Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Your life depends on her
Yun Wu said she didn't care about him, and she really didn't care about him.
The medicine stove in the small kitchen went out, the remaining medicine bags were put into the cabinet, and people were no longer urged to take the medicine.
No one likes to drink bitter medicine, and Xie Yi dislikes it even less. He has been casual for a long time and doesn't like to be disciplined. Since she doesn't care, Xie Yi naturally feels relaxed.
If someone kept chattering in his ear, he would find it annoying even if he was not angry.
But after a few days, he noticed something different.
Late spring faded, and the summer heat arrived. The cicadas outside the window became noisy and the heat was annoying. Every courtyard in the Duke's Mansion received a share of this year's ice. With the ice jar, the heat in the house dissipated, and it felt as cool and comfortable as spring or autumn.
In the summer, even the young and active Zhao Ge'er didn't like to go out, but Yun Wu often stayed outside.
She wasn't staying under the scorching sun; the dense sycamore trees in the yard cast a large expanse of shade, so she moved a rattan chair and sat in the shade. Whenever Xie Yi looked out the window, he would always see her with her back to him, either reading or doing needlework, as if she had endless things to do, and would only return home after a busy day.
At night, she went to bed early, even earlier than the sick.
The two of them didn't say a few words to each other even though they didn't leave the yard the whole day.
Chun'er shrank her neck, feeling the gaze coming from a certain direction. Even in the middle of summer, she felt a chill on the back of her neck. She whispered, "Third Young Madam, Mr. San is looking this way again."
Yun Wu lowered her head, concentrating on the embroidery in her hands, and responded softly.
"Third Young Madam, does Mr. San want to tell you something?" Chun'er moved a stool over to her side and whispered, "Mr. San has glared at me more than a dozen times this morning."
Yun Wu's needle and thread flew, and a lifelike crabapple blossom took shape under her hands. After embroidering the last petal, she put away the needle, bit off the thread, and said, "No."
No?
Why not?
Chun'er thought: Sanlangjun is usually indifferent to everything, even if the sky falls, he would turn a blind eye, but now he is staring her to death!
Seeing Yun Wu finished her embroidery and with a light sweat on her forehead, and that it was almost noon and the sun was getting stronger, she suggested, "Madam San, it's cool inside. Would you like to come in and enjoy the cool air?"
Yun Wu shook her head and said, "No need."
When she was at the Yun family, she never enjoyed the coolness of summer, so she didn't feel how unbearable the sun above her head was.
But here's where it gets weird.
If there is an ice jar in the house to cool down, who would go out to bask in the sun?
Xie Yi glanced coldly at the master and servant sitting under the shade of the tree in the house, picked up a piece of ice for chilling fruit, and chewed it with a crunching sound.
The coldness penetrated my heart, but the nameless fire in my heart could not be extinguished.
He could clearly see that Yun Wu was avoiding him.
Unlike the previous days, when Xie Yi got angry, although she didn't dare to offend him, she would still observe carefully from the side, and would occasionally say a word of concern when he was cold or hot, hungry or tired. This time, she didn't mention it at all.
He was happy with the peace and quiet, but for some reason he couldn't breathe in or out, and it felt stuck in his chest, making him feel suffocated.
The cicadas were chirping noisily, the tea was scalding, the fruit was sour and astringent, the maidservants were tactless, and even the miscellaneous books in their hands were incomprehensible.
Xie Yi threw the book in his hand, stood up and walked out.
He walked past the master and servant in the shade of the tree without glancing at them and heard their conversation coming from the other side.
"The Third Young Madam has such a skillful hand! How could she embroider it so beautifully? When I look at it, it looks just like the real thing!"
Yun Wu smiled and said, "It's not as amazing as you say."
"Of course not! It's because Third Young Madam is so skillful that Second Young Madam would want one." Chun'er said enviously, "If I were as skillful as Third Young Madam, my mother wouldn't always call me stupid."
Yun Wu felt a little embarrassed by her praise and stuffed the two embroidery pieces she had just finished into her hands: "Go and help me deliver them."
Chun'er responded crisply, holding the two embroidery pieces and running out quickly. When she passed by Xie Yi, she greeted him loudly.
Yun Wu raised her head and saw Xie Yi standing not far away, looking in her direction with a gloomy expression.
She didn't say anything, but lowered her eyes to tidy up the messy tools in the wire basket.
A moment later, she heard footsteps walking away. When she looked up again, Xie Yi was no longer in the yard.
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Second room.
Chen Qiutang had just received an embroidery piece from Yun Wu. She had filled it with spices and was admiring it happily in her hands when she heard a servant report that Xie Yi was looking for the Second Master.
Erlangjun Xie Fei got a leisurely job in the Taichang Temple. On weekdays, he only had to report for work. Today happened to be his day off, so he slept until noon.
She put down her new purse and hurriedly sent for Xie Fei. Before Xie Fei arrived, Xie Yi stepped into the room first.
Chen Qiutang greeted him and said in surprise, "You are a rare guest."
Xie Yi nodded casually, his eyes swept across the purse on the table, and asked casually: "I have something to ask my second brother, where is he?"
