Chapter 319 You don't like me sleeping in your yard?
After a long while, Xiao Qingyuan finally suppressed his anger and spoke in a hard tone: "Mother said you were frightened today and insisted that I come and check on you. I thought you were really frightened, but it seems you're fine at all! You're clearly quite smug!"
Shen Wantang lay back down, closed her eyes, and ignored her.
Granny Chai led Qiyu and Shuxiang in: "Princess Consort, it's time to take your medicine. Also, you haven't had lunch yet. How can you not eat? Take your medicine and then have your lunch!"
Qi Yu opened a food box, and a bowl of dark medicine came into Xiao Qingyuan's view.
Looking at the food box in Shuxiang's hand, there was a bowl of congee and a few light side dishes inside.
Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "Hey, Shen Wantang, are you really sick from fright? You even took medicine? It's almost dinner time, and you haven't eaten lunch yet? You've been lying in bed the whole time?"
The only response he received was the back of Shen Wantang's head.
The room was quiet, and the smell of medicine mingled with the smell of food, making Xiao Qingyuan's stomach churn.
He disliked the smell, but he refused to leave.
No matter how much trouble he caused in the past, no matter how he wronged Shen Wantang, she was always calm and gentle. She would not hold a grudge against him, and she would help him when she needed to.
But now she's too lazy to even talk to him, and she's no longer as polite to him as before.
She seemed to be getting tired of him.
Reaching this conclusion, Xiao Qingyuan felt inexplicably sad. Had he really gone too far today? Had he hurt her feelings?
He hesitated for a moment, then took the medicine bowl and sat down on the edge of the bed: "Hey, get up and drink your medicine. It'll get cold if you don't drink it now, and it'll taste even worse when it's cold!"
"I've heard that people who are frightened can become inexplicably sleepy, but it shouldn't be a big deal. Tonight, have Granny Chai call your soul back to you, and you'll be fine by tomorrow!"
"You don't like the soul-calling ritual? Then get up, drink your medicine, and then go back to sleep, okay?"
“If you really don’t want to take your medicine, then get up and eat something first. I’m not just worried about you, I’m just afraid you’ll get sick from hunger and then Mother will blame and scold me again.”
He sat there, rambling on and on, looking every bit the loving husband, a stark contrast to when he held a knife to Shen Wantang's neck earlier.
Qin Xin and the others looked at Xiao Qingyuan with a more amiable gaze. They exchanged glances and quietly slipped away.
Xiao Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the maids had all left. This way, no one would hear him apologize to Shen Wantang, which would save him a lot of face.
He put down the medicine bowl and said in a very solemn tone, "Shen Wantang, I was forced to take you hostage today because of the circumstances. Only in this way can my father and mother let me leave."
"I didn't mean to hurt you, don't you know that? Otherwise, your delicate skin would have been cut open by my knife long ago. I was holding back!"
"I never expected you to be so timid, so scared. I thought you were very brave! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have taken you hostage."
"I...I apologize to you. Please don't be angry with me anymore, okay? I still prefer you as you were before, forgiving, not temperamental, generous and tolerant, with the demeanor of a royal matriarch."
"Shen Wantang? Why aren't you saying anything? Give me a response, Shen Wantang!"
Xiao Qingyuan talked for a long time, but seeing that Shen Wantang remained silent, he assumed she was still angry.
When he leaned closer, he discovered that Shen Wantang had her eyes closed and was breathing evenly; she had actually fallen asleep!
"Shen Wantang, you've gone too far!"
Xiao Qingyuan was furious. He had spent so much time preparing and pouring out his heart, but she hadn't heard a single word of it!
He reached out to shake Shen Wantang awake, but stopped just before his hand touched her.
No, that's not right, he can't wake her up.
Last time, because he listened to Shen Mingxuan's slander, he woke her up in the middle of the night, and as a result, she retaliated by not letting him sleep either! Whenever he wanted to sleep, she would send her trusted maid Qin Xin to disturb him!
He didn't sleep for two days and two nights, and he almost died from exhaustion because of her!
Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth and withdrew his hand. Looking at the bowl of medicine again, he picked it up and poured it into the flowerpot. Although he didn't know why she was so frightened that she wanted to drink the medicine, he wouldn't let her drink it and he would make sure she didn't get better!
He turned to look at the food the maid had brought, sat down at the table, and ate it all in one go.
Yes, we can't leave her even a single bit!
After finishing his meal, Xiao Qingyuan's mood finally improved a little.
Why did it only get a little better? Because he found that his headache was getting worse.
He held his head in pain, thinking of waking Shen Wantang up so he could take a look, but then he thought that if he woke her up, she would be lucky if she didn't slap him across the face, let alone examine him.
After much hesitation, he still didn't dare to call out to Shen Wantang.
He had a headache, but he also found it very novel. He had never been so afraid of anyone before, not even when he was most infatuated with Chu Yanluo.
When Shen Wantang was kind and gentle to him, he felt nothing at all, and didn't even take her seriously. In his eyes, she was no different from a stone.
But once she turned against him, he started to fear her, and he even wanted to please her.
The more she ignored him, the more he wanted to make conversation with her.
That's strange.
Is he a bully who preys on the weak? Or does he have masochistic tendencies? Or has he fallen for her?
Xiao Qingyuan was startled by his last thought!
He immediately shook his head, shaking away the bizarre thought in his mind.
What is it about Shen Wantang that he likes? He likes Chu Yanluo, a woman with an ethereal and aloof air, and Huayi, a woman with gentle and obedient nature.
Which type is Shen Wantang?
Xiao Qingyuan thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any adjectives that suited her.
He stared blankly at her as she slept, watching her from daylight until sunset, and from sunset into the darkness of night.
Finally, Shen Wantang woke up. She turned over and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Dujuan, water."
Xiao Qingyuan immediately poured a glass of water, walked to the bedside, and was about to feed her.
But as soon as he approached, Shen Wantang sensed something was wrong. In the dim light, she could barely make out his outline: "Xiao Qingyuan?"
"Yes, it's me."
Shen Wantang asked in surprise, "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Oh, I'm not leaving tonight."
"What?!"
Xiao Qingyuan was not happy: "Why are you reacting so strongly? Didn't you complain that I didn't come to your courtyard, and then you went to my mother to complain about me, forcing me to come to your courtyard for ten days every month? Today is the first day!"
"I never said such a thing to my mother!"
"You still won't admit it?"
"Did I say why I should admit it?"
Xiao Qingyuan became even more displeased: "So, you don't like me sleeping in your yard?"
Shen Wantang gritted her teeth in the darkness: "I like it, I like it very much! Prince, take off your clothes and come to bed!"
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