Chapter 23 Exclusive 4 He flaunted his body in front of her...
He was aware of some obscure things that he should have been aware of at his age, and he enjoyed indulging himself in them.
Chen Jinshi has never been a tolerant and disciplined gentleman. He is indulgent and unbridled.
He tried several times to change the person that appeared in his mind, but always failed.
It was easy for him to think of her, her unique scent, and her embrace that belonged only to him.
He was ashamed of himself.
But unfortunately, he can't change it.
He turned over and stood up, and with quick hands and feet, he cleaned up quickly and folded the bedding neatly.
It's as if nothing ever happened.
Clean and innocent.
When he came out of the house, he heard Chen Ying's voice, not loud but steady.
It seemed like he was instructing the guys to dry the medicinal herbs.
He walked out with lazy steps. She was standing in the corridor checking the things in the bamboo plaque.
The morning light fell on her temples, and he looked at her from afar, feeling very happy.
Chen Ying glanced at him and he was already standing behind her.
"Are you awake? There's some porridge warming up on the stove, with some pickles on the side. Come and have some."
He responded, his eyes moving over her body, like a feather sweeping from top to bottom, and she was completely unaware.
He entered the house. There were dishes and chopsticks on the table. The bowl of porridge was steaming and the pickles on the plate were finely chopped. He sat down, his eyes still on her.
She walked in, and he looked away. She handed him a pair of chopsticks, her eyes glancing at his waist: "Your belt isn't tied properly."
He suddenly lowered his head and saw that the belt was hanging loosely. As his fingertips touched it, he smelled her scent and suddenly smiled and said, "Amu, tie it for me."
Chen Ying glared at him: "How old are you?"
When she was about to leave, he grabbed her wrist and acted like a spoiled child, imitating how he did when he was a child.
"Emu, help me, I really can't do this."
Her eyes fell on her wrist, and she wanted to put aside all the strangeness before, but his big, bony hand was holding her tightly.
It made her wrist look slender and fragile.
He gripped it a little too hard, and his fingers left dents and turned red.
Another very obscure signal.
Wherever he touched, it felt like a small fire was burning.
The birds outside the house started chirping again, and she struggled to free her hand.
"slim Shady--"
He stood up, and she finally gave in and put her arm around his waist.
When his hand moved to his waist, he suddenly pressed the back of her hand gently. She did not shrink back at the touch, but raised her head to look at him, with questioning and oppression in her eyes.
He finally let go, and she continued, smoothing the belt, her fingertips brushing against his waist, and then she came to the front and tightened it. He leaned forward, and the distance between them suddenly closed.
She moved quickly, tied a beautiful knot at the side of his waist, then withdrew her hands and left.
"Okay."
Chen Jinshi slowly took two steps back and then sat down.
"Thank you, Am."
He looked up at her, his eyes blinking clearly and earnestly.
She slowly curled her fingertips, smiled, narrowed her eyes, and placed her hand on his head: "You're welcome, Shi'er, eat quickly, and then go to the academy after you finish eating."
As the provincial examination was approaching, Chen Jinshi studied very hard. Although he was not a child prodigy, he was born intelligent and had considerable confidence in himself.
Seventeen-year-old scholars are extremely rare. If there can only be one in Jinling, he hopes that one will be him.
He had a stronger ambition than when he was fifteen.
Chen Jinxing always said that for Chen Jinshilai, there is no such thing as something he can or cannot do, only whether he wants to or not.
Chen Ying looked at the room with candles on all night and breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Jinshi wanted to, there was nothing he couldn't do.
If Chen Jinshi wants to, there is nothing he can't do...
At night, Chen Ying brought in a bowl of lotus seed soup. He was writing a policy paper. She looked at the desk and saw that his calligraphy was improving day by day.
The sleeves of his plain gown were rolled up to his forearms, revealing his distinct wrist bones. His fingers holding the pen were slender, and the strokes of his pen were powerful.
The volumes on the desk were neatly stacked, their covers worn and covered with annotations in red ink, densely packed but not sloppy.
Chen Jinshi looks more and more like a scholar.
He was so absorbed in writing that he didn't look up until the porcelain bowl made a soft sound when it was placed on the table. It was her.
He pursed his lips slightly and smiled. The sharpness between his eyebrows faded a little, adding a bit of gentleness.
"Eat something first. It's late." She sorted out the scattered books on the desk for him and put them together with the neatly piled one.
Chen Jinshi put down his pen and continued to smile at her.
