Swallow
The next day, both of them slept until noon in this overly quiet yard.
This is Bai Miaoke's daily routine, but Lu Yu does get up late, which is unusual for her.
Bai Miaoke woke up and found herself sleeping in a man's arms. The man was still holding her hand tightly, but both of them were still wearing their clothes intact.
She sighed softly, reflecting on how she could sleep so soundly next to this man. She was a killer, not some dainty wife who depended on a man!
But I have to say, it was really comfortable to sleep in this man's arms. Bai Miaoke quickly forgave her own carelessness and silently admired the picture of the handsome man sleeping.
Until I noticed that the man's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
Good, he is pretending to be asleep!
Bai Miaoke wanted to tease him, so she first pulled her hand out and supported it on the man's side.
She leaned over to the man who still had his eyes closed, and whispered in his ear, "I'm going to kiss you. If you don't say anything, it means you agree."
Looking at the man who remained as still as a mountain, Bai Miaoke thought that he had great concentration.
So she continued to lean closer until she saw the new stubble on the man's face, and only stopped when their lips were only a finger's distance away.
She waited like this, neither moving forward nor backward, until she felt the breathing of the man with his eyes closed became unsteady, and then Bai Miaoke was ready to get up and leave.
But someone suddenly pulled them closer, and their lips, which were already so close, finally touched.
Bai Miaoke's scream was swallowed by the man. Lu Yu, who had been holding it in all night, kissed her more urgently and fiercely than yesterday. He wished he could swallow up this man who had tortured him all night without realizing it.
However, after the initial surprise, Bai Miaoke gradually became dissatisfied with passively enduring it, and instead took the initiative to hook her arms around his neck and entangle her lips with his.
The two refused to give in to each other and fell into depravity together.
In the end, Lu Yu, who had taken the initiative to pester him, took the initiative to withdraw from this overly intense kiss, otherwise he was afraid that it would be difficult to end today.
Lying back on the bed, Bai Miaoke felt her rapid heartbeat, thinking that she had to find a few servants to clean the room today, especially the bed, which had to be tidied up properly. It was really a waste of time!
Lu Yu beside him was blaming himself. He always advocated self-discipline and keeping oneself clean. Even if two people loved each other, it should be approved by their parents and the matchmaker. It was really impolite for him to offend others like this.
"Sorry." His voice was calm, without any trace of the enthusiasm he had just shown.
"Hmm?" Bai Miaoke wondered what he was being humble about, then realized: "Oh, it's okay, I also think this bed is not clean and not very convenient..."
Hearing her unfinished words, Lu Yu felt that his restlessness, which had just subsided, was about to get out of control again. He took a deep breath and said, "I'll go get some water first."
Bai Miaoke responded absentmindedly, but in her heart she was wondering if he was unhappy...
It was not until she casually gathered her hair and got up that she discovered the man was already sitting by the stove boiling water.
She walked over and told him about today's plans. The man responded patiently, as if he was not angry at all, which made Bai Miaoke a little unsure of his thoughts.
It is better to practice martial arts than to worry about men’s thoughts.
Bai Miaoke didn't think about it anymore. After a simple wash, she took a branch in the yard and practiced a set of sword skills. In fact, her favorite thing to use was the whip, but unfortunately her whip broke on the boat last time.
After practicing sword, Bai Miaoke saw Lu Yu sitting on a stone bench under a tree, looking at her in a daze. She curled the corners of her lips, picked up a stone from the ground, and in the blink of an eye, a leaf was knocked down and slowly fell in front of Lu Yu.
Lu Yu turned around, reached out to catch the leaf, and found a neat hole in the middle of the leaf, which showed how strong the force of the stone was when it penetrated the leaf.
His heart and eyes were filled with the girl in front of him who was dressed in plain clothes but sparkling in the sun, and he couldn't take his eyes off her.
After the morning exercise, there was still a lot to do today, so the two went out to the street together.
First, he hired two servants, a brother and sister whose family was broken up. They looked to be in their teens and sold themselves on the street with a sign just to have a meal. Bai Miaoke felt sorry for them and took them with her.
During the process, Lu Yu watched expressionlessly without saying a word, but Bai Miaoke felt his subtle emotional changes, and the corners of his mouth, which had originally been slightly curved, were pursed into a straight line.
After asking them to go buy some food, Bai Miaoke asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with them?"
"Their parents were killed by the government." Lu Yu said in a deep voice.
"Ah? Didn't they say that they were harmed by bandits while farming?" Bai Miaoke wondered.
"Bandits won't do anything that doesn't bring them profit."
"Why did the government kill these farmers?"
"Land. Now the court is reducing taxes for the people, and the amount of taxes that local officials can deduct has also decreased. As a result, there has been a situation where the officials directly seized the people's land." Lu Yu explained. He had heard about this matter when he was still in the capital. He did not expect that the court had not yet come up with a solution, and the petty officials under him could do such an excessive thing.
Bai Miaoke was a little angry: "The court doesn't care about such behavior?"
"Of course I have to take care of it, but this place is far away from the capital and it's a remote town. The emperor is far away and the sky is high." Lu Yu has always been troubled by this.
Bai Miaoke understood after hearing this. Just like the Bai family's businesses all over the world, it is inevitable that some shops are poorly managed, resulting in the shopkeepers making false accounts and robbing other cheaters.
"Master, Madam, this is for you." The boy just now came over holding a bag of cakes in one hand and holding his sister's hand in the other.
