Chapter 14: You can just buy toys and lock them up.
Wen Feng was woken up by the knocking, and Yu Xue must have woken up too.
He peeked at Yu Xue, who was still drowsy and seemed half-awake.
Wen Feng patted her shoulder and said, "I'll go check on her. You can continue sleeping."
Yu Xue unconsciously hummed in response, then turned over and went back to sleep.
Wen Feng opened the door, looked at the aunt who was about to knock, mouthed the words but didn't say anything: What's wrong?
The aunt said softly, "There's a saleswoman outside. She said the master sent her via text message to come?"
Wen Feng was so confused that he almost forgot about it. "What time is it now?"
Auntie: "It's only ten o'clock, should we wake Madam up?"
Wen Feng said, "You don't need to worry about it, I'll call her when it's time."
When Wen Feng came downstairs, the saleswoman was sitting in the living room. As soon as she opened her mouth, she noticed that Wen Feng and the aunt both made a shushing gesture to her.
The salesman was confused, unsure whether to continue or shut up.
Wen Feng asked in a low voice, "How much?"
Salesperson: "Um... sir, which style would you like? We have several colors available, would you like to try them out first..."
"I don't know," Wen Feng interrupted her.
The saleswoman noticed the auntie who kept gesturing to remind her to speak softly.
Huh? Is there a sleeping beast in this house? Or a snow-capped mountain about to collapse? What's wrong with these two?
Even if there are children sleeping on the second floor, surely they can block out such a small amount of noise.
Wen Feng deftly took the card out of his bag and handed it to her.
"……"ah?
The salesperson looked puzzled and at a loss, not daring to speak, and could only look between Wen Feng and the aunt with a questioning gaze.
Wen Feng: "Check, please."
The salesperson held up six different shades of lipstick and gestured with their fingers, asking which one they wanted.
Wen Feng stared at the six lipsticks in a daze. To be honest, he hadn't seen Yu Xue wear lipstick in a long time, and he rarely saw her wear makeup. He even suspected that Yu Xue had let her cosmetics expire.
He suddenly realized that Yu Xue wasn't reluctant to buy lipstick; she simply didn't need to.
When was the last time he saw Yu Xue putting on makeup?
His memories were drawn back to two years ago, when he, as a friend of the organizer, was invited to a dinner party, where Yu Xue happened to be there as well. They hadn't seen each other for several months. He left home too early every morning and returned too late, and every time he came back, Yu Xue's door was tightly closed. He had nothing to say and was too embarrassed to knock on the door.
That night, Yu Xue dressed up beautifully, wearing a fluffy dress and an elaborate hairstyle. The red lipstick made her skin look fair and radiant. She kept her head down, and her high heels were rubbing her feet so hard that she could only hold onto the railing to make herself more comfortable.
When Wen Feng first saw her, he only noticed that she had lost weight, much more than a few months ago, and the shoulder blades on her back were more prominent.
He didn't know at the time and thought she was deliberately losing weight so she would look better on camera.
"Uh..." the salesperson coughed lightly, "Sir, would you like me to help you try on the shade?"
"No need." Wen Feng glanced up at the second floor, his tone becoming increasingly urgent. "I'll take them all, shall I swipe my card?"
"Ahem... Okay." The salesperson was surprised but also delighted, as if afraid that Wen Feng would change his mind. She quickly swiped the card, handed over the goods, cheerfully said goodbye, and welcomed him to come again next time. Then she strode out the door in her flat shoes.
Wen Feng looked at the several lipsticks neatly arranged on the coffee table and suddenly wondered what Yu Xue's expression would be when she saw them.
He couldn't wait to bring those lipsticks up there and ask for credit and rewards.
He heard footsteps, turned around, and saw Yu Xue.
Wen Feng raised an eyebrow, "Did I wake you up?"
"How could that be?" Yu Xue said with a laugh. "I don't have super hearing. If you can't sleep, get up."
Wen Feng handed over the lipstick.
"Wow, you bought so many!" Yu Xue's forced smile instantly turned into surprise. She picked one out, held it in her hand and looked at it. "It's beautiful, thank you. It's just a pity that all my cosmetics have expired, so I can't put together a makeup look."
Wen Feng: "Just buy more."
Yu Xue put the lipstick in her pocket and laughed, "It's mainly because there's no occasion to wear it."
"Are you hungry?" Wen Feng asked.
Yu Xue shook her head, "It's okay. I ate too much spicy food last night, and my stomach is a little upset now. I don't really want to eat anything."
She spoke casually, but Wen Feng immediately tensed up. "Stomach upset? Feeling nauseous? Or in pain? Don't hold it in, do you want to go to the hospital?"
Yu Xue gently shook her head and looked at him with a smile, "I'm not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. If it really hurts, I won't laugh. It really only hurts a little bit. It's okay, you don't need to go to the hospital."
The aunt didn't say anything. After what happened last time, she was a little afraid to talk to Yu Xue.
She put the food on the table and went to do other work.
Wen Feng wanted to ask her if she wanted to take some medicine. Once her stomach felt better, she should at least eat something, otherwise she would starve. Irregular eating habits would lead to a whole host of illnesses.
