Chapter 130 Inseparable
The wounds on Xie Qi's arm, with obvious teeth marks, clearly showed that he had been bitten badly.
Looking at the location and direction, Shen Yuanzhu glanced at him sideways.
As the weather gets hotter, if this wound isn't treated, it's likely to ooze pus within two days.
Shen Yuanzhu wrinkled her nose and glared angrily at Xie Qi.
After applying the wound medicine to her arm, she took Xie Qi's hand and held it in front of her eyes.
There are many scars between my fingers, layer upon layer. They probably weren't very serious when they were injured, but the marks are obvious, indicating that they have been recurring and have never fully healed.
Looking at the person whose face was flushed, whose eyelids were trembling, whose hands and feet were stiff but who was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, Shen Yuanzhu frowned even more.
Xie San Niang was considered a tough woman in Suzhou Prefecture. She was resolute and decisive, and managed the Xie family business on her own, managing it quite well.
According to the wet nurse, in his earlier years, before Xie Shan retired, he was also swift and decisive in the business world, and his business was very successful, allowing the Xie family to expand its scale considerably in just a few years.
That is why Xie San Niang invited Xie Shan to be her son-in-law and brought him into her home.
With grandparents like that, the Xie family's descendants shouldn't be...
With no successors, each generation is worse than the last.
Turning her head to look at Xie Qi again, Shen Yuanzhu sighed inwardly.
According to the wet nurse, if the children and grandchildren in a family are unfilial and all seem hopeless, it is mostly because the ancestral graves are not in good feng shui. But she would not remind the Xie family of such a thing.
Although Xie Qiren was a bit strange, he didn't rely on the Xie family, so naturally, the couple would become closer in the future.
It's hard to say what will happen next, but now that she's going to take action against the Xie family, Xie Qi shouldn't cause any trouble.
Shen Yuanzhu thought for a moment, then patted Xie Qi's chest comfortingly while he was pretending to be asleep.
Even if her husband, whom she had picked up, had a thousand faults, there was one thing she liked very much.
He's very easy to please.
Even if her schemes against the Xie family were exposed in the future, Shen Yuanzhu guessed that Xie Qi wouldn't cry and question her like Xie Xuchuan did, which gave her a headache just thinking about it.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuanzhu applied medicine to Xie Qi's hand and gently placed it beside him, pretending not to know that he was pretending to be asleep.
She blew out the candle, lay down next to Xie Qi, and prepared to sleep.
She didn't react much, but the people around her clenched their fists tightly.
Xie Qi's eyelashes trembled slightly, but she didn't want to break this beautiful moment.
The canopy bed with its gauze curtains drawn back trapped the medicinal scent within its walls. He couldn't quite place the smell; he only detected a faint grassy fragrance.
He suffered many wounds in his life.
He was kicked and shoved by Xie San Niang, chased after his mother who always held Xie Xu Chuan in her arms, and then slammed to the ground.
But for the past decade or so, no one has ever cared about the bruises, broken skin, and bleeding wounds on his body.
He was the one in the Xie family who was neither worthwhile nor cared for or concerned about.
The prolonged neglect meant that he only became aware of his own existence when he was experiencing pain.
Those wounds and pains, after a long time, became a remedy for loneliness and companionship, so that although he suffered, he did not feel emptiness.
Noticing that the person next to him was breathing steadily, Xie Qi slowly opened his eyes.
He raised his arm, the wound covered with a sticky layer of medicine, and his fingers were also sticky from the wound medicine.
Xie Qi curiously brought his hands together and then released them, repeating this process several times.
So this is what it feels like to apply medicine.
Xie Qi recalled that once Xie Xuchuan jumped into the lotus pond, and after being pulled out, he was beaten half to death by Xie Boyu.
In the pond, Xie Xuchuan's cheek was scratched by something. Hua Nanzhi held him tightly in her arms, crying as she wiped the bloodstains from his wound and carefully blew on it.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared in Xie Qi's eyes.
He had experienced it once, and indeed, blowing on it made the wound stop hurting.
The injury on his arm was actually quite minor; his arm had been broken by someone close to Yuan Xu, but no one in the Xie family knew about it.
but……
Today, Shen Yuanzhu applied medicine to him.
She must have felt that he was in a lot of pain. Only someone who loves Xie Xuchuan like Xie San Niang and Hua Nan Zhi would feel that even a small wound can be very painful.
Xie Qi heard his own strong, powerful heartbeat, one beat after another.
Along with the pounding of my heart came the pent-up frustration that had been suppressed for over a decade, finally released in one night.
His eyes stung with tears, but he simply turned over and buried his head in the quilt, which was stained with the fragrance of Chen Yuanzhu.
After a long while, in the darkness, Shen Yuanzhu suddenly spoke: "Xie Qi."
Xie Qi was startled and immediately leaned forward.
Shen Yuanzhu turned around, her eyes sparkling: "Your heartbeat is very strong..."
She was very sleepy, but the sound of thumping kept coming from her ear, which was pressed against the pillow.
She raised her hand, intending to pull at Xie Qi's collar, but then saw that he...
It's completely smooth.
Unable to find a way to proceed, Shen Yuanzhu held the air in the air for a moment, then pulled up a lock of Xie Qi's hair: "You're disturbing my sleep."
Her voice sounded soft and gentle to Xie Qi, as if it were whispering in his ear, touching the very core of his being.
"I'm...I'm sorry."
As he spoke, he rubbed his body against Shen Yuanzhu's.
Seeing that Shen Yuanzhu had her back to him, Xie Qi forcefully turned her around.
"What are you doing...?"
Shen Yuanzhu frowned, her round cheeks squeezing together in his hands until they were all scrunched up.
Xie Qi stared into her eyes, which were clear, clean, and somewhat angry, but without any disgust or disdain.
"Yuanzhu".
"what."
As Xie Qi looked into her eyes, a tingling, numbing sensation began to rise in his heart and in a more hidden place.
It felt like she was gently tickling me with her fingertips, again and again.
“Yuanzhu…”
"what?"
Shen Yuanzhu pulled her hand away from his and rubbed her face.
Xie Qi said, "Will you always treat me like this from now on?"
Before Shen Yuanzhu could speak, he lowered his head and brought his face close to her neck, inhaling the sweet fragrance that brought him immense joy.
He'd do anything as long as she didn't leave him.
Xie Qi pressed the tip of his nose against her neck and struggled impatiently.
Only when he held her tightly in his arms and kept licking and nibbling her earlobe did the emptiness and unease in his heart ease a little.
"Xie Qi..."
Shen Yuanzhu gritted her teeth, but her voice was as weak as a kitten's.
This person...
She tried to push him away, but Xie Qi used all his strength to prevent her from escaping.
It wasn't until the unfamiliar touch made Shen Yuanzhu so ashamed and angry that she burst into tears that Xie Qi lowered his eyes and gently pulled her into his arms as if he were obediently admitting his mistake.
Anyway...
He didn't want to let go of the person.
No matter how much she talked or scolded, Shen Yuanzhu was exhausted and muttered that she would have her wet nurse find a feng shui master tomorrow to fix the Xie family's ancestral graves.
Hearing this, Xie Qi also made a decision in his heart: tomorrow he would go to the Temple of the Old Man Under the Moon and ask the temple keeper to place the love knot, which contained their hair, under the Three Lives Stone.
In this life, the next life, and the life after that, he will be entangled with Shen Yuanzhu, inseparable in life and death...
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