Chapter 36 Bullying the Beast! She is Still Sick
Shen Yunshu found out that her sister was sick in the afternoon.
At that time, she was still in the study with Pei Huaian studying. Tinglan went to Yunzhiyuan to deliver clothes and earrings. After returning, she waited at the door of the study. When the teacher took a break, she came in and told her about this.
Shen Yunshu guessed that Pei Huaian scared his sister so much in the morning that her clothes got wet, causing her to catch a cold and have a fever.
But at this moment, in order not to disturb him from studying with the teacher, she could only temporarily suppress her thoughts, found an excuse, left the study, and hurried to Yunzhiyuan to visit Shen Youran.
My sister's menstruation hasn't finished yet these few days, and she is very weak now. She hasn't even finished the anti-cold medicine prescribed by the old doctor. Now her condition has worsened, which is really worrying.
When she arrived at Yunzhiyuan, the doctor had just arrived. She heard him explain that her sister's illness was caused by a combination of catching a cold and being frightened, which had suddenly triggered a high fever...
Shen Yunshu's desire to deal with Pei Huaian increased a little more.
The doctor prescribed some medicine, and Shen Yunshu stayed in Yunzhiyuan to take care of her sister until Pei Huaijin returned from the yamen.
At this time, Pei Huaian had also finished his lessons for the day. After seeing his teacher off, he stretched and planned to go out and relax.
"Sister Shu, I won't be eating at home tonight. I want to go find my friends..."
"No!" Shen Yunshu pulled him back to the study. "The Master taught you the Doctrine of the Mean today. You must memorize it today."
Pei Huaian had been reading for several days straight, feeling like a bird in a cage. He really wanted to go out and run wild: "I'll come back to recite it tonight..."
"No, recite it now."
"Why? I haven't gone out to play for several days." Pei Huaian realized that something was wrong with her expression. "Sister Shu, are you angry? Who made you angry?"
"I just came back from Yunzhiyuan," Shen Yunshu said as she pushed him down on a stool and opened the book in front of him. "You Ran is sick. It's probably because you teased her this morning..."
"Is she sick? Is it serious? I'll go see her..." Pei Huaian was about to get up.
Shen Yunshu pushed him back: "It won't help if you go. You might as well stay here and memorize the book."
Pei Huaian wanted to cry but had no tears: "But I've been studying all day..."
"If you don't recite it, you won't be allowed to eat tonight!"
Pei Huaian made a fuss for a while, but seeing that she was unmoved, he had no choice but to pick up the book and recite it aloud.
Dinner is also served in the study.
He was not focused and had a perfunctory attitude. He could not memorize a piece of writing of only five or six hundred words even after reading it over and over a dozen times.
Shen Yunshu was determined to teach him a lesson about his stubbornness tonight. She asked Ting Lan to light two more lamps and said to him, "If you can't memorize it, I won't sleep..."
Pei Huaian hugged the book and howled: "Sister Shu, you have such a cruel heart..."
Although he wailed, after realizing the seriousness of the matter, Pei Huaian finally straightened his attitude and continued to recite word by word.
The night was deep and all around was silent, with only the sound of reading coming from the window of the study in Ciyouyuan.
"A gentleman is moderate, while a villain is against moderation. The gentleman's moderation is also..."
The sound of reciting gradually became smoother, but it became increasingly blurred in Shen Yunshu's ears.
She had only slept for two hours last night. During the day, she took care of household chores in the morning, accompanied him in reading in the afternoon, and even ran to Yunzhi Courtyard. She didn't notice when she was busy, but now as she sat quietly, she felt sleepy.
I supported my forehead with one hand, intending to close my eyes and take a nap, but I accidentally fell asleep.
Pei Huaian finally memorized those difficult passages, put down the book, and was about to turn around to talk to her, but he saw her leaning over the table, resting her head on her arms, sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.
Even when she was asleep, her features were still gentle. Although she was usually dignified and gentle, she always gave him a faint sense of alienation. Now that she was sleeping so defenselessly, it made people want to get closer to her.
Her breathing was a little heavier than usual, probably because she was extremely tired.
Come to think of it, she went to bed so late last night, and today she has to take care of so many chores in the house, and she also has to accompany him to study. Although she is two years older than herself, she is not an ironclad person...
Pei Huaian felt a little regretful that he was ignorant just now. She was obviously very tired during the day, but he still refused to memorize the lessons properly and made her worry.
