Chapter 84
What is love?
Zhou Li was confused.
Zhou Li lowered his head helplessly: "Can you please be kind and let's go back to the house and talk about it?"
Tang Jing burst out laughing, and all the atmosphere was gone.
After sending Tang Jing back, Ji Qingshu called the female doctor over. Zhou Li couldn't bear to watch and turned his head away. Zhou Li lay on the pillow and heard the female doctor say, "I'll prescribe a bruise ointment. Apply it three times a day. The bruise will disappear after a few days. Eat less spicy food recently. It's best to sleep on your side or stomach."
This injury was nothing compared to the injuries Tang Jing usually suffered, but she remained calm. After thanking the doctor, Zhou Li escorted her out and stood by the bed for a while before asking, "Do you need me to apply some medicine?"
Tang Jing turned his head and smiled: "What else? If you want others to see my butt."
Butt, the word "butt" is too indecent, Zhou Li glared at her.
Tang Jing lay down comfortably, "If you don't want to watch, go call the servants."
Zhou Li placed his hand on her belt and untied it very naturally. She sighed, "Let me serve you, Miss Tang."
"Feeling guilty?" Tang Jing asked.
Zhou Li said stubbornly, "How could that be? You're obviously stupid. You knew your parents weren't around, yet you still dared to confront him. And don't you have legs and can't you run? You were pinned to the stool."
Tang Jing chuckled softly from his throat, "I just want to give you a name, and I don't want you to follow me for no apparent reason."
Joking again, Zhou Li almost slapped Tang Jing on the butt, but she held back. However, there was still some personal grudge in her hand as she applied the medicine.
"That's how you gave it to me?"
"Hiss." Tang Jing gasped, "Do you want to murder your beloved wife?"
"Who is your wife?!" Zhou Li glared.
"I am your wife." Tang Jing is very easy to talk to. She doesn't care who is on top or bottom. As long as this person is hers, it is worth it for her to wait for so long to get Zhang Zifeng back.
"Hmph." Zhou Li didn't refute this time.
Tang Jing asked softly, "Aren't you going to stop them? Your elder said he wants to arrange a marriage for you."
"I heard it." Zhou Li said unhappily.
"Not going?" Tang Jing asked again.
"What are you going to do?" Zhou Li asked.
Tang Jing suspected that Zhou Li didn't understand what he had just said.
"Will you marry me?" she asked.
"Didn't I marry you?" Zhou Li said with a smile, "Don't be so suspicious. I didn't object then, and I won't stop you now, Tang Jing." Zhou Li paused and said in an unusually serious tone, "I don't know whether I like you or love you now, but at least when I think about spending my life with you, I won't be disappointed in the future, and I hope you won't let me down either."
Tang Jing, who was originally lying there in a daze, suddenly moved. She supported herself on the bed with her hands, turned over, and bit Zhou Li's lips.
After a passionate kiss, Zhou Li covered his mouth and muttered, "You are a dog!"
Tang Jing bit her lips so hard that they were broken. Zhou Li had no choice but to let go of her hand. Her lips looked like they were covered with lip balm. Tang Jing lay on his side and looked at her with a smile on his face, but her pants had been taken off by Zhou Li long ago.
Zhou Li shook the medicine bottle and asked, "Are you okay?"
Tang Jing obediently lay back in her original position, and Zhou Li carefully applied a layer of medicine on her.
When the lights were on in the middle of the night, there were mosquitoes in the room. Zhou Li was worried that Tang Jing would be bitten by mosquitoes, so he took a fan and gently fanned him to drive away the mosquitoes. As the night deepened, Zhou Li spoke to Tang Jing, but he couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep with his head nodded.
Tang Jing knew that Zhou Li still had things to do with the troupe the next day. When she heard Zhou Li's breathing was steady, she turned over and got out of bed. The injury did not affect her movements at all. She put Zhou Li on the bed, and she rested her head next to Zhou Li, smiling so hard that her teeth were visible, staring at Zhou Li all night.
