Chapter 28 Her earlobe was sucked and gently bitten.
Ye Mingzhu turned around and met Sheng Yunche's disapproving gaze.
He was gazing intently at her. Despite being ill, he resembled a crouching cheetah, his posture languid yet radiating intense aggression.
By the moonlight streaming through the window, she could clearly see the undisguised desire in his eyes, and knew she was right.
He wanted her.
I really want her.
He expressed this idea through both his body language and words, abandoning hints and stating it openly, forcefully demanding an answer from her and not allowing her to evade it.
The jade flowers are already in bloom, so there's clearly no way to avoid it...
Ye Mingzhu didn't intend to find any more reasons to avoid it.
She had already thought about it rationally.
Although she and Sheng Yunche were only business partners, they eventually became husband and wife.
He wanted her so badly that her rejection might anger him, but if she accepted, she might be able to win him over.
She didn't really have any experience in how to win over a man, but... things will work themselves out. For now, all she had to do was agree to his request, right?
Thinking of this, Ye Mingzhu said softly, "The day after tomorrow, we'll go to the Ye residence for another consultation. When we come back and brew your medicine, I'll use Bizhu flower to treat you, okay?"
"Really?" Sheng Yunche asked.
"Um."
"Shouldn't we do something else first and proceed step by step?" Sheng Yunche asked again.
Ye Mingzhu noticed that his Adam's apple bobbed up and down, as if he was trying to suppress his thirst.
At first, she didn't quite understand.
But when his gaze moved from her eyebrows to the tip of her nose, and then to her lips, a flush rose in her cheeks, and she immediately understood what he meant by "step by step".
"No!" She glared at him playfully, then turned her back to him. "The day after tomorrow."
Sheng Yunche disagreed, giving a light snort and saying, "Tomorrow!"
Ye Mingzhu said helplessly, "It's only one day later, and you still want to negotiate with me?"
Sheng Yunche was very straightforward: "Every day that lasts longer means one more day of endurance. I've already endured it for twenty-five years!"
"Twenty-five?"
Ye Mingzhu turned around in surprise, her clear almond-shaped eyes revealing her astonishment at his "advanced age" of twenty-five.
Sheng Yunche laughed in exasperation, tightening his grip on her waist as he gritted his teeth and asked, "What, do you think I'm old?"
She was indeed several years younger than him, having only been of marriageable age for less than two years.
But so what? He's no good either; he won't let her off just because she's young.
"No..." Ye Mingzhu coughed lightly, looking away, "But weren't you always so celibate before..."
Sheng Yunche said, "The past is the past, and the present is the present."
Ye Mingzhu: "..."
That makes a lot of sense.
But she really wanted to cover her ears!
"Will it work?" Sheng Yunche asked again.
He seemed to be asking for her opinion, but his voice was cold, as if he would get angry if she didn't agree.
They're so hard to please.
“…Okay!” Ye Mingzhu forced out a single word, suppressing her embarrassment.
The next moment, her earlobe was pinched again.
He pinched and pinched her, his warm fingers almost melting her.
But this wasn't the end. Sheng Yunche hugged her from behind, burying his lightly stubble-covered chin in the crook of her neck and rubbing it against her skin. He said in a hoarse voice, "I want to eat it. You won't let me eat your lips, but you can eat the rest of your body, right?"
It seemed to have been planned for a long time, leaving no room for refusal.
Ye Mingzhu's body trembled slightly, and her heart raced.
"You really think I'm old, huh?"
Ye Mingzhu: "...No, nothing."
Her sensitive earlobe was held in her mouth and gently bitten, as if a hot, humid rain had suddenly fallen from the sky, enveloping her completely, and she could not escape.
She pulled the quilt over her face and covered it.
...
The next day.
After finishing his breakfast, Sheng Yunche went to his shift with a dark expression.
Baozan walked to Ye Mingzhu's side and asked worriedly, "Miss, is the young master upset about something, or is he angry with you?"
Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
What's bothering you?
It's just that he has to work today and can only go to the Ye family for a consultation at noon; the "treatment" will have to wait until the evening.
But when she met Baozan's questioning gaze, she coughed lightly and waved her hand, changing the subject and asking, "Have you packed your things? If you have, we'll head to the Ye residence."
Baozan immediately cheered, "All done!"
Last time, Ruixiang and Yufu accompanied Ye Mingzhu home. This time it was her and Ruyi's turn. The two of them had planned to go home and see their parents and relatives last night.
The young lady is kind; she always gives them an hour of peace and quiet.
On the way to the Ye residence.
Ye Mingzhu remembered that her four-year-old nephew liked sweets, so she asked Baozan to buy some sweet snacks and some trinkets that the child liked.
Upon arriving at the Ye residence, she was immediately surrounded by her mother and sister-in-law, while Ye Baozhu looked at her with adoration.
"Thanks to you, the Duchess of Rongguo really sent us an invitation, and she even came to the Ye residence the other day."
