Their true feelings revealed: the beastly husbands are working themselves to the bone every night.

171 My Heart's Desire is My Tribulation

171 My Heart's Desire is My Tribulation

When Lin Shan led that person out of the Jin Tong tent, he was filled with doubt.

But just do whatever the adults tell you to do.

After seeing the person out, he turned back to report the situation to Jin Tong.

"I avoided Jiang Wu's eyes and ears, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Jin Tong nodded and waved for him to step back.

Lin Shan finally couldn't help but ask, "Sir, you knew that Su Mo had tampered with that person, so why did you still condone it?"

Jin Tong glanced at him but didn't intend to explain.

Lin Shan frowned: "Su Mo is no good person! Have you forgotten that she shot and killed Zuo Xuan! She and Jiang Wu both deserve to die!"

"I really don't know what kind of bewitching potion she gave those beastly men around her! They're all like they're under a spell!" Lin Shan paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh, she must be even better at bewitching people than Jiang Wu!"

Jin Tong frowned and remained silent. He roughly knew why those few were so devoted to Su Mo.

After all, not everyone has the courage to trade their own life for someone else's.

That day on the mountain, Jiang Wu asked Su Mo to exchange her life for Cang Lan's, which even shocked him a little, let alone her beast husbands.

Su Mo is no pushover, but at least she can distinguish between genuine feelings and those that aren't. She's vengeful, but she's never wronged those who are kind to her.

This is the biggest difference between her and Jiang Wu.

……

This is the place where the strategist, his wife, and the little dragon were imprisoned.

The strategist's wife held the ointment in her hand, intending to apply it to the strategist.

The strategist raised his hand to stop him: "That's not appropriate. Although this medicine is colorless and odorless, Jiang Wu is no ordinary person. She will definitely be able to see through it. If that happens, it will be even more difficult to send Nan Nan and Dong Dong out."

The strategist's wife glanced at the two sleeping babies on the ground and nodded.

He sighed, "We've been locked up for so long, Longyan must be incredibly anxious."

The strategist reached out and patted her back reassuringly: "It's alright, Miss Su is here. Look, she's already sent us a message, hasn't she?"

The strategist's wife forced a smile and said, "Yes."

In the early hours of the morning, Longyan's servant knocked on his door.

A moment later, Longyan went to find Moxiao.

Mo Xiao frowned and said, "I'll talk to her when my wife wakes up."

Longyan nodded and turned to leave.

Suddenly, Mo Xiao said again, "General, you must take care of yourself. You must not stop taking the medicine prescribed by the Tiger Clan's eldest daughter."

"Thanks for caring."

When Su Mo woke up the next day, Cang Lan was not in the room.

She had just opened the door when she bumped into Mo Xiao, who had come looking for her.

Mo Xiao handed her a note and told her what happened last night.

Su Mo frowned and opened it to take a look. It said 'medicine' on it.

Mo Xiao explained, "This note contains the aura of Jin Tong."

Su Mo vaguely remembered something: Jin Tong's poison hadn't been cured yet. She had left him a ten-day supply last time, but it must have been used up long ago, right? It seemed her medicine was effective, otherwise he wouldn't have lasted this long.

Su Mo frowned: "So, Jin Tong was covering for that person to come out?"

"We're not sure if Jin Tong and Jiang Wu are working together to deliberately mislead us."

"Whatever, let's take a gamble. Give that man some medicine tonight and have him take it over." Su Mo then asked, "Has the strategist sent any news?"

Mo Xiao shook his head: "I'm afraid we can't count on him. He's imprisoned, so we won't be able to get any useful information out of him."

Su Mo nodded: "As long as they are safe, that's all that matters."

Speaking of which, she misses the two little dragon cubs a bit and wonders when she'll be able to see them again.

When Su Mo and Mo Xiao came out, they happened to hear Xuan Wei's voice coming from outside.

Their eyes met unexpectedly the moment they looked up. Xuanwei quickly walked over and opened her arms to hug the person in front of her.

"Miss Su!"

Su Mo asked with delight, "What brings you here today, Miss?"

"I've come..." Xuanwei smiled and took out the Beauty Smile plant from her bosom: "I've brought you medicine! You've been so busy lately that you've forgotten when to take your medicine, I can't afford to forget! If I forget, I'm afraid someone will blame me!"

After saying that, she glanced meaningfully at Xuan Qing beside her.

Xuan Qing remained calm, focusing intently on the beautiful smiling plant in Su Mo's hand.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last Beauty Smile she takes, after which the poison in her body should be completely eliminated.

Su Mo pulled Xuan Wei to sit down. Lately, she had been constantly watched by those guys while she was taking her medicine, so she could now accept the bitterness in the beauty's smile.

After she ate it, two red sweet fruits appeared in front of her.

Xuan Qing's movements were so fast that they were impossible to catch.

Su Mo was chatting with Xuan Wei at the time when she caught sight of the two red fruits out of the corner of her eye. She subconsciously reached out, picked up one of the fruits, and put it in her mouth to chew.

Xuanwei's gaze inadvertently swept over the white figure before she continued chatting with Su Mo.

