Chapter 134
Wang Jiazhi sat by the window in her study, a light snowflake falling outside. Her hair was loose, and she wore a light lake green dress, a white crinum orchid on her head. On the left windowsill, white amaryllis and hyacinths bloomed. On the right, a black and white tabby and a calico cat stood. From outside, they looked like the cover of a fairy tale, framed in the window frame.
Wang Jiazhi wondered if he would come back today?
He hasn't been back for three days and it's snowing outside again.
In the afternoon she went out and sat at the table in front of the kitchen to dig out lotus seeds.
The little girl was washing dishes in the kitchen and asked, "Madam, why are you digging lotus seeds?"
"Let's make lotus seed porridge."
She thought maybe he would come back.
Grandma and the little girl looked at each other without saying anything.
Wang Jiazhi was surprisingly easy to serve. She wasn't particular, wasn't sociable, and had no temper. When Lao Yi wasn't around, she'd just stay in her study, barely eating. But they could tell that if Lao Yi wasn't home for even a few days, something would be wrong with her. So, every time this happened, they'd be there for her, keeping her company and watching out for her.
Just like today, if she had cooked the porridge and she didn’t come back, it would have been bad if she got angry.
Although they were ordered to watch her, it seemed that Lao Yi was not treating her well. If she really made a fuss, it would be bad if innocent people would be implicated and they would be blamed.
Wang Jiazhi was the first to hear the sound of the car. She put down the lotus seeds in her hand and went to the door. He really came back.
He looked a little tired, and she knew he must have not slept for a few days.
"I'm back."
Every time this happened, she would ask a similar nonsense question first, just to get him to speak and see how he felt. Because in her experience, the more tired and stimulated a person is, the more likely they are to go crazy.
It seemed alright now. She breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he was crazy, it was just him, and he was just being a little harsh on her at best. But seeing him like that made her feel uncomfortable.
Wang Jiazhi always said to herself that no matter how evil he was, he didn't need to do this day after day. It was those beasts who forced him to do it.
Amma asked her if she wanted to eat, and she shook her head and said, "Tonight."
She didn't bother him to speak. He changed his clothes and went to bed to catch up on some sleep. She also changed her clothes silently and got into bed.
He buried his head in her arms, and they quickly fell asleep in each other's arms.
It was still light when she woke up, and a moment later he woke up too. She reached out and stroked his hair.
When they didn't live here before, they'd always be like that. Sometimes he'd barely slept in days, his eyes bloodshot and haggard. But it was still like that. Later on, when he was tired, she'd mess with him, and he'd let her do whatever she wanted.
Now that he has a place to stay, he sometimes catches up on some sleep when he comes back, and then it becomes even more like that.
"You prefer daytime, more like a little wildcat."
"You're annoying, so I didn't..."
Her face turned even redder. He loved teasing her like this, seeing her playful and shy.
Being treated like this by him, she became even more excited.
He once said that when he looked at her at night, he feared she would fall asleep. During the day, it was... The flesh was as white as ice and snow, and the juice was as sweet and sour as honey and cheese. He even mentioned that the seeds had been removed.
He said that when the daylight shone on her, she looked like a lychee with the skin and core removed, white with a hint of red, crystal clear, very soft, so tender that it could be broken with a touch, and melted in the mouth.
She felt sorry for him saying that, because he could see it, but she couldn't see herself.
"When I was in my twenties, I stayed in your hometown and visited a lychee orchard. In the morning, dew hung on the lychees. I picked some from the tree and ate them. I thought the nectar in the book must taste like that. I thought of Lin Daiyu in A Dream of Red Mansions repaying the nectar with tears, and I felt that her tears were not enough to repay the nectar."
Wang Jiazhi thought, when you were young, you ate lychees from my hometown, and now you're taking me...
After her soul left her body, she nestled in his arms and quickly fell asleep.
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