I Married Female Lead's Crush Chapter 41

By the time they returned to Gu Courtyard, the sky was already dark. 

After dinner, Su Qing sat on the bed, her long black hair scattered all the way to her waist, sitting there in daze.

It was hard for her to imagine that Gu Zifu accompanied her strolling at the market the whole afternoon. Most importantly, he didn't show any sign of dissatisfaction at all.

No wonder Su Qing would be so surprised, but after all, it was the Seventh Lord who accompanied her all day. It's hard not to guess something out of nothing. 

She blinked and decided not to think more about it. She took off her shoes and went to bed. She opened the quilt and stuffed herself in. Even though it was summer, she was still afraid of catching a cold. She would have to drink bitter medicine if she gets sick. 

When Gu Zifu walked in with his inner garment, she saw the little girl roll herself into a silkworm inside the quilt. Her eyes closed, yet her eyelashes trembled slightly, the candle light reflected on her delicate rosy cheeks. Staring at her face somewhat reminded Gu Zifu of the story book he read today about a demoness seduced the scholars. The scholar failed to resist the temptation and fell for her trap.

This story can't blame the demoness, it was the scholar's fault who did not have a strong will, so he was easily taken advantage of by the demoness.

Su Qing's eyes still kept closed even though she heard his movements, she did not move at all. 

Previous experience told her that it is better not to talk to this person before going to bed, for the sake of a peaceful night.

Even though she wanted to, someone didn't want to.

Gu Zifu walked to the bed and was about to lift his leg to go to bed, he suddenly smelled a faint sweet fruit scent at the tip of his nose. He lowered his head and stared at Su Qing. After glancing around her body and leaned over and sniffed between the little girl's neck.

"Smell so good." He said.

The warm breath blew next to her ear, making Su Qing stiff.

She opened her eyes, stuttering, "Seventh Lord, what did you say….." 

Before she could finish her sentence, Gu Zifu stood up and his gaze fell on the little girl's undulating chest. He narrowed his eyes , then bent over again, as his hand opened her front shirt.

Su Qing's eyes wide opened in shock looking at him.

"……." Very scary. 

He pulled out the sachet from inside her shirt. He sniffed and swayed it in the air. Asking her, "What's this?"

It's the sweet fragrance he smelled just now.

Hearing this, Su Qing's heart race was reduce by half, carefully pulled back her body slightly, and leaned against the bedside as she curled her body into a ball, softly said, "It is sachet that I learned from Big sister in law, and loaded with sun-dried scented tea."

"Sun-dried scented tea can be used like this?"  Gu Zifu turned around the sachet a few times looking at the simple pattern embroidered on the sachet. The needlework is also the most basic, just a glance he could tell that it was done by a dummy.

While Gu Zifu was looking at the sachet full of interest, he suddenly saw Su Qing was going to snatch it back, he quickly retreated, leaving the little girl caught in the empty air.

"The thing in my hand is mine. There is no reason to take back."

Su Qing gave him a death stare. Looking sullen, and reached out her hand to snatch it again, "Give it back to me!"

"Dream on."

Gu Zifu suddenly pulled down his front shirt and put the sachet in thier, revealing the skin on his chest, he then held her hand tightly, putting her palm next to his chest and said with a corny smile, "If you dare touch, I'll give it to you."

Touch? Touch what?!!

Su Qing felt an unusual embarrassment in her heart, and her face flushed red. As she wanted to retract her hand, Gu Zifu grasped it even tighter. Su Qing didn't know how to react to this situation, invading her gaze and afraid to look at the naked chest in front of her.

Gu Zifu's eyes flashed with a strange light, holding the little girl's hand and moving it closer to his chest. 

Little…. by little…..

He's playing for real this time, Su Qing couldn't bear it anymore and quickly pushed him away. She put on her shoes at the fastest speed and ran out of the room. 

"……I, I'm going outside to cool off the heat….."

Gu Zifu looked at her panicked appearance, he couldn't help from laughing. Lazily pulled back his shirt.

Shy demon…..

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The days passed by in a blink of an eye, July is almost over, and the weather in the capital became hotter. Si Ting said the market became less bustling due to the heat.

Counting the days, her restaurant has been open for half a month already.

The steward in charge of the restaurant, surenamed Zhuo, is from Jiangnan, he is hardworking and humble personality, organized the restaurant very well. Last time, Su Qing sneaked out the house to cheek, she was surprised by the popularity of the restaurant. The business is booming. 

She wishes Su Shisheng could come out to see it.

Thinking of this, Su Qing lowered her eyes faintly dim, thinking of the little child in the palace. She hasn't seen him in such a long time and didn't know if he got bullied in the palace.

While she was in deep thought, footsteps sounded behind her, Su Qing subconsciously tightened the sachet in her hand and turned to look. Stagger backward, watching the coming person on alert.

