NOVPUBChapter 738: Chapter 736: This Daughter-in-law is Good!
Chapter 738: Chapter 736: This Daughter-in-law is Good!
Sally returned to the ship and saw Dongfang Yi waiting for her.
Seeing her carrying large and small bags, he asked, “Where is your lover?”
“…He went to fight with Heavenly Dao,” Sally truthfully replied.
To others, it sounded like she was trying to hoodwink them seriously.
Dongfang Yi’s expression was extremely unsightly.
Sally put down the bags and stretched out her hand towards him, “Divorce paper.”
Dongfang Yi’s pupils suddenly contracted, “What did you say?”
“Divorce paper!” Sally repeated.
“Dongfang—” someone called out to Dongfang Yi.
He stared at her intensely, his lips thinning into a sharp line before he finally spoke, “You were left by my mother, she approved of you as my wife, so you can only be the wife of the Dongfang Family, and you’re not going anywhere else.”
Having said that, Dongfang Yi left.
“Hey! I have many lovers, you know.” Sally called out after him.
“But not one of them is willing to support you, are they?” Dongfang Yi said without turning back, “I will!”
“…Huh? What does that mean?” Has he accepted being cuckolded?
It seems like this place is male-dominated.
Surely coming from the battlefield, one’s psychology is somewhat problematic.
…
In the following days, the passenger ship did not dock anymore, and Sally still went to the rooftop terrace to view the river scenery.
Sometimes, Dongfang Yi would come over, not say a word, accompany her for a while, and then leave.
Sally ignored him. She was truly annoyed about being forcibly disembodied by the Ancestral Dragon.
When she returned to Beast World later, she would definitely settle this score with the Ancestral Dragon!
Gradually, towns came into view, and pedestrians rushed along the road.
Sally looked up at the darkening sky, clouds obscuring the sun, and it looked like a heavy rain was coming.
Dongfang Yi came with a set of raincoat and hat, “We’ll be entering Changan in half an hour, and I don’t want to take care of a sick person.”
He dropped the items and turned to leave again.
Sally looked at his retreating figure and leaned against the ship’s railing, laughing, “If I die from illness, it’ll be just fine for you to marry a noble lady and rise to higher status. How nice.”
“Nonsense,” Dongfang Yi glanced back at her coldly, and stormed off angrily.
Sally snickered and continued to enjoy the scenery along the riverbanks.
Lush green fields of winter wheat seedlings stretched across the land.
An old woman ascended the rooftop terrace and knelt down to pray, “Heavenly Father, please let it rain, bless us with a great harvest next year.”
Seeing this, Sally also brought her hands together and silently prayed—for peace across the land and for the people to be spared from natural disasters and calamities.
The rain began to fall drop by drop from the sky.
The old woman excitedly bowed repeatedly.
Sally placed the raincoat and hat in front of her, “Don’t catch a cold, Grandma.”
The old woman looked up at Sally, but only saw her slender and frail figure, “Thank you, kind-hearted miss.”
Sally waved her hand, indicating the old lady needn’t worry about it.
The passenger ship docked, and Sally came out of her cabin’s guest room.
She saw Dongfang Yi standing at the doorway and paused.
Dongfang Yi snatched her large and small bags of luggage, “Come with me.”
“I won’t.” Sally refused.
Dongfang Yi took a deep breath, “Come with me, and one day when I’m in a good mood, I’ll give you the divorce paper. Otherwise…”
“Please lead the way before you go,” Sally immediately bowed respectfully.
Dongfang Yi: “…”
Sally followed behind Dongfang Yi with ease, nibbling on a piece of sugarcane in her hand.
At the dock, a troop of Black Armored Cavalry stood solemn and majestic in the rain, their barely hidden killing aura so intense that anyone would detour around them.
“That’s the Dark Dragon Guard,” someone muttered softly.
