Chapter 55: My wife is so depressed, I also want to consummate the marriage
Leaving Youyuan.
After the misunderstanding last night, the four of them felt a little awkward when they met today. They avoided each other's eyes and no one looked at each other.
It doesn't prevent us from talking and chatting.
Pei Huaijin had learned from Danruo Qinghe this morning the reason why his seventh brother and Shen Yunshu broke into Yunzhi Courtyard at night. Although the little girl Danruo was ignorant, she was eager to protect her master, so her actions were understandable. Pei Huaijin did not blame her too much, and naturally he would not pursue the matter of his seventh brother and Shen Yunshu interrupting their wedding consummation.
Shen Youran told her sister that she wanted to go back to her parents' home to live for a while. Although she could avoid her mother-in-law by living in the Shen Mansion, she would not be able to see her sister anymore, so Shen Youran couldn't help feeling reluctant.
Shen Yunshu, on the other hand, was more open-minded: "We haven't been back to see Daddy much since we got married. It would be nice if you could go back and live with him for a while and show more filial piety to him on my behalf..."
"If Daddy asks me why I've been staying here for so long, what should I say? If I say it's because my husband wants to take a concubine, will Daddy not ask me to come back?"
Hearing the word "husband" from her mouth, Pei Huaijin's heart skipped a beat. He unconsciously clenched his teacup: "Don't worry, I will explain it clearly to my father-in-law..."
This was the first time she called him "husband" while she was sober.
I just experienced the greatest happiness in the world last night, and today I heard her call me "husband", so I think she accepts him from the bottom of her heart.
It happened that he was sent to Suizhou at this time. After serving as an official for many years, Pei Huaijin felt lazy for the first time.
Shen Youran felt reluctant to leave her sister because she would not be able to see her for the next ten days or so. She pulled her into the room and the two sisters went to talk in private.
There were only two brothers left in the hall.
It's not as embarrassing as before.
"Oh, right, I just came from my grandmother's place," Pei Huaijin did not forget to relay her words. "Grandma said she wanted to have a great-grandson. Youran is too young, so I don't plan to let her have a child so early. You and your sister-in-law need to pay more attention to this matter..."
"That won't work," Pei Huaian refused. "My wife will take the exam to become a female official next year. If she passes, she doesn't plan to have children within three years..."
"What if I fail the exam?"
"My wife is so smart, how could she not pass the exam?" Pei Huaian looked at his eldest brother teasingly, "Grandma wants to have a great-grandson, and you, as the eldest brother and sister-in-law, naturally have to rank ahead of your younger siblings..."
"We can't have children for the time being, sir."
"We can't have children either, so you guys should go first."
"You guys first..."
"Big brother first..."
If Pei Huaijin continued to talk around with him, he would be as childish as him: "Alright, let's talk about this later. There's one more thing I haven't told you..."
"What's up?"
"When You and Youran were kidnapped, the robbers demanded a ransom of 200,000 taels. None of our three families could come up with that much money, so Grandmother sent an urgent letter to Third Uncle, asking him to bring the money to Beijing. After rescuing you, Grandmother sent another letter telling him not to come back. However, after sending two letters in a row, I didn't receive a reply from Third Uncle..."
"Logically speaking, after receiving the letter, Dad should have quickly raised money and rushed to the capital. Even if he didn't come himself, he would have sent someone else to the capital, so that he wouldn't be unable to see me and receive a reply." Pei Huaian became more and more nervous as he spoke. "Brother, nothing will happen to my father, right?"
"I've sent someone to Quanzhou, and there should be news in a few days. I'm going to Suizhou tomorrow, and it will take at least half a month for me to come back. If something really happens to Third Uncle, go to the Dali Temple and find Xiao Ci, the Xiao Sizhi. He will help you..."
"good."
The two brothers were talking in the main room. In the bedroom, Shen Yunshu was holding her sister's hand. Thinking of the misunderstanding last night, the two sisters looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"You just consummated your marriage last night?" Shen Yunshu said, "I thought you had consummated your marriage a long time ago."
