There were two people left in the bathroom.

The candles on the candlestick lit quietly, emitting a warm yellow light, and there was a thin white mist condensed with water droplets between the two of them. Across this layer of slowly drifting mist, he stared so gloomily at Xiao Qiao in the tub, the atmosphere was depressing and strange.

The water in the tub was still hot, Xiao Qiao soaked in it, but suddenly felt cold. Her long wet hair was clinging to her neck, and the coolness in the air seemed to penetrate into her skin through her hair, and the skin on her shoulders and chest, which were exposed outside the water, followed one by one with tiny goose bumps, and even, Even the milk under the water, Jian'er seemed to sense the coolness that was slowly spreading down, and stood up quietly.

She shrank down calmly, so that the water surface did not cover her shoulders, but just as her body moved, the man came over, stepped a few steps before the tub, and his hands thumped. , smashed and propped himself on the edge of the tub, and the water surface was affected by his strength, and suddenly trembling lines appeared. He leaned down, looked her in the eye, and in a tone that seemed to be trying his best to hold back his anger, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "In order to get you out, under the head of Shiyi City, my soldiers were damaged. How much, do you know? Wei Liang is invincible, and he almost lost his life! You dare to be so good, and hide from me and Langya and Liuyan!"

Xiao Qiao's shoulders shook slightly, and her heart immediately jumped wildly.

Sure enough, he still knew about it! I just didn't expect it to be so fast.

He leaned over to force him down like this, and the distance between the two was suddenly pressed very close. She even clearly felt another gust of cold air blowing towards her as he pressed down.

There was still a moist layer of mist on her face, and droplets of water were rolling down her eyebrows and landed on her eyelashes. Then he stopped, looked up at him and said, "Can you let me out, put on my clothes first, and then explain it to you?"

Wei Shao stared into her eyes for a moment, and then, his gaze descended down her pink cheeks, which were covered in mist, and swept very gently towards the gently undulating curve of her chest outlined by the slightly undulating water.

Xiao Qiao followed his line of sight and glanced down, and quickly shrank to the water again, revealing only a section of his neck.

When Wei Shao saw this, the corners of his lips twisted slightly, revealing a sarcastic expression with obvious malice. Stop looking at her. He straightened up, turned around and walked away.

"Get her dressed!"

From outside, his voice sounded, almost roaring.

Xiao Qiao supported the wall of the bucket with both hands, stood up from the water with a "crashing" sound, and water droplets splashed down her fat-like skin. The warm skin was suddenly naked in the air, and immediately a layer of goosebumps appeared. She shivered, her legs seemed to be a little weak, and when her hands and feet were trembling, she climbed out of the tub on the ground, and Chunniang hurried in. helped her out.

Xiao Qiao hurriedly wiped her wet hair, while Chunniang helped her wipe and get dressed.

Her fingers touched Xiao Qiao, and she could feel as cold as water.

"Female...Male is angry...let the maid stay by your side..."

Chunniang lowered her head to tie her belt, her hands trembling slightly, and it took a few times to fix it.

Xiao Qiao shook her head and leaned into her ear: "Don't worry about me. I can handle it. Go ahead."

Chunniang hesitated for a while, and finally put her ear to her: "So the maid will stay outside the door, and will also pay attention to the movement in the room. If something goes wrong, the maid will come in."

Xiao Qiao lowered her head and checked the front of her clothes. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, she closed her eyes and calmed down. She let out a long sigh and walked out.

Chunniang followed her. He glanced anxiously at Wei Shao, who had a gloomy face on the opposite side, bowed, walked out three steps, and gently closed the door with his backhand.

Wei Shao's shoulders moved slightly.

"Husband, you should allow me to call you husband, right? I know where your anger lies. I hope you will listen to my explanation."

Xiao Qiao opened his mouth before he could speak, walked a few steps towards him, and finally stopped beside a candlestick a few steps away from him, looked into his eyes and said in a soft tone, if you listen carefully, even You can also hear a little pleading.

The distance between the two is also just right, a few arms away. Neither too far away, unfamiliar, nor too close to make each other uncomfortable.

Wei Shao seemed to be slightly startled at first, and then his brows wrinkled, but in the end he didn't say anything, his face was still ashen.

"I think you should already know that the person who first kidnapped me in Qiujiyi Court was not Chen Rui, but Liu Yan, the son of Langya's prince." Xiao Qiao continued.

Wei Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly, "He followed him all the way. Lang Youqing and concubine are interested, but you two are more in love than Jin Jian."

"You just came in to question me, so I guess you misunderstood. I did have a marriage contract with Liu Shizi before, but we haven't seen each other for several years, let alone have private communication. At the beginning of the year, my uncle passed his birthday, and he was not far away. When I came to my house, the two of us didn't meet at the time. This is absolutely true, you can check it out. This time he suddenly appeared and kidnapped me. I didn't expect it. What I said, every sentence is true, if there are only a few words against my heart, God will punish me!"

