Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Mother

Before Li Qian could see what he wanted to see, Xu Zhu had already woken up. Seeing her half-open bodice, she quickly recalled her behavior that day. Xu Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and she realized that Li Qian suspected her!

Seeing that Xu Zhu was awake, Li Qian subtly put his hand back down: "You're awake?"

"Ah."

"you……"

"you……"

The two spoke at the same time, "You go first!" Xu Zhu let Li Qian speak first. She had a rough idea of ​​what Li Qian was going to say, and her hands under the covers gripped the sheets tightly.

"Did you see my jade pendant when you were tidying up at home? I only realized I forgot to wear it after I joined the army. I guess I left it at home." Li Qian casually mentioned it, looking at Xu Zhu with a forced smile.

Xu Zhu blinked. His family was dirt poor; where would they find a jade pendant? The novel did mention Li Qian had a jade pendant, but wasn't it pawned to get married?

"Do you have a jade pendant? Besides the one you pawned, do you have any others?" Xu Zhu blurted out whatever came to mind. She immediately regretted it; she didn't know why she had spoken so thoughtlessly. She wasn't the real Xu Zhu. Knowing that Li Qian had begun to suspect her, she had to be extremely careful with every word she spoke and every step she took.

Li Qian touched Xu Zhu's hair, his smile much more genuine than before: "It's been too long, I forgot!"

Xu Zhu then realized, somewhat bewildered, that they were testing her; how cunning! Luckily, she had answered correctly, otherwise today…

"What do you want to say?" Li Qian looked at Xu Zhu and asked as gently as possible, though this gentleness was only what Li Qian thought it was.

"I want to ask you, has the Emperor bestowed any honors upon you?"

"Ah."

"Oh." Xu Zhu was still a little scared after being tested by Li Qian, afraid that he might say the wrong thing.

As Li Qian lay down, he secretly sighed at himself for being too paranoid. Who else could Xu Zhu be but Xu Zhu? His thoughts just now were too absurd.

Early the next morning, Li Qian and Xu Zhu took Li Baobao back to Xujia Village.

Xu Zhu was busy tidying up the house, preparing to pack her luggage to stay in Kyoto. Li Qian had been appointed as a fourth-rank Guangwei General by the Emperor and was also rewarded with a large three-courtyard mansion. Yesterday, the two had a brief conversation and then went to sleep separately. However, this was what made Xu Zhu both strange and relieved. Before Li Qian arrived, she was worried about a man and woman sharing a room, but Li Qian had very consciously gone to sleep elsewhere, his actions quite practiced.

It's not the busy farming season in the countryside right now, so many aunties and older women are at home weaving bamboo boxes and baskets to supplement their income. Two or three women huddle together, chatting and working, the rustling of leaves in the wind mingling with their conversation, creating a rather pleasant scene.

"Hey, have you heard? Xu Zhu's husband is back!"

"Is it true?"

"No way!"

"It's true. I heard it from my in-laws' sister's daughter-in-law's aunt last night."

"Hey, I didn't expect Xu Zhu to actually show up!"

"Hey, I heard that Li Qian looks really impressive in his armor. He'll probably get a minor official position. Tsk tsk, Xu Zhu is really lucky. She didn't listen to her parents back then."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiushi's eyes rolled several times. He threw down the bamboo box, moved off the stool, and ran away as fast as he could.

"Wang Chunhua, I must say, your daughter really has good taste. She bet on Li Qian. Your family is going to be rich. I heard Li Qian has become a big shot!" Zhang Qiushi looked at Wang Chunhua with envy. If he had known, he would have married his daughter off to the poor boy Li Qian back then. Wang Chunhua got a great deal for nothing.

Zhang Qiushi doesn't seem to realize that his daughter has a round face, is covered in pockmarks, has one big eye and one small eye, and her nostrils point upwards. Does he think Li Qian would even be interested in her?

"What?" Wang Chunhua's eyes widened in disbelief. In her mind, Li Qian was already a dead man!

She dropped what she was doing and ran to Li Qian's house to find out what was going on.

Xu Zhu packed her things quickly, deciding not to keep the broken jars, tattered blankets, or clothes. The family of three locked the yard and prepared to leave. Li Qian tossed a purse into Aunt Zheng's yard as a token of gratitude for her care of Xu Zhu and her son.

When Wang Chunhua arrived at Xu Zhu's house, she saw the horse gallop away, kicking up dust that made her cough. Before she could even cause trouble, the horse was gone, and she didn't know where it had gone.

