Chapter 43 Acceptance
As he spoke, he reached out to tug at her collar. They were now sitting on the bed together, and this physical contact seemed out of place.
Du Huaizhi grabbed his hand tightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Let me see how badly you're injured." He moved forcefully, and while struggling, a "ripping" sound was heard, and a hole was torn in Du Huaizhi's clothes.
Du Huaizhi took a deep breath and raised her foot to kick him, but he grabbed her, held her waist, and squeezed his entire waist between her legs.
"I let you kick me last time, but you're trying to cripple me?" Li Siyu gritted his teeth. "You can take it off yourself or I can help you. Choose one."
Du Huaizhi: “…”
Helpless, under the pressure of Li Siyu, Du Huaizhi slowly untied his clothes, first his outer clothes, then his inner clothes.
Li Siyu just stared at her movements, his throat tight. She barely revealed the bandaged part of her shoulder, but it almost made him lose control.
"Have you changed the medicine?"
The bandages on her body were clean, not stained with blood or sweat. Du Huaizhi responded to him in a muffled voice, gathering her clothes, "You should explain this to me."
Du Qiyue's discovery of the marriage certificate was not a surprise; it was deliberately done. Du Huaizhi's father seemed to care deeply for her, but in reality, he was just pretending.
Otherwise, it would have been discovered long ago, and Du Huaizhi would have been abandoned thousands of miles away, and there would have been no need to even think about bringing him back to Beijing for a family reunion.
The culprit behind this matter was obvious. There must have been some ulterior motive behind transferring her to the capital. Now that he and Li Cunjiu had recognized each other as father and son, it wouldn't be long before a huge uproar ensued.
Although he was unsure of what he was planning, dragging his first wife into this matter made him feel like he was just adding to his troubles. Du Huaizhi was just a concubine's daughter, the most insignificant and lowly existence in the circle of noble ladies in the capital.
With Li Siyu's current status, he is more than qualified to be paired with a prime minister's daughter, so it would be a bit of a waste to be paired with her.
Li Siyu suddenly played dumb and said, "What's there to explain?"
Du Huaizhi would not say the same thing twice. He pushed him aside, lay down with his clothes on, and said, "Go to sleep."
"You're just like this, not even willing to talk to me for a few more words?" Li Siyu said in a muffled voice, his tone unable to discern his emotions. He lay beside her, half an arm's length between them.
Du Huaizhi could feel a pair of eyes staring at the back of her head. The silence in the room made her think of what he had said during the day.
"Is it sweet?"
"..." Du Huaizhi was stunned. This was not the sentence.
"I have chosen to accept you, so why don't you try to accept me?"
This is a good question. She wanted to turn around, but then she gave up when she remembered An Nian's instructions not to sleep with pressure on the injured area.
Li Siyu seemed to have guessed her thoughts and moved closer. "What do you want to tell me?"
His body was almost pressed against her back. Du Huaizhi felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to hide inside, but he held her waist and pressed her even closer.
Du Huaizhi gave up struggling, "Nothing."
A chuckle came from my ear. "You should move out and live with me in a few days. It will be easier to get around in the capital that way. Otherwise, if you stay in the Du Mansion, suddenly disappear, and then suddenly reappear two or three days later, how will you explain it if you are discovered?"
Li Siyu was in a good mood, and the tone of his voice seemed to be coaxing people, so Du Huaizhi almost believed him.
"You are still the first to think of it carefully." This remark was a bit sarcastic, but Li Siyu was surprisingly nice.
"Don't you call me husband during the day? Why do you change your words at night?"
Du Huaizhi could no longer bear it. Regardless of the pain in his wound, he turned around and pressed Li Siyu under him. He only frowned when his wound was affected.
At this moment, she sat astride him, crossed his arms and pressed them against his chest, "That's enough." Du Huaizhi's chest heaved violently, "Are you going to sleep or not?" She was tired of hearing such vulgar words every day.
Li Siyu was neither annoyed nor resisting. Even at night, one could see a smile in his light purple eyes. "Sleep." Li Siyu's voice suddenly became a little hoarse. "But how can I sleep in this position, Madam?"
Du Huaizhi then realized how ambiguous their position was. She panicked and tried to get up, but he rolled over and stopped her. As the world spun around, she was already pinned down by him. The stinging pain from her wound made her gasp.
"Don't move." Li Siyu held her down. "The wound has split." His fingers gently stroked her shoulder, and sure enough, he felt a hint of moisture. The playful expression she had just had faded in an instant, replaced by a frightening gloom.
"I'll go get the medicine." He stood up and was about to get out of bed.
Du Huaizhi grabbed his sleeve and said, "No need, it's just a minor wound." The wound was caused by him.
Li Siyu looked back at her. The moonlight filtered in through the window, shining on his angular profile. His purple eyes were filled with emotions that she could not understand.
"Do you hate me?"
Du Huaizhi's fingers trembled slightly. She looked at Li Siyu's face so close to her, and was speechless for a moment.
Instead, she sighed and patted his hand, "Go to sleep."
He was quiet for a while, said nothing more, let go of her, and lay down on the side of the bed with his back facing her.
Du Huaizhi glanced at the back of his sullen head and didn't say anything. It was just that this position was really awkward. The wound was on the left side, and she couldn't sleep on that side, so she could only sleep on the right side.
And this posture was facing him, so she could see him as soon as she opened her eyes. Du Huaizhi sighed in her heart. She had reason to suspect that he did it on purpose, but she had no evidence.
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The news that Regent Li Cunjiu had found his long-lost son spread in the capital. Not only did the aristocratic circle begin to be turbulent because of this upstart, but it also caused an uproar in the court and the country.
"Madam, this is a visiting card sent by the Minister of Rites." Wangduan respectfully handed over a stack of gold-embossed cards.
Du Huaizhi held his forehead. There was no one else here, so was there any need to act like this? "Where... is he?" No matter how you look at it, it should be him who should take over.
"The master was summoned to the palace by the prince early in the morning."
Du Huaizhi held the visiting card, wanting to say something but stopping himself, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Wangduan guessed what she wanted to say and replied, "It was arranged by the master. He said that you are the future mistress, and these things should be prepared by you."
Du Huaizhi glanced at him, and seeing that he was serious and stern, he continued to act with him, "Go back and say that your master is not feeling well and cannot see guests."
"Yes." Wangduan responded.
Du Ruozhi was embroidering an orchid handkerchief when she learned her sister was moving away. The needle suddenly pierced her fingertip, and a drop of blood immediately bloomed into a dark red flower on the brocade.
"Miss!" Xiuzhu exclaimed.
Du Ruozhi threw down the embroidery frame, not even bothering to wipe the blood from her fingertips, and ran to Du Huaizhi's yard with her skirt lifted up.
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