Chapter 60: The Sixtieth Day of Her Reservedness She Should Be Able to Smile Brightly and Cheerfully...
Yunsu is different from Nanqiao. There are many ancient buildings preserved in the city. The old house of the Su family is not far from the hospital. The car quickly turned into a deep alley, drove slowly for a while, and stopped in front of a golden pillar gate at the end of a low blue brick wall.
An old woman in a blue cloth shirt was waiting in front. When she saw Shan Yin and Pei Yunhe getting off the car, she came to greet them with a smile on her face.
But if you look closely, you can see that there is moisture in her wrinkled eyes. When she can't control her emotions, her hand that comes forward to hold Shan Yin's is shaking.
"Aunt Li." Shan Yin called out, and his voice trembled.
Pei Yunhe walked forward and put his arm around Shan Yin's shoulders, patted him twice, and looked up and nodded to Aunt Li.
Aunt Li smiled at the two of them, her smile was sincere and heartfelt.
"Yinyin, this is the eldest son of the Pei family, right?"
"Yes." Shan Yin blinked quickly to clear the mist from her eyes, and then introduced him to Pei Yunhe and Aunt Li, "He's my husband."
She noticed Pei Yunhe's grip on her tightened a bit, and her ears felt hot for a moment. She lowered her head slightly and said to Pei Yunhe, "This is Aunt Li, a long-time member of the Su family."
Pei Yunhe gently addressed her as she did, "Aunt Li."
"Oh, oh!" Aunt Li nodded in response.
She invited them in, still muttering, "The food is ready. I'm glad you're back. I'm glad you're back."
Pei Yunhe led Shan Yin in.
"This is the house where my grandfather lives. After my parents passed away, I have been living here with my grandfather." Shan Yin introduced to Pei Yunhe as they walked.
He looked around. The house was quite large and was a typical Soviet-style courtyard. It was simple and elegant, with green trees shading it. A small garden could be vaguely seen at the back.
This is where Dan Yin grew up. Although no tangible traces can be seen, it seems that Dan Yin is everywhere.
He couldn't help but lower his head and look at Shan Yin again.
No wonder Shan Yin likes Bai Gong’s house so much. There is actually a feeling of homesickness in it.
"Grandpa doesn't like crowds and doesn't often have visitors. Apart from a few servants, most of the time it's just Aunt Li and me at home."
After passing another gate with hanging flowers, they met a servant serving dishes on the way, and Shan Yin said to Pei Yunhe.
They had arrived at the dining area ahead. Pei Yunhe nodded, and without rushing to explore further, he took Shan Yin over first.
"Eat first. I've been in the hospital all day and didn't eat much at noon."
Shan Yin's waist was originally thin, and she hadn't been able to eat for the past two days. Her waist and abdomen looked as thin as a piece of paper. Pei Yunhe was worried that she would not be able to stand for a long time.
He took her to sit down, and he didn't seem strange or awkward at all.
Aunt Li came over to set the table and turned to go to the kitchen to eat. Shan Yin stopped her and said, "Aunt Li, let's eat together. Isn't it always like this?"
Instead, Aunt Li glanced at the table in bewilderment, "This, it's still about you, Yinyin, and Pei, Pei..."
Pei Yunhe raised the corner of his lips: "Aunt Li, Shan Yin and I are husband and wife. You don't have to be polite to me just call her Yin Yin."
He simply stood up and went around to Dan Yin's other side to pull out the sandalwood chair for Aunt Li.
"Aunt Li, it's just the same as before, don't worry about eating."
Aunt Li was very nervous and looked at Shan Yin. Only after receiving Shan Yin's gentle and affirmative look did she dare to sit down.
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Pei."
"You can call me by my name, or just call me A-He."
Pei Yunhe returned to his seat.
Their decision to stay back at the old house temporarily was a sudden one, but the old house had been preparing since they learned the news that Shan Yin had returned to Yunsu.
Because Su Daosheng was ill, the meal was neither rich nor luxurious, but it had everything that was necessary and was prepared according to regulations.
Pei Yunhe first served Shan Yin a bowl of Dendrobium and ginseng chicken soup, and then considerately skimmed off the layer of fat floating on the surface.
"Drink some soup first to warm your stomach so you can sleep well at night."
He knew that Shan Yin liked to drink a bowl of soup before meals, so he blew on it carefully for her, fearing that she would get burned.