Seeing that they were chatting enthusiastically, the people around them quietly dispersed.

A moment later, Xuanwei found Xuanqing in the kitchen.

"Aren't you going to tell her your true feelings?"

Xuan Qing calmly retorted, "What did you say?"

Xuanwei looked at her with exasperation: "Aren't you usually quite eloquent? Why do you become mute when it comes to these things? What can you say? Of course, it's about your feelings for her..."

"What happens after that? Do you force her to accept me, or wait for her to keep her distance?" Xuan Qing frowned and said, "My status as her fiancé wasn't exactly aboveboard to begin with. Do you think I can force her to fall in love with me later?"

He frowned and looked at Xuanwei.

“It’s not that I don’t want to say it, or that I’m afraid to say it. It’s that I… have no right to say it.” Xuan Qing’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly as he forcefully suppressed his surging emotions. “The problem between her and me is no longer about how many people are around her or who she likes. I can convince myself to accept everything around her, but… if she’s not even willing to join my game, no matter how many games I set up, it will ultimately just be a one-man show.”

Xuanwei frowned slightly and remained silent for a long time.

"You and my second sister always think she should like me, but feelings aren't a matter of 'should' or 'shouldn't. Some things... are either there or they aren't. Just because I like her, does that mean I can force someone who has no feelings for me?"

A bitter smile appeared on his lips: "My love for her is my tribulation, what does it have to do with her? If she needs it, I can accompany her through fire and water, if she doesn't need it... it's good enough to just watch her be safe and happy."

Xuanwei stood there in silence for a long time before finally saying, "I understand."

For a relationship to last, mutual affection is indeed necessary.

The one who falls in love first is always the one who is passive.

She was too impatient; she shouldn't have kept urging him to change the status quo.

Xuanwei saw Feiyan standing not far away as soon as she came out of the kitchen.

Orcs have excellent hearing, but Xuanwei wasn't sure how much he heard.

No one wants to share their loved one. She understood Fei Yan's thoughts. He or they could be friends with Xuan Qing, but they certainly didn't want another rival like this.

Essentially, they and Xuanqing are the same type of people. They are all extremely picky and stubborn. Once they have chosen something or someone, they will not easily let go.

Xuanwei nodded slightly to the person, then turned and left.

Besides delivering medicine to Su Mo, she also needs to adjust the prescription for Long Yan.

Inside the Longyan Study.

Xuanwei gave a few instructions, which Longyan noted down one by one.

Familiar footsteps sounded outside.

Long Yan quickly put away the prescription on the table, and Su Mo looked at the two people in the room with slight surprise.

Xuanwei smiled gently: "I was discussing Shuang'er's plans with the Major General."

"Oh." Su Mo smiled and said, "Time to eat."

"I'll go see if Qing'er's cooking skills have improved recently!" Xuanwei took the lead and walked out.

After she left, Su Mo looked at Long Yan with suspicion, feeling that she saw something guilty on his face.

Su Mo asked suspiciously, "What exactly were you talking about just now?"

"N-nothing." Long Yan walked past her and was about to leave.

Su Mo suddenly grabbed his wrist.

After a moment, she frowned and asked, "How come you've managed to control the backlash from the Fiery Pill in your body so well?"

Long Yan smiled slightly: "It might be... related to my own internal strength."

Su Mo didn't understand the intricacies of cultivation, so she took out a few pills and handed them to him: "Your pulse looks like you're about to advance to level nine. I'm worried that advancing too quickly might affect your health, so let's suppress it for now."

Longyan accepted it gently and said, "Okay."

After the meal, Xuanwei went to Dragon Clan Mountain to gather herbs, and invited Su Mo to come along.

She had just been feeling stifled for too long and wanted to find a quiet place to walk around.

Su Mo was naturally happy to accompany him.

Mo Xiao originally wanted to come along, but something came up in Longyan, so he sent Fei Yan instead.

With Xuanwei present, Xuanqing naturally had to go along as well.

The two followed behind them at a leisurely pace.

Xuanwei and Su Mo are now quite familiar with each other, and they chat about this and that.

Su Mo accidentally let slip some things about her previous world.

Xuanwei immediately looked curious: "What were you talking about just now, Miss Su? Airplane? Car? What's a cell phone? Male models? What do they look like?!"

"Uh... I can't explain it right now." Su Mo's mind raced: "I was dreaming! It was all a dream!"

[I almost gave myself away, but luckily I reacted quickly!]

Speaking of cell phones, I really miss them!

Xiao Jiu suddenly blurted out: "Do you miss your phone, or do you miss the muscular men on your phone???"

Su Mo: "!!! Nonsense! Am I that kind of person? Don't use your filthy brain to taint my pure thoughts!"

Xiao Jiu snorted, "Tsk, you've already mentioned male models, and you still call yourself innocent?! Why don't you try saying 'male model' in front of those guys and see if they'll give you a hard time?"

Su Mo said nonchalantly, "Who's afraid of who? They don't even know what that thing is!"

Fei Yan frowned slightly. A male model?
His intuition told him it wasn't a good thing.

