nycdaug Chapter 201 Wuhen
Chapter 201 Wuhen
I could feel the breath of his voice brushing across my face. I didn't dare look into his eyes anymore and lowered my eyes to avoid him.
My eyes swept across his delicate collarbone, and for the first time I discovered that in addition to the mole that was usually exposed at the collar, there were two small moles below the collarbone.
I couldn't look down anymore, nor did I dare to look up. I locked my gaze stiffly on his neck, as if someone had pressed my acupoints.
He chuckled softly, loosened his hand and said, "I won't tease you anymore. You want to take a shower and change clothes, right? I'll let you go back to your room. Come back after you've washed and changed."
I turned my back to him and said timidly, "Sister Jingye is on duty tonight..."
"Just before I entered the room, your sister Jingye told me that the study room has not been cleaned up yet. She is afraid that the ink stains will soak into the table and cannot be removed after a long time, so she wants you to take over."
I shrugged, said "I'll be back soon", and ran back to my room.
Xiaowei and Xiaohui helped me prepare the bath water. After Xiaohui left, Xiaowei brought out a gift box. Unfortunately, I couldn't concentrate. I only heard that it was a gift they bought for me, some kind of perfume. I didn't know where they bought it, how they chose it, and what I encountered on the way, but all of it went in one ear and out the other.
After I took a shower, Xiaowei volunteered to help me pour water. At first I was worried that she would be tired, but then I saw her wave her hand, a light flashed on her shoulders, and she easily carried the bucket on her shoulders and went out, so I felt relieved.
After changing into my underwear, I suddenly remembered that the Sunlight Crystal was still inside the clothes I had taken off, so I hurried over to get it out.
Recalling when I had brought this crystal with me, my forehead, which was still warm from the shower, suddenly felt a little cold. I called out softly, "Lanxiang, are you awake? Let's... let's talk for a while?"
The crystal was silent, without her figure or voice.
I sighed and said, "Alas... I know you have seen and heard too much tonight and it is hard to digest. The eldest young master... I am not saying that he is not a good man! You have been with him for so long. Today he is Lan Mei and tomorrow he is Miss Fang Feng. You should have seen clearly."
I saw that she still hadn't appeared in the crystal. I guessed that she was hit hard and didn't want to come out, so I sighed and said, "I won't bother you anymore. I don't know if you are angry or asleep. Anyway, you should calm down and don't be too sad. I have to go to the young master tonight to work. When I come back tomorrow, if you want to chat, I will find a time for us to talk. I'm leaving first, you should have a good rest."
After saying that, I put the crystal carefully into my suitcase, put on a violet embroidered silk skirt and went to Tu Shanjing's room.
The lights in the room were turned off, leaving only a red candle flickering, and a wisp of water vapor that had not yet dissipated.
Tu Shanjing was sitting at the table with his black hair hanging down, and he was raising his hand to transfer spiritual power into the brazier.
I saw a bed sheet in the brazier, which seemed to be soaked in water and then froze into ice and broke into pieces.
I asked curiously, "Young Master, what are you doing?"
He pursed his lips and replied, "I'll... deal with the sheets. Otherwise, they will be washed tomorrow—"
I wanted to withdraw my stupid question, so I pursed my lips, said "oh" with a red face, and walked silently to the small bed where I slept at night to make the bed.
I heard him scurry back to his bed, and then his voice rang out, "Is it ready?"
I sat on the bed and said "hmm", and the candlelight in front of me was extinguished by him, leaving a bright afterimage in my eyes, which gradually dissipated into the darkness.
I lay down and pulled the quilt up to cover my neck, and I felt a slight pain in my waist.
I should secretly find Hu Zhen tomorrow and make up an excuse to ask for a plaster.
"Lanxiang." Tu Shanjing's voice sounded.
"Ah?" Since I entered the room, I seemed to have lost my ability to speak. I couldn't get along with him naturally and only spoke one word at a time.
"I want you to come over here," he whispered.
My face turned red with embarrassment, but luckily the room was dark enough and no one could see me.
"No, I will definitely sleep very soundly today. What if I oversleep tomorrow morning and Jingye and the others see me..." I evaded.
"Then, shall I go over?"
