After dinner, Xu Zhi really took Zhang Qing out, saying she wanted to help him buy some clothes. Xu Qiu stopped her and asked her to buy some for Zhang Xi as well.

Zhang Xi blushed and refused on the side, but Xu Qiu smiled and said, “We are now a family, just a few pieces of clothing. If you really feel uncomfortable, just wash the dishes.”

The man in front of him smiled gently and playfully, and Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, and it wasn’t until a while later that she reacted, blushing, and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Xu Zhi hugged Zhang Qing’s waist and took him to the best ready-to-wear shop in town.

Zhang Qing was embarrassed to choose clothes, so Xu Zhi took the initiative to pick out several pieces for him, and then had them wrapped up.

“You… Mistress, Zhang Qing doesn’t need so many clothes.”

Zhang Qing looked somewhat anxious, trembling with his head down. He was now living under someone else’s roof, how could he ask others to spend more money for him?

Xu Zhi frowned, “You come from a noble family, and you call your wife, mistress?”

Zhang Qing was stunned, and Xu Zhi took the opportunity to kiss him secretly, “I bought you to be my husband. When my friend comes back, we will have a proper wedding, so just call me wife or Xu Zhi.”

“Wife…”

Being able to be a legitimate husband, Zhang Qing naturally couldn’t ask for more, so he hurriedly called her that.

Xu Zhi felt content in her heart, remembering the envy and longing she had for Xu Qi and the others a few years ago, and now she finally got it.

That day, Xu Zhi skipped class and didn’t go back to the restaurant. Instead, she took Zhang Qing around the town and bought him some nice little trinkets.

When they returned, Xu Qiu and Zhang Xi were tidying up the courtyard together. Zhang Xi looked delicate and couldn’t do much physical work. Basically, Xu Qiu was teaching her step by step, and they were a bit close. Xu Zhi thought they looked like a couple at first glance.

As they approached, they overheard the two discussing what to have for dinner.

But mainly it was Xu Qiu speaking, while Zhang Xi listened, looking strangely affectionate.

“Hey, you two really look like a couple.”

Xu Zhi occasionally lost her mind and would speak out of turn.

Xu Qiu was stunned. Could his sister really say such things?

This had to be a joke!

He was so angry that he was about to cry. While Xu Zhi hadn’t realized it yet, he had already chased after her with a chicken feather duster in his hand.

“Wow, brother, I was wrong, I was talking nonsense, please, please don’t…”

Xu Zhi turned to look at Xu Qiu, but before she knew it, she was hit on the shoulder, letting out a pig-like scream.

Xu Qiu only felt relieved after giving Xu Zhi a good beating. Then he stood with his hands on his hips and said to her, “If you dare to talk nonsense again next time, watch me beat you to death.”

“Uh, I won’t dare, I won’t dare.”

Xu Zhi held her shoulder, and when she turned her head, she saw Zhang Xi looking helpless with red cheeks.

She felt like she had offended her, “Um, don’t mind me, I have no filter in my mouth, cough cough.”

“N-no, it’s fine.”

Zhang Xi turned her head away, her face even redder, and Zhang Qing gently called out, “Sister.”

“Did you have fun going out with… the mistress today?” Zhang Xi proactively changed the subject.

Zhang Qing’s eyes lit up. Even his sister said she was the mistress, so it wasn’t just a moment of impulse to deceive himself.

“I’m happy, the mistress bought me a lot of clothes!”

The most suffering Zhang Qing had endured was being bullied by others since his family’s downfall, instilled with the idea of being inferior, but as soon as he arrived here, Xu Zhi bought him away, and now his temperament had returned.

Seeing him happy, Xu Zhi took the initiative to say, “Then tomorrow, I’ll take you out again, and after we’re done, I’ll take you to buy clothes.”

“No, there’s no need. Just having enough clothes to change is fine. Don’t spend money on Qing’er anymore.”

Zhang Xi was afraid that agreeing would upset the woman who bought them, so she hastily spoke up.

“Oh.”

But she refused, and Xu Zhi wasn’t too happy. She also wanted to take Zhang Qing out.

Zhang Qing seemed to have been raised in the mansion before, feeling everything outside was novel. Even buying a string of sugar-coated haws for him would make him smile with admiration and ask what it was.

“Humph, if you have nothing to do today, go wash the pile of clothes.”

“Ah, we still need to wash clothes?”

Xu Qiu saw Xu Zhi sighing and wanted to laugh. It was intentional. In the past, these clothes were paid for someone else to wash, but today this child was just too blunt. He had to punish her a little.

Xu Zhi went to the house to get the clothes, and Zhang Xi bumped into Zhang Qing and then pointed at Xu Zhi. Zhang Qing quickly followed suit.

Xu Zhi put the basin of dirty clothes in the yard, and when she was planning to wet and scrub them one by one, Zhang Qing came over and squatted beside her, reaching out to pinch Xu Zhi’s sleeve, “Let me do it, mistress, don’t tire yourself out.”

Seeing this, Xu Zhi couldn’t allow her husband to wash clothes. How could she let him do such a thing?

She quickly pushed away Zhang Qing’s hand, “Don’t move, I’ll do it myself. You just sit here and watch.”

Zhang Qing looked delicate and couldn’t wash clothes at all.

Zhang Xi was afraid that her brother, who had never washed clothes or done any rough work, would make a mistake, so her eyes were secretly glued to them.

Xu Qiu walked up to her and smiled, “Don’t worry, although my brother speaks a little rudely, she won’t bully your sister.”

“You’re exaggerating. I’m just worried that Qing’er won’t be able to do these things well.”

“What’s with the formality? Just call me by name. I’m Xu Qiu, she’s Xu Zhi. From now on, we’re all one family, no need for such formal titles.”

Zhang Xi pursed her lips and suddenly smiled. They seemed to have encountered a good family.

“Okay, Xu Qiu.”

Xu Zhi loved to play, but Zhang Qing had been taught since childhood to be quiet and submissive. He wasn’t interested in playing around. Fortunately, he liked listening, so Xu Zhi told him funny stories from her childhood.

They laughed together, and after one night, their relationship became noticeably closer.

Later in the evening, she felt more comfortable talking about certain things.

Zhang Qing sat on the bed, looking shy, while she stood in front of him, twirling her fingers around her clothes, feeling a bit embarrassed.

“Um, I’m twenty-five this year and I’ve never been with a man before, so, maybe I won’t be that good at it. Can you teach me? I’ll learn seriously.”

She was speaking earnestly, but Zhang Qing was already embarrassed. It was his first time too, what could he teach her?

“Mistress, please, don’t say that.”

He covered Xu Zhi’s mouth in embarrassment, but she pushed him down on the bed with force.

Knowing what would happen next, Zhang Qing tried to relax and closed his eyes.

That night, Zhang Qing felt overwhelmed.

When he woke up the next day, it was already late in the morning. Zhang Qing, feeling sore, saw Xu Zhi still sleeping beside him and felt a bit aggrieved.

Last night, he experienced what they called a woman’s wildness. At first, he didn’t know what to do, and later, he was almost exhausted. Even now, his body still felt uncomfortable. But how could this woman sleep so soundly? It was just too much!

Xu Zhi was awakened by the drops of water dripping on her chest. She opened her eyes drowsily and saw a man sitting on the side of the bed, naked, crying bitterly. His beautiful phoenix eyes blinked, almost piercing into her heart.