Then Pei Yunhe picked up his chopsticks and ate slowly and steadily. After taking a bite or two, he would go to Gu Shanyin and pick out the green onion and ginger shreds that she didn't want to eat from the dish. He also peeled the shrimps for her and arranged them neatly in a row in her bowl.
These were common things he was used to doing at home, but in Aunt Li's eyes they were really thoughtful.
Aunt Li watched Shan Yin grow up. Although she was a young lady, she was not arrogant in her dealings with others. Therefore, she treated Shan Yin as her own daughter.
She suddenly thought of something, smiled, stood up, picked up a piece of fried eel shreds with chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of Shan Yin.
"Yinyin, you don't look well. Eat more food to replenish your Qi and blood."
Shan Yin paused slightly with his chopsticks, but immediately put on a smile and said thank you to Aunt Li.
She stretched out her chopsticks to pick up some eel shreds. The eel shreds were shiny with the sauce. She had a poor appetite in recent days and had never liked eating fish, frogs, or eels. When she suddenly smelled the smell, she found it difficult to swallow.
A hand was placed across her chopsticks, taking the dish away for Shan Yin first.
Shan Yin looked at Pei Yunhe in surprise, but Pei Yunhe shook his head gently at her.
Then he said to Aunt Li apologetically, "Aunt Li, please don't blame me for being rude. Dan Yin had stomach discomfort a few days ago and has had no appetite these past two days. He really can't eat greasy food. It's not that I'm being rude to you on purpose."
He put the shredded eel on Dan Yin's plate and some of the dishes she hadn't touched into his own bowl and took a bite very naturally.
"I'll eat what she can't finish, so it won't be a waste of your kindness."
Aunt Li naturally wouldn't blame him.
Seeing how attentively he took care of Shan Yin, Aunt Li felt very touched. But she was also worried that he was just pretending, so she deliberately picked up a piece of shredded eel, which Shan Yin had never liked to eat since childhood and would only eat a few bites after Su Daosheng told her it was nutritious, and gave it to Shan Yin.
Pei Yunhe naturally ate the food that Dan Yin didn't like and the leftovers, so there was nothing to worry about Aunt Li.
If he didn't notice anything and did nothing, Aunt Li would really care.
Besides, he speaks his mind and is sincere; he is not someone who is really rude.
This gave Aunt Li a better impression of him.
After the meal, Aunt Li even took Shan Yin aside to talk for a while, saying to her, "Young Master loves you dearly. You and he are living such a loving life together. The spirits of Miss and Master in heaven can rest in peace."
After hearing just a few words, Dan Yin's eyes turned red, and he held Aunt Li's hand and sobbed for a long time.
Finally, when she returned to her bedroom, she wiped the corners of her eyes several times before she wiped away the tears.
The room was very quiet. I wondered if Pei Yunhe was resting or doing something else in there.
She walked around the rosewood marble inkstone screen and looked into the room. There was no one on the bed or the couch. Turning around again, she saw Pei Yunhe leaning against the window frame, half of his body sticking out, looking at something.
It was rare for him to be so relaxed and even not care about his image when he was outside. Shan Yin was curious and walked over to ask him what he was looking at.
When Pei Yunhe heard Shan Yin's voice, he withdrew his body, and the corners of his lips rose more and more as he looked at her.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms.
"Look at our Yinyin. She was also a little troublemaker when she was little?"
At first, Shan Yin didn't react to what Pei Yunhe was saying. When Pei Yunhe tapped the window frame with two fingers, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly grabbed Pei Yunhe's hand.
"Don't look."
"What's the big deal? You carved it so well."
He had originally been looking out the window at the wooden swing in the yard, the one Shan Yin had mentioned, the one she often played on with her parents when she was little. But after leaning against the window for a while, he discovered something even more surprising.
The rosewood window lattice was quite old, and the intertwined bamboo branches outside cast shadows that made the entire window lattice darker.
If you don't look carefully, you naturally can't see anything, but Pei Yunhe is full of curiosity about the place where Shan Yin grew up. He doesn't want to miss any of it, so naturally he found some traces of seal carving on the window lattice.
They are nothing more than some flowers, birds, fish and insects, not carved deeply and the technique is still very immature.
This is Dan Yin's boudoir, so naturally no one else would dare to do this. So there is no need to think about it, it must have been carved by Dan Yin herself when she was a child.
The more he looked at her, the cuter she seemed to him. Thinking of how little Dan Yin had once leaned over where he was leaning, carving those strange and bizarre patterns bit by bit with a carving knife, he felt that she was truly adorable.
