Chapter 42 Chapter 42 He gives people the feeling that he is not what he seems. …

She is very sensitive about her reputation, and her face often turns red and her heart beats faster because of a few words.

It's hard to even open my mouth about what happened in the bedroom, let alone explain it to him in detail.

Zhu Yinluan really couldn't tell him that it was neither.

She was neither in pain nor afraid but rather too comfortable. He kissed her so hard that she was trembling with pleasure, and so she shed tears out of unbearable pain.

But he was still waiting for her answer.

His dark eyes looked into hers, at the red corners of her eyes, wet by tears and condensed into clumps of eyelashes.

Zhu Yinluan didn't know how to reply, so she simply didn't answer. She felt embarrassed when Shen Jingzhan looked at her, and she couldn't help but curl up her wrist that was around his arm.

Get closer to him, hide her face, and try to tell Shen Jingzhan not to look at it with actions.

The whole person clings to the man delicately, as if wet by the rain. The trembling dodder standing in the spring rain makes people feel warm in their hearts and their eyes darken.

The man reached out and smoothed away the long hair that was stuck to her face, because her black hair was really too long.

Some of the disobedient ones sank into the soft snow line, where he had been lingering.

When he took her hair away, she felt itchy and thought he was going to use his big hands to control and bully her again.

She hid more and more. The quilt had already been kicked inside by the two men. Where else could she hide at this moment?

She could only snuggle into his arms. She thought Shen Jingzhan’s chest was too broad and more than enough to hold her.

The most important thing is that she was hiding in Shen Jingzhan's arms, so he couldn't easily see her expression even if he lowered his head.

But Shen Jingzhan understood her, and after thinking about it, he realized that she was shy.

He curled his lips and laughed softly.

Although he did not continue kissing her, his laughter reached her ears and his chest vibrated when he laughed. Zhu Yinluan's already rosy face became even hotter.

She wanted to ask him what he was laughing at, but there was no need to do so, because she knew exactly what Shen Jingzhan was laughing at.

Fortunately, his laughter didn't last long and he caught her out.

He gently pinched her chin with his long fingers, presenting her entire little face to him, and rubbed her chin with his fingertips.

Zhu Yinluan had no choice but to look him in the eye. Shen Jingzhan's eyes were so deep that she would have this feeling every time she looked at him.

At this moment, she looked at him and actually noticed the emotions surging in his eyes.

Zhu Yinluan's heart was beating fast, her breathing was uneven, and her knees were bent on the soft brocade fur.

Her two white arms hung down at her sides, her long hair cascaded behind her, the ends of her hair swaying as the positions of the two people changed.

Although she had noticed it and was prepared in her heart, when Chen Jingzhan brought her towards him and kissed her whole body, Zhu Yinluan couldn't help but feel a little numb.

Did he kiss her on the lips the day before?

It seems not.

I had caressed her cheek before, but I had never kissed her directly on the lips like this.

He tossed and turned outside, not only kissing her lips back and forth, but also tentatively kissing her lips.

Zhu Yinluan noticed that the man's kiss was getting better and better. She didn't know whether to accept or resist this soft outsider, so he stopped again.

Pulling back, he kept his distance, kissing only the outside of his lips.

Even so, the kiss was still passionate.

The man's big hand was holding the back of her head, and his other hand was around her waist kissing her. Every move he made was full of dominance.

Under such control, Zhu Yinluan had no way to escape his kiss.

I can only be kissed by him.

Under his invisible guidance, her delicate lips would occasionally kiss him back gently, but were always drowned out by his aggressive kisses.

Was it her illusion again? Shen Jingzhan on the bed seemed to have completely turned into another person.

Under the bed, he was gentle, considerate, thoughtful and meticulous, and his words and actions were smooth and clear.

But Shen Jingzhan on the bed… was strong and domineering, dangerous and dark.

The Shen Jingzhan on the bed that she felt at this moment was still restrained and controlled.

But what if he didn't hold back and control himself? What would happen?

Zhu Yinluan thought slowly, and she raised her eyes, which had tears in her eyes from being kissed due to excessive bullying, and saw the man's handsome eyebrows through her hazy vision.

Before she married Shen Jingzhan and met him, had she met him by chance somewhere, a long time ago?

Why do I feel so familiar looking at him?

It wasn't just this time of familiarity. Many inexplicable and strange feelings of familiarity that she had previously ignored popped up and even connected together.

The first time was at the Shen Family Pharmacy. She lowered her head while walking and almost fell. It was Shen Jingzhan who helped her. When he pulled her over and put his arm around her waist, she felt familiar.

The second time was the day before yesterday, when he walked out of the bathroom after taking a bath. She saw his tall figure hidden in the darkness and felt familiar with him.

The most recent familiarity... was her nightmare. After waking up, Shen Jingzhan helped her wipe her hands and feet and pinched her ankles. She felt that Shen Jingzhan had pinched her ankles and dragged her like this a long time ago.

Where did this strange feeling of familiarity come from?