Upon hearing this, Sally looked towards the Black Armored Cavalry and noticed they were also looking in her direction. She blinked… and finally, her gaze settled on Dongfang Yi, who was walking ahead of her.
Dongfang Yi walked straight towards those Black Armored Cavalry.
Suddenly, the rigid Black Armored Cavalry knelt down in unison, saluting Dongfang Yi, “Greetings, Great General.”
“Rise.” Dongfang Yi’s voice sounded as usual, but with an added awe-inspiring deterrent.
Looking at the bundle and small tattered packages in his hand, Sally felt they were unbefitting of his commanding presence as a general, “Give those items to me.”
Dongfang Yi did not comply and continued towards a large carriage drawn by four horses.
The coachman respectfully set down the footstool, “General, please get on the carriage.”
“Mmm, straight to the palace,” Dongfang Yi told the coachman.
Sally followed him onto the carriage and then sat by the window, looking out.
The carriage moved slowly forward. The Black Armored Cavalry followed behind, and aside from the sounds of the armor and horse hooves, there was silence. The onlookers silently dared not speak loudly.
“So, you are the Dragon General, huh? Seems like you’re doing quite well,” Sally said to Dongfang Yi, still gnawing on her sugarcane.
Dongfang Yi’s cold expression slightly relaxed, “Do you like it?”
Sally replied, “There probably isn’t anybody who doesn’t. Hey, hey~ I bet many people are inquiring whether you have married a wife so they can form a matrimonial alliance with you.”
“No,” Dongfang Yi replied.
“I don’t believe that,” Sally’s pupils twinkled mischievously, “I can sell you.”
Dongfang Yi suddenly frowned, “What do you mean?”
“Anyway, you’ll have to write the Divorce paper sooner or later, so why don’t I exchange this position for some silver? If you feel it’s a loss, we can split it seventy-thirty, you thirty, me seventy… But it’s best not to let your wife know, it would be bad to affect the marital relationship.”
“Wu Xiuer!” Dongfang Yi suddenly rebuked sternly.
Sally was frightened, the sugarcane dropping from her hand as she exclaimed indignantly: “What?!”
“You and I are now husband and wife!” Dongfang Yi was only feeling exasperated, who said that the wife his mother got him was a foolish one, who was both lazy and gluttonous.
This was clearly cunning and sly, even more bothersome than the enemies on the battlefield.
“Didn’t you say that you would write me the Divorce paper sooner or later, and give it to me whenever I wanted?” Sally picked up the sugarcane and continued to munch… If Xiaomei were here, she would play the video again for him, and he wouldn’t be able to deny it.
“General, the Prime Minister has arrived,” the coachman told Dongfang Yi.
“Invite him onto the carriage,” Dongfang Yi replied.
Soon, Sally saw a tall man wearing an embroidered crane crest crimson robe and a mask step onto the carriage.
Dongfang Yi greeted the newcomer very familiarly.
Sally also nodded politely to the other party and continued eating her sugarcane.
The masked man looked at Sally in surprise, “Yi, who is this?” n𝚘𝚟𝚙𝚞𝚋.𝚌o𝚖
“The wife my mother found for me, she has observed mourning,” Dongfang Yi emphasized the last three words.
In the Chu Dynasty, a wife who had observed mourning was different from ordinary wives. As long as they did not commit heinous crimes, they had to be supported.
The masked man removed the mask from his face, revealing a very glamorous face with a touch of mysterious, decadent beauty, like a blooming yet decaying black rose.
“My name is Duanmu Yunhua, the Prime Minister of the Chu Dynasty.”
“Oh, my name is Wu Xiuer, cunning, lazy, gluttonous, that’s my label.”
“…Hahaha! You’re amusing!”
“Right? Beautiful skins are all alike, a funny soul is a rarity. You can also call me ‘One in Ten Thousand,'” Sally quipped.
Duanmu Yunhua, unable to contain his amusement, clapped the increasingly sour-faced Dongfang Yi on the back, “This wife of yours is not bad!”