"Yes, Am."
She carefully observed his calm face and slightly furrowed brow, making sure that everything was back to normal.
All that happened in the past was probably just her illusion.
She looked up and saw the moon was already high in the sky.
She touched her face. Could it be that she had reached a certain age and started to miss men?
She shook her head again. Even if she was thinking about men, she couldn't think about Chen Jinshi.
She felt slightly ashamed of herself, but Chen Jinshi was handsome and had all the advantages that made people like him, especially when he grew up, so it was not her fault to think too much.
She looked at him quietly. He was very well-behaved at the moment. He drank the lotus seed soup she brought without leaving a single mouthful. Then he handed the empty bowl to her: "Mom, I'm done."
She couldn't help but praise him: "Well, good boy."
Then she took the bowl and he turned around and continued writing, everything was perfectly normal.
Chen Ying held the bowl and quietly retreated, feeling relieved.
After she left, Chen Jinshi thought everything was back to normal.
Until he turned off the lights in the room and lay down on the bed.
…
It is rumored that Xie Qingyue, a military general of the Xie family in the capital, will also take part in the provincial examination this year. After Chen Ying learned about it, she specially wrote him a letter to encourage him.
Xie Qingyue was a man of both literary and military talents, and for a time he was very popular among the people. If he could really pass the imperial examination, matchmakers would probably break down the door of the Xie family.
Chen Ying and Su Lanzhou sat in the garden and chatted, they talked and laughed all morning.
"Chen Ying, tell me quickly, is Xie Qingyue good-looking?" Su Lanzhou suddenly approached Chen Ying, with the corners of his eyes curved charmingly.
Chen Ying used a silver stick to stir the tea foam, smiled and shook her head: "It looks pretty good."
Su Lanzhou smoothed her wind-blown hair and said, "It looks good, why are you shaking your head?"
Chen Ying raised her head slightly and glanced over there, and Su Lanzhou followed her to look in that direction.
Outside the corridor, there was a cluster of hibiscus trees in full bloom, their petals slightly curled by the sun. Chen Jinshi was practicing martial arts in that open space.
Su Lanzhou said "Oh", picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said: "I wonder if your door will be trampled down when Chen Er proposes marriage. After all, our Chen Er is both civil and military."
Chen Ying didn't respond. Chen Jinshi just stopped and bent down to pick up the towel on the ground to wipe his face.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Lanzhou asked mischievously: "Chen Ying, who is more handsome, Chen Jinshi or Xie Qingyue?"
After wiping his face, Chen Jinshi stood up. The sunlight happened to fall on the strands of hair on his forehead. He raised his eyes to look over, but Chen Ying suddenly looked away.
She caught a glimpse of him getting closer out of the corner of her eye, and Su Lanzhou was waiting for her answer.
She couldn't help but glare at Su Lanzhou. Why was he asking such a question out of the blue?
Chen Jinshi was probably standing behind her, and she could even smell his sweat mixed with soapberry.
The sunlight shone obliquely on the earth, and her body was tightly wrapped by his elongated shadow.
Chen Ying didn't want to answer this question, so Su Lanzhou said seriously, "Chen Ying, I actually think that you and Xie Qingyue are about the same age, so you might consider him."
Su Lanzhou didn't think Chen Ying had to get married, but if there was a suitable one, why not?
Chen Ying choked on a mouthful of tea and began to cough violently, her face flushed red.
It wasn't that Su Lanzhou shouldn't have said this. What she said was reasonable, but she just felt that Chen Jinshi shouldn't have heard it.
While coughing, she glanced quickly to the side. Chen Jinshi had a little mud on the tip of his boots and was standing straight.
Su Lanzhou quickly patted her back: "You were fine, how come you choked?"
As he spoke, he looked up at Chen Jinshi and said unhappily, "Chen Jinshi, your mother is choking, and you don't even bother to lend a hand."
Chen Ying stroked her chest and waved her hands repeatedly, and Chen Jinshi reached out and grabbed her upper arm.
She seemed particularly light in his hands. She fell into his arms. Chen Ying felt dizzy and her head hit his chest before she had even finished coughing.
Chen Jinshi put his hand on her back and patted her, then said to Su Lanzhou, "Amu is just like that. She can't stand being scared. Don't be offended."
Su Lanzhou was stunned. He pointed his index finger at himself and said word by word, "Don't...be...mad...at me?"
She looked at her friend with her face buried in Chen Jinshi's arms and was shocked beyond words.
