Chapter 178: Group of Crafty Husbands
Chapter 178: Group of Crafty Husbands
"Are you asking for my help?" Xin Cheng asked while pointing his index finger toward himself. His face carried a look of surprise as he waited for Xiang Ling’s reply.
"Well... I can do it myself..." Xiang Ling tried to take off the hairpins from her hair but was stopped by Zhang Xuan.
"Let me help you, Xiao Ling." The man stood up and was about to make his way toward her when he got stopped by a very familiar sword that came to rest against his chest.
"I will do it." Xin Cheng told the other man with a hard glare before he withdrew the sword and moved behind Xiang Ling who was surprised by the level of rivalry she was witnessing between the men. Little did she know that Zhang Xuan’s arrival would bring out such a side in Xin Cheng.
She was expecting Xin Cheng to pull out all the hairpins from her head at once and be done with the task, but much to her surprise, the man was really gentle with her as he took out the hairpins one by one. Within a minute, there was not even a single hairpin left in her hair.
Finished with his work, Xin Cheng returned to his seat only for Zhang Xuan to finally take the chance. Before anyone knew what was happening, the man had already made his way to a very confused looking Xiang Ling.
"What is it?" She asked while craning her head to look at the man’s face who was standing behind her.
"Nothing. Just let me help you with your hair. It seems like Young Master Xin doesn’t know how to properly help you with your hair." Zhang Xuan replied in a casual tone while he loosened Xiang Ling’s high bun.
Xiang Ling surpassed the chuckle that was about to escape her mouth and bit down on her lower lip to keep up the poker face. She knew that Zhang Xuan was trying to make her other husbands jealous and was challenging them on purpose. but she didn’t know he was going to do it so openly.
Her hair fell around her face and she felt Zhang Xuan’s fingers pulling them back. He took upper half of her hair and pulled them back in a simple high bun before securing it with one of her hairpins, while the lower half of her hair was left loose.
"This is much better. Right?" Zhang Xuan asked once he was done. Nodding her head in affirmative, Xiang Ling whispered in gratitude - "Thank you."
When she turned to look in the front, she found all five men glaring at Zhang Xuan as if he was their arch-nemesis. With every passing minute, the situation was becoming more and more interesting.
"I want more wine." She said to distract everyone and watched as all five men turned their attention back to her almost instantly. Zhang Xuan took the chance and returned to his seat. In no time, all six cups sitting on the table were refilled with wine.
"Let’s toast to our wife." Zhe Yuan suddenly proposed and much to Xiang Ling’s surprise, everyone raised their cups to make the toast. Xiang Ling joined them and emptied her cup which got refilled barely seconds later.
The next toast was made for Zhang Xuan by Wei Guang. "This toast is for Young Master Zhang. Welcome to the family. Let’s have a peaceful and harmonious future together." Zhang Xuan accepted the toast and everyone once again emptied their cups.
"Cam down. Don’t get drunk." Zhe Yuan told Xiang Ling when he saw her emptying fifth cup of wine within minutes.
"What are you talking about? You know perfectly well that I’m good at drinking. Besides..." She lowered her voice and brought her face closer to Zhe Yuan’s ear before continuing, "... mortal wine can’t make me drunk easily."
With a proud smile on her lips, she straightened up in her seat and started refilling her cup only for Zhe Yuan to stop her. "Calm down, Lingling. It’s different this time. This wine-"
"Let her drink if she wants to, Yuan." Dao Ming suddenly spoke up from beside Zhe Yuan as he himself offered Xiang Ling his cup of wine that was filled to the brim. Beaming happily, Xiang Ling accepted the cup and drank the entire content in one single gulp.
She didn’t notice the worried and confused look that Zhe Yuan gave to Dao Ming only for the latter to give a weird signal in return. It took a moment before realization dawned over Zhe Yuan and the look of worry disappeared from his face.
While Xiang Ling was oblivious to whatever was going on between her husbands, Zhang Xuan noticed the exchange immediately and a frown appeared on his face. Picking up his cup of wine, he brought it closer to his nose and inhaled deeply. When he didn’t find anything weird with the wine, he took a taste only for it to taste just as normal as it did before. It was not until his attention returned to Xiang Ling did he finally realized what was going on.
"Xiao Ling, you should stop drinking now." He tried to reach out for the jar that she had picked up to drink but he got stopped by the most annoying person sitting at the table - Xin Cheng.
"Today’s her wedding day. Let her enjoy the night in whatever way she wants." The Demon Emperor spoke in his usual cold tone as he gave Zhang Xuan a look of clear warning.
"At this rate, she will get drunk." Zhang Xuan tried to reason despite knowing that the five men had all this planned to keep him from spending the night with her. They knew that they might not be able to make him drunk, so they chose her instead. What a group of crafty husbands indeed?
"Who’s drunk?" Xiang Ling asked in such a sweet voice that it pulled all his attention toward her immediately. "Are you drunk?" She asked while pointing at him before giggling sweetly.
"No. You are drunk."