Chapter 284: Affectionate Love
That night, Chu Jin and Manluo slept in each other's arms.
He held his woman in his arms all night, his warm hands tightly covering her lower abdomen, his tone more solemn than ever before:
"Manluo, as my Chu Jin's woman, you must not live your whole life under the control of others. I will definitely be able to remove this poison for you. As for Xiao Nanyan..."
He paused, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes:
"If he dares to activate the Red Loyalty Gu, I will make sure he dies without a burial place!"
The night wind came in through the window, making the candlelight flicker.
Chu Jin seemed to feel that what he said was a bit of a letdown, so he kissed her forehead to comfort her:
"Manluo, I, Chu Jin, swear to heaven that I will only love you and your son in this life. I will only treat you and your son well. Even if you want the stars in the sky, I will pick them for you..."
Manluo buried herself in his arms, smelling the crisp soapberry scent on his body, and trying hard to force back the tears in her eyes - this damn Chu Jin always melted her defenses with his scorching tenderness when she thought she could be cruel enough.
She leaned into his arms, like a kitten retracting its claws, and suddenly softened her voice:
"Chu Jin, as long as you stop helping Helian Feng and I don't help Xiao Nanyan, we can hide here and live a peaceful life until the baby is born. Is that okay?"
The air above suddenly fell into dead silence, with only the overlapping breathing of the two people rising and falling in the silence.
Chu Jin's hand stayed in her hair and did not fall again for a long time.
Manluo could feel his chest heaving violently, as if thousands of troops were fighting in his heart.
She thought that he would definitely not agree: the shackles of revenge for his father's murder and the friendship with Helian Feng trapped him between loyalty and love between men and women. If it were her, it would be difficult for her to choose.
After an unknown amount of time, a sigh of deep exhaustion came from above:
"good."
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For the next two days, time seemed to be soaked in honey.
Chu Jin turned a blind eye to all of Helian Feng's secret contacts, and found ways to get candied plums in the south of the city, crispy pancakes in the west of the city, Wanji roast goose in the east of the city, and Cuiji roast chicken in the north of the city. Seeing Manluo holding the food box and eating with her cheeks bulging, not looking like a lady at all, he smiled heartily.
God knows, he hated such unruly and uneducated women the most in his life, but after meeting Manluo, all his views changed. Not only was he not annoyed, but he found her straightforward and lovely.
After eating and drinking, the two wrapped themselves in a quilt, listening to the wind and watching the rain, and falling asleep in each other's arms when they felt sleepy.
Chu Jin even restrained the strength of his fingertips, daring only to lightly trace the curve of her belly.
At night, he would stand in front of the medicine furnace and watch the pregnancy-maintaining medicine bubbling.
On the morning of the third day, Manluo frowned as she looked at the table full of exquisite meals.
Chu Jin picked up a piece of crystal shrimp dumpling with chopsticks and put it to her lips, but she turned her head away:
"I don't want to eat."
He put down his chopsticks and put his big hand on her forehead: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Manluo retched and Chu Jin hurried forward to pat her back.
Judging from the dates, she is in the early stages of pregnancy. She has eaten too much greasy food in the past two days, so she should have pregnancy reactions such as nausea and drowsiness.
"So what do you want to eat?"
Manluo tugged at his sleeve and shook it: "I want to drink some iced sour plum soup."
The old servant beside him was about to go out to buy it after hearing this, but Chu Jin held his shoulder and said:
"I'll go! The sour plum soup in the shops in the city has to be cooled with ice. You're slow, so it should be warm when you bring it back."
After saying that, he rubbed Manluo's nose with his fingertips and kissed her lips lovingly:
"Wait for me obediently, I'll be back within an hour."
Manluo nodded, leaned against the window and watched him push open the gate. His figure disappeared in the morning mist, then she turned around and wandered around the house.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a faded wicker basket in the corner. Chu Jin told her that it was something left behind by his mother. There were a few balls of colored thread and a few pieces of blue floral cloth scattered inside.
Manluo suddenly had an idea and picked up the cloth and gestured - make a small bellyband for her future eldest son, after all, it is a token of love from an old mother.
For some reason, Chu Jin's excitement about her pregnancy also infected her a little.
Originally, she didn't really want this child.
However, the child's father was so happy and willing to give up his hatred for her, so she felt more excited about the piece of flesh in her belly.
I thought about giving birth to a little one and teaching him to play with poison. His father is the Poison King and his mother is the Poison Queen, so it wouldn't be bad for him to be a little poison addict.
Manluo seemed to be influenced by Chu Jin and was certain that she was pregnant with a son.
She herself also liked boys because she hated girls' whining and whining. She was far inferior to her son and could beat or scold him. If Chu Jin treated her badly in the future, her son would beat his father to vent her anger.
Manluo couldn't help but burst out laughing when she thought of her future son riding on Chu Jin's neck and punching and kicking him.
However, her hands were not idle either, and she had already clumsily cut a crescent shape out of the blue flower material.
While threading the needle, I accidentally pricked my finger. I was holding my fingertip and frowning when suddenly a frivolous laugh sounded behind me:
"Hey, this is not the Thousand Faces Purple Demon who kills people without being seen. Why are you hiding here and threading the needle? Aren't you afraid that your master will activate the Red Loyalty Gu?"
Manluo was so frightened that her hand trembled and the embroidery needle fell to the ground.
There was no need to look back. Just by listening to the annoying tone, you could tell that the person coming was Fu Yunqing.
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