Chapter 32: She took the initiative to ask us to share a room... (90% sister dog)...
After Pei Huaijin carried the person into the mansion, Shen Yunshu took the medicine from Pei Huaian and said to him, "Go back and change your clothes, then go to Chunxuan Hall to pay your respects to your grandmother. She has missed you very much during the past two days you were away..."
"Oh." Pei Huaian looked melancholy and walked in with heavy steps.
Shen Yunshu, carrying the medicine, quickened her pace to catch up with Pei Huaijin and his sister. After arriving at Yunzhi Courtyard, she ordered Danruo to help his sister wash and change clothes. She then took out two sets of medicine and handed them to Qinghe, asking her to take them to the kitchen to boil them. Then she walked up to Pei Huaijin and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you..."
Pei Huaijin went to the study to talk with her. The door was open. Qing Jian was waiting outside, and the other servants had been sent away.
Shen Yunshu relayed the old doctor's words to him and veiled her suspicions, "Brother, You Ran said everything she's eaten these past few days has been delivered from the kitchen. Could it be that someone in the kitchen accidentally put something extremely cold in the food? If we can't find out, what if the elders around here accidentally eat it? The consequences would be disastrous..."
Both parties were smart people, and Pei Huaijin could understand her true intentions without her having to say it clearly.
"She's been wronged. From now on, I'll have someone keep an eye on the kitchen..."
Shen Yunshu nodded slightly: "Thank you, big brother. I'll go back first."
"By the way, I went to the Xiao family this morning and chatted with Xiao Ci for a while..."
Shen Yunshu stopped when she heard the voice.
"The case of the bride kidnapping has been solved. Lu Yi is indeed a suspect. The government office is secretly sending people to look for evidence."
Shen Yunshu was secretly delighted and said with anticipation, "I hope the government office can arrest him as soon as possible..."
After Shen Yunshu visited her sister in her bedroom, she left Yunzhi Courtyard. When she returned to Ciyou Courtyard, Pei Huaian had just changed his clothes and was about to go to Chunxuan Hall to pay his respects to his grandmother.
He must have taken a bath, and his body still smelled of the sweet fragrance of soapberries.
Since she had nothing to do at the moment, she accompanied him to Chunxuan Hall.
When the old lady saw her naughty grandson, she was so angry that she scolded him and even wanted to use family rules.
Pei Huaian was thick-skinned and walked over to admit his mistake with a playful smile. He patted the old lady's legs and pinched her shoulders to show his affection, and finally coaxed her into smiling, thus saving her from being punished by the family law.
"You should go see your grandfather. He's been having more and more attacks lately."
"Yes, Grandma."
Shen Yunshu wanted to go with him to visit Old Master Pei, but when she stood up, she was stopped by Old Madam Pei.
"Yun Shu, please stay and talk to me for a while..."
"Yes." Shen Yunshu sat back and looked at her calmly.
Old Madam Pei deliberately sent her youngest grandson away because there were some things she didn't want him to hear.
"Yunshu, I heard that you and Xiaoqi have been sleeping in separate rooms?"
Shen Yunshu's heart tightened, and she guessed the old lady's intention of leaving her alone.
"Yes, after all, he and I are not mutually attracted to each other. We both need time to adapt to each other."
"Grandmother knows there's a rift between you two, but since you've both accepted this marriage, it's not a good idea to keep things awkward," Madam Pei said earnestly. "You're two years older than Xiaoqi, and you're more sensible. Why don't you take the initiative? Look at your eldest brother. He moved back into the main house the day after his wedding. He's doing pretty well now, isn't he? You should learn from him..."
"Yes, granddaughter-in-law, listen to your grandmother and ask Qilang to move to the main room tonight..." Fortunately, she had anticipated this and asked someone to install a Luohan bed in the bedroom in advance, and the screen was also replaced with a six-panel painting screen. At that time, one person would sleep on the bed and the other on the couch, with the screen separating them, so it wouldn't be too embarrassing.
Seeing her so docile and well-behaved, Madam Pei's eyes lit up with satisfaction as she continued, "Your grandfather's health is deteriorating day by day, and his lucidity is becoming less and less. A few days ago, when he was lucid, he told me that he didn't know when he would be able to hold Jin'er and An'er's child..."
