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You can't ask again!

Qi Yitang pursed his lips. He was so annoying, no wonder his wife ignored him.

"Alright, since you're safe and sound, Fourth Brother, and even have time to banter with others, then I have nothing to worry about. I'll pack up and head back to the palace."

She paused, then continued, "As for Chi Zheng..."

"Your Majesty, I will return to the palace with you!" The tone was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

Qi Jiyun's expression visibly dropped a notch.

Even now, she still shows no intention of staying.

Seeing Qi Jiyun's listless appearance, Qi Yitang felt a surge of sympathy.

Tsk, he was taken advantage of and then abandoned right after they got intimate. Poor Fourth Brother.

"In that case," she patted Qi Jiyun's shoulder, "Fourth Brother, you should head home by yourself... Some things can't be rushed, who knows when things might take a turn for the better."

"You agree, right?" She blinked.

The siblings' tacit understanding kicked in, and Qi Jiyun instantly understood, smiling as he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Qi Yitang.

"Good sister, take care on your journey with your brother-in-law."

……

On the way back to the palace, Qi Yitang leaned on Xie Ling and asked, "Yanzhi, are there any other female secret guards in the secret guard camp?"

Xie Ling said, "Yes."

Qi Yitang was delighted; if there was one, she could just transfer another one to protect her.

But Xie Ling immediately added, "Those who are more clever than Chi Zheng are not as strong as her, and those who are as strong as her are not as clever."

The reason Chi Zheng was chosen in the first place was because of this.

Most of the bodyguards are desperate criminals who live on the edge of a knife, so it's really not easy to find one who is complete in all four aspects.

Someone like Chi Zheng, whose skills, wit, and loyalty are impeccable, and who is also a woman, is extremely rare.

"I see..." Qi Yitang frowned slightly, looking quite conflicted.

Although she longed to help her fourth brother get married as soon as possible, there were just too many assassins around lately. Without Chi Zheng, she always felt that her life was in danger no matter where she went.

But her fourth brother is getting on in years, and he's finally changed his mind; she can't just think of herself...

After my cousin came to the Qi family, everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, showed her special favor.

Only Fourth Brother remained exactly the same as before, noticing her sadness and disappointment, and searching for more raunchy novels to cheer her up.

He even foolishly helped her plan an elopement (although it didn't work out). After that, Qi Yitang vowed that she and Fourth Brother were the best of friends in the world.

On one hand, there's her own life; on the other, her brother's happiness...

It's such a difficult decision.

Seeing the conflicted look on her face, Xie Ling reached out and ruffled her hair. "Once we catch the person behind this, I will bestow the Red Kite upon your brother."

"She cannot leave your side until then."

"How long will that take? My brother is getting old; if he keeps waiting, he'll really be living a lonely life..."

Qi Yitang could tell that Chi Zheng also liked her brother, but she was just not good at expressing it.

That's when she, as a matchmaker, is needed to help bring things together.

"It won't be long," Xie Ling replied vaguely, then pinched her cheek. "Tangtang, I'm very unhappy that you looked at another man's body today."

A man's body? When?

Qi Yitang thought for a long time before she realized what he meant, and exclaimed in disbelief, "That's my brother, my own brother!"

As for her body, she only showed her chest.

What's so special about a man's chest? She's painted countless like that.

"That's still not allowed. You can only look at mine." Xie Ling's thumb lightly brushed against Qi Yitang's lower lip, his gaze lingering on her face. He suddenly asked, "Have you ever seen Xie Jingyu?"

Here we go again. May I ask, was the former male lead part of your plot?

[There's no way around it, that's just how possessive people are.]

[It's all Xie Jingyu's fault for leaving such a deep psychological scar on Brother Wa; it feels like even when he's seventy or eighty, he'll still bring up old grievances.]

Qi Yitang shared the same sentiment as the viewers in the live chat: while others might feel a little jealous, he was practically a reincarnation of a jealous maniac.

"The person has been dead for so long, why are you asking this?"

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she subconsciously looked away.

With just this one dodge, Xie Ling's expression turned completely cold.

He had only asked casually, but he never expected to discover such a big "surprise".

Xie Ling reached out and pinched Qi Yitang's chin, forcing her to turn her head. "You really saw him? When? How many times? Are his abs better than my husband's?"

A barrage of questions came crashing down on her, and Qi Yitang had no idea which one to answer first.

"Tangtang, answer honestly, and do not deceive me."

Qi Yitang's lips were pinched so hard they pursed slightly, and she mumbled, "I didn't mean to hide it from you... It was when I was a teenager, I bumped into it by chance, just that one time."

"Teenagers?" Xie Ling's face turned completely dark, his eyes churning with complex emotions that bordered on rage.

"You weren't even fully developed yet, and he showed you this? What a beast!"

Qi Yitang: "..."

She was already developed when she was a teenager, and she developed very well, thank you.

[Who can compare to you in terms of bestiality? When your youthful heart was stirred by lust, you actually stole someone's undergarment and masturbated.]

[Hehe, that description was so erotic. Knowing full well it wasn't meant for her, yet still consciously indulging in it—exciting, thrilling!]

[(Evil laugh) I remember now. Someone had a good time then, regretted it afterwards, wanted to return it but couldn't bear to, and ended up washing it too hard and ruining it. Not wanting to steal it again, they could only secretly mend it with needle and thread, and used it like that for many years.]

[I'll be the first to disagree if anyone says that Wa Ge isn't thrifty and frugal.]

[My God, I haven't read the original novel, this is truly beastly—no, worse than a beast!]

Why do I find this so pure and innocent? I'd rather... well, than go to a brothel. It's so much better than someone who still has their "white moonlight" in their heart but continues to sleep with other women.

Qi Yitang was shocked. Xie Ling had stolen her undergarments? When? How come she hadn't noticed at all?

He even... masturbated for many years?

She stared in awe at the incomparably handsome face before her, her mind filled with only four words—"hidden depths (pure pervert)!"

If this were a "crazy competition," it would be unreasonable for him not to win.

"Tangtang?"

She was stunned for a long time. Xie Ling bit her lip in dissatisfaction. "You still haven't answered me."

Although she was astonished by his level of perversion, Qi Yitang still told the truth.

Actually, it was a palace banquet when Qi Yitang was fifteen years old.

The banquet was noisy, so she slipped out for some fresh air and bumped into Xie Jingyu, who was drunk, being pinned down on the rockery by a palace maid. His clothes were half-open, and the scene was quite indecent.

At the time, Qi Yitang was frighteningly naive. She thought the palace maid wanted to take advantage of Xie Jingyu's drunkenness to rise in rank, which made her furious. She ordered the palace maid to be dragged away.

Later, when I came to my senses, I realized that I was just drunk, not dead.

If Xie Jingyu hadn't tacitly approved, how dare that palace maid be so presumptuous? That fellow was just taking advantage of his drunkenness to relieve himself.

Ugh, disgusting.

What's even more disgusting is that Xie Jingyu, in his drunken stupor, actually tried to lean in and kiss her.

Qi Yitang found his drunken state extremely embarrassing, so she slapped him and ran away angrily.

I've only seen it once.

Upon hearing this, Xie Ling's expression darkened, her focus entirely elsewhere: "He still wants to kiss you?"