Chapter 690: Girl's Curiosity

Being human, one seems unable to shake off curiosity, this essential quality.

When she heard that strange sound, Lu Wanwan hesitated only a moment, then quietly moved her feet.

It was a sound especially unfamiliar to her, like crying yet tinged with joy.

In Lu Wanwan's past of free, boundless wandering like a bird, such a sound had never occurred; she racked her brains guessing, but never imagined what lay behind these sounds.

With an inherently unrestrained nature, facing the unknown, she had only a heart eager to explore.

She controlled her steps, fully employing her catlike agility, approaching the gauze-shrouded Baopingmen; through the semi‑translucent curtain, Lu Wanwan saw two figures entwined.

One standing, one kneeling.

The one standing by the bed, judging by the build, must be her high‑status husband.

The one kneeling on the bed, bent waist and raised head…

Lu Wanwan looked somewhat bewildered, compared herself to them, and suddenly her cheeks flushed.

"What's there to see that you need to get so close? And where does that weird sound come from? What is that gurgling noise?"

At that moment, Lu Wanwan's mind felt filled with question marks.

Even if she exhausted her wits, reviewing every past experience, she still couldn't figure out how that sound was produced, or what they were doing in such a strange pose.

What lay before her instantly shattered her understanding into chaos.

In an instant she felt utter absurdity, incredibility, and a strong curiosity.

The lingering image struck Lu Wanwan's inexperienced heart, making her whole body feel hot, as if something instinctive surged back and forth within her, violently churning.

It also made her waist go weak and her legs numb…

This…

Lu Wanwan suddenly drew a deep breath, clasped her hands together, and gripped them tightly.

Stay calm, must stay calm!

It's just a sound—how could it provoke such a strong reaction?

This is too strange.

Lu Wanwan didn't understand and couldn't comprehend, but her bodily reaction was undeniably real.

Even if she deliberately tried to control it, that feeling still surged upon her.

Then…

She instantly understood what they were doing.

Making babies!

No, it's for making babies!

When she was young, a peer in the village had told her about this.

That peer told Lu Wanwan that her parents had been doing this for a year before giving birth to her younger sister.

She understood!

In an instant, Lu Wanwan comprehended everything she had just seen.

It was simply to make babies.

If it's for making babies, then that woman must be… the Third Madam?!

But maybe not necessarily.

A husband of high status and power shouldn't lack women.

If he wishes, any woman in this manor could bear him a child.

"So that's how the wedding night candle ceremony works…" Lu Wanwan murmured to herself.

She had always thought just sleeping together would suffice.

At the same time, she finally understood why her mother, when she left home, had secretly warned her not to enter the bridal chamber during her heavenly gui time.

"Ah, ruined, my skirt!"

Lu Wanwan reacted instantly, looked down, and her face flushed red as a monkey's butt.

Seems I'm doomed!

Lu Wanwan slipped away like a thief, even taking Qin Zhanhong's clothes along.

……

Chen Wuji and Qin Zhanhong, after a brief separation better than a new marriage, tossed and turned until heaven and earth grew dark.

Afterward, even Qin Zhanhong's martial practitioner's constitution broke into a heavy sweat, his face pale yet flushed with a tender red, as if he'd just stepped out of a sauna.

"Satisfied?" Chen Wuji admired Qin Zhanhong's graceful figure, then added a remark.

Qin Zhanhong rested his head on Chen Wuji's thigh, lightly nodded, "Husband seems even stronger now; I could barely hold out. Husband, did you secretly improve your skills by taking another lady?"

"How could that be? I didn't know you were secretly doing this." Chen Wuji said, "Isn't my ability always this strong?"

A little self‑admiration.

But if nothing unexpected happens, at this point he should count as a standout among men.

"Husband really is stronger; I can attest to that personally."

"Fine, as long as you feel stronger, that's good; otherwise I really fear I can't withstand the pressure from you all." Chen Wuji joked.

His household is overly harmonious, now having developed to the point of sharing a big bed.

Now with Lu Wanwan added, we'll surely have to stay together from now on.

By then we can't just each take a quick taste and call it a day, can we?

With more people, he certainly can't make everyone enjoy themselves as thoroughly as Qin Zhanhong does right now.

But if his ability is a bit stronger, at least he can still spread the blessings evenly.

"Alright, get up; let's tidy up—we still have some important matters to attend to." Chen Wuji spoke.

He hadn't forgotten that when Qin Zhanhong arrived, he also brought along a Qiang elder.

This matter is urgent; cannot be delayed.

The Qiang people are about to establish a state; everywhere there's something off.

Right now, obtaining a bit more information would be more advantageous.

Qin Zhanhong rose reluctantly, "I don't't want to get up!"

"Be good, go wash up; I'll interrogate the Qiang person you brought back." Chen Wuji said, "The army is about to march out; time is tight."

"Alright..."

Qin Zhanhong got up with some resentment, gathered his messy hair behind, tied a hair bun, "That Qiang person is stubborn; I earlier made him swim in the cesspool, yet he still wouldn't speak."

Chen Wuji immediately looked disgusted, "Who came up with this filthy idea?"

"Chen Wushuang."

Chen Wuji:...

A child raised in the countryside, his hands are so heavy-handed.

Just this disgusting interrogation method.

Whether the prisoner's mouth can be pried open aside, one's own mouth definitely needs to be pried open first, spit hard twice then speak.

"I'll go meet this guy." Chen Wuji got up and got off the bed.

The naked Qin Zhanhong also jumped down, first helping Chen Wuji change clothes.

Even though Qin Zhanhong comes from a prestigious family, in the aspect of being a good wife, she truly has no equal.

"Huh, where are my clothes?"

After helping Chen Wuji get dressed, Qin Zhanhong was about to put on clothes when she suddenly discovered that her skirt, torn by Chen Wuji, was missing.

"I remember I clearly hung it up here?"

Chen Wuji looked left and right, "Could you be misremembering? No, it's right here."

He also remembered.

Qin Zhanhong's undergarments were taken off by him, and also hung up by him.

At that time, she saw Qin Zhanhong's skirt on it.