"Please greet Madam and Young Master. This old servant has already had the courtyard cleaned and tidied up. Please come in and have a look." At the door, a steward-like man came out and bowed, clearly a shrewd and worldly person.

"Let's go in and take a look," Xu Zhu urged, as Li Baobao was still tilting her little head, staring blankly at the yard.

Li Qian was summoned to the military camp, so only Xu Zhu and Li Baobao ate dinner that evening. Li Baobao chattered incessantly, clearly very satisfied with her new home. Xu Zhu watched Li Baobao talk tenderly.

"What are they saying?" Li Qian heard his son talking from afar.

"Daddy!" As soon as Li Baobao saw her father, she ran over and threw herself into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest.

Li Qian, feeling the strain from Li Baobao, grunted softly and subtly rubbed his back. Xu Zhu, with his sharp eyes, noticed this, but the oblivious Li Baobao kept tugging at her father, saying, "Daddy, sit down quickly, the dishes are plentiful today!"

Li Qian forced a smile: "Father, you don't need to sit."

"Sit down, Father, sit down."

Unable to withstand Li Baobao's persistent persuasion, Li Qian finally sat down on the bench with a resigned air. The moment he sat down, the feeling was truly indescribable!

Xu Zhu heard Li Qian hissing and panting after sitting down, his eyes glazed over, and laughed without restraint.

Li Qian glanced at Xu Zhu, who stuck out her tongue and quickly lowered her head to eat.

After dinner, Li Qian was already exhausted by his son. The boy kept asking him to serve food to Xu Zhu and move closer to Xu Zhu.

Xu Zhu had been holding the small bottle of medicine for almost the time it takes to burn an incense stick, and Ping'er noticed that her master was constantly muttering to himself.

"To go, or not to go? Let's go! Oh, no, no."

"Madam, what are you doing?" Ping'er was assigned by the steward to serve Xu Zhu in her room, but Xu Zhu was crying very uncomfortablely.

"Do you think I should go and deliver medicine to Li Qian, or rather, Master?" Xu Zhu felt there was no need to care so much about Li Qian. But, after all, he was Xu Zhu's sugar daddy; he was fed and clothed by him, so it wouldn't be right to show concern for him.

"What? Master is sick! Of course you have to go and deliver medicine to him, Madam..." Xu Zhu stood up decisively and went to Li Qian's room to deliver medicine. It wasn't because she cared about Li Qian that she was so concerned, but because Ping'er was too talkative. If she kept talking, her head would explode.

"Dong dong, dong dong"

After a long while, no one opened the door, so Xu Zhu curiously pressed her finger against the doorway to look. She moistened her finger with saliva and poked a hole in the door.

"Ugh, I can't poke it open." Xu Zhu muttered to himself. It seemed that the TV shows where you could poke an opening with just a little saliva were all lies.

Not only could he not pry it open, but Li Qian inside suddenly flung the door open, and Xu Zhu, propelled by the momentum, stumbled forward. Seeing this, Li Qian slowly, very slowly, took a step to the left. Xu Zhu then took a solid step forward; luckily, he reacted quickly, or he would have fallen flat on his face!

"You, you, I was even thinking of getting you medicine, and you still treat me like this?" Xu Zhu stood up and pointed at his nose without even panting.

Li Qian showed no anger or remorse on his face. Only when Xu Zhu was tired of talking did he lazily say three words: "My butt hurts."

It has to be said that Li Qian still loves to tease Xu Zhu just like he did when he was a child.

Xu Zhu fell silent, as if someone had grabbed him by the neck.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm bringing you medicine!" Xu Zhu said irritably.

After Li Qian reached out and took the medicine from Xu Zhu, he was about to close the door.

"You just closed down?" Xu Zhu looked at Li Qian in disbelief.

"Then will you come in and apply the medicine for me?" Li Qian asked, stepping forward and holding the door open as he listened to Xu Zhu's accusations. His voice was low and hoarse, and his eyes were gleaming.

"Who, who's going to apply medicine to you? Dream on!" Xu Zhu's eyes were panicked, her heart was pounding a little fast, and she cowardly crawled out from under his arm.

Li Qian toyed with the medicine bottle in his hand, staring at it for a long time. Xu Zhu had really changed; however, the current Xu Zhu did have some vitality.

"Scumbag, scumbag. Still flirting with other women, he deserves to die from being hurt." Xu Zhu muttered, kicking pebbles as she returned to the courtyard. After saying that, she patted her flushed face.

