Why Is He Choking Her Again

However, what Grace really wanted to ask was: "General, let me tell you, a dragon is a treasure from head to toe! Its Dragon Scales can be refined into top-tier weapons and hidden blades, and they can even be used as medicine!

Dragon horns can also be used in medicine.

Dragon bones are medicinal too.

Dragon tendons can be used for forging, and also as medicine.

And Dragon Blood—that's the real treasure! According to the books, dragons are extremely lustful creatures. They say if a man drinks dragon blood, hehe, he'll be very strong in that department!

And then there's the dragon claw—once you chop it off—"

Grace trailed off mid-sentence.

Because Evan Xiao reached out, gently held her chin, and stared at her with a dangerously intense look.

"General? What's wrong?"

"Are you planning to butcher that dragon?" Evan Xiao asked.

"Uh... I definitely couldn't butcher it!" Grace said. "But maybe you could! If you ever do, could you give me anything you don't want? Like the claws, dragon scales, organs—I'll take anything!"

"What for?"

"For medicine, of course! I'm a doctor, you know!"

"Medicine?"

Grace nodded.

Evan Xiao took a deep breath, and instead of holding her chin, he moved his hand to her neck in a teasing gesture.

Grace stared at him in terror. "General, wh-what are you doing?"

Why was he suddenly gripping her neck again?

"Get out before I lose my temper!" Evan Xiao shoved her away.

Grace looked at him, completely baffled.

Why is this guy so moody?

Can't we just get along?

With a personality like yours, it's no wonder you'll be single forever!

Hmph!

Grace grumbled to herself, then turned and walked out.

But after a few steps, she came back.

"General..."

Evan Xiao sounded a bit irritable: "What do you want now?"

"I'd like to ask for three days off," Grace said.

"What for?"

"I want to go home and see my mother."

Evan Xiao's face darkened, and he said nothing.

"General, please! I haven't seen my mother in ages..." Grace pleaded, looking pitiful.

Evan Xiao shot her a sideways glance and finally tossed her two words: "Go away!"

Going away is fine by me!

At least he won't get mad just by seeing me!

"Thank you, General!" Grace finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled gratefully.

The next day, she packed her things and returned to Shuiyue Nunnery.

She'd been gone so long, her nanny and the others were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

When they saw her return, they finally relaxed.

They had to return to the mansion.

Because tomorrow was the Zhu Family Matriarch's birthday.

Back at the nunnery, Grace changed into her Zhu Family heiress outfit: a plain brocade silk dress, her hair styled in a phoenix bun, and simple jasmine jewelry. She looked elegant, poised, like a poem come to life.

Then, with her nanny, Pan'er, Xi'er, and escorted by Wang Dong, she rode in a white bronze carriage stamped with the Zhu Family crest, back to the Prime Minister's residence.

The Prime Minister's residence was actually quite close to the General's manor; it was less than half an hour's walk.

She'd made a huge detour, leaving the General's manor, going to Shuiyue Nunnery, and then back to the city and the Zhu Family.

Sitting in the carriage, her emotions were all over the place.

To outsiders, she'd only been away for three or four months.

But to her, it felt like she hadn't been back in over twenty years.

That home... In her past life, she really didn't want to go back.

She thought her whole family looked down on her, except for Wan Xuezhen, who was the only one nice to her.

Looking back now, there really were a lot of people in the clan who looked down on her.

She was the family loser, after all!

But she just happened to be the only true heiress of the Zhu Family Patriarch.