Shi Yue came back very late and saw that all of Sun Yanan's things were gone from the house. After asking, he found out that she had moved to her own yard.
The next night, when he returned from duty, he said to Sun Yannan, "Don't think too much. Li'er may not have much time left."
When he said the last few words of this sentence, he was obviously choked up and seemed to be trying hard to control his emotions.
Sun Yannan lowered her head and remained silent. Perhaps because she hadn't responded as usual, Shi Yue waited for a moment and then asked, "Do you have anything to ask?"
What was there to ask, she thought: If he wanted to, he would tell her. Even if he didn't, she had heard and seen it.
Even if she asked, the only response would be "Don't think too much." Was she going to argue with a dying man? She couldn't win, especially if Rong Li was dead.
Sun Yannan shook his head. This attitude somehow angered Shi Yue: "She is innocent and kind, and her time is running out. You must not show her displeasure in the future, and you are not allowed to say unkind words to her."
So this was why he had condescended to come to her yard.
She looked up in astonishment: "Have I been disrespectful?"
"Just a suggestion." Shi Yue said, "If there is something wrong, correct it. If there is nothing wrong, encourage yourself. It is important for people to reflect on themselves and review their own hospitality."
The relationship between the young couple suddenly cooled down. They lived in separate courtyards, and Sun Yanan avoided Shi Yue every day, almost adhering to the idea of avoiding meeting him if possible.
Shi Yue was also furious. In his opinion, because he had to take care of his wife, he remained silent even when Rong Li cried and asked him to spend more time with her in her last days.
It was just that he took extra care of Rong Li when she was sick and when she came to visit. Rong Li wanted him to accompany her for a walk, and he also insisted that his sister Shi Wei go with her.
Even so, Sun Yannan still gave him the cold shoulder. She even dared to give a cold shoulder to her husband. No wonder Rong Li said, "I feel like my sister-in-law doesn't like me. The way she looks at me is scary."
He originally thought it wouldn't be necessary, but when she came back, she was so angry that she moved out to her own yard.
When Sun Yannan first moved into his yard, he was not used to it, and now that she has moved out, he is still not used to it.
Although they had not yet consummated their marriage, they lived in the same room and he would occasionally hold her in his arms for a while. She was as docile as a little rabbit, lying obediently in his arms.
In the past, if he couldn't find something, he would either do it himself or ask his servants to find it. His servants were like him, and if they wanted to find something, they would basically tear the house apart.
After Sun Yanan moved in, he lost his ink one day. When he was searching high and low for it, she put the new ink in his hand.
From then on, whenever he couldn't find something, he would call his wife.
After Sun Yanan lived in the same yard with him, his quilt was often warm and smelled like the sun.
His tea is always warm.
His pajamas and underwear were changed into soft silk textures.
Sun Yanan added a dressing table to his room, and placed her bottles and jars, and layers of boxes containing hairpins, rings, bracelets and other ornaments on it.
Whenever Sun Yannan was dressing in front of the mirror, Shi Yue would always stand behind her and make trouble, sometimes helping her put on a hairpin, sometimes helping her pick out a pair of earrings. Later, he gradually learned the tricks and could even help her draw her eyebrows.
In the evening, when he was doing some writing and drawing at the desk, Sun Yanan would bring him some tea and snacks, and help him trim the wick of the burnt-out candle or replace it with a new one.
When he was tired of writing, he would always look up and see Sun Yannan lying or sitting on the small couch in the corner of the room, covered with a small blanket, busy with her own things.
As the saying goes: Beauty is best seen under the lamp. Sun Yannan's expression, sometimes focused and sometimes lazy, is so beautiful that he often can't take his eyes off her.
Now, the person he had just gotten used to has moved away again.
On Shi Yue's day off, Rong Li came to visit again. Since no one had told Sun Yannan, and no one had touched the dishes she had prepared last time, Sun Yannan did not make any additional preparations.
The head chef in the main kitchen had also taken a couple of days off because his son was getting married, so the only one left was the second chef, who could make some home-cooked dishes.
But it happened to be dinner time when Rong Li's grandmother came. This time, the mother-in-law helped Shi Yue's grandmother out to entertain the guests, and the grandmother invited the guests to have dinner in front of Sun Yannan.
Sun Yannan glanced at Shi Yue, Shi Wei, and Rong Li sitting across from her. Judging by their expressions and the way they spoke, she knew it all along. It was just that no one had told her. Perhaps only her mother-in-law and the old lady were like her?
Rong Li said, "Old Madam, my grandmother has been thinking about you. She went on a long journey to find a doctor and medicine for me a while ago. She just came back and wanted to see you.
It was our fault for not sending a visiting invitation in advance."
Mrs. Shi said with a smile, "What's the relationship between me and your grandmother? She came whenever she wanted. Why send a visiting card?"
Rong Li's grandmother also laughed and said, "How could these young people understand? We have been friends for so many years, from handkerchiefs to now."
Not sending a formal visiting card is one thing, but it is impossible not to inform the host family and leave them unprepared.
It is indeed a bit awkward for someone close to me to come over and leave a message, but it is also impossible for them to just come over and act like they are at home.
He must have asked the younger generations to pass on a message.
But her husband and sister-in-law were really willing to embarrass her and even make her family lose the honor of serving guests.
Sun Yanan quietly retreated from the hall and walked towards the kitchen, while calculating that it would usually take two cups of tea, with a round of snacks in between, and the greetings and chatting would be enough.
The sun is shining and there is no wind today, so let's have the banquet under the tiled canopy in the Peony Garden.
No one knew that Sun Yannan's cooking skills had actually reached the level of a master chef who could open a restaurant.
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