Chapter 52 Reply
Not far from them was a hot spring courtyard that had been fenced off for renovation.
The hot spring water, originating from a mountain spring, is channeled into another man-made pool, which is surrounded by jade stones.
It's like a place specifically for people to have fun.
Even so, it is a place accessible only to those who hold power here.
The sound of a babbling waterfall can be heard not far away.
In autumn, the water level is not high, and a thin layer of mist can be seen in the moonlight.
Occasionally, the light of stars and moon would shimmer and glow in the mist.
It's late autumn, but it's not cold here.
Rong Si led the carriage to the side, tied it to the rack, and went back to the carriage to get his things.
Rong Si noticed that the ginseng and deer marrow soup on the table next to him hadn't been eaten. "Haven't you eaten anything?"
"Not very hungry." Yu Wanyin followed his gaze.
Rong Si touched the bowl of soup; it was already cold.
He finished Yu Wanyin's drink, then lit the stove containing the soup to keep the rest of the food warm. "You can eat it later if you get hungry."
Rong Si took his things and went downstairs, then turned back to help Yu Wanyin get off the car.
Yu Wanyin took his arm and went down.
Rong Si helped her down, looked at her with a cryptic expression, and asked, "Want to give it a try?"
Yu Wanyin looked at the hot spring pool in front of her and softly hummed in agreement.
The light in Rong Si's eyes grew increasingly obscure as she cooperated. "You didn't even ask me what I was trying."
Yu Wanyin's feigned composure was shattered. "Would you take me to try some bad things?"
"No." Rong Si could see through her attempt to hide her emotions and wasn't fooled. "I'm exhausted from all the day's activities, so I came here to relax."
He took her there.
The hot spring water is crystal clear.
You can see layers of jade stones laid on the ground, and the shore is lined with smooth pebbles, neatly arranged there.
Steam rose from the water.
The white mist obscured the figures of the two people by the pool.
Yu Wanyin's long hair was tied up and coiled behind her head, and her clothes were soaked by layers of water, clinging to her body.
She sat on him somewhat awkwardly, watching him wipe her with a cotton handkerchief.
Rong Si wiped her face.
The heat hit her face, causing tiny water droplets to cling to the fine hairs on her cheeks.
Then he wiped her cheek down to her temples and behind her ears, dampening the stray hairs at her temples, and continued downwards, "Were you hurt tonight?"
"fine."
Rong Si couldn't see any injuries. "Were you frightened?"
No, not at all.
The conversation came to an abrupt end.
He remained silent for a long time, quietly helping her clean up.
Yu Wanyin tried to break the strange atmosphere, "How is the village?"
As Rong Si replied to her, he looked at the thin ribbons of her heart-shaped garment hanging around her neck and fair waist, so delicate that they seemed as if they would break at the slightest touch.
It even evokes a slight urge to destroy, "Qing Song is alright, A Zheng is alright..."
Such a thin rope should have been torn.
Such a jade-like person deserves to be tainted, and such a supple waist deserves to bear fingerprints.
Yu Wanyin keenly sensed that masculine desire for conquest.
He helped her wash, but the more he washed, the more something seemed off.
Perhaps she knew it from the beginning.
Even when wet, the thin silk blouse remained smooth and glossy, clinging somewhat to the body.
It will soon stop sticking to your body.
As he pulled it down, he deliberately said, "Do you still want to ask about that Chao Yue?"
Yu Wanyin's heart skipped a beat.
Their vulnerabilities, along with their hidden thoughts, were exposed to the gaze of wolves and tigers.
Yu Wanyin was enveloped in his warmth, and she instinctively covered herself with her arms.
Just then, a large hand gripped her chin, forcing Yu Wanyin to tilt her head back and endure being swallowed.
After realizing that she did not refuse, Rong Si's palm slid down her taut neckline, and every place his slightly calloused fingers touched left a slight red mark.
Like delicate flowers blooming at his fingertips.
The red plum blossoms on the snow-capped mountain were also crushed and sprouted.
It's so moist you could squeeze water out of it.
A sudden shiver made Yu Wanyin slightly tighten her shoulders.
She found a moment to catch her breath, but as soon as she took in a mouthful of hot spring steam, he blocked her way again.
Rong Si's strong arms wrapped around her from behind, supporting her body and firmly grasping her other hand to prevent her from covering herself.
Yu Wanyin's wrist was pinched and her inner wrist was rubbed until he opened it.
The warm water flowed down his collarbone, concealing his despicable behavior. "Yaoyao is a little too concerned about him."
Rong Si recalled the pale white steamed buns he often ate during the Chinese New Year.
Soft and sweet, it can be shaped into any form and fill your palm.
