Chapter 3: Caught Cheating

Not far away, a man was wearing a dark red long robe, with a plain white belt accentuating his waist curves. The robe was thin, and due to the summer heat and sweat, it clung tightly to his skin, subtly outlining the curvature of his pert buttocks.

His ink-black long hair was half-tied and half-loose, with upswept sword-like eyebrows. His lips were casually curved, adding a touch of allure without appearing coquettish, yet possessing an inherently captivating beauty.

He leaned casually against the doorframe, his peach blossom eyes containing a hint of casual amusement, his hair ribbon fluttering in the wind.

The peasant woman standing at the bottom of the steps stared at him with wide eyes. She was sturdy in build, with an honest face, but the words that came out of her mouth were full of lewdness.

Liu Changning had good hearing, and the conversation between the two, mixed with the cicadas’ chirping, reached her ears without missing a single detail.

“My dear brother, let sister touch you…” The peasant woman squinted, focusing intently on the jade-white fingertips hanging at his side. She swallowed hard and, seeing him unmoved, pleaded, “Even touching your little hand is fine, sister has missed you so much these past few days!”

Pei Yuanshao raised an eyebrow, glancing discreetly at the woman under the old locust tree not far away. With his martial arts training, his eyesight was good, and he noticed her hunched back and what seemed to be a scratch on her face. Had she been bullied again?

He casually brushed away the hair falling over his forehead, using the motion to hide the severity in his eyes.

The curve of his lips remained unchanged as he turned his gaze back to the fawning peasant woman at the bottom of the steps, a glimmer appearing in his peach blossom eyes.

He smiled mockingly, “You can’t hold back after just a few days apart? This servant thought Sister Niu was different from those impatient types, but it turns out you’re just an ordinary vulgar woman…”

When Li Daniu heard this, a look of panic flashed across her face.

After all, she wasn’t the only lover of the Liu family’s promiscuous husband. If he no longer favored her…

She hurriedly stepped forward, reaching out with her rough, dark hand, about to grab his sleeve. However, the man opposite her shifted his body, deftly avoiding her touch.

Li Daniu’s hand hung in mid-air, an awkward expression on her face. She forced a smile and hurriedly explained herself, “Good brother Shao, how can those ordinary vulgar women in the village compare to sister? Just pretend sister was confused earlier. Sister is willing to wait until the day you give yourself to her!”

Her dark face displayed an utterly infatuated expression.

Pei Yuanshao’s eyes curved upwards, his gaze darkening slightly. His lips curled as he said, “Alright!”

Li Daniu wrung her hands, her anxious expression easing, once again showing a fawning, ambiguous smile.

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A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the old banyan tree.

Liu Changning’s long bangs were brushed aside, revealing tea-colored eyes full of disgust.

A female-dominated version of a married man flirting with women.

It turned out to be just an act, fishing for suckers!

Having practiced the Way of Emotionlessness for many years, she didn’t understand male-female love. But after years in this world, with Wei San constantly feeding her romance novels and Korean dramas.

Even if she were a block of wood, she could understand a bit about human love.

The human heart is only about the size of a fist, it’s difficult enough to fit one person in it, how could there be room for so much love?

If there really were people with three husbands and four attendants, or three wives and four concubines, or numerous mistresses.

That couldn’t be called loving others, that’s called loving oneself.

Only one life, one world, one partner can last forever.

She, a person without emotions or desires from the world of immortal cultivation, after watching so many dramas, had formed a view that she wasn’t sure was right or wrong.

So the behavior of casting a wide net to fish for suckers across from her made her very annoyed?

Liu Changning looked away, not intending to listen further. She limped to the door of her house.

“Changning! Why are you back? I, I, I…”

Li Daniu stammered in panic, her tongue tied… but unexpectedly, the Liu woman didn’t pay her any attention at all.

She kept her head down as she passed by Pei Yuanshao, her long legs striding into the house. Her sharp, thin face showed no emotion.

Pei Yuanshao’s upturned lips dropped three degrees, a hint of confusion passing through his ink-black eyes.

She… her reaction today was too cold. In the month since their marriage, whenever she saw him not keeping his husbandly duties and flirting with women, she, a grown woman, would secretly wipe away tears, looking downcast. But never had she been as indifferent as today.

Pei Yuanshao was stunned for a moment, guessing that perhaps she had become disillusioned and finally come to her senses?

