Chapter 65
Before it rained, Wang Shuhuai carried Xie Yunchu into the study.
The person was placed on the Luohan bed under the west partition. Wang Shuhuai put her down first, and then personally took the two large plain brocade pillows from the kang bed under the window and placed them under Xie Yunchu's waist to make her lean on them more comfortably.
On her right hand side was a round high table with a transparent glass lamp and a few books on it. Wang Shuhuai had thought about it for her, "These are some travel notes about Jiangnan. I picked them out at Jinling Bookstore. They are very good books. Take a look."
He considerately poured her some tea and put a few plates of dried meat and fruit for her to fill her stomach.
After finishing all this, he returned to his desk and began to work on his official business.
Xie Yunchu was moved here by him like a puppet. She sat there for a while, watching her husband taking care of her. This was no longer the once high and mighty immortal from the world, but a bandit who had abducted his wife into his lair.
Wang Shuhuai opened the document and caught a glimpse of Xie Yunchu staring at him with eyes like copper bells. He curled his lips slightly, dipped the pen in ink, and picked up the pen to write comments.
"Call me anytime if you need anything."
He said so.
Xie Yunchu had never been so speechless in his entire life.
What exactly is he going to do?
That face was gentle and handsome, his features were still as beautiful as painted, but he was not doing a good job.
Looking out the window, he heard the sound of the wind, which was beating against the window frames. He didn't hear any sound of raindrops, so it must not have rained yet. He closed a few windows, leaving only one with a tiny gap for ventilation. Xie Yunchu blew the cold wind to calm himself down.
He found out that she was just being perfunctory with him, and he felt unhappy and deliberately made things difficult for her?
When did he become so ridiculous?
Xie Yunchu was now like a fish that had been squeezed out of the water, flipped over on the sticky board, helpless.
There was a thin quilt folded on the Luohan bed. Xie Yunchu took it, put it on his body, and began to rest with his back to Wang Shuhuai.
Wang Shuhuai looked at her graceful back and smiled, "I have asked Minggui to prepare a midnight snack for you. You can take a rest. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me."
"I feel uncomfortable everywhere." Xie Yunchu said unhappily.
Wang Shuhuai's clear brows seemed to be smiling, he put down the wolf hair brush, and stared at her quietly with an attitude of waiting, "Why are you feeling uncomfortable? Tell me?"
After hearing the persuasive tone, Xie Yunchu suspected that she had fallen into his trap. She snorted a few times, ignored him, and continued to lie down. Wang Shuhuai also continued to deal with the paperwork.
The room was so quiet, but the wind was blowing hard outside.
Xie Yunchu wanted to close her eyes and take a rest, but she heard the faint sound of raindrops outside. She felt uneasy again. Would this guy force her to stay overnight?
She sat up again and pointed out the window, "Wang Shuhuai, it's drizzling outside, please take me back quickly. Sister Ke is still sleeping, why are you keeping me here? It's windy and rainy, with thunder and lightning. If she wakes up in shock, she will definitely look for her mother. After all, she is your biological daughter. Do you want to torture her like this?"
Wang Shuhuai looked up at her and said indifferently, "The wet nurse and Nanny Lin are both here. If so many servants can't take care of a child, they can all go away."
Xie Yunchu was speechless.
"Then how long do you want me to stay with you? I'm pregnant, why don't I rest? Wang Shuhuai, do you have a conscience?" She asked aggressively with her eyes tightened.
Wang Shuhuai pointed to the inner room and said, "There is a bed here, enough for my wife and I to rest."
After hearing this, Xie Yunchu's tone suddenly choked, and his eyes glanced at the dimly lit inner room, and his expression became complicated.
In her previous life, when Wang Shuhuai was too busy to go to the backyard, she had thought of a way. The girl who had always been well-behaved secretly dressed up tenderly and beautifully, and came to visit him in the study under the pretext of delivering midnight snacks. She helped him sort out books, clean the table, and even pretended to accidentally sprain her ankle and bump her arm. She also secretly wondered if Wang Shuhuai could let her stay overnight.
If he doesn't go to the backyard, it's okay for her to come to the study, right?
She had never done anything so shameless. For him, she really gave up her reputation.
Unfortunately, the handsome man, either because he was not smart enough to see her thoughts, or because he really didn't have her in his heart, always called the maid to take her away.
At that time, she was full of innocence and remained true to her original aspiration even after getting hurt.
What I had been seeking so hard for back then was now right before my eyes.
She doesn't want it and doesn't care.
Xie Yunchu snorted disdainfully and looked away.
"I'm not sleeping here. I'm living comfortably in Chunjing Hall. Why do you want me to suffer with you?"