"Someone has been sent to call him."
As he was speaking, Xie Fei hurried out of the inner room, his face still drowsy. He yawned, also curious: "Why are you here? What's going on? What do you need me for?"
They also have an eldest brother, Xie Chong, who is different from Xie Fei who spends his days hunting birds and strolling the streets. Xie Chong is both civil and military, and has both moral integrity and talent. He is also very caring towards his two younger brothers and is a reliable person. When they were young, he even blocked many beatings from Lord Xie for them.
If the younger brothers want help with something, they can always go to their eldest brother.
Xie Yi said, "I want my second brother to find a bird for me."
"Bird?" Xie Fei exclaimed, "You really have to ask me for this. I'm not one to play with birds. I promise to find you a good one."
It was a rare opportunity for him to share a common interest with someone at home, so he became excited: "What kind of bird do you want? One with bright feathers? Or one with a nice voice? Both a thrush and a parrot are good..."
Xie Yi said casually: "Let's find someone who doesn't scream."
Xie Fei: "..."
What kind of crappy request is this?
Where is there a bird that doesn’t sing?!
They raise birds because they like their birdsong. Who would like to admire a dumb bird?
But after Xie Yi made his request, his attention immediately turned to the purse on the table.
He curled the corners of his lips, but there was no smile: "This thing looks familiar."
Chen Qiutang noticed his gaze and immediately laughed: "Of course it looks familiar! This is made for me by A Wu. Her embroidery is excellent. I..."
"Is there no embroiderer at home?" Xie Yi glanced at her coldly, "The mansion didn't marry a bride to do these things for anyone."
Chen Qiutang felt like he was punched for no reason. His head was confused and he didn't react for a long time.
She was speechless: "What?!"
She followed Xie Yi's gaze and glanced at her purse several times before finally coming to her senses. She cried out in injustice, "I didn't force Ah Wu to do this. I asked for it because I thought the embroidery on her was beautiful! I was just worried that she would be in a bad mood, so I wanted to distract her from thinking about those bad things."
Xie Yi: "What's the matter?"
Chen Qiutang: "Awu didn't tell you? ...That's right, how could she possibly tell you those words?"
Xie Yi frowned: "What?"
After all, her innocence was the most important thing. Seeing Xie Yi's confused face, she told him what happened at the banquet that day.
She left for a while that day, and when she came back she heard the gossip at the banquet. Every word was hurtful, and she felt angry just listening to it, let alone Yun Wu.
It’s just that Yun Wu has always had a gentle and docile temperament. Even if she is angry or wronged, she doesn’t dare to really contradict anyone. At most, she will silently digest it by herself.
"...those people were gossiping. I scolded them a few times after hearing them, and then no one said anything. But Ah Wu obviously listened to them, and he couldn't concentrate since then." Chen Qiutang said, glancing at Xie Yi.
She wasn't a soft-hearted person like Yun Wu, and after being stabbed by him just now, she said directly, "A Wu originally came here to bring you good luck. As long as you're not in good health, there will be talk outside. I don't need to repeat what those people say about you, you know it in your heart."
Xie Yi frowned and asked, "Why should I care about them?"
"Yes, you don't care. Those people won't say anything to you." Chen Qiutang rolled his eyes at him. "I asked Ah Wu to embroider a little thing, and you come to me aggressively to settle the score. You were so protective of her, and she asked you to drink the medicine, so why didn't you drink it?"
Xie Yi: “…”
Xie Yi said, "I came to talk to my second brother about birds."
Be it a bird or a purse, Chen Qiutang would not indulge him: "You are the one who married Ah Wu. Your life is tied to her. If anything happens to you, she will not be well either. If you really love her, then cherish your life and stop messing around!"
After saying that, she hung her purse around her waist and kicked the man out.
This time Xie Yi did not hesitate and left happily.
Chen Qiutang got angry and drove the person away, but he still felt unsatisfied.
She sat there sulking for a while, then caught a glimpse of her husband muttering "dumb bird" beside her. She immediately raised her eyebrows and stretched out her hand.
Chen Qiutang twisted her husband's ear hard and said angrily, "Are you a dead man? Your brother still knows how to stand up for Ah Wu, but you don't know how to speak up for me?"
Erlangjun Xie Fei covered his ears, not daring to fight back, and said bitterly: "Isn't it too late? I don't even know what happened. When I figure it out, you can finish it yourself."
Chen Qiutang was furious: "Listen to what Sanlang said. Am I some evil sister-in-law? Do you need to listen carefully? I only think about you, a worthless bird!"
Xie Fei complained bitterly: "How can I still fight with him? I can't beat him."
Chen Qiutang glared: "Nonsense, Sanlang is a patient, and you can't beat him?"
Xie Fei complained in her heart: We practiced martial arts together when we were young, and Sanlang knocked him down with one punch. Who looks like a patient?
But after that incident, the next day, Sanlang was forbidden to practice martial arts. All these years had passed, and the two hadn't fought again. I don't know if Sanlang had improved, but he certainly hadn't.
He didn't dare argue with his wife and could only cry out and beg for mercy.
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