When Zhou Li woke up in the morning, he found her lying on the bed, but the people who were supposed to be recuperating from the injuries were nowhere to be seen.
"Tang Jing?" Zhou Li called out, but no one answered. She then asked, "Little Flag?"
Zhou Li stood up. The room was empty. She scratched her head and asked curiously, "Where did he go?"
It was not a good idea to just stand there, and the troupe still needed her to go back and host the show. Zhou Li was thinking of asking someone to leave a message, so she went back first. After all, something happened last night, and it would be embarrassing to run into everyone again this morning.
There were footsteps coming from the other side of the door. Zhou Li looked up and saw that it was Tang Jing.
Tang Jing looked good, his eyes were clear, and when he saw Zhou Li, his eyes widened with smiles: "You've woken up."
"Yeah." Zhou Li asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Tang Jing shook his head, "This little injury is nothing to me."
Zhou Li thought of the fierce look on Tang Jing's face when he used a knife to take out the bullet when they first met. Looking at him now, she couldn't believe that this was the same person.
Tang Jing said, "I'll take you home. You must be very busy today."
Zhou Li nodded.
Tang Jing didn't say anything more, but just asked someone to prepare a car to send Zhou Li back. This morning, Zhou Li didn't see anyone else except Tang Jing, but things have their priorities, and there was also Xu Ziyi, the big mouth. If he knew what happened, he would definitely come to find her.
Zhou Li's guess was right. In the afternoon, Xu Ziyi appeared near the City God Temple. He first watched the performance of Zhou Li and his friends, then bought two strings of candied haws, one for Xiaoyuan and one for Gousheng. Then he patted the two children on the head and told them to go and play. He had something to tell Zhou Li.
Zhou Li was removing her makeup, but that didn't stop her from listening to Xu Ziyi.
Xu Ziyi clapped his hands and exclaimed, "You don't know that in just one night, the originally agreed marriage was changed to marrying into the wife's family."
Zhou Li didn't react, "What do you mean by marrying into the family?"
"You! Marshal Zhang and his wife have adopted you as their goddaughter, strengthening the relationship between them!" Xu Ziyi said.
Zhou Li: “Ah???”
Xu Ziyi chuckled and said, "Although Guanshi County is trying to break the old customs, this matter involving two women is too absurd. Although it was a tradition in ancient times for two men to live together when the harvest was poor, this woman has never done that."
"This is a difficult matter for you two. In the end, the elders clapped their hands and said, 'The wedding will go ahead, but the post should say it's about godparents. Otherwise, it would be too shocking and not good for you. But you will be considered as marrying into the family, right?"
Zhou Li blinked and digested the news.
She reacted and asked, "Since you acknowledge me, Tang Jing and I are sisters. Does this count as incest?"
Xu Ziyi was stunned by Zhou Li's question, then burst into laughter. "Don't worry, I've asked. Although Tang Jing was adopted by Marshal Zhang, her household registration is not here. She's still at the old address, with her adoptive father."
At this point, Xu Ziyi sighed, "There's no one left in her adoptive father's family, and Marshal Zhang doesn't want her family line to be cut off. He said that after you two get married, he'll choose an outstanding child from the family to adopt as your daughter, thus completing the family line."
Zhou Li nodded with no expression on his face.
Xu Ziyi asked, "You're getting married soon, why don't you look happy at all?"
Zhou Li said slowly, "I was just thinking, if I marry into the family, who will be the older and who will be the younger?"
Xu Ziyi didn't understand, "What's big and what's small?"
Zhou Li looked at him and said, "You don't understand."
Tang Jing was not at home today. Zhou Li wanted to go see her, but she felt it was impolite to go there now. However, Ji Qingshu sent someone to deliver a flower basket and invited her to her house for a gathering.
Xu Ziyi and the elder lived in Zhang's house, so they went back with Zhou Li.
Zhou Li found Dapeng and told him some things before getting on the carriage. Xu Ziyi naturally rode away on horseback.
While riding on the horse, Xu Ziyi was still muttering what Zhou Li had just said. After all, Zhou Li had no intention of explaining to him.
