Chapter 57: Birds in the South (Part 2)
Chai Lie pushed aside the quilt and lifted up Cheng Yuan's upper body, revealing her soft white flesh. "You little bitch, weren't you screaming like a slut just now? Why aren't you screaming now? Are you tired?"
Cheng Yuan's cheeks were bright red. "I really can't hold on any longer. Please spare me today."
Chai Lie grasped her slender waist and pressed her towards him. He deliberately looked at Mu Jin, who was not far from the bed. She looked at him provocatively and said, "If you scream nicely, I will let you go."
Cheng Yuan didn't doubt it and cried out, "That's enough, I'm really tired."
He panted and smiled, "You said... hehe... if Mu Jin came back now, stood in front of you, and saw you being so despicable, what would he do?"
Cheng Yuan panicked when he heard his name and immediately wanted to take off the scarf in front of him. He was so scared that his face turned pale and cold sweat broke out.
Seeing this, Chai Lie quickly untied the knot on her wrist, picked her up and held her in his arms, patting her back like a child. He looked at Mu Jin fiercely and said, "I was just threatening you, how could you take it so seriously?"
Cheng Yuan had already taken off the blindfold without caring about anything, and looked around, but didn't see anyone.
She threw the towel off the bed in anger, "Next time you cover my eyes, don't come to me! I don't like this."
Chai Lie was worried that she was sweating, so he pulled her into the quilt to warm her up. "It's so hot and cold, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
Cheng Yuan locked his neck and kissed his Adam's apple carefully, "You're worried that I'll catch a cold, but you're not afraid of hurting me?"
"I'm taking it easy, no."
"Hmph, so annoying..." she said coquettishly.
"Go to sleep first. I have something to do tonight."
Cheng Yuan was so angry that she threw a pillow at him, "You want to leave now that you're satisfied, right? You stinky man!"
He held her arm, touching her from elbow to fingers, "If you really have something to do, I'll come to see you tomorrow."
"How many women do you sleep with in one night?"
He couldn't help but laugh, "It took me two hours just to accompany you. If I accompany a few more, it will be dawn. How can I have so much free time?"
"Go away, go away, sleep with as many people as you want."
She turned over and closed her eyes. She was so tired that she fell asleep in a short while.
Hearing her heavy breathing, Chai Che gathered up the torn clothes and put them in the closet. He turned around to look at her sleeping face and quietly closed the door.
At this time, a servant was on guard duty, standing in the corridor and trembling all over. When he saw Chai Lie coming, he hurriedly saluted, "Young Master... Mu... Mu... Young Master Mu Jin..." He took a long time to finish his sentence.
"Mu Jin is back, right?" There was no emotion in his voice.
“Yes… yes… yes.”
"Back off, no need to make a fuss."
After walking forward for a while, he saw the bright moon in the sky. He was standing in the yard with his hands behind his back, admiring the moon, and did not do anything unusual.
As expected, he is a coward.
"Yazhi, I haven't seen you for three years. When I see you, you look so calm and composed."
Mu Jin glanced at him sideways, "Big brother, you are quite elegant. Why don't you rest in your own garden and come to visit my Siyu Garden?"
"Are you the host or the guest, Mu Jin, you have to think it through." He pressed hard.
Mu Jin said jokingly with a submissive attitude, "I also have to thank my beloved wife, who is married but has not yet had a wedding night, for hosting Big Brother. I wonder how she treated me?"
"You!" He didn't expect Mu Jin to be so shameless.
Mu Jin chuckled, "Brother, do you think I, the owner of Siyu Garden, am incompetent?"
Chai Lie gritted his teeth and said, "Since you've already left, why did you come back?"
"The Governor's Mansion is my home. Even if I leave for a while, I will always be able to return. Besides, my uncle is still thinking about me. If I keep wandering around, it will only make my elders worried, right?"
Chai Lie waved his sleeves and threatened, "So what if you knew about my affair with her? I advise you to just turn a blind eye."
Mu Jin smiled and nodded, "That's exactly what I meant."
"If you dare to vent your dissatisfaction on her, I will make you pay for it."
Mu Jin recalled the story. "When I was little, there was a book in my uncle's room with this passage written on it. I wonder if you've ever read it, big brother. When Huizi was the prime minister of Liang, Zhuangzi went to see him. Someone told Huizi, 'Zhuangzi is here, and he wants to replace you as prime minister.' Fearful, Huizi searched the capital for three days and three nights. Zhuangzi went to see it and said, 'There's a bird in the south called a 鹓鶵. Do you know it? The 鹓鶵 originates from the South Sea and flies to the North Sea. It won't stop unless it finds a phoenix tree, won't eat unless it has lian fruit, and won't drink unless it has sweet spring water. Then, an owl found a rotten mouse, and the 鹓鶵 flew by. It looked up and exclaimed, 'Scare me!' Are you trying to scare me by saying you're in Liang?"
