The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 24

Young Master Lu failed to teach the person a lesson during the day, and his two thugs were arrested. He was upset and could not sleep most of the night. He cursed Wu Zhen in the room. He was so angry that he opened his middle coat and waved a fan. He was cursing Wu Zhen that she deserved to be single for her whole life at such an old age, when he suddenly heard a strange snapping sound coming from above his head.

He looked up with a feeling of dissatisfaction, and his face suddenly went blank. On the beam stood a long black shadow with limp limbs. Its long, twisted black hair was entangled like a snake around the various supports of the beam. A flat, half-smiling face was revealed in the middle of its hair. Its mouth was wide open towards him, with a long red tongue dripping with blood hanging down.

“…Aaah!!!” Young Master Lu’s screams echoed through the night sky. 

The monster market was quiet during the day and had a different schedule from the human world. That was the time for the monsters to rest. Wu Zhen came to Yan Tower to look for something at that time and unexpectedly found her friend Liu Taizhen, whom she hadn’t seen for several days, was also there.

“Little Snake!” Wu Zhen walked behind Liu Taizhen and patted her shoulder hard.

She walked silently, and Liu Taizhen was in a trance and was really scared by her. However, Liu Taizhen was a woman of calm and steady character. Even though she was scared, she did not show it on her face. She still sat there looking down at the endless blue-gray roofs below Yan Tower.

Wu Zhen raised her legs and sat on the railing, looking sideways at her. “What’s wrong? Aren’t you usually at home at this time? Why did you come to Yan Tower alone? Nothing happened?”

Liu Taizhen finally turned her head and looked at her. She didn’t answer the question, but said, “You’ve been making quite a fuss these past two days.”

Wu Zhen certainly knew what she was talking about. She had previously found a few little monsters in the monster market to scare Lu Zhi. These past few days, the little monsters took turns going there, and after returning, they would describe in detail how they scared Lu Zhi, as if they were telling a story. Some of the more responsible ones would collect opinions from other monsters and try to scare Lu Zhi in new ways every day. So these few days, the bored little monsters spontaneously gathered at Yanmen Square, waiting for the scary little monsters to come back and chat, which was very lively.

It was not their fault. In fact, the lives of these little monsters were as boring as those of humans. They get easily over excited when something happens. Besides, such things were hard to come by—after all, if it weren’t for the cat’s request, they couldn’t scare ordinary people for no reason; otherwise, they would be dealt with badly.

Perhaps that was the joy of bullying people under orders.

Wu Zhen knew that what she did was a little inappropriate, but she was thicker-skinned than her friend and didn’t take this little mistake to heart. She even smiled and invited her friends to join in the fun, “Little Snake, do you want to join in the fun? I remember you didn’t like that Lu Zhi either, why don’t you transform into a snake and scare him.”

Liu Taizhen sneered but in the end, she didn’t say anything like “It’s wrong to arbitrarily select little monsters to harass ordinary people”. She just reminded her lightly, “Stop it when it’s enough.”

Wu Zhen nodded readily, “I know. I won’t scare him to death, I’ll just let him stay at home for a year or so, so that he won’t bully my fiancé again.”

Hearing about her fiancé, Liu Taizhen looked at her friend seriously. “Wu Zhen, are you serious this time?”

Wu Zhen said,”Everyone else has finished asking, and I’ve been wondering when you’ll ask me about this. You finally couldn’t wait any longer.” She laughed, then touched her nose and said, a little unsure, “I should be serious, at least more serious than before.”

Putting aside that psychological burden, Wu Zhen put her arm around Liu Taizhen’s shoulders and teased, “Okay, Little Snake, I’m getting married. You’re only one year younger than me. From now on, you’ll be the oldest unmarried woman in our circle.”

Liu Taizhen said coldly, “So what? I won’t marry. Does anyone dare to say anything?”

Wu Zhen: …That’s really not the case.

The girl, as a human, was the only daughter of Censor Liu. In the eyes of outsiders, she had been weak and sickly since childhood and always looked pale and weak. Censor Liu protected her like the apple of his eye and wished to take care of his daughter all his life. How could he let her get married? With Censor Liu, who even dared to interfere with God, in front of him, anyone who dared to say a bad word about her would be spat on by dozens of black-faced censors.

But. Wu Zhen stretched out her hand and pinched her friend’s overly pale face, and looked at it carefully. “Little Snake, your sickly appearance inherited from the last snake master is too deceptive.”

It was okay for outsiders who didn’t know Liu Taizhen’s identity, but Wu Zhen saw with her own eyes that this woman strangled a black bear monster to death with one hand, a black bear monster as tall as a city tower. But even though she knew that Liu Taizhen was a scary person inside, seeing her pale appearance, Wu Zhen couldn’t help but take care of her more, which might be a habit she developed since childhood.

