Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The Chest Muscle Murder Case
The moment Song Jin reached out from under the bed, grabbed her ankle, and stuck his head out, Jiang Wu woke up with her hair standing on end in fear.
When she woke up, she found that it was still dark outside, but she didn't even dare to get out of bed. She was afraid that a pair of hands like Song Jin's would appear under the bed.
Jiang Wu originally thought that as long as he didn't make the choice, he would no longer have that kind of dream. Who knew that this dream would be so perverted and disgusting, and even forced.
If she had known this, she should have made her own choice, and perhaps she wouldn't have ended up in such an embarrassing and terrifying situation.
In the darkness, she curled up into a ball hugging the pillow, as if only in this way could she get a bit of warmth from it and keep that disgusting dream away from her.
The light yellow curtain that had been lowered was suddenly lifted by a slender, clean hand. A worried voice came in, "Did you have a nightmare?"
The sound seemed to dispel darkness and bring a sense of clarity and warmth.
It’s just that when eyes that are used to darkness suddenly encounter light, they will inevitably feel the glare and close their eyes.
Then a tall figure blocked the light that Jiang Wu thought was too glaring, and a slightly cool palm pressed against her forehead. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Wu didn't say anything, just raised her eyes and stared at him blankly, like a naive little bird that had just landed.
Xie Ji, who had withdrawn his hand, saw her like this, as if he were looking at a distraught kitten. His Adam's apple rolled and his voice was hoarse. Finally, he just sighed softly and hugged her in his arms. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. I just hope you can remember that I am your husband. You can try to learn to trust me and rely on me."
"Okay?" This last word expressed his helplessness and a barely perceptible pleading.
Jiang Wu was caught off guard and was hugged tightly, with her face buried in the chest. She didn't know whether everyone liked to be hugged like that, or because she was too short, causing her face to always be squeezed by their chest muscles.
Moreover, she noticed that his chest was also quite large under his clothes.
Jiang Wu's face was buried in his chest and her face was red enough to bleed. She felt like she was about to be suffocated by his chest. She struggled to speak: "I, I didn't have a nightmare. You, you let me go first."
Xie Ji thought she was resisting his approach, and a hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes. "If you really feel uncomfortable, take a good rest today and don't go to the martial arts training ground."
Jiang Wu, who finally got a chance to breathe, didn't expect this unexpected surprise. However, he couldn't show it on his face. Instead, he asked worriedly and eagerly, tangled and in a dilemma, "Is it too bad?"
As their eyes met, Xie Ji, his eyes as if burned, reached out and tucked the hair stuck to her cheek behind her ear. "Exercise is important, and it's understandable to be lazy occasionally."
"If Madam insists on going to the martial arts training ground, I will not stop you."
Hearing that the benefits were about to be lost, Jiang Wu immediately stopped pretending, yawned, rubbed his eyes, pulled the quilt over him, and lay down again. "I suddenly feel a little sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."
"Okay." Xie Ji, feeling amused, did not expose her intention to be lazy. He just reached out and tucked the corner of the quilt for her before leaving. "If you are sleepy, then have a good sleep."
After coming out, Xie Ji, who walked a little slowly, asked Gao Lang to make medicine for him.
I used to drink only one bowl a day, but now I have to drink two bowls a day to suppress the overwhelming desire that keeps rising.
"Sir, drinking too much of this medicine is harmful to your body. You can't continue to drink it." Gao Lang was almost turning into an old maid. Sir, his needs in that aspect were strong. He thought that it would be relieved after Sir got married. Unexpectedly, it was not relieved by a wife, but by taking medicine.
This, alas, was really worrying him to death.
Otherwise, one day he and his wife should ask him not to sleep in a separate bed from the adults?
Jiang Wu, who had a rare chance to sleep in and no longer had those messy dreams, felt refreshed when he woke up. He thought he should have gone to court at this time, but when he turned around, he saw him sitting on a bamboo chair not far away reading a book. He was almost scared to death.
"You're awake. Do you want some water?" The man who was reading put down the book, stood up, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him.
Jiang Wu, who didn't refuse, had just taken a sip of the water when he guessed what she wanted to ask and said, "Didn't Madam say yesterday that you haven't decided what kind of shop to open?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Wu, holding the teacup in both hands, turned her head and ignored him. From the side, one could see the flesh on her cheeks bulging slightly. "I asked you, but you didn't tell me either."
