Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 436: Is It a Monkey, or...

Long Yue slept until it was dark, and when she woke, Li Qingmu was already beside her.

"What’s wrong? Went out and cried? Who bullied you?"

Li Qingmu’s barrage of questions left her baffled. Long Yue blinked and curiously said, "I... no one bullied me!"

"Really?"

The man squinted his eyes, with a mischievous look, and gently wiped the corner of her eye. On his fair fingertips, a sparkling tear had appeared.

Long Yue was stunned. Had she really cried? But she genuinely hadn’t been wronged.

Suddenly, she thought that maybe she’d dreamed before, dreaming about past life events, and quickly said, "It was a dream, dreamed you didn’t want me anymore, married a beautiful concubine!"

Huh?

Now it was Li Qingmu’s turn to be confused. He looked very aggrieved, "Dear, that absolutely never happened!"

Long Yue hummed as she saw his pitiful expression, and her mood instantly improved.

"It was you, it was you who bullied me!"

Li Qingmu, "...Alright, it was me who bullied you, I was wrong! Don’t be angry, dear, be good!"

Li Qingmu found that his little wife had been a bit peculiar lately, with a suspicious mind. He had asked Shen Chong, who mentioned that pregnant women often exhibit this condition, always doubting others, but it indirectly shows she cares about you.

Li Qingmu thought it made too much sense, so he enjoyed the feeling of being suspiciously abused by his little wife every day.

It was very dark now, and after Long Yue got up, she went to have dinner. As she was eating, a servant came in at the door.

"Lord, Madam, that..."

The servant was hesitant, which immediately piqued the couple’s curiosity: "Speak!"

"Outside came a monkey, squatting at the General Mansion’s gate, no matter how I tried, it wouldn’t leave."

Li Qingmu didn’t know what happened during the day, and after hearing, immediately suggested taking more people to drive it away, but Long Yue stopped him.

"I’ll go have a look!"

Li Qingmu worried about Long Yue getting into trouble, quickly following her out.

Outside the General Mansion, a monkey was squatting there, hands folded on its knees, looking so hopeless. Occasionally it scratched its head, occasionally looked up at the moon, and occasionally made some "chi chi" sounds.

"Chi chi, chi chi, come, have some?"

Cao Xiao squatted at the General Mansion’s gate, watching the little monkey opposite with interest, holding a meat bun and waving at the monkey.

Others walk their dogs, he walks his monkeys!

But the monkey just looked blankly ahead, not paying him any mind, which made Cao Xiao very frustrated. Is my meat bun not fragrant?

It shouldn’t be, this meat bun was delicious, Fan Building’s buns, thin skin, lots of meat, and rich juice. A bite sends a burst of savory juice mixed with tender minced meat spraying out, truly a delight!

Thinking like this, Cao Xiao couldn’t resist and took a bite!

"A shao, what are you doing?"

"Poof—"

An unkind voice sounded from behind, startling Cao Xiao into shaking his body, and he spat out the meat bun he had just eaten.

As luck would have it, he spat it right onto the monkey.

"Chi chi!"

The monkey jumped up, wiped the meat crumbs off its face, glared angrily at Cao Xiao, and bared its teeth.

Cao Xiao grimaced, quickly hopping behind Long Yue, pointing at the monkey: "A Mu, Yue’er, this monkey is intelligent! It scared me to death!"

Li Qingmu was also surprised by this, squinting his eyes slightly: "This is a monkey?"

His gaze turned slightly cold, his expression becoming serious.

If it was a common animal, he wouldn’t take it to heart, but this was a monkey!

Back then, he almost died by a monkey’s dagger, and to this day there are deep scars on his chest. Hence, Li Qingmu was particularly wary of monkeys.

"Yes, this is a monkey!" The clueless Cao Xiao hadn’t realized Li Qingmu’s strange expression, looking bewildered.

Li Qingmu sneered: "A monkey, this agile? Like a human?"

"Huh?" Cao Xiao was dumbfounded and looked more carefully. He didn’t think the monkey looked like a person at all. He looked at Li Qingmu, "I say, A Mu, are you afraid of everything? Back then a monkey injured you, but..."

He suddenly couldn’t continue because he remembered something from a previous Mid-Autumn banquet. He’d heard people talking about monkeys, the kind holding daggers, with fierce eyes, as if determined to kill Qi Yun.

A monkey, with such rich facial expressions?

He looked at Long Yue and saw she was also wary, more convinced that something was really amiss?

"This monkey is different from the one I encountered before." Li Qingmu didn’t hold a grudge. He just stared at the monkey closely, "That monkey was vicious, this one looks hopeless."

Long Yue said, "A Mu, this monkey was brought by a performer, and later escaped during the show. I was right there.

"You saved it?"

Only saving it could explain why it appeared outside their mansion.

Long Yue nodded and shook her head, "Didn’t do much, just let it pass by, let it escape."

"That’s strange, since it ran off, why would it still come?"

Li Qingmu stepped forward. The monkey sensed the man’s murderous intent opposite and quickly jumped several steps away, keeping a safe distance.

"Chi chi..."

It called twice, looking to Long Yue for help.

Long Yue furrowed her brows slightly. Is this monkey stuck to her? But she really didn’t want to keep it, could it be because of her unintentional move?

She felt headache, the man beside her coldly said: "Take it in, give it food!"

Huh?

Long Yue looked at Li Qingmu strangely. Li Qingmu said seriously, "Yue’er, you don’t know because you’ve never faced the monkey that attempted to assassinate the Emperor. But I’ve encountered it, and now seeing this one, it seems odd.

Monkeys are smart, but those as smart as humans are rare. Within a year, two extremely intelligent monkeys, what’s the probability of that?"

Long Yue: "This is probably beyond common intelligence but rather... like human intelligence, this monkey, might not be a monkey, but..."

Long Yue quickly stopped speaking, shocked by her own thoughts.

Li Qingmu sneered: "Whether it is or not, isn’t it obvious if we observe it closely for a while? Since it wants to come itself, why shouldn’t we keep it? A shao, go arrange a room specifically to detain this monkey, don’t let it escape!"

Cao Xiao nodded and eagerly went off.

Soon, this monkey was detained in an airtight room, surrounded by walls, with only a ventilation window above.

"A Mu, this is a monkey after all. Isn’t this a bit cruel?"

Cao Xiao’s compassion spilled over, feeling hesitant to mistreat a small animal, right?

But Li Qingmu merely said coldly, "Just keep it locked!"

Actually, Long Yue could understand Li Qingmu’s somewhat extreme reaction. He almost got stabbed through the heart by a monkey. Wanting to have a liking for monkeys?

Impossible!