Chapter 11 Su Wanwan's Cousin
Mu Chen looked at Su Wanwan gently, "I have nothing to do during the holiday, so I wanted to come and see you."
He lifted the oil-paper bag in his left hand and smiled brightly, "I also brought your favorite almond soft cake and peach cake."
Su Wanwan couldn’t remember how long it had been since she last saw Mu Chen, but the relationship between the brother and sister was extremely close, so she wouldn’t feel strange when they met again.
Hearing the voices of Su Wanwan and Mu Chen, Pei Changfeng stared at the door quietly, and turned his head to look at the cabinet the moment the door opened.
"Husband, my cousin is here," Su Wanwan said to Mu Chen with a smile on her face, "Cousin, this is my husband Pei Changfeng. He is a scholar like you, and you are also born in Lin."
Mu Chen looked at Pei Changfeng, smiling, "Brother-in-law? Can I call you Changfeng?"
Pei Changfeng said calmly: "Just do as you please, cousin."
Because he had been lying in bed for a long time, Pei Changfeng did not tie his hair up, and his black hair was scattered on his shoulders. He looked weak and pale. Mu Chen did not take him seriously. He could crush a person like him to death with just a flick of his hand.
Because Mu Chen came, Su Wanwan planned to cook two more dishes. After she left, Mu Chen sat down beside the bed.
Pei Changfeng raised his eyes to look at him.
"Changfeng," Mu Chen was still smiling. Unlike Pei Changfeng's sickly appearance, he looked young and healthy. "Are you feeling better now?"
Pei Changfeng felt annoyed with Mu Chen intuitively. "Thank you for your concern, cousin. But my body is still weak and I'm afraid I won't be able to recover in a short time."
"Oh, then do you want to review your books? I can bring you a few next time I come. I heard that next year's exam will focus on policy essays. I don't know if it's true or not, but it's always better to be prepared."
"I am already disabled, and I will never be able to take the imperial examination in this lifetime," Pei Changfeng shook his head, his voice flat, as if he didn't care about his disability at all, "I just wish my cousin to be on the list."
"You're welcome. If it weren't for the unexpected incident, you would have passed the exam next year," Mu Chen sighed, "What a pity. God is jealous of talented people."
With a 'ding-dong' sound, the hairpin that Su Wanwan usually wore fell off the bed.
"This is the hairpin I gave to Wanwan," Mu Chen seemed a little surprised, holding the silver hairpin to show Pei Changfeng, "Wanwan likes gardenia the most, and I specially asked someone to make this for her when she was 15 years old."
The corners of his mouth were smiling, as if he was recalling some happy past events. "Wanwan likes it so much, but she pretends not to like it and asks me to melt it and exchange it for money. Look at her, she is always so kind. When she was a child, she picked up a stray cat on the road and brought it home and raised it like a treasure. It's really helpless."
Pei Changfeng looked at him and was not angry at his words. After struggling in gloom and desolation for such a long time, he was no longer the same as before and would not argue with others about such things.
Mu Chen still had a smile on his face. He wanted to see him angry and make a fool of himself.
He didn't expect Pei Changfeng to survive. He thought that Su Wanwan's third husband didn't require his help.
Pei Changfeng smiled slightly, took the hairpin, and put it under his pillow, as if to confirm some kind of close relationship, "Thank you, cousin."
Mu Chen's arm twitched, and a sinister wave surged under his gentle face.
In the kitchen, Su Wanwan neatly served the meatball soup and fried a bowl of bacon, then brought the dishes into the house, "Husband, cousin, it's time to eat."
Mu Chen stood up to help Su Wanwan serve the rice. The two of them looked particularly well-matched from behind.
Pei Changfeng looked at his dry fingers, his eyes dark and unclear.
Su Wanwan didn't have the rule of not talking while eating or sleeping, and she spoke to Mu Chen warmly, "Cousin, does your aunt know that you are here this time? If your aunt knew you were here, she would be unhappy again."
"It's okay. I haven't told my mother about this. Don't worry, Wanwan." Mu Chen picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and gave it to Su Wanwan. "Eat more. You've lost weight again."