Sometimes, a red date is stuffed into a steamed bun, and when you eat it, it has an indescribable soft, sticky, and sweet taste.
Similarly, when you peel open the flower cake, you can see the date core inside. Follow the date core to find the seam and divide it in half.
He thrust deeper, "Missing Chu Yu?"
Yu Wanyin's body went numb.
These things all have a common problem when they come into contact with water.
It became soft and mushy.
A malicious person will only want to destroy more.
It tormented him terribly.
The soft flower cakes around it had just been pushed aside a little when they were squeezed and clustered together by the water pressure.
They cornered him deep inside.
Rong Si caught her reaction, "How much do you miss him?"
Yu Wanyin supported his shoulder.
The contrast between her slender arms and the man's strong arms was striking. "No."
Rong Si simply flicked his knuckles, and the water droplets clinging to her forearm trembled and trickled down, falling into the crook of his arm. "Tell me how much you miss him."
The muscular arms caught the falling water droplets, which formed small puddles.
She buried her face in his shoulder, suppressing her breath.
An indescribable numbness arose wherever the calluses on my fingertips touched.
He committed atrocities, seeking out every nook and cranny.
He was looking for something.
Yu Wanyin leaned on his shoulder, looking at the hot spring entrance not far away, "I... I don't want him..."
Yu Wanyin ultimately couldn't suppress the rising intonation at the end of her sentence.
He found the place where the hot spring outlet could be cleared.
With a gentle pry, a torrent of spring water flows down.
Rong Si observed her reaction, then switched places with her, and immediately the light in front of Yu Wanyin's eyes was blocked by his figure.
A sense of danger washed over him as he discovered his secret.
Before Yu Wanyin could panic, the blocked spring was suddenly knocked open!
Yu Wanyin tensed up, her slender neck stretched, and she bit her knuckles lightly to stop herself from making any inappropriate noises.
The next instant, her lips were pried open by the man's thumb, and his thumb pressed down on her thin lips.
Yu Wanyin turned her head away, and he wasn't in a hurry.
At first, she could tolerate the constant stimulation of her acupoints, but with the high frequency of these stimulations, Yu Wanyin could no longer control her breath.
For the first time, she experienced this sensation of electric shocks, layer upon layer, with a sharp, tingling, and frantic build-up.
Yu Wanyin tried to bite her lip, but he held her jaw and ground it against her pearly teeth.
She began to struggle, making faint sounds of protest.
Rong Si's voice was hoarse, "Don't you want him to be so accommodating to me tonight?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another heavy blow was delivered.
Yu Wanyin's scalp tingled, and every inch of her body was filled with a tingling sensation. "I did it voluntarily."
"Voluntarily what?" He pressed down on her ear, "Voluntarily being with me..."
Yu Wanyin felt a swelling all over her body. She wanted to kick him away, but could only step into the spring water.
"Can I do whatever you want?"
The thin support gaps deep within the spring water gradually began to crumble.
The spring water was pounded and splashed even more violently, crashing against the fallen flowers beside it.
Before the flowers could even surface, they were slammed back down.
Smash it into deep water, target its weak points, and grind it to pieces.
He pressed further, asking, "Does that mean anything goes?"
"It's okay to break it."
The slurred words he poured into his ears forced the tingling, numb tremors that had been lingering on his tailbone to shoot straight up to the top of his head.
The heat emanated from the occupied territory, coursing through her body and limbs, until her bones felt like they were melting.
"Because you want to know about Chu Yu?"
"Yaoyao, tell the truth, I'm not angry."
Yu Wanyin bit her lip and had to say, "Yes, I want to know..."
Actually, she just wanted to know; she didn't think that wanting to know the fate of her former husband meant she still wanted anything with him.
If Chu Yu was in danger because of her, what good would it do for her to care about him?
But before he could finish speaking, a sudden storm broke out.
Wild beasts ravaged and ravaged the fallen flowers.
Rong Si didn't think so.
“So distant,” he said in a hoarse voice, “Chu Yu is dead.”
"I am your husband now."
"You don't need to care about the life or death of anyone other than me."
"He's not important. He's not important to you at all."
Each of his words carried more weight than the last.
The splashing water mingled with the crying.
Yu Wanyin couldn't hear what he was saying; all she could hear was her own strange voice.
She dared not listen to her own voice any longer, biting his hard shoulder. The more she bit him, the more he wanted to leave his presence on her.
The killer's hidden points allowed her to feel him in every sensitive and vulnerable nerve.
It's like lava being poured into a hot spring pool, causing the water to surge and swell.
It crashed hard against the edge of the stone wall, repeatedly washing and cleansing the smooth and lustrous jade.
