Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Such a Big Bed
Realizing he had been fooled, the serene gaze in Craig’s eyes was swept away by fury.
He raised his hand to push Wen Shu away, but she stepped back first, her beautiful eyes flashing with a maddening mockery.
"Wen Shu!"
For once, Craig’s stern face showed another emotion.
Seeing him like this, Bai Qiao bit her lip.
She wanted to slap him but feared he would hate her, so she shyly withdrew her hand and ran crying to the backyard, "Craig, you liar!"
Craig, his mind restless, glanced at Bai Qiao’s back, then shot a severe look at Wen Shu before hurriedly chasing after her.
The servants who witnessed this farce held their breath, forming a deep, negative impression of this true heiress who had been wandering outside for years.
Faced with their apprehensive gazes, Wen Shu slowly walked upstairs, her face full of sarcasm and provocation, quickly morphing into weariness.
The deliberately lowered voices of the beastmen rose from downstairs, "The City Lord’s House seems headed for unrest."
"Haven’t you heard? This female was notoriously vicious in her former tribe!"
A beastman spoke up in defense, "Bai Qiao is really unlucky to have encountered this. It looks like this one is trying to take Craig..."
"Tsk, with Bai Qiao’s kindness, how can she fight against this?"
The murmurs of the beastmen, distinct and unmissable, drifted into her ears.
Wen Shu leaned against the cold wall, her eyes lowered, feeling a mixture of emotions.
Yes, this is how things should develop.
What she might do next could be even more outrageous...
By then, everyone will despise her, and she will, like the original owner, end up disgraced in this Beast City, heading towards the original fate.
The female lead, being pushed away by her and experiencing a brief misunderstanding with Craig, will turn to her admirer, Lu Di, thus meeting a group of influential and powerful nobles.
Eventually, with the help of the two males, she will reclaim the status of the City Lord’s heir and drive her out of the City Lord Mansion.
Now, everything is proceeding smoothly.
Yet remembering Bai Qiao’s tearful look, a pang of guilt welled up within her.
She thought herself hard enough inside, treating all this as mere acting, but doing too many bad things carried its own psychological burden...
"Ashu?"
Having just finished tidying up the room, Wu Xuan couldn’t contain his excitement and came out, seeing her by the stairs, staring at the floor with a troubled expression.
Since knowing the female, he seldom saw her like this, making his heart clench.
"Ashu, did they bully you?" Wu Xuan’s eyebrows wrinkled with concern as he approached, gently holding her face.
Hearing this, Wen Shu’s tense lips curved into a smile, "Who can bully me..."
She spoke lightly on purpose, but looking at the worried golden eyes before her, a sour feeling crept into her eyes.
Afraid Wu Xuan would notice, she quickly turned her face aside, "Let’s go back to the room."
She held his hand, her slender fingers intertwining with his hot ones.
Within a few short steps, a pessimistic thought crossed her mind.
If she couldn’t tell the truth, would they, like those beastmen, come to dislike her because of her actions?
Wen Shu stopped in her tracks, looking up at Wu Xuan, teasingly asked, "If one day I become very bad, will you hate me?"
Wu Xuan’s cheeks blushed, happily staring at their entwined hands, and without thinking, he replied, "Of course not!"
He tightened his grip, a sweet smile lifting his lips, saying seriously, "Besides, Ashu is a good person, even if so, there must be a reason."
Hearing his sure words, a rush of warmth flooded Wen Shu’s heart, and she plunged into his broad embrace.
The familiar and warm breath enveloped her, the oppressive emotions finding an outlet and dispersing instantly.
"Wu Xuan," Wen Shu murmured against his firm waist, her voice muffled, "you’re so good..."
A cat-like soft voice sounded in his chest, melting Wu Xuan’s heart into a puddle, as he held her in his arms, "Are you exhausted?"
He wrapped an arm around her waist, carrying her straight into the bedroom, laying her onto the bed, and covered her chilly face, "I’ll go run you a hot bath, and you can have a good sleep, okay?"
However, Wen Shu had no chance to reply.
Her peripheral vision caught the layout of the room, and she was stunned.
The room in this little castle was large, circular, but the bedrooms were surprisingly scant.
On the east side of the living room, there was a kitchen, and enough space left to build five more rooms had been consolidated into a single bedroom!
Wen Shu’s gaze swept over the intricately carved pillar in the bedroom, then down to the enormous bed beneath her that could fit seven or eight people, making her a bit uneasy.
She tugged at the corner of her mouth and asked bravely, "Is there just one bed here?"
Hearing her query, the excitement Wu Xuan had pushed aside once again surged within him.
His face turned bright red, mimicking Wen Shu’s method, tightly wrapping her hand, openly displaying the heat in his eyes, "Ashu, can we sleep together?"
Facing his expectant gaze, Wen Shu opened her mouth, her ears inexplicably burning. At this moment, it was impossible to find Bai Rong to switch rooms.
She avoided Wu Xuan’s gaze, her face flushing with heat, "Okay, but..."
The words hadn’t left her mouth when Mious pushed open the heavy glazed door and stepped out of the bathroom.
Seeing them holding hands at the bedside, his emerald eyes narrowed, and a deep darkness filled beneath.
This Black Panther was adept at seizing opportunities.
He suppressed the jealousy churning inside, sitting naturally beside Wen Shu, taking her other hand and asking softly, "What can?"
Wen Shu was already tense, her two hands held in differing temperatures, ambiguously intertwined, making her mind dizzy and her words stammering.
"Uh, can sleep in one room, but you must follow the rules."
She said the sentence, and the large bedroom immediately fell silent.
Wen Shu calmed her heartbeat, feeling a bit composed, but the increasingly heavy breaths of the males reached her ears.
Sensing things were not quite right, she wanted to get up and leave, but her tightly held hands left her immobile.
Before Wen Shu could think of a way to break free, Wu Xuan leaned close, and with no support behind her, she fell back, her back sinking into the soft bedding.
She propped herself up anxiously, but the darkly intense golden eyes above edged even closer.
"Ashu, what rules?"
A hand firmly pressed beside her face, Wen Shu stared at the enlarged handsome face, her heartbeat again in chaos, her hand clenching nervously yet drawing another gaze.
Mious thought it was an invitation as his gaze swept over her graceful figure, his Adam’s apple bobbing a few times, his heart stirring.
He knelt at the bedside, leaning toward the female, placing her soft hand to his lips, his deep voice hoarsened, "May I?"
The cool dampness on her sensitive fingers made Wen Shu’s fingertips curl, and her muddled mind cleared instantly.
The burning breath swept past her face, and she glanced away from Wu Xuan’s desire-touched eyes.
Her gaze collided with Mious’s unguarded animal skin.
A scorching kiss landed on her neck, Wen Shu’s heart skipped a heavy beat, panicking as she shut her eyes tight, abruptly pulling her hand back and pushed Wu Xuan away hard, "I’m going to take a bath!"
She rushed into the bathroom, swiftly locking the door, her heart still pounding wildly.
Were they trying to...
Living with them was really too dangerous!