"It would be my good fortune if you could sleep here for the rest of your life and not go to the backyard to disturb me." Xie Yunchu's mouth was full of sarcasm. He had been with him for more than twenty days, but he didn't wear him out. Instead, he drove him even crazier.
The man in front of him was like a cold cellar with walls chiseled on all four sides. Rain couldn't get in, thunder couldn't strike, and he was so solid that nothing could be done to him.
"Are you angry?" Wang Shuhuai continued to smile, and his handsome face actually looked a bit gorgeous when he smiled. "It's good that you are angry. You should tell the truth now."
Xie Yunchu looked at her husband, who was calm and composed. He moved slowly and gracefully, like a skilled hunter waiting for his prey to come to him. She grabbed a book and threw it at him in a bad mood. However, she was pregnant and had difficulty using force, so she naturally failed to throw the book onto the table and it just fell to the ground.
Wang Shuhuai stood up gracefully, helped her pick up the books, put them back in place, and moved a round brocade stool over, sitting in front of her, with his slender arms on both sides of her. Even though he was sitting on the brocade stool, he was still half a head taller than her. He leaned closer to her and said gently,
"Yun Chu, you can't throw it because it's too far away. Don't get angry and hurt yourself."
So this was sent here to let her vent her anger.
Xie Yunchu glared at him and simply threw one of the pillows at his face.
This pillow naturally couldn't hurt Wang Shuhuai at all. While she turned her face away and had no way to defend herself, he raised his hand and easily hugged her, placed her on his knees, and then used the pillow to protect her lower abdomen. Regardless of whether she was willing or not, he pressed his chin on her shoulder, imprisoned her in his arms, and said softly,
"Yun Chu, stay with me for one night, just one night."
She exudes a fragrance that is as charming as soft jade.
He didn't know whether it was because he had been seeking it for a long time but couldn't get it, or because of the long-term accumulation of feelings, but he was now particularly greedy for this woman's gentleness. Even if it was only for a brief moment, it could bring a moment of peace to his confused heart.
His voice was hazy and hoarse, with a hint of request.
Xie Yunchu lost her temper. She heaved a sigh of relief and advised him,
"Calm down, okay? I'm your wife, and we have two children. I don't plan to divorce you. I don't know what Prince Xin's purpose is, but I don't have any thoughts about him. Don't think about anything. Let's live our lives honestly."
Wang Shuhuai naturally knew what she was planning, and the emotions that were surging in his heart suddenly surged out. The next moment, he tightened his arms, almost embedding Xie Yunchu in his arms, and his expression became gloomy and cold, as if he wanted to swallow her up.
"We should treat each other with respect, right?" There was a hint of sneer at the corners of his thin eyes.
Xie Yunchu held the pillow in both hands, sat indifferently on his knees, and remained silent.
"I can't do it." He said word by word.
Xie Yunchu closed his eyes.
Wang Shuhuai moved her to sit on the bed again, circled her face to face, and asked her closely,
"On the night of March 15 last year, you got angry with me without any warning. I was preoccupied with other things at the time and didn't think about it carefully. Now that I think about it, you were so quiet and gentle. How could you have openly refused to sleep with me?"
"Tell me, what happened that made you take a gamble and sell the ghost ball that took you hundreds of days and nights to make?"
"Tell me, what is the reason that makes you never step into the study again?"
"Tell me, what should I do to make you change your mind?"
A series of questions shattered the gentleness and indifference on Xie Yunchu's surface. She looked up at the blurry void, and a hint of cold sneer came from the bottom of her heart.
Huge raindrops hit the eaves, pillars and window frames with a crackling sound.
The thudding sound seemed to be knocking on her dusty heart.
"You really want to know, right? Then I'll tell you..." Her face was pale, her eyelids drooped, and her cheeks seemed to be covered with a layer of alienated halo, making her look like a lonely soul.
"I had a dream that night, a very long dream. In the dream, I... died." She uttered those two words lightly.
Wang Shuhuai frowned, thinking that this was very unbelievable, but he still asked patiently, "Then what?"
"Then?" She raised the corners of her watery lips slightly, "Then, before I die, your mother, father, and you will be eager to find a successor, so that she can take over my job and continue to serve your family!"
"Impossible!" Wang Shuhuai's eyebrows were extremely sharp and he denied it flatly.
Xie Yunchu didn't even want to look at him. He sneered and looked away.
Wang Shuhuai looked at his wife with a frosty face, slowly held her cold and tender hand in his palm, and thought of the strange things that had happened to her in the past year. Suddenly, he understood everything.