She began to wonder… had she met Shen Jingzhan a long time ago?

But she forgot a lot of things after she met Han, and couldn't remember them at all.

Noticing that she was distracted, he kissed her even harder and leaned over, wishing Yinluan to lie in her softness.

Her thoughts at the moment did not allow her to think too much, because she needed to deal with the man's dominance with all her heart and soul.

“…”

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhu Yinluan felt like she had turned into a pool of spring water.

Her fingers clenched the covers tightly.

After a long time, the spring rain that had accumulated for a long time fell as the man withdrew his fingertips.

Her mind went blank and she almost collapsed, breathing heavily.

Shen Jingzhan was also calming his breathing beside him.

His situation is much worse. You can tell even without looking at his start, just by looking at his forbearing expression.

Veins popped out on his forehead and his face flushed with pain. It was obvious how miserable he was.

He hasn't gotten up yet. Is it because the pain is unbearable?

"You... do you want me to help you?" Shen Jingzhan didn't really go that far with her, but he also helped her do a lot of things.

Zhu Yinluan asked back.

In the dim light, he did not see the flash of success in the man's eyes.

I only heard him ask back, "Wouldn't this be too unfair to Luan'er?"

The man's handsome features revealed a rare fragility that seemed harmless to her, yet also made her feel deeply fragile.

Zhu Yinluan, “…No.” Why was he looking at her with such pitiful eyes?

"…It's a matter of reciprocity." Zhu Yinluan said softly, "You help me, and I will help you."

There is no love or affection between her and him, it's just a show.

Zhu Yinluan thought so in her heart.

If someone had told her two months ago that she would become what she is now, with love and lust separated, she would definitely not have believed it.

Because how can one do this without love?

Now, she can actually distinguish the two.

Even when acting with Shen Jingzhan, she felt a pleasure and joy that she didn't feel when she was with Wei Ruzhuo.

She couldn't tell whether it was because she had no love for Shen Jingzhan and was just purely focused on doing this thing and thus experienced happiness through her own practice, or whether it was because of something else. In short, she couldn't tell.

She recovered and got up.

But because her legs were weak, she almost fell into the quilt, and fortunately Shen Jingzhan supported her.

His palms were hot, no, his whole body was hot.

It was scorching hot, as if I had a high fever.

It almost burned her palms.

Although she said she wanted to help, Zhu Yinluan didn't know how to do it.

Because as far as she knew, the rituals of Duke Zhou were just that kind of rituals of Duke Zhou.

Speaking of which, it was through Shen Jingzhan that she realized that she didn't have to really do that.

After thinking about it, under Shen Jingzhan's gaze.

She raised her wrist and touched something that was extremely terrifying even with the naked eye...

At this moment, she was glad that perhaps it was right not to perform the Zhougong ritual, because looking at him now...

This would probably be extremely painful.

It was so painful when she was with Wei Ruzhuo.

Wei Ruzhuo is no match for Shen Jingzhan. If it was really Shen Jingzhan, how painful and uncomfortable would it be?

She didn't dare to look and kept avoiding his gaze.

The woman's movements were clumsy, she looked confused, and her reactions seemed very awkward. It must be the first time she had encountered such a thing.

In this quiet and chaotic night, no one spoke again.

But the moment she helped to touch him, Zhu Yinluan heard the man gasp.

She stopped immediately, opened her round watery eyes, and silently asked if he was okay.

Shen Jingzhan moved closer, leaned over and put his forehead against hers, his nose touching hers, and the word "nothing" came out lightly and slowly.

The beads of sweat on the man's forehead mixed with the beads of sweat on her face, and they could no longer be distinguished from each other. Even their breath and fragrance were mixed.

Zhu Yinluan continued.

This was the first time she helped others in this way, and she didn't know what to do.

Originally, she wanted to learn how Shen Jingzhan helped her, but...

She is different from Shen Jingzhan.

What she learned from Shen Jingzhan was not applicable at all.

So she could only do whatever she wanted.

Shen Jingzhan was not having an easy time either due to her disorderly conduct. One could tell from his painful expression that it was a struggle she had never seen before.

Zhu Yinluan was suddenly at a loss as to what to do.

She couldn't ask him for help, so after a pause, she could only slowly and gently continue with the mess.

Slow work makes perfect, and the accidental knock made him feel better.

Zhu Yinluan didn’t expect that he would be…well…so quickly?

Because she was caught off guard, her hands and the corners of her clothes were all messed up and needed to be cleaned...

What's more, it even reached above her heart. How did it splash up there?

How did it become like this? But he doesn't look better, what went wrong?

But before she could come to her senses, she was pushed down by him and her two slender ankles were pinched by him.

Then a strong wind blew past the gate of Chunshan Mountain but did not enter, just lingering at the door.

Zhu Yinluan reacted and realized that he was not finished, but had been tormented to the point of collapse by her clumsy methods. It was only a brief collapse.

Zhu Yinluan looked at the man's handsome face filled with pain. Cold sweat flowed down his forehead and across his handsome brows. The tip of his nose was hanging, as if it was about to fall.