"Okay, this is my money for running errands for you." Bai Miaoke didn't take the few copper coins he handed over.
"Thank you, ma'am!" The boy happily stuffed the copper coins into his sister's hand, and continued shopping with Bai Miaoke, carrying the pastries.
Afterwards they bought a lot of daily necessities, rice, flour, meat and vegetables, and finally went to tailor a few sets of clothes before returning home.
Little did people know that although they were very low-key, this beautiful young woman and her husband who had just moved in had already become famous in the town.
After all, there were few strangers coming to this town, let alone two people with such demeanor and good looks, so the topic of conversation after dinner and tea in the streets and alleys soon became these two mysterious strangers.
However, in the newly rented yard, there was a bustling atmosphere. The two siblings that Bai Miaoke bought, the brother was named Xiaofeng and the sister was named Xiaoyu, were both very capable.
In less than two hours, the originally dusty room was transformed into a spotless one.
Bai Miaoke was both surprised and satisfied. Looking at the two of them busying around and Lu Yu doing something in the study, she wandered to the kitchen out of boredom.
The ingredients bought today have been placed on the shelves. Bai Miaoke felt that she couldn't just sit around, so she might as well make dinner.
Although she had never done this before, Bai Miaoke had seen cooking in the kitchen of Lanyue Tower, and it didn't look that difficult.
He rolled up his sleeves and prepared the dishes in no time. He was very satisfied with his knife skills and full of confidence.
As a result, within a cup of tea, thick smoke billowed out of the kitchen. Bai Miaoke went in clean and white and came out covered in dust.
The other three people who saw the black smoke also ran over. Xiaofeng and Xiaoyu each carried a bucket of water, and Lu Yu, who followed at the end, had a grim face.
Seeing Bai Miaoke standing at a loss at the kitchen door, he quickly walked over and took a look at her. After making sure that she was fine and just a little dirty, he asked, "What's going on?"
Bai Miaoke pointed at the smoking stove and whispered, "Cooking."
Xiaofeng had put out the fire in the house, and Xiaoyu scooped out a dish of black food that was hard to tell what it was from the pot.
Lu Yu couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Madam, are you cooking with... charcoal?"
Bai Miaoke's face flushed red before she managed to utter three words: "Earth, beans, silk!"
"Oh~" Lu Yu dragged out the ending sound of the word "oh" for a very long time, which made Bai Miaoke so angry that she wanted to hit someone.
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Looking at the four dishes and one soup on the table, which were simple but tasted good, Bai Miaoke fell into deep thought, and then asked curiously: "Xiaofeng, how come you can do so many things?"
"My parents are gone, and I have to take care of my younger sister." Xiaofeng said shyly.
Bai Miaoke inexplicably thought of a saying: Children from poor families grow up early.
She nodded, not revealing her pity, and only praised: "That's amazing, just eat with us from now on."
The boy secretly glanced at Lu Yu's expression. Not seeing any dissatisfaction on his calm face, he responded and sat down at the table with his sister.
The meal was quite harmonious. Knowing that Lu Yu liked quietness, Bai Miaoke arranged for the two of them to stay in the front yard. After delivering medicine and water in the evening, they could just have a good rest.
Although all three rooms in the backyard were cleaned up today, the two of them tacitly did not mention sleeping separately.
So the room on the right side of the main house was used as a bathroom, and the room on the left side was used as a study.
Bai Miaoke couldn't remember how long it had been since she had a comfortable bath. Soaking in the warm water, she began to miss the large white jade hot spring pool and all kinds of ointments and gels at home.
Sighing, she laid down beside the bathtub and thought about her original plan: to go to Jiangnan to investigate her mother's background and look for her possible maternal grandparents' home.
How did it become like this!
She was really delayed by Lu Yu. She secretly thought that male beauty was misleading and felt that it was a loss for a top killer like her to stay with him in a small town to recuperate.
As a shrewd businessman, she never did business at a loss, so she quickly figured out how to get back the favor she had given him for saving her life...
When she had finished cleaning up and was drying her hair and returning to the room, she happened to see Lu Yu sitting by the bed and changing the bandages herself.
Bai Miaoke immediately stepped forward and took a closer look at his wound. Although it had begun to scab over, it looked as if it would bleed at any moment.
After staring for a long time, Bai Miaoke noticed that the man's fair body seemed to be stained with pink. She looked up and found that the pink had spread to the man's earlobes.
You are too shy! Bai Miaoke screamed in her heart, but said seriously: "You should lie down and rest."
Lu Yu nodded and quickly put on her clothes to make room for her.
Bai Miaoke lay down on the inside in her pajamas and found that two quilts were prepared on the bed tonight. She silently pulled a quilt over her head and smiled wantonly under the quilt.
My Lord Prime Minister had better recover quickly, because she can't wait to collect the reward for saving her life with interest!
Thinking of this, when she fell asleep, she actually dreamed of Lu Yu.
It was the day when he, the top student in high school, was paraded through the streets on horseback.
A young man in red official uniform was full of vigor and vitality. He rode through the streets on a tall horse. Many girls fell in love with him and threw flowers and handkerchiefs to him.
However, this top scholar walked through the flowers without getting a single leaf on him, except for a tiny gardenia, which brought some strong wind and flew straight into the center of his tall jade crown, adding a bit of elegance to his demeanor.
The handsome young man looked up and saw someone who loved him for a lifetime.
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