Chapter 125 Her Clash with Him
"Mother!"
Hearing the commotion outside, Qin Yanzhou hurriedly ran out of the house.
Turning the corner of the cave entrance, he saw Qin Shaozong embracing Dai Li in the dim moonlight.
The man in the black robe had broad shoulders and a broad back. The full moon was to his side, barely illuminating his sharply defined face. He was shrouded in darkness, seemingly blending into the vast expanse of ink, forming a surging black wave.
Qin Yanzhou's pupils narrowed for a moment, and the muscles in his back involuntarily tensed.
Dai Li turned her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over her son behind her. Her voice had calmed down. "It's nothing, Zhouzhou, go back to sleep."
Qin Yanzhou stood still.
Dai Li nudged Qin Shaozong, but couldn't push him away the first time. She touched his belt a little and pinched him through his clothes. "Does Your Excellency want to be fed to mosquitoes here? You may, but I don't."
Winter is here, where are the mosquitoes coming from?
Qin Shaozong stared at the woman in his arms for a moment, then slowly released his long arm. He remained silent, while Dai Li grabbed his wrist and pulled him away.
Qin Shaozong's bone density was above average, and he was also tall, not to mention his body was covered in well-defined muscles. Dai Li initially struggled to pull him along, but after glancing back at him again, he finally followed her.
"Why did you announce the marriage so suddenly?" Dai Li asked him.
She had only intended to casually bring up a topic so her son would see that she and Qin Shaozong were "chatting" as they left, but the conversation ended up making Dai Li herself uncomfortable.
"You didn't even discuss this with me before blurting it out, leaving me completely unprepared. Qin Changgeng, if you do this again next time, I'll never forgive you," Dai Li said discontentedly.
Not satisfied with just talking, she also grabbed him and pinched him.
"What does Madam require?" His voice was indifferent, his face completely obscured by the night, making it difficult to see clearly.
Dai Li: "Of course, let me and Zhouzhou talk to each other first. You just brought up that matter at dinner tonight. The child is terrified."
As they spoke, the two had already walked a distance.
Qin Yanzhou watched the two figures gradually disappear into the distance, listening to the sounds carried by the wind, and lowered his eyes thoughtfully.
The lantern, its light extinguished, was forgotten by its owner. The young man picked it up and, after he could no longer see his mother, turned and went back to his room.
...
Having finally left her son's courtyard, Dai Li breathed a sigh of relief and released his hand.
It's gone now.
The person didn't speak or react.
Dai Li's heart skipped a beat for no reason. Based on her understanding of Qin Shaozong, she felt that this was not his usual style.
There must be something fishy going on. Is this person plotting something...?
On the way back to the main courtyard, Qin Shaozong didn't say anything else, but Dai Li's premonition grew stronger.
Turning through the gate of the main courtyard, their usual sleeping quarters came into view.
Dai Li suddenly stopped in her tracks. "I suddenly remembered..."
Before she could finish speaking, Dai Li's vision suddenly spun, and her feet, which had been touching the ground, were lifted into the air.
She was lifted up completely.
No, it's more like carrying on someone's back than hugging them.
He held her legs with one hand and wrapped the other around her waist, hoisted her up, and strode inside.
"Qin Changgeng!"
Nianxia and Bipo, who were in the side room, rushed out upon hearing the commotion, only to be dumbfounded.
The man walked hurriedly, taking long strides. The two women could only see the beads on the golden-winged hair ornament swaying wildly, and the bright arc of the Xiangfei-colored wide sleeves.
"Bang." The door closed, cutting off the view from the outside.
Nianxia and Bipo both jolted at the sound.
"So, Lord and Lady have a falling out?" Bibo asked hesitantly.
I've never seen anything like this before!
Nianxia pondered for a moment, "They should be fine. They say that quarrels at the head of the bed are reconciled at the foot of the bed. You and I have served the Lord and his wife for so long, when have we ever seen them really have a conflict?"
Bibo suddenly realized, "You're right."
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There were no lights in the room, and the window was half-open, letting in a sliver of moonlight, which became the only source of light in the room.
Qin Shaozong didn't have time to go into the inner room, so he placed Dai Li on the long soft chair by the window in the outer room, and then he went up there as well.
The long, comfortable chair, which could easily accommodate one person lying down, was now occupied by two people, one tall and one short.
The man above was tall and burly, kneeling on one knee against the outside of the woman's thigh. His strong arms were like solid rocks or impenetrable iron pestles, tightly binding the person below.
The pale moonlight fell on his deep, handsome profile, his brown eyes as dark as a tiger in the night.
With each lift and subsequent drop, Dai Li felt her brain had been shaken quite evenly. But it was precisely because of this that her thoughts drifted from the mire into an icy river, instantly calming her down considerably. "Qin Changgeng, what's wrong with you?"
Qin Shaozong didn't understand these words; they went in one ear and out the other. He stubbornly sought an answer, "Madam, who is this person surnamed Zhong?"
Dai Li was pinned to the soft chair by him, who was practically straddling her from above. Her back was against the soft cushions, with the wall beside her and his long legs and arms outstretched on the other side.
