Chapter 34 My Husband Still Wants to Hit Me
"never mind."
Liu Fuying put the bloody gauze into the basin and turned sideways.
"It hasn't been decided yet. I'll tell you later."
Pei Zhouwu pulled her back, his eyes full of worry, and said patiently: "I will write a letter and go back to ask mother..."
"No!" Liu Fuying shook off his hand.
If he really asked her to write a letter and ask, he would know how many lies she had told in an instant.
"You and your Pei family are in the spotlight right now. If you ask your mother to go to Prince Qi's mansion to ask for someone for no reason, what will outsiders say? Prince Qi's mansion will definitely not agree to it for fear of being implicated. They might even cause chaos and add more charges against your family. Your mother is already angry. If she knows that you have offended Prince Qi's mansion for a maid, I'm afraid..."
What she said sounded like the truth, and her reasons were both sufficient and appropriate.
"No, I don't want to burden you because of my affairs. If you insist, I will never come to see you again."
Pei Zhouwu's heart skipped a beat when he heard her say she would never come again.
"I have a plan for this matter, but I don't want to say it too early, for fear of being disappointed. Next time, next time I come, maybe there will be a good result, and I will tell you then."
She lowered her eyebrows and looked at Pei Zhouwu with a pleading look.
"Okay?" she pleaded.
Pei Zhouwu didn't say whether it was good or bad, but not responding was considered his compromise and acquiescence.
"It's only a few days until the first day of next month. I'll come to see you under the pretext of burning incense and praying for the imperial concubine. By then, I hope your injuries will have recovered a lot. I've looked at the medicines in the cabinet. The ones your mother brought are all top-notch medicines. Remember to use them every day. When the wound stops bleeding, remember not to cover it all the time. Clean it more often and let it ventilate more. The weather is hot, so the wound won't get worse and fester."
Pei Zhouwu sat in front of the bed, silent.
The wound on his chest had been bandaged with clean gauze by Liu Fuying, and his collar was also straightened out.
Which means, it's time for her to go.
"As for the food, cakes and pastries can be kept for a longer time, but some other things need to be taken away as soon as possible..."
"I know." Pei Zhouwu said.
"You should go back." He tried his best to make his tone calm and gentle, so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable listening to it. "Since I promised you, I will take care of myself. You should go back soon. I can take care of myself."
He was also afraid that she would be blamed if she came back late.
Finally, he solemnly uttered three helpless words, "I'll wait for you."
Liu Fuying still washed the washbasin and gauze for him, and left only after he had cleaned up everything.
In the bedroom, Pei Zhouwu sat in front of the bed for a long time.
He reached out his hand to the wound on his chest, wanting to touch it but not daring to. Now it hurt but there was no one to help her blow it.
The reluctance and worry can only turn into sighs.
*
Jin Li was sitting on a rock by the shore. When she saw Liu Fuying coming out, she immediately smiled with joy and went to greet him.
She was fine at first, but after seeing Liu Fuying, her eyes immediately turned red.
Liu Fuying wanted to hug her out of pity, but was afraid of infecting her with the moisture from his body, so he could only pinch her little face to comfort her. She must have been very scared after spending the night alone in the woods last night.
"If you come again, would you still dare to stay here? Yesterday you asked me to go back but you refused, and now you are crying."
"I didn't cry." Jin Li said she didn't cry, but she wiped away her tears with her hands. "Even if it happens three or ten times, I will wait for you here. Didn't you say that once you do it, you'll be familiar with it. I won't be afraid next time."
"Okay, I understand your determination."
Liu Fuying found a relatively flat spot on the rocky beach and lay down. She covered her face with a handkerchief to avoid getting sunburned, closed her eyes to rest and waited for the sun to dry her clothes.
It's not a solution to always go in and out.
She had to think about it carefully and find a reason to stay in the bamboo courtyard for a long time. With Pei Zhouwu accompanying her every day and spending time with her day by day, the child would come sooner.
The sun was not that strong in the morning, and it took a long time to get back to the carriage and go down the mountain.
It's been so long, and I still don't know how the Shen family is doing.
Shen Xiunian must be very anxious. I really want to see what his expression is like.
At this time, the Shen family was in chaos.
No one in the yard could stop Madam Shen. Her face was pale and her lips were white from crying. She kept muttering nonsense.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault. I harmed A Yin."
"It's my fault. I deserve to die."
"I deserve a life for a life. I deserve to die."
“…”
Outside the courtyard gate, Shen Xiunian had been standing there for a long time, his eyes red as if he had not slept all night.
"General, what should we do? The imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital came to see her last night and prescribed medicine, but the old lady's condition seemed to be getting worse this morning. General... where are you going?"
Shen Xiunian turned his back and strode away.
Zhang Ke chased after him and asked, "General, are you going to look for your wife again? We have already searched everywhere we could tonight."
"Let's go to Xiangshan." Shen Xiunian said firmly.
"Xiangshan? Didn't we go to Changming Temple last night? Let's..."
"Don't go to Changming Temple!"
Chen Xiunian took big steps and now only regretted turning back halfway last night. He should have gone there to take a look.
He didn't know why, but he always wanted to go and see Pei Zhouwu.
It doesn’t matter even if Liu Fuying is not there, he just wants to have peace of mind.
He went out, mounted his horse and headed straight for the city gate again.
The horses' hooves were running so fast that a lot of the grass outside the city gate was kicked away.
"General, look!"
In the distance, a carriage was coming towards them. Upon closer inspection, the driver was none other than the little girl Jinli who was beside Liu Fuying.
Jin Li also saw them and was so frightened that she stopped her horse.
"Madam, the general is here."
Liu Fuying was leaning against the carriage with his eyes closed and dozing off. He suddenly became interested when he heard these words.
Soon, the sound of horse hooves stopped beside the carriage.
Then someone stepped up, pushed open the door of the carriage and got in.
If not Chen Xiunian, who else could it be?
He sat down at the side, staring at Liu Fuying with his wolf-like eyes.
Liu Fuying smiled and said to him lazily, "My husband left the city in a hurry. Are you here to look for me?"
He was already angry, and the word "husband" made Shen Xiunian even more furious like a thunderclap.
"Liu Fuying, you..."
"Why, husband, do you still want to beat me?"
"I've already told you that you are not worthy of being called husband!"
Veins popped up on his face, as if he was about to throw a punch.
Liu Fuying was not afraid, but chuckled, "Yes, you and I are just in name only. I won't ask about your affairs, and you don't ask about my whereabouts. Wouldn't it be better if we don't interfere with each other?"
"happy?"
Shen Xiunian laughed angrily, his face looked uglier than the sole of a shoe.
"You are happy. You know that your mother cannot leave you, but..."
"You knew your mother couldn't live without me, so why did you make such a fuss to get me out? In the end, you still come to me to help you. You really don't care about your dignity."
"Liu Fuying——!"
Shen Xiunian was furious and suddenly moved closer to her.
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