78 Chapter 78
◎I just want my wife to feed me.◎
Xu Qinghe and Nanzhi were guarding the main hall, which was separated from the inner room by a side room, so they could not hear the whispers of the two people inside.
Until later, Wei Che's furious roar suddenly came from inside: "...Shut up!"
She didn't know who the young man was, but he was brought into the mansion by Wei Che after all, so she instinctively trusted him.
But now Wei Che's low shout made her hesitate. Just as she was hesitating whether to go in and take a look, the young man came out holding a copper basin filled with blood.
The boy looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and a smile that could not be suppressed appeared on his handsome face: "Sister-in-law, please go in and take a look. Your young master has gone crazy."
As soon as he finished speaking, he started laughing again, shaking his shoulders.
"My hearing is very good. I can hear what you are saying." Wei Che raised his voice and said, "Fu Zongying, try to say something nonsense again."
Admittedly, the words "sister-in-law" and "your prince" did make him happy, but that didn't mean Fu Zongying could slander him in front of his sweetheart!
Xu Qinghe walked into the inner room suspiciously, and saw Wei Che lying on the bed with his upper body naked, his head turned away from the bed, and the cool summer quilt barely covering his waist.
In fact, he was not completely shirtless. After all, the dry and soft cotton cloth almost covered his entire waist and abdomen, even his left shoulder.
"Why is your shoulder injured too?" She walked over and used her handkerchief to wipe away the cold sweat on Wei Che's forehead due to the pain.
She remembered that the clothes on his shoulders were not torn and there were no signs of blood.
The soft handkerchief gently wiped across his forehead, and a fragrance came to his nose, which suppressed a lot of the bloody smell lingering in Wei Che's nose.
"The wound on your back was caused when you blocked the knife for Fu Zongying, and the wound on your shoulder...maybe it was caused by someone's hidden weapon." He grasped the girl's hand between his fingers and kissed it on his lips.
"So, it's not that I'm bragging, but that kid Fu Zongying held me back, so I got hurt."
After saying that, he looked up at her earnestly, and even the corners of his mouth clearly said: Come and praise me.
"You're always flattering yourself." Xu Qinghe glared at him.
Perhaps because the wound had been bandaged and the bleeding had stopped, although the color on his face had not returned, the temperature of his hand was no longer as cold as before.
She was thinking about pouring him a cup of warm tea to moisten his throat and was about to pull her hand away.
"Wait—" Wei Che suddenly clenched her fingertips and spread out her palm to look.
There were a few faint bloodstains on her fair and delicate palms. He pulled up her sleeves, sat up and looked at her neck, and found that there were many scratches like those caused by branches, which were still bleeding slightly.
"When did you get injured?" Wei Che's voice was a little deep, and the smile in his eyes was gone.
Xu Qinghe lowered her eyes and tried to pull her hand back, but she couldn't move it. Finally, she said, "This morning."
Wei Che pressed on, "How did you get hurt? Did you apply medicine?"
Girls' skin is delicate and fragile. Even a slight scar may leave a scar in the future. It is different from men like them who have thick skin and flesh.
Xu Qinghe said shyly: "Don't ask, I've already applied the medicine, it will be healed in a few days."
She was too embarrassed to say anything.
How could Princess Qinghe, who claimed to be well versed in riding, admit that this injury was caused by almost hitting a tree while riding a horse!
Absolutely not!
Wei Che, however, looked at her wound over and over again, then said thoughtfully, "It seems to me that this was caused by a fall, perhaps from a great height. Did you ride a horse today?"
Xu Qinghe closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and decided to tell him everything without hesitation: "This morning, when you didn't come back, I rode out of the city to the other courtyard to ask the Chen brothers for help. It was still dark, and I couldn't see the road clearly, so I fell."
She finished speaking in one breath before opening her eyes.
The most important thing is that she fell, and she fell more than once! Her face and body were covered in mud, and when Nanzhi saw her, she almost got scared!
She had never fallen like this before when she first started learning horseback riding! It was so embarrassing!
"Pfft." Wei Che couldn't help laughing.
This girl has always been proud. She always holds her chin high and looks down on others when riding a horse.
He really couldn't imagine her falling off the horse again and again. He gritted his teeth and got on the horse angrily, but was thrown off again not long after. Then he climbed back on angrily again, but was thrown off again.
Really cute.
Xu Qinghe was slightly annoyed, and pulled her hand back when he wasn't paying attention, a layer of red clouds appearing on her cheeks.
A face as cold and pure as jade was blushed by the blush of the world, just like a fairy from the Moon Palace sitting in the clouds who suddenly came down to the mortal world.
He carefully moved over, stretched out his arms and took her in his arms, holding her hands and looking over them over and over. Although the corners of his mouth were curled up, he advised: "Don't take such risks next time. It's a long way out of the city, and it's still dark. What if something happens to you, a girl?"
Now, hearing her say these words so casually, Wei Che was somewhat shocked.
The reason she was attacked on her birthday was because the girl from the Cen family was jealous. Now that the girl from the Cen family has just divorced, what if she still holds a grudge against her?
Just thinking about it makes me scared.
There were also injuries on her body. Although they looked like just some scratches, in reality, there was no telling how many bruises were left on her body. However, the girl was concerned about her reputation and would definitely not tell him about it, so he tactfully did not ask any more questions.
