0013 Magnolia (Part 4) [Slightly H] [Bonus Chapter for 150 Views]
The bed was completely covered by a canopy, and it was so quiet that it was almost impossible to tell that anyone was lying on it.
He reached out and lifted the curtain, a soft, sweet fragrance immediately wafting towards him. The next instant, a figure lunged at him, and he caught off guard, reaching out to hug the person's waist.
The girl, with her slender figure, fragrant and soft, threw herself into his arms, as if he were embracing countless soft clusters of spring flowers.
Shu Fu wrapped her arms tightly around Zhan Yaoguang's neck, her flushed face pressed against his neck.
Zhan Yaoguang quickly noticed the dampness, and her heart clenched as if being stabbed by a knife or burned by fire.
The boy was flustered and at a loss, trying to comfort him: "Don't cry, I won't do it again. I swear, from now on I'll be there whenever you call me, and I'll never be late, okay?"
Shufu's sobs subsided, but tears still streamed down her face.
Seeing that he couldn't get away from her for the time being, Zhan Yaoguang simply carried her to his bedside, rolled her up in the quilt, and returned to the tent.
The two lay on the spacious four-poster bed, each under a separate blanket. Zhan Yaoguang faced her and carefully pulled her into his arms. Seeing that she did not resist at all, he felt uneasy instead.
"It's just spring thunder, like the Thunder God stretching and the Lightning Goddess yawning. Nothing serious will happen," Zhan Yaoguang comforted her.
Shu Fu shook her head and said in a deep voice, "You don't know, but I wasn't afraid of thunder before I was ten years old. When I was ten, my mother accepted the invitation of Lady Anhou and took my sisters and me to the manor on Chongnan Mountain to worship the silkworm god."
"It was springtime then. I remember the Cheng'an Marquis's estate was very beautiful, with so many peach trees. The second wife of the Cheng'an Marquis was also very kind; that day she even took us to pick peach blossoms to make pastries. (Hong Zhaomin joins group ó1)"
"But that very night, she was gone, right before our eyes. We were all sitting in the hall enjoying tea and conversation when suddenly she rushed into the rain like a madwoman. At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck her, hitting her squarely and burning her beyond recognition in an instant."
“We were all terrified at the time and returned to the city overnight. It was during Her Majesty the Empress’s birthday celebration, and there was no curfew for a whole month. My younger brother was so frightened that he developed a high fever. My grandmother and mother spent a lot of money to hire a doctor to come to our house to treat him. After they prepared the medicine for my brother, the two of them stayed by his bedside all night.”
“My elder sister was also young at the time, and my grandmother was afraid that she would be scared, so she let her sleep in the gauze curtain in her room for one night. Aunt Yu, who was usually like a transparent person, was my younger sister’s birth mother. That day, she knelt in front of my mother and begged my mother to allow her to stay with my younger sister for one night.”
“I was accompanied back by Ah Xing. She sat on the footstool, held my hand, and stayed with me all night. Later, every rainy night, she would hold my hand and come over.”
"Afterwards, it was found out that someone had tampered with the second wife that day, installing a lightning rod to attract lightning to strike her. The sisters were all relieved, but I was timid and have been thinking about it ever since."
Zhan Yaoguang felt a mix of emotions.
In his view, the fact that Shu Fu witnessed people being struck by lightning and killed was secondary to what truly frightened her. What she was really afraid of was the feeling that night when all her brothers and sisters had someone to care for them, while she was all alone with a maid.
Even she herself was unaware of how much she actually valued these small, intimate feelings.
When her elder sister bullied her, a soft apology was enough to make her smile; when her personal maid betrayed her, she felt more sadness than disgust when she talked about it.
How could those people bear to treat her like that?
He felt sorry for her, so he whispered, "I have the most effective exorcism method in the southern border region. After you hear it, you won't be afraid of these things anymore."
He paused, then said softly in the Southern Xinjiang dialect that Shu Fu couldn't understand: "Kitchen God and Kitchen Goddess, let me ward off some fright. Don't scare the cats and dogs, or my precious baby."
After saying this, the boy brushed the girl's hair away from her forehead and lowered his head to kiss her forehead.
Shu Fu felt a dampness on her forehead and quickly guessed what he had done.
But she didn't feel angry; instead, she felt a tightness in her chest, unable to describe her feelings in words.
After the kiss, Zhan Yaoguang belatedly realized what had happened. He choked up and awkwardly spoke:
“I’m not kidding you, this is really an exorcism technique from southern Xinjiang. When I was a child, I was naughty and ran around all over the mountains and fields, and I often encountered strange things. My grandmother used this technique to exorcise evil spirits for me. I’m not trying to take advantage of you.”
Shu Fu remained silent, but Zhan Yaoguang suddenly felt an emptiness in his arms. He guessed that she was angry with him and had moved away.
And so his heart felt empty.
However, the next moment, a chill swept into Zhan Yaoguang's blanket, and then the chill gradually melted away as a hibiscus flower branch climbed up his body.
She... she actually crawled into his bed!
She snuggled closer to him!
As if drawn in, Zhan Yaoguang reached out and embraced her. At that moment, there were no more blankets separating them, and the young bodies of the boy and girl pressed tightly together.
The girl's soft breasts were pressed against his body, rubbing against him as she adjusted her position.
He froze, too afraid to move, yet his senses were too acute. He could even clearly perceive the red nipples on her chest, standing erect beneath her two layers of undergarments, gently rubbing against his skin like an electric shock, sending shivers down his spine and causing an uncontrollable reaction in his groin.
The boy's heart pounded like thunder, and with each breath he took, it was as if layers of rich fragrance swirled in and out, causing beads of sweat to appear on the tip of his nose.
She finally stopped in front of his chest and whispered, "I can hear it, your heart is beating so fast."
Outside the tent, the rain pattered softly, and thunder rumbled as if about to roll.
Zhan Yaoguang suddenly reached out from under the covers and forcefully covered her ears, threatening fiercely, "Close your ears, you're not allowed to hear!"
Just then, the thunder that had been brewing for so long finally roared, making people tremble.
Shufu lay in the boy's arms, the thunder and rain seemingly left outside the tent, far, far away.
She tilted her head back as if possessed, arched it slightly, and then gently touched the boy's chin with her soft lips.
The boy's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and Shu Fu heard his heartbeat quicken even more, as if it were about to leap out of his chest and burrow into her ear.
At this moment, Zhan Yaoguang had no thoughts left in his mind. If Shu Fu was willing to treat him like this forever, he would rather the rain outside keep falling and he stay in this house for the rest of his life.
A moment later, he thought irritably, "Forget it, it's better if the rain stops soon, after all, she's so afraid of thunderstorms."
Shu Fu actually wanted to ask Zhan Yaoguang if he liked her a little.
There were many admirers in Chang'an, but no one was as accommodating to her as he was, no one's eyes lit up when they saw her like his, and certainly no one else...
Shu Fu stretched her leg almost imperceptibly, and as expected, she brushed against that hard, hot thing.
This was the second time she had seen it; its burning heat was terrifying. If he were her husband, would she die from it?
Shu Fu was startled, but quickly came to her senses and fiercely condemned the filthy thought that had just flashed through her mind.
At the same time, she couldn't help but worry that if he kept suppressing his feelings like this, and something happened to his health later on, how could she bear the responsibility?
Spring rain falls in bursts, flowers and leaves scatter, and the night deepens and recedes into the torrential rain.
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I don't know if anyone else got it, but I really love these little double entendres (fingers)
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