Chapter 47: Just Coax Him, As Long as the Young General is Happy

Mu Jingxiao was captured, and Gu Sui vented his anger. In these few days staying at the City Lord’s mansion, he no longer kept a stern face like when he first came to Chaoyang City.

It’s just that Mu Jiulu kept lingering in front of him, playing the flute and practicing swordsmanship, with alluring melodies that tugged at one’s heartstrings.

The sword qi often stirred up the carnation petals in the courtyard, scattering them onto his body, making it impossible for him to ignore.

“Can’t you keep your promise? Three months, keep your distance and let me calm down!”

Mu Jiulu sat on a tree trunk, one leg dangling leisurely, looking at the person and cat sunbathing on the rattan rocking chair in the courtyard.

“You said that to get a girlfriend, one must take initiative.”

Gu Sui: “Huh?”

Mu Jiulu smiled meaningfully: “To get a husband, one must be even more proactive.”

Gu Sui: “……”

Wasn’t that what he taught Li Fuyu? He didn’t tell her to learn it!

Wait, not right, did she hear that day?

Then those things he said afterwards…

“There’s also such a thing as wife power, which a wife should have too.”

Gu Sui covered his face with Suisui, feeling utterly hopeless.

Why couldn’t they just have a good cold war for a while? He had set himself a time limit; in three months, he would be able to convince himself to forget about her deceiving him.

But now she wasn’t giving him any chance to digest the grudge in his heart on his own!

“Gu Sui, you don’t understand yourself at all.”

Mu Jiulu suddenly spoke. Gu Sui’s lips pursed slightly as he moved Suisui away from his eyes, only to find that she had already come down from the tree and walked in front of him.

“What nonsense are you talking about? How could I not understand myself?”

Mu Jiulu pressed both hands on the armrests. The rocking chair, which had been swaying slightly, was now fixed at its maximum reclining angle as she leaned forward.

Gu Sui was almost lying back in the chair, with Mu Jiulu’s backlit figure casting a shadow on his face.

“You can’t dispel sorrow on your own. You think time will allow you to suppress the discontent in your heart, but the fact is it will always be there. That emotion will suddenly explode at some point, making you extremely irritated.”

Mu Jiulu looked into his eyes and said, “What you need is to confide, to vent, but you don’t know how.”

“It was the same before. You never told me you were in debt, you didn’t want to say when you encountered trouble. You’re used to bearing everything yourself, resolving all negative emotions on your own.”

Her gaze slid down to his chest, where a heart was beating uneasily beneath.

“Ask yourself honestly, have those emotions really been resolved?”

Gu Sui was somewhat stunned, allowing Suisui to jump out from the shadows in his arms.

Mu Jiulu’s voice lingered like a ghost in the depths of his mind.

He had always thought of himself as quite positive, maintaining an optimistic outlook on life and working hard to repay debts despite experiencing so much. In front of her, he was always clean and bright.

But he couldn’t forget. He couldn’t forget the anger and despair when he took on the debt, couldn’t forget Gu Shi’s irresponsibility and bastardly behavior. Perhaps in the future, he would never be able to forget that Mu Jiulu had once deceived him.

The so-called three months’ time was nothing but self-deception.

The false facade that had been suddenly pierced made him close his eyes in pain, curling up his legs and shrinking into himself.

Mu Jiulu’s eyes trembled slightly with heartache, but her hands were slightly tense.

She couldn’t let him go on like this.

“Sui Sui, you don’t need to make yourself into an impenetrable fortress. You can rely on me, not just for external things, but also for your inner self.”

The tense muscles on Gu Sui’s face quivered, and the sharp voice from his thin lips carried a barely noticeable choke.

“But you’re the one who deceived me. How can you say these things? You’re so annoying!”

Mu Jiulu sighed helplessly, having to defend herself.

“To be fair, you mind being deceived by others, isn’t it because of the emotions you couldn’t vent out before? I didn’t know it was such a heinous crime to you!”

Gu Sui lifted his eyelids, his slightly reddened eyes flashing with anger: “You’re still trying to reason with me?”

Mu Jiulu: “……”

“Alright, alright, I won’t reason. I was wrong, I was wrong. I admit my guilt and promise never to do it again. Sui Sui can do whatever he wants, I’ll do whatever I can.”

Mu Jiulu showed no impatience at all, and even felt a hint of secret joy in her heart.

