Chapter 3: Who Wants You Dead?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Your own family wants to kill you? Why? Who did you offend?" Guan Tong asked.
"Do you need to offend someone for them to want you dead?" Lu Han answered.
Guan Tong thought about it and agreed. All families had their secrets.
"Don't worry about it." Lu Han didn't seem to be worried at all. Guan Tong heard that there was no longer any movement outside.
"Why is it all quiet out there?" Guan Tong pushed further.
"Get up. There's no more danger out there." Lu Han said. Guan Tong was thoroughly confused by her husband's words.
"Young Master, are you okay?" Uncle Tang's voice came from outside.
"Young Master? Why don't you ask someone who can talk?" Guan Tong was displeased.
"I'm alright. You may go down now." She heard Lu Han's cold voice.
"Uncle Tang knows that I have cured you?" Guan Tong was confused.
"Whether I'm cured or not, you should get up first."
Guan Tong only noticed the figure of the two men as she heard Lu Han's words. As she was directly above him and Lu Han had looked up, he could finally see her. Guan Tong quickly stood up with her face that was flushing bright red. The initially neat bridal chamber had become messy. However, as Lu Han rolled up from the ground, he didn't show any signs of regret. Instead, his face showed a trace of flirtiness.
"You...you're not injured, right?" Guan Tong scratched her head and tried to find something to say to brush away her shyness.
"Of course not. I'm still waiting to consummate our marriage." Lu Han pleasantly replied.
When Guan Tong heard this, she almost jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. 'Did he not hear what he was saying to me? Or was he awake from the very beginning?' Guan Tong was dumbfounded by what happened.
"So you were up a long time ago?" She asked.
Lu Han did not say a word when he heard this. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up. "I'm only injured."
Guan Tong was stunned when she heard this. Was Lu Han injured? Why didn't she know?
"Where are your injuries?" Guan Tong did not see anything wrong with him until then.
"Tomorrow, just pretend that I got injured." He said.
…
"Alright." She had no choice but to lower her head.
"So your name is Lin Fei?" Lu Han asked.
This man knew the name of his new bride. Was he a clairvoyant? Guan Tong couldn't answer Lu Han's question because if she revealed her identity that she was not Lin Fei, her grandmother would probably suffer the consequence.
"Why did you want to marry me?" Lu Han asked further for more information.
Guan Tong was a little speechless. It was hard for her to say that she was forced into this arrangement.
"Oh, I heard that the Young Master of the Lu family is handsome and elegant. He is charming and intelligent, and everyone loves him." Guan Tong quickly shushed herself and wondered why she would mutter these words.
Guan Tong felt she had slipped up. Lu Han stared at Guan Tong with only half a smile. He thought that the girl was clueless and naive. She wasn't good-looking, but she had an attractive personality.
"Oh, so you fell in love with me?" Lu Han playfully questioned the embarrassed Guan Tong.
'What was wrong with this arrogant man? What did he mean by falling in love with him?' Guan Tong wasn't sure what Lu Han was trying to get out of her.
"Then why would you go to such lengths to protect me?" Lu Han jokingly added. Did he want to die? If something would happen to him, Guan Tong might get the chance to walk out of the Lu family alive.
Lu Han showed some interest in the woman in front of him. Although she seemed to be flustered in such a critical moment, she was cautious in her actions. The woman even found a way to drag him out of bed. No matter how he saw it, he knew in his mind that she was not one of those clueless daughters from the boudoir.
"We… we got married..." Guan Tong answered Lu Han. Her words implied her duty to take care and not abandon him when times are hard. But these words had other meanings to Lu Han's understanding. He wasn't sure whether Guan Tong had other motives. As he grew up, Lu Han had learned not to trust anyone blindly.
"You're so handsome. How could I not fall for you?" Guan Tong decided to play the role of a fool.
"But if you abuse me... I'll tell others about you." Guan Tong frantically threatened her husband.
"Alright, tell them about what?" Lu Han wanted to see how this girl in front of him would threaten him further.
"I'll tell everyone that you...you have erectile dysfunction!" Guan Tong said to Lu Han, and he was surprised. He was amused by these two words— erectile dysfunction.
"Where did you hear that I have erectile dysfunction? How about we give it a try to see if it's true?" Lu Han said as he was walking towards Guan Tong.
'Wait, maybe he didn't have erectile dysfunction?' Guan Tong was perplexed by Lu Han's suggestion.
"No... I don't doubt it. I'm talking about the fact that you pretended to be in a comatose state." Guan Tong quickly changed the topic.
No wonder she had thought that the smell of the Chinese medicine was strange. Now that she thought about it carefully, the Chinese medicine she smelled earlier clearly calmed nerves and dulled the physical senses. So Guan Tong concluded that Lu Han was pretending that he was paralyzed and forced himself into a comatose state all along.
"How did you know?" Lu Han asked as Guan Tong paused. The news that Lu Han was no longer in his comatose state would probably blow up. As the saying went, "The more you know, the sooner you'll die." Guan Tong also felt uneasiness from her newfound knowledge.
"You even know my name, and you don't look like someone who just woken up from a comatose state." Guan Tong voiced her suspicion. Lu Han, however, found her wariness to be funny. The girl was indeed quite smart.
"Mm, you're right. But I want you to keep it a secret. What do you suggest we do then?" Malicious intent flashed through Lu Han's eyes.
"I... I'll keep it a secret for you." Guan Tong did not doubt that the man in front of her had an intention to kill her so she relented. Lu Han was very suspicious of Guan Tong's words.
Guan Tong regurgitated. "If you kill me, you'll have to marry a sixth wife and kill another one. You'd be murdering more innocent people. You'll reincarnate as a little pig in your next life."
Guan Tong's voice became lower as she spoke. However, Lu Han, who had good hearing since he was a kid, heard every word the girl mumbled. Lu Han smiled. It was not a problem to keep this girl around. Instead, he found it quite interesting to tease her here and there. If that no longer pleases him, he'll kill her later.
-- Gift
received