The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 238 Lu Zhan: Have a baby sooner so I can become a father sooner.
And what about her uncle?

But was he caught by my cousin?

How will my cousin deal with my uncles and aunts?

Zhiwan had many random thoughts, and eventually fell asleep without her noticing.

When she woke up, she found herself back at the official post station, in the room where her cousin was staying.

It turns out my cousin was no longer in Yangzhou, but had returned to Jiangning.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw the man sleeping on the table.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but slow her pace.

As she walked to the table, she suddenly stopped and stared in astonishment at the handsome face of the man who was leaning on the table.

This time, she could actually see her cousin's face clearly; it was no longer blurry.

So shocked was she that she froze on the spot.

She didn't even notice when the man woke up.

She didn't come to her senses until a warm hand grasped her wrist.

Meeting her cousin's dark, deep eyes, she was about to speak when suddenly a strong force pulled her into his arms.

"What are you looking at so intently?"

The man had probably just woken up; his voice was slightly hoarse.

Zhiwan slumped onto her cousin's lap, ignoring his words, and instead reached out to cup his handsome face in her hands.

Is it because she knows the person in front of her is her cousin that his appearance is so clearly presented to her? In other words, is the fact that she can see her cousin's face now just a figment of her imagination?

Upon seeing her arrive, Lu Zhan began to fondle his face. A slight smile played on his lips as he pulled her hand away. "What, is there something on my face...?"

He paused here, looking at her in surprise, "You..."

Upon seeing this, Zhiwan quickly asked, "You can see my face clearly too, can't you?"

Lu Zhan raised his hand and touched her face, surprised. "Why can you see it now?"

"It must be because we know each other's identities and what each other looks like, so we can naturally see each other clearly," Zhiwan guessed.

Previously, they did not know each other's identities or what the other looked like, so their perception of each other was blurry.

“But even when I knew it was you before, I couldn’t see your face clearly…” Lu Zhan frowned, puzzled.

“Although you can’t see clearly, you know what I look like. Every time you face me, my face should be the one that comes to mind,” Zhiwan continued to guess. “Another point is that we didn’t reveal our identities back then, which may also be a reason.”

"You're right." Lu Zhan nodded, no longer dwelling on the issue. His gaze fell on Zhi Wan's face, and his slender fingers gently stroked her left cheek. "Does it still hurt?"

Zhi Wan was taken aback. She wasn't too surprised that he knew, assuming that Jiang Shi must have informed him.

"It hasn't hurt for a long time." She shook her head.

"I'm sorry you had to suffer." Lu Zhan felt very apologetic.

Upon hearing this, Zhiwan leaned against him without saying a word.

Strangely, when she was hit by Lu Jinglan and scolded by the old lady, she didn't feel wronged, but after hearing what her cousin said, she suddenly felt wronged.

Thinking it over, she grabbed her cousin's collar and accused him, "The old lady called me a vixen and a slut, saying that I seduced you and that I was not good enough for you, only fit to be your concubine. Then she wanted to give me a thousand taels of silver to get rid of me..." She became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, "It was clearly you who seduced me first. You are so much older than me, and I didn't even mind that you were older. It's you who are not good enough for me!"

Her earlier words made Lu Zhan frown, his heart filled with shock and anger. Jiang Shi hadn't mentioned these things in her message to him. He hadn't expected his grandmother to go so far as to humiliate his cousin like this. He felt both guilty and heartbroken for his cousin, but then he heard her say that he was too old and unworthy of her. "I'm too old?" Lu Zhan's dark eyes narrowed, and he pinched the soft flesh of his cousin's slender waist as if punishing her.

"It itches, don't touch me..." Zhiwan screamed, instinctively twisting her body, but heard the man groan, "Don't move!" His voice was hoarse.

Zhi Wan belatedly realized what was happening, and froze on the spot, as if she had touched something...

She coughed lightly and muttered, "You're much older than me..."

“I’m only twenty-five this year!” Lu Zhan frowned.

“Twenty-five, many men your age are already fathers…” Zhiwan couldn’t help but say.

Lu Zhan: "..."

He had never felt old before, but now, looking at the petite person in his arms, he couldn't help but feel that he might indeed be... getting old.

“We’ll get married next month, and maybe next year I’ll be a father.” After a long pause, he uttered a sentence.

Upon hearing this, Zhiwan felt somewhat awkward and uncomfortable, and couldn't help but say, "I... I never said I wanted to have your child."

"If you don't give birth, how will you continue the family line?" Lu Zhan raised an eyebrow, his slender fingers pinching her chin, making her face him.

Zhiwan was speechless.

Lu Zhan paused, then pulled her soft body into his arms and coaxed her softly, "Grandmother is getting senile. Please don't take what she said to heart."

“I know.” Zhiwan nodded, looking at the man’s handsome face, and suddenly the corners of her lips curled up slightly, “It was indeed you… who seduced me first.”

"Yes, it's me." Lu Zhan said, glancing down at her before suddenly lowering his head and slowly kissing her soft lips.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and when he suddenly kissed her, Zhiwan couldn't help but tremble.

Noticing her sensitivity, Lu Zhan tightened his grip on her arm, his eyes quickly turning rosy.

Zhiwan, forcing herself to stay calm, asked breathlessly, "Cousin, Lu Jinglan has disappeared. Do you know what happened?"

Lu Zhan frowned in displeasure, lowered his head and bit her soft lips, his voice low and husky, "Don't mention such unlucky people."

Zhiwan winced in pain and was somewhat annoyed. She couldn't help but bite his lip back. "I just want to ask, is her disappearance related to you?"

Lu Zhan grunted, then suddenly picked her up and said in a hoarse voice, "She bullied you like this, the Lu family cannot let her live."

Upon hearing this, Zhiwan said nothing more.

Lu Jinglan was no kind person, and now that she had ended up in such a state, she felt no sympathy for her at all.

The feeling of being lifted into the air made her instinctively hug her cousin's neck tightly. "Where are you taking me?"

The man didn't say anything, but carried her straight into the inner room.

Looking at the large bed in the room, Zhiwan felt inexplicably nervous and expectant. Could it be that her cousin was planning to...?

The thought had barely crossed her mind when she was placed on soft bedding. Her cousin braced himself on either side of her, lowered his head, and kissed her lips, then her neck, and continued downwards...

Zhiwan shifted uncomfortably, her body drenched in sweat and her breath coming in short gasps, "Cousin..."

Lu Zhan kissed her sweaty forehead, his voice low and husky, with a hint of seduction, "I'm getting old, it's not good for me to keep pushing myself."

"What?" Zhiwan's mind went blank for a moment, and she didn't understand what he meant.

Lu Zhan looked down at her, his slender fingers expertly untying her sash. "Have a baby sooner, so I can become a father sooner."

(End of this chapter)