Chapter 12 The most intimate thing

Chen Qi probably knew what was going to happen in a while, and her heart was beating like a drum. However, the groom was not as impatient as she expected. He just leaned over and talked to her patiently.

"At home, I'm the second child. The elders call me Erlang. Except for my eldest sister and brother, the rest are my younger brothers and sisters, who call me Second Brother."

He took his time and gently stroked her fingers as if nothing had happened.

"The managers and shop assistants in the shop up front are naturally more polite and call me Second Master. If they call me Big Master, they're looking for my eldest brother. The affairs of the shop are mainly managed by the two of us."

Chen Qi listened attentively and did not notice that the man was quietly holding his hand tighter.

"Then should I call you Jilang as well, or should I just call you by your name?"

Xie Yuduo smiled slightly, his tone gentle.

"It's up to you. If there are other people around, just call me Erlang. If it's just the two of us, just call me by my name."

"Okay, I'll remember that."

"Then I'll call you Xiaoyue too?"

"Well...it's all right. It's up to you."

Chen Qi thought of another thing he had wanted to ask for a long time, and his eyes became clear.

"They said you left home when you were eighteen?"

Seeing that the bride took the initiative to ask him questions, Xie Yuduo smiled, leaned sideways with his arms raised, and answered seriously.

"Well, he should be over seventeen, but not yet eighteen."

He did not forget to stretch out his arm and put it naturally on Shen Qi's waist, as if he was afraid that she would turn around again.

Shen Qi naturally noticed it, but did not avoid it and continued to ask him.

"So... where have you been?"

Xie Yuduo liked that she asked him the question, so he lowered his eyes and recalled carefully.

"I mainly go to the south. For example, Dali, Meng'an, and Chuxiong in Yunnan, Qingyuan and Zhen'an in Guizhou, and Luzhou and Jiading in Sichuan are places I often visit. I also go to Guangdong and Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet, and Beihai. I've also been to Zhending and Datong in the north once or twice."

His tone was calm. It was clearly a journey of thousands of miles, but he made it sound like he had just walked around the streets of the city.

After hearing this, Chen Qi felt a surge of admiration in her heart, and she also followed his example and supported her head with her arms.

"You've been to so many places... I'm already eighteen years old, and I haven't been anywhere. The farthest I've been is Pingshui County a few times."

"This is no fun job. The mountains are high and the waters are long, and we have to travel day and night. People can fall asleep on horseback. A little girl like you can't stand that kind of hardship."

"But you weren't that old back then, so you could handle it?"

"I'm a man, so naturally I'm a little rougher than a girl. I can endure more hardships and more fatigue, but that's not a problem."

He lowered his head to check the bride's expression, and seeing that Chen Qi was listening intently, he smiled slightly.

"Don't stretch your hands out. It's cold at night. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Xie Yuduo stretched out his hand and pulled the big red quilt upwards, and seemed to have held her in his arms inadvertently.

Chen Qi was somewhat aware that she was being held in someone's arms, but she didn't dare to move and could only carefully hold up her own collar.

"Then you... have you ever been to Dongqi County?"

His gentle and low voice came from above his head.

"Dongqi County? Hmm, sounds familiar. It seems to be... in the north?"

Xie Yuduo lowered his head slightly, with the tip of his nose just on top of her head, sniffing the sweet fragrance of the bride's hair in his arms.

His heart was beating so fast that he could hardly concentrate.

Chen Qi didn't notice it, and nodded with difficulty in this man's arms.

"Yes, my parents came from Dongqi County. They said I was born there, but there was a flood in my hometown, so my parents did business along the way and finally settled in Baihe Town."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Xie Yuduo responded softly, his voice a little hoarse.

"Are your family from other places?" the beauty in his arms began to ask again.

"no."

"Um?"

"At least since my grandfather's generation, they have been from Pingshan County."

"oh."

Chen Qi was somewhat disappointed. There were too few similarities between him and her.

Xie Yuduo felt like there was a ball of fire in his arms, burning hotly, burning in his chest and gradually spreading throughout his body, causing an inexplicable heat.

