Chapter 8 Does she have misunderstandings about him?

Before Ji Zhixu could ask clearly, he saw the petite lady in front of him with tears in her eyes, looking extremely guilty towards him.

"Today, we really couldn't open the pot at home, so I had to go to the market to sell cakes, but Xiuping and the others happened to come to school and saw me..."

"so what?"

Ji Zhixu asked in confusion. He thought it would be a big thing that he needed to forgive, but he didn't expect it to be just that.

But why can such a small thing make this little lady cry? Could it be that too many grievances have been accumulated in the past?

"Perhaps in the eyes of those who have gone to school, it has not been a good thing for women to be businessmen for generations. They will become high-ranking officials in the future. They must also think so."

Mu Daiyao timidly retracted her hand, lowered her eyes, and gently wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.

Only then did Ji Zhixu understand. He asked somewhat coldly: "So this is the real reason why you went up the mountain to pick herbs tonight?"

"Yes," Mu Daiyao nodded with a blushing face, and replied in a low voice: "After all, no one will see you at night, and I will not embarrass you and the children."

"Ignorance, are they only taught such backward and pedantic knowledge in school?"

A displeased look appeared on Ji Zhixu's face. Being able to make enough food and clothing by himself was not a shameful thing in his opinion.

But his wife actually risked her life for such a trivial matter, which made Ji Zhixu feel uncomfortable.

"Are they in the room now? I'll go find out."

"Ms. sir, don't lose your temper with the children. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have complained behind their backs."

Mu Daiyao said quickly, taking the opportunity to brush up her image of a loving mother in front of Ji Zhixu.

Although she said so, Mu Daiyao didn't think so in her heart. She wished Ji Zhixu would catch those little bastards and beat them up.

Having said this, Ji Zhixu seemed to have thought of something, and said sternly to Mu Daiyao: "Also, I don't think your self-reliance is an embarrassment to me."

Ji Zhixu just wanted to reach out and touch Mu Daiyao's head to express comfort, but when he reached halfway, he felt that this was not very good, so he clumsily patted her shoulder instead.

"You are not complaining. Children should admit their mistakes and punish them instead of allowing them to continue like this."

Seeing this, Mu Daiyao blinked and stimulated the silent system in her mind in an interesting way, saying: "Hey, do you think I'm becoming more and more like a vicious stepmother now?"

The system was probably so irritated by Mu Daiyao's behavior that even the usual strict tone of voice began to tremble!

"Host, what you are doing is wrong. You are destroying the image of the children in the eyes of their father. This is already contrary to your mission goal!"

"Oh, I don't understand what you are talking about. Look, my husband-in-law has already said it. This is not a complaint. It is clearly for the good of the children."

Mu Daiyao started to act stupid, with an innocent look on her face.

"Host, aren't you afraid that all your luck points will be deducted? Once all your luck points are depleted, host, you will have to experience the fate of being torn apart by five horses again!"

Seeing that the threat was useless, the system could only use its trump card to make Mu Daiyao feel scared.

"Tsk, you can only threaten me with this trick. You are so old-fashioned."

Mu Daiyao snorted coldly at the system while watching Ji Zhixu stride towards the children's rooms with complicated eyes.

In fact, Mu Daiyao was a little surprised just now.

She thought that for Ji Zhixu, whatever those little brats did was right, but she didn't expect that he would actually say such things in front of her.

Could it be that she actually misunderstood him in the previous life?

Mu Daiyao pursed her lips. The hatred that had always existed in her heart was now mixed with a little confusion that she couldn't explain.

The room looked dark from the outside, and the children must have gone to bed at this time, but Ji Zhixu still opened the door and walked in without saying a word.

However, before she could figure this out, several children's laughter came from outside the yard from far to near.

Sure enough, those little brats are back.

Forget it, don’t think about it so much for now, let’s let the good show take place first!

As for whether Ji Zhixu had actually aided the tyrants in his previous life, or had acted indifferently, Mu Daiyao had no time to investigate in detail at the moment.

Mu Daiyao put aside all the messy thoughts in an instant, rubbed oil on her feet, and ran quickly into the room. In the darkness, she accurately bumped into the arms of Ji Zhixu, who had just turned around after hearing the sound.

The sudden warm and fragrant nephrite in his arms made Ji Zhixu, who had been away from women for a long time, widen his eyes and quickly opened his arms, for fear of touching the soft little lady.

"My lord, please don't go in!"

Before Ji Zhixu could speak, Mu Daiyao spoke very quickly: "Ms. sir! In order not to make you worry, I didn't tell you the truth just now!"

"What truth?"

Ji Zhixu responded casually, not knowing what he was talking about, because he couldn't concentrate on thinking at the moment.

He only knew that he was stiff now, and he didn't know where to put his hands. He was even a little more nervous than when he was fighting the wild boar just now.

Although Ji Zhixu knew that he had been married to Mu Daiyao for some time, they had never had any physical contact.

Every time when they were about to consummate their marriage, his children would always make some noise in the yard. As time went by, Ji Zhixu also lost interest.

On the contrary, Mu Daiyao tried to persuade herself several times with a blushing face, saying that maybe the children were not yet able to accept the new mother, and maybe it would be better after a while.

Later, because of the complaints from the children and the gossip from the villagers, Ji Zhixu had a bad impression of Mu Daiyao, so it was even more impossible for them to have such close contact.

The distance between the two was so close now that Ji Zhixu seemed to be able to smell the faint sweet fragrance coming from Mu Daiyao's body.

Although it wasn't strong, it kept getting into his nose, making his heart itch.

Ji Zhixu moved back a little stiffly, quietly trying to distance himself from Mu Daiyao.

Mu Daiyao had no intention to notice the complicated psychological changes of the man in front of her, and even if the system knew it, it would not be able to help her disobedient host in vain now.

So what happened to Ji Zhixu in Mu Daiyao's eyes was that she just felt that Ji Zhixu had been staying there motionless, and now he was hiding back inexplicably.

In order to prevent her voice from spreading outside the yard and alerting others, she could not help but move closer to Ji Zhixu.
Chapter completed!