Volume 1: This Heart's Bent Chapter 13: The New Demon King of the Yu Family

  The first night.

  Yi Shi Zhu's face was deathly pale, and she struggled to prop herself up. She took Tai Shi Lan back to her residence, "Listening to the Bamboo Pavilion", and first asked Tai Shi Lan to stay in a side room.

  Rejected.

  "I don't like it," said Taishi Lan.

  Shi Shi immediately asked Tai Shi Lan and her to sleep separately.

  Rejected.

  "It's unnecessary," Ta Shilian said.

  She clenched her teeth, gritted her fists and saw stars for a moment before ordering the maid to enter the room and sleep on the footstool.

  Rejected.

  "Snoring, noisy." Ta Shi Lan said.

  Wei Shi Zhu wanted to scream, wanted to scold someone, wanted to rush out of the house and never come back, wanted to use the delicate porcelain beauty vase on the table to smash the female zombie in front of her who was always expressionless.

  But she didn't dare.

  After the person in front of her "died and came back to life", she began to be afraid, seeing with her own eyes the person she had killed standing in front of her again, even if there were doubts in her heart, that fear made her whole body tremble.

  The person who "died and came back to life" showed a ferocity that was completely different from before, which made her feel chilled to the bone and not dare to make any rash moves.

  He took a deep breath, clenched his fists, gazed at the sky for three seconds, and silently went to make the bed himself. He spread out two quilts, deliberately leaving a large gap between them, preparing to slip into the outer one.

  One hand pulled her out.

  Tai Shi Lan has been passionate about sports since childhood, and his fierce training has made him lean and strong, with abundant energy. He can lift the light and slender Yu Shizhu as if he were lifting a small chicken.

  She grasped Lu Shi's arm, staring into his eyes. Lu Shi was taken aback by her unwavering gaze and looked down, even forgetting to ask questions.

  Tai Shi Lan glanced at her sideways and flicked his hand.

  He fell heavily onto the floor in front of his bed with a loud thud.

  She screamed in pain, and by the time she managed to get up with the help of her maid, Tai Shi Lan had already slipped into her bed, casually tossing Tie Shu Zhu's bedding onto the floor.

  He clenched his fists on the ground, staring at the woman lying flat on the bed, occupying all the space, and trembling with rage.

  She was already extremely humiliated by sleeping with this woman, but she didn't expect that this woman would be even more outrageous and actually try to kick her master out of bed.

  "You——"

  "You stink of fox." Tai Shi Lan flipped over, threw out Yi Shi Zhu's pillow with a bang, pulled out several books from the bookcase by the bed, and rubbed them on the pillow.

  Wei Shizhu's eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted.

  She had searched far and wide for this rare book! Originally, she had heard that the Duke of Jin was coming to Anzhou and had learned that he liked various rare books. She had asked many people and spent a lot of her own money to get it, all in order to have the opportunity to attract the attention of the Duke of Jin with such an elegant and precious gift, so that she could find a good position for her husband who was about to take office in the imperial court.

  Now she's even using me as a pillow!

  When people are angry to the extreme, they will forget their fear. Cuì Shì Zhú panted for half a day and gradually calmed down.

  She glanced up at Tai Shi Lan, who was sleeping soundly on the bed with a steady breath, and her eyes slowly sank as well. Without saying a word, she hugged the pillow and fell asleep on the short couch beside him.

  She lay on the couch with her eyes wide open, staring straight up at the ceiling, thinking to herself, after she's killed, which maid from outside should be made a scapegoat...

  Tai Shi Lan remained still and unmoving, as if she didn't care at all about what was going on or how she felt.

  It was almost dawn, the moonlight slanted through the window lattice, illuminating a long shadow dragged by someone, slowly moving down from the short bed... Bare feet stepped on the cold brick floor... Silently approached the bedside... Opened five fingers... Suddenly pinched!

  "Ah..."

  A short and low cry, but not too shrill.

  Yi Shi Zhu's figure was frozen at the bedside, under the moonlight she had her hair down and still maintained the pose of pinching with five fingers open, her temperament and spirit were like a female ghost.

  Just a dull gaze, a blank expression.

  On the bed, Taishi Lan had already turned over, with a human-shaped needle in his hand, its silver-white tip shining brightly.

  Wei Shuzhu is still immersed in "forgetting".

  Tai Shi Lan suddenly swung her hand and slapped her face with a loud "slap".