Her tone was neither hurried nor slow, and after speaking, she looked at Wei Shao opposite. Wei Shao also stared at her.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

His eyes were still a little gloomy, but she was very calm and did not dodge in the slightest.

Gradually, the lines on his originally hard, almost stiff face finally eased.

Xiao Qiao's heart just relaxed a little, but after listening to him, he said coldly: "I heard that the son of Langya took refuge in the Qiao family in Dongjun when he was young. I already had a marriage contract, why did I make the ugly situation today? Why does Wei Shao worry about being without a wife, and as for marrying a woman who has other intentions to join my Wei family? How dare the Qiao family humiliate me so much, and see me for what?"

"Husband, you misunderstood again." Xiao Qiao looked at him and said.

"I don't deny that I have known Liu Shizi for a long time. People are not grass and trees, we have been together for a long time, how can we be indifferent? Only me and Liu Shizi have passed. I told you just now that I have been in the past two years. As I get older, I become more and more estranged from him. As for the Qiao and Wei families, who are stronger and weaker now, you and I know very well, and I have nothing to say here. My Qiao family wants to borrow your strength, this is how Why do you want to seek happiness through marriage? Why do you dare to have so-called humiliation? Since I listened to my parents and decided to marry you, how can I be half-hearted? The gate of your Wei family, your heart is like the sun and the moon, and you can see it clearly."

"It's a mouth that can speak well. It's all mine." Wei Shao's face was still tense, "Since I have a clear conscience, I rescued you from Shiyi, and it's been a long time since then, why have you been hiding it and didn't tell me? The truth?"

"You came to see me at the night when you captured Shiyi. At that time, I thought to myself, as long as you ask me about my captivity on the way, I will tell you the truth immediately. You didn't mention a word at that time, and you called out. I'm recuperating from injury, so I don't have to rush north for the time being, and you left in a hurry after speaking. Where did I get the chance to speak? You should have an impression of the scene at that time."

Wei Shao snorted, "How about when you come back to Xindu? Why haven't you mentioned it yet?"

"Husband, I followed you back to Xindu for the past few days. I stayed in Sheyang Residence all day long, and I didn't go out for half a step. You are busy, and I have never met you since I came back. At this moment, I It's the first time I've been able to see you. I know you don't want to see me. Even if I have the heart, how can I get the chance and the courage to ask you to take the initiative to mention this kind of thing?"

Wei Shao's expression froze slightly.

Xiao Qiao was also silent. Eyes dropped. After a while, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he raised his eyes quietly, glanced at him quickly, and met his gaze.

He was frowning at himself.

"Actually just a moment ago..."

She glanced in the direction of the door, and her voice rose slightly.

"I'm talking about this with Chunniang. I sincerely want to let you know, but I'm afraid you won't believe it. If I say it myself, but it makes you suspicious, I won't be able to argue. I'm..."

Her voice lowered and gradually became quiet, with a trace of grievance in her eyes, she bit her red lips lightly, lowered her eyes slowly, and stood in front of him with her hands tied, like a docile lamb deer.

After a long while, Wei Shao's expression softened again, but his eyes were still heavy.

"What did you say, really?"

Xiao Qiaofu slowly raised his eyes and looked at him.

"I know you hate me in your heart, and marrying me is not your original intention. You probably never thought of treating me as a wife. But I am different. After leaving my mother's house and stepping into my husband's house, I would never I thought that there is a way back. To be your wife, I should be self-denying and respectful. There are just some things that I, a weak woman, can turn around with my own hands. This accident on the road is not my wish, but What can I do? Although Liu Shizi's actions are not right, he should still treat me with courtesy because he does not forget the old things. When I fall into the hands of Chen Rui, he will be like a jackal by his side. Being humiliated, all I can do is to reluctantly protect myself, and delay for a while…”

She paused, and her tone changed to a low, mournful tone.

"When I was in despair and fear, who could have sympathized with me? Fortunately, you came in time, and I finally avoided bad luck. But it's really my fault that you hurt the soldiers like this..."

…

This Wei Shao didn't know what to do. He should have known that he was robbed by Liu Yan at first, so he rushed in angrily to attack. Xiao Qiao did all kinds of things at first, but he was just trying to dispel his doubts, so that he would not be more sad in the future. I just told it to the end, I remembered the fear and helplessness when I was in a desperate situation, the pain of my flesh being burned by the candle when I rescued myself, and then I saw the day when I got married and left home, my father and brother were reluctant to give up on him, his nose was sour, and he endured it. His eyes turned slightly red.

"You only married me reluctantly. If you really don't believe it, and now you think that I am implicated in your soldiers, you can simply divorce me and return to Yanzhou!"

She finally raised the volume again, and finished speaking in a trembling voice. It could be seen that although she was holding back and biting her lip desperately, her lower lip that looked like a petal was bitten and turned white, but in the end, a bean-sized Crystal teardrops still flowed out of her eyes disobediently, and rolled down one side of her cheeks.