Chapter 61: If you don’t eat something that’s served to you, you’re not a real man
The bamboo door creaked open and dust fell down. Yun Ji covered Su Rui's face with his sleeve to prevent her from inhaling the dust.
Inside the house, everything was the same as before. If it weren't for the thick dust, one wouldn't even feel that more than ten years had passed.
Yun Ji didn't bother to look closely at what was going on in the house. He walked straight into the inner room, swept the dust off the bed, and put Su Rui down.
I don’t know when she started having a fever or how long it lasted. Her face was flushed and her breathing became more rapid.
Although Yun Ji was not as proficient in medicine as Abbot Kong Ming, he also knew medical principles and was able to work as a traveling doctor. He knew that the most important thing for Su Rui at this moment was to reduce her temperature to prevent convulsions caused by high fever.
There were no medicines or other people in the cottage, only the daily necessities that had been left there.
Relying on his memory, Yun Ji skillfully took out the kettle from the cabinet, went out to pick up some dry firewood on the ground, drew spring water from the puddle on the cliff, boiled a kettle of hot water, mixed it with warm water and poured it into the basin.
There was no one here except the two of them, and they couldn't find a woman to help. If Yun Ji wanted to save Su Rui, he had no choice but to do so.
Looking at Su Rui who was humming softly on the bed due to a fever, Yun Ji finally walked to the bedside.
He took a deep breath, muttering to himself, while unbuttoning Su Rui's coat, exposing a larger area of her skin, which would be more conducive to heat dissipation and cooling down.
Even though Yun Ji tried his best to avoid touching her body, it was always unavoidable because of her uncomfortable twisting.
The hot skin touched his fingertips, and it seemed to touch the tip of his heart, interrupting Yun Ji's silent recitation several times.
Just by opening two layers of clothes, Yun Ji's forehead was covered with sweat.
He raised his hand to wipe it away, telling himself over and over again in his heart that he must not avoid it, must not have any thoughts about it, and must not overdo it.
This is a calamity, a demon in his heart. If he wants to overcome it, he must resist it. Only when everything he sees, hears and touches is calm and without any evil thoughts, can he break the calamity.
After calming down for a while, Yun Ji wrung out a handkerchief from the basin, and gently wiped Su Rui's forehead, cheeks, jaw, neck, collarbone, and chest with it wet...
When it reached his chest, Yun Ji could no longer go down even with the lotus-pink bellyband between them.
Even if you convince yourself that this is just skin, all things in the world are the same, form is emptiness and emptiness is form, nothing...
"Hmm~"
Just when Yun Ji hadn't been able to completely convince himself, Su Rui groaned uncomfortably, as if dissatisfied. She instinctively grabbed Yun Ji's hand holding the handkerchief and turned inside.
Yun Ji wanted to break free, but he thought that her right hand had just been reattached and she was now unconscious. If he broke free, he would definitely hurt her right hand, and if it broke again, it would be difficult to reattach.
Helplessly, he could only follow her force and be dragged onto the bed by her, pressed against her back, with his hands held in hers, and his whole body wrapped around her.
The tip of his nose was covered by her hair, the faint floral scent of hair oil penetrated into his nasal cavity, and the heat released from her skin was pervasive. The pool of heart water that had originally been calm became uncontrollably noisy again.
"Avalokitesvara..."
"Hmm!" Su Rui was very annoyed when she heard the recitation. She snorted, turned around and covered Yun Ji's mouth with one hand to stop him from reciting.
Her slender fingers were covered with thin calluses, which made her feel numb and tingling when rubbed, like a fox's fluffy tail. On her lips, in her heart, somewhere... she rubbed slowly, stirring up ripples.
Yun Ji didn't know if it was because he was too close and was burned by Su Rui's body temperature, or if it was from his own body, but he felt hot all over for no reason.
"Yun Ji~" Su Ruimei half opened her eyes and called out softly to Yun Ji.
Yun Ji's whole body suddenly stiffened. He looked at her with seductive eyes, rosy cheeks, and slightly open red lips looking at him. He could feel the hot breath she exhaled burning his throat, and his breathing became heavier.
The wind was howling outside the house, the candlelight was swaying inside the house, the heat wave was wrapped in beauty, and desire was constantly roaring in the abyss, hitting Yun Ji's mind again.
Gradually, it began to shake.
He kissed her, and she didn't know it, so why not...
You should restrain yourself!
How can you understand without experiencing, trying, and going through it?
Today you experience this, tomorrow you experience that, and the day after tomorrow? Step by step, using excuses to indulge will only lead you into an endless hell.
"You bastard!"
Just when Yun Ji was torn between his conscience and his desires, Su Rui suddenly added the next sentence.
In an instant, the originally charming atmosphere was frozen.
"He's such a heartless, ungrateful bastard. He's become stupid after practicing so much, and he won't even eat anything that's served to him. He's not really a man."
Su Rui cursed again, curled her lips in disgust, and pushed Yun Ji away.
"What's wrong with this and that? He's clearly a coward. I've put so much thought into this, but he won't satisfy me. He's the one who's having fun!"
The more she spoke, the angrier she became. Su Rui turned around and continued to mutter, as if she was cursing or complaining. Anyway, there wasn't a single nice word she said.
Yun Ji's original hesitation disappeared without a trace, and looking at her completely exposed back, he no longer had any evil thoughts.
He didn't know that she had so much resentment towards him, and it was difficult for her to go to such great lengths to seduce him.
Because she turned around, Yun Ji's hands were completely free. He twisted the handkerchief and wiped her without any distractions.
I touched my forehead and it was still a little hot, so I stood up to get another basin of warm water.
Just as I stood up, I heard the sound of something falling to the ground.
Looking down, it was Su Rui's outer coat, but from the noise it made, it seemed like there was something heavy wrapped inside.
Yun Ji picked up his outer shirt, and the things inside rolled out. At a glance, Yun Ji identified it as the eldest prince's jade pendant.
This was made by the emperor with warm jade when the eldest prince was born. It was made of two pieces of jade, one for the eldest prince and one for him.
This kind of jade pendant is extraordinary, and giving it to each other is a token of love.
The eldest prince's jade pendant is in Su Rui's hand. They...
Yun Ji recalled what he saw in the Imperial Garden on Buddha's Birthday. The two were old acquaintances.
There were complicated emotions running through my heart.
But in the end Yun Ji still picked up the jade pendant and put it back into the sleeve pocket of Su Rui's coat, and went out to change the water.
…
Late at night, Fengqi Palace.
Empress Lin, half-reclining on the chaise longue in her nightgown, flipped through the memorials handed to her. While reviewing them for the Emperor, she yawned and said, "Your Majesty, it's been a difficult time over the years. These memorials are truly endless."
"The eldest prince is over 20 years old. It won't be long before he can take over and help the queen relieve her of her worries." Youlan said with a happy smile.
Queen Lin's eyes were dim in the candlelight. She put down the book in her hand, picked up another one, and asked, "Have you delivered the things to Yun Ji?"
"I have sent it, but I don't know if Mr. Yunji will go."
"He will, and he might even take Su Rui with him." Queen Lin's eyes changed slightly, and she paused before asking, "What's going on in Changning?"
"Of course he was unhappy, and he even beat and killed several servants. It was only when Miss Tang rushed over that they stopped."
"After all, she grew up spoiled and doesn't care about human life. Let sister-in-law leave her alone and don't get implicated."
"Yes, my lady."
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