But Shan Yin was quite embarrassed, "I was ignorant when I was little, please don't laugh at me."
"How can it be a joke?" He was so happy that he couldn't wait to laugh. "What child doesn't play around? Besides, we're at home and it's just about our hobbies. How could I laugh at you?"
The more Pei Yunhe spoke, the more surprised he became.
Compared with the inside of the house, there are obviously more traces of Dan Yin's life in the entire room.
The walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings collected by Shan Yin and those she created herself. Looking at each one, the changes in her skills are reflected in the paper. In some of the paintings, you can even see the very interesting seals she carved.
In the rosewood cabinet in the corner are placed Shan Yin's collection. It is not some precious jewelry or jade, nor is it any famous porcelain kiln, but a few pieces of good ink and a few volumes of books, which are organized very neatly, which is also her style.
What Pei Yunhe liked most were the photo frames placed on the high table by the window.
Inside were embedded photos of Shan Yin from her infancy to her teenage years. There were photos of her alone, of her held by a man and a woman, of her playing on the wooden swing, of her and Su Daosheng in the house playing with birds, practicing calligraphy and painting, and even of the whole family at the amusement park, enjoying some thrilling rides and soaring into the sky...
Shan Yin is so vivid in every photo. She smiles so brightly and brilliantly, runs and jumps. Just by looking at the photos, Pei Yunhe seems to be able to hear her light laughter.
The white skirt printed in the photo seemed to turn into white butterflies, jumping out of those memories together with Dan Yin.
It turns out that she was once a carefree jewel in the palm of her hand.
It turns out that she can laugh so heartily.
It turns out that Dan Yin was not as slim as she is now when she was a child, and she even had a little baby fat.
…
All this made Pei Yunhe too surprised and even more distressed.
He pulled Shan Yin, looked at her, and suddenly hugged her tightly.
"What's wrong?"
Shan Yin was a little at a loss, as it was clearly her who made a fool of herself.
Pei Yunhe just shook his head gently in the crook of her neck.
"Nothing. I just think it's too difficult."
It's so hard to be with her.
It was so difficult, but I finally brought her away from her sorrow.
Pei Yunhe suddenly frowned.
But now, Su Daosheng's situation is still uncertain, and Shan Zewu and his people are trying to attack Shan Yin again.
He would never allow them to hurt Shan Yin again.
She should be like in the photo, carefree and able to smile brightly.
Thinking of this, he suddenly let go of Shan Yin, took her to the two large suitcases that had just been carried into the room, picked up some clothes, and pushed Shan Yin to the bathroom to wash up.
Shan Yin was stunned for a moment, turned around and felt a little embarrassed to speak.
Pei Yunhe was surprised to see that she didn't move, but when he saw a hint of red on the tip of her ear, he finally understood.
He turned her around and pushed her into the bathroom, closing the door for her.
"What are you thinking? I'm not that impatient at this critical moment! Just wash yourself well and rest after you're done. I won't do anything to you!"
It was because he was afraid that he would be unable to control his emotions that he asked Dan Yin to go wash up first.
She was still worried about this after all this time.
He was the last thing she had to worry about.
And at night, when the two of them were lying on the bed filled with the herbal fragrance of Shan Yin, Pei Yunhe really did not do anything to Shan Yin.
He even held her at a distance.
Shan Yin now understood Pei Yunhe's good intentions, and the tips of her ears were still a little red, but it was not because of embarrassment, but because of gratitude.
"Will you go back to Nanqiao tomorrow?" Shan Yin used the moonlight to trace the outline of Pei Yunhe's profile. She didn't know when these familiar sharp lines had been engraved in her mind.
Pei Yunhe said, "I won't go back to Nanqiao. I will stay here with you and wait for grandpa to wake up."
Shan Yin widened her eyes. She had always thought that Pei Yunhe was so busy last night in order to arrange her grandfather's affairs as soon as possible so that he could return to Nanqiao to handle the work.
"Don't you have to go back to work?"
"You really want me to go back to work?"
Shan Yin met Pei Yunhe's questioning gaze and stammered, "That's not the case..."
only……
“No matter how important the work is, it is not as important as you.”
Pei Yunhe made the final decision, and Dan Yin was no longer allowed to speculate.
He hugged her again, lowered his head and placed the daily sealing kiss on her forehead, "Go to sleep. Wake up, maybe grandpa will be better tomorrow."
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