering herself as her future home. Since that was the case, wouldn't he have to cooperate well?

"I've suffered such heavy injuries. If I don't recover, I might expose myself. Thus, I will have Ye Yi return to the Xiao family in my disguise."

Shen Ninghua knitted her brows slightly, "What about you?"

"Me? I'm homeless right now, so I can only ask you to temporarily take me in. " Chu Jun pulled over the quilt to avoid the wound and covered himself with it. Then he took a deep breath.

Seeing his rogue look, Shen Ninghua's heart was filled with anger. "Do as you wish. Oh right, I saved your life again. Don't forget to send over five thousand taels of gold along with the money for Xiao Huan Xi's antidote."

Chu Junyi froze for a moment, then sighed in her heart. It looked like she wasn't rich enough. With such a scheming wife, she would have to earn as much money as she could.

Yang Yingxue was frightened by what Xiao Huan Xi had done. She went out for social meetups and didn't even go to her own yard. She only wanted to be in front of Xia Jingqiu to ask her how she was getting along with the other ladies. When Shen Ninghua heard about it, she just laughed it off and let the mother and daughter do as they pleased.

Hong Ling brought in the washed fruits and placed them on the small table beside the bed. She glared at Chu Junyi who was lying on the bed, wanting to tear off a piece of her flesh with her eyes. 'What a shameless person.' She didn't want to go home to recuperate from her injuries, yet she still had to eat and drink with the young miss, causing her to be unable to sleep in her own bed.

Sensing Hong Ling's gaze, Chu Junyi turned to look at her. Her eyes flashed with a cold light. Hong Ling shuddered, put down her fruit and ran out of the room.

Shen Ninghua, who was looking at the accounts, caught sight of Chu Junyi's actions and snorted coldly. "You seem to be in high spirits. No one will notice your injuries once we return to the Xiao family."

Chu Junyi slowly got up from the bed, carefully avoiding the wound on her back. She placed the fruit next to Shen Ninghua's hand, leaned against the table and quickly flipped through the accounts, "Ninghua, you can't be so heartless. It's still not convenient for me to move around, so I'm sure I can't tell much from Xiao Huan Xi's actions, but my foster father and big brother will definitely notice something amiss. "Besides, we're going to get married soon. Isn't it good to get along and cultivate our relationship these days?"

Shen Ninghua put the account book aside and asked, "Are you that sure that you won't lose?"

"Of course." In order to marry her back, he could lose the bet no matter what.

"Alright, we'll just have to wait and see." In order to ruin her reputation, Xiao Huan Xi was willing to bet on her health. She was a decisive person, and this kind of person didn't like to be manipulated by others, especially by people she liked. She wanted to see how Chu Yi would deal with her.

Chu Junyi didn't notice that Shen Ninghua was in the mood to watch a good show. She picked up a lychee, peeled it and passed it to Shen Ninghua.

Shen Ninghua raised her head and glanced at him. "No need. Eat it yourself. If I want to eat it, I'll take it myself."

Chu Junyi was still holding onto her lychee. "Ninghua, we are at a stage of love development. If you can order me around, then it's useless to regret it in the future."

Shen Ninghua sneered and took the Litchi into her mouth. "You didn't pick the core out?"

"Ah, it's my fault." Chu Junyi fished out another lychee and carefully picked out the cores with a silver needle. "Alright, let's eat another one."

The two of them fed one to the other, and after eating seven or eight of them, Shen Ninghua stopped eating and said, "I don't want to eat anymore."

Chu Junyi's eyes lit up with anticipation as she looked at Shen Ninghua. "Are you done eating?"

Chu Junyi lowered her voice. "Congee Hua, have you ever heard of a phrase called 'come and go'?"

Shen Ninghua didn't even raise her head. "I've never heard of it."

"..." Chu Junyi choked on her words. "Then you must have heard of the protocol."

"Nor."

Chu Junyi took the account book from her hands and set it aside, turning her shoulders towards herself. "I helped you pluck a litchi, but you're not going to help me pluck one?"

Shen Ninghua raised her eyebrows. There were people who came and went as well. Wasn't it fine if she asked him to help her with her Litchi? Wasn't it obvious that she would just do a big circle if she needed it? He couldn't let such a habit of his slip away from him.

"No way!"

Chu Junyi paused for a moment, took a litchi and peeled it in a few bites. Then, she grabbed Shen Ninghua's hand and stuffed it into her mouth. She didn't say anything else. She held Shen Ninghua's hand and fed the litchi to her, saying, "Yes, it's delicious."

The corners of Shen Ninghua's mouth twitched at the self-deceptive Chu Junyi. "Do you always like to amuse yourself like this?"

Chu Junyi shot a wistful look at her. "If you can help me with my lychee, why would I do that?"

"Then you should just amuse yourself." After Shen Ninghua finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to retrieve the account book and continued browsing through it.

Chu Junyi sighed and slowly lay back down on the bed with the leftover lychee. Her back was facing Shen Ninghua, and her figure looked rather bleak.

Shen Ninghua raised her head and glanced at him. The corner of her mouth slightly moved, and a trace of a smile flashed across her eyes.

Three days passed in a flash. Shen Ninghua looked at Chu Junyi, who was still recuperating on her bed, and said, "Today is the third day. If you don't understand the poison in Xiao Hengxi's body, there will be danger. Why don't you go back?"

"I don't need to go back. Ye Yi will naturally send you the gold. You can just directly give him the antidote."

"Although there aren't any flaws in Ye Yi's disguise, it's still different from yours. Aren't you afraid that Xiao Jingran or someone like Xiao Feng Jue would be able to see through it?"

Chu Junyi smiled. "You're the only one who can tell us apart." Not to mention Xiao Jingran and Xiao Feng, even Xiao Hengxi, who said that she liked him, could not tell the difference between Ye Yi and him with a single glance. How much love could there be?

The sound of footsteps came from the door, Hong Ling ran in quickly, "Miss, the Treasure Pavilion has been raided, and we have found quite a few jewelry that has been smeared by Amethyst. The Head of the Military Department, Lady Shao, as well as the young miss of the Left Censor-in-Chief, Third and Fourth Miss of the Cabinet, have all been found unconscious in their own rooms, they are most likely poisoned by Amethyst."

"What?"