After getting off the carriage, Zhou Li saw Zhang Man, followed by Zhang Zixin. The brother and sister were inseparable wherever they went, but Zhang Man looked obviously angry and didn't want to pay attention to Zhang Zixin.
Seeing Zhou Li get off the car, Zhang Man came forward and said, "My mother asked me to pick you up."
Zhang Zixin looked unhappy, so Xu Ziyi walked up to him and teased him.
"Why do you look so miserable today? What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Zixin lifted Xu Ziyi's hand on her shoulder and pursed her lips, saying, "Sorry, Brother Xu, I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now."
Zhang Man was originally talking to Zhou Li. When she heard the noise behind her, she turned around and said to Xu Ziyi, "Why are you paying attention to him? Let him act like a spoiled brat!"
Zhang Zixin opened and closed her mouth, obviously very depressed, but she didn't dare to argue with Zhang Man.
Zhang Man happily took Zhou Li's hand and took her to meet her mother.
On the way, Zhang Man said to Zhou Li, "Don't pay attention to those pedantic ideas. It's as if there are only things men can do in this world, and nothing women can do. Are women born only to take care of their husbands and children? If I weren't so bad at martial arts, I would also help my father like my elder sister and make a name for myself so that they can see it!"
Zhou Li smiled at Zhang Man and said, "I'm glad you have this intention."
Zhang Man said, "You look down on me too?"
Zhou Li held her hand and said, "As a woman, I naturally understand what you are thinking. However, your parents hope that you will be safe and live a happy life."
Seeing that Zhang Man was still unconvinced, Zhou Li said earnestly, "Everyone has their own abilities. You may not be able to do what your elder sister can do, but she may not be able to do what you can do. Your potential may be greater than you think. Why become her? You can also be yourself."
Zhang Man seemed to understand, but Zhou Li smiled and said, "When you find what you want to do, you will understand."
Although Zhang Man didn't understand, she kept Zhou Li's words in mind.
As they were chatting, they arrived at Ji Qingshu's yard. Ji Qingshu was talking to the tailor. When she saw Zhou Li, she said to him excitedly, "This is the one I told you about."
The tailor turned around and saw two beautiful girls walking towards her. One of them was an old acquaintance of hers, Miss Zhang Man from the Zhang family. The other one was a girl she had never seen before. But she was very graceful, with bright eyes, white teeth, and a very beautiful face, which was even more stunning than anyone she had seen in these years.
If such a person could wear the clothes she made, wouldn't that be a living signboard of her craftsmanship?
The tailor's face was full of smiles: "I will make it well for you!"
Zhou Li arrived and greeted Ji Qingshu: "Hello, Madam."
"Mother." Zhang Man smiled and said, "I brought Mr. Zhou here."
Ji Qingshu said to Zhou Li, "I called you here so late because I have something important to tell you." She introduced him, "This is the best tailor in the city. I called him here especially to make clothes for you and Xiaoqi."
Ji Qingshu covered her mouth and laughed, "Xiaoqi's size has been measured before, and you are the only one missing. If you have any requirements for the clothes, please feel free to ask."
Tailor Li bowed to Zhou Li and said, "Miss, please come this way."
Zhou Li stretched his arms and raised his chin as she said.
Tailor Li asked as he took the measurements, "Miss, you're getting engaged soon. What are your requirements for your wedding dress? Is the pattern on it exquisite? We have a wide variety of patterns in our shop. If you're not sure what to get, I have a catalog for you to choose from."
Although Zhou Li knew what she was really preparing for this measurement, she was confused by Tailor Li's endless chatter. She could only nod and shake her head and could not get a word in.
At this moment, someone walked in and said in a clear voice, "Mother, I asked someone to put dinner in the yard. Is it ready here?"
Zhou Li looked up and saw Tang Jing standing in front of Ji Qingshu wearing a light yellow dress.
Tang Jing seldom wears colored clothes. When Zhou Li saw her, she was usually wearing black or gray. Dark-colored clothes also suited her personality, but they were too old-fashioned. The heavy colors seemed to suppress the young girl into a lifeless state. Today, she looked particularly bright in her bright clothes, like the rising sun, not dazzling, but bringing light and warmth.
