Chapter 309 310. Jealous Lin Zhong
But being so proactive was a little unlike Lin Zhong, which made Lei Zhouzhou feel novel and strange, so he asked Lin Zhong directly.
"Did something happen? You've been very proactive these days."
"It's okay."
Lin Zhong's pale eyes glared at Lei Zhouzhou, studying his expression. His tone was a little nervous, "Zhouzhou, don't you like me taking the initiative?"
"like."
Lei Zhouzhou nodded frankly, "Sometimes you were too gentle before and it made me feel a little uncomfortable. Now you are taking the initiative, it's much more intense and powerful, and I like it more."
"But I feel like you've changed a little quickly. You weren't like this before the New Year. Is it because you're in a good mood during the New Year that you're extra excited?"
"……no."
Lin Zhong hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth. Zhou Zhou didn't like being lied to or kept in the dark. "I...want to have a child with Zhou Zhou soon."
"I want to have kids, too."
Lei Zhouzhou understood and tried to comfort him, "But you can't force it. Just let it happen naturally. Don't worry. The book says the more anxious you are, the harder it is to have a child. Relaxing your mind is more conducive to conception."
"I know."
Lin Zhong's voice was soft, and he gently held Lei Zhouzhou's hand with one hand, a little like a kitten touching its owner with its paw. "Zhou Zhou likes children. She will be happy if she has a child soon. I want Zhou Zhou to be happy."
"Now I'm happy too."
Lei Zhouzhou said, "The New Year holiday runs from the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 7th day of the first lunar month. We don't have to go to work for nine days, and we can visit relatives, have banquets, and set off firecrackers and fireworks."
It’s just a pity.
According to Dayou etiquette, people return to their parents' home on the second day of the New Year, especially the first New Year after marriage. Unless the journey is too far, the husband must accompany his wife or husband back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings and keep a meal at her parents' home.
Getting married does not mean severing ties.
The elders from the bride's family entertain the newlyweds with a banquet and give them a "red envelope" to express their support and love for the couple. Generally, the gift is small but the sentiment is great. For example, a poor family would give a red envelope of ten cents, which means perfection, and a red envelope of one hundred cents means a happy marriage.
Of course, the young couple also have to bring homecoming gifts when they return to the bride's parents' home, which is a sign of respect and filial piety to the elders of the bride's family. Ordinary people like to bring meat, sugar, wine, cakes, etc. Two pounds of pork is already a very impressive return gift.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year this year, Lei Zhouzhou also planned to visit the Duke Su's Mansion with Lin Zhong and prepared generous return gifts.
However, when he returned home on the third day, he was treated coldly and disrespectfully by the Duke of Su's Mansion. Lin Zhong was furious that Lei Zhouzhou had suffered injustice, so he did not want to go again on the second day of the New Year and only sent gifts to the Duke of Su's Mansion.
Duke Su accepted the gift this time, but only a small half of it. He returned most of it and gave a small gift in return. It was obvious that he wanted to go his own way with the Marquis of Changning's Mansion and pretend to be harmonious on the surface.
Lin Zhong was immediately displeased. The Duke Su's Mansion didn't give him any face at all, so there was no need for them to try to please them. They just went their separate ways.
However, Lei Zhouzhou coaxed Lin Zhong for quite a long time that day, and since then Lin Zhong has become much clingier. He guessed that this might be the reason.
Thinking of this, Lei Zhouzhou said bluntly, "I thought you were unhappy about returning home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. That's why you've been so clingy to me these days. I want to do more happy things to forget about the unpleasantness."
Happy things...
Lin Zhong's mind suddenly filled with some blushing and heart-pounding images. His face felt slightly hot and he couldn't help but think that he was indeed very happy.
"That's true... there's a bit of influence from the Duke of Su's Mansion."
Lin Zhong hesitated for a moment and let out a breath, "Actually, I'm a little uneasy. Because Zhou Zhou is a very nice person and has good relationships with many people, such as Shu Ge'er, Shen Qiqi, Gong Yangshi, and... a lot of male friends."
"When I see Zhou Zhou chatting and laughing with others, I get jealous and want to monopolize Zhou Zhou. I only want Zhou Zhou to look at me and talk to me."
"I just wanted to..."
He pursed his lips and lowered his voice, "Zhou Zhou said she likes children. If Zhou Zhou has a child with me, she will probably pay more attention to me and the child, and won't have anything happen with other people."
"It's not that I don't trust Zhou Zhou, I just... can't help but feel jealous. Sorry, Zhou Zhou."
"It doesn't matter."
Lei Zhouzhou shook his head. "Dad said it's normal to get jealous in a close relationship. For example, my dad likes good-looking people and likes to go to the theater to watch plays and reward good actors. That's when Dad gets jealous too."
"It's not just husbands and wives. Among friends, there are also many people who are jealous because their friends have better relationships with others. In families, siblings will also be jealous of certain actions of their parents."
"It's just that you're quite jealous. You get jealous when I joke with others..."
"Will Zhou Zhou hate it?"
Lin Zhongxin picked him up and looked at him eagerly, feeling a little pitiful.
He didn't want to leave Zhou Zhou with the impression that he was jealous and petty. In the past, jealous people, whether women or men, would be disliked, especially this kind of unreasonable and inexplicable jealousy.
"No."
Lei Zhouzhou said frankly and honestly, "You're just jealous, not unreasonably trying to stop me from making friends. You're jealous because you like me too much. Of course, I don't hate you."
