83 The Evil Master's Wife 34
◎The snake brought its cubs to the door.◎
When the young man in the snow-covered coat fell to the ground, he subconsciously protected his stomach with one hand, his two curved eyebrows were tightly knitted, and his face showed pain.
It was like a gust of wind passing behind him, and the green light came to his side in an instant, bent down to support him and check on his condition.
Ji Zongxue's hair was damp with sweat. When he looked up and saw Su Yanmei, it was as if he had found his backbone. His breathing quickened a little, and he hugged his round pregnant belly and muffled his voice, "Master's wife, my stomach hurts so much..."
The boy was in so much pain that tears came out of his eyes. He tilted his neck slightly, looking as fragile as a dying white swan.
Because he was frightened, his body was trembling. Su Yanmei put her forehead against his, coaxing him with soft voices, stroking his slightly rising and falling pregnant belly, and let him slowly calm down.
Upon learning that the child was fine, Ji Zongxue's pale face finally cleared. He leaned on his master's wife's shoulder, glanced at his master above him, and subconsciously shuddered. He took the initiative to explain, "Master's wife, I'm sorry, I didn't stand firmly..."
The young man seemed extremely aggrieved, and his words were choked with sobs.
Su Yanmei followed his previous gaze and saw a young man standing there, tall and handsome, without saying a word.
When his eyes met hers, Xi Xuan, who usually had an indifferent expression, showed a hint of anxiety in his eyes. He opened his lips and said weakly, "It's not me..."
Xixuan didn't know how to explain.
There are barriers around that block out the sound, so there are naturally traces of spiritual power flowing.
From Su Yanmei's perspective, it was he who used his spiritual power to knock Ji Zongxue down.
As if afraid that Master would be misunderstood, Ji Zongxue hurriedly tugged at her sleeve slightly: "Master's Wife, Master was just angry for a moment, he didn't mean it."
It also confirmed the "fact" that Xi Xuan overthrew him in anger.
Maybe Xixuan really didn't mean it, but it is true that he almost hurt the child.
Su Yanmei lowered her head, held his sweaty palm, kissed his forehead, and when she looked at Xixuan again, her brows slightly furrowed, unable to hide her disappointment.
"Brother, you weren't like this before."
"Even if you are angry with Zong Xue, you should never hit him."
"He's pregnant with a child. You've been pregnant before, too. How could you be so cruel as to do this?"
The young man who was scolded and questioned said nothing, but just pursed his lips. His eyes were very red, and tears sparkled in his red-gold pupils.
Perhaps considering that he was still pregnant, Su Yanmei sighed and did not blame him any further. She lowered her eyes and said helplessly, "Senior Brother, Zongxue is still young, please don't be angry with him."
In a trance, Xixuan seemed to see the time when Yan Yingchan and his wife had conflicts. Every time, he was disappointed and helpless, and then gradually became bored.
"Yingchan is still young. If there's anything she did wrong, just tell her. Why are you being so aggressive?"
"Yan Mei, what exactly are you dissatisfied with Ying Chan?"
"Yan Mei, you weren't like this before."
…
The familiar words seemed to come through time and hit his heart. Xi Xuan stared at his wife who lowered her head and carefully protected Ji Zongxue. He staggered back a step and felt that everything was ridiculous.
The world was spinning before his eyes, and Xixuan leaned against the door behind him to avoid falling to the ground.
I could clearly hear her words coaxing others, her voice was soft and gentle, full of love and affection.
He watched his wife say goodbye to him, put a cloak on Ji Zongxue to cover her pregnant belly, and walked out step by step while holding his waist.
Tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, but Xixuan could do nothing but watch them leave.
The young man's body gradually slid to the ground. He felt dizzy and almost fainted, in excruciating pain.
*
An "accident" caused the master's wife to abandon her master and return home with him.
Ji Zongxue suppressed her joy, drank the pregnancy-preserving medicine obediently, and hugged her master's wife on the couch. She looked worried on the surface, but was actually very satisfied.
"Master's wife, it's all my fault."
"Master may know something and summoned me."
"You got so angry when you found out I was pregnant."
"Master didn't mean to..."
