40 Sister-in-law
◎Why is my sister-in-law's face so red◎
The system chuckled: "Master, your face is so red."
Shu Yao is shy. Although she has had intimate scenes with many male actors, she has never been as nervous as she is now.
It took some effort to take off his clothes. I thought his back would be as white as his face, but it was covered with scars. The wounds were layered on top of each other, new and old, which was shocking.
She reached out her hand as if possessed by a demon, and carefully touched the scars. Her fingertips were cold, and Ji Shijing shuddered. A chill ran through his body. He looked back at her. Half of her face was illuminated by the candlelight, and light and darkness mixed together. Her thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and a shadow fell under her eyes.
"What are you doing, sister-in-law?" His voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of misleading tone.
A warm breath accidentally touched Shu Yao's face. She came back to her senses. It seemed like it was the first time he called her "sister-in-law."
She was stunned for a moment, laughed awkwardly twice, then took the fumigant beside her and rolled it back and forth on his back, causing the new wound to turn red.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
"It doesn't hurt." Ji Shijing turned his head away, his tone heavy.
The candle was halfway burned, and the incense was beginning to cool. Shu Yao helped him put on his clothes and said, "Ah Jing, I'm going back first."
Ji Shijing stood up, her clothes still unfastened, her beautiful collarbone faintly visible. He tilted his head to look at her: "Sister-in-law, why is your face... so red?"
Shu Yao touched it and found it was indeed a little hot.
He chuckled, with a glimmer of light in his eyes: "Thank you for your help today, sister-in-law."
Shu Yao covered her red face and ran out: "It's okay, it's just a piece of cake."
It wasn't until she returned to her room that she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then I heard the system's voice: [After testing, the trust value is 15%.]
[Master, your novice period has expired. I will be offline soon. I will only come out to remind you when your trust value increases.]
Shu Yao uttered an "ah" and replied after a long moment: "Okay."
The next day, she got up early because she and Ji Shijing were going to move to Chunhua Pavilion.
Shu Yao began to pack her luggage, but after packing for a long time, she only found a few tattered clothes.
The old lady did not send anyone to guide them. Shu Yao had expected this, so she gave five cents to the maid Sa Sao and asked her to lead the way.
Chunhua Pavilion is in the east, a very small courtyard close to Ji Tianbao's residence. Shu Yao felt a little unlucky. She pushed open the door and looked at the small courtyard. The courtyard was not big, and the flowers and plants in it were trimmed very neatly, completely unlike the desolate north courtyard.
There are three rooms here. Shu Yao pushed open one of them. It was extremely bright inside. The furniture was painted to a shine and the bed was covered with clean and tidy bedding. It was obvious that someone came to clean it regularly.
She was very satisfied. This place was much better than the North Courtyard.
However, she soon realized something was wrong. Since the old lady knew that they were moving in today, why did she tidy the place so neatly?
No, no, there must be something wrong when something is abnormal.
Shu Yao walked into the house and saw a pot of very beautiful red plums on the windowsill. However, as soon as she got closer, she smelled a special fragrance, which she found a bit pungent, so she threw the red plums away.
She walked to the bed and saw thick quilts neatly placed on the bed. She squatted down and carefully checked the quilts. When she touched the last one, she suddenly felt something was wrong. It seemed like there was something under the quilt... moving.
She immediately became alert, carefully withdrew her hand, and used the window support not far away to carefully lift the quilt.
"ah."
Colorful snakes were crawling around in the quilt, each one of them was "tearing" and spitting out its tongue, looking extremely ferocious.
Shu Yao took a few steps back. There was a snake in the quilt! The bright color made it look like a venomous snake.
Fortunately, she didn't sit down, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. She felt scared just thinking about it.
Perhaps he heard her scream, Ji Shijing put down his small tattered bag and ran over. Seeing her leaning on the door frame with a frightened look, he followed her gaze and saw a dense group of snakes on the bed.
The whole room was filled with the hissing sound.
He stood in front of Shu Yao, blocking her sight and letting her go out first.
Shu Yao was still in shock and somehow managed to cross the threshold and walk outside.
Ji Shijing reached out to close the door.
Shu Yao grabbed his sleeve and said, "Aren't you going to come out?"
Ji Shijing pointed at the nest of snakes on the bed and said, "There's nothing we can do."
She still held him tightly and refused to let go: "Don't go over there, those are poisonous snakes."
Ji Shijing gently brushed her hand away: "Trust me." Then he closed the door.
Shu Yao wanted to push the door open, but found it was locked. She could only pace back and forth anxiously outside.
Not long after, Ji Shijing opened the door and walked out.
Shu Yao pulled him up and down to check him, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she found no wounds. Then she stretched her neck to look into the room, but there was no trace of a snake inside. She was a little shocked: "Where's the snake?"
Ji Shijing patted his sleeves and said, "Go away."
Shu Yao checked the room many times, leaving no corner untouched. She found no trace of the snake. She gave Ji Shijing a thumbs up and said, "Ah Jing, you are amazing."
I don't know how he dealt with so many snakes.
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
"That's right." Shu Yao slapped her head and quickly pulled Ji Shijing into his room. There were several thick layers of quilts on his bed.