When this was mentioned, Jiang Wu was filled with anger.
He said that he wanted me to trust him, but when I asked him, he didn't tell me.
mean.
"I didn't tell you because I plan to take you to visit various shops in the city so that you can experience what kind of shop is suitable for you."
Jiang Wu was suspicious, "Are you really that kind?"
Xie Ji couldn't help but chuckle, curling his left fingertips behind his back, and finally restrained the urge to ruffle her hair. "I am your husband, Madam, at least you have some trust in me."
“………”
Because he was going out shopping, Jiang Wu didn't plan to have dinner at home, but to eat out instead.
Although home-cooked food is delicious, snacks outside also have their own unique flavor.
Jiang Wu, who came out for breakfast, didn't go straight to the big restaurant. Instead, he walked towards the street stalls, pointed at one of them, and said, "I want to eat the wontons from that stall."
Xie Ji did not show any displeasure, but took out money to buy a bowl of wontons.
Just as she was about to sit down, he stopped her and said, "Wait."
Jiang Wu suddenly didn't dare to move, thinking that she had done something wrong again.
Only after he took out a handkerchief and wiped the stool she was going to sit on and the dining table did he say, "Okay."
"Thank you, my husband. You are so good to me." She was a beneficiary, so naturally she would not be stingy with kind words.
Soon, the ordered wontons were served, but there was only one bowl.
"Husband, don't you want to eat?" Jiang Wu asked and then realized what a stupid thing she said. A picky person like him would never eat outside.
"No need, just eat it. I already had it this morning." This was his indirect explanation.
Xie Ji really liked watching her eat. He scooped up a wonton with a spoon and put it to his mouth first. He puffed up his cheeks to blow gently on the wonton to cool it down, and then stuffed it into his mouth. Because the wonton was a little big, his left cheek bulged, just like a squirrel hiding a chestnut inside and chewing it when no one was paying attention.
He wasn't hungry at first, but after seeing her eating so happily, he felt a surge of hunger in his stomach.
Jiang Wu quickly finished the small bowl of wontons, and then she naturally took the new handkerchief he handed her and wiped her mouth, "I'm done eating. Where should we start shopping now?"
I was wondering in my heart, how many handkerchiefs did he have on him?
"Food, clothing, housing and transportation, which one do you care about most, Madam?"
Jiang Wu didn't even think about it and replied, "Of course I eat."
Even if she didn't understand, she knew that food was the most important thing for people and they would feel hungry if they didn't eat.
Xie Ji nodded, then led her to a pastry shop with a long line. "This is a long-established pastry shop. They are most famous for their sesame candies and walnut pastries. Although their other pastries are also excellent, they are far inferior to sesame candies and walnut pastries."
Having Gao Lang queue up in advance, Xie Ji, who had bought one each, handed the oil-paper wrapper to her and said, "Madam, try which one is the best."
Jiang Wu opened the oil paper package, pinched a piece of sesame candy from it and put it in her mouth. It was fragrant, crispy and crunchy, but not too sweet to make her teeth sticky.
Sure enough, every store with a booming business has its own treasure.
After he finished eating, Xie Ji took her to the shop next door, "Li Ji's Sweet Water Shop sells all kinds of sweet water."
After entering the store, Xie Ji ordered a bowl of Sushan, osmanthus dew, almond yogurt, water chestnut dew, coconut wine, cherry amber jelly, snow-soaked almond tea, lotus leaf mung bean jelly, plum brine drink, and a lot of other things. He almost ordered all the sweet drinks in the store.
"Madam, please try it."
Like a mouse dropped into a rice jar, Jiang Wu scooped up a piece of lotus leaf mung bean jelly with a spoon and put it in her mouth. Her mouth, which had felt dry and sweet after eating sesame candy, instantly felt refreshed. Even if she hadn't tasted all the delicious food in Chang'an, she realized that her career as a foodie might not be feasible.
As for clothing, transportation and shelter, although she knew it might be similar to food, how could she give up easily without having seen it?
