Chapter 36 Dao Hairpin (Part 2) Could it be that she has a special physique? ...

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Li Shanglu finally ate the bayberry.

She stared at the nonchalant Shen Changyi and threw the core on the table. "Are you satisfied?"

The other party was calm, as if he had calmed down, but he still didn't say anything.

Li Shanglu didn't expect that he would draw his sword against Helan Jin. In the past, no matter what she and Helan Jin said, this idiot clearly looked as if he didn't care. Or maybe even if he cared, he didn't dare to be jealous.

But today he seemed like a different person.

When he's angry, he looks much smarter than usual.

She pursed her lips, and she seemed to still feel the force of the kiss. Her body felt numb and her chest felt sore and swollen. It was a strange feeling that she couldn't describe.

There was no anger or offense, but rather... some expectation that he would do something even more outrageous.

However, apart from this, Shen Changyi did nothing.

He put away the bayberries that Helan Jin sent him, placed the bayberries he bought on the table, and then sat down at the desk to continue reading the parenting books.

Li Shanglu glared at him several times, but he acted as if he didn't notice anything and concentrated on reading those tattered books.

Look, why don’t I blind you?

She stood up with a dark face, walked up to him, and took the tattered book away. "Are you still angry?"

Chen Changyi's palms were empty, and he looked up at her, explaining calmly, "I'm not angry anymore. I haven't been angry since you admitted to another man that you were my wife."

Li Shanglu choked up a little, and said unwillingly, "Then I'm going to watch the lanterns with Helan Jin tonight."

Shen Changyi was silent for a while, strangely understanding her needs.

He stood up, carried the person to the bed, and pressed him into the soft couch.

His collar was roughly torn open, Li Shanglu's heart was beating very fast, and his palms pressed weakly against the top of his head.

"you……"

Shen Changyi raised his eyes to look at her, licked his wet lips with the tip of his tongue, and smiled, "It's really sweet."

Li Shanglu's face was as red as blood, and his snow-white fingertips were inserted into his ink-black silky hair. It didn't seem like he was trying to stop him, but rather as if he wanted to refuse but also to welcome him.

"Shanglu likes me like this, right?"

Chen Changyi kissed her neck lightly, taking in the confusion in her eyes.

She wanted to see him jealous and to irritate him.

Meeting his gloomy gaze, Li Shanglu was speechless. The beating of his heart was so clear that he could hear it without listening carefully.

The long skirt was taken off, and she used her remaining instinct to stop him, "I'm pregnant, I can't have sex..."

"Yeah," he kissed her forehead, "I know."

He just wanted to make Shanglu feel comfortable.

Her mind gradually lost its ability to think, leaving only the joy that erupted in silence. Every movement of Shen Changyi made her tremble.

Half an incense stick passed and Li Shanglu collapsed in the quilt, with red eyes, as if he had been bullied and was crying.

Her mind was blank and she couldn't remember anything. She couldn't stop shaking and it took her a long time to calm her breathing.

Shen Changyi slowly wiped his fingers clean, unable to suppress the smile on his lips. He asked softly, "Shang Lu, do you need me to help you wipe it?"

Li Shanglu huddled under the soft blanket and muttered, "Get lost."

Chen Changyi pursed his lips, quietly lifted the quilt, and looked at her through a crack, "Then I'll put the handkerchief next to you, you must remember to wipe it."

Li Shanglu kicked him off the bed.

This idiot must have learned something secretly somewhere, otherwise he wouldn't be able to understand so much at once.

She never thought that one day she would lose her composure in front of Shen Changyi. Every time she thought about it, she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

I want to die.

But, it feels... not bad.

Shen Changyi sorted the parenting books and placed them on the bookshelf. When he took one of them, he paused slightly and stuffed the book into the innermost part of the bookshelf with a guilty conscience.

I found it after searching for it for a long time in the library...

Not wanting to see it, just curious.

Well, I'm not curious, I just want to see it.

It seems that I like it too, which is great. I will try other content in the book next time.

*

Crows fly and rabbits run, time passes like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye, it went from summer to early autumn, and from autumn to deep winter.

Thick snow fell in Mingzhou Sect, and the whole mountain was covered in white. The disciples all changed into winter Taoist robes.

The interior of Shutong Pavilion is covered with warm jade, and even the floor tiles have been replaced with strange stones that can warm the feet.

"This one is too ugly, and that one is too ugly. Is there really something wrong with your eyes?"

