Jiang Qinyu didn't sleep well tonight because Pan'er said that she didn't seem to get along well with the other women at the academy.
"Auntie, sometimes the things my older sisters ask me to do are different from what you said. I tell them that it's wrong, but they just won't listen to me and insist that I do the same things as them. Why is that?"
Pan'er's doubts shifted to Jiang Qinyu. She knew what to do, but the child was still young. How could she explain to her the conflict between the ideas of a thousand years later and the feudal ideas of today?
Just as she was having a headache, Jiang Qinyu suddenly sensed something was wrong in the room. She immediately opened her eyes and turned her head to look outside the screen.
She could clearly sense that there was someone on the other side of the screen.
But she never allowed Yunzhu and Hupo to keep watch at night. There was no one else in her room but herself. Who was the person outside?
Extremely faint footsteps slowly approached, and Jiang Qinyu flipped her hand and grasped a dagger, then sat up slightly.
She could hear her own heartbeat, her eyes fixed intently on the bedside in the darkness.
How could anyone have entered her room? Although she didn't have anyone keep watch at night, Ah Ping would patrol every night. Could it be that Ah Ping was slacking off tonight?
At this moment, all sorts of thoughts popped into Jiang Qinyu's mind.
However, before she could figure something out, the figure behind the screen finally came around!
"Qinqin?" Lu Yanzheng's voice rang out in the darkness, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Jiang Qinyu was taken aback and blurted out, "Brother Zheng? What brings you here?"
Lu Yanzheng had come in cautiously, not wanting to wake her. Now that she was awake, there was no need to keep her still. He strode forward and pulled Jiang Qinyu into his arms.
"Qinqin," he took a deep breath against Jiang Qinyu's neck, "I...miss you so much."
He would never have said such a thing before, even if you beat him to death, but now...
Qin Shen once said that the old hands in the army taught him the way of getting along with his wife: you must speak your mind, otherwise your wife will make trouble for you all day long, and life will be miserable.
For Lu Yanzheng, saying those words was not easy, but once he actually said them, they didn't seem so hard to accept.
After he finished speaking, he released Jiang Qinyu, pressed his forehead against hers, and asked in a low voice, "Did you miss me?"
Jiang Qinyu's mind was a little foggy. She thought they were both focused on their careers, but Lu Yanzheng suddenly wanted to take the romance route. Please allow her to clear her head first.
After a jumble of random thoughts flashed through her mind, Jiang Qinyu belatedly realized that her face was getting hot, and she muttered softly, "I'm so busy every day, how can I have time to think about you?"
"Oh? Is that so?" Lu Yanzheng's kiss suddenly pressed down, and after a long while he released her, asking in a low, husky voice, "You really didn't miss me?"
Jiang Qinyu's lips were numb from his kisses, and upon hearing this, she quickly replied, "Yes! I have thought about it..."
"Mmm..." Before she could finish speaking, she was kissed again.
...
The next morning, Shufan and Pan'er came to find Jiang Qinyu to have breakfast together, as usual.
But as soon as they stepped into the courtyard, they saw Lu Yanzheng practicing boxing.
"Uncle?" Shu Fan was stunned. "When did you arrive?"
Pan'er didn't care about anything else and ran towards Lu Yanzheng, hugging his arm with an extremely cute smile, "Uncle, Pan'er hasn't seen you in so long!"
When Lu Yanzheng saw the children, he stopped what he was doing. Pan'er ran over, and he picked her up and weighed her in his arms. "Pan'er, were you naughty again? Did you not eat properly?"
After Lu Yanzheng tapped her forehead, Pan'er lowered her head shyly and whispered, "I did eat... but... not that much."
“You,” Lu Yanzheng tapped her forehead again, “Your aunt is so worried about your health that she can’t sleep, and you still don’t know how to eat more.”
Pan'er blinked her big eyes and asked in surprise, "Auntie, can't you sleep because I'm too thin?"
“Otherwise?” Lu Yanzheng put her down. “Look at your height and Shufan’s height. He’s already half a head taller than you now.”
To be precise, Shufan was not only half a head taller than Pan'er, but also looked much stronger, and was no longer the same as when Lu Yanzheng first saw him.
In contrast, Pan'er is still the same petite and lovely girl. Apart from her rounder face and slightly taller than other children her age, she is still very small.
Now when the two children go out, no one would guess that they are twins.
Pan'er bit her finger, looking at Lu Yanzheng pitifully, "But I just don't like to eat..."
Lu Yanzheng took her hand out. "Your hands are dirty, don't put your fingers in your mouth," he reminded her. Then he said, "I remember you used to be very greedy, why don't you like eating anymore?"
Shu Fan looked at Pan'er with some confusion, because in his memory, Pan'er was a glutton, and it seemed that she had been eating less and less lately...
Pan'er remained silent, staring at her toes with her head down.
Lu Yanzheng didn't seem to mind and said to the two of them, "Auntie is still sleeping. Uncle will have breakfast with you today."
Aping had already informed Lu Yanzheng about the two going to Chengzhang Academy, so he didn't delay and took the two to the dining hall.
This general's mansion is more like a real general's mansion than the one in the border town, because it finally has all kinds of servants to attend to it.
Upon hearing that Lu Yanzheng had returned, the kitchen staff quickly prepared several side dishes, along with five baskets of exquisite and delicious steamed buns, and also cooked a yam porridge.
The group quickly began to eat heartily, especially Lu Yanzheng, who seemed to have not eaten for several days.
Shu Fan was astonished, and Pan'er stared wide-eyed as Lu Yanzheng swallowed so many buns, unable to resist swallowing hard.
My uncle eats so much! But why isn't he fat?
Unfortunately, she wouldn't know the answer to that question this morning, because the guards outside who were responsible for taking them to school had already reminded them that it was time to leave.
"Uncle, we're going to the academy now. See you tonight." Shu Fan politely said goodbye to Lu Yanzheng.
Lu Yanzheng saw the two out, then quickly returned, instructing the kitchen to leave food for Jiang Qinyu, before going back into the bedroom.
Jiang Qinyu, fast asleep, had a slight smile on her lips, as if she were having a sweet dream. Lu Yanzheng couldn't help but kiss her again.
Jiang Qinyu dreamed that she had inherited the estate of a distant relative, and was counting gold in the storeroom when she suddenly felt a numbness in her mouth, and the gold in her hand vanished.
"Ugh... my gold..." Jiang Qinyu opened her eyes and saw Lu Yanzheng's handsome face magnified in front of her. Then she suddenly realized what he was doing and quickly closed her eyes again.
It wasn't until Lu Yanzheng's soft laughter reached her that Jiang Qinyu vaguely realized, "Wait, why did I close my eyes?"
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