"Madam, you're back?" Ping'er looked at her mistress with a face full of hatred. Xu Zhu looked at Ping'er's expression; what had she done to offend this young girl?

"Madam, why aren't you serving the master?" Ping'er finally blurted out her complaint after holding back for so long. The two of them hadn't seen each other for years, and now they were even sleeping in separate rooms. Her position was in jeopardy, yet the madam wasn't worried at all. She finally had an excuse to send medicine over, and instead of taking the opportunity to make a name for herself in her room, she came out again.

"Then what am I supposed to do?" Xu Zhu asked, looking completely bewildered.

"You, you, Madam, what else can a husband and wife do? Of course, it's...it's sexual intercourse!" Ping'er stamped her feet anxiously. She genuinely liked this lady; she was beautiful and approachable.

Xu Zhu finally understood why she was looking at him with such disappointment. "Ahem, well, the master is injured, so it's not good for him to do that. Tomorrow, have the kitchen prepare more nutritious dishes."

The following day, Xu Zhu, with Ping'er's help, dressed in complicated clothes, mainly because she didn't know how to put them on. The skirt was plain white, with embroidered patterns of small, simple flowers adorning the bottom one or two inches of the skirt. The skirt had six panels, hence the saying "a skirt trailing like six panels of the Xiangjiang River," and many fine pleats at the waist, making her movements resemble ripples on water. She wore a simple yet elegant red bat-shaped coral hairpin in her hair.

Xu Zhu couldn't help but revel in her own beauty. No wonder there's a modern craze for Hanfu; the beauty of clothing goes far beyond just being beautiful!

"Where did Master and Baby go?" Xu Zhu didn't get up too early, but when it was time for breakfast, he didn't see the father and son.

"Reporting to Madam, Master and Young Master are at the training ground early this morning. They should be here soon," the butler replied considerately.

"I never expected that even in Li Qian's condition, he could still practice martial arts, and my own son would join in the fun?" Xu Zhu shook his head with a sigh.

"Mommy, Mommy!" Li Baobao ran in like a shot, holding a small wooden sword. "Mommy, I can practice swordsmanship now. I'll show you, and Daddy can watch too."

Before Xu Zhu could speak, Li Baobao started demonstrating with "hey, ha, hey ha," making the little wooden sword "whoosh whoosh" as he demonstrated.

Xu Zhu watched with great interest, glancing sideways at Li Qian. Today, he was dressed in a black, close-fitting outfit, the cuffs tightly bound, holding a sword, looking resolute and upright. She suddenly thought of a line from the Book of Songs: "A tall and imposing man, dancing in the public court. Strong as a tiger, holding the reins like silk." Whether Li Qian sensed it or not, he also looked at Xu Zhu.

"Hmph." Xu Zhu snorted coldly and turned his head away.

Seeing that she clearly still harbored resentment towards him, Li Qian couldn't help but chuckle softly. Xu Zhu tried her best to widen her eyes and glare at Li Qian, so as not to lose face.

After Li Baobao finished practicing her swordplay, she stared blankly at Xu Zhu and Li Qian. "You promised to watch me wield my sword? So all that swordplay was for nothing? Is my status really that low?" Li Baobao pouted, feeling a little like crying.

When Li Qian sat down and saw the food, his face turned black.

"You had these dishes prepared, huh? Xu Zhu!"

Xu Zhu could hear the gritted teeth in Li Qian's words, especially the words "Xu Zhu," which were filled with murderous intent.

"This Li Qian is so ungrateful," Xu Zhu thought to himself, complaining. "I prepared blood-nourishing dishes for him, and he still acts like this."

"I've prepared some nourishing dishes for you, after all, you're not a virgin..." Her words trailed off as she saw a feast on the table: sesame bull penis, stir-fried okra with beef bone marrow, wood ear mushrooms with meat, fox nuts and deer antler, and stir-fried kidneys. Good heavens, what kind of dishes are these?

"Ping'er, what did you prepare..." Xu Zhu swallowed hard. Wasn't this a slap in the face to a man who doubted his abilities?

"Madam, all the dishes you asked me to prepare are ready. You are so considerate to Master." Ping'er quickly praised Xu Zhu in front of Li Qian, after all, it is the most important thing that the master and mistress get along well.

"Hehe!" Xu Zhu laughed obsequiously, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. I was originally planning to have the kitchen prepare some blood-nourishing dishes for you."

Even the usually calm and composed butler turned his head in surprise to look at Li Qian. His master not only had kidney problems, but also needed to take blood supplements every month.