Chapter 39: Father Shangyuan, we will be entangled for a lifetime

Fang Zhiyue didn't expect that she would bring up the past again at this time.

I said this at the time just to calm her down.

Now she brings it up again.

He was really caught off guard.

Fang Zhiyue remained silent for a long time.

Seeing him like this, Si Yao tightened her grip around his waist. "Why didn't you say anything, little father? Were you just trying to put me off?"

The calm tone sent a chill down one's spine.

Fang Zhiyue knew that this was a sign of her going crazy.

He didn't feel like carving any more walnuts, so he put the thing aside and quickly replied, "I don't have any!"

"Then why don't you speak?"

Si Yao still held his waist tightly.

It seems that he doesn't intend to let him get away with it so easily.

Fang Zhiyue met her eyes that were filled with a faint light and pursed his lips: "I, I was just a little surprised and didn't react for a moment."

"good…"

Si Yao chuckled, but the smile did not reach his eyes: "Little father, you can answer now. If you still haven't reacted, you can continue to think about it slowly. We have plenty of time tonight."

After she finished speaking, she closed her mouth.

Fang Zhiyue became more and more nervous.

I always feel that if my answer is not what she wants, I will be tormented by her again tonight.

He squeezed his palms and spoke slowly, "...Sister Yao, could you please stop forcing me... I don't like this..."

Fang Zhiyue mustered up the courage to speak out what was in his heart.

These days, his life is a mess and he lives in a daze every day.

He didn't know how to bear this feeling, and always felt that it was wrong.

But Si Yao was too strong and overbearing. He was powerless to resist and could only accept it.

Fang Zhiyue's eyes gradually turned red, tears welled up in his eyes, but he tried hard not to let them fall. "You also want my body, isn't that enough?"

"not enough."

Si Yao spoke in a cold voice.

She pinched his chin, pressed down his brows, her eyes burning with fire. "Don't even think about escaping from my grasp in this lifetime, little father. We are destined to be entangled together for life. So, little father, be good... or you'll be the one to suffer."

After saying this, her patience seemed to be completely exhausted.

He kissed her lips directly.

Fang Zhiyue couldn't bear it any longer and shook his head, but this only made her attack more frantically.

The tears in my eyes couldn't help but roll down.

I don’t know how long it took.

She finally let him go with satisfaction.

Her lips are as red as a ghost's, looking ghostly and dangerous.

"If you say anything I don't like from now on, I'll have no choice but to use this method to shut you up..."

Fang Zhiyue sat on her lap helplessly and pitifully.

He shook his shoulders and nodded.

Si Yao rubbed his swollen lips with the tip of her finger and inserted half of her finger into his lips: "My father has upset me again today, so I'll pay you back with this."

"Yao, Sister Yao..."

Fang Zhiyue didn't expect that she was still not satisfied after kissing him.

Her face was pale, and her voice trembled: "This, this is on the boat..."

"Don't worry, no one will know."

Si Yao looked at him with dark eyes.

He was dragged straight off the bed and made to kneel on the floor in the cabin.

She moved her palm to the back of his head, applied a little force, and pressed him hard against her legs.

"good…"

*

The next day, when Fang Zhiyue woke up, Si Yao was no longer by his side.

He slowly sat up.

Just as I was about to get out of bed, I caught a glimpse of the dried-up water stains on the ground.

Fang Zhiyue suddenly withdrew his eyes.

My cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

The chaotic scenes of last night seemed to come back to my mind again.

He quickly shook his head to get rid of them, then patted his cheeks to sober himself up.

It was at this time that Si Yao came in with the food.

Looking at him sitting on the bed looking silly, a smile appeared on his refreshed face.

She spoke in a gentle voice, "Why are you beating yourself for no reason, little father? Don't beat yourself up, it will hurt me."

"Come--"

She walked over with the medicine in her hand and said, "Drink the medicine first."

Fang Zhiyue looked at the dark soup, a flicker of resistance in his eyes: "...Why do I have to drink this medicine? Is there a place to boil it on the boat?"

I drank for seven or eight days in a row and thought I could escape it on the boat.

"I originally wanted to stop giving this medicine to my father, but didn't he say that his body hasn't fully recovered yet? In that case, he has to continue drinking it."

Si Yao sat down beside him, put the medicine to his lips, and said softly: "As for the place to boil the medicine, you don't have to worry about it. I gave the boat woman some extra money, and she agreed to it."

Her words were flawless.

If Fang Zhiyue didn't drink at this time, it would mean he was telling her that he was well again.

He gritted his teeth and drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp.

Finally, he couldn't help but dry heave, "Sister Yao, why do I feel like this medicine has become bitter?"

Si Yao stuffed a candied fruit into his mouth.

She wiped the remaining juice from the corner of his lips and said, "Father must have been wrong. This medicine is still the original prescription."

"Come--"

She put the bowl aside and pulled him off the bed.

"Come and have breakfast. I know you're tired of fish, so I just had them make some vegetarian dishes."

Fang Zhiyue walked to the stool and sat down.

I had just drunk a bowl of bitter medicine and had no appetite at all. I put down my chopsticks after taking a few bites.