"I know." Su Yanmei smoothed his frown and spoke softly, "Whether intentional or not, Zong Xue has been wronged."
The young man stopped talking, his long eyelashes drooped, and his pale lips pursed, looking extremely pitiful.
Su Yanmei is quite fond of this.
It took a few kisses and hugs to make the little vixen smile.
She stayed with him for several days in a row.
That day, the fact that Ji Zongxue was pregnant was revealed in front of Xi Xuan. Su Yanmei no longer avoided him and went to see the pregnant husband outside openly.
It was September, and the hot temperature was gradually dropping.
Unlike monks who are devoted to Taoism, mortals have many festivals.
Qingxi Town, the town closest to the Xihe Sect's mountain gate, is busily preparing for the Moon Festival, praying for families to reunite, couples to be together, and to stay together year after year.
Many years ago, on his way back from training, Ji Zongxue happened to see the Moon Festival in Qingxi Town.
Grand and lively.
It is very far away from these monks.
But this year, Ji Zongxue wanted to go to Qingxi Town with his master's wife to celebrate the Moon Festival.
The pregnant husband had just been wronged in Yuqing Mountain, and the request he made was not excessive, so Su Yanmei naturally agreed.
After finding out the date of the Moon Festival, the two of them went down the mountain a day in advance.
On the way, unfortunately, he met Fu Wei who was returning to the clan.
Ji Zongxue was still wearing a cloak, so Fu Wei didn't see his pregnant belly, but she saw his rosy face and the two of them holding hands. He smiled mischievously and kept winking at Su Yanmei.
She didn't ask any more questions, but the teasing look full of admiration said it all.
As the two passed each other, Fu Wei was still whispering a reminder: "Be careful."
"Just tell me if you need help."
It's not impossible to help her cover and stop Xi Xuan.
Su Yanmei smiled and nodded.
Looking at her serious and gentle appearance, who would have thought that she was having an apprentice behind her back?
Fuwei sighed in her heart.
Su Yanmei is really playing around.
He is indeed the opponent she had set her sights on.
She once accidentally saw Xi Xuan and Yan Yingchan watching the lanterns together, and now when she ran into Su Yanmei and Ji Zongxue, Fu Wei felt that the law of nature was clear and retribution was inevitable.
The two sides drifted further and further apart.
A day in advance, Su Yanmei and Ji Zongxue arrived in Qingxi Town and booked two upper rooms in the inn.
One room has a window that overlooks the bustling street below, offering the widest view; the other room is located at the innermost side of the corridor, with its window facing the restaurant's courtyard. There is no noise, and it is quite quiet and elegant.
Taking into consideration that Ji Zongxue wanted to watch the fun but also needed to rest, he stayed in the two rooms in rotation.
Tomorrow is the Moon Festival. Every household in Qingxi Town hangs lanterns. After nightfall, the bright candlelight stretches out like a swimming dragon.
There is also a lantern tower in the town. On the night of the Moon Festival, the lanterns hanging inside and outside the entire building will be lit. There is also a phoenix palace lantern in the lantern tower used as a lucky charm. It is golden, lifelike and dazzling.
Every year, people fight for this "good luck".
In addition, the town’s tallest Moon-Watching Tower provides a place to enjoy the moon, but one needs to pay a small amount of silver to enter.
The process of the festival is basically to offer sacrifices to the moon, worship the moon, and appreciate the moon.
It also includes some miscellaneous customs.
Su Yanmei had learned about it in advance, and she was quite comfortable taking Ji Zongxue out on the street the next day.
It was autumn and the weather was still a little hot. Ji Zongxue attracted many strange looks when she wore that fox fur coat.
However, others just thought that he was weak and sickly and did not investigate further.
As the sun sets, more and more people appear on the streets.
The moon was above the willows, and the long street was lit up by continuous lights. Pedestrians were crowded. Su Yanmei held Ji Zongxue tightly, protecting her pregnant belly from time to time to prevent him from being bumped into.
And across the crowd, not far behind them, Xi Xuan, dressed in luxurious golden clothes, was staring at them quietly.