Li Shanglu took a deep breath, threw all the small clothes and full moon locks for the children into the corner, and said coldly, "Don't buy any more clothes or jewelry from now on. It's a waste of money."

Shen Changyi picked up one of the colorful cotton-padded jackets and said softly, "This one is also beautiful. It has peony flowers sewn on it. It must be very festive to wear it."

Li Shanglu: “…”

She snatched the little cotton jacket, opened the window and threw it out.

Shen Changyi looked at her hesitantly, seeming a little unconvinced.

Li Shanglu glanced at him and asked, "Do you have any objections?"

"I asked Xie Du, and he also said it was very beautiful."

Li Shanglu laughed angrily and said bluntly, "You two, master and disciple, are both blind."

Shen Changyi came forward and took out a hairpin from his bosom, "What do you think of this one?"

Li Shanglu lowered his eyes to look at it. It was an emerald jade hairpin carved into the shape of a plum branch. There were several beautiful jade flowers on the top of the hairpin, which was particularly unique.

She sneered, "Do you think a newborn baby can wear a hairpin? Shen Changyi, have you been kicked in the head by a donkey?"

"It's not for the child." Shen Changyi pursed his lips, placed the hairpin in her palm, and whispered, "It's for you."

The smile on his face made Li Shanglu slightly distracted. She looked at the hairpin, which seemed to have been carefully selected, and perhaps she had asked more than just Xie Du.

"Try it on and see?" Shen Changyi looked at her expectantly.

The gaze was so intense that Li Shanglu couldn't help but look away. After a while, she held Shen Changyi's head, inserted the hairpin into his hair, and sneered, "It looks better on you."

Shen Changyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled along with her, "Then I'll give you my hairpin."

He spontaneously took off his Taoist hairpin and carefully put it on Li Shanglu's head.

"It looks very nice." Before Li Shanglu could say anything, Shen Changyi spoke first, "This way, you and I each have a part."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shanglu's heart skipped a beat.

Just as she was about to say something, she heard footsteps outside Shutong Pavilion.

“Master, Master!”

There was an urgent knock on the door. Shen Changyi glanced at the door and then at Li Shanglu. "It's Xie Du. I'll go check it out."

He got up and left.

Li Shanglu walked to the silver mirror, and his fingertips unconsciously touched the pure silver Taoist hairpin. It was a very simple style, and the shape of the hairpin head was like a flowing cloud, and also like misty mountain fog.

The hairpin fit her head perfectly, neither too big nor too small, just right.

Outside the gate of Shutong Pavilion.

"Master, a disciple from Taiyin Mountain sent a letter saying that a demon general has appeared in the southern region," Xie Du panted. "That person might be the demon cultivator Master has been looking for..."

Shen Changyi's expression suddenly changed, and a layer of coldness covered his eyes.

"Master, you must act quickly." Xie Du took a deep breath and finally calmed down. "The disciples of Taiyin Mountain said that the demon general had disguised himself as the city lord. He is very powerful and has killed many people in secret. However, the identities of the disciples have been exposed, and he may escape soon."

He finally finished speaking, but saw that although Shen Changyi's face was gloomy, he had no intention of leaving.

"Master, aren't you going?" he asked bewilderedly.

Xie Du had known that his master had been searching for a demon cultivator for three years, and he had been searching relentlessly, almost never taking a break.

In the past, whenever the master got any clues about a suspected demon cultivator, he would exorcise the demon as soon as possible.

But this time, it's different.

Shen Changyi was silent for a long time, then said calmly, "I'm not going."

Xie Du was stunned for a moment, and looked at Shen Changyi at a loss as he turned around and went back to Shutong Pavilion. After a while, he clenched his fingers.

He remembered that his master's wife was about to give birth in the next few days.

This is probably the only reason that could make Master give up on eliminating demons.

The clue cannot be broken. This is the demon cultivator that Master has been searching for day and night for three whole years. He will never give up unless it is absolutely necessary.

Since Master can't go, he will go.

If he can’t kill the demon general, can’t he hold him back?

Just wait until Master's wife gives birth to the baby.

Xie Du took a deep look at Shutong Pavilion, grabbed a young disciple, left a message to the sect leader, and then drew out the long sword behind him. The tip of the sword drew a cold light, and soon he disappeared along with his figure.