  The slap was crisp and the force was so fierce that it couldn't be any fiercer. Five distinct finger marks instantly appeared on Yu Shi Zhu's face, she swayed for a moment, her eyes still dazed, before finally turning around, touching her face and returning to her own bed.

  Tai Shiyan fell asleep, continuing to sleep. Until dawn, she was startled awake by a sharp cry, she opened her eyes and saw Yi Shizhu staring at her in terror, also staring at his own swollen face in the mirror, trembling with fear: "My face... what's going on with my face..."

  Perhaps she wanted to ask more, but facing Tai Shilan's cold and calm eyes, she forgot what to say.

  Tai Shi got up, pulled the quilt flat, until there was not a single wrinkle left, before leaving the bed. He rummaged through the cabinet and took out the only black cotton outer garment without embroidery or beads, ripped off the sleeves that were too long with a "hiss", put it on, then found a new pair of soft-soled shoes to wear. After jumping up and down twice in place, he nodded his head in satisfaction.

  She stared at Tai Shi Lan, who was picking out her things with the air of a master, until he finished and walked calmly past her, before suddenly grabbing her sleeve.

  "Who hit me? Was it you?"

  Tai Shi suddenly stretched out his hand.

  Wei Shi Zhu was so startled that he jumped back.

  Tai Shi Lan spread her five fingers apart, flashed them in front of her eyes, then pointed at her face, and immediately pushed her away to go out for a morning exercise.

  Yu Shizhu stood foolishly in place, touching his face, looking at the mirror, thinking about Tai Shi's last move, and it took him a long time to understand.

  Tai Shi Lan is calling her "Bei Zhi Yin"!

  Yu Shizhu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Under heaven, there's actually such an arrogant woman!

  This day.

  Something small happened.

  Event 1: Tai Shi was jogging around the artificial lake in the backyard when she encountered a person of unknown identity who approached her and attempted to lure her to the lake.

  Result: The unidentified person slipped into the water by himself, Tai Shi Lan crouched on the lake shore and studied her swimming posture for ten seconds, started shouting for help, and then walked away.

  Event two: She ran halfway, suddenly being stopped by someone, saying that the flower bed was open in front, asking her to detour, so she detoured to the fake mountain garden, where a fake mountain suddenly collapsed.

  Result: Tai Shi Lan came out of the fake mountain garden safely, and immediately someone suspiciously went in to take a look. They found that all the fake mountains were intact, and they couldn't help but walk under the one that had moved to investigate. At this moment, the fake mountain collapsed.

  Event three: After two things happened, someone passed on a message saying that the lady invited her to have tea. She went and the tea was very fragrant. The lady gave her a packet of tea.

  Result: The wet nurse suddenly became expressionless when she was given the tea bag, and immediately shouted that the tea had been poisoned. Although the person who drank it would not die, they would slowly lose their mind and become an idiot. The lady was furious, and without waiting for the wet nurse to finish speaking, she had her dragged out and beaten to death. She then gave a lavish burial to this loyal servant who had followed her for twenty years since she left her parents' home. Everyone present praised the lady's clear distinction between reward and punishment, as well as her kindness and generosity.

  Tai Shi Lan also nodded in agreement and ate all the dim sum at his wife's place.

  ……

  She slept soundly that night, while many others did not.

  The third day.

  On the third day, everything was calm and peaceful. The ladies in the mansion were like eggplants that had been struck by frost, listless and devoid of vitality. Tai Shi Lan's repeated narrow escapes from disaster made these women, who had originally been full of confidence, begin to feel uneasy. Rumors began to circulate within the mansion, gradually taking a turn towards the supernatural and strange. The latest rumor was that Yi Shilan had borrowed a corpse to return to life, and that the current Yi Shilan was no longer the original one.

  Rich imagination, who says ancient people are all stupid? Tai Shi Lan thought.

  However, she soon realized that the reason why the ladies were calm was not only because they had been repeatedly frustrated and needed time to settle down and find another way, but also because the Yi family had received a letter.

  Three days later, the Duke of Jin returned to the capital, and the government of Anzhou held a farewell ceremony for the Duke of Jin. Coinciding with the "Second Month Second Dragon Raising its Head" festival, a series of recreational activities were organized to add to the excitement, including inviting young ladies from various governments to gather at Lushan Mountain in Anzhou for a "Flower Tide Competition".

  Digression

  Is there anyone who doesn't know how to pronounce the character TAI?