Steaming produces scalding hot water vapor.
Even as she bit him, she couldn't suppress the soft sobs escaping her throat, "You said you weren't angry."
Rong Si's breathing was heavy, and his eyes held a dark, menacing undercurrent. "He's not alive."
Yu Wanyin couldn't take it anymore and started trembling all over.
The treading motion stopped abruptly, and the countless tingling sensations transformed into tiny sparks, rising and converging.
At the very top of the mountain, endless thoughts exploded in my mind.
The mountains trembled and the water flowed, the hot spring vents burst open, and a large amount of spring water was gushed out!
It meanders and flows through every ditch and stream in the mountain valley.
Her thoughts and soul were drawn away with the spring water.
The mountains and forests are unpredictable and treacherous.
Thick clouds rolled and churned, enveloping and tormenting the wispy moisture within them.
Yu Wanyin was turned over by him and grabbed onto the pebbles beside her. Thinking that she could get out, she took a breath and went to touch the clothes on the shore.
Before she could grab her clothes, he grabbed her wrist and pinned her to the shore.
Her ear was being rubbed by his thin lips. "No rush, this is just the beginning."
Yu Wanyin was startled.
The man behind her spoke in a wild and deep voice, "It's my fault. I didn't make Yao Yao feel comfortable, which is why you keep thinking about him."
Yu Wanyin's back trembled, her fingers gripping the pebbles helplessly, but the stones slipped and fell one by one.
Until someone covered the back of her hand, and slipped their hand between her fingers and clenched it.
"Chu Yu has been here?"
The ripples in the water have not yet subsided.
It was breached once again.
"Where have you been?"
"here?"
Yu Wanyin realized that he had found the worst part of her.
The voices that have been suppressed for so long can no longer be contained.
The hot spring was carved out amidst cries of agony, its surface undulating endlessly.
He rushed up the stone wall again and again until he suddenly leaped up from the top!
After breaking through the clouds, all that remained was a vast expanse of white.
The splashing water, falling uncontrollably, forms a continuous stream of new spring water.
It complements the nearby waterfall and spring.
For a long time, Yu Wanyin lost her ability to think; her heart was gripped tightly, and her nerves were stretched.
"Can you still remember him?"
Before Yu Wanyin could recall her name, a person's image came to mind first.
Chu Yu's icy fingers loved to torment her, starting with her heart-shaped garment, sliding down to press against her lower abdomen.
He pressed harder and harder, "Can Yao Yao remember me now?"
But behind her was scorching lava. Rong Si bit her ear, pinning her in the cold spot, and told her, "Yaoyao is now me."
They are two completely different styles.
Like cool, steady pebbles and a surging hot spring behind them, they pressed down from both sides.
She was bullied by the spring water, so she rushed towards the pebbles.
But the pebbles were also gently and warmly tormenting her.
A combination of ice and fire.
No one can shake them off.
Yu Wanyin's eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes were misty.
Completely distraught, she choked back tears as she pleaded, "Enough, my husband."
Even she herself didn't know who she was calling.
Rong Si naturally assumed that the person was calling his name.
He held her close, giving himself completely to her, his body and soul seemingly about to fall onto her.
He is like a small mountain, on which a delicate snow lotus blooms.
He dragged the snow lotus into his rocky swamp.
Every inch of her space was filled with hard stones.
She was nourished by the nutrients from the entire mountain.
The snow lotus flower looked incredibly pure.
Deep within its pristine white roots, it is relentlessly stained, imprisoned, and entangled by the soil.
Rong Si cleaned the person up, wrapped them up, and sent them to the soft couch in the carriage.
He deeply recalled that word, "husband."
He still needs to take good care of her so that she can focus all her attention on him.
Forget about the other person.
A heater was lit inside the carriage, and the indoor temperature steadily rose.
He looked at her trembling shoulders and neck, then reached under her blankets. Yu Wanyin was still recovering when he opened them and shuddered.
She regained some of her senses, "I'm already..."
Rong Si found the trick and the key.
Everything started to go smoothly, "Let's see if we can continue..."
The mountain hot spring was bubbling up water, and a mechanical wooden frame was set up outside to pump the water.
The wooden frame constantly compresses the spring, forcing it to hold water under pressure while preventing it from flowing out on its own.
Until the pressure accumulates to a certain level, the hot spring gushes out instantly.
After the wooden frame was used to pump out all the spring water that was filled inside, it was successfully pumped out.
Each movement is like a spring of clear water.
It doesn't even need to try any harder.
It was pointed out maliciously, "It looks like it's broken."
Steam from the hot springs dispersed and permeated the deep forest.