After hearing this, Chai Lie was so angry that his face turned pale. Logically, Mu Jin should be a coward since he was living under someone else's roof, but Mu Jin was a man with a sharp tongue. He could be ashamed without even saying a bad word.
He never knew what Mu Jin would say next, but it always made him feel as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly. His words not only insulted Chai Lie, but also trampled Cheng Yuan into the dust. Mu Jin was saying that one of them was an owl and the other was a rotten rat. He wanted to say that he didn't care about a rotten rat like Cheng Yuan that was rotten and full of maggots.
"Pretending to be aloof, I want to see if you can still be as calm as you were tonight when your father sees you tomorrow."
Cheng Yuan was half asleep and extremely thirsty, so he called his maid Hua Nong to serve him, but no one showed up no matter how long he waited.
"Dead people, a bunch of dead people!"
She put on her shoes, got out of bed, tidied her clothes, took two sips of cold tea, and when she looked up, she saw several lights on in the outer room.
"Little hoof, I called you, but you ignored me. What are you doing here with the light on?"
She walked out, and as soon as she got outside, she saw Shao Feng holding a basin of water in his hand, and the man with his back to her looked somewhat familiar.
"you……"
She pointed at him, speechless for a long time.
One of Shao Feng's eyes was injured by Cheng Yuan. She loved beauty and covered the injured eye with her hair.
"Madam." She bowed and greeted her when she saw her.
Mu Jin didn't look at her. "It's still a while before dawn, go to sleep."
Her rosy complexion suddenly turned pale, "Mu... Mu Jin..."
Then she remembered the words that Chai Lie had said to scare her just now. Could it be that Mu Jin was really standing there when they were making love just now, but why did he pretend not to see it?
"Shao Feng, please go down."
"Yes, ma'am."
Mu Jin asked her to stop, and lifted the hair from her eyes. She saw that her eyelids were bruised and bloody, which was extremely ugly. "Go to the Second Young Master tomorrow and tell him that I asked you to go. There is a miracle doctor in his garden. It's okay for a girl to suffer a little, but it's not good to lose an eye. The injury is quite serious. Rest for a few days and then come back to serve me."
"Yes, sir."
As soon as Shao Feng left, the other maids who were on night watch in the room also left.
"You can sleep in my bedroom. I'll have someone clean up the adjacent inner room. It's suspicious if a couple sleeps too far apart."
"You know?"
Mu Jin didn't answer, "It will be dawn in about an hour."
"Let me ask you, do you know or not?"
"Go to bed early. I'm tired too."
"You saw it, didn't you?" Cheng Yuan bit her lip, almost crying out of embarrassment.
Mu Jin sighed, "Yeah."
"Then why didn't you say anything?"
Mu Jin found a pearwood chair and sat down, leaning back and tilting his head back slightly. His neck was sore from traveling day and night. "What do you want to hear me say?"
She was silent for a moment, then lowered her head as if she had done something wrong and said with a guilty conscience, "It was Chai Lie... who forced me."
He couldn't help laughing for a moment, but luckily he stopped in time.
Cheng Yuan didn't notice his expression and thought he was harboring anger. "I didn't want to do this in the first place. It's all his fault."
Mu Jin raised her hand to stop her talking, "You must be tired too, so go to bed early so that both you and I can relax."
She sobbed, her eyes red. "My father is dead, and you don't know whether he is alive or dead, or whereabouts. I am alone in this mansion, and they all bully me. What do you want me to do? I can only find someone to rely on."
Mu Jin's words were a mixture of truth and lies. She shook her head. It seemed that there were not many people in the mansion who could bully her. She handed her a handkerchief and asked her to wipe her tears.
"I didn't say you did anything wrong. I...didn't say anything."
She was even more angry, "Yeah, why didn't you say a word of blame?!"
Is it his fault for not blaming him? Mu Jin was helpless, "What do you want from me?"
"You...you hit me..." she said timidly, thinking to herself, he wouldn't really hit her for having an affair, right? Then should she offer her left cheek or her right cheek?
Mu Jin was silent for a moment and then said, "That's not necessary. As long as we look like a loving couple in the future, the rest is up to you."
She was anxious. Mu Jin's nonchalant look made her feel humiliated. He didn't care about such a thing at all. No man could not care about such a thing. "What do you want me to do? I don't know anyone here. If you leave, I will become a pitiful little widow."
Mu Jin said, "Stop, there's no need for us to put on an act. Put away your tears. I don't have that much time to waste on you. You're very smart. Chai Hui is a lunatic and can't be trusted. Chai Che is not interested in women, so it's difficult for you to make a move. As for Chai Lie, the eldest son of the Chai family and the future master of the Governor's Mansion, you can lean on a big tree to enjoy the shade. It's a good move."
Cheng Yuan wiped her tears and forced a smile, "Yes, thank you for the compliment, I think it's a great move too."
After walking a few steps, she wiped her tears with the handkerchief he gave her, turned around and performed the wifely ceremony, "Oh, I forgot, I haven't welcomed my husband back yet."
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