Chen Ying recovered, her cheeks burning hot enough to fry an egg. She stood up from Chen Jinshi's arms and pushed him away. Chen Jinshi took two steps back as she wished, his arms loosely clasped behind her back, and then looked at Su Lanzhou provocatively.
Chen Ying was completely unaware of this.
Su Lanzhou looked between the two of them, opened his mouth, but said nothing in the end.
He stood behind her for a while, then slowly stepped back and said, "Am, I'm going to practice, you two can chat slowly."
Chen Ying said "hmm" lightly.
He slowly backed away, and it was a long time before his eyes left her, but she was completely unaware.
After he finished another set of moves, sweat trickled down his skin, and a vein on his neck bulged and trembled slightly.
He walked to the table for two again and naturally picked up Chen Ying's teacup.
Seeing the sweat on his body, Chen Ying covered it with a handkerchief without hesitation.
Both of them performed the movements extremely naturally, as if they were born that way.
Only in the eyes of outsiders can one perceive those hidden thoughts that are so obvious that they cannot be more obvious.
When she wiped the sweat off his face, Chen Jinshi raised his eyebrows again and looked at Su Lanzhou.
This confirmed Su Lanzhou's idea that it was an illusion.
A hint of disbelief flashed across her eyes, and then her pupils were filled with silent questioning: Chen Jinshi! How dare you!
Chen Jinshi tilted his head slightly, and his lips brushed against Chen Ying's ear.
"Am, wipe the back of your neck too." He turned his head.
Chen Ying stepped back suddenly, surprised by his hoarse voice, but still reached out to wipe the back of his neck.
While he was provoking Su Lanzhou, he received Su Lanzhou's questioning and accusations of his shamelessness.
He pulled Shen Ying's hand down.
"Amu, wait a minute."
Su Lanzhou frowned and sat up straight.
Chen Jinshi took off his shirt, just like he did last time in the martial arts arena.
But Su Lanzhou is still here, Shen Ying is shocked by this.
Chen Jinshi, what are you crazy about? She opened her lips slightly.
Then he tensed all the muscles in his body, and the muscles in his arms, chest, and abdomen all bulged.
Then he pulled Chen Ying's hand and pressed her curled palm on her abdominal muscles without saying a word.
"Am, and here."
There were indeed some beads of sweat on his abdominal muscles and the grooves on the sides of his waist. Those beads of sweat rose and fell with his breathing, flowing along the grooves on his waist into the waistband of his pants.
She paused, she almost listened to him and really wiped and touched it, but fortunately, she held back.
She came to her senses and realized his rudeness and excessive demands.
"Chen Jinshi, put on your clothes!"
She turned her head with a cold expression, feeling very sorry for Su Lanzhou for such a thing happening in her own home.
It was because she did not discipline Chen Jinshi strictly enough.
Su Lanzhou swallowed, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and looked away.
Chen Jinshi asked her: "Sister Su, I heard that you are introducing men to my mother."
Chen Ying said, "Chen Jinshi, please stop meddling in other people's business."
Su Lanzhou lowered his eyes, then raised them, looked into Chen Jinshi's eyes, and nodded: "I understand."
Chen Jinshi pursed his lips and smiled, then nodded.
Chen Ying was confused and asked Su Lanzhou, "What do you understand? Do you understand?"
"Nothing, Chen Ying, I won't stay here for dinner tonight. I'm going back first."
Chen Ying felt very sorry for her. She had not expected Chen Jinshi's rude behavior today.
Chen Jinshi hasn't been this crazy for a long time!
After Su Lanzhou left, Chen Ying frowned and looked at Chen Jinshi.
"Are you a peacock? You spread your feathers to everyone you see."
Chen Jinshi was stunned. That was clearly a deterrent.
His muscles clearly said, "I can kill you with one punch. Try talking nonsense in front of my Eminem again."
"Em, I didn't."
Chen Ying waved her hands and refused to listen to his explanation.
She walked towards the house and he followed.
"Chen Jinshi, I know you're at the age where you want to dress up and be flamboyant, and you're eager to be recognized by the opposite sex..."
"Am, I didn't!" He was like a leopard ready to pounce, ready to do whatever it takes to clear his name.
Chen Ying continued, "You do. You know you have a young and vigorous body, beautiful muscles and lines. You know you are very attractive now, and you are no longer the same as when you were a child."
His ferocious face, ready to strike, slowly softened, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Amu, is there anything else?"
"what else?"
"Is that all the praise?"