*

As the delivery date approached, Li Shanglu felt that her body had become inexplicably light and brisk recently. Her waist and back no longer ached, and even her appetite had improved a lot. She didn't know when it started, but she also stopped having morning sickness.

What’s funny is that Shen Changyi often feels like vomiting suddenly, and his whole body is groggy, as if he hasn’t woken up yet.

Could it be that he is sick?

Li Shanglu looked at Shen Changyi, who was lying on the couch with a pale face, in confusion. He reached out to touch his forehead and found it was a little hot, which was a normal temperature.

His breathing became weaker and his words became less and less.

When Elder Teng came to check Li Shanglu's pulse, he also checked Shen Changyi. Elder Teng said that he was in good health and there was no need to worry at all.

Li Shanglu really didn't worry about it, but as the days passed, Shen Changyi's "illness" became more and more frequent, which was really strange.

She was worried that the strange disease he had in his childhood had recurred.

"I'm fine." Shen Changyi said softly, curling up uncomfortably, "I just want to sleep for a while."

Seeing this, Li Shanglu had no choice but to cover him with the quilt, watched him gradually fall into sleep, and got up to extinguish the candle.

That night, Li Shanglu slept beside him and had a long dream.

She dreamed that she was fighting crickets in the small courtyard at home, and her parents came out of the room, stretched themselves lazily, and said with a smile,

"Shanglu, are you still playing?"

She grabbed a cricket, held it up to show them, and smiled childishly, "Li Hanye, look at how powerful this big bull of mine is! It knocked all the other little ones away!"

Li Hanye leaned over and said in surprise, "It's really amazing, worthy of being a cricket from Shanglu. Fu'er, come and see."

Beside him, a woman with a gentle and peaceful smile slowly walked to Li Shanglu, gently took her into her arms, and brushed off the dust on her body.

"Shanglu, isn't this the cricket that Changyi caught? Could it be that he stole it again?"

She pursed her lips and nuzzled into the woman's arms affectionately. "Mom, I didn't snatch it this time. It's because he always bothered me. I told him to give me a cricket every time he came to play with me. If he gave it to me, it's mine."

"Silly girl," Jiang Fu smiled and pinched Li Shanglu's little face, saying with eyes full of love, "Mom misses you so much."

Li Shanglu was stunned, as if he didn't understand what she said.

Didn’t mom just finish her nap?

Jiang Fu looked at her face, tears quickly filling her eyes. She suppressed her sobs, closed her eyes, and whispered, "As long as you are safe, I will have no regrets in my life."

Li Shanglu looked at her ignorantly and stretched out his little hand to wipe away her tears.

"Fuer..." Li Hanye helped her up, held her in his arms, and wiped the moisture from his eyes. "We can only take a look. It's time to go."

Jiang Fu tried to force a smile and said softly, "Be happier from now on, Shang Lu."

Li Hanye reached out his hand and rubbed the top of Li Shanglu's head with his big palm. There was a barely perceptible tremor in his voice. "Shanglu will take good care of herself. Our Shanglu is also a mother. She is sensible, right?"

"What do you mean by 'mother'? I don't understand." Li Shanglu saw them turn around and walk out of the courtyard. She hurried to chase them, but it seemed that she could not catch up with them. "Dad, Mom, don't go..."

The thin figure stumbled out of the yard, ran to the deserted street, and ran to every place where he had played in his memory.

"Dad, Mom!"

"Don't abandon me!"

Li Hanye and Jiang Fu turned around at the end of the long street and waved at her as if saying goodbye.

In an instant, Li Shanglu suddenly woke up from his sleep, his face covered with tears.

This was the first time she had dreamed of them since her parents died.

It was a really strange dream, as if her parents had come back to visit her today, but today was not a special day. Maybe she was overthinking it.

However, it’s great to see my parents, and it would be even better if I could dream about them tomorrow.

It was still dark, probably around 6:15 am.

She wiped the tears from her face and was about to get out of bed to wash her face, but she saw a bony hand pass by in front of her, press on her shoulder, and push her back onto the couch.

"Don't move."

A hoarse voice sounded from the dark night. Shen Changyi stood up from the couch and wrapped her in the quilt with trembling hands.

"Why are you awake?" Li Shanglu still didn't react until he felt wetness between his legs.

"I'll go find the midwife."

He threw down these words and immediately disappeared from the spot.

Only then did Li Shanglu realize that she was about to give birth.

Isn't this right?

Why don’t I feel anything, no pain at all?

Does she have a special physique?