Chapter 745, Staying Overnight (Two Chapters in One)
Daohua walked around Chang'an Avenue for a few times, and only after making sure that no one was following her did she enter the Four Seasons Seed Shop. Then, Qin Xiaoliu drove her back to the Yan Mansion in a horse-drawn carriage.
The Yan family kept Daohua's disappearance a secret. Only Yan Zhigao, Madam Li, Yan Wenxiu, Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai knew about it. Everyone else thought that Daohua had been at Four Seasons Villa.
When Daohua returned home, Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai were still outside looking for her with people.
After briefly telling his father and eldest brother what happened after he fell into the river and comforting Madam Li, Daohua asked, "Are Man'er, Guangtou, Zhuzi, and Yanying all okay?"
Yan Wenxiu: "They are all fine, only Yan Ying was slightly injured. In order to avoid suspicion, Man'er returned to Four Seasons Villa yesterday. Guangtou and Zhuzi followed the third and fourth brothers to look for you."
Daohua breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." After a pause, she added, "Big Brother, please send a message to the third and fourth brothers and tell them that I'm back. Don't let them keep looking for me outside."
Madam Li added, "And Ye Yang." She looked at Dao Hua and said, "When you got into trouble this time, everyone was terrified. Ye Yang turned pale."
Yan Zhigao also spoke at this time: "In the future, when you go to Four Seasons Villa to see the old man, it is best to have Ye Yang, or your third or fourth brothers accompany you. Don't go alone."
Daohua knew that her disappearance this time had scared her family, so she nodded obediently.
Seeing that her daughter looked tired, Mrs. Li asked her to go back to the yard to rest.
Thinking that someone had hired someone to kill Daohua, Yan Zhigao, Madam Li, and Yan Wenxiu were all extremely worried.
"There are people who are so lawless under the feet of the emperor!" Madam Li said angrily.
Yan Zhigao and Yan Wenxiu looked at each other, both frowning and silent.
They both knew who was targeting their daughter (sister), but the Jiang family was too powerful for them to contend with, so they could only be more careful in the future.
"When our family members go out in the future, we must bring more guards!"
After Daohua returned to her yard, she asked her maid to fetch some hot water and took a nice hot bath to relieve her tired and achy body.
After rolling down the steep cliff and being washed so far by the river, her body was covered with bruises.
After taking a bath, Daohua was so tired that she felt sleepy while Bishi was still drying her hair.
Seeing Daohua close her eyes, Bishi quickly said, "Miss, you haven't had dinner yet. Didn't you just say you were very hungry?"
Daohua said vaguely: "Let me sleep for a while. Call me when the food is served."
Seeing that her daughter was too tired, Bishi didn't say much and dried her hair carefully.
Not long after, Guyu came back with a lunch box.
"Is the girl asleep?"
Bishi made a gesture to keep quiet, pulled Guyu out of the inner room, and then said in a low voice, "I see the girl is very tired, let her sleep for a while."
Guyu: "But what about the food?"
Bishi: "Put it on the stove to warm it up first. If the girl wakes up during the night, she can eat it."
In the middle of the night, Daohua woke up because of hunger.
She hadn't eaten properly since yesterday and was feeling very hungry.
Bishi, who was guarding the night outside, heard the noise and asked. He found out that Daohua wanted to eat, so he immediately brought her the warm food.
Daohua drank a bowl of Tremella soup and ate some stir-fried dishes before putting down her chopsticks.
Seeing Daohua lying down on the bed right after finishing her meal, Bishi quickly took two pillows and stuffed them behind her back: "Girl, you can't fall asleep right after eating. Just lean on the bed and take it easy."
Daohua hummed, "I know. I won't sleep. I'll just close my eyes and rest." Then, she waved her hand, "Alright, I don't need you to wait on me anymore. I'm afraid it's past midnight now. Go to bed."
Bishi: "I'll stay and fan the girl. The weather is getting hotter after the Dragon Boat Festival."
Daohua smiled and shook her head: "There is ice in the room, I can fan myself, you go to sleep, I will call you if anything happens."
So, Bishi said nothing more and quietly left the inner room.
As soon as the person left, the rice flowers closed their eyes and waved the round fan in their hands from time to time. Slowly, they felt sleepy and waved the fan slower and slower.
In a daze, the rice flowers seemed to hear a slight noise, but thought that the green stone outside had hit something, so they ignored it.
He turned over and the fan fell from his hand and onto the ground.
Hearing the sound of the fan falling to the ground, Daohua opened her eyes slightly. Just as she was about to sit up and pick up the fan, she found herself shrouded in a shadow.
Daohua suddenly woke up and thought she was still alone in the inn outside.
"Yi Yi, it's me!"
Seeing Daohua’s tense expression, Xiao Yeyang hurriedly spoke to comfort her.
There was only one lamp on in the room, and the light was a little dim.
Daohua didn't see Xiao Yeyang's face clearly, but she recognized his voice, and her tense mood instantly relaxed: "What's wrong with you?" Before she could finish her words, Xiao Yeyang hugged her tightly in his arms.
"Thank goodness you're okay, thank goodness."
Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua tightly and kept repeating these words.
God knows how panicked he was when he learned that Daohua was being chased and fell into the river.
Daohua sensed Xiao Yeyang's fear, reached out to hug him back, and patted his back: "Xiao Yeyang, I'm fine."
Xiao Yeyang did not respond, but buried his head in the back of Daohua's neck, his arms tightly wrapped around her shoulders and slender waist, as if only by holding her tightly, his Yi Yi would never leave him.
Daohua was held in Xiao Yeyang's arms, and she kept patting his back to soothe him.
After a quarter of an hour, Daohua saw that Xiao Yeyang had no intention of letting her go, so she had to speak up: "Xiao Yeyang, let me go first, you're holding me so tightly that I feel uncomfortable!"
Today is the middle of summer, and the weather is extremely hot even at night. Xiao Yeyang's arms are like a furnace. After being held for a while, she was sweating all over.
The sweat stuck to my body and it was very uncomfortable.
Xiao Yeyang hesitated for a while before slowly loosening his arms.
Daohua breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something when she felt her body lighten. Then Xiao Yeyang held her and sat her sideways on his lap.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's eyes scanning her body, Daohua's cheeks felt hot, and she quickly reached out to cover his eyes: "Don't look around."
Summer pajamas were thin, so in order to keep cool, she only wore a tube top, a plain gauze dress, and a light and transparent silk skirt. How could she withstand Xiao Yeyang's gaze like that?
Xiao Yeyang grabbed Daohua's hand. There was no lust in his eyes at this moment, only worry. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Tell me, are you hurt?"
Daohua quickly shook her head: "I'm not hurt." Then she quickly told Xiao Yeyang how Chu Lang arrived in time to stop the kidnappers. "To be precise, he saved me this time. When you see him in the future, you must thank him for me."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yeyang didn't appreciate it after hearing it. He snorted coldly, "He's a master of the inner martial arts, but he caused you to fall off a cliff and into the river, and you still want me to thank him?"
Daohua knew that Xiao Yeyang was blaming Chu Lang for her disappearance, so she couldn't help but shake his arm: "I fell into the river because I missed a step, so you can't blame others."
Xiao Yeyang pursed his lips and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Daohua had no choice but to take the initiative to tell him what happened after she fell into the river in order to divert Xiao Yeyang's attention.
After hearing that Daohua was almost caught and thrown into the pond, Xiao Yeyang's heart tightened again. He couldn't help but tighten his arms again and hugged her tightly: "Yiyi, you are not allowed to go out alone without me by your side in the future."
Daohua refused to do so: "That won't do. You are so busy with your official duties. If I have to wait for you every time, I won't be able to go out very often."
Xiao Yeyang knew that Daohua didn't like being locked up in the backyard, so he could only coax her softly, "Do you know who the people were who were killed this time? They are from the underworld. If you were really captured by them, I might not be able to find you in time even if I wanted to. Be obedient, I will try my best to spend time with you in the future, okay?"
Daohua still looked reluctant: "Oh, at worst, I can just bring more guards with me when I go out in the future. Besides, I can protect myself. I'm not the kind of lady who never leaves the house."
Seeing that Xiao Yeyang was still trying to persuade her, Daohua quickly pushed Xiao Yeyang's chest and said in a pretentious manner: "Oh, how long has it been since you last showered? You reek of sweat! Let me go!"
After hearing this, Xiao Yeyang was stunned for a moment, then he deliberately rubbed Daohua's cheeks and neck, and said with a smile: "Why, do you dislike me?"
Daohua wrinkled her nose and fanned it with her hand: "I dislike it, of course I dislike it."
Xiao Yeyang chuckled softly and held the person in his arms tightly: "Then you can only bear it. I won't let you go."
Daohua glared: "Xiao Yeyang, you are a scoundrel."
Xiao Yeyang gave her a look that said, "I'm just like this, what can you do to me?"
After a while of amusement, Xiao Yeyang gradually relaxed. Seeing Daohua hiding from him with her hands, he raised his arm and sniffed: "Is the smell really that strong?"
Daohua glanced over and asked, "What do you think?"
Xiao Yeyang looked uncomfortable. He had been running around looking for someone since yesterday and had worked up a lot of sweat. "Well, can you ask the maid to bring some water so I can clean myself up?"
Daohua's eyes widened: "You want to scrub here?" Then she shook her head decisively, "No, absolutely not!"
Xiao Yeyang's face showed fatigue, and he pulled Daohua's slender hand: "Yiyi, I haven't rested for several nights these days because of the follow-up of the Eight Kings case. I have been running around since yesterday. I am so tired."
Looking at the red bloodshot in Xiao Yeyang's eyes, and the sweat remaining on his forehead and neck, Daohua fell silent, knowing that he had rushed all the way to Yan's Mansion after receiving the news that she was safe.
Seeing that the rice flowers had loosened a little, Xiao Yeyang continued to complain: "I feel very uncomfortable all over, so I just wipe it here."
At this moment, Bishi, who was outside, heard the noise inside and asked, "Miss, what's the matter?"