But this time Xie Ji did not take her to visit shops. Instead, he took her to see pianos and bookstores, and visited the garden. He did not ask her what kind of shop she wanted to open, but just took her shopping.
"After shopping for so long, has Madam decided what to sell?"
After all this shopping, Jiang Wu realized something shamefully. She didn't even dare look at him, but instead lowered her head to look at the lotus embroidered on the shoe. "I've discovered that I don't seem to have a business mind."
Anyone with a bit of business sense would know what to sell, or take advantage of the strengths of each company, but her head seemed to be stuck with paste, and she wanted to sell everything. Fortunately, she had self-awareness.
"There is no need to force yourself. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses." Xie Ji slowed down and walked side by side with her. Even their shadows seemed to be close together and inseparable.
"Has Madam found a hobby she likes?"
Jiang Wu, a face filled with shame, continued to shake her head. She wanted to learn a little bit about everything, but she couldn't really say she enjoyed it. It was like he had promised her a shop so she could learn how to run a business. She wanted to sell everything, but she didn't know what to sell.
"It doesn't matter if you don't like it now. We'll look for it slowly and we'll eventually find one we like. Even if we don't find it, it doesn't matter. What matters is the satisfaction you get in the process of searching." It was just like letting her take over the shop in the beginning.
Jiang Wu nodded, not quite understanding what was said. She still didn't seem to understand, but just felt a little hungry.
It was almost lunchtime, and when the two were preparing to go to the nearby Taibai Tower for lunch, they happened to meet He Shiyan who was also there for lunch.
He Shiyan stepped forward and greeted them: "Master, Master's Wife, I didn't expect to meet you here. I wonder if you two have had your meal yet?"
Xie Ji subconsciously stood in front of Jiang Wu and said, "Not yet. My wife and I are planning to go eat."
Seeing this, He Shiyan naturally extended an invitation: "Since we have met, Master and Master's Wife, why don't you have dinner with me?"
When Jiang Wu saw him, he didn't dare to look up and just hoped that he would leave as soon as possible.
Although I haven’t had that dream recently, I still feel embarrassed when I see others.
Xie Ji could sense her resistance and used his body to completely cover her. "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I promised to accompany my wife today."
He Shiyan had originally been unwilling to give up, but for some reason, he suddenly smiled. "Master and his wife have such a good relationship that it's truly enviable. Since that's the case, I can't afford to disturb their world of two. Otherwise, I'd be considered an ungrateful spoiler."
As they passed each other, He Shiyan turned his head and chuckled softly at Jiang Wu, in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Madam, I'm looking forward to meeting you again."
Although Jiang Wu felt that what he said was incomprehensible, a chill ran down his back at an inopportune time.
Ji Xiao, who had not gone out all day, lay down on the bed as soon as it got dark.
But this time he just couldn't fall asleep. Even though the moon was about to come out, Ji Xiao still didn't feel sleepy at all. He got up from the bed, grabbed a handful of hair, and shouted to the door, "Changji, make me a bowl of calming soup."
He just didn't believe it, so he couldn't fall asleep after drinking the tranquilizing soup.
Soon, the calming soup he ordered was brought in.
"Why is it you?" Ji Xiao looked at the person who brought him the soup, and couldn't help but feel disgusted so much that he didn't even want the calming soup.
Ji Bao felt very aggrieved, "Prince, you forgot that my brother is resting today."
He also rubbed his body with soap many times to ensure that there was no bad smell left on his body from cleaning the toilet.
"Okay, if you're fine, get out of here." Otherwise the smell would spread throughout his room.
After drinking a bowl of calming soup, Ji Xiao lay back on the bed but still didn't feel sleepy. He thought that one bowl might not be enough, so he drank a few more bowls.
In the end, he drank several bowls, but he still didn't feel sleepy. Instead, he became more energetic the more he drank.
Finally, he threw the bowl in his hand to the ground with suspicion, breaking it into pieces, and said with gritted teeth, "Ji Bao, is this soup you made for me really a tranquilizing soup?"
Ji Bao, who was in charge of making the soup, was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling. "My Lord, this tranquilizing soup was not made by me. I asked the kitchen to make it. But what's wrong with this soup?"
On the other side, Jiang Wu was worried that he would have those messy dreams again, so he asked Juan'er for a amulet to put under his pillow in case he had those dreams again.
