Even though the volume was low, she maintained distance from her phone. After he finished speaking, she answered, "I saw you were sleeping, so I went to the study to read."
As she spoke, she moved towards the master bedroom and hung up.
Gu Liancheng stared at her and asked, "Reading? With your intellect, can you understand any of the books in my study?"
"Yes, there's 'One Thousand and One Nights', no?" Eleven said, not revealing the book she was reading in the morning, for fear of arousing his suspicion.
"Really?" Gu Liancheng was uncertain himself, "Do I have that book?"
He couldn't possibly sift through the bookshelf every day. The ones he read frequently were kept in the most conspicuous and accessible places, the rest he rarely looked at.
"Then, Queen, tell me about it. If it's exciting, I won't kill you tomorrow morning."
"You're not bored? Isn't it pointless to retell a story that has been read? We're not children."