Zhou Li looked a little stunned, but Zhang Man was laughing secretly.
She begged Tang Jing to wear this dress today. She thought Zhou Li would like it. Sure enough, Zhou Li looked at Tang Jing with sparkling eyes.
Ji Qingshu said, "When it's done, let's go eat." She then invited tailor Li, "You can come too."
Tailor Li understood the situation and knew it was just a courtesy. She bowed slightly and said, "I can't do that right now. The shop still needs me to go back and take charge of the situation."
"Then I won't stay." Ji Qingshu exchanged a few polite words with tailor Li, and asked someone to wait here. She and Zhang Man went over first, and asked Tang Jing to accompany Zhou Li to choose the pattern, and there was no rush.
This was to create an opportunity for the two of them to spend time together. Zhang Man understood and considerately helped her mother to leave first.
Tailor Li still hadn't measured her legs yet. She squatted down, and Tang Jing came over and asked, "Isn't the place messy since I didn't go today?"
Zhou Li shook his head: "With Dapeng and the others watching, they are experienced and won't cause any trouble. But are your injuries healed?"
Tang Jing laughed: "That's not much of an injury, just a few bruises."
Seeing Zhou Li looking at her, Tang Jing pursed her lips and said embarrassedly: "This outfit was chosen by my sister, what do you think?"
"It looks good and suits you very well." Zhou Li raised the corners of his mouth.
The conversation between the two was very ambiguous. Tailor Li listened while measuring the clothes and thought that the two girls had strange tones when they spoke. She put away the measuring tape, wrote down the dimensions, and showed the album to Zhou Li.
Zhou Li didn't understand any of this. He took a few glances, closed the album, and said to Tang Jing, "I'll choose the same style as you."
Tang Jing could certainly do it. Tailor Li took note and said enviously, "You two girls have such a good relationship. They must be close friends, right? They both chose the same wedding dress. There aren't many of them in the city!"
Tang Jing and Zhou Li smiled at each other, neither denying nor acquiescing. However, the servant who stayed to send Tailor Li off could not help but almost laughed out loud.
These two are not just close friends, but husband and wife!
At dinner time, Zhang Zixin and Zhang Zifeng both came back and naturally wanted to accompany their mother. Even Zhang Mei put aside her work and the whole family sat together.
Zhang Zifeng looked at Tang Jing with his eyes and nose all messed up, and when he saw Zhou Li, his eyes were rolled up to the sky. He couldn't understand how his parents could accept such an unconventional thing.
But no matter how unhappy he was, as long as his parents were there, Zhang Zifeng could only suppress his complaints and sit at the dinner table obediently to eat with his parents.
Zhang Mei had always liked girls, and he felt he owed Tang Jing something, so his expectations of him were lower now. Zhang Mei also knew that this was a child who wouldn't ask for candy and was living under someone else's roof, so as long as it didn't violate principles or affect the cause, what was wrong with liking a girl? Besides, Zhou Li was a member of the Ranger Hall. The addition of such a large number of talented people made Zhang Mei overjoyed. She raised her glass, spoke a few words about her future, and toasted with the children.
Ji Qingshu watched silently from the side.
She is a good wife and will not object to anything her husband agrees with. This is also the rule that girls from aristocratic families have been taught since childhood. Besides, Tang Jing likes girls better than boys, and will not compete with her children for the family business in the future.
Only Zhang Man is young and sincerely supports this relationship. As for the opinions of the two brothers Zhang Zifeng and Zhang Zixin, they are not important.
Tang Jing's gaze swept over everyone present one by one, taking in everyone's reactions. Her eyes were dark, but she looked at Zhou Li and smiled.
None of this matters, the person has been imprisoned by her in the name of love.
Zhou Li, you can't escape in this life.
It's almost over. In the next world, I'll write about the story of a cocky drummer and a frivolous guitarist. I hope you can continue to support me~
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