"Just like my grandfather, you anticipated that something might happen to him and tried to prevent it in advance. You also anticipated your future in the same way, so you became hopeless and stopped taking care of the household chores, serving your parents-in-law, and even abandoning me, right?"
Xie Yunchu said nothing, his expression showing agreement.
Wang Shuhuai was so angry that he laughed, "Xie Yunchu, maybe you got grandfather's matter by chance, but there is no way I will remarry while you are still alive!"
"You certainly won't remarry while I'm still alive," Xie Yunchu smiled. "Of course you care about your dignity and etiquette. You just accepted this fact when the elders welcomed that person into the family. Once my funeral is over, you will naturally marry that person."
Wang Shuhuai had never heard of such a ridiculous thing. His handsome face was almost twisted with anger.
"Xie Yunchu, are you judging me just because of a false dream?"
"Did those things happen? Did I, Wang Shuhuai, disregard the rules of propriety? I didn't do anything, but you sentenced me to death on a trumped-up charge. Do you think it's fair to me?"
Wang Shuhuai stood up suddenly, the wind whistled in from the gaps, his snow-white robe was lifted up high, the corners of his eyes were blue and tight, he was so angry that the blood rushed backwards all over his body, he suppressed his temper, repeated every word, his tone became uncontrollable,
"You're not fair to me!"
Xie Yunchu knew that she couldn't explain why she came back to life, so she didn't plan to explain it. She just looked at Wang Shuhuai coldly.
"Okay, even if that dream is unfounded, then putting that dream aside, why do you want me to be devoted to you and give up everything to love you?"
Wang Shuhuai's sharp jawline was tense as he stared at her without saying a word.
Xie Yunchu held the pillow with a distant look on his face.
"After I became pregnant, you couldn't wait to move back to the front yard. You were gone for a full year and a half, and you never stayed in Chunjing Hall for a night."
"I have repeatedly come to your study to show my affection for you, but you think I am pestering you and reject me politely and distantly..."
"I had a heavy hemorrhage when I gave birth to Sister Ke, and you were not by my side..."
"You never had dinner with me on my birthday."
"Last New Year's Eve, you could have returned to Beijing, but you ignored me and the child..."
"When you are happy, you pay attention to me. When you are unhappy, you leave. Am I an actor for your entertainment?"
"May I ask, Lord Wang, Minister Wang, have you ever cared about your wife and children at all? No, you only care about the world, and we are insignificant in your eyes. You have never stopped for us..."
"Even in that dream, when I was old, I kept looking in the direction you left, and you never looked back at me..."
Wang Shuhuai stared blankly at Xie Yunchu's bright face. His tall body staggered back and hit the desk. The wind once again rushed into his heart. His heart suddenly leaked like a sieve. The cold wind blew all over his body. The blood rushing through his body solidified in an instant.
Her eyebrows were clear and gentle, and her full red lips opened and closed. "If I were obsessed with you like I was in the past, would you be able to see me?"
Can you see me?
Wang Shuhuai kept repeating these words in his mind. He thought about when he started to be obsessed with her.
From the moment she said she wanted to divorce...
He closed his eyes deeply and stood there for a long time without saying a word. Regret was wrenching his heart, like a strong liquor, burning his internal organs.
"Just because that dream hasn't happened now doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. If I die, will you really not remarry?"
"Wang Shuhuai, I don't want to be anyone's stepping stone anymore. Don't you even give me this little qualification? If so, what's the point of me staying with you?"
Wang Shuhuai's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this, and the majestic aura surrounding him collapsed bit by bit. He came to her, slowly squatted down, and held her hands in confusion, calling her helplessly,
"Yun Chu..."
I want to give him another chance and start over with her.
He wanted to tell her that there was no way he would marry another woman, but in the end he didn't say it.
She won't believe it.
Wang Shuhuai had no way to defend himself and had nothing to say.
She still spoke lightly.
"In fact, you are already good enough. You have fulfilled your responsibilities as a husband. You don't go to prostitutes, gamble, or take concubines. You give me money and never interfere in the affairs of the harem. You trust me. It is because of this that I think we can live on. So, I will cooperate with you, raise children, and manage the harem for you."
"You are really very good, better than many husbands in the world. I can enjoy wealth and glory with you... I am very satisfied." Her eyes were covered with a layer of tears, which blurred the coldness in her heart.
These words that sounded extremely frank now felt like an invisible whip of mockery lashing at him. Wang Shuhuai's heart seemed to be trapped in an airtight dark room, without a ray of light in sight.
He squatted in front of her, hugged her still slender waist, buried his head in her belly, and called her over and over again,
"Yun Chu...I'm sorry..."
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