Xie Yuancheng started accusing me again, and I could only listen. After all, I was the one who did it, and I made him uneasy and felt that I was unpredictable.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. I'll do whatever you ask me to do without complaint, okay?"
"Oh no~" Xie Yuancheng leaned against me with his head down, unable to see, so I could only guess.
"What would it take for you to feel at ease? I'm already a grown woman. By the time Xizhi and the others grow up, I'll be an old maid. I'll be by your side every day, so what else could you possibly worry about?"
"I'm just worried. I get anxious whenever Ying'er runs around."
"I really regret breaking up with you three times back then. I shouldn't have broken up with you. I promise you, no matter where we are in the future, even if you become an old man, I will always be by your side—no, behind you—and never leave you~"
"You said the same thing during our first argument in the small courtyard. And what happened after that? You jumped off a cliff without hesitation, and you left the Western Regions without a second thought!"
"I, I know I was wrong, but you're still not over it after all this time~" I lifted Xie Yuancheng's face up, and he struggled away but continued to lean against me.
"Ying'er~" Xie Yuancheng stopped talking. I told him a lot of things, but he still didn't reply. I'm at a loss for words this time. How can I coax him?
"Then I'll go ask for a red thread tomorrow to tie us together, so we'll never be separated, no matter where we go in the future."
"She's just sweet-talking and knows how to talk. I'm sleepy, I'm going to rest now."
Xie Yuancheng picked me up, dried me off, and then went to sleep listlessly. I lay in bed touching his face, tracing it many times. His face was already etched in my mind; how could I possibly forget it?
When I woke up the next day, Xie Yuancheng was already back to normal, as if he weren't the same person who had complained to me yesterday. I need to find a guide to loving my husband and learn how to care for and cherish him.
"Bizhu, do you know any loving couples? How do they live?"
"Madam, you and the Marquis are a loving couple, why would you ask such a question?"
"I want to know how to stay together for a long time and make each other feel at ease."
I really just wanted to know, but Bizhu said we were a match made in heaven, just look at Xie Yuancheng. Did she really need to remind me? If it weren't for Xie Yuancheng, I could be living here perfectly well, and even occasionally cause some mischief~
During dinner that evening, Xie Yuancheng glanced at me several times, which made me feel uneasy, so I had no choice but to ask him.
"Have I changed? Why are you always staring at me?"
"Why are you asking so many questions today?"
"What is it? I just asked Bizhu if there are any elderly couples who stay together for life. Are you going to say I have nothing better to do?"
"No, you can just ask me. Why do I need to know what outsiders think about this?"
“Yuancheng, I just want to change my approach to you so that you can regain your confidence in me. Otherwise, I’ll be very worried if you always carry a thorn in your side.”
I've now mastered a skill: I sit next to Xie Yuancheng whenever I feel like it, occasionally putting my arm around his and talking to him. Before, I felt a little embarrassed when he wanted to eat alone with me, but now I absolutely love this arrangement.
"Ying'er, you don't need to do anything at all. You've done so many crucial things for me. I could never abandon you~"
"I know, but I'm just worried about you. You have to do things, but you also don't want to let go of me. How can you be 100% focused?"
Xie Yuancheng put some food on my plate, staring intently at me. Only then did I start eating. He said, "That's a good girl. Eat properly when you eat, play with the children in the manor, and don't always think about leaving me. That's enough."
"Really? Won't you be under too much pressure and age prematurely?"
Even if I'm over thirty and an old man, you still can't escape from me!
Xie Yuancheng resumed his fierce demeanor. I nodded to him and winked at him, and he finally smiled, put food on my plate, but refused to eat.
"If you don't eat, I won't eat either, and don't go to see Yan'er, Xi Zhi, or Su Ling." I also put down my chopsticks. I'm already so thin, and I'm still being picky about food and refusing to eat.
"Ying'er, I don't like to eat." Xie Yuancheng started using Yu'er's method again. I looked at the table and saw that he only liked a few things. I divided them up and sat on his lap. I wouldn't eat unless Xie Yuancheng opened his mouth to eat.
"I'm so hungry. My husband is a picky eater, so I have no choice but to go hungry too. That's what it means for a couple to be of one mind."
"You!" Xie Yuancheng's eyes started to bulge. I glared at him back, not wanting to be outdone. He only cared about me, but he didn't eat and was a picky eater. I didn't care about him anymore.
"Ying'er, you never cared about my meals before~"
"That's because I believe my little Chengcheng is well-behaved and sensible. Little did I know you're a picky eater. Now I need to take care of my man. If you don't eat..."
"Are you going to start being naughty again? Humph!" Xie Yuancheng held me and sat me down beside him before picking up his chopsticks.
He's very picky about food, and I watch him very closely. He used to like these dishes, but now he finds them increasingly hard to swallow, probably because he thinks too much. He also says he eats and sleeps well every day.
"You big liar Xie Yuancheng~" I said softly, and he actually heard me. I then changed my words: "Hurry up and eat. If it gets cold, your stomach will hurt again. Next time, I will never let you stay out overnight. I will stay with you."
"Okay." Xie Yuancheng ate all the food I put on his plate, which was rare for him, but I could tell that he was reluctant to eat. What was the reason?
I wanted to talk to Li Ruowei about something, but Xie Yuancheng disagreed. I also wanted to see the little ones, but he said that this was a time for children to play, and if I went there, they wouldn't want to go to sleep, so he wouldn't let me go either.
"Okay, I'll stay here with you and not go anywhere. I'll give you a massage." I pulled Xie Yuancheng's hand and walked back. He never pushes me away.
I sat with him while he read, and then I started flipping through the books the shopkeeper had given me. Xie Yuancheng pulled me into his arms. The chair was spacious, and we could sit together and write without touching our pens.
"You're just too curious. What's so interesting about this? I can recite it by heart."
"What? You've written it all down? I've only just started reading!" I continued flipping through the pages, and the first page featured a picture of a gluttonous beast: "Why is a gluttonous mythical creature placed at the beginning?"
"He meant that you can't be greedy, you can only stay with me for life, you can't go out and find someone else, you have to stay with me for life and watch our children grow up."
"Yes, of course I know, but is this interpretation a bit off? I need to check it out so I don't get fooled by you."
Xie Yuancheng smiled and came closer to look at me. It was so comfortable leaning against him.
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