The old lady sighed, "Brother Jin is not young anymore. He should have had children sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, his wife is still young, so we can only wait a year or two before having children. Now it's up to you and Xiaoqi. He's the only son in the Third House, and the family lineage is already limited. You should work harder and add more children to the Third House..."
Shen Yunshu's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly for a moment, then she lowered them to hide her guilty conscience, but she was still relatively calm: "Yes, grandmother, I'll take note of it."
She couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, the government office had already started investigating Lu Yi. It probably wouldn't take too long for the bride kidnapping case to be solved, and she would be able to leave the Pei family earlier. Otherwise, she didn't know how long she would have to listen to such urging words.
"Grandma, my granddaughter-in-law also wants to go see grandpa..." Shen Yunshu was afraid that the more lies she told at this time, the more disappointed the old lady would be in her when she left the Pei family, so she wanted to find an excuse to leave.
"What a filial child! It's Xiaoqi's blessing to marry you. Sooner or later, he will realize how good you are." Madam Pei looked at her with relief and nodded, "Go."
Shen Yunshu stood up, bowed, and walked towards the back of the hall.
The backyard of Chunxuan Hall is quiet and ancient. After sweeping away the fallen leaves, the servants are busy moving the chrysanthemums under the corridor out to bask in the sun.
There is a pomegranate tree planted in the yard, which is at least ten years old. The pomegranates at the bottom have been picked clean, leaving only a few big red ones hanging high on the treetops, which are difficult to pick.
When Shen Yunshu came over, Pei Huaian was being directed by the old man to climb a tree and pick pomegranates: "A little to the right, yes, this one, this one is the biggest..."
Pei Huaian stepped on the increasingly thin tree trunk, moved forward carefully, and reached out to grab the pomegranate that the old man pointed to.
Shen Yunshu was terrified watching from below: "Be careful."
His slender fingers edged closer to the pomegranate. Pei Huaian took another step forward, finally grasping the entire pomegranate as he wished, and pulled it down with all his strength...
There was a sound of "crack", and as he picked the pomegranate, the branch under his feet broke, and he fell down with the pomegranate.
"Are you okay?" Shen Yunshu hurried over to check.
Pei Huaian protected the pomegranate in his hand, climbed up from the broken branches and leaves, and patted the dust off his body: "It's okay, the tree is not tall..."
It looked like there were no broken bones, just some scrapes on the hands and face.
Pei Huaian walked up to the old man with the pomegranate and said, "Here, Grandfather."
Old Master Pei took the pomegranate and handed it to a servant, saying, "Go and give it to An Ge'er. He loves pomegranates the most..."
It seems that the old man is confused again.
Pei Huaian was no longer surprised. He gave the servant a look, and the servant pretended to deliver the pomegranate.
The old man glanced at him with a reproachful expression: "I asked you to pick a pomegranate, but you broke a large branch of my pomegranate tree instead. Clean it up quickly and go apply the medicine..."
Pei Huaian looked at Shen Yunshu helplessly.
The old man left leisurely with his hands behind his back.
Shen Yunshu saw a pomegranate still hanging on the broken branch on the ground, so she picked it and handed it to him: "Let's go back and apply the medicine."
Pei Huaian took the pomegranate in confusion: "Why are you giving this to me?"
"Didn't Grandfather just say that you like pomegranates the most?"
"Grandpa is confused. I have never liked eating pomegranates since I was a child. They have to spit out the seeds, which is troublesome for me..."
"Is that so? Then give it back to me..." Shen Yunshu wanted to take the pomegranate back from his hand.
Pei Huaian clutched the pomegranate and dodged backward, saying with a smile, "I've already given it to you, why would I want to take it back?"
"Didn't you say you don't like to eat..."
"If you don't want to eat it, you can just play with it."
Shen Yunshu glanced at him amusedly: "It's up to you."
The two of them walked through the front hall, walked out of Chunxuan Hall side by side, and walked along the corridor towards Ciyouyuan.
"Grandma just gave me something I can't do alone. I need your help..."
