My wife is number one in the world

Lanya's behavior of secretly glancing at him from time to time happened during the day, and before his family returned from their stroll outside the palace.

Lanya accidentally witnessed herself showering in the courtyard after her family returned home.

This proves that the reason why Lan Ya would rather act like a rogue than tell me the truth has nothing to do with her accidentally seeing me taking a shower.

Hey! That's really strange.

What could possibly be the reason that Lanya would act in this way?

After much deliberation, Liu Mingzhi still couldn't figure out the reason.

At that moment, he felt a mixture of curiosity, confusion, and bewilderment.

In fact, Young Master Liu's initial idea was indeed correct.

The truth that Gu Molanya would rather play the rogue with him than tell him was indeed difficult for her to utter.

No, no, no, it's not fair to say that absolutely.

After all, besides Gu Mo Lan Ya, there are also Qi Yun, the Third Princess, the Empress, Wenren Yun Shu, Gu Mo Rong Rong, Ren Qing Rui and other good sisters who know the truth!
However, whether Qi Yun, the Third Princess, and their sisters will tell Young Master Liu the truth is another matter entirely.

Liu Mingzhi took a small puff of his pipe, then bent down slightly to knock out the remaining tobacco from the bowl.

He then quickly straightened up, turned and glanced at Gu Molanya with a faint smile.

"Lan Ya".

"Hey, little sister's here, brother-in-law, what do you want to say?"

"Lanya, it's not good to just stand here like this. Let's walk around some more."

As soon as Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, without waiting for Gu Molanya's response, he took the lead and walked forward with a smile on his face.

Upon hearing this, Gu Molanya saw that Young Master Liu had already started walking forward, and hurriedly lifted her lotus feet to follow him.

"Okay, coming, coming."

Liu Mingzhi took about five or six steps forward at a leisurely pace, then looked up slightly at the moonlight in the night sky.

"Hoo, Lanya."

Upon hearing her brother-in-law's soft call, Gu Molanya quickly quickened her pace.

"Hey, little sister's here, brother-in-law, what do you want to say?"

Liu Mingzhi silently withdrew his gaze from the bright moon in the night sky, and turned to look at Gu Molanya, who had caught up with him, with a faint smile.

"Lan Ya, it's late, the night is deep."

If you continue to pretend to be confused and talk to me like this, even if we talk until the wee hours of the morning, we might not be able to reach a conclusion.

Although my brother and I don't need to get up early tomorrow morning to do anything, it's not a problem if we get up a little later. But as the saying goes, early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. For our health, it's best to rest as early as possible.

Lan Ya, as your brother, I want both of us to be able to go back to our rooms and rest as soon as possible.

Therefore, I will speak frankly about some things.

When Gu Molan heard her brother-in-law say that he was going to speak frankly with her, her heart tightened suddenly, and her gaze, which was looking at Young Master Liu, instantly became somewhat evasive.

Judging from what her brother-in-law said, was he trying to be direct with her?

After understanding the meaning behind Young Master Liu's words, Gu Molanya became extremely nervous.

Liu Mingzhi noticed that Gu Molanya's eyes suddenly became evasive, and he raised an eyebrow with a smile.

"Lan Ya".

Upon hearing this, Gu Molanya quickly suppressed her nervousness and blinked her beautiful, watery eyes a few times, feigning composure.

"Ah? Ah! Little sister's here, brother-in-law, what are you saying? Little sister's listening!"

Liu Mingzhi smacked his lips lightly twice, then turned around with a smile and walked directly towards the pavilion.

"Lan Ya, did you hear what I just said to you?"

As Gu Molanya listened to her brother-in-law's question, she nodded slightly and turned to continue following Liu Dashao.

"Yes, brother-in-law, I heard everything."

Liu Mingzhi nodded with a faint smile, his hands skillfully rolling up the now-cold pipe in his hands.

"Hehehe, it's good that you heard it, it's good that you heard it!"

Lanya, girl, what do you have to say about this?

Upon hearing this, Gu Molanya's graceful body trembled slightly involuntarily.

Then, with a hesitant expression, she quietly fiddled with her slender, white fingers a few times, and gently shook her head as she looked at Young Master Liu walking in front of her.

"Brother-in-law, I have nothing to say."

After answering Young Master Liu in a sweet voice, Gu Molanya bit her silver teeth lightly, her eyes showing a hint of nervousness.

She knew perfectly well that her brother-in-law would never believe her.

However, since things have come to this point, he has no other choice but to continue to act like a rogue towards his brother-in-law.

Upon hearing Gu Molanya's reply, Young Master Liu showed no surprise whatsoever, as if he had already anticipated that his sister-in-law would respond in this way.

In fact, Young Master Liu had already anticipated that Lan Ya would give that answer.

He knew perfectly well whether Lan Ya would answer his questions honestly and obediently.

If Lanya answered his questions honestly and obediently, then she wouldn't have deliberately acted like a scoundrel in front of him.

Liu Mingzhi casually put his hands behind his back, smiled faintly, and turned to look at Gu Molanya, who was half a step behind him.

"Lan Ya, if you don't have anything to say to your brother, then you don't have anything to say!"
Since you have nothing to say to me, then I'll continue talking to you, sister.

After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he immediately quickened his pace.

Seeing her brother-in-law suddenly quicken his pace, Gu Molanya's pretty face froze slightly. After realizing what was happening, she quickly quickened her own pace as well.

In just a few breaths, Young Master Liu and his sister, Gu Molanya, quickly returned to their original positions, one after the other.

Liu Mingzhi slowly stopped, first glancing at his own shadow, then turning with a smile to look at Gu Molanya, who had also stopped.

