Chapter 598

Gu Hanyuan leaned into Min Rou's ear and laughed lightly:

"Afraid of being caught in our illicit affair by Uncle Shi?"

Min Rou spat with a flushed face and said:

"Pah! Who has an illicit affair with you! I was just trying to save Yu'er!"

Gu Hanyuan clicked his tongue and feigned dissatisfaction:

"Tsk, Madam, you really don't recognize people once you put your clothes on. As the saying goes, one night as husband and wife brings a hundred days of grace. It hasn't even been a hundred days yet, and you are so cold, aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word?"

His expression became increasingly playful.

Min Rou said in shame and anger:

"Who is husband and wife with you! If you dare to go back on your word, I'll fight you to the death!"

Even though she knew her martial arts were far behind Gu Hanyuan's,

she still had to express her attitude.

Gu Hanyuan pulled Min Rou's waist—which lacked the youthful vitality and elasticity of a young girl but was even softer—into his arms,

and laughed warmly:

"How could I bear to make Madam sad? I came this time to tell Madam some good news."

Min Rou was clearly still very resistant to such intimate actions,

pushing against Gu Hanyuan's chest with her hands,

and said shyly:

"Let me go first. What good news?"

Unfortunately, Gu Hanyuan's hands were like a pair of iron tongs,

and Min Rou couldn't struggle free at all.

Gu Hanyuan couldn't be bothered to play the tug-of-war game with her,

and said bluntly:

"I took advantage of the night to release your son. He has already left Jiangling City."

Min Rou asked in surprise:

"Really?"

Gu Hanyuan took the opportunity to pull Min Rou's hands away,

so as to have a better experience,

and teased:

"Of course it's true. Madam paid the reward with such effort, I must also keep my promise."

Min Rou was, after all, deeply loving of her son.

Seeing that Gu Hanyuan had truly kept his promise,

the annoyance in her heart dissipated by more than half.

Enduring her shyness,

she thanked him with a beautiful, jade-like face:

"Young Master Gu, thank you."

Gu Hanyuan saw the atmosphere was good...

and leaned directly into her flushed ear to say:

"Instead of thanking me verbally, Madam, why not pay something practical?"

Min Rou's pupils shrank slightly,

and the expression on her beautiful face suddenly became panicked.

She said in resistance:

"No, I cannot betray Senior Brother again."

Gu Hanyuan wore a subtle smile on his face,

and said warmly:

"Since Madam has already betrayed him, what difference does one more time or one less time make?"

Although what Gu Hanyuan said was the truth,

Min Rou wasn't so easily fooled,

and still hesitated:

"But..."

Gu Hanyuan said with a firm attitude:

"Madam, no more 'buts.' Today is different from that night."

Min Rou was stunned,

and subconsciously asked:

"What is different?"

Gu Hanyuan pulled her close and blew out the candles,

his tone gentle:

"That was a transaction, this is an illicit affair."

"Pah!"

Min Rou's beautiful eyes, still bright in the darkness, glared at Gu Hanyuan,

clearly extremely dissatisfied with the "illicit affair" remark.

Min Rou also knew that resisting now was useless,

not to mention that Shi Qing was staying next door,

and if things got too loud, it would be hard to end.

However, after a while,

Min Rou's voice sounded again:

"Wait, don't be so gentle."

Gu Hanyuan laughed playfully:

"So Madam likes it a bit rough? No problem."

Min Rou pressed her voice and said hesitantly:

"That's not what I meant."

The playfulness in Gu Hanyuan's laughter became even stronger:

"Don't worry, I know what Madam means. Madam will get used to it."

The sky began to brighten.

Min Rou served Gu Hanyuan as he dressed with rare gentleness,

then carefully opened the door.

Seeing Shi Qing next door hadn't woken up yet,

she breathed a sigh of relief and called Gu Hanyuan to go out.

The two stood outside Shi Qing's door.

Min Rou only adjusted her emotions after several deep breaths.

She knocked on the door and called out:

"Senior Brother! Are you awake?"

Soon, Shi Qing's voice sounded from inside the room:

"Wait a moment, Junior Sister, I'll be out soon."

Min Rou hadn't spoken to him for two days,

so he was very happy when he heard her take the initiative to knock and call out,

thinking Min Rou had already figured things out.

Not long after,

a neatly dressed Shi Qing opened the door,

only to unexpectedly find that Gu Hanyuan was also present.