She thought she had to ask a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirit.
With this thought in mind, Jiang Wu quickly fell asleep.
At first, there was a vast expanse of white fog in the dream. After the fog dissipated, a man holding an oil-paper umbrella appeared not far away and walked towards her.
Jiang Wu swallowed his saliva, instinctively sensed the danger and ran backwards. However, because he was not paying attention to the road, he tripped over a stone on the side of the road and fell straight down.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw her lying in a man's arms, her nose twitching as she spoke with a sound of grievance.
"Uncle, can you lend me a child?"
After saying this, Jiang Wu immediately felt his scalp tingling as he recalled what was happening.
No, why couldn’t she just skip this dream scene? Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so embarrassed.
Lin Xie, or rather Xie Ji, who was suddenly embraced by his sister-in-law and heard those words, was so stiff that he didn't know whether to push her away.
In reality, she was his wife, and there was nothing wrong with her being close to him. But in the dream, she was the elder sister-in-law of this body, and he was the younger brother-in-law.
Or maybe he heard it wrong and was hallucinating.
While he was thinking about what to say, the woman who had thrown herself into his arms had already left quickly, leaving him with only the fragrance that lingered in his arms, which also made him feel a moment of loss.
"I'm sorry. When I saw your face just now, I thought of your elder brother, and I mistook you for a moment. I hope my uncle won't blame me for what I said before." Jiang Wu was so embarrassed that she almost buried her face in her chest. How could she not know how perfunctory and lame the excuse she made was? It was still much better than saying nothing.
"It's nothing, don't be sad." Xie Ji, or it would be more appropriate to call him Lin Xie.
He hadn't had this dream for a while and didn't understand why it happened again. Could it be that God was giving him some hint?
And what he heard was her shy and trembling voice, "I will. Thank you for your concern, uncle."
When the man heard the distant voice of "uncle", he felt an inexplicable itch in his throat, and more of irritation, but he didn't know where the irritation came from.
"If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me." He subconsciously ignored what she said before, that she wanted him to give her a child, and that even in a dream, the elder sister-in-law and younger brother-in-law could not be together.
Lin Xie wanted to say something to her, but when he saw that she was so embarrassed that she was about to curl herself up and shove herself into the quilt, he had to swallow his words back.
After he left, Jiang Wu covered her eyes with one hand and lay on the bed as if all her strength had been drained away, trying to escape the previous embarrassment.
Since this was her dream, why did she still have to accept He Shiyan's threats? Why not just dream up a huge army and trample him into a pulp?
Jiang Wu decided not to move and just wait for the dream to end. It was just a dream after all, and she wouldn't starve to death even if she didn't eat in the dream.
But as the light in the room gradually dimmed and finally became pitch black, her stomach, which had not eaten for a long time, growled several times.
The hunger in her abdomen was so real that it began to cause cramps in her stomach, making her desperately look for something to eat. She was even so hungry that she wanted to eat the pillows on the bed to relieve the burning hunger.
But, isn't this a dream?
If it was a dream, then she shouldn't feel hungry. It was an illusion, it must be an illusion.
As long as she closed her eyes, she would not feel hungry, and maybe she would wake up from her dream immediately.
When the candles were lit in the dim room and the flames began to burn, Xiao Xing came in with a tray. "Madam, no matter how sad you are, you can't joke with your body."
After smelling the fragrance of the food, Jiang Wu felt even hungrier. His whole body felt limp as if he had no strength at all, but he desperately wanted to eat the bowl of porridge.
By the time she reacted, she had already picked up the bowl of porridge and was pouring it into her mouth. After swallowing a few spoonfuls of warm porridge, her stomach, which was about to cramp, felt much better.
At the same time, her fingers gripping the spoon handle suddenly tightened, because she thought, if the feeling of hunger in the dream was so real, would it also mean that if she died in the dream, it would mean her death in reality.
As soon as this thought came into Jiang Wu's mind, she immediately denied it with gritted teeth in fear.
No, how could such an incredible and bizarre thing happen in the world? She shouldn't scare herself.
Yes, she couldn't scare herself.
At this moment, Xiao Xing's laughing voice came in from the thin door.
"Madam, the master is here to see you."
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