Chapter 543: So Easy to Coax

"How's the Lotus Courtyard?"

Qin Yao came out of the bathroom looking refreshed and handed over a bucket of dirty clothes.

"Very good." Liu Ji took the laundry bucket, looked down, couldn't believe it, looked again, picked up a corner of the dirty clothes with two fingers, the strong smell of mud rushed straight to the top of his head, and the sticky touch of his fingertips made him even more nauseous.

If they hadn't been taken off her, Liu Ji would have thrown the bucket of dirty clothes out.

"What have you been doing?" Liu Ji tried to suppress the urge to wash the dirty clothes and muttered in a calm tone, "You've been rolling in the mud!"

Qin Yao looked at me sideways, "Why do you care about me? If you can wash, then wash. If you can't, get out."

Liu Ji gave her a blank look and said, "I'm the only one who doesn't mind your dirty clothes. If you can't wash them, then get out. Who will wash your clothes if I leave? Or have you already decided to have some random man come to your house to wash your clothes?"

Qin Yao asked impatiently: "So are you going to wash it or not?"

Liu Ji ignored her, glanced at her, then picked up the heavy bucket of mud and clothes and poured it into the stone trough, answering with his action.

After flushing with two large buckets of water, the original color of the clothes could be seen a little.

"Tsk tsk tsk~" Liu Ji couldn't bear to watch, "Such fine cotton material, look how it was made for you, who washed your clothes during the time I was away? The cuffs are frayed from washing, and they didn't even bother to tuck them in and sew them again for you."

On the first day at home, Liu Ji didn't struggle at all and successfully integrated himself into the role of a househusband.

He was very contented and didn't feel that being a juren was any different at all.

Qin Yao saw that although he was talkative, his hands were quite skillful, so she didn't argue with him. She walked into the kitchen, looked through the cupboards, and looked at the stove. "Anything else to eat?"

Someone in front of the stone trough immediately turned around, gave a sneer that I knew, and pointed at her room, "While you were taking a shower, I already heated up a bowl of hot rice and put it on the table in your room."

"I've heated up the water again. How about soaking your feet?" The latter part of the question was a bit flattering. Her peach blossom eyes were sparkling, and it was obvious that she was not so innocent.

Qin Yao narrowed her eyes and stared at him for three seconds. A faint scent of sandalwood floated in the air, and a sense of impatience that wanted to be destroyed was revealed in her abstinence.

"Are you hinting at me?" Qin Yao asked softly, uncertainly.

She walked closer to him, so close that her nose could touch the clothes on his chest, and sniffed, "You make yourself smell so good."

"You, you are just thinking too much!" Liu Ji quickly took two steps back. The fabric on his chest was scratched by her nose and it felt a little itchy, as if millions of ants were crawling into his body. It made his tongue numb and he couldn't speak clearly.

"I just want to ask you something. It will be better for both of us if you explain it clearly." Liu Ji tried his best to explain seriously.

Qin Yao said "oh", raised her index finger, and touched the protruding collarbone in the middle of his somewhat open collar. Seeing him shudder, her eyes became a little subtle, and she pulled the collars on both sides and closed them, "It's cold at night, put on some clothes and don't catch a cold."

After saying that, he patted his head again, helping him to cover himself up completely, and then strode towards the main house.

With a creak, she propped up the window, sat by it, used the windowsill as a table, put down the bowl of piping hot rice, and ate while watching him wash clothes.

"Gurgle~"

Liu Ji swallowed secretly and cursed in his heart: "You lustful ghost!"

He lowered his head, took a deep breath, suppressed his restless mind, turned his anger into strength, picked up the clothes in the stone trough and scrubbed them vigorously.

The noise was too loud, Qin Yao couldn't help but frown and remind him, "Be gentle, everyone in the family is asleep."

"Oh!" Liu Ji responded angrily, and quickly washed the clothes and hung them up. Seeing that she had finally finished her midnight snack, he poured the foot washing water and brought it in.

After closing the door, Liu Ji put the foot basin beside the bed and went to close the window. He asked, "It's cold at night. I'm wearing thin clothes. I'm afraid you'll feel bad."

Qin Yao: "I can't."

Liu Ji glared at her and said, "You can!"

At the end, she even covered her collar to prove that she had just said that she cared about him.

Qin Yao was speechless. She bent down to take off her shoes and socks, and put her slightly cold feet into the footbath with a comfortable water temperature, feeling extremely refreshed.

It was good that Liu Ji returned home, as it allowed her to live a life with someone to serve her again.

However, as soon as this thought flashed through her mind, Qin Yao was shocked. It was indeed easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. She was almost fooled by these sugar-coated bullets.

After calming down, Qin Yao pointed to the stool opposite and asked Liu Ji to sit down. "What do you want to ask? Ask quickly and go to bed quickly. I'm sleepy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he yawned loudly at the right time.

Converted into modern time, it is already eleven o'clock at night, and they are the only two people who have not slept yet in the entire Liujia Village.

Liu Ji sat down opposite the bed, wiped the water stains on his hands, and asked the questions that had been holding back all the way.

"Why did you give Awang more money than I did?"

"What?" Qin Yao was surprised. He was so serious, washing clothes for midnight snacks and pouring water for foot washing. She thought he was asking about something important.

For example, matters involving money, or the interpersonal relationships after passing the imperial examination.

Didn't expect this?

"Are you talking about the fifty taels I gave to Awang?"

Qin Yao glanced at the nest of jade rabbits on the dressing table beside the bed. She felt heartbroken, but she couldn't show it. After all, it was the kindness of Awang and Liu Ji, the useless guy.

It was the first time the two men gave her a gift. If she refused and hurt the fragile hearts of the two men, she might not receive any gifts next time.

Thinking about next time, Qin Yao felt better.

Liu Ji said seriously: "I am your husband. My lady, you gave more money to a man outside than to me. This hurts me a lot."

He looked aggrieved.

In fact, the villain in my heart is yelling: Why! Why! Why!

His peach blossom eyes stared at her intently, and if he found any wrong emotions growing in her, he would immediately nip them in the bud.

Facing Liu Ji's vicious gaze, Qin Yao thought, "Don't you know what kind of person you are? And you still have the nerve to ask!"

But now that he has won back the title of Juren, it is a great achievement and he should be given some face.

Qin Yao didn't even need to think, and said, "Actually, the money is all for you. Awang is just responsible for keeping it. He is very skilled in martial arts, so there is no need to worry if thieves target him."

Before she finished her words, Liu Ji was visibly overjoyed and asked again and again: "Really? You didn't fool me?"

The fierce light in his eyes disappeared instantly and was replaced by Qi Yi.

Qin Yao nodded perfunctorily and wanted to take out her feet which had been soaked comfortably, and sent him away.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ji knelt down on his knees, looked up at her, and pressed down her legs that were about to be raised with his big hands.

"Don't be anxious, my lady. I'll massage your feet again." He said with a willing look.

Qin Yao took a deep breath. The foot massage was very comfortable, but! What was going on with this inexplicable sense of guilt in her heart?

Liu Laosan, are you a little too easy to please now?