Chapter 28 Not Going Home Yan Heng pushed the door open and walked in.
Yan Heng pushed the door open and walked in, meeting Ji Yunchan's eyes.
When she turned around and saw him, her almond-shaped eyes suddenly lit up for a moment.
Yan Heng raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
Ji Yunchan stood up and came to greet him. Her red dress made her look bright and beautiful. She smiled and said in a raised tone, "General, I was just thinking of you when you came back."
It was as if yesterday's grudge had never happened, and she was completely satisfied with him. "Is that so?" Yan Heng was in a good mood. He pretended to take her hand casually and pulled her towards where she had been sitting. "What did you do this morning?"
The pair of soft hands, which had been unconscious and unaware of his holding, stiffened for a moment when they heard these words.
Adhering to the principle of no regrets after making a move, Ji Yunchan did not pick up the black piece that had accidentally fallen. Because of this black piece, the difficulty of breaking the chess game increased significantly.
To the extent that Ji Yunchan's chess game, which had lasted the entire morning, could almost be said to have reached a standstill.
Ji Yunchan was completely unaware of her hand being held tightly.
She avoided the chess game guiltily and glanced at Yan Heng nervously.
Yan Heng noticed her stiffness and gave her a joking look, seeing her trying to cover up her mistake.
Then, he looked at the chess board with great interest.
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"Bad move."
He commented mercilessly.
The two of them stood in front of the chessboard, holding hands, both looking down at the chess piece. Their appearance and figure matched perfectly, and they were in perfect harmony, but they were completely unaware of it.
Ji Yunchan paused for a moment, then let it go and nodded.
He even added: "It's better not to do it at all."
Yan Heng was surprised and turned his gaze from the chessboard to her.
Ji Yunchan looked normal. When she saw him looking over, she stopped looking at the chess piece and looked at him instead.
She's so obedient, so unlike her.
It's like a woman who has women's virtues and precepts engraved in her bones, and regards her husband as her heaven.
Yan Heng asked himself, and he didn't like words like "treat each other with respect" and "treat each other with equal respect", so when Ji Yunchan continued what he said, his first reaction was that this way of getting along was very strange.
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"I know, it's just for fun."
Perhaps because he had been silent for too long, the girl in front of him begged for mercy in a light tone: "General, please stop making fun of me."
Yan Heng smiled and felt relieved.
She should also be asked to prostrate herself in front of him for two days. Who told her to try so hard to attract others but not love him?
"I'm not making fun of you." He said, pulling the person out.
Lunch had been prepared while the two were talking. They sat down next to each other, and Ji Yunchan immediately saw the bowl of medicinal food that she had been tricked into drinking when she was a maid for Yan Heng.
Seeing her eyes on it, Yan Heng said, "This is for you. Drink it."
Ji Yunchan nodded, picked up the spoon and put it down again.
She smiled, and through the rising heat, she looked at him tenderly: "General, is this for me?"
After his thoughts were revealed, Yan Heng became calm.
He said "hmm" and didn't look at her, eating his meal as usual.
Ji Yunchan smiled, "Thank you, General."
She scooped up a handful of lotus root and placed it before Yan Heng. "General, please have some lotus root slices. They tasted good to me this morning."
It's amazing that she still remembers his preferences.
Yan Heng ate it and found it tasted really good.
Ji Yunchan looked at him and picked a few more dishes for him. Every time she picked up her chopsticks, it was for him. She just ate the bowl of medicinal food slowly.
Yan Heng was not used to her attentive service and stopped her: "Eat your own."
"I can't eat anything else." Ji Yunchan explained.
It’s not that she didn’t want to eat it, but the portion of this medicinal meal was too big for her, and it was sweet, which didn’t go well with the salty dishes on the table.
Yan Heng took a look at her and saw that her cheeks were a little sunken, and she looked much thinner than before.
He thought with a hint of pity that his appetite had not been so small before.
"Your appetite is too small now."
As he finished eating the last piece of mutton Ji Yunchan had picked up, he said nonchalantly, "Drink the medicinal food for a while and then ask Doctor Li to take a look at you."
"Okay." Ji Yunchan responded obediently and continued to eat her medicinal food.
Yan Heng drank two sips of tea and didn't stay long. He stood up and said, "I'm done. I have something else to do. You can eat slowly."
Ji Yunchan stood up and followed him to the door: "Where are you going, General?"
"Western Suburbs Military Camp." Yan Heng turned around to look at her and unconsciously comforted her: "It's nothing serious, but there are some trivial matters that have accumulated. You don't have to send it."
"Oh." Ji Yunchan stood where she was, feeling relieved.
She sat back at the table. There was still one-third of the medicinal food left. She scooped it again and again, but she felt no appetite, so she put it back.
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I didn’t sleep well last night, so I slept a little longer during my nap.
When I woke up, the room was quiet.
Ji Yunchan sat on the bed, looking at the two pillows placed side by side, and couldn't help thinking that Yan Heng didn't sleep well either, but he didn't have time to sleep. It was so hard.
She stood up and took two steps. With nothing to do, she thought about continuing to break the chess game.
She stopped halfway. Since she was married to Yan Heng, shouldn't she do something for him?
When I first became a wife, I just felt unfamiliar.
I think caring about others is the most basic thing. Raising children, sewing clothes and keeping accounts, cooking, and being a virtuous wife are just those few things.
