Chapter 656: Jiang Zuo: Has Anyone Else Ever Liked Me?

Jiang Zuo sighed. He’d messed up. And on top of that, he’d lost the Ice Crystal Wood Lotus and a Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone.

Plus, Su Qi’s disgust.

‘How am I supposed to die now?’

He couldn’t hide it forever. If he did, Su Qi would be heartbroken.

No matter what Jiang Zuo did, the one thing he absolutely wanted to avoid was making Su Qi truly sad.

There was nothing he could do in his last life, but in this one, he absolutely couldn’t repeat the same foolish mistake.

“What are you thinking about? You’re so lost in thought.” Su Qi waved a hand in front of Jiang Zuo’s eyes.

Jiang Zuo snapped out of it and shook his head. “Nothing. Just thinking about how terrible your array is.”

The air suddenly fell silent.

Only then did Jiang Zuo realize he’d hurt their feelings. He quickly added, “I mean, it’s not secure enough. No, what I mean is, you could stand to reinforce the defenses.”

Then Su Qi looked at Jingyue and said, “See, Senior Sister? Even my husband thinks the array here is terrible. You should just replace it.”

Jingyue retorted, unconvinced, “But I meticulously designed it.”

Jiang Zuo was speechless. ‘No wonder the array here is so awful. So it was Sister Jingyue’s handiwork.’ ⅇ

Qing Lian also said, “Senior Sister, you should just replace it. There are no other senior uncles around. Why don’t we submit a request to the Tianhe Group?”

Jingyue said helplessly, “Fine, fine. But it’s an array that none of you can even break. How can you call it terrible?”

Jiang Zuo still felt the array was completely useless.

‘I might as well do it myself.’

‘If they gave me some time, as long as Sister Jingyue has enough Spirit Stones, not even Tier Five or Tier Six cultivators could break in here.’

‘If the array were expanded by another layer, not even a Tier Seven could dream of forcing their way in.’

‘But that would take a very long time. It’s not worth it.’

‘Once my cultivation is higher, I’ll be able to casually set up a Grand Array that not even a Tier Seven could enter.’

‘Unfortunately, this isn’t the right time for me to make a move.’

‘So I’ll just ignore it for now.’

Just then, Su Qi walked toward the kitchen and asked, “Senior Sister, do you have anything to eat here? I haven’t had dinner yet.”

Jingyue said, “I don’t want to talk to you people anymore. I’m going to go mourn my array.”

After all, it was about to be replaced. She needed to say her goodbyes.

Qing Lian said, “If you’re hungry, Senior Sister, you can order takeout.”

Su Qi rummaged around in the kitchen and said, “I’d rather just eat tofu then. There’s still a lot of tofu left.”

Qing Lian said “Oh,” then asked, “In that case, Senior Sister, what about the cabinet?”

Su Qi said without hesitation, “Throw it out.”

Jiang Zuo sighed. ‘Is it really that hard to accept?’

‘If I told her I was the one who stole it and brought it back, Su Qi definitely wouldn’t throw it out.’

‘But she’d probably bite my head off.’

After that, Jiang Zuo stopped worrying about it. ‘If she throws it out, she throws it out. At least my cover isn’t blown.’

In the end, the cabinet wasn’t thrown out. Qing Lian moved it to the rooftop, figuring it might be useful someday.

Dinner ended up being fried rice.

Night fell. It was time for some to sleep and others to cultivate.

The one cultivating was, of course, Qing Lian. The ones sleeping were definitely Jiang Zuo and Su Qi.

As for Sister Jingyue, she felt her skill in arrays was still decent and wanted to try modifying her array.

Then she would post a commission: anyone who couldn’t break her array wasn’t qualified to set one up for her.

Such was the stubbornness of a Saintess.

While Jingyue was downstairs pulling an all-nighter to modify her array, Su Qi and Jiang Zuo were naturally in bed, ready to sleep, chatting idly.

“What do you think Senior Sister is doing downstairs?” Su Qi asked.

The two of them lay together, staring at the ceiling and listening to the sounds from outside.

They weren’t up to anything, so they weren’t worried about any sounds carrying.