"When she saw Cheng'er and learned that we were worried about finding a tutor for her, she actually said she would recommend Cheng'er to the clan school of her maternal family, which is the family of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice!"
"If it weren't for Zhuzhu'er's sake, the Duchess of Rongguo wouldn't have been so enthusiastic."
"Now Cheng'er's future is secured, and your sister-in-law and I can finally relax!"
"..."
Seeing her mother and sister-in-law in such high spirits, Ye Mingzhu's face was also full of smiles.
Suddenly, Madam Wang asked again, "Madam Qin also sent us an invitation yesterday, saying she wants to go with the Duchess of Rongguo. We've arranged to go to Jing'an Temple together the day after tomorrow. Younger sister, are you going?"
Ye Mingzhu hadn't gone out for a walk since her rebirth, so upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "Let's go together, little sister will come too."
"Alright!" Madam Wang clapped her hands and laughed, then said triumphantly to Madam Zhen, "I knew my eldest sister would agree! She and the Duke have a good relationship, and her mother-in-law treats her well too, so going out to worship Buddha won't be a problem! By the way, my younger sister hasn't been out much either, let's go out for a stroll together the day after tomorrow!"
Mrs. Zhen smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Ye Baozhu's eyes lit up, and she happily snuggled up to Ye Mingzhu, saying, "Thank you, sister."
Ye Chengji walked over with his hands behind his back and called out, "What kind of behavior is it to stand at the door?" Only then did the group exchange a smile and go inside.
When it was time for lunch, Sheng Yunche arrived.
Ye Chengji and Ye Yu accompanied him to dine in the flower hall.
Because Sheng Yunche held a high position and seemed cold and aloof, making him difficult to get along with, Ye Chengji, being his father-in-law, was a bit better off. However, Ye Yu, who was a few years younger than him, was always very reserved and dared not talk to him much.
Separated by a screen, Ye Mingzhu and her three companions, along with young Ye Cheng, sat at an octagonal table in the innermost room, also having their meal.
The table was filled with dishes that Ye Mingzhu loved, including a dish of agate meat personally prepared by Madam Zhen.
While eating, Ye Cheng suddenly called out in a childish voice, "Auntie."
"What's wrong?" Ye Mingzhu smiled and patted his little head.
Ye Cheng opened his round eyes wide, pointed to the other side of the screen, and asked curiously, "Does Uncle like you as much as I do?"
Ye Mingzhu was startled and subconsciously followed his hand to look over, just in time to meet Sheng Yunche's dark and deep phoenix eyes through the gap in the screen.
Ye Cheng added, "My uncle always secretly watches you, just like how I really like my aunt, I think she's beautiful, and I can't help but want to look at her!"
Sheng Yunche's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly froze.
Ye Mingzhu also suddenly fell silent.
"Pfft!" Ye Baozhu was the first to burst out laughing.
Zhen and Wang also laughed.
At the men's table, watching the aloof and noble Sheng Yunche blush slightly at his son's childish words, Ye Yu suddenly felt that he wasn't so scary after all.
Yes, what's there to be afraid of?
No matter how distinguished he is, isn't he still his own brother-in-law?
He is also a distinguished brother-in-law!
...
After lunch, Ye Chengji took Sheng Yunche's pulse, with Ye Mingzhu by his side.
After a month of recuperation and detoxification, Sheng Yunche's health has improved considerably, but a full recovery will take a long time unless there is an antidote for "Huang Quan Ji" to speed up the process.
Unfortunately, the sachet that Ye Mingzhu snatched from Sheng Huai'an contained several fragrant pills, which the Ye family members studied repeatedly but could not determine were poisonous; they seemed to be just pure fragrant pills.
The clues to "Huang Quan Ji" end here, let alone the development of an antidote.
Ye Chengji suspected that the incense pill might need to be combined with other ingredients to form the final poison, so he told her to pay more attention and verify it further.
Ye Mingzhu wrote it down.
After the consultation, Ye Mingzhu did not stay at the Ye family home any longer.
Sheng Yunche had to go back to the Central Military Governor's Mansion for his shift in the afternoon, and he had given her countless winks to come with him. It just so happened that she also wanted to go to the dowry shop that afternoon.
As she saw her off, Madam Zhen whispered to her, "It's been a month since you got married. Find some excuse to use the fertility potion on your son-in-law. He cares about you, so you should treat him well too."
Ye Mingzhu subconsciously looked at Sheng Yunche not far away, and saw him raise his eyebrows again, gesturing for her to get on the carriage quickly. She felt both helpless and amused.
Can we not use it?
It's tonight.
If she keeps dragging this out, someone will be furious, right?
However, perhaps once he has experienced the pleasures of love between men and women and satisfied his curiosity, he will no longer be so enthusiastic about matters between men and women.
It's estimated that they'll only focus their attention on the jade flower, and might even try to possess it...
What will she do then?
Ye Mingzhu bit her lip in thought.
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