But she was not his wife, and even if they gave birth to a child in the future, it would have to be raised by his wife. Thinking of this, Ji Yunchan felt a little sad.
Then I thought, we haven’t even consummated our marriage yet, so why should we consider something so far in the future?
Managing the accounts is also the wife's job.
There is no need to rush the soup, you have to wait for others to come back.
So all that was left was tailoring.
Seeing this only option before her, Ji Yunchan sighed from the bottom of her heart.
This world frames women in a rigid state. Regardless of their origins or personalities, they are all recast, all made to look exactly the same, with blurred faces, all equally virtuous and capable of managing households.
She was in the situation and was powerless to change it. She could only make herself the best and be more at ease.
It's just that she's really not good at sewing.
Ji Yunchan thought about it and called someone over.
He found some silk and asked the servants in the mansion to make tailors, and then he cut it himself to make a nightgown for Yanheng.
She carefully moved the chess pieces to the eight-immortal table on the side and placed a battle basket on the low table on the couch.
Ji Yunchan sat in front of the window, sewing and thinking that Yan Heng would indeed be a very good husband. She could get a glimpse of this from his reaction when he found out that she didn't like needlework when she was young.
Sewing is boring and time seems to be stretched out infinitely.
The sun seemed to be stuck by rice grains and did not move west for a long time.
Ji Yunchan had been sewing for a long time and felt a little tired. The room was still quiet, so she put it down and rested for a while. She couldn't help but wonder, what was Yan Heng doing at this moment?
Are you sitting by the window like her?
Or when you are working on trivial matters at your desk, are your brows relaxed or tense?
As I thought about it, I felt a little lonely and missed him.
When she realized this, Ji Yunchan couldn't help but laugh.
Being the center of attention in public and keeping a low profile behind the scenes was my daily routine in my early years. However, after getting married, my mentality has also changed with the times.
But I’ve only been married to him for one day, how can I not live without him?
When I think of those poems written by women in the boudoir, I used to feel that I understood them but never empathized with them. Now I can understand them a little.
Probably because they have people in their hearts.
Thinking of this, she stared out the window for a while, then picked up the needle and thread and continued sewing.
The whole afternoon passed like this.
In the evening, when candles were lit in the room, Yuye came in and reported that the general would not be back that night and would stay in the barracks.
We will be staying in the military camp for the second night. Ji Yunchan lowered her eyes, feeling a little disappointed.
Yuyan couldn't hide the sarcasm on her face.
Ji Yunchan pondered for a moment and instructed, "Go and ask about the specific situation and see if anything needs to be sent."
Yuyan said something perfunctorily and left.
Since she cared about Yan Heng, she would definitely get the job done. Ji Yunchan didn't want to pay any attention to her.
She stirred the bowl of medicinal food, felt she had no appetite, ate half of it in a hurry, and then went to bed alone.
But unexpectedly, the same thing happened the next night. Yan Heng sent someone to say that he would not be coming back.
It was time to go home on the third day. Ji Yunchan thought that her mother lived in the alley behind her and was very close. She could choose a later time to go, so she could see her often anyway.
They were not a proper couple, so there was no reason for Yan Heng to accompany her.
Thinking so, I still have no appetite.
I understand the truth, but I still can't help but feel expected and disappointed.
Ji Yunchan is too pretentious.
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In the military camp, Yan Heng was working at his desk, reading a book by lamplight.
Chang Sui came in with a copper basin filled with water and placed it on a shelf nearby.
Yan Heng stood up and washed up simply.
Chang Sui stood aside, hesitant to speak, but still advised: "General, there is nothing unusual recently. The barracks are simple, you see..."
Do you want to go home?
This kid is really nosy.
Yan Heng gave Chang Sui a bad look.
Chang Sui shut up awkwardly.
Will I feel comfortable when I go back? Yan Heng walked towards the simple single bed, thinking that sleeping with Ji Yunchan and being like Liu Xiahui would be very tiring.
He took off his coat, thinking that he would go back early tomorrow morning to accompany her home.
I have always seen my master being unmoved and I don’t understand why she shouldn’t go back after getting married.
Could it be that they are having another quarrel?
Others don't know the inside story between the two people, but he knows it clearly.
He couldn't help but worry, thinking of the news from home, and said to Yan Heng, "I heard that Madam has lost her appetite. These past two days, she often couldn't even finish her small bowl of medicinal food."
As he spoke, he gestured to show the size of the cup.
I was just trying to exaggerate, but even after gesturing, I felt that I really ate too little.
Yan Heng lay down halfway, then stopped again, propping himself up with his arms.
The concerned words slipped between his lips and Yan Heng said coldly: "She can eat it or not."
After saying that, he lay down and ordered, "Turn off the lights."
Chang Sui said "yes" embarrassedly, and while blowing out the lamp, he was worried about Ji Yunchan.
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The next day, early morning.
Ji Yunchan still had a poor appetite and asked someone to take the meal away after she had finished half a bowl of the medicinal food.
She sat down by the window as usual and continued sewing the nightgown.
Yuye took her half-eaten medicinal meal and went out, where she met Yanheng.
She bowed and Yan Heng waved his hand with a stern face, but took down the medicinal food bowl.
He didn't ask anything, just lifted the curtain and went into the room.
Seeing Ji Yunchan sitting in front of the window, he strode over and became even more furious when he saw what she was doing.
Yan Heng's face was gloomy as he placed the medicinal bowl on the low table in front of her.
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