That time, she and Pei Huaijin came to their Ciyouyuan for lunch with red marks on their necks. Shen Yunshu thought that they were already a real couple at that time.
"He was once my future brother-in-law. I need some time to adjust. How can I make it work if I don't fall in love with him?"
"So when did you fall in love with him?"
"I don't know either, but when I was kidnapped by the bandits, didn't they give me to their young master as his wife? I thought my innocence was ruined. I thought if I had known I was going to be bitten by the bandits, I might as well have let Pei Huaijin bite me..."
When Shen Yunshu heard the word "bite", she remembered the night of the bride exchange. Pei Huaian sneaked into the side room to talk to his third sister and said, "Just think of it as being bitten by a dog." What a coincidence, she and Pei Huaijin heard it.
Pei Huaijin also asked his younger brother, who is the dog?
Shen Yunshu couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't tell big brother about this. He'll probably be unhappy if he hears it..."
"Sister, what about you and Pei Huaian?" Shen Youran blinked and looked at her, "Have you consummated your marriage?"
Shen Yunshu did not tell her that she and Pei Huaian had even written the divorce agreement. If he had not suddenly changed his mind, they would have probably divorced by now.
A few days ago, Pei Huaian found the divorce letter and tore it into pieces in front of her. But he still felt it was not enough, so he threw it into the stove and burned it to ashes, only then did he feel at ease.
Now they were considered a serious couple. Lately, he'd been looking at her with a green gaze, and she could tell what he was thinking. Especially last night, when they'd returned from Ciyouyuan, they'd been too embarrassed to sleep. Pei Huaian had suddenly hugged her, his movements becoming unruly: "My dear, I also want to consummate our marriage..."
She refused: "No, you are still injured."
"The wound has already healed, it's nothing serious."
"It's still not possible. Consummating the marriage would create the possibility of pregnancy. I have an exam next year and I can't take that risk."
"Don't you have contraceptive pills?"
"Even if you take birth control pills, there's no guarantee you won't get pregnant."
He arched his back into her neck and groaned, "But my lady, I'm going to be so pent up..."
Being young and full of vigor, Shen Yunshu knew that this was embarrassing him. With a determined heart, she reached in and grasped the source of his dishonesty: "I won't let you get ruined..."
Today, she suddenly remembered, and her palms still felt like they were holding a piece of hot iron. Shen Yunshu's cheeks were slightly hot. She said to her sister: "I will take the examination for female officials next year, and he will take the examination for the Imperial College next year, so for the time being, we still want to focus on studying and don't want to be distracted by other things."
"That's great," Shen Youran said, having always known her sister wanted to take the imperial examination. She hadn't expected to be able to do so next year. "Sister, why don't I just stay here and help you manage the affairs of the mansion? That way, you'll have more time to study. I don't think the household duties are that difficult. I think you'll be able to handle them on your own pretty soon, and you won't have to worry about them anymore."
Seeing that her sister had become much more sensible than before, Shen Yunshu felt very relieved. "There's no need to rush. Big brother sent you back to your parents' home this time, probably not just to let you hide from the First Madam. I think the Dali Temple will often call on you for questioning. If you stay in the Pei Mansion, I'm afraid I can't accompany you every time. Too many times will inevitably arouse suspicion. We have worked so hard to protect your reputation, we can't let it go to waste..."
Indeed, Pei Huaijin had told her that day that the Dali Temple still needed her cooperation, and it was indeed more comfortable for her to return to the Shen family than to stay in the Pei Mansion.
"My husband said that he will be back in half a month at the earliest," Shen Youran hugged her sister's waist and said coquettishly, "Sister, we have to be separated for so long, I can't bear to leave you..."
Shen Yunshu stroked her head and smiled: "I think you should talk to your husband about this."
When leaving Ciyouyuan, Shen Yunshu gave a mink hat to her third sister and asked her to take it back to her father.
Shen Youran's legs were already weak and sore. After walking some distance from Ciyouyuan, she stopped trying to be brave and pulled Pei Huaijin's sleeve, "Carry me."