"Seventh Lord, you have already snatched several."

Whenever Su Qing is free, she would go practice her embroidery with Ding shi, her craftsmanship now is greatly improved. But no matter how good her skill is, she can't compete with Gu Zifu's snatching ability.

Seemed to be dissatisfied with her escape intention, Gu Zifu looked a little cold, and his eyes flashed impatiently, "Come here."

"No." Su Qing bit her lower lip tightly and moved slowly to the side. Originally, she was standing close to the door, it only needed to take a few steps, she will be able to get out. 

Seeing Gu Zifu's face blackened, Su Qing felt a bad omen, and escaped as quickly as she could. 

During this period, her relationship with Gu Li has improved a lot. Although it is not peaceful yet, at least the prejudice in his heart has gone. Seeing Su Qing rushed out of the house in panic, he laughed at her misfortune, "Hahaha, jinx star, did you make my Seventh uncle upset again?"

Gu Zifu came out, stood at the door and gave him a cold look, the arrogance in Gu Zi suddenly disappeared.

Gu Li touched his nose, and continued his training with Si Ting.

Once he completed his training, he must return all the suffering.

Soon after Su Qing ran out of the house, someone came to pay a  visit. Gu Zifu looked at the person, then turned around with a sneer. His tone was light but definitely not friendly, "What are you doing here?"

Chi Rui who was receiving fire for no reason, touched the tip of his nose, remembered the little girl that was passing by him just now, he said helplessly, "Having me say it, Seventh Lord, your attitude towards her is a little too harsh. If I was her, I wish to ask for a divorce paper…….."

Gu Zifu frowned, "Si Ting…….." 

"No, no, no, I'm just joking…." Chi Rui forced out his laugh. Seeing that Gu Zifu didn't want to hit him for real, he was relieved and said, "I'm not going to mess with you anymore, let's go inside the house to talk."

Si Ting closed the door for them after the two entered the room, and took Gu Li away with him.

After sitting down, Chi Rui was startled by the woodcarving and stuffed tigers on the table. He was stunned for a long time, until Gu Zifu sat down, and then he finally came back to his senses, and asked in astounded, "Seventh Lord, are you really interested in this girl?"

Gu Zifu slowly sips his tea, and said casually, "There's a saying a pregnancy will make a person silly for three years. You might as well roll back to your mother's womb."

"……." Chi Rui speechless. 

Seventh Lord, I really thanks you.

After calming himself down, Chi Rui said, "It's official on the 15th of next month, they will hold the official ceremony for the crown prince to ascend the throne. There will be a banquet in the palace and all-important ministers in court will have to attend. Their meaning is clear, they wanted the Seventh Lord to go.  After all, it was the intention of the Eastern Palace."

They wanted to invite the Seventh Lord to go, yet they are ashamed to ask. Most importantly, they are afraid of the Seventh Lord. Based on his tamper, if they send someone to invite him and that person is not intelligent ended up saying something wrong and upset him, they couldn't salvage the situation.

Gu Zifu said without even needing to think, "Not going."

Chi Rui knew he would reject it. He then sighed slightly, stood up and said, "I'm only a messenger, go or not is up to you. Yet, let me tell you ahead of time, if my old men ask, I will push all the blame on you, the Seventh Lord."

"Anyway, not going."

Seeing that there is no way he can convince him, Chi Rui decided to give up after saying a few more words. When he pushed open the door ready to leave, he happened to see Su Qing was standing outside, lowering her head while kicking the pebbles on the ground.

"Your Highness."

Su Qing only glanced at him with a simple response, then immediately lowered her head.

These two people……

Forget it, he's just an outsider, why cares about other's family affairs.

Inside the room, Gu Zifu listened to the movement outside. His fingers slightly rubbed the pattern of the teacup on the table, and his eyes converged with a smile as if separated by an invisible barrier, deep and indifferent.

It's time to do something.

In the afternoon, Gu Zifu lay lazily on a soft couch. There are iced grapes and a basin of ice to reduce the heat on the table next to him. Looking dissatisfied while turning the page of the book in his hand.

Su Qing stood outside the door for a long time before entering the room hesitantly. She picked up the fan on the side and started fanning at Gu Zifu silently without saying a word.

Finished reading a page, Gu Zifu lifted his eyelids, and said with a sneering smile, "Let me guess, you are being so obedient today, you have something to ask me?"

"………" Su Qing nodded and then shook her head.

Gu Zifu put down the book and said impatiently, "Say it, I don't speak sign language."

Before Su Qing could figure out her wording, Gu Zifu suddenly leaned forward, pinching her cheek and pulled the person to come closer to him.

His eyes locked on her tiny face, and slyly smile, "If you make me a sachet, I'll agree to your request. Oh, it has to be the vanilla flavor."

Chapter end