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Sleep well in dreams, and sleep until dawn.
Tai Shi Zheng was curled up in the warm bed, feeling the changing light in the room, when suddenly someone turned over and hugged her.
This surprised Zheng a little.
Thinking back to the past, when Cui Zhijun and her were lying together, he had wanted to push himself under the bed and draw a sharp line between them. However, this kind of proactive contact was the first time he had ever done so.
But... who could have imagined that Cui Erlang, who was known for abstaining from emotions, cutting off desires, and being self-disciplined and respectful of etiquette, could be as dissolute as he was last night.
With a frown on her face, Zheng was secretly laughing.
But when she recalled the ambiguous and lingering feelings under the tent last night, her face turned red.
Zheng had no idea how she ended up back in the east room, nor did she know who helped her put on her pajamas. She only remembered that her eyes wandered in the misty water vapor, and finally rested in the warm basin of water.
Last night, the north wind was blowing outside the courtyard, and the moonlight was cold and lonely, but when the wind and moonlight fell into the courtyard.
Everything seems unspeakable and unpredictable.
Zheng gritted her teeth and said: "Flirtatious and unrestrained, who is it that usually acts so pretentiously, yet is so far from it in the depths of the world..."
At this moment, Cui Zhijun buried his head deep in Taishi Zheng's back, having similarly retreated from last night's "unbridled behavior." The night's beauty had overwhelmed his mind. But when facing Taishi Zheng, everything seemed to be in accordance with the rules, in accordance with his heart...
Although he felt a little ashamed, he was also happy.
Behind Taishi Zheng's back, Cui Zhijun suddenly laughed. He clenched his knuckles, where the softest touch of her touch remained. For a moment, Cui Zhijun finally understood that he was human, and that humans have desires. He was not without desires, but simply did not demand anything from others.
It's really strange that demanding her indulgence became Cui Zhijun's first desire.
"What are you laughing at?" Zheng fiddled with his hands clasped over his chest. Cui Zhijun didn't say anything. How could he tell Taishi Zheng that he was thinking about her?
Without saying a word, Cui Zhijun pulled away his arms that were tightly hugging her and sat up.
Zheng didn't dare to move. Whenever she thought about how she had shown her charm in front of him last night, she felt shy and wanted to hide away.
This kind of atmosphere is really subtle.
Just watching the breathing falling gently, the silence of the two people was tacit.
After that, as the door opened and closed, and the bed behind her was empty, Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and gradually fell asleep. But who would have thought that this dream would be like the warm spring sun, making people feel hot...
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Later, when the weather was about to fall, Taishi Zheng sat on the porch as usual, counting the silver needed to open a shop in the book, while Cuo Cuo was walking around in the yard.
Thus, the peaceful time was broken by the chestnut falling from Fu Yuanzi's hand.
Zheng looked up, not paying attention to the position of the pen tip, and accidentally drew a line on her cheek. She opened her mouth and asked, "Chou Yuanzi, where have you been playing again? You haven't been home for half a day, and I didn't see you at lunch."
Fu Yuanzi bent down and chased the chestnut all the way to Taishi Zheng. Then he stood up, held the chestnut in his arms and handed it to Taishi Zheng.
Fu Yuanzi just said, "What kind of fun are we having? I was just picking chestnuts with them. Come and try it, my lady. Chef Wang from the kitchen fried it for us. I didn't even taste it when it came out of the wok. I ran all the way here to bring it to you. It's still hot."
Zheng took the hot chestnut with a smile, "Okay, you still have a conscience. Come inside and take a look——"
"Look?" Fu Yuanzi looked around. "What are you going into the house for?"
Zheng peeled the scalding chestnut, took out the kernel and put it in her mouth, only to have it stir again in her mouth due to the heat. After swallowing the soft chestnut, she replied, "The government gave me two boxes of persimmon cakes as tribute this year. I had them distributed to each household, and we got two. I haven't touched them yet. Don't you like them?"
"Go ahead, little greedy girl."
"My wife is so kind." Fu Yuanzi said excitedly and ran into the house, but she turned around and thought of something and stopped in her tracks. "No, there are only two. One is my husband's. Then I should eat my wife's. No, I won't eat it."
Unexpectedly, this greedy little girl is still stubborn.
Zheng reluctantly turned around and pushed her, "Hey, go get it quickly. We can each have half, right?"
"That'll do."
Tai Shi Zheng gave Fu Yuanzi a solution, and she walked into the house with peace of mind.
When the curtains were drawn, Fu Yuanzi held half a dried persimmon cake in his mouth while handing the other half to Taishi Zheng. Zheng could already smell the sweetness of the persimmon cake before she even took a bite, but she couldn't open her mouth to take a bite.
Fu Yuanzi was standing nearby, casually recounting last night's events. "Madam, it's strange. Last night, when I went into the courtyard with Aunt Wu, I heard a cat meowing. I don't know where it came from. The sound was faint and indistinct, but Aunt Wu said it was howling at the time. I got curious this morning and searched the courtyard extensively, but I couldn't find a single cat. Where's Madam? Did you hear anything last night?"
Wild cat? Howling Spring?
So embarrassing.
Tai Shi Zheng was so frightened that she almost dropped the half persimmon cake in her hand.
Fu Yuanzi lowered his eyes and saw that her face was even uglier than the color of a persimmon, so he asked, "Madam? What am I asking you?"
"What's that noise?! No, I didn't hear anything—"
Zheng felt very guilty and even her voice became louder.
