Chapter 35 Contraceptive Soup 3 My He He
When Xie Wuhen walked into the Buddhist hall, Su He was concentrating on copying Buddhist scriptures.
It was almost two hours into her copying, and she had only copied it thirty times. She didn't even have time to eat the food that was delivered to her, as it had long since gone cold on the table.
When Xie Wuhen came up behind her, she suddenly realized it and was stunned. "Why is my husband here?"
His face was tense and he looked at her intently, as if he was looking at her with particular intensity.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze, took the brush from her hand, and said, "Stop copying, let's go back." Then he took her hand and walked out of the house.
Su He stopped him and said, "You've copied it thirty times already. Just bear with it a little longer and you'll be done."
He suppressed his emotions and replied calmly, "It's pointless to copy more. Let's go back."
"Husband." Su He broke free from his hand. "If I go back with you like this, it will definitely make Mother even more upset, and then it will be even more difficult to deal with."
He bit the back of his teeth, his eyes slightly reddened, but his tone remained strangely calm. "I've already told you, my lady, that even if Mother makes unreasonable demands, you can refuse. Have you forgotten?"
Su He felt that he was on the verge of exploding with anger and would soon explode in anger.
She quickly softened her tone, "I just don't want my husband to be wronged because of me."
He was too lazy to talk to her anymore and dragged her out of the house, then through the dark porch and the main hall...
——The main hall was still like a battlefield filled with smoke. Zhang Qian'er was crying with despair on her face; Xu Nanzhi was barely breathing and was complaining to Nanny Han about her son's unfilial behavior.
Xie Wuhen's face was grim, and he pulled Su He past them and walked out of the house regardless.
Xu Nanzhi shouted from behind the two of them: "Stop right there."
Su He stopped immediately.
Xie Wuhen also stopped immediately.
But he didn't turn around, and gave the old lady a persistent pat on the back of his head: "What else do you want, mother?"
Xu Nanzhi secretly clenched her fists, enunciating each word, and spoke with gritted teeth: "If you dare not take a concubine and continue the Xie family's lineage, I will die in front of you."
The words were quite harsh!
The threatening posture is also very resolute!
Nanny Han was horrified when she heard this and couldn't help but tug at Xu Nanzhi's sleeve: "Madam, this can't be, it can't be..."
Xu Nanzhi shook her hand off: "Today, I will keep my word."
He still didn't turn around, "Is my mother threatening me?"
Xu Nanzhi replied: "So what if it's a threat?"
He said firmly, "If Mother wants to die, I will give her a grand funeral."
The four words "grand funeral" were so shocking that everyone was stunned.
Even Xu Nanzhi was unable to react in time and opened her mouth, not knowing how to respond.
Xie Wuhen didn't give her time to retort, and immediately pulled Su He away without looking back.
That cold figure was like the devil who was taking lives, which was very frightening.
His steps were so fast and wide that Su He soon couldn't keep up.
She said, "My dear husband, please go slower. I cannot keep up with you."
He then paused.
Then he lowered his head, stared at the dark ground in the corridor, and said "I'm sorry".
This "I'm sorry" seemed to be said to her, but it also seemed to be said to himself, or perhaps to Xu Nanzhi as well?
As the night fell, his handsome features looked as if they had been cut by a knife or an axe, outlining his excellent bone structure.
She said, "Husband, please don't be angry anymore."
Every time he gets angry, he walks with the wind, and she has figured out the pattern.
But he said calmly: "My lady, you are worrying too much. I am not angry."
Sure enough, this man is not only arrogant, but also stubborn.
She replied: "Since my husband is not angry, please accompany me and walk slowly back to Chunhua Courtyard." After saying that, she held his hand with her backhand.
In the night, he looked at her with deep eyes.
After a moment's silence, he finally slowed down and went back to Chunhuayuan with her.
Zhang Xiuhua came out from afar to greet them. She was relieved to see that the young lady was fine. But when she saw her son-in-law's stern face, her relief was instantly lifted again.
The matter of the contraceptive soup has been exposed, and I don’t know how my son-in-law will deal with it.
She spoke cautiously, "Dinner is ready. I will serve it to the young master and the young lady right away."
Xie Wuhen said expressionlessly, "I've already had my meal, you just need to prepare some for my wife."
Su He took over the conversation: "Aunt, don't worry, I don't want to eat for the time being."
Then she looked at Xie Wuhen and said, "I have something to say to my husband."
He replied: "Okay, I also have something to ask my wife."
The two of them entered the room and sent all the servants away.
The atmosphere in the entire Chunhuayuan instantly dropped to freezing point.
Zhang Xiuhua was in a state of anxiety and couldn't help complaining, "I wonder how the son-in-law will treat the young lady."
He added, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let Ah Si go and call my uncle."
Chunlan sighed and lowered her head sadly: "Even if Ah Si hadn't called my uncle, he would have heard about the contraceptive soup from the old lady. Anyway... if anyone is to blame, it's only my carelessness. I shouldn't have spilled the medicine residue so carelessly..."
Zhang Xiuhua shook her head helplessly and patted her shoulder: "We can only leave it to fate. I hope we can get through this smoothly."
Chunlan lowered her head, was silent for a moment, then turned and went to the kitchen.
Inside the room, Su He and Xie Wuhen sat opposite each other at the table.