Chen Ying shook him off and said unhappily, "That's enough."
She realized that his seduction seemed unintentional but was actually intentional. Was he seducing her?
This was not the only time he flaunted his body in front of her.
He increasingly showed his manly side, causing her to fundamentally ignore the difference in their status.
"slim Shady……"
He wrapped himself around her and grabbed her arm from behind.
He was very strong and pulled her arms back, leaving finger marks on her plump and slender arms.
Caught off guard, he buried his head in the crook of her neck.
Hugging her completely, tightly, and without any gaps from behind.
Her back was pressed tightly against his chest.
It didn't take Chen Ying long to break free from this atmosphere. She quickly came to her senses and forcefully pushed away the shackles of his arms.
He hadn't finished his breath when she moved away from him and he took in half of the odorless air.
Chen Ying's throat tightened, and she glared at him: "Chen Jinshi, how dare you!"
He didn't move, his eyes showing a hint of stubbornness. The wind rustled through the bamboo.
When the two confronted each other, he gave in first.
"Amu, I was wrong. I just can't bear to leave you. I want to go back to our childhood when we were so close."
His demeanor changed again, his shoulders slumping and his eyes lowering just in time.
It looked like he was just trying to curry her favor.
There is no difference from the past.
Moisture welled up in his eyes, and she felt that he was so pitiful, so pitiful.
"Chen Jinshi, go back to your room."
She coldly ordered that her children should obey her.
"Yes, Am."
Chen Ying tossed and turned in bed tonight. She lay in bed, wrapped in a quilt, but could not feel any warmth.
Outside the window, the moonlight was like water, casting mottled shadows on the window lattice. She looked at the light and shadows, and her mind was full of Chen Jinshi.
She covered her head with a pillow, as if this could block out her five senses and make her forget the hot breath buried in the back of her neck.
His chest was like iron, his abdominal muscles were hard, and his iron arms held her tightly...
She regarded herself as an elder and then shouted him away. The aggrieved look on his face...
She sighed, turned over and sat up, put on her clothes and walked to the bed. It was late at night, everything was quiet, and only the chirping of insects could be heard outside the window.
She leaned her hands on the windowsill. She thought she could look down on his deliberate behavior, thinking he was just a young boy.
His tricks were contrived and dull.
But why did she still feel flustered?
Chen Jinshi's physique is very similar to Chen Jichuan's. They both have strong bodies and extremely powerful strength.
If Chen Jinshi also rode a tall horse and looked down at her, blocking out all the light above her head and replacing her sky with his chest and back, she could hardly imagine how her heart would be in turmoil, and how willing she would be...
…
Chen Ying received a reply from Xie Qingyue. The autumn examination was approaching, and she also received a new batch of medicinal herbs that Xie Qingyue had bought for her.
On this day, there were three or five workers moving medicinal materials up and down in front of "Dulan Mongolian Medicine". Chen Ying sat leisurely behind the counter eating tea and snacks. It was a rare occasion that she didn't do anything herself.
Xie Qingyue said in the letter that after the provincial examination, he would set off for the north to gain experience, and would pass by Jinling to see her, and could help her take the letter back to Loufan.
Young people like Xie Qingyue, who focus on both imperial examinations and military training, can be considered rare talents in the capital.
Chen Ying admired him very much and wrote back, saying she was waiting for his good news.
In the afternoon, Chen Ying was checking the medicinal materials in the back hall. There were more than 300 drawers, and she took them out one by one to confirm the dryness and smell of the herbs.
Several apprentices were grinding medicine in the shop, and the copper bowl could be heard making a rustling sound as the herbs were ground.
She moved the dried tangerine peels and wolfberries that were to be dried that day to a bamboo basket and dried them while the sun was shining brightly.
After the door opened, neighbors came one after another to get medicine.
The medicinal materials of "Dulan Mongolian Medicine" are of good quality and the prices are very reasonable. Although it is not as famous as Chen's, the neighbors on this street like to come to her place.
"Doctor Shen, please take a look at me. I've been taking this medicine for three months and it hasn't helped."
Chen Ying usually didn't see patients easily, so she asked the man to take out the prescription for her to see.
If Chen Ying found any problem with the prescription, she would not change it on her own initiative. She would only remind the other party subtly to go out and find another doctor.
If the patient's illness was more troublesome, she would ask him to go to Chen's Pharmacy to find Chen Jinxing.