Pei Huaian weighed the pomegranate in his hand and asked nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"
"She asked us to share a room..."
"..." Pei Huaian failed to catch the pomegranate in his hand, and it fell to the ground, rolling far away.
He turned around and looked at her in astonishment, his words becoming incoherent: "This kind of thing... I help you? No, that's not a good idea, we are not fake..."
Shen Yunshu suddenly realized that her words had gone awry, and her face instantly flushed. "You don't mean sharing a room? You mean you don't want us to sleep in separate rooms anymore. From now on, you can sleep in the main room at night, okay?"
"I……"
"Don't worry, I've already arranged the bedroom. I'll sleep on the Arhat couch, and you'll sleep on the bed. There's a screen between us, so no one can see each other."
"But……"
When he thought about being in the same room with her at night, his first reaction was actually happiness. But then he thought of a huge hidden danger: he always had erotic dreams at night, and every time he had that kind of dream, his pants would be wet when he woke up.
No one except Qingwu knew about this. If I slept in the same room with her, what if she found out...
"No, no, I can't sleep in the same room with you." He refused repeatedly.
Shen Yunshu had thought that since she had made such a thoughtful arrangement, he would definitely agree. She hadn't expected his reaction to be so strong. "Why? Didn't we agree before that we should pretend to be husband and wife on the surface? If you still refuse to go back to the main room to sleep, it's bound to make people notice something's wrong..."
"It's just not possible." If she found out about that, I would be completely embarrassed.
Seeing that he was hesitant and couldn't explain the reason, and refused to agree, Shen Yunshu had to give up for the time being.
On second thought, since she wouldn't be staying at the Pei residence for long, there was no need to force him to sleep in the same room with her. She figured Lu Yi's case would be solved in six months at most, so she just needed to find a simple excuse to get by during this time.
A thought came to him, and he came up with an idea: "If you don't want to, forget it. Just study hard in the future. I will tell grandma that you want to concentrate on your studies and don't want to be disturbed by external affairs. I think grandma won't say much..."
read?
Concentrate on studying?
How could he do that?
"I can only ensure that my body is in the study..." As for where his heart is, he has no control over it.
"No, if you are not focused, wouldn't you be wasting the teacher's hard work and teachings?"
"But I really can't concentrate on learning it, and I can't eat it with onions and ginger. I have no other choice."
"Then starting tomorrow, I will study with you in the study."
"Have you forgotten what we agreed upon..."
"I haven't forgotten," Shen Yunshu interrupted him, "but this agreement can be changed. You just need to tolerate me for half a year. After half a year, we should be able to truly divorce."
Divorce?
Half a year?
"Didn't we agree on a year?"
"That's just the worst-case scenario. Now it seems I won't keep you that long..."
"You..." Pei Huaian was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he pouted and said, "Why don't you keep your word?" It was agreed that one year would be one year, why did she take it upon herself to change it to half a year?
"Isn't this a good thing?" Shen Yunshu didn't understand why he looked angry and aggrieved.
Pei Huaian glared at her, pursed his lips and said nothing more, walking quickly with his head down.
Shen Yunshu couldn't catch up with him, so she had to walk slowly behind him. When she returned to Ciyouyuan, Pei Huaian had already locked himself in a room on the west side.
She asked Tinglan to find some medicine for the wound, gave it to Qingwu, and asked Qingwu to go in and apply the medicine on him.
Qing Wu carried the medicine and knocked on the door for a long time before entering. He came out in a moment: "Madam, the master said there is no need to apply medicine."
"How can I not apply medicine?" Although they are just some scratches, if I don't apply medicine, they will not only heal slowly but will also easily leave scars.
Shen Yunshu took the medicine from Qingwu and walked in.
This room was originally where Pei Huaian stored his treasures. After he got married, he asked someone to put those things in order and move in a bed, and he would sleep here at night.
At this time, he had taken off his shoes, lying on his side on the bed, with his back to Shen Yunshu, sulking.
Shen Yunshu placed the medicine on the bedside table and gently patted his arm: "Tell your sister why you are suddenly angry?"
Pei Huaian arched his back further into the bed, his handsome face buried in the pillow, and groaned, "I don't know!"