Muscular man?
He could roughly guess what it meant; it seemed that the wife's original world was really not a good place!

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Xuan Qing beside her; the wrinkles between Xuan Qing's brows had just smoothed out.

A thought suddenly flashed through Fei Yan's mind.

Su Mo and Xuan Wei dug for some herbs, then climbed all the way to the top of the mountain.

There was a fruit tree on the mountaintop, and those were the fresh red fruits that would appear on her table after she took her medicine every day.

The mountain was covered in lush greenery, but only this one red fruit tree grew on the top of the mountain, making it particularly eye-catching.

Su Mo was momentarily lost in thought, and when she looked up at the red berries, her brows furrowed slightly.

"Wife master?"

She didn't come back to her senses until Fei Yan's voice rang in her ears.

Turning her head slightly, she saw several small red fruits lying in his palm. Su Mo picked one up and took a bite.

It tastes exactly the same.

She handed a few to Xuanwei, who took a bite and smiled, saying, "They're very sweet."

Then she casually handed two to Xuanqing, who was leaning against a tree, saying, "Have two."

Xuan Qing reached out and took it, taking a bite without any expression.

The group sat on the mountain for a while before deciding to descend.

Xuanwei walked at the very front.

Su Mo followed behind Fei Yan.

As if possessed, she turned around and glanced back.

Beneath the red fruit tree atop the mountain, a man with silver hair and dressed in plain white robes reached out to pick the red fruits. His silver hair danced in the wind, obscuring most of his face, revealing only his sharply defined jawline. His white robes billowed like clouds. He appeared both ethereal and otherworldly.

Su Mo's clear gaze swept over a faint red mark on his left wrist. Before she could look closely, she saw the man look up at her.

She was caught off guard and stared into his amber eyes, momentarily stunned.

The next second, her wrist tightened, and Fei Yan turned around and took her hand, asking softly, "Why are you walking so slowly?"

Soon, Su Mo felt a powerful force brush past them, and before long, the figure on the mountaintop disappeared without a trace.

It wasn't until they descended the mountain that Su Mo saw Xuan Qing again.

While Fei Yan and Xuan Wei were talking, Su Mo frowned as she stared at his wrist: "Is the Third Young Master injured?"

Xuan Qing looked at her calmly, his voice indifferent: "It was from a tree branch."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Su Mo frowned.

I told you this person wouldn't be easy to get along with...

Xuan Qing paused, his hand hanging at his side clenching slightly.

Fei Yan glanced subconsciously at the white figure in front of him, and at that moment, he was certain of some of his guesses.

Xuan Qing... he really could hear his wife's thoughts.

Xuanwei returned to the Tiger Clan that night with her belongings. The battle with Jiang Wu was not yet over, and Xuan Shuang was also in a tense situation.

Who knows how long this battle will last? It seems like Jiang Wu always has an endless supply of men.

Ten days later, Su Mo once again used that spy to deliver medicine to Jin Tong.

For the past ten days, Jiang Wu's side hasn't been very aggressive, with fighting on and off. Finally, a turning point came in the evening when Long Yan's men captured one of Jiang Wu's beastmen.

The dragons were naturally very happy.

He felt that having such a hostage would allow him to negotiate with Jiang Wu.

However, Mo Xiao and the others knew very well that, given Jiang Wu's personality, she probably wouldn't care about a mere level seven rabbit beast husband.

However, Longyan still wanted to try his luck and exchange this person for the strategist couple and the little dragon cub.

In the early hours of the morning, he led the hostages to negotiate with Jiang Wu, who was dressed in red, inside the tent outside the tribe.

Jiang Wu looked at her beastly husband hanging from the city wall, her eyes devoid of any emotion, a slight smile playing on her lips, her tone utterly cold: "Major General, you are truly naive. What makes you think you can exchange one of him for the four hostages I hold?"

Longyan stared at her in disbelief: "He's your beastly husband!"

Jiang Wu sneered: "So what if he is? Just because he's my beastly husband doesn't mean he can be used as leverage to blackmail me. He's been useless ever since you took him away."

Aci, standing beside her, frowned slightly: "My lady, he is..."

Jiang Wu turned around and gave him a cold glance, signaling him not to say anything more!

Standing behind her, Jin Tong had deep eyes and a calm expression, showing no surprise at Jiang Wu's reaction.

This is Jiang Wu, cold and ruthless. She has never changed for anyone in the slightest!
Jiang Wu raised an eyebrow at Long Yan and said, "Why don't you use Su Mo to exchange for those four? Maybe I'll really consider it. One for four, you won't lose out!"

Long Yan's face darkened: "You're dreaming!"

Mo Xiao and the others on the city wall also had a grim expression.

Jiang Wu sneered, "Since you, Major General, are so ungrateful, then don't blame me for being impolite!"

She clapped her hands, signaling the people behind her to bring the four hostages over.

When she looked at Longyan again, her eyes were full of a smug smile; she felt she had already won.

Once a person falls in love, they're doomed! Whether it's romantic love or familial love, it will become their weakness, and unfortunately, Longyan has both!
(End of this chapter)