Under the flickering candlelight, the two of them looked solemn and their eyes were heavy.
This was the second time they had faced off in such a evenly matched manner since they got married.
The first time was on our wedding night.
Su He spoke first: "My husband should know what happened today."
Xie Wuhen's words were full of hidden meaning: "That's right, mother said that my wife doesn't plan to have children with me, nor does she plan to continue the Xie family's lineage."
She asked, "What do you think, my husband?"
He asked in return, "What do you think, my lady?"
She was silent for a moment, then began to speak slowly, "On our wedding night, my husband told me that he had originally wanted to be alone for the rest of his life, but to repay the kindness of a meal, he married me. So, he has already suffered once for me. I cannot be so greedy as to continue bearing children and tying him down to household chores. That's why I had to take contraceptive medicine in secret."
He was stunned, and suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have said those nonsense things to her on their wedding night.
Otherwise, why would she be so defensive towards him so often?
He asked, "Is that the reason?"
"Also..." She lowered her head and gently lifted the hem of her skirt with her fingertips, pulling deep wrinkles out of it. "Many women have died in childbirth throughout history, and I, a humble concubine, am afraid. That's why... I agreed to let you take a concubine, so that I could carry on your legacy."
She strung together the trivial things that had happened recently and came up with a logical excuse.
Xie Wuhen's brows suddenly relaxed, and even his gaze softened.
Her excuse not only comforted him at the moment.
It also comforted him who slept in the study when he was upset.
He reached out and grasped the hand that was tugging at the hem of her skirt, then threaded his fingers through hers one by one, interlocking theirs. "Since my lady is afraid of having children, then don't have any. But my lady, don't force me to take a concubine either."
"What about the issue of offspring?"
He replied, "I don't care about offspring."
What "matters" to him is that she doesn't care about him or is hiding something from him.
Su He was puzzled, Zhuo Zhuo looked at him: "Then just now... why was my husband angry?"
He was a stubborn man: "My wife, you are worrying too much. I am not angry." After saying that, he stood up and walked to her side, pulled her up from the chair, and held her tightly in his arms.
His embrace was strong and broad, like a wall, and the fragrance of pine cones lingered quietly, making her unable to help but indulge in it for a moment.
She murmured, "Mother cares most about her offspring. What if she really loses her mind and does something stupid?"
After all, Xie Wuhen's words "a grand funeral" just now were too cruel and hurtful. If Xu was a little more stubborn, she would definitely "die" in front of him. Wouldn't that cause a huge uproar?
But he didn't care: "Don't worry, my lady, it won't happen."
"Why are you so sure, my husband?"
"I've already made the harsh promise of not getting married and having children. If she wanted to do something stupid, she would have done it long ago. Why would she wait until now?"
When he mentioned Xu, he still had an indifferent expression, as if he had no concern at all.
She couldn't help but probe: "Is there any unresolved knot between my husband and mother?"
After all, based on her understanding of Xie Wuhen, he shouldn't be such a cold-blooded and heartless person, unless something irreparable had happened between him and Xu.
Xie Wuhen replied perfunctorily: "It's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."
Then he began to kiss her, from forehead to nose to lips, in a continuous and dense manner.
Su He half-heartedly agreed, "Husband, I'm still wet."
His breath became heavier, and he murmured back: "I just... kiss..."
How could a hot-blooded man be satisfied with just a kiss? After a fierce plunder, he seemed to be at the point of conquering cities and seizing territories.
"Niuniu." He called her in a hoarse voice, then spun around and quickly laid her down on the bed.
Under the orange firelight, the insatiable man's cheeks flushed, his eyes were full of affection, and his trembling breath seemed to "plow" every inch of her skin.
He said, "Niuniu, I want your hand."
After saying that, he took her hand and put it into his clothes...
Later, it was a repetitive "work".
Later, Su He's entire hand and arm were sore.
After the storm stopped, he seemed extremely happy. He got out of bed and brought a basin of water to wash Su He's hands and his own body.
He held her against the headboard and said, "My dear, please drink less contraceptive soup in the future. It's not good for your health. I can... do it outside..."
Su He was really tired and didn't say anything for a long time.
After a moment, she answered the question irrelevantly: "Husband, can you please stop calling me 'Niuniu'?"
Every time she heard him call "Niuniu", she would think of Li Shuli, and it was not a pleasant feeling.
He was puzzled: "Isn't this your maiden name? Why don't you like it?"
"In the past, only mother often called me by my nickname. After mother passed away, no one called me that anymore. Now that my husband suddenly calls me that, I can't help but think of mother."
The "mother" she mentioned was naturally referring to Li Taian's original wife, Guo.
Hearing this, he felt pity for her and kissed her forehead: "Okay, then I won't call you next time."
Then he asked, "What will you call me next time?"
"Just call me 'wife'."
"There should be a unique title."
"So another nickname?"
He thought for a moment and asked, "My lady, do you have any favorite words?"
Su He also pretended to be thoughtful. "I like the word 'he', which means harmony, happiness and peace. How about, from now on, my husband, you can call me Hehe."
He is homophonic with He, and He means He.
When she heard people call her "He He", she would feel like she was back in her childhood, back to the days when her father and mother were by her side.
He hugged her tighter and said gently, "Okay, my He He."
Su He smiled slightly, but tears quietly wet the corners of her eyes...
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