"Sister Shu, Sister Shu..." He called her, wanting to wake her up but not wanting her to wake up so soon.
As he wished, those elegant eyes did not open.
He thought, since he had made her worry, he should do something to repay her.
So he walked around to her desk, bent down and gently picked her up.
Before he left the study, she woke up, stirred, and asked him, "Have you memorized the article?"
"I've memorized it." Seeing her struggling to get down, he quickly hugged her tightly, "Don't move, I'll recite it to you..."
When he was reciting seriously, his voice lost its usual frivolous and casual tone, and became as clear and melodious as striking jade, clean and transparent.
"Nature is Heaven's mandate, following nature is the Way, and cultivating the Way is teaching..."
Shen Yunshu couldn't move for a moment, and listening to his smooth and pleasant voice, she relaxed unconsciously.
He walked slowly, his arms steady. She leaned on his shoulder, letting sleepiness creep in...
Pei Huaian walked to the dormitory, stood by the bed and recited the article before gently putting him down.
He thought she was asleep and was about to pull the quilt over her when his shirt felt tight on his chest and he was grabbed by her.
The sight of the beautiful face so close to him and the eyes that were as drunken as the crabapple blossoms in the sun, filled with sleepiness, made him hold his breath.
"Pei Huaian..."
"Um?"
"Don't provoke Youran anymore, okay?"
“…”
"She is your sister-in-law and your wife's younger sister. You can't like her anymore."
"I know."
"So good..."
She put on a faint smile and touched his head as before.
Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Pei Huaian's heart skipped a beat. In the one-inch square cavity of his chest, there was a familiar restlessness. He subconsciously covered his hand to suppress it, but the restlessness was still intense.
It's over.
He thought.
I'm going to have that dream again tonight. The next day, at dawn, Pei Huaian sneaked out of the bedroom, found Qing Wu, and stuffed a pair of underwear into his hand.
Qingwu said nothing, just smiled.
*
When Shen Youran woke up, the heat in her body had completely subsided and she felt much lighter.
She hadn't eaten much since noon yesterday, and now she was so hungry that her legs were shaking. She walked out of the room tremblingly: "Danruo, I'm hungry..."
"Young Madam, how are you?" Dan Ruo helped her to wash up first, then helped her to the side hall and scooped a bowl of ginger soup for her.
Shen Youran couldn’t wait to take a sip, and felt a pain on his lips.
"hiss……"
"Is it hot?" Danruo touched the bowl of soup and asked curiously, "It's not hot."
This soup has been here for a while and the temperature is only warm. How could you still get burned?
She lowered her head to glance at Shen Youran's lips, and then she discovered the reason: "Ah, why is the skin broken here?"
"Is the skin broken?" Shen Youran reached out and touched it, muttering, "I was wondering why it hurt so much last night."
Last night, when her fever subsided, she sweated a little and felt thirsty. Pei Huaijin brought her some warm water to drink. As she was drinking, he kissed her and even offered her some water to drink.
She didn't want to drink the water he brought her, and refused to swallow it. As they blocked the way, the water dripped from the gap between their lips until there was no drop left in her mouth.
She thought it was over, but he turned over and pressed her down, grinding her tongue and going deeper and deeper into her.
Woohoo, you bad guy, bullying her while she's sick...
He had untied the ties of her nightgown at some point, and a large hand slid from her waist to her back, loosening the ties of her small dress at the back. Then, he pushed up the small piece of fabric embroidered with lotus flowers...
You don't want to consummate the marriage with her, do you?
Beast!
She is still sick.
She was anxious and bit the tip of his tongue. He groaned, and her big hand just came over him. As he cried out in pain, she pinched him hard...
Fortunately, he stopped at this moment, held her to his side, and tidied up her clothes that he had messed up.
"It's still too small..." he suddenly said.
"You still think I'm too small?" Shen Youran jumped up and said, "If you think I'm too small, don't touch me..."
"I did not mean that……"
"A beast in human clothing!"
“…”
"Taking advantage of someone's misfortune!"
“…”
"You're a dog!"
Pei Huaijin, a man of great talent and profound knowledge, was left speechless by her scolding and didn't know how to refute for a moment.
Shen Youran felt relieved, pulled the quilt over, turned her back to him and continued to sleep angrily.