He really didn't know why he was angry. As she said, it was a good thing for her to leave early. The two of them were just fake husband and wife, and the divorce papers had been written. Sooner or later, she would leave. But when he heard her say that they could really get divorced in less than half a year, he was not happy at all, and even a little angry.
He himself couldn't guess where this awkward feeling came from.
Shen Yunshu noticed that his temper was quite similar to that of her third sister, and as the eldest sister, she was always good at coaxing her younger siblings.
"Okay, don't be angry for now," she touched his head, and seeing that he was still unsure, she stroked his face again, "Look at you, if you don't apply medicine to the wound on your face, the scar left behind will probably not disappear for months. If such a beautiful face has a flaw, wouldn't it be heartbreaking?"
"Are you sad?" he turned to ask her.
She didn't have time to withdraw her hand, and his beautiful lips rubbed her palm.
The touch of my palm was like being gently brushed by a feather, soft, warm, and unexpected...
Both of them were stunned for a moment.
It was Shen Yunshu who reacted first. She slowly put her hands back on her knees and said with a smile, "Of course I feel bad."
Pei Huaian's heart surged, and he sat up, secretly biting the corners of his mouth that he couldn't help but raise, and raised his face proudly: "Okay, then, you apply the medicine to me."
Shen Yunshu took the medicine from the table and carefully applied it to the scrapes on his face. Then she lowered her neck to apply medicine to the scrapes on the back of his hand.
The scrapes on his face looked serious, but they were only superficial, with a few drops of blood seeping out. A thin layer of ointment would heal them. The wound on the back of his hand was deeper, so it needed to be cleaned carefully and then coated with a thicker layer of ointment.
Although Pei Huaian is two years younger than her, he is a man after all. He is taller than her and has bigger hands than hers.
A few soft fingers reached into his palm, and her big hand was lifted up. Pei Huaian couldn't help but curl his finger bones slightly and lightly hold a few soft fingers in his palm.
Looking down, I just saw a neck like warm jade under her tied-up black hair, with clear lines and a soft glow.
Her Adam's apple rolled, and her mind flashed back to that day in the carriage, when he had thrust his arm into her shoulders and neck...
His face quickly became hot and his body felt as if it was on fire.
After Shen Yunshu treated the wound on his hand, she blew on it gently and waited until the ointment had dried a little before looking up at him.
As soon as I looked up, I found that there was a wound on his neck.
The wound was long and thin, located between his jaw and neck, and was a bit hidden. No wonder it hadn't been discovered before.
"Don't move." She pinched his chin and lifted it up, exposing the wound completely. Then she dipped the ointment and pressed it on little by little.
Seeing his Adam's apple rolling violently, she thought she had hurt him, so she reduced her strength and slowed down her movements.
Finally, she treated the wound properly. She applied too much ointment and was worried that it would be rubbed by his collar, so she leaned over and blew on the wound.
Her waist suddenly tightened, and Shen Yunshu was pulled by a big hand and fell into his arms.
She held the medicine in one hand and the bamboo compress spoon in the other. She had no extra hands to resist and was hugged by him. Her nose bumped against his shoulder and she inhaled the scent of green grass with a hint of sweat on the boy's body.
"What's wrong?"
"You, you just blew at me..." When she blew on his hand just now, he didn't feel anything, but when that warm breath with a light fragrance fell on his neck, it was like a gentle kiss falling from the air.
It’s over!
He thought he would definitely have that dream again tonight.
Realizing that he had overreacted, Pei Huaian quickly let her go and said, "Um... my neck is ticklish, don't blow there..."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that." Shen Yunshu put down the medicine and used her hands as a fan to fan him, a faint smile spreading in her eyes. "Okay, be careful when you wash up these two days, and don't let the wound get wet."
"good."
"After lunch, take a 25-minute nap. I'll be waiting for you in the study this afternoon to help you review your lessons. Tomorrow, I'll have the teacher come over to give you formal lessons. Is that okay?"
"……All right."
"You're so good." Shen Yunshu didn't take what happened just now to heart at all. Seeing that he was so obedient today, she even touched his head again in a good mood, "Then I'll ask someone to bring lunch."