Liu Taizhen opened Wu Zhen’s hand, looked at her quietly for a while, did not ask any more questions, turned her eyes away, and continued to look at the distant sky.

Liu Taizhen and Wu Zhen knew each other since they were children. They were of the same age and status, but their personalities were very different. Liu Taizhen still remembered the first time she met Wu Zhen, which was in Yan Tower. At that time, the previous Cat Lord had left, and her mother brought the new “Young Cat Lord” to introduce her.

At that time, Wu Zhen was very naughty. A little girl of a few years old, she was fearless and ran up and down in Yan Tower, touching everything. When she was sitting quietly waiting to meet this new friend, Wu Zhen almost knocked off the beads on the top of Yan Tower. After finally sitting quietly opposite her, she suddenly threw a small insect to scare her. She was really a bad child.

Her mother held her hand and said to her, “Taizhen, this is the new Cat Lord. From now on, she will be your companion in taking care of the Monster Market.” She was actually very happy at that time because as a child born to a human and a monster, she was born with the ability to see all kinds of ominous things, but she couldn’t tell anyone other than her mother, so she had no friends since she was a child. From that day on, she had a friend who could also see all kinds of monsters, even though this friend really loved to cause trouble and was too playful. But it couldn’t be denied that since her mother left, during the years when the two of them took care of the Monster Market, this friend was also a companion who made her feel at ease.

From a quiet and lively little girl to a dignified and elegant mature woman, the two knew each other better than blood relatives…

“He should be in the Ministry of Justice at this time.” Wu Zhen didn’t know what she was thinking about. She suddenly smiled and said, “Little Snake, I’m leaving first. I’m going to go see my young master. You continue to be in a daze here. By the way, help me keep an eye on those scary little monsters at night. I won’t come over at night.”

After she finished speaking, she left, leaving Liu Taizhen behind.

Liu Taizhen watched the familiar figure disappear from her sight, feeling a sense of melancholy for no reason. She could only let out a breath to dispel the melancholy. Her best friend was getting married, and it seemed that they were on a different path from her. She felt a little… lonely.

At noon in Chang’an, the sun was blazing and the room was starting to get a little warm. Mei Zhuyu finished his lunch in the canteen of the Ministry of Justice and returned to the office to work. As expected, he saw a familiar tabby cat on the tung tree outside the window.

These past few days, he could always see this tabby cat. If he could not sense any evil spirit from this cat, he would really think that there was something wrong with this ordinary tabby cat.

The tung blossoms outside the window had long since withered, and now the branches were covered with green leaves. The cat was still lying comfortably on the branches, as if it was quite satisfied with this place for a nap. Mei Zhuyu only glanced at it twice, then returned his gaze to his work, not caring about the extra cat beside him.

Wu Zhen, who had turned into a cat again, held her furry paws in her pocket and occasionally opened one eye to look at the figure working at the desk. She didn’t mean to peek, but just a few days ago, something like Lu Zhi happened, so she came to watch over him so that he wouldn’t suffer any more misfortune. After all, ahem, she had no way of restraining herself when she was young, and she offended many people. Those shameless people may take her hatred out on her family members.

In the past few days, Wu Zhen often turned into a cat and followed Mei Zhuyu. The life of this future husband was regular and ordinary, more boring than ordinary people. He was either working in the Ministry of Justice or going home to rest. He had no entertainment life. Ordinary men, no matter how upright and low-key, would occasionally find a few friends to go to the music hall to drink some wine and talk about feelings, but this young man could be called a loner.

Wu Zhen followed him for a few days and saw that he had the same cold attitude towards colleagues and strangers. She couldn’t help but wonder if the blushing and smiling faces she saw when she met him before were all fake and were just her own imagination.

“Minister Mei, Minister Xu wants you to take care of this case.” A clerk came running over.

Wu Zhen overheard outside the window, stood up, shook her fur, and followed Mei Zhuyu out. Mei Zhuyu was going to the prison of the Ministry of Justice to interrogate a prisoner who had just been brought back. That was not his job, but one Minister Xu gave it to him. Mei Zhuyu didn’t care about it, so he took it and went to the prison alone with the clerk.

Wu Zhen had never been to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. It was not a fun place and was filled with foul smells. But since the young master was going there, she decided to go with him to take a look.

The prison looked good from the outside, but it was hard to describe the inside. After all, it was for prisoners, so the conditions were not good. When people walked in, they could first feel a chill climbing up along their ankles, and then all kinds of unpleasant and pungent odors hit them in the face, almost enough to make people stumble. The clerk who followed Mei Zhuyu took a step back unconsciously, but seeing that his boss in front of him kept walking forward, he had no choice but to pinch his nose and follow him with a wry smile.