Chapter 455: Drama Queen
Seeing Xia Feng looking a bit bewildered, He Jianzhu sighed. The anger in her beautiful eyes, visible through her half-frame gold-rimmed glasses, subsided, and she softly and gently asked, “How does it feel, soft?”
Xia Feng blinked and nodded thoughtfully, “It’s okay.”
He Jianzhu’s expression immediately turned poker-faced. “Let go!”
Xia Feng released his fingers without changing his expression, even smoothing out the creases in her clothes around her waist and hips. Under her cold gaze, he retracted his hand and put it behind his back.
However, because of this, He Jianzhu lost her support and her body went limp, falling straight into the deep mist below.
Xia Feng was stunned and quickly flew down.
The woman’s white coat rustled in the wind, and her silver hair also became somewhat disheveled, fluttering in the misty clouds. Xia Feng embraced her slender waist again and pulled her into his arms.
He Jianzhu pressed her hand against Xia Feng’s shoulder, sweat beading on her forehead and her face looking somewhat pale.
Xia Feng had initially thought the woman was faking her weakness but realized it was genuine.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” He Jianzhu shook her head softly, then raised her eyes, only to see the brat’s black eyes so close to hers again, looking down at her from above.
Her chest was pressed against his hard chest. As their golden and black eyes met, they were momentarily speechless.
After a moment of silence, Xia Feng spoke first, “Miss Jian Zhu, why did you pretend to be Mu Qingtong just now?”
He Jianzhu’s beautiful eyes were calm. She pursed her lips and whispered, “I don’t know who Mu Qingtong is.”
Xia Feng was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“I didn’t lie to you earlier. I have amnesia, but I remember a lot of information about you and know that you are someone I can trust.”
“Ah?”
Xia Feng hadn’t expected this and couldn’t help but stare at the woman suspiciously again. When he first met this woman in the garden, she had been mysterious, saying strange things that were unfathomable.
“Judging by this, was your memory tampered with?” Xia Feng asked doubtfully.
“No.”
He Jianzhu shook her head. “This is due to clone division. Clones cannot hold too much memory; they only need to remember information related to their mission, which is enough.”
“Clone?”
“You can think of it as a copy. This is one of my abilities.”
Xia Feng nodded thoughtfully. So, the He Jianzhu in front of him, like the one he met in the garden, was not the main body of He Jianzhu. At that time, He Jianzhu had spoken cryptically to him, saying things like, “You’re here” and “Child, do you know who I am?” It was clear that this woman seemed very capable and was planning something behind the scenes. Furthermore, Xia Feng strongly suspected that his lost memories from the ages of 12 to 14 might be related to this woman.
“Lord Dragon God, can you tell what He Jianzhu’s situation is?” Xia Feng asked in his heart.
Di Si, dressed in a starry skirt, floated quietly beside Xia Feng. In fact, she had been observing this woman since He Jianzhu appeared. This woman, both in appearance and in her eerie aura, displeased her. After learning from her believer that this woman was the witch’s mother, her displeasure grew even stronger. Although she wanted to tell her believer to abandon this witch’s mother and let her fend for herself, she changed her mind. This was because Di Si sensed that this human woman named He Jianzhu might have been a Star God before.
“This woman is not simple, believer. Find a way to subdue her using the Dragon God Token. This way, we can find out what conspiracy she is plotting behind the scenes.” Since the Evil Witch dared to snatch her believer, she would enslave the witch’s mother. This was entirely reasonable.
Xia Feng was unaware of Miss Evil Dragon’s thoughts. He was merely surprised that Miss Evil Dragon held such a high opinion of He Jianzhu, deserving the use of one Dragon God Token slot. After all, there were only seven slots on the Dragon God Token, and using one on King Pu Xiu was already considered somewhat wasteful. However, the Dragon God Token could not be used for forced contracts; He Jianzhu would have to agree willingly to be contracted. This would be difficult. Unless he could devise a way to trick her.
“So, Miss Jian Zhu, you still haven’t answered my question.”
Xia Feng held the slender waist of the silver-haired woman. He glanced at her lips, which were close and moist, and raised his black eyes. “Why did you pretend to be Mu Qingtong just now?”
He Jianzhu blinked. Could she say she did it just for fun? Wouldn’t that make her seem foolish, almost getting herself into trouble?
“That’s not important.” She gently rubbed Xia Feng’s head with her delicate hand, her beautiful eyes soft. “Child, looking at your state, have you met other clones of Auntie’s before?”
“So, do you know what relationship Auntie and you have?”
Hearing her words, Xia Feng hesitated for only half a second before calmly starting to fabricate. “Fine, Jian Zhu, I won’t joke with you anymore. I’m being serious: Actually, you and I are husband and wife. We have a daughter named… Mu Qingtong. Earlier, I said Mu Qingtong was my female slave, but that was all nonsense I made up to test you. Don’t take it seriously.”
Xia Feng gently tucked a strand of silver hair that had fallen in front of He Jianzhu’s forehead behind her ear, softly whispering, “Jian Zhu, although I don’t know what you’ve been through all these years, luckily, I’ve finally reunited with you.”
After quietly listening to the brat’s words, He Jianzhu blinked. After less than half a second of hesitation, her eyes curved. She softly embraced Xia Feng’s neck with her slender arms and whispered, “So you’re my husband? No wonder my body doesn’t resist you.”
The soft feeling pressed further against Xia Feng’s chest. Her exquisitely beautiful little face, identical to Miss Mu’s, drew closer. The arm around her slender, serpentine waist stiffened. Xia Feng hadn’t noticed it before, but at such close proximity now, he could discern subtle differences in their demeanor and habits. He Jianzhu’s temperament was more mature and gentle, and she smiled more often, even her speech carried the soft, gentle smile of a woman from Jiangnan.
Mu Qingtong was different. Miss Mu’s temperament was colder, and in public, she would maintain a faint smile, appearing gentle but keeping others at a distance, polite yet reserved with everyone. For example, during her time at Weiyang Academy, Mu Qingtong was very famous, and students had a good impression of her. However, no one had ever heard of Mu Qingtong having any close friends or confidantes; she always kept to herself.
Of course, these were not the main points. The main point now was that Xia Feng found He Jianzhu’s moist lips getting closer and closer to his. Her eyes curved. “Husband, you said we are husband and wife, so have we kissed before?”
Xia Feng was speechless. Wait, didn’t this woman get completely dazed after being spanked just now? How could she accept the role so quickly? Didn’t she even doubt what I said?! Xia Feng’s composure wavered slightly. He had just wanted to fabricate an identity to facilitate the promotion of the Dragon God Token, but it seemed the role of husband was difficult to manage. Seeing Xia Feng fall into silence, He Jianzhu’s eyes curved gently, and she softly asked with a hint of confusion, “What’s wrong?”