Pei Huaian tilted his head and let her touch him: "Yeah."
At night, a light rain suddenly came. Pei Huaian was sleeping on the bed in the side room, listening to the sound of the rain outside, lying on the bed in a pious posture.
He was well prepared tonight. He asked someone to warm water on the incense burner in advance and placed a clean handkerchief and underwear by his pillow, just waiting for that erotic dream.
However, the oil in the small lamp in the room was almost exhausted, and he still couldn't fall asleep.
It was strange. He played polo in Yadao Liujing in the morning and reviewed homework with Shen Yunshu in the study for two hours in the afternoon. Logically, he should be tired both physically and mentally today, but why was he not sleepy at all tonight?
He changed his position, lying on his side and hugging the quilt under him.
This sleeping position was much more comfortable. The satin quilt was filled with fine silk floss, which was as light as clouds, fluffy and soft. It suddenly reminded him of the same feeling when he subconsciously held her in his arms during the day.
No, she was lighter and softer than clouds, and she smelled of jasmine.
She tasted sweet. He had tasted her before, and although he was not conscious at that time, he still remembered her taste.
He sniffed the soft quilt in his arms. It wasn't fragrant or sweet. If only he could hold her while he slept...
No, why did he think of this?
What was even more wrong was that as the images appeared in his mind, a certain part of his body had changed without him knowing when.
"Ah!" He cried out, sitting up in fear, his eyes fixed on a place under the quilt in disbelief, muttering, "I'm not asleep yet, why are you up?"
Qing Wu, who was outside the house, heard his voice and knocked on the door and asked him, "My dear, what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay... No, something's wrong, come in!"
Qing Wu pushed the door open and saw her husband sitting on the bed with a dazed look on his face, as if he had been greatly frightened.
"My dear, are there mice in this room?" he asked.
"There are things scarier than rats..."
"What is it?" Qing Wu immediately became nervous. "A snake?"
Pei Huaian shook his head, then nodded: "There's a snake in my quilt, very arrogant..."
When Qing Wu heard this, his expression changed drastically: "My dear, please come down quickly!"
As she said this, she was about to lift his quilt.
Pei Huaian quickly held it down and pulled Qing Wu to sit beside his bed: "It's not a real snake, it's, it's... I'm telling you the truth, you are not allowed to laugh at me."
Qing Wu was also very curious at this time: "My dear, what happened to you?"
"Qingwu, I, I..." Pei Huaian gritted his teeth, threw away his pride, and told him the truth, "I miss women again."
Why does this sound so familiar?
Qing Wu looked at him, then at the quilt, and finally understood what her husband meant. She uttered a meaningful "Oh"...
Pei Huaian glared at him: "Come on, what should I do?"
The last time he did this, he had to pour buckets of cold water on it, but it was noon and the weather was still warm. Now that winter is about to come and it is night, he doesn't want to take a cold shower.
"That's easy," Qing Wu suggested with a smile, "My dear, you're already married, so why don't you just go back to the young lady's room and sleep there?"
"No!" Not to mention that he had already refused when Shen Yunshu suggested sleeping in the same room with him during the day. Even if he went back to the main room to sleep, they were not real husband and wife, and it would not solve his problem.
Qing Wu didn't know the real reason and thought he still refused to accept the Shen family's eldest lady, so he said, "Then my dear, calm down and don't think about anything else. It will be fine in a while."
"But... I can't calm down..."
Seeing his bewildered look, Qing Wu pondered for a long time before offering a solution: "Actually, there's a very simple solution to this kind of situation. My dear, have you ever heard of the odd poem in 'Xiao Lin Guang Ji'? 'Sitting alone in my study, I write for my wife, my feelings hidden from outsiders...'"
The poem was straightforward and bold. Pei Huaian understood its meaning as soon as he finished reading it. His face flushed red and he said angrily, "What a bad idea! Get out!"
Qingwu left, suppressing his laughter.
Pei Huaian covered himself with the quilt.
Outside, the rain and fog were even heavier. Wind came in through the window, causing the small flame on the lamp to tremble.
In the side room, after a long period of silence, an unbearable sigh suddenly sounded, and was quickly drowned out by the dim light and shadow.
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