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say them. He was afraid that Yu Xue would think he was controlling her.
Seeing his hesitant manner, Yu Xue roughly understood what he meant and offered, "Then I'll have some soup."
"Okay." Wen Feng quickly pulled out a chair for her to sit down and hurriedly served her soup. She only frowned slightly when the soup splashed on her.
Yu Xue looked at him and said slowly, "If you're with me, you might never have children in your life. Can you really accept that?"
Wen Feng slowed down, not because he didn't have children, but because of this sudden change of topic. He felt that Yu Xue was always like this, inexplicably starting a very serious topic.
He didn't know how many years she had kept these words bottled up inside her, or how many times these thoughts had churned in her mind. All he knew was that she was very anxious, as if there was nothing in the world that could stop her from being anxious. This kind of needless anxiety almost drove her to the brink of collapse.
"I don't care." Wen Feng wanted to appear as natural as possible.
He genuinely didn't care, and he wasn't pretending, but he was afraid that one of his actions might look unnatural and make Yu Xue misunderstand that he was lying.
The more he tried to relax, the more deliberate it became.
Indeed, it's easy to tell whether someone has acting talent or not.
Yu Xue smiled, paused for a moment, then her expression turned serious. She said, "Really? I really don't mind getting a divorce. I shouldn't be so selfish, clinging to your precious youth."
Wen Feng: "...It sounds like I'm the victim."
Yu Xue took a sip of soup: "Isn't that right?"
Wen Feng let out a helpless laugh through his nose, "I have human rights just like you, and no one can force me."
Yu Xue took another sip of soup and said, "Emotional blackmail can also be considered coercion, right?"
Wen Feng: "Is this how you understand this marriage?"
Yu Xue: "Isn't that right? Your mother and I are emotionally blackmailing you, pressuring you to get married, forcing you to marry me. If it weren't for us, you could have married whoever you liked."
Wen Feng remembered that when he got married, he clearly said that he hoped Yu Xue could be his shield so that he wouldn't be pressured by relatives to get married anymore.
It was clearly him who owed her.
He said, "I don't have anyone I like, and urging me to get married isn't the same as forcing me to get married. Nobody forced me. I married you to find a shield. I'm the one who owes you something. If you need compensation, I will take full responsibility."
He suddenly had a bad feeling, and he couldn't wait to ask clearly: "You want a divorce?"
Yu Xue shook her head repeatedly, and Wen Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Xue: "I had a great time staying at your house."
She stirred the soup with a spoon.
Wen Feng then asked, "Do you want children?"
Yu Xue shook her head.
Wen Feng responded with an "Oh".
Yu Xue thought he would continue to ask questions, but he didn't.
Yu Xue angrily threw down her spoon, and the splashed soup almost got into her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Wen Feng asked quickly.
Yu Xue: "I'm anxious." Regardless of whether Wen Feng asked or not, she wanted to say it anyway. These things had been bottled up in her head for a long time, and she was about to explode if she didn't speak up soon.
Before Wen Feng could ask any further questions, Yu Xue launched into a torrent of words: "Do you think my child will love his mother more or his father more after he's born? I've thought about this before. What if my child loves you more after he's born, has a better relationship with you, always wants you to hold him instead of me, and tells me he loves his father more? What would I do then? I would be so heartbroken, so devastated. I can't let such a child be born from my womb. I can't accept not being the most important person in my child's heart. I would definitely be a very controlling mother, I can't help it..."
She realized her tone was a little impatient, so she lowered her head guiltily, hunched her back, and continued stirring the soup in the bowl.
Wen Feng realized that she had too many things on her mind.
He said, "Then let's not have children. We shouldn't let uncertain things happen. Let's stop thinking about it."
Yu Xue licked the soup off the spoon and nodded vaguely. She felt ashamed of herself just now. Why did she suddenly say those things out of nowhere, as if Wen Feng was planning to have a child with her?
She wanted to explain, her mind slowly racing, racking her brains to defend what she had just said, but she was also afraid of saying something even more embarrassing.
Wen Feng: "Yu Xue."
"Hmm?" Yu Xue smiled at him, forcing a smile.
Wen Feng: "Do you have any physical needs?"
Yu Xue: "Do you have one?"
Wen Feng: "It's alright. I thought you had something to say when I saw you suddenly bring up these topics."
Yu Xue: "I'm... I'm fine. I used to have that, but now... as I've grown up, it's gone."
"Grown up?" Wen Feng took a moment to process this. Did she mean to say "got old"?
No way, that fast.
However, Yu Xue is sick, and patients may not have a strong reaction to this.
Wen Feng: "If there is... uh..."
Yu Xue thought he was going to say that she could go to him, but Wen Feng replied, "You can buy toys. It's a normal physiological need, no problem. If you're embarrassed, just lock it up."
Yu Xue: "..."
How bizarre! Two people who aren't even close enough to satisfy each other's physical needs are discussing this kind of thing here.
Yu Xue pursed her lips; she shouldn't have brought up this topic.
Her real intention was just... never mind.
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