"Where's Pei Huaijin?" Shen Youran put down the ginger soup, took a piece of cake, and ate it in small pieces so as not to touch the wound on his mouth.
"My dear, you left home early this morning."
"Oh." He must be embarrassed to see her.
After Shen Youran finished her breakfast and calmed down, she asked Dan Ruo to comb her hair and then went to Ciyouyuan.
She arrived early today and the managers had not yet arrived. When she was about to go to the main hall to find her sister, she suddenly heard someone calling her.
“Hey, Shen Youran!”
Shen Youran looked in the direction of the voice and said unhappily, "Why are you calling me your sister-in-law?"
"Weren't you sick? Are you feeling better so quickly?"
"Isn't it you who made me sick?" Shen Youran squinted her eyes and saw him leaning on the window sill of the study, quite far away from her.
Talking to each other at the top of their lungs was too tiring. Shen Youran was about to take a few steps towards him when he stopped her: "Don't come over here..."
"Why? Are you afraid I'll hit you?"
"No, your sister doesn't let me get too close to you." He had promised Shen Yunshu last night that he would not provoke Shen Youran again, but today he wanted to apologize to her, so he took the initiative to call her.
"What a coincidence! Your elder brother won't let me get too close to you." Shen Youran walked forward a few steps and then stopped. The distance between them was neither far nor close, and they could hear each other without having to speak loudly.
"I'm sorry about what happened yesterday," Pei Huaian said. He rarely apologized to others, and his expression was a little unnatural for a moment. "I've prepared an apology for you. I'll ask Tinglan to give it to you later."
"What is it?"
"A few days ago, my father sent two crane cloaks to me and your sister for winter wear. I'm not afraid of the cold and don't like wearing that kind of thing. I'll ask Tinglan to give you my cloak later. You can take it back and have someone cut some of it off so you can wear it..."
The crane cloak is a good thing. I believe that the one sent by Uncle Pei must be the best of the best.
"Well, since you seem to be sincere in apologizing to me, I will forgive you for what happened yesterday."
"My sister is so magnanimous, like a prime minister with a broad mind..."
younger sister?
Shen Youran corrected him: “I am your sister-in-law!”
Pei Huaian said with a grin: "I'm still your brother-in-law!"
"You have to call me sister-in-law!"
"Then call me brother-in-law first..."
"You're not really my brother-in-law. You and my sister..." Separate! Bed! Sleep! She mouthed the three words.
She discovered this yesterday when she went to her sister's dormitory to change clothes.
Pei Huaian was stunned, remembering that he and Shen Yunshu not only slept in separate beds, but also had signed a divorce agreement long ago. He immediately lost his confidence.
He closed the window and ignored her.
However, even though Shen Youran teased him, she actually envied him and his sister. At least they were willing to give each other enough time to accept each other and cultivate their feelings over a long period of time. Unlike Pei Huaijin, he moved into the bedroom to sleep with her the day after the wedding.
At first, he slept in a separate quilt from her, but later he pulled her into his quilt, and then he slept with her in his arms every night, which made her...
She was so used to sleeping with her head resting on his arm that she was angry with him in the second half of last night and refused to use his arm again, and she actually didn't sleep well.
I accompanied my elder sister in the central hall for more than an hour in the morning. Today, when my elder sister was taking care of the affairs of the mansion, she did not seem as flustered as yesterday. Shen Youran learned a lot from following her.
"Don't come tomorrow," Shen Yunshu scolded her distressedly and helplessly. She had wanted her to go back when she came just now, but she didn't listen. "Illness comes like a mountain falling, and it goes away like a thread being pulled out. You had such a high fever yesterday, how could you be well so soon today?"
Shen Youran took her sister's hand and touched her forehead: "It's really better now, it doesn't hurt at all."
The forehead under the palm of my hand was warm and cool, but the little face was still covered with a thin layer of illness.
"Then go back and take your medicine. Come back when you feel better."
"All right."
Tinglan brought a crane cloak. Shen Yunshu knew that it was a gift from Pei Huaian to apologize to her, so she didn't say anything.
After Shen Youran returned with the crane cloak, she gave it to Qinghe. Qinghe was very good at needlework. She took it, measured the size, marked it, and knew how to modify it.
Shen Youran didn't feel any discomfort in the afternoon, but in the evening she developed a low fever again. She couldn't sleep well at night, which disturbed Pei Huaijin's sleep as well.