Unable to get up, Dai Li simply exhausted all her strength and lay down completely. "Who are you to me now? Who was he to me back then?"
This wasn't said very clearly, but it was enough.
Qin Shaozong's breathing changed instantly, his narrow brown eyes surging with hidden glints, filled with sharpness. "Madam said that in Peach Blossom Spring, there is only one husband and one wife, and no concubines. But that brat Qin Yanzhou knows about that Zhong fellow, which means that this person appeared at the latest after he could remember. Madam's previous husband did nothing about this?"
Although she kept referring to her "deceased husband," the "deceased" in Qin Shaozong's words was more of a curse, meaning that the other party could not find this place from Peach Blossom Spring, so it was not much different from being dead.
He was unaware that the person was indeed gone, but that did not prevent Qin Shaozong from discovering the contradictions.
She clearly has a husband, so how come another man surnamed Zhong suddenly appeared?
How could she endure this if her husband were still alive?
Dai Li was taken aback. She hadn't expected this person to focus on this, and to be so articulate. "Zhouzhou's biological father, he and I separated later..."
Upon hearing this, Qin Shaozong straightened up slightly and stared at her intently. After a moment, he smiled, and the heavy, cold atmosphere around him suddenly dissipated somewhat. "So what I said earlier was right, he really has become a 'deceased husband'."
He had always felt that if he were to win over such a beautiful, intelligent, and knowledgeable woman, he would never let her leave.
It seems that he wasn't alone in sharing this idea.
Qin Shaozong held the woman beneath him tightly, gritting his teeth as he said, "My lady thinks I'm more generous than that Zhong man, is that all?"
The last four words seemed to be chewed up and squeezed out from between the teeth, each word carrying a steaming spark.
The fox initially said that each had its own advantages, but after thinking it over, it only came up with one sentence: "It's alright, quite generous."
It's alright... I guess.
What's with that interjection? Why did you answer so reluctantly?
He, the dignified patriarch of the Qin clan in the north, and the Marquis of Wu'an personally bestowed by the emperor, is he really inferior to those demons and monsters?
Dai Li could easily see that he was furious. In fact, at this moment, she could have refuted her earlier words.
For example, he was embarrassed to praise his son in front of him earlier, but now he can easily say something like "imposing" or "heroic."
She was confident she could get away with it; after all, Qin Shaozong was actually quite easy to fool, but...
Why bother comforting him?
It's unnecessary.
Those are all facts, there's nothing to hide.
She managed to appease him once, but he'll throw another tantrum and cause trouble again, requiring all her effort. Once this bad habit is set, it'll be difficult to undo, and things will only get worse.
Not only can we not coax him, we also need to properly cure this bad habit of his.
"Qin Changgeng, there's no point in saying all this now. It's all in the past. I'll never see them again, so why ask? Besides..."
At this point, Dai Li's tone became more serious, "I didn't even bring up those past events, so why are you so concerned about me?"
“Madam may ask.” He spoke these five words with great emphasis.
Dai Li's lips twitched.
She had absolutely no interest in his past, and his words were clearly meant to give her special treatment.
Dai Li turned her head away, "The past is gone, there's no point in asking."
Qin Shaozong extended two fingers, pinched her chin, and turned her back to normal. "Since Madam doesn't ask, then I will."
"What are you asking? We're all the same, what's there to ask?" Dai Li raised her hand and slapped his arm. The sound was loud in the quiet night.
A fierce glint flashed in Qin Shaozong's eyes. "It's different!"
“How is it different?” Dai Li asked him in return.
Qin Shaozong's cheek muscles tensed, and the words she had spoken that day seemed to echo in his ears:
"Speaking of arranged marriages alone, where the couple knows nothing about each other before marriage, and then lives together without loving each other..."
They love each other.
Therefore, the person she chooses must be someone she really likes.
She liked them all.
She had considered marrying each of them.
Each of them had planned to raise children for the other.
Besides him...
An anger surged from his chest, overflowing from the top of his head, and then transformed into an invisible hammer, striking his temple hard.
An unbearable mix of complex emotions surged from the top of his head down, burning through his chest and spine, spreading to every part of his body, causing the veins in his arms to bulge and the hairs on his forehead to stand on end.
Qin Shaozong's mind was buzzing. "I always said that Madam is very shrewd, and it seems I wasn't wrong about you at all."
With so many hearts already, how could they not be cunning?
His words were ambiguous, and Dai Li responded with a puzzled "hmm" in a raised tone, not understanding what he meant.
Perhaps it was because her confusion was too obvious, or perhaps it was because her resentment lingered, that Qin Shaozong finished the second half of his sentence in a sarcastic tone, "The butterfly loves the flower, picking one and then moving on to the next. This fox, Madam, is no less, digging into one den and then digging up another."
At first she didn't understand, but now, combined with the second half of the sentence, Dai Li understood it all instantly.
She was amused by Qin Shaozong's words, "Qin Changgeng, can't you be reasonable? Didn't you have plenty of women in your past? As far as I know, the Wei family alone had two, and I'm sure there were many more. Besides, who says a woman has to be faithful to one man? If it works out, it works out. Widows in the Great Yan can remarry, and Peach Blossom Spring is far ahead of the Great Yan in this regard. How can the women there not have the right to choose a suitable partner?"
