Since it was getting late, Aunt Wu couldn't go through the trouble of preparing many more dishes.
The meal was simple: clear soup with vegetables and egg noodles, but it was full of the flavors of my childhood.
For example, Jing Zhe had already eaten so many delicacies at the East Palace that evening, and his stomach was bulging. He originally wanted to wait for Wu Ma to finish cooking so he could just have a few symbolic bites and that would be it.
Who would have thought that the familiar taste from his childhood would trigger a longing in his stomach, and he ended up eating a whole bowl of noodles without leaving any soup. Liu Jinghong wasn't much better off.
Watching the two of them wolf down their food, Aunt Wu's eyes were filled with relief and happiness. After they finished eating, Aunt Wu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, but suddenly she worried and said, "Sigh, I'm used to living alone at home. The only place with bedding is the guest room. How am I supposed to sleep tonight?"
Liu Jinghong rarely stays here when she comes to Jingzhou, so one guest room is enough. It's understandable that she doesn't have extra bedding at home.
After thinking for a moment, Aunt Wu said, "I'll go and prepare another guest room. I'll bring my bedding over there. I just hope Zhe'er won't mind!"
Jing Zhe quickly waved his hand, "What are you saying, Aunt Wu? Now that our parents are gone, you're just like my mother. How could we possibly despise you?"
Aunt Wu nodded happily, while Liu Jinghong asked from the side, "Aunt Wu, if you give the bedding to Zhe'er, how will you sleep?"
"Oh, I'm just a servant, how can I be so precious? I'll just make do for one night, and buy some bedding tomorrow!"
Smiling and shaking her head, Aunt Wu said calmly.
"no!"
Jing Zhe and Liu Jinghong said in unison.
Jing Zhe glanced at Liu Jinghong: "Fifth Sister, Aunt Wu, I actually have a place to stay in Jingzhou, it's the Zhang family's wine shop, I'll just stay there for one night!"
"no!"
This time, it was Wu Ma and Liu Jinghong who spoke at the same time.
“Young Master, how can you stay at someone else’s house instead of your own when you return to Jingzhou? If Master and Madam were alive, they would surely blame me!”
Aunt Wu shook her head and said.
“Aunt Wu is right. Since there are no bedding at home, Zhe’er can sleep in the guest room with me tonight!”
"..."
After Liu Jinghong finished speaking, Wu Ma and Jing Zhe looked at her at the same time. Liu Jinghong blushed and stammered, "Um... Zhe'er used to sleep with me when we were little. What, you don't recognize your fifth sister now that you're all grown up?"
Jing Zhe quickly shook his head and said he dared not.
Liu Jinghong was finally satisfied. "The bed in my guest room is quite spacious; it's enough for two people. Besides, Zhe'er and I haven't seen each other for so long, and I have a lot to ask him tonight!"
After saying this, even Liu Jinghong herself felt that it made a lot of sense.
Aunt Wu looked at the two of them thoughtfully, then smiled and said, "Yes, that's right, we don't have any bedding at home, this is for the best! I'll go and get some for you right away!"
After saying that, he went out.
Jing Zhe stood there, wanting to ask: Don't you need to ask me, the person involved, for my opinion?
Judging from their expressions, it seems they really hadn't considered him.
Never mind, he can just sleep...
...
Because she didn't know when the young ladies would return, Aunt Wu cleaned the room almost every day. It was very clean; she just tidied it up a bit and made the beds.
It was getting late, so Wu Ma glanced at the two of them, said a few words, and then went to rest.
Jing Zhe followed Liu Jinghong into the room.
This guest room was the room my sisters used to have when I was a child. Sleeping in this familiar place after more than ten years stirred up a lot of emotions within me.
At that time, the Jing family had too many children, and Jing Wenmao was an honest official. In Jingzhou, where land was extremely valuable, the house was naturally not large. The children were also lively by nature. So, although Jing Zhe had his own room, he often came here to hang out with his sisters and even slept among the women at night.
Looking back now, that was probably the peak.
"Does it still feel familiar?"
"familiar."
Jing Zhe nodded, thinking that she was also a sentimental person, otherwise she wouldn't have stayed in this room alone.
The two sat on the bed, talking quietly, but Liu Jinghong did most of the talking, recounting the events of the past years, her feelings of homesickness, and many other things, showing her joys, sorrows, and other emotions.
One moment she was laughing, the next she was crying, her eyes red-rimmed.
In the quiet night, it seemed that only when she was with Jing Zhe could she shed all the pressure and be a carefree ordinary woman.
Being able to laugh and cry is wonderful.
Jing Zhe looked at her and felt both cute and pitiful.
Night had fallen, and the lights flickered.
Easily moved by emotions.
Although she is his own sister, they are not related by blood at all. In addition, Jing Zhe is a time traveler, so he has no mental baggage.
Sitting so close, with Liu Jinghong's unique fragrance and the scent of sunshine lingering on the bedding in the air, for a moment, Jing Zhe even wanted to reach out and pull her into his arms to cherish her.
Perhaps, if he really did that, given Liu Jinghong's affection for him, she probably wouldn't say anything.
But he knew he couldn't be stiff or abrupt.
As the night deepened, both of them gradually became sleepy.
"Fifth Sister, how about... we go to sleep?"
Jing Zhe suggested.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew the window open a crack, causing the candlelight on the table to flicker and half of the white curtain on the bed to fall down, landing right in front of Liu Jinghong, making her look like a bride with a veil over her head.
Jing Zhe's questioning, which was originally very serious, suddenly became unserious in the context of this dramatic setting.
"Okay, let's... go to sleep..."
Liu Jinghong lowered her head, her cheeks turning red behind the white curtains.
Jing Zhe was puzzled when he heard Liu Jinghong agree but she didn't go to sleep for a long time.
"Fifth Sister, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Liu Jinghong suddenly turned her head and glared at him.
"I'm just going to sleep like this?"
Seeing the white armor she was wearing, Jing Zhe suddenly realized what was going on and quickly got up. He saw Liu Jinghong take out a set of casual clothes from the bed, and there was also a gray set on the bed, which Wu Ma must have prepared for the two of them when she came to tidy up earlier.
After a moment of silence, just as Jing Zhe was about to ask a question, Liu Jinghong said quietly, "What, do you want to watch your sister change clothes in front of you?"
She bit her lower lip with her silver teeth, which were so red they seemed to drip water, adding to her allure.
Looking at her shy demeanor, coupled with her armor uniform, Jing Zhe felt that he had seen a similar scene before in [E drive: Study Materials]...
He desperately wanted to say "yes" without thinking, but reason told him he couldn't. He could be a beast, but he had to be a refined beast.
He swallowed hard, then reluctantly refused, "Fifth Sister, it was Zhe'er who was being presumptuous! I'll go out now and let Fifth Sister change her clothes!"
"..."
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