Chapter 55 Covered in Red Marks
Chapter Fifty-Five: Covered in Red Marks
Ling Jianwei hugged the thin-backed person, buried her face in the side of her neck, and took a deep breath of the fragrance of her hair.
He softens when she's vulnerable.
But……
He pulled her out of his arms, wiped the tears from her face, and looked at her intently: "You're crying like this... but I'm too greedy."
Li Yue sniffled, looking at him through teary eyes.
"Human desires are always endless." He seemed to be dissecting himself. "At that time, I didn't know what liking between men and women was, but I was sure that I liked a girl. But I also knew that the girl was aloof towards me and didn't seem to have that kind of liking for me."
“I thought, even if she had another man in her heart, as long as she was willing to be with me, I wouldn’t care. But I didn’t expect that I was too narrow-minded. She didn’t have another man in her heart, only Ru Ci.” He laughed self-deprecatingly, but suddenly stared straight at her, “But I would rather you had another man in your heart.”
Li Yue looked at him, puzzled: "Why?"
A wry smile played on his lips as he cupped her face in his hands: "Haven't you noticed? If Ru Ci is the only one in your heart, you won't belong to me, nor to anyone else. I could lose you at any moment."
Li Yue was startled and stared blankly at him.
The man lowered his gaze and said no more.
Before he met her, he was never afraid of losing anything.
But after meeting her, he developed many fears, all of which were closely related to her.
Li Yue's earlier panic had long since disappeared; she had never directly analyzed her own emotions.
He never made any demands on her, yet he made concessions for her time and time again, including regarding job changes, childbirth issues, and many of her personal preferences.
She is indeed very selfish.
Looking into his still affectionate eyes, Li Yue bit her lip.
She had an obsession that arose after she was involved in a car accident while visiting a porcelain exhibition. It was like a huge grudge that made her believe she had to do something related to porcelain to get rid of it.
But she regretted it after they parted ways at the train station.
Now she understands even more clearly that she had only found an excuse to go back to him.
After a long silence, Li Yue asked, "Ling Jianwei, if I came here purely for the Ru porcelain..." She looked at him with clear eyes, "Would you still want me?"
The man's eyes flickered, and after a moment, he gritted his teeth, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly, and a deep voice rang out:
"want!"
"Of course I want it."
Even if you only have Ru porcelain in your heart, and no one else, including me, I have never thought of separating from you.
Li Yue felt a lump in her throat.
Whenever you ask him, he remains steadfast and will never change his mind for any other reason.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.
"Ling Jianwei, you're so silly."
In our time, someone like you would have been labeled as having a "love-obsessed" mentality.
After a long while, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and heard him ask, "So, you really don't have even the slightest bit of me in your heart?"
Li Yue paused for a moment, then suddenly decided not to tell him directly, and simply hummed in agreement.
Good, good, good, you're really stubborn.
After guiding him for a while, he received an answer that far exceeded his expectations.
I used to think there would at least be some sentimentality, but now there's absolutely none. She's only after the porcelain. If it were any other Tom, Dick, or Harry here, she would have agreed to it too.
Enraged, the man dragged her out, bit her lip hard, pinched her arm tightly, and then rubbed her roughly.
He put her back on the bed, and Li Yue lay flat, looking at him with eyes that showed no remorse, a half-smile playing on her lips.
This made him even angrier.
Even if you don't have me in your heart, you are still mine.
"here it is."
"Here too."
"Even more so here!"
Li Yue: "Oh."
Don't expect her to say anything nice; the more a man thinks about it, the angrier and more resentful he becomes.
They were so decisive in refusing at first, and later they even sent telegrams that made it seem like they were going to alarm the entire battalion, without showing the slightest bit of shyness. Yes, yes, because they simply didn't care.
The man's lips sealed hers tightly, his tongue teasing her, his fingers applying pressure.
Li Yue couldn't stand him treating her like this.
She surrendered in no time: "Ling Jianwei, no."
But this time he didn't listen, nor did he want to let her go. All the resentment in his heart turned into a continuous source of motivation, his fingertips and lips working together.
Li Yue drank sweet wine and a lot of water, and it seemed she really enjoyed seeing him angry like this.
It might be her quirk.
So I let him be, looking at his jet-black hair, my fingers involuntarily grabbing a strand of his hair.
Under the man's control, Li Yue's threshold was breached in an instant. Like a water balloon, she couldn't withstand the pressure and finally exploded...
The whole world is quiet.
Li Yue covered her face and twitched her knees: "Ling Jianwei, you dog!"
The man's voice was low: "Yes, that's me."
Li Yue: "..."
Originally, there was a straw mat on the floor, but he later replaced it with a bed sheet.
Li Yue's arms, shoulders, collarbone, and other places where he had kissed her were all sore. She felt like a fish on a chopping board, being tormented by him repeatedly.
Several times, she sobbed in pain.
How strong is this bastard?
She didn't know what time it was, or how many times it had happened, but Li Yue finally gave up and looked at him pitifully, saying, "How about we go to sleep? I'm so tired."
He then carried her to wash up. Li Yue didn't even have the strength to lift her arms. Back in bed, all she wanted to do was sleep. But the man beside her seemed unable to swallow his anger. He held her, nibbled on her earlobe, pressed his hand against her heart, and whispered, "Is there really no trace of me here?"
Li Yue was so sleepy that she honestly answered, "Of course I have some."
How many?
Li Yue squinted her eyes: "A lot."
"How much is a lot?"
She couldn't answer.
The man sighed and pinched her soft earlobe: "You really only came for the Ru porcelain?"
Li Yue shook her head: "No."
"What was the purpose of that?"