Fu Yuanzi was very confused and stared at her silently for a long time, which made Tai Shizheng's palms sweat.
What is she looking at?
Could she have guessed something? But... with her brain... that's not possible, right?
One more second and the truth will be revealed.
Fu Yuanzi suddenly laughed. She reached out and wiped the ink off Taishi Zheng's cheek. "I was wondering where the wild cat was! It turns out it's here—"
Zheng's eyes widened and she was instantly petrified.
It's over, it's all over.
She really saw through it. From now on, how can I have the face to stay in the Bo Mansion, or even in Bianjing...
If this is the case, then we will have to leave our homeland right away.
But she doesn't want to leave—
Fu Yuanzi panted heavily as she spoke. She paid no attention to Tai Shi Zheng's abnormality and was only busy rubbing the ink stains on her hands. "My dear, you were so careless that you dyed your hair into a little cat. What if someone saw this~"
After saying that, she raised her eyes and was startled by the lifeless look in Taishi Zheng's eyes. She cried out, "Madam! What's wrong with you?"
...It turned out to be this cat.
Zheng took her place, extracting her soul and returning it to her body.
She was about to indirectly criticize Fu Yuanzi when a leather ball came rolling from the gate into the yard. The ball caught Fu Yuanzi's attention, and she walked over to it without thinking, "Eh? Who threw something into our yard?"
Seeing this, Zheng said no more and wanted to let the matter go.
Fu Yuanzi picked up the leather ball and when he looked up he saw a pretty little baby looking timidly into the yard.
Fu Yuanzi turned around and said, "Madam, it seems to be Sister Yu."
"Xiaoyu?"
As soon as Zheng heard that it was Cui Heyu, she immediately put down her things and stood up to greet him.
At the gate, a round head was hidden under the open door. Xiaoyu saw Taishi Zheng and called out softly, "Auntie~"
"Did Xiaoyu kick this in?" Zheng took the leather ball from Fu Yuanzi's hand. Xiaoyu nodded and replied softly, "Yes." But for some reason, she turned her head to look at the empty courtyard. Only then did Xiaoyu dare to turn back and say to Taishi Zheng, "Auntie, can you take the puppy and Xiaoyu out to play together?"
Being begged by the little girl like this,
Even if she had to go through fire and water, Zheng would do it without hesitation.
She immediately agreed: "Of course, Auntie is happy to play with Xiaoyu. So is Cuocuo."
Xiaoyu happily jumped over the threshold upon hearing this, went up to shake Taishi Zheng's arm, and said sweetly: "Thank you, Auntie, Xiaoyu likes Auntie~"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zheng was immersed in the little girl's sweet words and couldn't extricate herself.
But who would have thought that this play between a big boy, a small boy, and a dog would last until sunset. Taishi Zheng looked at the setting sun in front of the hill and wanted to say goodbye to Xiaoyu, but Xiaoyu hugged her and begged her to stay. Zheng had no choice but to rub her little head, "Okay, then Auntie will play with Xiaoyu for a while, and when it gets dark, Auntie will take Xiaoyu home, okay? Don't let your parents worry."
Xiaoyu nodded.
Zheng smiled slightly and said nothing more.
But she looked towards the horizon unconsciously,
She thought Choi Zhijun should be back by now... right?
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Outside Yinzhu Yatang, Cui Zhijun walked home from work today with a brisk pace. He held a glutinous rice cake wrapped in oil paper in his arms, as if he was afraid it would get cold. But as Cui Zhijun walked briskly into the courtyard, his smile froze when he saw the people in the corridor.
That was clearly not the face he had hoped to see.
At that time, the courtyard was empty. Fu Yuanzi had gone out with Tai Shi Zheng earlier, and Aunt Wu was not home for some reason. Zou Shuangqiao took advantage of this situation and sat alone on the recliner that Tai Shi Zheng had placed before she left, holding a small food box.
Cui Zhijun glanced around and sensed something was wrong. He always felt that the person in front of him had bad intentions.
Then he asked sharply, "Why are you here?"
Zou Shuangqiao looked up at the sound, then stood up, carrying the food box, and ran to Cui Zhiyun, saying attentively, "Brother Yun, you're back! Brother Yun, I've been waiting for you for a long time. No one answered your door when I arrived, so I had no choice but to wait for you here. Brother Yun, you've been on duty all day, but no one is waiting at home. It's really not right. Brother Yun, you must be exhausted, right?"
"Here is the soup I made. I will give it to Brother Yun to try."
Cui Zhiyun frowned, and the strong scent of powder still lingered in his nose.
He deliberately took a few steps back, keeping a distance from the person in front of him. "Since there is no one in my courtyard, doesn't the Zou family's wife think it's inappropriate to enter the courtyard without permission?"
Zou Shuangqiao is shameless and doesn't care about etiquette at all.
She still looked so warm, but this time when Zou Shuangqiao spoke, his tone was half-hearted and half-false in his apology. "Brother Yun, don't blame me. It was all my negligence... I was also anxious. I came here to return the umbrella you lent me yesterday... and I also made some soup just to apologize. Brother Yun, yesterday was all my wishful thinking. If it has caused any trouble or burden to you, brother Yun, please forgive me... I know I was wrong. Whether you want to beat me or scold me is up to you."
Cui Zhijun looked at him indifferently after hearing this. He didn't have the time to get entangled with the person in front of him. His mind was full of thoughts...
This glutinous rice cake,
If someone doesn't eat it now...it will get cold.
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