One day, she met a customer whose illness seemed to be treatable by Chen Jinxing, so she told him to go see Chen Jinxing. Unexpectedly, the customer said, "Doctor Chen cured the infertility of the Anjun Prince's wife. The wife is now three months pregnant. The Anjun Princess rewarded Doctor Chen greatly. Now, people have to queue up at Chen's Pharmacy to get medicine, let alone see Doctor Chen in person."
Chen Ying was stunned. She had never heard of this news before.
The Crown Prince's wife is pregnant, and the Princess of An County publicly credited this achievement to Chen Jinxing, which shows that she really wants to help him rise to the top.
Chen Ying sighed and said to the patient, "Forget it. Come in and let me take a look at your illness."
In the evening, when she had some free time, she would sit by the window and read medical books, warming a pot of mint tea at hand, and writing neat small characters on paper with her pen. She is now fully proficient in writing Chinese characters.
Before closing the store at night, she carefully counted the herbs and noted down those that needed to be restocked. As the setting sun shone in, she locked the medicine cabinets one by one.
But unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang sent another invitation to meet her.
The other party came to the pharmacy specifically to find her in a carriage.
Chen Ying was checking the medicinal herbs high up in the medicine cabinet. She stepped on the ladder and looked back. Seeing that the other party had come, she stepped down the ladder with her long legs and stepped firmly on the ground.
Mrs. Zhang was still a little stunned.
"Miss Shen, why don't you find a helper to do these things?"
Chen Ying brushed the dust off her hands, washed them carefully, and made tea for the guests.
"Nothing, I can do this kind of thing myself. Madam, what do you want from me?"
The two had just sat down and were about to talk when Chen Jinshi arrived. He leaned against the door frame and looked at her with an impatient look on his face: "Shen...Amu, are you still not done? What time is it now?"
A trace of embarrassment crossed Mrs. Zhang's face, and she said hurriedly, "Well...I guess I came at the wrong time. Seeing that you were busy in the store during the day, I thought I'd come in the evening, but I didn't expect to bother you anyway."
Chen Ying smiled and shook her head: "Don't pay attention to him, he is the unruly and unreasonable person in our family."
Mrs. Zhang's eyes lit up, and her smile faded immediately. "Hey, so this is Shi Ge'er? Your second son has grown so tall. Look at him, he's so handsome. Have you arranged a marriage yet?"
She waved at Chen Jinshi, but Chen Jinshi ignored her and his face became more and more annoyed.
"Chen Jinshi, come in." Chen Ying ordered him.
Chen Jinshi calmed down and slowly walked up to the two of them.
Chen Ying looked at him with a fixed gaze that contained some hint of tacit understanding. She was warning him to behave well at this time.
Chen Jinshi stood up straight and bowed, "Greetings, Madam."
Mrs. Zhang was indeed delighted and smiled, and she admired him very much: "Good, good, you are such a polite child."
Chen Ying said, "He is still young, there is no need to rush into marriage. Besides, as a man, he should first have some achievements and careers before he can get married."
Madam Zhang said politely, "Brother, you may be able to pass the imperial examination this year. I heard that your uncle has won the favor of the Prince's Mansion. So it seems that the two brothers are sure to be more promising than each other."
Chen Ying understood about 70% of what she said when she heard the hidden meaning in her words.
Then he smiled and replied, "Jinxing has some ambitions of his own."
Mrs. Zhang then got to the point: "Yes, speaking of Jinxing, it seems he's on his way to a career in government, and his future might even take him to Beijing. I was thinking, shouldn't we hurry up and arrange the wedding for our two families? That way, he can focus on his career without any delays."
Although such haste in marrying off a daughter is bound to give rise to gossip, Mrs. Zhang also has her own considerations.
If Chen Jinxing really became a big shot in the future, there would be many good families in the capital. How could they prevent someone from breaking off the engagement or wanting to take the Zhang family's daughter as a concubine? Naturally, the person the Zhang family had set their eyes on couldn't be snatched away for nothing.
How can that be possible!
The Zhang family was the first to choose Chen Jinxing because they have good vision, and this matter cannot be let out.
Chen Ying knew Mrs. Zhang's concerns and told her directly that their family was not that kind of family.
"But if it's urgent, it's not impossible, but I'm afraid it will be unfair to your young lady."
"no!"
Chen Ying and Madam Zhang turned their heads together and saw Chen Jinshi's eyes fixed on Shen Ying's face with an inexplicable stubbornness.
Chen Ying's heart sank. Chen Jinshi, you'd better not do anything stupid.
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