It's like a layer of mist, separating this place from the outside world.
Yu Wanyin was lost in thought when she saw the animal bones hanging beside the carriage jingling.
The wolf skull opened and closed its gaping maw.
She didn't know what was happening; she was trembling uncontrollably.
Her voice was hoarse too.
But she knew why he had come to a deserted place.
What is he looking for?
He found her.
It can no longer be hidden.
In her sleep, Yu Wanyin dreamt that a ferocious beast was crushing her bones.
The feeling of being crushed lingered for a long time.
In the shadows, it seemed as if someone was watching her, observing her trembling in another man's arms.
Like a cold, venomous snake.
Just the mere presence of that aura sent chills down her spine.
By the time they returned, it was past noon.
The main camp is still under repair, and traces of yesterday's disturbance can still be vaguely seen.
Perhaps due to the immense physical exertion, Yu Wanyin ate a few more bites of food; she had never felt she could eat so much before.
Qingsong saw this and praised her, "Madam looks healthier and healthier, even her appetite has increased."
Yu Wanyin chewed on the jade belt scroll, glancing absentmindedly at the man beside her.
She met his gaze and then looked away.
Just by meeting eyes, you can feel a hidden heat.
Some things, once they happen, are not quite the same as before they happened.
But I can't quite put my finger on what's different.
Rong Si leaned back beside her, staring at her intently.
He had already finished his meal, which consisted of cooling foods.
A meal with two kinds of dishes, one nourishing and the other cooling.
The tonics seem to be somewhat effective, but the cooling herbs don't seem to do much.
Yu Wanyin avoided his gaze and asked about Qing Song's situation yesterday.
When Qingsong and she were taken away together, two groups of people from the village chased after them.
Yu Wanyin remembered that Qing Song was also rescued quickly.
Even so, it's still unknown whether she was injured.
Qing Song waved her hand, "I'm fine."
Yu Wanyin asked a couple more questions, and Qing Song vaguely sensed that Rong Si's expression was getting worse, so she made an excuse to leave.
After a moment of silence in the room, Rong Si leaned forward slightly and said, "I was several days behind schedule and only got back last night. You didn't even ask how I was?"
Yu Wanyin forced down a sip of tea. "You have so much energy, you don't seem like someone who's not very strong."
Rong Si chuckled and ground his teeth.
Yesterday is yesterday.
Once the tender moments were over, an overwhelming sense of crisis began to creep in and invade him.
Rong Si's demeanor turned somber.
He knew that she still cared about that person.
She's so smart, she probably didn't believe him when he said Chu Yu was dead.
With Chu Yu dead, Chao Yue had two choices: either die for his master or go into seclusion.
You won't be arrested and taken prisoner for no reason just because you're an informant.
Yu Wanyin is reserved in nature.
He couldn't tell how much she felt for him.
How much affection does she truly have for Chu Yu?
Who is heavier between them?
Who will she choose?
They probably kidnapped them.
Rong Si was unsure of himself.
Rong Si once despised Chu Yu's dark thoughts, which imprisoned and bound her.
She forbids anyone from getting close to her and is vindictive and petty.
Now he finds that he and Chu Yu have the same thoughts.
He imprisoned her in his own deep mountain, forbidding her to go anywhere else.
Things in the village are repaired very quickly.
It was restored to its original condition in no time, and some winter windproof barriers were added to the house.
The village has also begun preparing for winter.
As the weather grew colder, Yu Wanyin became increasingly lethargic and reluctant to go out. Instead, she idly flipped through a book in her hand while staying indoors.
Someone outside brought a letter and handed it to her, saying, "Your Majesty, this is your letter."
Yu Wanyin paused for a moment, unable to think of anyone who would send her a letter. "Was it sent by the Prefect of Long'an?"
"I don't know." The man handed it to her, after all, his lord had given instructions.
Let her open her letters; there's no need to interfere.
Yu Wanyin took it, and as soon as she opened the letter, she saw the unique letter paper and knew who had sent it to her.
Yu Wanyin told Qing Song to close the door.
Although Qing Song didn't know why, she still did as instructed.
When they returned, they found Yu Wanyin staring blankly at the letter.
Qing Song stepped forward. "What's wrong?"
Yu Wanyin was silent for a moment, then took out a silver ingot and gave it to Qing Song, "Go and give this to the errand boy from earlier."
"Then I asked him to pass it on to the messenger."
Qingsong agreed and went out.
Yu Wanyin sat alone in the room and carefully examined the letter in her hand again.
This is a reply from her elder sister and aunt, who wanted to return to Shanshan with her.
They bribed the female bodyguard to arrange for her to meet with them.
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