Jiang Zuo said, “Probably modifying her array. Does Sister Jingyue care that much about her array?”

Su Qi sat up and looked at Jiang Zuo. “Because she works really hard. Don’t be fooled by how weird she can be sometimes. When it’s time to work hard, Senior Sister always gives it her all.

“Being a Saintess is very tough on her.

“Good thing I’m not a Saintess.”

After saying this with a smile, Su Qi lay back down.

Jiang Zuo said, “What’s so great about being a Saintess anyway?”

Su Qi smiled. “Exactly. Mr. Jiang Zuo is the best.”

As she spoke, she snuggled into Jiang Zuo’s arms.

Jiang Zuo didn’t say anything. ‘Actually, Su Qi is the one who’s great. She tries so hard, too.’

‘She works hard to make our married life normal.’

‘It’s just that her abilities are limited.’

Just then, Su Qi spoke again. “Do you remember the day we graduated from university?”

Jiang Zuo’s face darkened. “Don’t remember.”

“Eh?” Su Qi said. “How could you not remember? You proposed to me then. It shocked so many people.”

“Don’t bring it up,” Jiang Zuo said, his eye twitching.

‘Trying to be all romantic, getting stared at by that huge crowd… It’s a miracle I didn’t feel embarrassed back then.’

‘Thinking about it now is just humiliating.’

‘If people from my past life ever found out about this, they’d laugh their heads off.’ ℯ𝕝.

‘If those people had all mocked me for it before they died, I might not have even bothered killing them.’

Su Qi ignored Jiang Zuo and continued, “What would you have done if I had rejected you that day? You know, it’s not easy for a female Cultivator to get married.”

Jiang Zuo looked at Su Qi. “We’re childhood sweethearts, aren’t we?”

Su Qi nodded. “I guess we are. After we met, we were always in the same school and the same class. If the desks were for two people, we’d sit together. If they were single desks, we’d be one in front of the other or next to each other.

“You should thank your wife for being tall enough.”

Jiang Zuo said, “We met when we were twelve and were together for so many years. I felt it was only natural for us to be together. Back then, I just thought it would make you happy. It never occurred to me that you would refuse.”

Thinking about it, Jiang Zuo also found it baffling. Back then, he really would do anything just to make Su Qi happy.

Now?

‘But not now. Making a public spectacle of myself, grand declarations of love… I really can’t bring myself to do things like that anymore.’

‘At least, not without some special circumstances.’

‘Am I getting old?’

‘I’m so old I’ve lost count of my age, but I still have my dignity.’

But he didn’t regret the things he did back then (at most, he just thought he was ridiculously stupid and wondered why he would do such things). After all, behind every one of those deeds was Su Qi’s smiling face.

Su Qi said, “Are you thinking right now about how stupid you were back then, doing something so embarrassing?”

Jiang Zuo said, “Weren’t you embarrassed?”

Su Qi snuggled into Jiang Zuo’s chest. “I was. I was really embarrassed. You know how thin-skinned I am.

“But I was happy. So, so happy.

“Because I like you, I like you so, so much. And when I heard you say you liked me, that you wanted to be with me, that you wanted me to marry you, I was just over the moon.

“I felt like the whole world was revolving around me.

“And I just kind of forgot to be embarrassed.”

Su Qi looked up at Jiang Zuo with wide eyes. “Wasn’t that silly?”

Jiang Zuo shook his head, then asked curiously, “Right, when I was in school, I heard a rumor about you. It said that whenever someone dared to confess their feelings to you, they would usually disappear the next day.

“They’d either end up in the hospital or transfer schools.

“Why was that?”

Su Qi rolled her eyes. ‘Of all the things to talk about during such a romantic moment…’

Then she looked left and right. “I have no idea. Maybe they tripped and fell while walking. Or maybe they found out I belonged to Mr. Jiang Zuo and had a change of heart.”

Just then, Jiang Zuo asked another question. “So, did any other girls ever like me?”

Su Qi’s expression changed in an instant. She then roared, “NO.”

Then, with a THUD, Su Qi slammed her head against Jiang Zuo’s.

Jiang Zuo was completely stunned.

‘A simple “no” would have been fine. Was all this really necessary?’

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