She stared at him back, then gave him a strong dose of reality, "To be honest with you, I have indeed liked a few men in the past. If you care so much, then I think you don't need to give me that 'Letter of Acceptance for Marriage,' and we shouldn't hold the wedding next spring."
The pair of brown eyes above suddenly narrowed.
"You dare?"
His domineering nature resurfaced, and Dai Li said without hesitation, "You think I dare?!"
There was no response from above, only a heavy, rapid breath that seemed ready to spew fire at any moment.
Dai Li snorted coldly, mimicking his sarcastic tone: "I'm truly sorry for bothering your eyes, my lord. Perhaps from now on, you should return to your manor, and I'll live elsewhere. It would be best if we lived far apart, so this cunning fox wouldn't cause you any trouble..."
The man swallowed what he was about to say.
The heat emanated from the point of contact, blazing fiercely. Dai Li, who was already burning with anger, was instantly amplified by his kiss.
This guy is at it again.
If you encounter something you don't want to hear, find a way not to listen.
Dai Li clenched her teeth and bit his tongue hard.
The smell of blood spread, but he still didn't stop, not even the way he had previously grabbed her chin and forcibly pried open her teeth.
He let her bite him.
If you get bitten, pull back a little and kiss the corner of her mouth. Once she relaxes a bit, insert it again.
This half-soft, half-hard approach left Dai Li at a loss, and in the end, she could only turn her head to the side, letting the other person's kisses land on her cheek and neck.
In winter, there are few insects chirping, and no one else is in the room. At this moment, only two rapid breaths can be heard intertwined.
Qin Shaozong wrapped his arm around her waist and, with a forceful movement, shifted their positions on the soft chair, which was not spacious enough for the two of them.
He was originally on top, and Dai Li was below.
He lay down in the spot where she had been, his back pressed against the place where she had just leaned against. In the increasingly chilly winter, he could still feel the lingering warmth of her body.
When Qin Shaozong was on top just now, he was supporting himself on the soft chair with his knees, only lightly pressing down on Dai Li.
But Dai Li didn't have his good balance, and she was too lazy to put in the effort, so she just used him as a cushion.
Qin Shaozong raised his hand, as if stroking a small animal's fur, or as if trying to wipe away her anger and irritability, stroking her back again and again.
Dai Li tried to prop herself up with her hands, but couldn't get up. His other hand landed on her lower back, keeping her in place.
She didn't speak, and neither did Qin Shaozong.
Dai Li's eyes gradually closed, and just as she was feeling a little sleepy, she heard the man below say:
"Madam, that's not what I meant."
When he spoke again, his voice no longer betrayed anger, but rather a sense of helplessness.
He processed it on his own.
The soft couch was by the window, and although the moonlight was dim, the person below could clearly see the expression on their face when they were close enough.
The man's thin lips were stained with blood, and his mouth was also slightly cut. His face showed a mixture of helplessness and...unnaturalness.
Clearly, this man, who had spent the first half of his life in a position of power and authority, and who became even more self-centered, had never bowed his head to a woman like this before.
Dai Li didn't expect this feudal-style father figure to be as proactive and considerate as a client at work. The fact that he could understand human speech and stop to process things on his own was already an improvement.
What can we do? He can't leave anyway, so we'll just have to treat him slowly.
But then again, given her behavior, did Qin Changgeng not hear what she and Zhouzhou were planning at the end?
If you didn't hear it, that would be wonderful!
Her mind was racing, and she even felt a secret joy, but on the surface, Dai Li remained calm, and even her "hmm" in response showed no emotion.
"If that's not what you mean, then it means you won't mention it again?" Dai Li pressed her advantage without revealing her true feelings.
The large, dark hand rose again and stroked her back heavily. This time, it seemed more like he was trying to soothe the rising anger within himself than to stroke her hair.
The two looked at each other from a distance that seemed within arm's reach.
Qin Shaozong saw the subtle calculation in her eyes, as if a fluffy fox tail was wagging vigorously in front of him, making him furious but helpless.
Hitting a woman is not the act of a true man.
If you scold her, she'll have a whole repertoire of things to say, each with its own logic. If you say a few more words to her, she'll wish she could never marry him.
You can't hit them, you can't scold them.
This was the first time Qin Shaozong had encountered such a thorny situation. Unfortunately, he had personally caught the fox in Nankang County; he had brought it upon himself, so he couldn't blame anyone else.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Dai Li raised her eyes slightly, and the small cinnabar mole on her forehead seemed to come alive instantly. "Wasn't the Marquis very eloquent at first, with barbs in his words and a silver tongue? Why are you silent now?"
Qin Shaozong's face darkened slightly. "Madam is being completely unreasonable. Today, it was clearly Madam who started by using hurtful words."
Dai Li retorted, "Qin Changgeng, don't try to shift the blame."
Qin Shaozong clenched his teeth. "Didn't you say that 'disrespectful to elders' thing today?"
Dai Li: "..."
I said something to him this afternoon, and he still remembers it now.
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