But it returned to normal the next day.
This went on for three days in a row. I was fine during the day, but had a low fever at night.
Originally, Pei Huaijin wanted to invite Aunt Xiao back to teach her, but because of her recurring illness, he had to postpone it.
Danruo and Qinghe, as Shen Youran's personal maids, were naturally anxious.
When they were free, Dan Ruo and Qing He came to Shen Youran and said, "Young Madam, could it be that you were really frightened when you got sick?"
Of course, Shen Youran didn't believe it: "I only know that children will cry for no reason at night after being frightened. I don't cry at night, but my body feels heavy, and I often have nightmares and can't sleep well..."
"What did the girl dream about?"
"The tiger, the snake, and the fish..."
"Look, look, I said it must be related to that fish." Dan Ruo said with certainty, "That morning, the young lady was frightened once in the kitchen, and at noon she was frightened again by the fish head that Qing Jian brought back..."
After hearing this, Shen Youran began to murmur in her heart: In fact, she was frightened three times that day. In addition to the two times Dan Ruo mentioned, there was another time in the middle when Pei Huaian drew a mandarin fish on paper to scare her.
"Could it really be that the ghost of the fish is still lingering?" Shen Youran thought about it and still felt it was impossible. "Qing Jian killed the fish, so he should be the one being haunted by the ghost of the fish. Why is he fine?"
"Qing Jian is a man, with a strong yang energy. Perhaps the fish can't harm him?"
Shen Youran shuddered: “The more you talk, the more terrifying it becomes. Why don’t I go and pray to the Buddha.”
"Yes, let's go to the temple and ask for a peace amulet, just in case it's useful..."
When Pei Huaijin came back, Shen Youran told him about going to burn incense and worship Buddha, and he did not object.
"Then let's go the day after tomorrow. I'll be on vacation the day after tomorrow and I'll accompany you..."
"You don't need to accompany me. I want to go tomorrow. Tomorrow is the eighth day of the eighth month, and there will be a temple fair at Daxiangguo Temple."
"You haven't recovered yet, so it's not advisable for you to go to crowded places." Pei Huaijin's tone was undeniable. "Go the day after tomorrow, it will be quieter."
Shen Youran nudged his lips unhappily and muttered, "My dad isn't as annoying as you..."
Pei Huaijin didn't hear clearly what she mumbled, but he guessed it wasn't anything nice. He saw her dark eyes rolling around, and he didn't know what she was thinking. Maybe she wanted to sneak away tomorrow.
"Do you still want to eat out tomorrow?" Pei Huaijin tested her, "How about I ask Qing Jian to stay in the mansion for you to use..."
"No, no, I've had enough of eating out these days. I want to eat something cooked in the mansion tomorrow."
"Okay..." He really wanted to sneak out.
On the other hand, Shen Yunshu was already familiar with all the affairs in the mansion, and she could manage them with ease every day. She was finally able to spare some energy to think about how to get rid of Pei Huaian's "evil thoughts" about her third sister.
That day, because he teased his third sister and made her sick, she punished him by making him recite books for most of the night.
Since that night, he seemed to have grown up a lot overnight. In the morning, when the teacher had not come yet, he would take the initiative to go to the study to review his lessons. When the teacher was teaching, his attitude also became much more correct.
After Shen Yunshu accompanied him for two days, she deliberately did not go to the study to accompany him to study for two afternoons. Afterwards, she secretly asked the teacher if he had been slacking off. The teacher shook his head and said no, and praised him for his great progress in the past few days.
I guess the reason he has changed so much is because of his third sister.
After that, Shen Yunshu no longer planned to go to the study to accompany him to study. After finishing the housework in the morning, she would go back to her room in the afternoon to read her own book.
One day, she took Tinglan out for a while. When they came back, Tinglan was holding a pile of books with a red face.
At night, Shen Yunshu placed the pile of books in front of Pei Huaian and said to him, "As for the dream you always have, I have two ideas..."
Pei Huaian was delighted: "Sister Shu, you thought of a solution so quickly?" She even thought of two more.
"The seven emotions and six desires are innate, human instincts. Lust, like the desire for life, death, hearing, sight, and mouth, cannot be liberated without becoming a monk. It needs to be controlled and tempered, like flowing water; it's better to let it flow, not to block it. Forcibly suppressing it will only backfire. It's better to let it flow naturally..."
