Feng Jiuge couldn't be bothered to argue. "Fine, Husband, but let me make one thing clear first. Although we bear the name of husband and wife, we cannot have the reality of it."
Yun Aotian looked at her with some confusion. "Don't you like me?"
"…" Feng Jiuge wondered if she should deny it, but after a moment's thought, she gave up. Right now, she was practically a human trafficker—she'd trick this man into coming home with her first and worry about the rest later.
"Yes, I like you, but who told you that liking someone means I have to sleep with you?"
Perhaps because no woman had ever uttered those two words so bluntly and explicitly, Yun Aotian's expressionless face twitched slightly. He turned his head to look elsewhere. "I never said I was going to do anything with you either. We'll discuss everything after I return."
"That's more like it."
Feng Jiuge chuckled softly, hoisted her husband over her shoulder, and carried him home.
Oh, right—it would be best to recuperate in Jingyang City. Given how thoroughly disheveled and ragged they both looked at the moment, they were truly in no state to be seen.
Jingyang City, Yuyang Tower.
This was Feng Jiuge's territory. Although Yun Aotian had an unpleasant memory of this place, he still entered and took residence with a sullen expression.
Hei Jin stood to the side, clicking away nonstop on a golden abacus. Before long, he looked up and politely curved his lips into a skin-deep smile at Yun Aotian. "This honored guest, your room, board, entertainment, and medicine will come to roughly 3,680,000 gold coins. Please pay a deposit of 368,000 gold coins in advance, so that we may prepare more comprehensive services for you."
Feng Jiuge was reclining on a light purple brocade chaise lounge, eating preserved fruit. Upon hearing this, she spat a date pit directly at Hei Jin. "Go, go, go. Go cool off somewhere. You dare ask the person I brought for money? Are you trying to revolt?"
Hei Jin glanced at Feng Jiuge, completely unmoved. "He's neither relative nor friend to you, so why shouldn't I charge him? Our Yuyang Tower opens its doors to do business. If we don't collect money, are you going to let our hundred or so people drink the northwest wind?"
These words were clearly meant for Yun Aotian to hear. However, Yun Aotian sat to the side with his eyes closed, resting. He completely treated Hei Jin's words as wind past his ears, leaving everything entirely for Feng Jiuge to handle.
Feng Jiuge tossed another preserved fruit into her mouth and cast a sidelong glance at Hei Jin. "Have you ever seen me bring any unrelated man to my Zhuanjiang Pavilion?"
Zhuanjiang Pavilion was Feng Jiuge's private chamber within Yuyang Tower. Aside from Hei Jin, Hei Yu, and Hei Feng, practically no one knew of its existence.
Now this man was sitting here openly and brazenly… It showed that his relationship with Feng Jiuge was extraordinary!
Hei Jin furrowed his brows, already gripped by a very bad premonition.
"Whoosh—"
Coming early wasn't as good as coming at just the right moment. Hei Feng and Hei Yu, who had gone out earlier to investigate Yun Aotian's whereabouts, also returned to the room. The Three Black Generals under Feng Jiuge's command were now all assembled.
"You came just in time. Let me introduce you." Feng Jiuge leisurely sat up and pointed to the side. "This is my man, Yun Aotian."
Yun Aotian opened his eyes, nodded at the three of them as a greeting, then closed his eyes again and focused his mind.
It would be a lie to say Hei Feng and Hei Yu weren't surprised when they saw Yun Aotian.
The man they had mobilized so many intelligence networks to find without success was now sitting openly and brazenly before them, and had become their master's man overnight?
They looked uncertainly at Feng Jiuge. Those black eyes of hers shone brilliantly, glinting with sharp intelligence, seeming to see straight through them in an instant. Hei Yu and Hei Feng's expressions froze in surprise for half a second, then returned to their usual blank states. They cupped their hands toward Yun Aotian and called out, "Young Master Yun."