13: Eye-catching video, the joy of soft rice

“Wife… you look great…”, Shen Mo was about to greet Feng Linghuang when his gaze suddenly froze, and the word “great” almost slipped out uncontrollably.

“Ahem, hello, wife!”

Shen Mo said decisively.

Feng Linghuang, on the other hand, raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at him, and then suddenly leaned forward and asked, “What were you trying to say just now?”

Her eyes were smiling yet not smiling, her body leaned slightly forward, and with her perfect long legs crossed, she pressed closer to Shen Mo on the video.

“Ahem… nothing, I wanted to say, wife, the wall behind you is so white…”

Shen Mo instantly cowered.

He swallowed hard; Feng Linghuang on the video call, perhaps due to the close proximity, was practically right in front of him.

Coupled with her stunningly beautiful, peerless face, she appeared before Shen Mo in a manner that seemed to invite him to take her.

But her overwhelming aura and cold demeanor also gave him the feeling of a high and mighty queen descending.

This was truly a top-tier beauty, a peerless temptress!

Such a person was actually his wife!

Oh, his fake wife!

But it didn’t matter, she would become real in the future!

Shen Mo secretly swore in his heart, then under Feng Linghuang’s half-smiling, half-threatening gaze, he lowered his eyes slightly and looked away.

There was no other way; if he didn’t look away, he would expose himself.

Damn it, his wife at home was so alluring, so charming.

“Ahem, wife, have you eaten yet?”

Away from Feng Linghuang’s direct presence, Shen Mo started to flirt again.

Anyway, the contract was signed, so he wasn’t afraid that Feng Linghuang would ignore him.

However, Feng Linghuang’s aura in person was truly intimidating.

Shen Mo pondered for a moment, thinking that it was normal for Feng Linghuang, as the heir of the Feng Family and a peerless beauty, to maintain an imposing aura to prevent others from offending her.

When he spoke, Feng Linghuang also felt a wave of helplessness.

Her aura was a deterrent to everyone else, but when it came to Shen Mo, he acted as if nothing was wrong, even joking around with her.

However, Feng Linghuang also had a peculiar thought in her heart.

In her previous life, as Xuanhuang Empress, she had always been fighting for Blue Star. In her youth, she was engrossed in cultivation and managing the Feng Family’s industries, basically never experiencing her first stirrings of love. But when facing Shen Mo, she had a very special feeling.

Perhaps he was the only person who could get close to her after all these years?

To be honest, it really felt like raising a younger brother.

“Mm.”

Feng Linghuang’s playful mood emerged, and she didn't just stay in the corner. Instead, she stood up directly.

The long bath curtain, with its beautiful tassels, swayed gracefully with her steps.

Shen Mo was stunned, not by the tassels, but by something else…

Never mind, those who know, know.

Shen Mo clamped his legs together and moved slightly away from the video screen.

Oh, dear!

He had intended to flirt with his beautiful wife, but he ended up being flirted with in return!

How frustrating.

Shen Mo averted his eyes, while Feng Linghuang chuckled softly, poured herself a glass of red wine, and then looked at Shen Mo’s location, her red lips slightly parted as she said, “Calling me so late, is there something wrong?”

When she had answered the video call earlier, she had already noticed that there was no danger on Shen Mo’s side, so she had relaxed her posture and showed no signs of tension.

Shen Mo immediately understood the meaning implied in her words, so his beautiful wife was still worried about him?

Shen Mo immediately brightened up, then quickly cleared his throat and said, “Isn’t it because I missed you! I was wondering how you were doing after you got there.”

“Oh, my dad and the others really liked the things you sent…”

Of course! With so many resources, besides those for Min Hang and the others to cultivate, the rest belonged to the Shen Family.

Shen Family Head must have been ecstatic.

Heh, not a hint of sadness about selling his son for glory!

Shen Mo was very disdainful and critical of this.

Feng Linghuang listened and then chuckled softly, saying, “That’s how it should be.”

As for Shen Mo’s phrase “missed you,” she directly ignored it, but a hint of a different emotion still rippled in her eyes.

Since she had taken charge of the Feng Family independently, it seemed she had never heard anyone say words like “I miss you” or “I’m worried about you” again.

Her father and the others knew she hated it most when people said she was weak, and after she became Xuanhuang Empress, becoming the support and backbone of the entire Blue Star, she could even less afford to show weakness.

So, many times, many people forgot that she also got tired, and that she was still a woman.

“Mm.”

If it were anyone else being so solicitous, Feng Linghuang wouldn’t have cared at all and would even have been disgusted.

After all, there were many people who wanted to rise through her.

She had heard many such insincere greetings.

But Shen Mo was different.

Feng Linghuang could feel the sincerity in his words.

However, Shen Mo’s words made it seem as if the two of them were a real engaged couple, greeting each other.

This made that peculiar feeling in Feng Linghuang’s heart grow stronger.

She had never been in love and didn’t know the difference, so her breathing momentarily hitched, and then she changed the topic, asking, “How are you doing at the Shen Family?”

“Has anyone bullied you?”

“If so, let Min Hang and the others handle it themselves.”

“If they can’t solve it, others will be reported to for handling.”

“You don’t need to worry; just take care of your own safety.”

Feng Linghuang instructed carefully.

Shen Mo was very important to her and absolutely could not have any problems.

She had already arranged for Ming to guard nearby, but there was no need for Shen Mo to know about this, lest someone use it against him.

It wasn’t that Feng Linghuang was guarding against Shen Mo, but rather that he was too naive and probably couldn’t keep a secret.

And the 'naive' veteran driver, Shen Mo, was silently a bit depressed at the moment, saying, “No, who would dare bully me?”

“I’ll torment him to death!”

He thought of this, then remembered something, and immediately said, “Oh, right, wife, I need to buy some things at Tianwu Pavilion tomorrow. Can you give me a credit limit? When I buy the items, you can help me pay for them.”

Feng Linghuang: “…”

She pressed her forehead, “Didn’t I give you the joint black card and the Wu Department contribution card?”

“You can just swipe them yourself.”

She had given these things to Shen Mo from the start, for the purpose of helping him grow better.

I want to too!

Shen Mo was depressed in his heart; the damn system was too inhumane!

He had asked before, if he accepted Feng Linghuang’s joint black card and Wu Department contribution card, it would count as one instance of him relying on her, but then, although it would generate a critical reward, any future matters related to these items would no longer count as him relying on her!

How could that work?!

Wouldn’t that be like a one-time buyout?!

The damn system was truly ruthless!

So, Shen Mo decisively refused.

But now he had to come up with a reliable reason to refuse Feng Linghuang…