Chapter 345: Zhao Yu, Who

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The moment Zhao Yu opened his eyes, he saw Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao, who had stolen a kiss on him, making her getaway.

How could Zhao Yu let Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao take advantage of him and just run off?

Without a word, Zhao Yu "caught" Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao and pulled her back again…

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Half a shichen later.

Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao lay weakly on the bed, staring at the canopy of the canopied bed, and thought, 'So it's this matter, scared me to death, I thought he had found out that I knew his biggest secret…'

At this moment, Zhao Yu sat up and said, "Since you already know…"

The heart Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao had just set down immediately leapt back up, and straight to her throat, 'What does he mean by that?! What does he mean by "since you already know"?! Did he find out that I know his biggest secret?!!!'

'Could this be our last time?!!!'

Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao looked at Zhao Yu, who had already sat down on the edge of the bed, with extreme nervousness, as if the next moment Zhao Yu would get off the bed, then leave, and never want her again.

In fact, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao wasn't unaware that since Zhao Yu could forgive Yuan Qingcheng, he should be able to forgive her too. She also wasn't unaware that she had helped Zhao Yu kick off the Industrial Revolution and borne him six children, doing a great many, many, many things for Zhao Yu. By any measure of sentiment or reason, Zhao Yu shouldn't have toyed with her and then abandoned her, casting aside wife and children.

But because she truly didn't want to lose Zhao Yu and her current life, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao simply didn't dare to gamble, nor did she want to gamble, even though her odds of winning this round were at least ninety-nine point nine-nine-nine percent.

Only because what Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao saw was that zero point zero-zero-one percent.

So, at this critical juncture, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao hugged Zhao Yu from behind, striving to come clean and get leniency: "It wasn't me driving the car that hit you, it was Sister Lin who was driving, I was just sitting in her car, this isn't my fault, I'm also a victim, you can't blame this on me! I didn't deliberately eavesdrop on you and Qingcheng talking, I just happened to run into you…"

'??????????'

Zhao Yu's face was full of bewilderment, 'What did I say? That caused such a big reaction from her?'

After reacting for a while, and combining it with Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's girlish personality, Zhao Yu roughly guessed what was going on in her mind.

Zhao Yu turned around and pulled Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao into his embrace.

Zhao Yu had wanted to say 'you really know your mistake' to scare Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao a little and tease her, but Zhao Yu was also afraid of scaring this big baby, so, the moment he opened his mouth, he fed Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao a reassurance pill: "Don't be afraid, as long as you don't betray me, I will never abandon you in this life or any other."

Hearing the promise Zhao Yu gave her, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao burst out crying with a "Waa~".

No one knew how great Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's psychological pressure had been these past few days. She could only keep working, work even harder, to remind herself that she was still useful to Zhao Yu, and that Zhao Yu wouldn't not want her.

But Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao understood all the reasoning perfectly, yet she simply couldn't suppress the unease surging inside her like the tide. The fear that welled up in her heart on those late nights when she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, was like fine, dense needles, pricking the tip of her heart again and again, jolting her awake from her dreams time after time.

It is no exaggeration to say that only last night's sleep in Zhao Yu's arms was the only sound sleep Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao had gotten in these past few days.

From this, one can see how great Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's psychological pressure was, and how much she depended on Zhao Yu.

Only at this moment, hearing Zhao Yu's solemn and deeply affectionate promise, did Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's tightly wound nerves finally relax, and all the grievance, worry, and fear turned into tears, bursting forth like a breached dam.

Zhao Yu gently patted Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's back, like soothing a startled little beast. He recalled every bit of their acquaintance—from Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao being the first among his five women to be pushed down by him, to the storms they'd weathered together afterwards. Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao had always stayed by his side, doing scientific research for him, bearing him children, holding up half the sky for his Great Song. Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao had not only given him tremendous support in his career, but in life she had indulged him in every possible way. How could he bear to abandon such a woman?

"Alright, be good, stop crying."

Zhao Yu gently wiped the tears from Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's face, "We've been through so much together, how could I not want you? You are the most precious big baby of my life."

Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao raised her head between sobs, looking at Zhao Yu through her misty, tear-filled eyes, and asked in a choked voice, "Really? You really don't blame us for driving—no, I mean, Sister Lin driving and running you over?"

"That was just an accident, wasn't it? The brakes failed, didn't they? And, thanks to you few, I became the Emperor, and have several thousand consorts. The key thing is, you've also thrown yourselves in to me, bearing me children, helping me govern Great Song. We've lived together sixteen or seventeen years, and our feelings have always been very good. How could I never forgive you all because of an unintentional mistake on your part?" Zhao Yu said.

Although Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao could have thought of everything Zhao Yu said on her own, only hearing Zhao Yu say it with his own mouth did Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao finally set down the heart she had been holding up all along.

Without the pressure of being abandoned, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao quickly asked the question she cared about most: "Why did you tell Qingcheng that you're a transmigrator too, but not tell me?"

Zhao Yu thought, 'Women will always be women. Just now she was crying like pear blossoms in the rain, and the moment she's ashore, she's already drowning in jealousy, harping on a small matter.'

Zhao Yu laughed secretly in his heart, but on his face he wore a look of doting affection. He gently scratched the tip of Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao's nose and said with a smile, "What, jealous?"

Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao pouted and turned her head away, but her eyes couldn't hide the concern within: "Hmph, who's jealous? I'm just curious, why does Qingcheng get to know, but I don't?"

Zhao Yu gently turned her face back, making her look directly at him, and explained to her: "About five years ago, one day, Qingcheng made me a jar of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall…"

After hearing Zhao Yu finish telling the process of how Yuan Qingcheng discovered that he was also a transmigrator, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao widened her eyes and asked, "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is from the Qing Dynasty? No way? Just hearing the name, isn't it obviously an ancient dish name?"

"I thought the same thing at the time, so, offhandedly, I said, 'It's just a jar of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, at worst I'll compensate you for it,' and as a result, you know Qingcheng, she's so delicate in her thoughts that she immediately deduced from that that I was also a transmigrator."

At this point, Zhao Yu and Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao had already lain back down. Zhao Yu held Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao and told her about the process back then of Yuan Qingcheng discovering that he was also a transmigrator.

After listening, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao said in surprise, "Qingcheng is so smart! If it were me, I definitely wouldn't have picked up on it. Even if I had, I would have thought it was one of the other four who told you."

Speaking of this, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait, Qingcheng knew you were a transmigrator five years ago, and hasn't leaked a single word to us in all these years. Her lips are really tight. Good sisters, my foot! Hmph!"

Zhao Yu defended Yuan Qingcheng with one sentence: "I told her not to say anything."

Hearing this, Ma Seeing Ma Xiao Jiao raised her head, looking at Zhao Yu with a cutely fierce expression, and said angrily, "You're even worse, deceiving us for so long, you're way too calculating!"

Zhao Yu said lightly, "Oh? Am I very calculating?"