"However, next time I go out, I have to go to Dongqi County."

He felt the warmth and softness in her arms and no longer had the heart to continue chatting.

"What...what are you doing there?"

In fact, Chen Qi had clearly noticed something strange about him. She felt her heart beating like a drum, her cheeks flushed, and fine sweat had already seeped out of her neck.

She could even feel her own pulse pounding in her solar plexus.

"I'll go take a look."

The voice is low and hoarse.

"Let's go see what kind of place it is..."

The warm breath caused a shiver and gradually entangled between the lips and teeth.

"...only then can there be a beauty like you..."

…

Between strange touches and attempts, the body is gradually enveloped by a strange feeling.

Strange, passionate, and firm.

My mind gradually melted in this blazing heat, becoming softer and more sensitive until it finally dissipated...

The autumn wind blows gently, and the moon is shining through the window.

Inside the curtains, the sound of the wind, deep and shallow, murmured like a drunk...

It was not until it was too late that the noise gradually stopped.

…

On the second day, as usual, we had to get up early to pay our respects to our elders.

Chen Qi always gets up early, but she didn't sleep well last night. When she woke up, it was already almost dawn.

"Oops!"

My mother repeatedly told me to get up before dawn to boil water and make tea, but why did I sleep in at the most important time?

Just as she was about to turn over and get out of bed, Chen Qi's legs went weak and she almost fell into the quilt.

After she recovered and looked over, she found that the person who made her sleep so late had not only gotten up, but also cleaned up the mess. He even folded the clothes she was going to wear today and placed them neatly on the stool opposite the bed.

Thinking back to last night, his pajamas were taken off and used again... Chen Qi blushed and couldn't help but lift the quilt to take a closer look.

Clean and refreshing.

Those messy traces were indeed cleaned up.

I don’t know how deep his sleep was, but he packed all these things without even noticing.

She couldn't care less about all that right now, so she got up and went to the south room to wash up.

Sure enough, the pajamas that were soiled last night had been washed and hung on the hanger.

How early does this person get up and how meticulous his thoughts are to be able to take care of so many things?

…

Xie Yuduo pushed the door open and saw her wiping her face while hurriedly walking back, so he grabbed her.

"What are you busy with?"

Chen Qi struggled gently but couldn't break free.

"Don't...Erlang...Yuduo, this time, it really can't work."

Thinking back to the struggle between the two of them on the bed last night, Chen Qi was very determined this time.

"It's already daybreak. I have to make tea for the old lady and the elders. If I'm late...it's your fault...you insisted..."

Xie Yuduo deliberately leaned close to her ear and asked with a low smile.

"What do you want?"

"……snort."

Chen Qi threw the cotton towel she used to wipe her face at him, then went back to the house and prepared to put on her own clothes.

Xie Yuduo followed and saw his wife in a panic.

"You got up so early, why didn't you wake me up?"

"I saw you were soundly asleep and didn't want to disturb you. Don't worry, I just went to check on the tea. I told them to boil the water and prepare the tea leaves. You just need to wait in the back for the teacups."

Chen Qi was putting on her new dress and was filled with surprise when she heard this.

"Really?"

Seeing that she was in a hurry to get dressed, Xie Yuduo walked over and helped her put on her clothes.

"Of course it's true. There's still time. I calculated the time and came back just to wake you up, but you got up first."

After Chen Qi put on her new clothes, he put his arm around her shoulders, checked her from head to toe, and helped her straighten the collar that had been accidentally folded in.

His hands were very nice-looking, with slightly protruding veins extending from his forearms to the backs of his hands, and his slender finger bones clearly visible. When he gently turned them, there was a reassuring tenderness in the strength.

Just like the touch between the pillow and bed last night, firm and considerate.

Looking at the man in front of her, who was a head taller than her, carefully tidying up her clothes, Shen Qi felt a very wonderful feeling in her heart.

It was obvious that the two had only known each other for one day, but they had already done the most intimate thing in the world.