“How do I let nature take its course?”
"This is the first method. I will decide whether to give you a concubine or a maid..."
Pei Huaian's expression froze for a moment: "You want me to... take a concubine?"
"Compared to taking a concubine, I think it's better to raise a maidservant. After all, we boasted to Grandmother before that you would concentrate on your studies. Now we want to take a concubine for you. I'm afraid Grandmother won't agree..." Shen Yunshu said calmly, not hurriedly, "But we have to make it clear in advance, whether it's taking a concubine or raising a maidservant, you must be restrained and not delay your daytime studies."
Pei Huaian's face was wooden, and he was speechless for a long time. After a long while, he finally managed to say one sentence: "I don't want a concubine, and I don't want a maid."
"Why?"
"I don't like them."
Shen Yunshu was at a loss for words: "I haven't even given you a choice yet, and you're saying you don't like it?"
"Anyway, I just don't like it..."
He didn't know why, but he felt an indescribable resistance in his heart about taking a concubine or keeping a mistress. Although he had told Qingwu before that "he wanted women", he had never thought of really accepting a strange woman.
Shen Yunshu sensed his resistance and knew without a doubt that the reason why he was unwilling to accept another woman was simply because he still had his third sister in his heart.
It's strange to say, he fell in love with the third sister at first sight at the temple fair that day, but the two never met again until they got married. They met a few times after they got married, but he loved the third sister so deeply that she couldn't understand.
But love is a very mysterious thing. Although she could not understand it, she never doubted his deep affection for her third sister.
Fortunately, she anticipated that he would oppose the first method, so she did not try to persuade him much and instead talked to him about the second method.
"This is what I bought for you today," Shen Yunshu patted the pile of books in front of him and introduced them to him one by one, "Secret Score of Mandarin Ducks, Secret Plays of Spring Night, Summer in the South, and Spring Competition..."
She picked up the last one and handed it to him.
"This book, 'Flower Camp and Brocade Array,' in particular, has twenty-four illustrations. The images are simple and vivid, and the language is easy to understand..."
This book was also shown to them by their mother before they got married. She read it with her third sister at that time.
Of course, Pei Huaian had also read this kind of book before getting married, and it made his blood boil and his mouth dry.
"Sister Shu, why are you giving me this?" Her face, which was stiff just now, quickly turned red.
"The first method I just told you was 'it's better to open up than to block'. Now I'm going to teach you the second method, 'it's better to guide than to open up'..."
"How do you say it?"
"You often have those kinds of dreams, probably because deep down you're curious about them and long for them. If that's the case, why not get to know them better? Once you've seen more and understood them more thoroughly, you might know how to guide yourself and resolve these desires..."
Pei Huaian was skeptical: "Sister Shu, is this really possible?"
Although Shen Yunshu's explanation was coherent, she had no experience in this kind of thing and could not guarantee anything. She could only say, "Anyway, this is the truth..."
Only she and Qingwu knew about this. The method Qingwu taught him was no longer useful. Now he could only trust her: "Okay, I'll give it a try..."
That night, Pei Huaian read two books and ran to the bathroom three times.
When he came back the third time, his knees were weak and his calves were trembling.
At this time, the curtains on the rosewood bed on the other side of the screen had been drawn, so she must have fallen asleep.
Pei Huaian decided to stop here tonight. If he continued, he would probably be exhausted.
He returned to the Arhat couch with his soft legs and took a long breath. He thought that after experiencing three times of emptiness, he should be able to fall asleep soon.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with the scenes he had just seen.
A quarter of an hour later, he felt his body showing signs of recovery.
A quarter of an hour later, he reluctantly got up from the couch and walked towards the bathroom.
Another quarter of an hour later, he returned to the dormitory without being able to relieve himself and went straight to Shen Yunshu's bed.
"Sister Shu, Sister Shu..."
Fortunately, Shen Yunshu had a light sleep tonight. When she heard his voice, she opened her eyes and turned her head to see him lying on the bed, his beautiful phoenix eyes fixed on her...
"What's wrong?" Her voice was filled with sleepiness. She really couldn't muster the energy, so she didn't get up. She just turned over and faced him, her eyes half open and half closed. "Have you finished reading the book?"
"I read two..."
"Well, what do you think?"
"I want to... do something bad..."
Shen Yunshu suddenly lost all desire to sleep.
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