"Ah?!" The language function that I had finally recovered was out of control again. I heard him get out of bed and walk towards me. I quickly sat up and waved my hands: "It's not good, right? If you are found in my bed, it will be even worse..."
He grasped my hand accurately in the dark and replied, "It's okay, I won't oversleep, just come back to my place if you wake up early."
It seemed to make sense, and I couldn't think of a reason to refuse. He gently pulled me and said, "Come down first. I'll sleep inside, against the wall. I'm afraid it'll be cold in the middle of the night."
I followed his force and got off the bed. I listened to him getting on the bed, lying down facing the wall, and then he said, "Don't be afraid. I'm just going to take a nap here."
I said "Oh..." and lay down with my back to him.
The bed was indeed narrow, and even though I lay very carefully, I couldn't avoid touching his body.
He dodged inside, hunched over, and reached out his hand to pull me: "Move inside, don't fall in."
The hand never retracted and held mine warmly.
I smiled silently in the dark, raised the corners of my mouth and said "hmm".
I had a good night's sleep and didn't even have any dreams. As expected, I overslept the next day. When I opened my eyes, Jingye had already helped Tu Shanjing put on his clothes and combed his hair.
When she saw me open my eyes, she took a breath and said, "You're finally awake! The young master said you were frightened and tired yesterday, so he didn't want to wake you up."
I was a little embarrassed. I was okay with being shocked, but I was really tired. It was a pity that I couldn't talk to Jingye in a coquettish and naughty way.
Tu Shanjing turned around and smiled at me: "You have a good rest, I'll go to my brother's place."
I struggled to get up: "Sir, won't you wait for me?"
He had already stepped out of the room and came back saying "No, you take a rest!" from a distance.
I thought about it and decided that if I went there I would just listen to Tushan Hou's prepared speech, which was of no value, so I might as well not go. So I turned around and poured myself a glass of water.
Jingye was making the bed for him in the inner room when she suddenly asked curiously, "Huh? Where is the bed sheet?!"
When I thought back to yesterday, my face felt hot and I almost choked on my water.
Jingye heard me grunting and clacking, came over and patted me on the back, and happened to see the brazier next to the table.
She exclaimed, "Oh!" and said, "It's here! Why did the young master take out the brazier in the middle of summer and mess up the sheets like this? The finest natural silk is torn into -" At the end of her words, she seemed to remember something and immediately stopped talking.
I looked up at her, wondering if she had seen through anything.
She leaned over to me mysteriously and said, "It might be the young master's... The young master is shy and ruined it himself. Don't make it public. I'll take it out and dispose of it later."
I breathed a sigh of relief, but unfortunately she guessed wrong, it wasn't Tu Shanjing's, it was mine...
I helped her with a lot of work with a guilty conscience, and when she sneaked out the door with the brazier, I went back to my room.
Xiaowei saved breakfast for me, and after I ate, I took out the Sunlight Crystal.
"Lanxiang, are you awake?" I asked it.
There was still no sound from within the crystal.
A strange feeling enveloped me. Before I could react, there was a knock on the door and Ruiyang's voice rang out: "Girl, Guanglin asked me to pass on a message to you."
I responded after hearing that, and without having time to call Lanxiang again, I put the crystal back into the suitcase and opened the door.
Ruiyang stood at the door, looked around, and whispered, "He said he was keeping an eye on the girl. The eldest young master asked him to get a bowl of contraceptive soup for Miss Lan Mei to drink, and said that she is now almost under house arrest in the side room. The eldest young master went to the old lady early in the morning, probably to talk about the marriage. The second young master went to his place but found nothing, so he also went to the old lady at this time."
I suddenly had an idea and asked, "What is the contraceptive soup like? Find me a bowl of the kind she drank so I can check if there is anything strange."
Ruiyang thought for a moment and replied, "There should be some left. It won't be just one bowl. If it's accidentally broken, you'll have to boil it all over again. I'll go get a bowl for the girl to have a look."
I said "hmm" and reminded him, "Be quiet!"
Ruiyang smiled: "Don't worry, young lady, I know! When it comes to the young master, we have to be careful!"
I smiled without saying anything and he ran away.
I went back to my room and sat down, then took out the crystal to look at it again. The crystal still didn't move, as if Lanxiang had disappeared out of thin air.