Shu Yao was still frightened. She picked up the window frame next to her and opened the quilts one by one. Sure enough, she found a nest of poisonous snakes on the bottom layer.
She held the window frame tightly, her teeth chattering with anger. She knew without thinking that it must have been done by the old lady. She was so cruel that she spared no effort to get rid of them.
She really wanted to return these poisonous snakes to the old lady.
Ji Shijing next to her seemed to see through her thoughts. He lowered his eyes, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of voices outside. Shu Yao ran out to see a group of servants carrying in more than a dozen cages filled with chickens and ducks. The leading housekeeper said, "Miss Shu, Second Young Master, our house is small, so we will temporarily leave these chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered here with you."
The quacking of a group of ducks is really annoying.
Shu Yao pointed at the cages and said, "Move them back to where you moved them from. Chunhua Pavilion is not a place for you to just leave your things."
The housekeeper smiled and said maliciously, "It's the old lady's order, Miss Shu, just accept it."
Shu Yao: "Okay." Then before anyone could react, she opened more than a dozen cages, and chickens and ducks flew out in all directions.
The housekeeper didn't expect her to do this, and hurriedly asked people to catch chickens and ducks. Some chickens and ducks ran out, and the servants ran after them, panting.
Shu Yao stood aside with her arms folded, looking cold: "If you want to send more to my yard, I will open one for you."
Guan was so busy chasing chickens and ducks that his hat fell off.
The yard was in chaos.
In the end, most of the chickens and ducks ran out. The housekeeper was extremely tired. He sat on the ground and gasped for breath. In the end, he could only leave in shame.
Shu Yao threw all the cages in the yard out and then slammed the door shut.
…
In Shoukang Pavilion, a warm charcoal fire sat at the old lady's feet. She huddled in her fine fur coat, puzzling over how Shu Yao could afford such an expensive gold bracelet. Could she have hidden her own savings?
Then she shook her head. Impossible. Shu Yao was just a peasant girl. She didn't have that much money to buy gold. Could it be that the second son secretly left the family fortune to that sickly person? Or was the money they used to buy the gold stolen?
All kinds of guesses flashed through her mind.
Guo Cuiping walked in from outside, wiping her tears, and immediately knelt before the old lady: "Mother, are you really going to marry Zhao'er to that poor scholar?"
The old lady didn't even raise her eyelids and said "hmm" lightly.
Guo Cuiping cried even harder: "Mother, Zhao'er will suffer if she marries him."
The old lady frowned and said unhappily, "It doesn't matter who a woman marries. Besides, today's incident has caused such a big stir. The eldest girl has probably become a laughing stock in the capital. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to find a good husband in the future."
"But we can't let her life end in vain." Guo Cuiping sobbed, her eyes red and swollen.
She didn't like Ge Yong from the bottom of her heart. She always felt that he was too hypocritical. Besides, she knew nothing about his family situation. If he had a powerful mother-in-law, she would have to suffer a lot if she married him. She couldn't bear to let him go.
The old lady took a sip of the bird's nest porridge brought by the servant. Seeing Guo Cuiping crying breathlessly, she said, "Why would you do this to a little girl?"
Guo Cuiping: "Daughters and sons, they are all flesh and blood that fell from my body. I love every one of them."
The old lady asked her to stand up: "If Ge Yong can really offer a hundred taels to marry Zhao'er, it means he is sincere. Zhao'er will not feel wronged if he marries her."
"Besides, didn't he say that he would pass the imperial examination next year? By then, Zhao'er will be an official's wife, so she won't have to worry about not living a good life. Maybe she can even help our Tianbao." The old lady laughed when she thought of this. If Tianbao really had a brother-in-law who was a Jinshi, it would be of great help to him in the future.
Guo Cuiping was in turmoil and still felt that this marriage was not right: "Mom, I don't want my son to marry into that family."
The old lady's face turned cold: "It's a done deal. There's no point in saying more. Go back. I want to rest."
Guo Cuiping closed her eyes with a painful expression. It seemed that the old lady's advice was not going to work. Now she could only persuade her daughter and hope that she would change her mind.
…
It was late at night and there was a hissing sound outside the window.
The old lady was snoring and sleeping soundly. When she turned over, her legs rested on the quilt and she suddenly felt cold, followed by a wave of pain.
She was instantly awakened by the pain, and felt a coldness in her calves, as if something was crawling up.
She was sweating profusely: "Someone, come quickly, turn on the light." She screamed in panic and fell off the bed while struggling.
The maid on duty outside the door heard her call and hurried in holding a candle. The candlelight illuminated the darkness in the room. The little maid saw two large colorful snakes wrapped around the old lady's calf, one biting the old lady's calf tightly, and the other was slowly wrapping around the old lady's neck.
The old lady also saw clearly what was on his body, screamed, and fainted from fright.
The little maid ran out, tumbling and crawling: "Someone, come, something bad has happened, the old lady has been bitten by a snake."
…
Outside the window, under the eaves, a white hem of clothing was faintly visible. The young man hid in the dark, listening to the movement in the house. A colorful snake as thick as a thumb was wrapped around his arm, spitting out red tongue from its mouth. His pale and slender hand grasped the edge of the windowsill, and the snake crawled in through the window.
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