He was much easier to coax when he was being unreasonable than when he was silent.

Gu Sui pointed at the courtyard gate: “Then you leave.”

Mu Jiulu: “……”

“That won’t do. I have to stay to coax you. Otherwise, you’ll just sulk alone, right? If you have anger, let it out. It’s not good to keep it in.”

Gu Sui immediately got so angry that he headbutted her, but ended up seeing stars himself, with tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

“Mu Jiulu! You’re bullying me!”

What’s the use of having such a hard head!

Mu Jiulu quickly blew on his slightly reddened forehead, her mouth twitching slightly. She hadn’t expected his venting method to be so fierce.

“Sui Sui be good, if you mind me deceiving you, then you should give me some trouble to count as venting, right? Don’t hurt yourself.”

Gu Sui’s throat tightened, and he felt useless inside.

How could she so easily make him feel like crying from grievance?

So annoying!

“What trouble can I give you…”

Gu Sui suddenly paused, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, his voice hoarse.

“You said I could do whatever I want.”

Mu Jiulu nodded, but added: “Except for leaving me.”

Gu Sui snorted and roughly pushed away Mu Jiulu, who was pressing on the chair’s armrests.

The rocking chair, which had been fixed, suddenly swayed greatly. Gu Sui, who wanted to get up, lost his balance and fell back, his head hitting the rattan chair solidly.

“Sui Sui!”

Gu Sui immediately felt like crying from grievance again.

How could he be so unlucky!

Mu Jiulu quickly went over to help him, but Gu Sui covered his face, not wanting to move.

“Go away!”

Mu Jiulu was torn between laughter and tears, and felt extremely distressed.

“Let me feel if there’s a bump. It’s my fault for not holding the rocking chair steady, causing Sui Sui to get hurt.”

“I told you not to call me that!”

Gu Sui’s fingers parted slightly, revealing a gap, and his sulky and frustrated voice came through.

Mu Jiulu smoothed his hair: “Alright, my young general.”

She’d call him that again after he’s coaxed.

Gu Sui didn’t want to talk, just wanted to play dead. So Mu Jiulu stayed by his side, changing her usual cool demeanor and chattering away.

“Do you want some grapes? Yinge just brought them in from the Western Regions, they’re very sweet. No? Then how about some of this snow tea from the snowy mountains of Dongzhou? It clears heat and calms the mind. Look, you’re sweating…”

“Young General!”

When Zheng Wan came in, she saw the masked Luyue City Lord close by her young general’s side, and immediately her expression darkened.

“City Lord, our young general already has a wife-master. You come here every day, it’s not quite proper!”

The actual wife-master Mu Jiulu: “……”

Sui Yu and Yun Mu, who came in with Zheng Wan, tugged at her sleeve.

“Why are you pulling me?”

Zheng Wan said uncomprehendingly. She had usually been in the military camp before and hadn’t seen much of the Regent, so she didn’t think in that direction at all, only feeling that this City Lord had ulterior motives towards the young general.

Gu Sui was no longer as withdrawn as before. After coughing twice with his hand against his lips, he spoke.

“What did you come to see me for?”

Zheng Wan’s gaze towards Mu Jiulu was very unfriendly, but she couldn’t act out in front of the young general, so she walked forward, intending to squeeze her away.

However, she used about ninety percent of her strength and couldn’t move this City Lord at all. Instead, she herself was bounced far away, her face shocked.

Gu Sui raised his hand to his forehead.

Should he be grateful that he wasn’t bounced away when he headbutted her earlier?

“You…”

Zheng Wan was somewhat exasperated as she drew her weapon. Gu Sui quickly stopped her.

“Stop, calm down, let’s talk about the matter at hand.”

Zheng Wan took a deep breath, gave Mu Jiulu a glare, then took out the letter from her bosom and handed it to Gu Sui.

Gu Sui sat up a bit, unfolded the letter and read it line by line. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth curled up mischievously, and he looked at Mu Jiulu with some schadenfreude.

“What’s wrong?” Mu Jiulu asked, “Does it have anything to do with me?”

Gu Sui shook the letter in front of her.

“Dongzhou and the Western Regions have reached a peace agreement, and they’ve sent me a letter saying they want to form a three-way alliance to attack Chaoyang City, and then divide the city among us.”