He knew they were coming to Qingxi Town to worship the moon, and had been following them since yesterday.
Under the noisy lights, Xi Xuan saw with his own eyes that Su Yanmei protected Ji Zongxue by her side to prevent others from bumping into her.
But he was also pregnant...
In the bustling crowd, Xi Xuan rejected the advances of some women and followed them silently. Su Yanmei and Ji Zongxue tried snow skin mooncakes, and after they left, he went over to buy one to try.
During this journey, he ate whatever Su Yanmei ate, and did whatever Su Yanmei cooked.
Doing the same thing as her is like walking with your wife on this Moon Festival.
Xi Xuan saw all her careful care for Ji Zongxue.
Xixuan lowered her eyes, her thick eyelashes drooped, and the sweet cake in her mouth seemed to have lost its taste.
He inadvertently recalled the night when he watched the lanterns with Yan Yingchan.
He can no longer remember the details.
I just feel that human festivals are not interesting at all.
But today, Xi Xuan was extremely envious of Ji Zongxue for being able to travel to the Moon Festival in the human world with Yan Mei.
Looking at their figures holding hands under the bright lights, just like a real couple, Xixuan's heart was almost broken, with unspeakable pain.
That's his wife.
That should have all been his.
But now, another person is pregnant with her child and doing all the things that couples do with her.
And he could only watch silently from a distance.
Xixuan watched them enter the Wangyue Tower, hid under the eaves of the house across the street, and looked up, wanting to see the figure he had been thinking about day and night at the highest point.
He saw Su Yanmei smiling at Ji Zongxue.
In such bright moonlight, the woman raised her face and kissed the young man wearing fox fur.
Xixuan suddenly started laughing too.
Tears rolled down the corners of my eyes.
…
On the side of the Crescent Bridge, which is two streets away from the Moon Watching Tower, numerous lotus lanterns with brightly lit wicks are slowly floating downstream along the river.
The young man in black tights was holding two swaddled children, one on the left and one on the right.
Both children were restless and kept twisting their bodies, trying to break free from the swaddling clothes.
Cang Mo was worried that their snake tail would be exposed, so he deliberately glared and threatened: "If you are a naughty child, you will not be able to find your mother."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little girl on the left suddenly let out a cry.
The little boy on the right also started crying.
Two pairs of big, deep green eyes stared at him, tears quickly gathered in his eye sockets, and then fell down, looking so pitiful.
Cang Mo was completely overwhelmed. He went to a nearby stall and bought two sugar paintings, one for each of them, to coax them: "Be good and stay here. Don't run out. I've already asked around. Xihe Sect is not far from here. I'll take you to find your mother tomorrow."
Two children: "Hiss."
Cang Mo: “…”
Fearing that they would say something shocking again, Cang Mo hurriedly carried the two children to a deserted, remote river bank and let the three lit lotus lanterns flow down the river.
Beneath the wick of every lotus lantern lies the same wish:
I hope their family can be reunited soon.
Cang Mo looked at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes slightly curved, and called out to the two children: "Come and pray."
Both babies were very excited. They curled up in their swaddling clothes and hissed loudly at the lotus lanterns that were disappearing into the distance.
The night was quiet, and in the surrounding grass, unknown insects were chirping.
Cang Mo hugged the two children, one on each side, looked at the girl with thick curly hair, white skin and green eyes, then looked at the little boy on the right with honey-colored skin and green eyes, and kissed them one by one.
Su Yanmei hadn't come to see him for such a long time, she must have encountered some trouble.
He can now control the power of the void and run away with her and the child.
When she has achieved success in her cultivation in the future, he will help her eliminate the remaining troubles.
It’s never too late for the snake clan to take revenge!
Cang Mo almost imagined Su Yanmei's difficult situation in Xihe Sect, where she didn't even have the chance to go out and find him, so he couldn't help sighing.
Late at night, he walked back with his two children in his arms.
Dragon-like lights filled the streets, and the pedestrians had not yet dispersed. As the crowd moved forward, Cang Mo suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the dazzling lights.
She held hands with a young man in fox fur coat, and their posture was extremely intimate, protecting him from passers-by and being considerate.
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