First Update

That was true. She remembered how it felt the first time she bought a lottery ticket in her previous life.

"Fine, fine," Shen Lantang said, disappointed. "I guess I was overthinking it."

As she turned over, the hem of her undergarment rode up, revealing her slender, pale waist. Fresh from her bath, her skin still glistened. Xie Jin took one look and jerked his gaze away as though the sight had burned him.

After a moment, he asked hoarsely, "Lan Tang, do you want to..."

"What?" Shen Lantang rubbed her eyes. "I'm so sleepy, and I have to get up early tomorrow. Did you have something else to say?"

"...No."

Another day passed.

Shen Lantang was helping at the shop that day while two guards kept watch from the shadows. Suddenly, one of them said, "Look. It's that man."

The other turned and studied him for a while. "Who?"

"The young man who ate with Madam at the restaurant."

"...What about him?"

His companion gave him an exasperated look. When Xie Jin had passed the restaurant that day, he had clearly given the fellow a second glance. Commander Xie might be accomplished for his age and from a distinguished family, but he was still a young man. Naturally, he would dislike seeing his wife with another young man.

And now that young man...

"What's he carrying?"

"Looks like a potted flower."

"It's an Autumn Water Lotus!" he exclaimed. "I heard there's a kind of water lotus that blooms in autumn. What's he doing with it?"

His companion watched the man walk toward Shen Lantang with a beaming smile and shook his head.

"Giving Madam flowers, obviously!"

"He can't do that!" the guard cried. "Madam is our lord's wife!"

"Hmph. Watch this."

Across the street, Young Master Zhuang carried a potted