Su Wanwan subconsciously looked at Pei Changfeng. Pei Changfeng lowered his eyes to look at the porridge in his bowl and ate slowly, as if he didn't see it.
"Oh, cousin, don't tell anyone that Changfeng has woken up," Su Wanwan was reckless today and forgot that Pei Changfeng didn't want anyone else to know that he had woken up, but she trusted Mu Chen very much, "It would be troublesome if others knew about it."
Mu Chen smiled and nodded, "I see. Wanwan was not such a worrying person before."
"People always grow up," Su Wanwan sighed, "Since my father disappeared, no one has been worrying about me, so I can only plan for myself."
She saw Pei Changfeng's porridge spilled on his clothes, so she wiped it clean with a handkerchief and took it to feed him.
Pei Changfeng did not refuse, but looked at Mu Chen, "Cousin, just treat this as your own home, don't be polite."
Seeing that the two of them got along so well, Su Wanwan was also happy.
Mu Chen's breathing suddenly became heavier, and he wanted to pounce on him and strangle Pei Changfeng to death right now.
After dinner, seeing that it was getting late, Mu Chen stood up and said goodbye, and Su Wanwan saw him to the door.
Mu Chen looked at her, "Wanwan, are you willing to marry him?"
Although Su Wanwan's first two husbands had died, she had met them and was willing to marry them, except for Pei Changfeng, whom she had never met before she got married.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Of course it's voluntary. No one else is willing to marry me except him."
Mu Chen's smile disappeared, actually just one day late. He didn't know that Su Wanwan was getting married, otherwise...
"Cousin, why are you asking this?" Su Wanwan smiled and urged him to leave quickly, "You should go back quickly, or your aunt will be unhappy."
"Wanwan," Mu Chen stared at Su Wan, "If he treats you badly, come to me."
"How could he be mean to me?" Su Wanwan smiled, "I know everything. Thank you, cousin. If that day really comes, I will beat him up without you having to help me!"
The cousins were talking and laughing. Pei Changfeng was listening not far away. When he saw Mu Chen's gaze, he frowned slightly.
This Mu Chen is very strange.
After sending Mu Chen away, Su Wanwan closed the courtyard door. Seeing Pei Changfeng still sitting on the bed, she ran over to open the oil paper package on the table and asked, "Husband, do you want some cakes?"
"No," Pei Changfeng shook his head, "You eat it yourself."
Su Wanwan ate the peach cake in small bites, holding it with one hand under her chin to prevent it from getting her clothes dirty. Like a little rabbit, she glanced at Pei Changfeng from time to time.
Pei Changfeng also looked at her, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Before going to bed, Su Wanwan boiled medicine for Pei Changfeng again. One dose of medicine cost three taels of silver, which was really a sky-high price. But after all, he was her husband, so Su Wanwan could still bear it for the time being.
As for money, I can earn it later. The most important thing is to keep Pei Changfeng in good health.
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Ever since she lost face at the Pei family that day, Zhou Chanyue was locked up at home by Wu for several days. She was not allowed to go out until today when her brother came back from the academy.
Zhou Chanyue hated Su Wanwan, the shrew, in her heart, but she could do nothing about it. She couldn't beat her and she almost got sick from being angry.
While in a trance, she bumped into someone.
"Are you Changfeng's cousin?" The visitor looked surprised. "Why are you so distracted? What happened?"
Zhou Chanyue looked and found that the man was Pei Changfeng's former classmate, Chen Liang.
"Mr. Chen..." Zhou Chanyue came up with an idea.
The academy was closed for the past two days, and Chen Liang's uncle lived here. He came with his mother to visit relatives. He was surprised to see Zhou Chanyue and asked with concern: "How is Changfeng these days? I have always wanted to visit him since he dropped out of school, but I don't know where he lives. Is he okay?"
"My cousin is not doing well," Zhou Chanyue wiped away non-existent tears, "He has been in a coma. His uncle found a wife for him from nowhere. That woman is rude and arrogant. When I went to visit my cousin, she beat me out!"
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