Zheng Wan’s eyes widened, her voice full of confusion: “Young General, why are you telling her this!”

And even showing her the letter?

Sui Yu and Yun Mu sighed and together pulled the grumbling Zheng Wan out. Soon, only the two of them were left in the courtyard.

“What do you want to do?”

Mu Jiulu showed no concern, casually asking Gu Sui. The young man clicked his tongue and threatened:

“Do you believe I’ll agree to them!”

Mu Jiulu nodded, indicating she understood. Gu Sui felt somewhat deflated again.

How come there’s no change in her emotions even with this!

“Then you should ask for more benefits. An equal division won’t do.”

Gu Sui: “……”

He couldn’t help but grab her shoulders and shake them: “We’re going to unite to attack your city!”

Mu Jiulu’s lips curled into a smile, and she unexpectedly leaned forward to peck the corner of the young man’s lips.

“No need to attack. This city is yours, and you don’t need to ally with anyone.”

Gu Sui gasped: “What did you say?”

“I said, this Chaoyang City is neither the dynasty’s, nor the Western Regions’, nor Dongzhou’s. It’s yours, Gu Sui’s.”

Gu Sui was stunned for a moment, thinking she really knew how to coax people.

“Hmph, you should think about how to withstand the joint attack from those two sides first!”

Gu Sui wasn’t really going to send troops, so he replied to Dongzhou and the Western Regions saying Liangzhou City was busy and had no such intention for now.

But he also knew that even without his participation, they certainly wouldn’t allow Chaoyang City to be occupied by a city lord who appeared out of nowhere.

Sure enough, two days later, the armies of the Western Regions and Dongzhou arrived outside the city. Gu Sui and Mu Jiulu climbed onto the city wall together, and were shocked to see what was up there.

“You even made cannons?!”

Gu Sui had always wondered why she was so confident, but now he understood.

“It’s just that time was a bit short. Currently, we only have three, and not many cannonballs.”

She said with some regret, while making a gesture. Yinge and the people beside her lit the fuses with some anticipation.

Gu Sui’s mouth twitched slightly, already mourning for the tens of thousands of troops below.

Isn’t this pure dimensional reduction attack?

Boom boom boom–

Bang!

After three cannon shots, there was chaos below the city. The originally well-trained troops were attacked by unknown weapons, suffering heavy casualties, and naturally fear arose in their hearts.

The commanders were also caught off guard, not knowing whether to attack or retreat. Soon, another round of cannon fire came.

Mu Jiulu changed her voice, her internal energy carrying a chilling and mischievous tone that traveled far.

“Still not retreating?”

The firepower attack paused, but the people outside the city felt a deep fear in their hearts.

Just this person’s internal energy on the city wall was terrifying enough, not to mention they also had such formidable weapons.

“Retreat, retreat quickly!”

The people in Chaoyang City were also paying attention to the situation outside the city. Upon hearing the news, they all felt scared.

How powerful is this City Lord’s mansion? Those were real armies!

Gu Sui crossed his arms and watched the crooked black line below retreat like a tide, shaking his head and clicking his tongue lightly.

“You’re quite good at taking personal revenge under the guise of public duty.”

Mu Jiulu’s eyes flashed: “What personal revenge?”

“Three cannons, two of them were fired towards Zhao Sutong’s side. Are you saying it wasn’t intentional?”

Gu Sui glanced at her, only to see her say with a straight face:

“Dongzhou sent thirty thousand troops, the Western Regions twenty thousand. It’s natural to concentrate firepower where there are more people.”

Gu Sui: “……”

“Keep making excuses!”

“Remember what I said earlier? I can do whatever I want. You just wait for me tonight.”

It had been two days, and the things he had instructed Sui Yu to prepare were ready. He could finally vent his frustrations!

Mu Jiulu rubbed her fingertips, her voice hesitant: “Does it have to be tonight? Now is fine too.”

The sooner she coaxed him, the sooner she could win over the beauty!

Gu Sui’s eyes turned, pondering for a moment: “That works too.”

Zheng Wan, who was also observing the battle on the city wall, heard their conversation and was dumbfounded. She couldn’t help but let her imagination run wild.

So it wasn’t the City Lord pestering the Young General, but the Young General who was dissatisfied with the Regent and wanted to try something new?

Then on the Regent’s side…

Nevermind, as long as the Young General is happy. She would absolutely never betray the Young General!