His eyelashes were soaked, just like hers.

The only difference was that he was soaked in sweat, while she was soaked in tears.

I don’t know how long it took, but the front of Zhu Yinluan’s underwear was all dirty, “…”

The storm was barely over.

Shen Jingzhan must be tired too, he leaned over and hugged her to calm his breath.

For this reason, Zhu Yinluan heard his intense heartbeat like thunder.

Her heart was beating fast, too.

It was different from the violent beating of Shen Jingzhan's heart.

But in this inconsistent beating, it seems as if they are chasing each other, complicated.

What's more important is the feeling...

In the blink of an eye, it was time to return home. Mrs. Shen was personally in charge of the preparations at the Shen family, and naturally, all the etiquette was taken care of.

Before leaving, Mrs. Shen asked Zhu Yinluan to look at the gift list and asked her if she felt there was anything missing and if she could add more.

Zhu Yinluan naturally didn't dare to mention it, as there was nothing to mention.

Not to mention the expensive things that Mrs. Shen picked, there were so many of them that it took two horse-drawn carriages to pull them, which was more than enough.

But when she was just going through the motions of looking through the gift list, Shen Jingzhan actually said to Madam Shen indifferently,

"If mother really wanted to ask Luan'er what she thought, she should have sent the gift list to me yesterday. She showed it to her just before she left, and in front of you. Not to mention the short time, she is shy, so how could she dare to add anything?"

Zhu Yinluan wanted to stop it but it was too late.

Madam Shen, “…” He is indeed the good son she raised.

After getting married, he forgets his mother.

Fortunately, the younger generation was not around, otherwise Mrs. Shen would have lost all her face because of him.

Zhu Yinluan quickly jumped out to smooth things over, "Mother-in-law is very attentive. The return gifts on the gift list are already very comprehensive."

She continued to lie with her eyes open, "Besides, my husband went to the study to handle government affairs the day before yesterday and was not in the inner room. At that time, my mother-in-law had already sent a maid to bring me a gift list. I suggested adding two catties of Maojian tea, which my father likes to drink, and my mother-in-law put four catties today."

Hearing this, it actually gave Madam Shen some face and substance.

She looked at Zhu Yinluan's expression and it softened slightly. Shen Jingzhan asked back, "Really?"

Madam Shen snorted coldly, “Whether it is true or not depends on whether you believe what your wife said.”

Zhu Yinluan looked a little unnatural and said nothing.

Shen Jingzhan put on the cloak handed to her by the little maid and said, "Of course I believe it."

Mrs. Shen looked at the interaction between the two and thought they looked like a perfect match.

Because of what she just said, she looked at Zhu Yinluan one more time.

After getting on the carriage, Zhu Yinluan originally wanted to mention what had just happened.

She felt that Shen Jingzhan sometimes spoke too directly, but on second thought, he was also choking Mrs. Shen for her sake.

This time, even if it was for the sake of face and consideration for Shen Jingzhan, no matter what happened, Madam Shen would definitely act more carefully and inform her in advance, and would not just go through the motions like today.

She didn't know what to say, so she just kept silent.

Shen Jingzhan was reading a policy paper on the side, which seemed to be about the court, so she did not disturb him.

There were cakes and tea in the carriage, which tasted delicious, and she ate one or two pieces.

She was so focused on eating that she didn't realize the man next to her was watching her out of the corner of his eye.

The Zhu family had already prepared the food, and except for General Shi who was injured and unable to come, the whole family was waiting at the door to greet them.

Zhu Yinluan had never experienced such a lively return visit before.

Now my heart was warmed, and I felt a little sad when I looked at Chen Xiyun's face.

Everyone had breakfast together, and General Shi talked with Shen Jingzhan.

Zhu Yinluan followed Chen Xiyun to the backyard.

Shen Xiyun asked her if she was okay these days and was concerned about everything she did in the Shen family.

"Everything is fine, don't worry, mother." Zhu Yinluan informed them one by one.

She thought about what happened when she went out, and after thinking about it, she mentioned it to Shen Xiyun.

Chen Xiyun praised her for doing a good job, "Jing Zhan's promotion for you will definitely make your family unhappy. Although we are all from the same family and there is no overnight hatred, you must not be arrogant because of your favor. You should mediate more. Over time, your mother-in-law will get closer to you."

"My daughter understands." Zhu Yinluan nodded.

After saying this, she remembered that Shen Jingzhan said he wanted to move out, and Old Lady Shen and Madam Shen didn't want the two of them to move out of the house, so they just said it.

After hearing this, Shen Xiyun said, "I was just about to tell you that your mother-in-law came to the Shi family yesterday just for this matter."

Mrs. Shen was not at home yesterday, so the banquet was prepared by the second concubine.

She was wondering where Mrs. Shen had gone. She came here?

"I wonder what my mother-in-law said when she came to visit?"

Chen Xiyun said, "Your mother-in-law asked me to persuade you not to ask Jing Zhan to live in another mansion."