Chapter 65 Chapter 65 I am the only one who can stand this...
The surroundings were eerily quiet; the rustling sounds from the woods seemed to have disappeared, and it seemed as if only the couple were left in the world.
The only sound Su Guanzhang could hear was Xuan Jinyu's painful breathing.
He quickly took off the clothes of the two men one by one and hung them on the branches, leaving only their underwear.
Worried that she might be cold, Su Guanzhang even used his inner energy to maintain Xuan Jinyu's body temperature. Without further delay, he carried her into the water and helped her stand.
"How do you feel? Does it still hurt?" Su Guanzhang asked nervously. He clearly didn't do anything, but he was already sweating profusely and his lips were slightly pale.
If someone who didn't know the inside story saw it, they would think he was about to give birth!
The warm water gently washed over the two people's bodies immersed in the water, bringing them a hint of warmth.
When they were in the lake just now, they discovered that it was not cold at the bottom of the cliff, but as warm as it was in March.
Giving birth in such a place doesn't seem to be completely useless. At least it won't let her and the baby suffer from the cold.
Xuan Jinyu was gently soothed by the lake water and slowly relaxed, allowing Su Guanzhang to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead due to the pain.
"Better." She replied slowly.
The old midwife’s advice really worked!
At this moment, Su Guanzhang couldn't help but feel a little grateful to the old midwife.
They stayed in the lake for quite a while, about an hour, before Xuan Jinyu said to Su Guanzhang shyly, "It doesn't seem to hurt anymore."
After she no longer felt the pain in her body, the dissatisfaction she had vented through the pain had dissipated, and she began to recall his affectionate confession just now.
This was the first time she heard someone say such words to her, and this person was her husband whom she had long loved and had spent nearly four years with.
Xuan Jinyu realized belatedly that she was feeling shy, and a blush appeared on her face.
Su Guanzhang thought she was just embarrassed and comforted her, "It's okay, labor pains are normal. Tell me if it still hurts."
He even said he wanted to change his unromantic ways! A man without any sense of propriety.
Xuan Jinyu bit the finger he had placed on her lips as he stroked her cheek, glared at him, and said nothing. Then she heard the man say, "Let's go ashore first. Are you hungry? Let's find something to eat."
"Be good and let your mother eat something first. Don't make trouble for her." As he said that, Su Guanzhang gently touched the small bulge on her belly, as if he was touching his palm to a child.
They had breakfast before setting off early in the morning, fought on the cliff for so long, and stayed in the lake for another hour. It was already past noon.
She must be starving too.
Xuan Jinyu was really helpless with this tactless man, and was also amused by the way he spoke seriously to the baby in her belly. She laughed out loud and let go of his hand.
"Su Guanzhang, I'm the only one who can stand your blockhead."
She was very generous and didn't care about his dullness and tactlessness. Her eyebrows were curved, and she was obviously in a very happy mood, which was very different from her previous look of frowning and crying because of the pain.
Su Guanzhang was stunned, and his usually quick mind almost stopped working.
Soon he was overjoyed again. Was she answering the question he had asked in the cave just now?
"Jinyu, you, say it again." He held her shoulders and lowered his head to look at her expression.
But Xuan Jinyu was unwilling to repeat it again. Did she say that she was the only one who could stand him? She had said this many times when she scolded him in the past three years.
He was so happy.
He wasn't a piece of wood anymore at this moment. He reacted so quickly.
Xuan Jinyu didn't say anything, but there was a smile in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. She buried her head in his chest; she ignored him, but her hands were quietly wrapped around his waist.
Su Guanzhang hugged her tightly, the joy in his heart was beyond words. He took a deep breath and put his head on her bun gently.
"Jinyu, thank you." He whispered, suppressing his excitement.
Thank you for being willing to tolerate him and spend the rest of your life with him. How could he deserve such a wife?
If Xuan Jinyu hadn't buried her head and refused to lift it up, he would have kissed her hard.
A breeze blew by, and ripples appeared on the water surface, which then dissipated on the shore.
The two hugged each other quietly for a long time, exchanging each other's unusual heartbeats.
It was Su Guanzhang who first remembered that she hadn't had lunch yet. He kissed her black hair and said, "Let's go ashore and find something to eat. Are you really hungry?"
His voice was so gentle that it almost didn't sound like his accent, and it made Xuan Jinyu blush and her heart beat faster.
However, she touched her stomach and didn't feel anything during the contractions just now, but now she really felt a little hungry.
She blushed and nodded.
Su Guanzhang kissed her forehead, his tone filled with tenderness, "You'll have to endure it for a while longer."
The man had just said he wanted to change, and Xuan Jinyu hadn't expected him to change so quickly. However, listening to his gentle and affectionate voice made her heart flutter, yet also felt awkward.
The way he spoke with his throat pinched was really funny.
It's like someone has taken over my body.
She covered her lips and smiled quietly, leaning on his chest, listening to his steady and strong heartbeat, letting him carry her ashore, dry her clothes, and then put on the clothes hanging on the branches one by one.
"I won't wear the cloak anymore," Xuan Jinyu said, "It's not cold here."
