Chapter 12: Addicted to Picking Up Men?

Clutching bundles of luggage in both arms, Su Zhirui kicked open the somewhat opulent-looking grand doors. With a creak, the doors automatically slid open to both sides, and the first thing to meet her eyes were two neat rows of maidservants who seemed to be waiting for her arrival. "Greetings, Madam."

The sound startled Su Zhirui so much that she immediately dropped her bundles. What was going on? Heaven?

"I must have walked into the wrong door." Just as Su Zhirui was about to turn around, she suddenly heard a voice from behind. "This must be Fourth Sister-in-law?"

Turning around, Su Zhirui looked at the elegant young man before her, pointed to her own small face, and asked, "Are you addressing me?"

"Is your surname Su?" the man asked with a smile, his eyes as bright as stars in the night sky. Su Zhirui nodded blankly, and then saw the man gracefully picking up her luggage for her. "Then there is no mistake. I am ranked eleventh."

"May I ask, exactly how many siblings does my Lord have?" Hearing that number eleven, Su Zhirui asked the man before her in disbelief.

Yi Lun froze for a moment, then with a hint of a smile, held up his fingers to gesture a number. Seeing this, Su Zhirui nearly fainted from shock. "No wonder he was in such a rush to have me bear children; it turns out your family is nothing but a pigsty."

"Uh... more or less," Yi Lun replied with a chuckle.

"Then are you all in a rush to have children too?"

"None of us are in a rush," Yi Lun replied after a moment's thought.

"Then why is your Fourth Brother in such a hurry?"

"Because you two are married."

"True," Su Zhirui nodded.

"So he has to have children..."

"..."

This answer was truly damn wonderful.

"Prepare a table of good food for me; your sister-in-law is hungry." Using her chin to command Yi Lun quite brazenly, Su Zhirui reached out to direct him without any politeness. Since she was the sister-in-law, she was the elder, right?

"Naturally." Yi Lun smiled and immediately waved his hand to signal the maidservants in the courtyard responsible for cooking to go and prepare the meal.

"Eleventh, I want to ask you, are all your siblings as 'unbalanced' as my Lord?" As she was being led toward the flower hall, Su Zhirui asked inquisitively. Aside from the Imperial Family, she had never seen a commoner family so capable of procreation. A clan? Does that mean her Lord isn't actually poor?

"Sister-in-law, we are all quite normal. It is only Fourth Brother... uh... whose issues aren't quite straight." Yi Lun spoke quite honestly, shrugging and raising his eyebrows with a very expressive countenance.

"Then I'll just remarry you..." Su Zhirui suddenly made a bold declaration, which startled Yi Lun so much that he immediately retreated ten feet away from her. Aside from his mouth twitching, his entire body trembled incessantly, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

"Have you become addicted to picking up men wherever you go?" Yi Xun's voice came from behind. Su Zhirui's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately turned around with a flattering expression. "Weren't you out?"

"I'll leave once you are pregnant." Yi Xun shot her a glance, his eyes clearly carrying a hint of danger. Su Zhirui's eyes widened in surprise; he had turned back just to have children with her? This man's logic truly could not be viewed through a normal lens. Su Zhirui cast a resentful glance at Yi Lun, who seemed to be struggling to suppress his laughter. Before she could even finish her fierce glare, her feet accidentally left the ground. "Hey, wait, why the rush to have children? We can do it at night. Is it... damn it, do clothes not cost money? You keep using them to tear them apart!"