"Is my father full?"

Si Yao immediately raised his eyes and asked.

Fang Zhiyue nodded, "I'm not hungry."

"Then I won't eat it."

Si Yao was quite easy to talk to this time.

Suddenly he smiled and said, "I almost forgot that Xiaofu drank a lot of water last night. It's normal that he's not hungry."

Fang Zhiyue was caught off guard.

His eyes suddenly widened.

When he met her smiling black eyes, his little face immediately turned red.

The whole person looked like she was painted with rouge. "You, what are you talking about! It's all because of you who forced me..."

He couldn't continue saying these dirty words.

Looking at his embarrassed look, Si Yao couldn't help but let out two low laughs, pure and pleasant.

After breakfast, Si Yao didn’t stay in the cabin for long before he was called away by Mu Tong and the others.

Without her around, Fang Zhiyue calmed down and started carving the walnuts again.

Several days passed like this.

Before I knew it, I had already walked half the distance.

That day, Fang Zhiyue sat on the bed and started carving walnuts again.

Unexpectedly, just as he picked it up, Si Yao suddenly walked in, "Little father——"

"What's wrong?"

Fang Zhiyue immediately raised his head, looked at her and asked, "Did you forget to take something?"

During this period, she went to visit her classmates every day, and Fang Zhiyue had gotten used to it.

Si Yao said to him, "I just heard from the boatwoman that the boat will dock in the nearby city of Chuzhou today to resupply some supplies. Today is also the Lantern Festival, would you like to go for a stroll? The boatwoman said they will stay here for one night and will leave tomorrow morning. Do you want to go?"

After she finished speaking, she saw that he didn't say anything.

Then he added, "Senior sisters will also go with us."

Hearing this, Fang Zhiyue was silent for a moment and nodded, "Okay..."

Since they had already made an appointment, he didn't want to spoil their fun because of him.

"When do we leave?"

"After dinner."

Seeing that he agreed, Si Yao smiled faintly: "There will be dragon and lion dances in the evening, as well as a lantern show. It will be very lively."

Listen to her say this.

Fang Zhiyue couldn't help but feel a little excited.

*

In the evening, when the lights come on.

They all got off the boat and went ashore.

Chuzhou City is worthy of being a superior state, and is much more prosperous than Yunzhou.

As soon as you step into the inner city gate, you will be greeted by the bustling atmosphere.

Royal ladies in regal attire rode by, while young men gathered in groups of three or four, smiling sweetly as they carried delicate and beautiful lanterns.

During the event, there was also an acrobatic troupe dressed in special costumes, dancing with long dragons in their hands.

Passersby made way for the scene, leaving behind a long string of cheers.

“It’s so lively!”

Mu Tong couldn't help but sigh, feeling that his eyes were not enough to see.

She looked at the ships on the river in the distance, which were as majestic as rainbows and looked like towering palaces.

I couldn't help but stare in amazement, "It's really Shangzhou, this Lantern Festival is different."

"Let's keep going inside..."

Kong Mengruan, who was standing behind her, reminded her.

Mu Tong came back to his senses immediately.

A few people squeezed through the crowd and walked forward.

Si Yaozhui was the last one to walk beside Fang Zhiyue and quietly held his hand.

Noticing that he seemed to want to struggle, she immediately leaned over to his ear and said, "There are a lot of people here, be careful not to get separated. It's safer for me to hold your hand."

After hearing this, I realized that Yue had not moved again.

Let her hold my hand and walk forward.

"Hey—it seems like they're playing lantern riddles over there. Let's go check it out!"

In front, Mu Tong suddenly shouted.

Several people looked in the direction of her finger.

Sure enough, I saw a lot of people gathered at the door of a restaurant not far away.

They squeezed through.

The restaurant owner stood on a high platform, pointing to the lantern rack behind him. "Dear fellow villagers and friends passing by from afar, today is the Lantern Festival, and we're hosting a lantern riddle banquet. Anyone who can guess the lantern riddle will receive a lantern from the rack behind me. Of course, the more correct answers you get, the higher up the rack you'll get. This year's top lantern is the Jade Cinnamon Rabbit Lantern, crafted by Master Deng Yi."

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience below exclaimed in surprise.

It seems that Master Deng Yi must be very famous in Chuzhou City.

Mu Tong withdrew his gaze and asked the people around him with interest, "Sisters, how about we have a competition? Let's see who has the best lantern."

"Okay." Zhou Rusheng and the other two immediately responded with a smile.

Si Yao also smiled and nodded.

Then he set his eyes on Fang Zhiyue beside him, stepped closer and asked him, "Which one does my father want? I'll win it for you."

Fang Zhiyue was startled and immediately looked at Kong Mengruan who was standing next to her.

Seeing that she didn't focus her attention here, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He glared at Si Yao, "Don't let them hear it."

Si Yao, however, showed no signs of restraint and continued to ask, "Little Father, you haven't told me which lantern you want yet?"

Seeing her unrepentant look.

Fang Zhiyue gritted his teeth and pointed at the lantern at the top of the flower stand in a huff, "I want that rabbit."