Pei Huaijin was naturally willing to do so.
She held the hat in one hand and put the other around his neck, resting her chin on his shoulder and blowing into his ear.
A tingling sensation spread from her earlobes to her entire body. Pei Huaijin couldn't stand it anymore and weighed her: "It's daytime now, don't tease me."
"Ah?" Shen Youran was puzzled. "I don't have any."
As she spoke, the breath spraying on his ears became stronger.
"Then why are you blowing into my ear?"
"..." Shen Youran paused for a moment, then spoke word by word, "I'm just breathing in and out!"
Pei Huaijin was stunned for a moment, his ears slightly red. "Sorry, I misunderstood."
Shen Youran put her head against his and teased him: “You are a scholar, don’t always think about obscene things in your head.”
He argued confidently: "Food and sex are human nature. If a person knows shame but is never satisfied, it is not considered vulgar."
"You always have a lot of great truths to say. Forget it, it's my fault for not having enough education..."
"If you want to read, it's not too late now. You can take a few books back from my study."
Speaking of this, Shen Youran suddenly remembered what he said last night, that there were also books like that in his study: "Okay, I'll take a few of those books back to read."
She did want to see what was the difference between the books he read and the ones she read, and how he could understand so much.
Pei Huaijin took advantage of the posture and pinched the soft flesh on her legs: "That kind, I can't show you for the time being."
"Why?"
"Why are you reading that kind of book when I'm not around?"
"Why can't I watch it when you're not here?"
"Reading that kind of book can make you lustful. If I'm not around and you have those thoughts, how are you going to deal with them?"
"I, I'm not... as lustful as you," Shen Youran stammered in retort, then thought again, "That's not right. Since you said that reading that kind of book would make people have that kind of thought, then you've read it twice, didn't you also have that thought after reading it?"
"Emotions and desires are human instincts, and I can't escape them either..."
"Then how did you get rid of this thought before?"
"It mainly depends on endurance..."
"Then I can bear it."
"You can't bear it..."
"You look down on me?"
"I'm not looking down on you, but I understand you." Pei Huaijin stopped and turned to look at the person lying on his shoulder. "If you had half the patience I have, you wouldn't have shouted yourself hoarse last night."
Then I got what I wanted and watched her face turn red.
Pei Huaijin lifted the person up and said, "Okay, wait for me to come back and watch it with you."
Shen Youran snorted and turned away: "You big pervert, who wants to watch with you!"
When she returned to Yunzhiyuan, the contraceptive medicine had already been boiled and brought over. Shen Youran drank a large bowl of thick medicine with a frown.
Although this medicine is not harmful to the body, it is really hard to drink. After drinking this bowl, not only did her stomach feel half full, but the bitter smell of the medicine lingered in her mouth, so she put down her chopsticks after only a few mouthfuls of lunch.
Pei Huaijin urged her to eat more, but Shen Youran shook her head and looked at him resentfully: "It's really unfair. It's clearly a matter for two people, but in the end I'm the only one who has to drink the medicine."
Pei Huaijin knew very well that now that he had started having sex, he would have more sex in the future. As she was so delicate, forcing her to take contraceptive pills was not a long-term solution.
"It just so happens that we're going to the clinic to visit Qing Jian later. I'm going to ask the doctor if there's any non-medicated contraceptive method, or if there's any contraceptive pills for men..."
Shen Youran pursed her lips to form a pair of dimples: "That's okay."
After lunch, Danruo and Qinghe had almost finished packing their luggage. Pei Huaijin asked them to take their luggage with them and go out together.
"Why bring your luggage? Aren't you coming back to stay tonight?"
"I'll accompany you back to your parents' home tonight. Tomorrow morning, I'll set off directly from the Shen Mansion."
Although he was sitting upright with his eyes clear, Shen Youran had already anticipated what would happen on the night he accompanied her back home, and couldn't help but tremble: "Actually, you don't have to accompany me back home."
"Be good," he said in a calm and steady voice, always saying shocking things. "If you ask for the right way to avoid pregnancy, I'll have to trouble you tonight..."
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