The short-haired woman’s figure quickly disappeared into the courtyard. Pei Yuanshao withdrew his inquiring gaze, a hint of mockery sliding across his lips.

He owed her an apology. He had thought she was that person, but it turned out there had been a mistake. Now that they were married, with all the groundwork for this situation laid out, everything would have to wait until the day the net closed in Jinling. He was determined to play the role of the fickle husband!

This peasant woman called Liu Changning shared the same name as that person, had a three-tenths resemblance in appearance, and was of a fitting age. When the secret guard presented this information to the study of the Mingde Changdi mansion, he believed she was very likely to be that person.

But after a month of living together…

Pei Yuanshao couldn’t say he was particularly disappointed, knowing that in the vast sea of humanity, finding that great person from his previous life to “repay the favor” wouldn’t be easy.

A year ago, when he was reborn, he had already begun to lay out his plans. Living a second life with the advantage of foreknowledge, he finally understood that his assassination and his sister’s loss of power back then were not as simple as a broken stele.

The overthrow of the dynasty had apparently been plotted by someone from the moment of his rebirth, or even earlier. The factions among the court officials were deeply entangled, and by the time he was reborn, trying to eliminate the crisis had become extremely difficult.

So in this life, he learned from his mistakes. He no longer played the role of the outstanding, decisive, aloof, and flawless figure. Instead, he joined forces with his younger sister to lay out plans, enduring humiliation and biding their time, retreating in order to advance.

After this, the Mingde Changdi, upon waking from his fall, became licentious and unrestrained, bullying women and oppressing men. He had countless male concubines in his mansion, indulging in pleasures like a woman all day, addicted to female company, his reputation completely ruined.

Later, because he forcibly took the young daughter of the Jingzhao Yi, he was sued and imprisoned.

An official who breaks the law is punished the same as a commoner. The Mingde Changdi was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Huashi Town.

He used the strategy of retreating to advance, setting up all the pieces, even dragging “Liu Changning” into this game.

Everything was in place, but there was a flaw. After a month of marriage, he realized that this person was not that person.

But it didn’t matter. Three years later, that person would still appear in the court. By then, repaying the “favor” with his body wouldn’t be bad. After all, she had no love, and he had no feelings. To silence the whispers, they could muddle through life together, and incidentally repay the kindness of gifting clothes back then.

The only downside was that it wronged this simple village woman.

The airtight noon was so hot it made people irritable.

The cicadas were chirping with all their might. Pei Yuanshao came back to his senses, the expression at the corner of his mouth fading two degrees.

In the bushes not far away, a green figure was hidden. Perhaps unable to withstand the scorching sun, after half an hour of surveillance, it silently moved away from the bushes, gradually disappearing.

Pei Yuanshao looked at the bushes, a flash of coldness passing through his clear peach blossom eyes.

The peasant woman nearby looked embarrassed, pointing into the courtyard, stammering, “She… she!”

Being caught red-handed flirting with a married man, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for the wife to give her a beating.

They were all neighbors, seeing each other daily.

Even if the Liu woman lived up to her reputation of being a coward, being caught in the act like this, if word got out and her husband found out, there would never be peace at home.

Thinking of the tiger at home, Li Daniu’s lust suddenly dampened. Seeing that she wouldn’t get anywhere today, she decided not to linger.

With a fawning smile on her dark face, her thick, dark lips as if smeared with honey, she bid farewell, “Brother Shao, your wife-master has returned, I won’t stay any longer. Let’s meet again at dusk next time!”

Pei Yuanshao curled his lips, smiling ambiguously, “Alright!”

Those upturned eye corners almost bewitched her again.

Li Daniu was stunned for a moment, blushing furiously, her heart fluttering. If she stayed any longer, she would almost be driven wild with desire by this little demon. Thinking of her shrewish husband at home, she turned and fled swiftly.

Pei Yuanshao leaned against the door, the summer breeze blowing away all traces of allure from his face. If anyone had looked back at that moment, where was there any of the previous frivolity in the man standing in the wind?

His sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, his eyes cold as ice.

His change of expression was as swift as a skilled actor on stage, manipulating long sleeves.

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He Said He’s Pregnant, and It’s My Child (Female-dominant)

Intro 1

Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…

Intro 2

Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.

As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.

Is this truly her boyfriend?

Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?

She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.

Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?

Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.

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