Chu Chuyan glared at her in annoyance before slowly turning her gaze back to Zu An with intrigue in her eyes. “How did you manage to become an arithmetic teacher?”
She simply couldn’t have imagined how such a turn of affairs happened.
“I still have plenty of surprises waiting for you to uncover,” replied Zu An gleefully.
Chu Chuyan chuckled softly. “Yes, you did surprise me today. However, now that you have openly offended the Sixth Young Master of the Shi clan, you might face danger in the future.”
“What can I do when that fellow covets my wife? If I don’t teach him a lesson, he might just climb all over me!” Zu An harrumphed..
“Who’s your wife!” Chu Chuyan’s face reddened. However, as soon as those words came out of her mouth, she suddenly remembered the current relationship between the two of them and sighed deeply. It looks like I still haven’t managed to get used to my new identity.
“Anyway, you should be careful for the time being. Try to stay by my side if possible lest Shi Kun sends someone to deal with you,” reminded Chu Chuyan.
“Honey, even though you keep rejecting me, it seems like you still care about my safety,” remarked Zu An with a smile.
“I told you not to call me that!” Chu Chuyan glared sharply at him. “I just don’t want you to come to harm because of me.”
Zu An glanced at Shi Kun at afar and smiled, “Rest assured, he probably won’t send anyone after me in the next two days. It’s going to be the Clans Tournament the day after tomorrow anyway. Since he can kill me openly on the dueling ring, there’s no reason for him to do something excessive.”
Thinking from Shi Kun’s standpoint, he would surely choose to make a move on himself during the Clans Tournament.
Chu Chuyan fell into deep thought as she realized what Zu An said made sense too. She raised her head, only to be faced with Zu An’s confident expression. At that very moment, she suddenly felt that he was very different from how she thought him out to be.
Nothing worthy of note happened afterward, and the day passed by quickly. When classes were finally over for the day, Zu An wanted to head to Shang Liuyu’s residence to return the recording seashell to her. However, looking at the two sisters standing beside him, he changed his mind.
It didn’t feel like a wise move to talk about another woman before them.
They left the academy and got onto their carriages. Under the escort of the Chu clan’s guards, they returned to the Chu Estate. Cheng Shouping had come to fetch Zu An, as usual, only to find himself abandoned outside.
Usually, I’d at least be able to walk with the young master and the second miss, but now I can only trail behind them. Ahhh, it feels like the first miss isn’t as approachable as the second miss. If only the young master married the second miss…
However, he soon thought about it from another perspective.
If the young master and the first miss get closer with one another, a day will come that he becomes officially acknowledged as the son-in-law of the Chu clan. By then, my standing will rise as well. Hmmm, if the young master marries the second miss too, will my standing rise even higher?
Cheng Shouping quickly stifled those thoughts.
You must be joking! The young master is just a little better looking and luckier than me. Other than that, there’s nothing he’s really better than me at. How could something like that possibly occur to him?
Dinnertime, Chu Zhongtian and Qin Wanru called them over once more, hoping to talk to them about the Clans Tournament tomorrow.
Zu An couldn’t help but think of how things had changed from when he first arrived here. Back then, he could only eat his meal all alone in his room, but now, he was frequently joining them at the main table. On top of that, Chu Chuyan seemed to have smiled at him several times today.
Pui pui pui, why am I getting so happy over just a few smiles? I’d really be a good-for-nothing if I get satisfied with just this much!
Zu An eventually concluded that it was all because Chu Chuyan was too pretty. Humans were visual creatures, so it couldn’t be helped that he would succumb easily to someone as beautiful as Chu Chuyan.
But speaking of which, I’m quite good-looking too. Why doesn’t my wife drool in my presence then? This doesn’t make sense!
While Zu An was still in his daze, Chu Huanzhao had already begun chattering off about how Zu An had become an arithmetic teacher in the academy, though she did exaggerate some of the details. Honestly, she felt that she was going to blow up from bottling up such explosive gossip for so long that it felt great to vent it out.
“It really is heartening to hear that Zu An has managed to become the arithmetic teacher of Brightmoon Academy!” Chu Zhongtian smiled from the bottom of his heart. He thought that it was a pity that his son-in-law was a good-for-nothing, but it turned out that he was good-for-something after all. Needless to say, this was something worth celebrating.
Qin Wanru was surprised to hear the news too. She stared at Zu An for a while, but the images of the lackadaisical man sitting before her and a teacher of the academy simply wouldn’t overlap. It just so happened that Zu An giggled at that moment too, which somehow irked her. So, she ended up harrumphing, “To think that you would get so gleeful just because you became an arithmetic teacher! In the first place, you are just a temporary teacher who would be replaced once the royal court appoints a new teacher over. Furthermore, based on what I’ve heard from Huanzhao, you picked on young master Shi in class? Aren’t you getting ahead of yourself just because you have managed to grasp onto some power? You’re really a disappointment!”
Zu An could only shake his head helplessly. I sure am unlucky to get a mother-in-law who picks faults with whatever I do.
Seeing this, Chu Huanzhao couldn’t help but stand up for Zu An, “Mother, it was Shi Kun who went overboard today. You shouldn’t blame brother-in-law for this. Right now, I’m more worried that someone will try to hurt Zu An on the dueling ring tomorrow.”