I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Chapter 170: An Awkward Scene

Fang Family Courtyard, Zhou Wenjian's room on the second floor.

Pei Yan was resting in his room when he suddenly wondered if there might be a second wave of assassins targeting Fang Xiaoxiao that night.

Thinking of this, he felt extremely uneasy and immediately got up and opened the door.

Upon arriving in the corridor, he glanced up at the staircase leading to the third floor.

Just as they were about to head to the third floor, they heard a noise coming from Zhou Wenjian's room.

……

Fang Xiaoxiao saw that the person who pushed open the door was Pei Yan, so she spoke to him.

"Why are you here so late at night instead of sleeping?"

She felt that this guy had been acting strangely ever since they first met, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

The guy, dressed in blue silk and looking arrogant, was still as cocky as ever.

Fang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but complain in her heart.

"I've come to see Brother Wenjian!"

Pei Yan withdrew her slightly worried gaze from Fang Xiaoxiao and turned her attention to Zhou Wenjian, who was lying on the bed, his face pale and his lips bloodless.

He felt intense guilt deep inside.

If it weren't for him, Zhou Wenjian's family wouldn't have been convicted of treason and brutally exterminated.

Back then, Zhou Wenjian's family, disregarding everyone's objections, resolutely petitioned the emperor to seek justice for him, only to end up in such a state.

Pei Yan walked slowly to the bedside, her gaze never leaving Zhou Wenjian.

Fang Xiaoxiao looked at this guy and acted as if the woman lying on the bed was his wife, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Young Master Pei, do you and Wen Jian have some kind of secret?"

"If you two have any homosexual tendencies, please let me know in advance. I am still very open-minded."

"Anyway, we're just in a buyer-seller relationship, so there's no need to take my feelings into special consideration."

The reason she said that was because, during this period, every time she saw Pei Yan, his eyes would frequently be fixed on Zhou Wenjian.

The key is not just looking at it casually, but looking at it with deep affection.

Pei Yan gives the impression that he wants to have Zhou Wenjian in his mouth. You can only imagine how an outsider would feel!

Thinking about this, Fang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but shudder, and she could even feel goosebumps all over her body.

She quickly shook her head, trying to banish those chaotic images from her mind.

"No, no, I can't think about it anymore. If he really has feelings for Wenjian, as their wife, I should support and bless him..."

The thought flashed through her mind, and Fang Xiaoxiao quickly got up, wanting to put some distance between herself and Pei Yan in front of her.

Although I neither reject nor oppose it, I still find it hard to get over that moral hurdle in my heart.

She was just about to get up when the unexpected happened.

Pei Yan wanted to bend down and check on Zhou Wenjian, who was lying on the bed, to see how he was doing. If he was not well, he would take him to see a doctor.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he bent down, Fang Xiaoxiao raised her face and leaned in.

"Um……"

"!!!"

In that instant, the atmosphere in the room became both eerie and ambiguous.

Fang Xiaoxiao stared wide-eyed at Pei Yan in front of her.

And her lips just happened to touch his.

The two of them kissed, staring at each other.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment!

"Who am I? Where am I? What have I done?"

Fang Xiaoxiao's mind was filled with a series of question marks.

Moreover, her body involuntarily stiffened in place, remaining motionless as Pei Yan held her.

The two kissed for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. If Zhou Wenjian hadn't suddenly woken up, their already simmering passion would probably have ignited in this room with a third party present.

Zhou Wenjian, lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the shocking scene before him, he wished it were all a dream.

"You, you guys are..."

Because his body was so weak, Zhou Wenjian spoke in a very soft voice, like the sound of a mosquito.

The mosquito-like sound had a certain effect, instantly waking the two who were immersed in some strange thoughts.

Fang Xiaoxiao was the first to reach out and push Pei Yan away, and then she let out a piercing scream.

"what……"

Then he dashed out of the room.

Pei Yan watched Fang Xiaoxiao flee the scene in a disheveled state, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.

His first thought was to take down the other party.

As a normal adult male, it's natural to have such thoughts.

Besides, he's been single for twenty years. Although he hasn't actually tried it, he's heard a lot about it.

Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've still seen pigs run, right?

Pei Yan straightened his clothes and then coughed twice to ease the awkward atmosphere.

He immediately looked at Zhou Wenjian with a gentle expression and said softly.

"Just now, this young master and his wife had a little accident."

"Wenjian, you probably didn't see anything!"

"..."

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Wenjian was taken aback, but he didn't know how to respond, so he could only pretend to be calm and give a soft "hmm".

"No, I didn't see you and your wife doing that..."

"!!!"

He said he didn't see it, but it also seemed like he did say he did.

This made Pei Yan look rather awkward.

However, in order to maintain his aloof image in the eyes of others, Pei Yan could only nod and then say.

"That's good. You should focus on recovering. As for the mastermind behind the assassination attempt, I will definitely find him!"

Pei Yan changed the subject and told them about the assassination attempt on them that night.

Zhou Wenjian felt gratified, but also somewhat at a loss.

Why is he so good to me?

Hearing Pei Yan say that he would help him find the mastermind behind it all, Zhou Wenjian felt grateful but also somewhat doubtful.

Logically speaking, Pei Yan and he had no interaction whatsoever. They rarely spoke to each other, let alone had any feelings for each other.

But to say something like that is simply unbelievable.

This is the thought.

Zhou Wenjian could only attribute it all to his wife's relationship with Pei Yan, which was why Pei Yan treated him so well.

Zhou Wenjian, who was not good at expressing his true thoughts, could only look at Pei Yan and say thank you.

Pei Yan looked at him, but did not say anything more.

He knew that now was not the time to reveal his true identity to Zhou Wenjian.

If he were to discover his identity, it would likely drag him into an endless abyss.

Pei Yan would not want to see such a thing, and he would never do such a thing.

The two chatted idly for a few more minutes.

The gist of his words was nothing more than a few things, like "Take good care of yourself" and "Don't take too many risks in the future."

Lying on the bed, Zhou Wenjian listened to Young Master Pei's incessant admonitions, and for a moment, he was moved.