"Well... oh right, I forgot about this. Here, I bought it especially for you."
She gave a dry laugh, avoiding his suddenly oppressive yet gentle gaze, and pulled a paper package from her basket.
Since she promised to support him, she certainly wouldn't let him suffer.
"What is this?" Yuwen Sheng lowered his gaze, looking at the paper package that was being stuffed into his hand.
Remembering his poor eyesight, Zheng Quchi reached out and opened the paper package for him, saying, "This is maltose. You look so tall, but you don't have much flesh on your body, and your face is often pale. I bet you have low blood sugar. Eat a piece of candy whenever you have time. It can relieve dizziness or headaches. Eating more sweets can also keep you in a good mood."
Yuwen Sheng certainly knew what maltose was.
But what exactly is hypoglycemia?
"This is probably for coaxing children." He lightly flicked the grains with his fair, delicate fingers, his expression a mixture of boredom, apathy, and indifference.
Zheng Quchi shrugged: "Who said that? You can use it to cheer yourself up when you're unhappy."
He turned his head to the side: "Do you think I'm unhappy?"
She scratched her cheek: "I feel like you're not as happy now as you were just now."
He smiled upon hearing this, then took one and put it in his mouth, but instead of putting it inside his mouth, he held it between his lips and tongue. He bent down and leaned closer to her, blowing a sweet breath onto her lips.
"It is indeed very sweet~"
Zheng Quchi's light brown pupils reflected a flawless face.
His features were as delicate as jade mountains, but because his skin was too pale and cold, his expression would look sickly if he didn't have his usual deliberately smiling lips.
Furthermore, because the color is too dazzling, it gives rise to a kind of eerie, ruthless, and sinister fragrance.
Therefore, he often smiles, because as long as he smiles, no one can see into his true heart.
Suddenly confronted with such a stunningly beautiful face, Zheng Quchi's heart raced several miles per hour. He instinctively replied, "It's candy, so it must be sweet... I thought you wouldn't be coaxed."
But in her heart, she sneered sanctimoniously, "Men, don't think you can act so recklessly just because you're good-looking. Her moral standards are extremely low. If she really arouses your beastly nature, she won't take responsibility."
"Where do you see that I'm unhappy?" Yuwen Sheng's thin, beautiful lips curved into a deeper smile, his eyes beneath the veil fixed on her.
Zheng Quchi was about to say that he was bold yet meticulous, relying entirely on his intuition.
Just then, a child's clear voice rang out from the side: "Sister, what are you doing there?"
The little boy's dark head curiously squeezed into the middle of them.
Zheng Quchi looked down and quickly moved away. The sweet and ambiguous feeling and the tense tension caused by the maltose were instantly dispelled.
"Little sister?"
Zheng Quchi chuckled and ruffled her mischievous little head, then naturally took a piece of candy from Yuwen Sheng's hand and fed it to her.
He bent down and asked her, "Is it delicious?"
Sang Yaomei had never tasted malt candy before. When the unprecedented sweetness slid into her mouth, her big eyes shone as brightly as if they were filled with starlight: "Mmm, delicious, delicious."
Her surprised reaction amused Zheng Quchi.
Yuwen Sheng, who was standing to the side, asked her with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
That bag of maltose was his.
It was Zheng Quchi who bought it for him.
How dare this little thing do that?
The little sister's face, which had been as happy as a sunflower, withered instantly when she saw Yuwen Sheng's fake and cold smile.
She exclaimed "Wow!"
"Sister, older sister."
Sang Yaomei quickly grabbed Zheng Quchi's hand, then hid behind her and concealed her head tightly.
Zheng Quchi didn't expect Sang Yaomei to react so strongly to Yuwen Sheng. The last time she saw him, she seemed to act like a little mouse seeing a black cat.
"Liu Fengmian, I've noticed that Yaomei seems quite afraid of you." She said thoughtfully.
"Why?" Yuwen Sheng seemed somewhat surprised and puzzled, but soon he seemed to have thought of something. His expression turned somewhat dejected, and he said with feigned optimism, "I understand. Maybe it's because I'm different from others."
Upon hearing his words, Zheng Quchi realized that her words seemed ambiguous, and quickly explained, "Everyone is different, it's nothing. Look at me, I'm quite dark-skinned. You probably won't find anyone darker than me in the whole of Fuxian County."
Seeing that she no longer thought deeply about Sang Yaomei's reaction, Liu Fengmian stopped acting and returned to his normal expression.
Is she dark-skinned?
He felt that she seemed a bit fairer than she had been on the first day.
Besides, who says there isn't someone darker than her in Fuxian County? Yuwen Sheng might have a vague memory of Sang Xuanqing's appearance, but he vividly remembered how dark-skinned she was.
"I don't care whether skin is black or white."
Zheng Quchi thought to himself, "That makes sense, he can't see."
Fortunately, Zheng Quchi noticed that her face had become whiter while washing it, which meant that there was still hope for her dark complexion.
But her joy lasted only a second. She then thought that in ten days, when she was "Sang Xuanqing," she would have to bring back charcoal powder black, so her current whiteness was just a meaningless whiteness.
"What are you chatting about standing in the yard? Come and eat."
After a short break from their busy work, just as they were setting the dishes on the table, Brother Sang noticed that everyone was waiting outside, so he called out.
"Here you are."
Zheng Quchi put the basket back in the kitchen, arranged the grain and pork, and took out only the cooked chicken and wine. With a few stir-fried dishes and a bowl of red eggs on the table, it was a dinner that was not too extravagant, but it was a sumptuous meal for a poor family. He took it as a celebration for their wedding.
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