"If you were to hang out with others and ignore me, I would also feel uncomfortable. I have to apologize to you for thinking so."
"I neglected you and didn't give you enough sense of security, which made you feel uneasy and clingy. I didn't realize something was wrong with you in time."
Lin Zhong felt a warm feeling in his heart when he heard this.
Zhou Zhou clearly did nothing wrong; he was just too sensitive and jealous. However, Zhou Zhou did not blame him. Instead, he comforted him, reflected on himself and apologized to him.
"Zhou Zhou..."
Lin Zhong looked at him with his pale eyes, held Lei Zhouzhou's hand and placed it on his heart, and said with emotion, "Zhou Zhou, you are so kind."
"You're good too."
Lei Zhouzhou also held his hand, pursed his lips and smiled, and suddenly an idea flashed on his mind, "I remember Shu Ge'er said before that you were narrow-minded and always secretly bullying him. I thought he was just imagining it, could it be true?"
"……yes."
Lin Zhong nodded hesitantly and lowered his head slightly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this. Shu Ge'er is Zhou Zhou's friend. I shouldn't have deliberately targeted them just to spend more time with Zhou Zhou."
"them?"
Lei Zhouzhou was slightly stunned. There were other victims? Besides Shu Ge'er, Shen Qiqi and Gong Yang were also quietly squeezed out by Lin Zhong?
But when he saw Lin Zhong's drooping eyebrows, looking like a puppy who had made a mistake, he said, "Then don't be like this again in the future. If I stay with others for too long and ignore you, just tell me and I will pay more attention."
"Zhou Zhou is so nice."
Lin Zhong couldn't help but hug him, burying his head in his neck, gently inhaling the peach blossom fragrance on him, "I will tell Zhou Zhou if I have any problems in the future, and I won't be so petty and pick on others anymore."
“We’ll change it slowly.”
Lei Zhouzhou hugged him back, stroking his back and soothing him, "Daddy said that life should be spent together as a couple. If there's anything, just tell us and we'll solve it together. If you keep it bottled up, you'll get sick. Don't worry that I'll hate you. I love you so much."
"good."
Lin Zhong hugged him tightly, feeling that Zhou Zhou's embrace was so warm, and his heart was also warm. He no longer felt cold even when the cold wind blew from the corridor.
"It's also great that you're taking the initiative and expressing what you want."
Lei Zhouzhou coaxed him gently, "Whether you want a kiss or a hug, or something more intimate, just ask me and I'll tell you if I want you to or not. Don't hold it back."
"good."
Lin Zhong blushed and nodded.
"That's right."
Lei Zhouzhou let go of Lin Zhong, met his gaze with his clear eyes, and said seriously, "I have some books about sex. Can we study them together?"
“……?!”
Lin Zhong's face flushed, and he stammered, "Okay, okay..."
"The book says that sometimes changing up the movements can make us both more comfortable and excited, and it can also increase the chances of conceiving."
Lei Zhouzhou said seriously, "Let's study it tonight. If she gets pregnant, we can see our child as early as autumn."
"……good."
Lin Zhong nodded shyly.
He has tried hard to be proactive, but he is still no match for the talented Zhou Zhou, who can make his face hot and his heart beat fast with just a random word.
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The seventh day of the first lunar month.
The Transportation Department was back in operation. Everyone in the Changning Marquisate who held official positions had returned to work, except for the Minister of Transportation, who had been late and left early countless times.
Lei Li didn't like going to work in the first place, and he skipped work when the winter came and it got cold. Zhou Yi or Lei Shengjiang would take the documents he needed to approve home and have them stamped, and then bring them back to the transportation department the next day.
If there were urgent documents, officials would rush over and Lei Li would scan them roughly to make sure there were no problems, then stamp and approve them.
The winter in Beijing is too cold.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is also the Lantern Festival and the birthday of the Emperor of Heaven, people still have to wear warm clothes. The people in the downtown area are all bloated, and only the rich people who can afford to buy brocade fur coats still look gorgeous and dignified.
Lei Li and his family walked around the street for a while, and then couldn't wait to go to their own Sichuan restaurant to eat a hot pot, and then went to a teahouse to drink tea and listen to music.
From the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Beijing is a rare time when there is no curfew. At night, the city is still bustling with people, the river running through the city is filled with lanterns, and the sky's sky lanterns twinkle like stars.
This was the 30th Lantern Festival that Lei Li and Zhou Yi had spent together, but it was the first for Lei Zhouzhou and Lin Zhong. The young couple left their families and strolled around the streets hand in hand.
This is not Xiling.
It was rare to see a couple holding hands so intimately. Fortunately, the night market was crowded and not many people noticed them holding hands. However, they were seen by someone who had come to propose to Lei Zhouzhou.
"You're still so clingy outside. You're really unfaithful to your husband. It's shameful for people to see you..."
I don’t know who that person was targeting. After all, the young couple are both husbands, one is a husband and the other is a husband-in-law, and the husband is a son-in-law who marries into the wife’s family.
The young couple ignored him.
Lei Zhouzhou was in good physical condition and had an even better appetite. He ate while walking. He put down a candied haws and then a meat pie in his hand. The other hand was held by Lin Zhong.
Both of them wore thick gloves and hooded fox fur coats, and their hands were clasped together, but they didn't feel cold at all even in the deep winter night.
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