She nestled into his arms, as if murmuring, "I like Ru porcelain, and I might like other types of porcelain in the future. But if it were someone else here, whether it was a childhood friend, a senior from school, or a blind date... I wouldn't turn back, much less come here. It's because you're here that I thought of coming over."
In the darkness, the man's heart pounded.
A strong arm pulled her close.
"However, I found that I don't really like Ru porcelain that much, at least not as much as my martial uncle."
"Besides, no matter what you do, you can't replicate it exactly the same."
At this point, Li Yue couldn't help but feel melancholy. Once she broke free from her obsession, she would have to find a new direction in life.
She grabbed his arm and sniffed, "Can you please stop dwelling on this?"
His voice softened considerably: "I didn't struggle with it. Even if you didn't have me in your heart at all back then, I accepted it."
Li Yue couldn't take it anymore and punched him.
"You're not in my heart!"
He took her hand, smiled, and without saying anything more, kissed her hair: "That's fine too."
As they held each other, the person in their arms fell asleep.
The next day, Li Yue looked at the red marks scattered all over her body and couldn't help but want to hit someone.
The instigator, however, acted like a victor, raising an eyebrow: "Isn't this quite beautiful?"
Li Yue snorted at him, and he came over and hugged her: "Hurry up and get ready, I'll take you to work."
...
It seems like the matter has simply passed.
Neither of them mentioned what happened that night afterward, but Li Yue could clearly sense that he seemed to be more clingy.
Specifically, he picked her up and dropped her off more often, would hold her hand while walking in the family compound, and was even more unrestrained in bed.
Some of the designs exceeded Li Yue's expectations.
She realized he really was a dog.
The weather gradually turned cooler and colder, and before we knew it, the end of the year was approaching, and New Year's Day 1972 was just around the corner.
It was snowing heavily outside. When Li Yue woke up in the morning, she looked at the white snow outside through the gap in the curtains and said, "If I count, we've been here for three years."
"Yes, time really flies."
Li Yue said, "I'm going to the capital soon to hold a sales event, and I'll also take the opportunity to visit my parents."
The factory had a good year, and the porcelain produced was getting better and better, so we decided to hold the New Year's Day trade fair in Beijing.
As a native of Beijing, Li Yue was naturally chosen by the factory director to go on a business trip.
Ling Jianwei asked, "Approximately how many days will you be gone?"
"The actual trip is for four days, but I asked the factory manager for two days off, so I'll be back two days later than them."
Ling Jianwei asked, "Does this mean we'll be separated for a week?"
Li Yue smiled and said, "I can't bear to part with it."
He looked at her with those affectionate eyes: "We've never been apart for this long before."
Li Yue: "I'll bring back your favorite food."
After saying that, he frowned and asked, "By the way, what do you like to eat?"
Ling Jianwei clicked her tongue and said, "We've been married for three years, and you still don't know what I like to eat!"
"I only know that you don't like sweet or sour foods, like candied hawthorn, but you don't seem to have said whether you like or dislike other things."
He scoffed, "At least you're not entirely heartless; you know what I don't like to eat."
"So what do you like to eat?"
He said, "I don't have any particular favorite food, so feel free to bring whatever you like."
"Okay, I'll buy it then."
Li Yue's business trip went very smoothly. At the trade fair, she demonstrated her extensive knowledge of Ru porcelain and her excellent speaking skills earned her a lot of praise. The goods they brought were sold out, and they also secured numerous orders.
After the trade fair ended, she took everyone on a tour of Beijing and stayed at home for two nights before returning home with bags full of purchases.
After getting off the train, Ling Jianwei came to pick her up.
I was fine that night, but the next afternoon I started to feel unwell and had very obvious cold symptoms.
As soon as she caught a cold, her tonsils became inflamed, and her body burned with fever. After receiving a fever-reducing injection, as she slept, Ling Jianwei held her and sighed, "You get sick every year; I wish I could take your place."
Li Yue nestled in his arms, looking at his gentle expression, and suddenly said to him, "Ling Jianwei, let's have a child when we get back to the capital."
The man's body visibly trembled.
"So sudden." He stroked her face. "Is it because my parents are pressuring you to have a baby?"
“No,” Li Yue said.
During this trade fair, Li Yue saw porcelain from all over the country. She learned about famous porcelain and products from famous kilns.
She knew perfectly well that no matter how hard she tried, she could never create something like Song Dynasty Ru ware. Even in the world of a book, certain rules couldn't be defied. Yet, those who shared her passion for ancient ceramic culture were working tirelessly to revive the great porcelains, such as Jun ware, Ding ware, Jian kiln Jian ware… Each type of porcelain is a treasure of Chinese ceramic art, and each type of porcelain or porcelain-making technique has found its own researchers and inheritors.
This era certainly has its bad side, but in any era, there will always be people who have passion.
Li Yue truly felt that she could let go of her obsession.
It's a pity that the current university recommendation system doesn't include art academies, so she wants to resolve the issue of having children before the college entrance examination is reinstated.
She will still go to university once the college entrance examination is reinstated.
She also has many more things she wants to do.
She wanted to create porcelain freely...
But he was unaware of these things. Li Yue looked at the man's handsome face and smiled gently: "It's just a concept. I don't know when you'll return to the capital yet."
Ling Jianwei touched her face, unable to suppress the smile on her lips: "If you're willing, I'll talk to the old man tomorrow."
Li Yue said weakly, "At least we'll have to wait until you've served as battalion commander for three years."
Ling Jian smiled and said, "That means there's still one year left."
Li Yue frowned: "I can tell, you really want a child."
“You’re wrong,” he said, pressing his fingertips against her cheek and gently stroking it. “I only want to have a child with you.”
"What if I only have one child?"
One is just right.
"..."
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