"But fortunately, you called the Chen brothers in time, otherwise Fu Zongying and I would have to fight with those people for a while." Wei Che praised her.
Xu Qinghe: "Who is that Young Master Fu? And who was behind this attack today?"
She leaned lightly in his arms, but she wasn't used to it. She always felt that they weren't close enough to this extent.
Wei Che could naturally feel her stiffness, but there was nothing he could do, he had to let her get used to it.
After all, this girl finally showed some signs of opening up to her, and as long as she didn't feel annoyed or resist, she would just let him do so.
Of course he had to seize the opportunity.
"Fu Zongying is a man of the underworld and a close friend of mine. He used to pretend to be my personal servant, but before we got married, I sent him to work elsewhere. The perpetrators of this crime are probably from some unknown family, possibly the Wei or Cen families."
Because Wei Che was injured, Xu Qinghe planned to order someone to put a small table on the bed so that he could eat in bed.
Wei Che found it amusing: "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I just hurt my back, it's not like I can't get out of bed. We can still eat in the main hall. But my shoulder is injured, so I can't lift the chopsticks."
Xu Qinghe glanced at him and said, "Your injury is on your left shoulder."
Wei Che immediately said shamelessly: "But my right hand hurts too."
Xu Qinghe: "Oh, then let your servant feed you."
Wei Che refused: "No, I just want my wife to feed me."
Xu Qinghe turned her head and stared at him for a long time. The eight-foot-tall man looked at her with such aggrieved, pitiful and pleading eyes, which made her feel a chill down her spine.
"Wei Che, you're so disgusting."
Wei Che: ...
In the end, he didn't manage to feed her the meal, but with the beauty by his side, he was satisfied no matter what.
After dinner, Wei Che couldn't sit still. Although he was injured, at least his legs were not injured, so he moved slowly in the room.
Xu Qinghe took off his shoes and sat back on the cool couch, gently waving a round fan in his hand.
"Can you still go on duty when you are injured like this?" She remembered that Qi Sheng only gave him three days of leave.
"certainly--"
"Of course he can't."
A young male voice was heard, and Fu Zongying strode into the room. Nanzhi, who had just brought fresh fruits and vegetables from the kitchen, wanted to stop him, but people who practiced martial arts walked very fast, so she still couldn't stop him.
After all, he was a stranger, so Xu Qinghe quickly put on her shoes and sat up straight, then adjusted the hem of her skirt to cover her feet that could barely step on the shoes but not completely put them on.
This is so rude!
Wei Che also immediately moved over to block her, and scowled at Fu Zongying who was about to come in: "My wife is here, what are you doing barging in!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot you were married. Please forgive me, sister-in-law." Fu Zongying quickly retreated.
In the picture books Xu Qinghe had read before, the young heroes in the martial arts world were always carefree. She was not angry, but felt that it would be embarrassing if she appeared in front of others with untidy manners.
After she had composed herself, she went out to discuss matters of the next few days with Wei Che and others.
Fu Zongying: "It's not difficult. I can disguise myself as the prince, fall down on my horse, and go home to recuperate."
"Disguise?" Xu Qinghe looked at their faces. In fact, they were not similar. Even their body shapes were very different. Fu Zongying was young and even thinner than Wei Che, who was already in his twenties.
Fu Zongying explained to her, "This is a secret technique in our martial arts world. All we have to do is make a human face. It's very simple. In addition, we can even use this technique to change a person's bone structure. If we use this method when a person is young, we can ensure that two different people will look exactly the same in the future—"
"We'll talk about this secret method later!" Xu Qinghe was listening with great interest, but Wei Che hurriedly stopped Fu Zongying who was trying to show off his secret martial arts skills and winked at him.
This girl is very smart, and the brat is so careless with his words. Is he hoping that she will quickly guess that Xie Qi has used secret techniques to change his appearance and pretend to be Wei Che?
Fu Zongying touched his nose and fell silent.
After Prince Wei got married, he became quite fierce.
The group then discussed the incident involving the young beggar and the disaster victims. Xu Qinghe had already told the Chen brothers, when they left for the other courtyard that morning, to report the young beggar to the authorities as soon as possible. Wei Che later settled the victims and told them they could seek justice in the capital tomorrow, where he would secretly escort them.
After finishing the business, Wei Che winked at Fu Zongying again.
Fu Zongying understood and pointed at the jade pendant on Wei Che's waist and asked, "Hey, Prince Wei, I suddenly remembered that my jade pendant seems to be still with you. My daughter asked me for it a few days ago."
Wei Che pretended not to understand: "Jade pendant? What jade pendant?"
Xu Qinghe's heart trembled, thinking of the two engagement jade pendants.
Fu Zongying: "It's the double-ring jade pendant. There are two of them, one round and one ring-shaped. Together they form the double-ring jade pendant. I left it with you before I left the capital."
Wei Che still shook his head: "I haven't seen it. Marriage is a complicated matter. Maybe it was left behind somewhere. Since it's lost, I'll give you another one as compensation."
Fu Zongying seemed hesitant: "This... is also fine."
"I've seen that jade pendant." Xu Qinghe suddenly said.
She gave Nanzhi a look, and the latter took out the jade pendant.
Fu Zongying quickly acted delighted: "That's it! Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Xu Qinghe said it was okay, and then asked, "Where did Young Master Fu get this jade pendant from?"
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