Su Guanzhang hung the cloak back on the tree, as he might need it later.
Putting aside Su Guanzhang, who used to be on the march all year round, even Xuan Jinyu had often been hanging out in the mountains and woods in the past few months, and she was already very clear about where there might be prey and where there might be wild fruits and other food.
So the two of them didn't spend much time finding food for lunch.
Xuan Jinyu had already eaten the juicy pear at this time. Pregnant women cannot go hungry, so she had to fill her stomach first.
They went south and entered winter. Pears had long disappeared, but they didn't expect that there were still a few fruit trees at the foot of the cliff that were still full of fruits.
Xuan Jinyu took a few bites and found it sweet, thirst-quenching and delicious, so she handed it to Su Guanzhang who was roasting a pheasant.
Su Guanzhang was turning the pheasant in his hand when the moist fruit suddenly touched his lips. He raised his eyes to look at Xuan Jinyu and met her smiling eyes.
A smile appeared on his lips, and he opened his mouth and took a small bite where she had eaten.
"The roast chicken will be ready soon," he said.
They had consumed a lot of energy today and were really hungry. The couple quickly finished off a pheasant.
Of course, most of the food was eaten by Su Guanzhang.
He also found a bamboo forest.
Su Guanzhang had thrown his soft sword down the cliff to speed up when he jumped off. At this time, he had no sword in his hand, only a dagger - but this was used to cut the umbilical cord when Xuan Jinyu gave birth, so he did not move it.
So Xuan Jinyu witnessed his strength.
Su Guanzhang broke several bamboos connected together with one kick, and the crisp cracking sound was heard continuously.
Normally, she didn't feel it obviously when she saw this man carrying her, who was much heavier, for an hour or so easily, but now she could feel it clearly.
You know, her third brother Xuan Wensheng can't even kick a bamboo!
Bamboo is a resilient plant; even strong winds won't break it; at most, it will bend toward the ground. He actually broke a piece with just one kick.
Xuan Jinyu stroked her belly, feeling a little bit of anticipation in her heart.
Both she and the child's father are very strong, so the child they give birth to will definitely be a child with supernatural powers, right?
If it's a boy, it would be icing on the cake; if it's a girl, she would have the confidence that other girls don't have, just like her mother.
No one knew how Su Guanzhang did it, but Xuan Jinyu saw him taking the broken bamboo pieces and brushing them against the bamboos a few times, and soon a pile of bamboo tubes had piled up under his feet.
He broke the pears he had just picked into small pieces, removed the cores, put them into a clean bamboo tube, added sweet spring water from the mountains, and finally roasted them over the fire.
Soon, a sweet pear soup was ready.
Xuan Jinyu drank the pear soup at the perfect temperature in one gulp. "Are these bamboo tubes for tonight?" she asked.
They only used two bamboo tubes to cook the pear soup, but the pile of bamboo tubes under their feet looked like there were dozens of them. Many of them were made by combining twos and threes into one, with the middle bamboo joints opened up.
Su Guanzhang supported her as they took a slow walk in the bamboo forest to help digest the food. "Yes. You're going to give birth today or tomorrow, so you can't stop drinking soup. We don't have anything else right now, but these bamboo tubes can at least make do."
It remains to be seen whether they can get out of the cliff.
But even if they could get out, given Xuan Jinyu's condition before labor, she probably wouldn't be able to hold on until the people above found them, let alone go out to give birth.
"I'm sorry to have you give birth to the baby at the bottom of this cliff, and you may have to stay here for the confinement period," said Su Guanzhang.
The worst-case scenario was that they would be trapped here for a long time—at least, until she was out of confinement and able to see the fresh air.
After all, he couldn't abandon her and the child and go find a way out alone, even for just an hour or two.
"But Jinyu, don't be afraid. I will make arrangements and you won't starve." Su Guanzhang said, kissing her forehead apologetically.
At the moment, it seems that the only thing he can do is to prevent her from starving.
Xuan Jinyu could not hear any regret in his tone, only guilt. He really felt that she was wronged.
Her heart softened and she looked up at him, "Aren't you worried or panicked?" It seemed as if no matter what kind of predicament she fell into, he would not take it to heart.
She seemed to rarely see him lose his composure, of course, the time in the cave just now did not count.
If he hadn't been by her side all the time, even if she fell to the bottom of the cliff and luckily survived, she would still be extremely panicked and desperate.
Moreover, she has no medical skills and cannot cook, so it is very likely that she will not live for more than a few days.
But in the same situation, he has already planned how to arrange her meals during the confinement period.
"Not really." Su Guanzhang replied.
"But if I get worried or panic," he brushed the windblown hair away from her face, "then you and the child will be in danger."
He leaned over, and his breath like fresh snow sprinkled on her body. His voice dissipated between their lips and teeth, "Jinyu, I can't take this risk." Whether as a husband or as a father.
Even if the sky fell and the earth caved in, he had to first settle her and the child. And he had to spend the rest of her life with her, so for this, he had to stay calm and think at all times.
The wind blew gently in the bamboo forest, and Xuan Jinyu slowly melted in his frank voice and the hot temperature between his lips and teeth.
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