What imperial henchmen? Please call me Your Majesty!

In the dream, it seemed like three years had passed. During those three years, he collected all twelve talismans, revealing the true nature of this world. Moreover, the heavens gave him a choice: to go back or stay here.

However, the scene jumps quickly because he discovers that he is already dead. According to all the logic he knows, he forgot to drink the Meng Po soup before reincarnation, and thus came here with the memories of his previous life.

In three years, he gained wealth, beauty, and power; he was very rich in this life.

But the beautiful scene was fleeting. When he looked at the gentle and charming Bai Lian, he smiled from the bottom of his heart. But as he smiled, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped him without warning.

Snapped!

The sound was loud, the image was blurry, and in the blink of an eye, all that could be heard was the pattering of rain outside the door, and...

"You little thief! I knew you weren't up to any good!"

When he opened his eyes, he saw Bai Lian sitting to the side with a fierce look on her face. She turned around and reached out to the side. When the thing came into view, he suddenly became completely awake.

Because Bai Lian was holding a short blade, she stabbed at him.

In the midst of his frantic movements, he actually managed to grab the blade and hold on tightly. A downward force appeared, which startled him even more!

His head tilted to the side, and his falling hand rose up, stabbing into the pillow.

After the false alarm, I was even more startled and let go of her hand, just staring at her:

"White Heroine, what are you doing?!"

"What are you doing?"

Bai Lian's face looked pitiful, as if she had suffered all kinds of humiliation. She wanted to cry but couldn't. In a fit of anger, she stabbed him with the short blade again.

This time he was awake, and his reaction and attack speed were much faster than hers. He grabbed her wrist and held it tightly in the blink of an eye.

"you……"

Bai Lian found that she couldn't pull him away, and it was too troublesome to pull him back, so she used her other hand to strike him in the face.

"no!"

Su Mu didn't tolerate her at all; he slapped her away and then quickly grabbed her, pulling her over.

A soft groan escaped his lips. He had already pinned Bai Lian's hands to the bed, looking at her intently.

"White Heroine, what are you doing?"

These are all momentary, instinctive reactions; the mind hasn't yet become fully logical.

"What have you done to me, you little thief!"

Bai Lian struggled as hard as she could, but found that he was very strong and her hands were firmly held. She could only twist her body and try to kick him to break free of his restraints.

Seeing her fidgeting, Su Mu instinctively tried to control her. After a while, Bai Lian stopped moving and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

Su Mu was genuinely puzzled by her expression. What was wrong with her?

Gradually, he came to his senses and realized what was happening. It seemed that she had also come to lie down in a half-dream state.

Could it be... that I... lost my bestial instincts last night?

That shouldn't be the case.

Why can't I feel anything?

Gradually, I became more aware of my surroundings. The house was still the same house, except that where there was only my bed, there was now another person.

And this current restrained appearance does seem a bit off.

Of course, even though he didn't understand, he still snatched the short blade from her hand before letting go completely.

Su Mu immediately got out of bed, looked around, and then looked at her.

Bai Lian stopped struggling, slowly got up, hugged her knees, and actually cried in grievance...

Su Mu looked at her; her clothes looked a little disheveled. Her undergarment and trousers seemed to be untouched. Moreover, if he had done something last night, she would definitely have noticed. He couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"No, I don't think we did anything last night, right? Why are you crying like that? It's like I'm bullying you."

"You are no gentleman. You took advantage of my vulnerability at night and humiliated me, a weak woman..."

"Weak woman?"

Gradually, he also felt that something was off. If he remembered correctly, they had slept together in a half-awake state last night, and then...

At once……

To say that she wasn't bullied is not quite accurate; it's likely that she encountered something unavoidable while half-asleep.

But one thing is for sure: they definitely didn't bully her.

"No, Lady White, didn't you lie down here by yourself last night?"

"But, but you said you wouldn't be back tonight."

Did I say that?

Su Mu tried hard to recall, and it seemed that he had indeed said:

"However, as I said before, I don't know if I'll come back. I definitely won't come back unless there's a mission, but there really wasn't any mission yesterday."

And he also thought of something else:

"You weren't all here yesterday, were you? Where did you go last night?"

He had just questioned her when he glanced around the room and became puzzled:

Where is Jinwei?

Bai Lian was still angry, but upon hearing Su Mu's words, she remembered that Bai Jinwei hadn't returned home all night, and immediately panicked:

"That's not right. I told her to come back first last night. When I got back, I saw someone in bed and assumed she was already asleep..."

The more he talked, the more guilty he felt.

"Hey, let's not say who's bullying whom. If you keep accusing me like this, I can't guarantee I'll actually bully you once. We can't do it without a legitimate reason, can we?"

Having found a pretext, Su Mu began to speak.

"You dare!"

"You'll see if I dare!"

"Master's wife, what are you two planning to do? What do you mean by 'not legitimate'?"

Bai Jinwei's voice came from outside.

Su Mu looked over.

They saw Bai Jinwei push open the door and enter the house unharmed, and then just look at them.

Bai Lian panicked, realizing she absolutely couldn't mention what happened last night, and quickly changed her story:

"Jinwei, Master's wife is fine, she's just having a little tiff with the young master."

Su Mu saw that she was trying to cover it up, but it was indeed inappropriate to tell Bai Jinwei.

Although she may understand, saying it explicitly and saying it implicitly are different:

"Hmm, your master's wife asked me if I dared to steal her undergarment."

Bai Lian's face stiffened as she looked at him.

Bai Jinwei looked at him with disdain:

"Hey, you guys are playing these kinds of tricks when you're having a fight. I'm still a kid."

Bai Lian quickly got out of bed and looked at Bai Jinwei:

"Where did you go last night? Didn't I tell you to come back first?"

"Ah, last night, hehe, last night... last night..."

Bai Jinwei was a little embarrassed to answer the question, because she had gone to a brothel to listen to music last night. She fell asleep while listening and was woken up by thunder. When she was about to leave, it was already raining, so she had to stay there and wait for the rain to stop.

Who would have thought they would only arrive in such a hurry at dawn?

Bai Lian was quite serious about Bai Jinwei:

"Tell me the truth! Where did you go last night?"

"Um, I got lost last night."

Su Mu could tell that Bai Jinwei was not seriously injured. He guessed that she had gone somewhere last night and had fallen asleep. Although there was thunder and rain, it seemed to have rained heavily last night, so she definitely wouldn't be able to come back.

"Alright, you two."

Su Mu broke the deadlock that everyone had secrets:

"I have to go to the Ghost Office for my shift, but I advise you not to cause any trouble for me in the capital, otherwise I'll be the one to arrest you, which will put me in a difficult position."

He packed his things and left the house.

He was actually a little worried. If they did something at night that alerted the imperial court and they were found, he felt that things would get complicated.

After Su Muren left, Bai Jinwei could only go inside. She noticed water on the floor and looked up.

"That's strange, there's no leak, so why is the floor damp?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Lian's expression turned somewhat strange and she blushed slightly.

This was naturally caused by getting caught in the rain last night and wringing out the clothes.

He initially thought it was Bai Jinwei lying on the bed, so he didn't pay much attention, but this situation made him want to crawl into a hole.

What if this kid was actually awake last night?

However, no lights were turned on last night, so they probably didn't find anything.

He quickly changed the subject:

"Jinwei, did you hear anything last night? Did you find out their whereabouts?"