When Jiang Wu lowered her head, her gaze passed over those slightly rough hands and landed on the mark left by Chu Ling, which had not yet completely faded.

She didn’t know if she could see from Mo Yangzhou’s perspective that the mark was immediately covered after the man tidied her hair. She caught a quick flash of sadness and jealousy in Mo Yangzhou’s eyes.

Jiang Wu felt a little irritated. For a moment, she almost subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to cover it, but she held back. This would make her feel guilty. But wasn’t this the relationship between them? Why should she feel guilty?

Many complicated emotions surged in Jiang Wu’s chest, and she had no way of distinguishing them, but there was one thing she knew, and that was that her disgust towards Chu Ling had increased.

“Madam.” Mo Yangzhou’s voice pulled Jiang Wu out of that disgusting mood in time.

He was smiling without any other emotions, and Jiang Wu didn’t want to dwell on this anymore.

“Is Mingzhu’s marriage to the boy from the Li family not decided yet?” She asked, “It’s been a while since it was announced, right?”

Mo Mingzhu was not young anymore, and probably because she had traveled extensively with her father since she was young, her personality was very different from that of ordinary girls. After she settled in the capital, she fell in love with Wu Lang of the Li family at first sight during an outing and decided to get married.

But the Li family had not really married her into the family yet.

Hearing Jiang Wu ask this, Mo Yangzhou’s face flashed with embarrassment, but it was quickly covered up with a smile: “It has not been discussed yet. This is a big deal; there is no rush.”

Since her father had said so, Jiang Wu naturally couldn’t say anything more. She secretly thought in her heart that she would try to test Madam Li’s attitude when she had a chance.

They didn’t do anything, just chatted, but Jiang Wu’s mood already improved a lot.

Until the moment of parting, she didn’t mention the house she bought today.

She wanted to give him a surprise later.

Instead, she talked about something else: “Yang Zhou, have you ever thought about doing something else?”

Seeing the surprise in Mo Yangzhou’s eyes, Jiang Wu tried to explain as if nothing had happened: “I don’t look down on what you do. I just want you to do what you like. If you are forced by life, I can help you.”

Mo Yangzhou looked at the woman in front of him, who was trying hard to maintain an air of superiority and spoke in a tone that felt almost like charity. Yet, it wasn’t difficult to notice that she was carefully tending to his emotions, genuinely respecting him, and avoiding making decisions on his behalf.

The man laughed: “Madam, you are so cute.”

Jiang Wu’s face flushed. Who, at this age, wants to be called cute?

“Madam once said that she felt that she and your husband were becoming more and more alike, but Yang Zhou felt that you are you, and you have always been you.”

He spoke the last sentence a little softly.

Jiang Wu didn’t care. She just felt that this man always knew what she wanted to hear, and her mood improved a lot.

Yeah, who would be like that bastard?

In the end, Mo Yangzhou did not accept her proposal, saying that he would continue to do his current job.

Jiang Wu did not insist. Just like she said, she did not look down on his profession of singing opera. She just wanted him to do something more relaxing. Since he liked this, she naturally would not force him.

Her good mood diminished significantly when she saw Chuyi standing there after returning to the residence.

She heard that last time not only was she punished, but Chuyi was also punished.

Maybe it was because Chu Ling felt that he was too talkative in reminding herself of the days.

Jiang Wu would not feel any sympathy for him. This executioner had the blood of countless people on his hands.

From this point of view, it was not a heavy punishment, wasn’t it? She glanced at the wooden man and went inside.

Chuyi called her “Madam.”

“What?”

The taciturn man dutifully pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket.

“Here are the deeds to the houses you visited today. My Lord has ordered them all to be brought to you.”