Madam General, please run slower.

Chapter 126: A Contradictory Talk

In the end, Yu Xun couldn't wait any longer and spoke first.

Yu Xun took a deep breath and handed the information he had found to Li, "Sorry, I asked someone to investigate you."

Li glanced at it casually and handed the paper back. "It's reasonable. General, there's no need to apologize."

"Aren't you angry?" Li's reaction surprised Yu Xun.

"What's there to be angry about?" Li was a little puzzled. She would have found it strange if Yu Xun didn't investigate.

Li's indifferent attitude made Yu Xun even more annoyed. He didn't understand whether he wanted her to be angry or not. In short, he definitely didn't want her to react like this.

Yu Xun stopped worrying and turned to talk about something else. "You just said that you had something to do at the General's Mansion. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"The palace has gifted us some medicinal herbs. General, please ask the housekeeper to sort them out so I can take them away." Eighty percent of those herbs would not be used, and he was planning to auction them to make money.

After hearing what Li said, Yu Xun felt even more upset. He responded softly and stopped talking, lest he get depressed to death. But Li's next words made Yu Xun completely depressed.

"By the way, I had someone bring someone back. He should be in the general's mansion now. General, be prepared."

After hearing that Li brought someone back home, Yu Xun's brain, which was already slow to work, felt like it had been trampled by a war horse and he could no longer recover.

Li looked at Yu Xun who was gradually losing consciousness, and waved his hand in front of his eyes with some doubt, "General, can you hear what I said?"

Yu Xun grabbed the waving hand in front of him, lowered his eyes for fear that Li would notice the emotions in his eyes, and it took him a long while to find his voice again, "He can live in the general's mansion, but I will not be responsible for his food, clothing and expenses."

"??"

Isn't it said that Yu Xun has a good relationship with his elder brother and sister-in-law? Why hasn't he even raised his own nephew? However, this is someone else's family affair, and Li has no right to intervene and doesn't want to intervene, so he can only nod and agree with his statement.

"It's okay, he can support himself."

Well, the kid is ten years old now, and it’s time for him to go out and earn money to support himself.

Li felt that his idea was not wrong, but he could not stop Yu Xun from imagining things. Yu Xun was so angry that his teeth were itching. This bastard could support himself, so why should he live in his house?

When he thought about the unpleasant face he would see when he returned to the mansion, and he would be like an unfavored concubine competing for favor in the mansion, Yu Xun couldn't help but hold Li's hand tightly, "I regret it, I don't want him to live in the mansion!"

"It's up to you. Just arrange it."

Li couldn't help but frowning because his wrist was hurt, and Yu Xun saw this scene as impatience.

Yu Xun immediately lost his temper, and there was a hint of pleading in his tone, "I don't want to make any arrangements, just take him away. I won't interfere with your life, you can hide him anywhere you want, just don't let me know."

"Isn't this your responsibility? What does it have to do with me?" Li became more and more confused as he listened. For some reason he felt that the two of them were not talking about the same thing.

"I said I won't interfere in your private life. What else do you want from me?!" Yu Xun was really going crazy. Li's words made him feel like he was the old and ugly mistress of the house. When her husband brought his concubine into the house, she still had to magnanimously arrange other people's marriages.

Li did not respond. He kept thinking about Yu Xun's emotions and words just now, trying to find some information that they were out of sync.

Li's silence made Yu Xun silent as well.

Judging from Li's behavior, she would definitely give him corresponding compensation if she asked him to arrange people's daily life. For her, it was just a transaction of money and goods. He was overreacting.

"I'm sorry." Yu Xun released Li's hand and tried to calm himself down. "I'm narrow-minded and can't tolerate having someone else around you. I won't do that again in the future."

Li's train of thought finally connected with Yu Xun's train of thought in this sentence. After she figured it out, she was a little amused, "Is the general so magnanimous?"

Yu Xun turned his head away and stopped looking at her. He now felt a mixture of love and hate when he saw this face.

"Young General Yu~" Li reached out and touched the side of Yu Xun's face, stroking the tip of his ear which had turned red due to the title.

"Come on, turn around and look at me."

The woman's voice was so gentle and seductive that Yu Xun couldn't think at all. He turned his head away woodenly and was immediately attracted by her smiling peach eyes.

She really deserves the nickname of "fox spirit". Yu Xun murmured in his heart, but he could no longer take his eyes away from her face.

Seeing Yu Xun's reaction, Li laughed, "The person I brought back to the mansion is different from what the general thought. The general will only be surprised, not frightened."

"Who knows?" Yu Xun pursed his lips and retorted.

"General, you might as well be more patient." Li glanced at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window and leaned over to close the distance between him and Yu Xun. "Whether it is a surprise or a shock, you will know when we return home. I am looking forward to your reaction then."

Looking at the face so close to him, Yu Xun couldn't help but lift his chin up a little bit, carefully feeling the other person's breath.

“Will there be a reward if I respond well?”

Li was stunned by this sudden remark, "General, you are so old, why do you still do things like a child and ask for rewards?"

"I'm twenty-six. You mean I'm old so there's no reward?" Yu Xun was actually feeling dizzy now, and he was talking without thinking.

Yu Xun's miserable and pitiful appearance was completely different from his usual self. Li's lonely heart was rarely moved. She really liked the contrast.

"What reward does the general want?" Li rubbed Yu Xun's earlobe lovingly.

Yu Xun felt his ears itchy, so he reached out and touched the hand on the side of his face, stopping the other person's reckless behavior. Li's hand was very small, and Yu Xun's hand easily covered it tightly.

Yu Xun tilted his head slightly and placed Li's entire palm against his face. "Anything is fine. Anything you give is fine."

"Okay." Li leaned forward slightly, brushing Yu Xun's lips with his cheek, and whispered in his ear: "If the general's reaction satisfies me, you can ask for any reward you want."

"Gudu."

The sound of Yu Xun swallowing his saliva could be heard clearly at such a close distance.

The woman's suppressed laughter came to his ears, and the blush on Yu Xun's earlobe spread all the way to his neck. "I... I admit defeat, don't tease me anymore."

"Okay." Li agreed decisively, withdrew his hand and sat down next to Yu Xun.

The sides of his face and the palms of his hands seemed to still be warmed by the tender touch of a woman. Yu Xun did not dare to turn his head, and remained sitting upright, staring at a rivet on the carriage in a trance.

As if he had thought of something, Yu Xun suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Li's large black robe in surprise, "Your hand..."

"Haha, you just realized it." Li laughed without caring about his image. "General Yu's reaction is really slow. If you do the same thing later, you will lose the reward you asked for."