[1] After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure

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Chapter 221: Now it's your turn

If she had followed the daily routine when she was at the brothel, Tao Liu would have gotten out of bed and pretended to be weak out of habit as she accidentally threw herself into Xiao Yuanshi's arms.

Just like how she had treated Xiao Hanzheng in the village.

However, Shi Qingluo had repeatedly warned her not to do that.

She had to let Xiao Yuanshi always think that she had no choice but to follow him.

If she was too easy for him to obtain, he would not cherish her.

Moreover, if she offered herself to him, Xiao Yuanshi would be suspicious.

Instead, she had to act as if she cared for him and was doing things for his own good and that she really did not want to ruin his relationship with Ge Chunru.

Tao Liu resisted the urge to fall into Xiao Yuanshi's arms.

She put on her shoes and walked a few steps forward.

She smiled at him and said, "Look, I'm fine now. If I leave, madam won't be angry anymore. She won't mess around with you anymore."

She comforted him again, "You don't have to worry about these things also."

Xiao Yuanshi watched her pretend to be strong just so that Ge Chunru wouldn't mess around with him again.

How could such a beautiful woman come from the dirty place that Ge Chunru mentioned.

Moreover, Liu Ru's every frown and smile and her way of doing things didn't seem like a worldly woman.

Although she did not have the dignified elegance of a lady from an aristocratic family, she did have the elegance of a lady from a small family in Jiangnan.

She looked like she came from a good family.

He did not know that when Tao Liu was being groomed in the capital, she had specially learned the soft mumble of a lady from Jiangnan.

Before going to the capital, Xiao Hanzheng had secretly found a merchant family to teach her how to portray herself.

She had forcefully changed some of the habits that she did in the brothel.

In addition, Shi Qingluo had designed a new kind of phoney for her.

Hence, Xiao Yuanshi did not believe in Ge Chunru so much.

His face darkened and he asked unhappily, "When you go back, are you going to commit suicide again?"

Her willow-like face turned pale, like a child who had done something wrong as she lowered her head. "I... I won't."

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yuanshi suddenly wanted to reach out and touch her head, but he held it back.

He comforted her, "Don't let your imagination run wild. You can stay in the general's residence from now on."

Tao Liu raised her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes. "I... I don't want to stay in the general's residence. If I stay, madam will still be angry and fight with you. You are so nice. I don't want to make things difficult for you. Don't worry. This time, I definitely won't commit suicide."

She pretended to be optimistic and said, "At most, I won't marry anyone in the future."

Xiao Yuanshi's heart was touched again. "No, I've already made it clear to her just now. She has already accepted you."

Tao Liu rolled her eyes in her heart. This man was really lying through his teeth.

With Ge Chunru's personality, how could it be possible?