Daohua heard the rustling sound of Bishi getting dressed, as if she was about to come in, and said quickly, "I'm feeling a bit hot, go get me a basin of water."
Bishi: "Miss, do you want to take a bath?"
Rice Flower: "No, just wipe it."
Bishi: "Oh, then I'll go get some water right away."
Hearing the sound of Bishi opening the door and going out, Daohua breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Xiao Yeyang, got up from his lap, quickly took an outer coat and put it on, then went to wait outside.
But no one can know that Xiao Yeyang is in her room in the middle of the night!
Soon, Bishi came back with a basin of water. Seeing Daohua waiting outside, he immediately said, "Miss, can I bring it in for you?"
Daohua quickly stopped him: "No, I can carry it in myself." Not wanting Bishi to discover Xiao Yeyang's presence, he thought for a moment and said, "Well, I still want to eat something. Why don't you go to the small kitchen in the yard and make some porridge?"
Bishi, who always just followed orders without asking the reasons, nodded without thinking too much and left the room to cook porridge.
When Daohua carried the basin of water into the inner room, Xiao Yeyang had already taken off his outer robe and inner clothes and was waiting for her with his bare chest.
Looking at Xiao Yeyang's tight muscles and smooth lines, Daohua quickly retracted her gaze and placed the basin behind the clothes hanger screen: "Go to the back and scrub!"
Xiao Yeyang laughed and walked behind the screen. After a while, the sound of flowing water came from inside.
Hearing the sound, Daohua covered her hot cheeks and saw the clothes Xiao Yeyang took off on the edge of the bed. After thinking for a while, she took out a brand new set of men's clothes from the wardrobe next to her.
Behind the screen, Xiao Yeyang was wiping his body quickly when he suddenly noticed Daohua coming over. He raised his brows and was about to make a joke when he saw an extra set of clothes on the screen.
"Um...this is the clothes I made for my third brother. Let me put them on you first."
Xiao Yeyang took a look at the fabric of the robe, and it was the one he had sent before. He knew that it was made for him by Daohua, and he couldn't stop smiling.
After a while, Xiao Yeyang came out wearing only his underwear: "Yiyi, come here and take a look. This dress seems a little small."
"impossible!"
Daohua walked over quickly: "I clearly followed..." Before she could finish her words, Xiao Yeyang hugged her waist. When she raised her eyes, she met Xiao Yeyang's smiling eyes.
Xiao Yeyang retracted his arms and pulled Daohua into his arms. He lowered his head and asked in her ear with a smile: "What is it according to?"
Daohua put her hand against Xiao Yeyang's chest. Because his underwear was open, Daohua's hand was directly touching Xiao Yeyang's skin, and she felt his chest was incredibly hot.
"Xiao Yeyang, you lied to me!"
Xiao Yeyang lowered his head and rested his hand on Daohua's forehead, gently rubbing it: "Little liar, you were the one who lied to me first. The clothes were clearly made for me, why did you say they were Wentao's?"
Seeing Daohua pursed her lips and remained silent, staring at him with a coquettish look on her face, Xiao Yeyang smiled and bent down to kiss her rosy lips.
When Daohua saw this, she leaned back and avoided Xiao Yeyang's approach.
Although he failed to get close to her, Xiao Yeyang felt particularly satisfied when he gently kissed her delicate and soft face. When Daohua dodged, he would attack, happily immersing himself in this joyful pursuit.
Just then, the two heard the sound of the door opening.
While Daohua was stunned, Xiao Yeyang decisively kissed those tempting red lips and tasted them eagerly.
"Girl, the porridge is ready! Do you want to come out and eat, or should I bring it in for you?"
Bishi's voice sounded.
Seeing Daohua pushing him anxiously, Xiao Yeyang let go of Daohua's red lips.
Daohua felt that Bishi was about to come in, and hurriedly said, "Um, Bishi, I'm going out to eat. Please help me cool it down first." As soon as she finished speaking, her lips were blocked by Xiao Yeyang again.
In response to this, Daohua was so angry that she hit Xiao Yeyang several times, but this only made Xiao Yeyang kiss her even more passionately.
After a while, when Bishi was about to enter the inner room, Daohua came out with her hands covering her red lips.
"Girl, what's wrong with you? Your face is so red?" Bishi looked at Daohua worriedly.
Daohua coughed lightly, "It's too hot." As she spoke, she slowly stirred the porridge in the bowl. Thinking that Xiao Yeyang might not have eaten yet after running all the way back, she said, "Bishi, you go to sleep. I'll bring it to the inner room."
Bishi didn't think much about it and nodded: "Then I'll warm the remaining porridge in the stove."
When Daohua brought the porridge into the inner room, she found Xiao Yeyang already asleep on the bed.
Putting the porridge on the coffee table, Daohua walked to the bedside and looked at Xiao Yeyang's unconcealable fatigue. She was silent for a while, but ultimately did not wake him up.
Covering Xiao Yeyang with a thin blanket, Daohua walked to the chaise longue next to her and lay down. Worried that Bishi would come in, she stood up and blew out the candle before falling asleep peacefully.
(End of this chapter)
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