"Lan Ya".

After Gu Molanya steadied herself, she looked up at Young Master Liu, who was staring at her, and quietly clenched her delicate white hand. "Hey, brother-in-law, what do you say?"

"Lanya, after we siblings traveled around, we've come back to this place."

"How was it? Did you think we walked particularly fast this lap?"

Hearing Liu Dashao's pointed words, Gu Molanya nodded gently and replied softly with her red lips slightly parted, "Yes, I didn't think anything of it before, but now that I see, we did walk quite fast."

Liu Mingzhi turned slightly to the side, smiled faintly, and gestured gently with his lips towards the spot where he had been standing.

"Lan Ya, the place where I was standing before was about two and a half steps away from where we are now."

The distance between our current position and the heads of our shadows is approximately four steps.

One is about two and a half steps away, and the other is about four steps away.

Lanya, do you know what that two-step difference means?

Gu Molanya's heart trembled slightly upon hearing Young Master Liu's question, and her eyes began to wander.

She was just pretending to be confused when she knew the truth; she wasn't really confused.

Therefore, she certainly knew in her heart what this nearly two-step difference meant.

Gu Molanya parted her cherry lips slightly and took a breath. After blinking her beautiful, vacant eyes twice, she shook her head gently at Young Master Liu with a look of confusion on her pretty face.

"Uh-huh, brother-in-law, I don't quite understand."

Brother-in-law, what does this mean?

Seeing that Gu Molanya was still playing the trick of pretending to be ignorant, Young Master Liu raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly.

"Hehehe, alright, since you don't quite understand what this means, Lanya, then I'll explain it to you."

With a light laugh, Liu Mingzhi walked directly behind Gu Molanya.

Upon seeing this, Gu Molanya instantly understood the purpose of her brother-in-law's sudden departure and walking behind her. So she quickly turned around, lifted her lotus feet, and was about to follow Liu Dashao.

Unfortunately, Young Master Liu had already anticipated that she would do this.

She had just lifted her lotus foot and hadn't even taken her first step when Young Master Liu spoke with a smile.

"Lan Ya, you don't need to come with me. You can just stay where you are."

Upon hearing her brother-in-law's words, Gu Molanya's beautiful face instantly turned sour.

However, she dared not disobey her brother-in-law's words. After glancing at Young Master Liu with a distressed expression, she could only nod her head slightly a few times.

"Oh! Okay, I understand."

After responding to Young Master Liu in a sweet voice, Gu Molanya gently pouted her luscious red lips and then silently lowered her lotus feet, which she had just raised.

Liu Mingzhi stopped about three steps away from Gu Molanya, and then looked at her with a smile.

"Lan Ya, turn around and look at my shadow."

Gu Molan glanced down at the shadow of Young Master Liu on the ground in front of her, and said in a sweet voice with a smile on her pretty face, "Brother-in-law, well, your shadow is right here on the ground in front of me. I can see your shadow without turning around!"

Anyway, I'm going to be looking at your shadow, brother-in-law. So what difference does it make if I'm looking at you?

Besides, brother-in-law, weren't you going to explain to me what the difference of two small steps means?

As Gu Molan spoke softly, she raised her fair hand and gently pressed down her black hair, which was being blown about by the night breeze.

"Brother-in-law, look at my hair! It's being blown around by the night wind!"

From the time you came to find me, brother-in-law, until now, it's only been about half an hour, and the night wind is getting stronger and stronger.

Brother-in-law, the night wind is getting stronger. If I turn my back to you, I'm worried I might accidentally miss something you say.

Sometimes, hearing one or two more words, or omitting one or two words, can make a sentence sound like it has a completely different meaning.

Therefore, to avoid this situation, I suggest that we talk face-to-face.

Brother-in-law, what do you think?

Gu Molanya knew very well what her brother-in-law was going to do next.

Therefore, even at this moment, she was still deliberately making jokes and had no intention of obediently cooperating with Young Master Liu.

After listening to Gu Molan's eloquent speech, Liu Mingzhi smiled and stretched his arms out vigorously.

"Ugh, uh ah ah~ ah ah ah."

After stretching his body with a soft, resonant chant, Liu Mingzhi turned his gaze back to Gu Molan's stunningly beautiful face with an unchanged smile.

"Lanya, your concerns are valid."

As you said, the night wind is indeed getting stronger tonight, and if you're not careful, you might miss a word or two, or even three or four words.

Sometimes, a single word can make all the difference in meaning!
To prevent the possibility of missing something, face-to-face conversation is indeed safer than speaking with your back to someone.

Lan Ya, as your brother, I must admit, your suggestion was quite good.

Upon hearing this, Gu Molanya's beautiful face immediately lit up with joy.

However, just as she was about to say something, her brother-in-law suddenly changed his tone and continued loudly, "But, as your brother, I want to tell you that Lanya, your worries are correct, but also unnecessary."

Lan Ya, it's only a few steps from here to where you are.

At such a short distance, the sound of my voice and the faint whisper of the night wind blowing past my ear had no effect whatsoever.

Lanya, Lanya, girl, you can rest assured.

As your brother, I can assure you that every word I say to you, down to the last syllable, will reach your ears without a single error or omission.

So, Lanya, you can just turn around and look at my shadow without worry.

After listening to Young Master Liu's subsequent words, Gu Molanya chuckled sweetly and rubbed her fair and flawless hands together a few times.

Hehehe, hehe~ hehehe.

"Brother-in-law, does my little sister really have to turn around? Can't she not turn around?"

Little sister, I still mean what I said before: since I'm going to be watching your shadow anyway, what difference does it make how I watch it? (End of this chapter)