nycdaug Chapter 135 Granddaughter-in-law
Chapter 135 Granddaughter-in-law
When Helan Xuenuo heard footsteps approaching, she hurriedly pulled Yuan Xu to hide to the side. The two were hidden by a bunch of flowers. She didn't stand up until the footsteps went away.
Helan Xuenuo breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take off the hood that was tightening on her head, but she subconsciously realized that she and Yuan Xu were holding hands tightly. She withdrew her hand in an instant as if she had been electrocuted. She coughed dryly and took off the hood. When she was halfway through, the silk thread that fell off the hood got tangled with her hair, and she hissed in pain.
Yuan Xu smiled and turned her head over, "Let me help you."
"Um…"
Helan obediently lowered her hands, letting Yuanxu untie her hair. His fingers occasionally touched the skin of her cheek, and his breath puffed on her ear. She shuddered, holding her breath and not daring to breathe. She looked at Yuanxu quietly. His strong jawline, bright eyes, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, he was so handsome...
After Yuan Xu took off her hood, Helan Xuenuo's hair flowed out, and the fragrance hidden in her hair spread all around. Yuan Xu sniffed lightly and saw that Helan was staring at him blankly. He lowered his head and smiled, scratching the side of her face with his fingers, "What are you thinking about?"
"No...no..." Helan lowered his head and stroked his drooping black hair.
"Really?" Yuan Xu moved closer to her, his breath lingering beside her ear, along the earlobe to her face and then to her lips... Helan Xuenuo swallowed uncontrollably, feeling nervous in her heart, she was expecting something.
The two lips gradually approached...
"Brother, sister?" Little Yuanzhao appeared at some point, buried in a bunch of chrysanthemums, poking his head out to look out.
Helan Xuenuo took a step back, putting some distance between herself and Yuan Xu. Yuan Xu coughed, glanced at little Yuan Zhao unhappily, and pulled him out from the chrysanthemum bushes. "What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Yuan Xu really wanted to give this bad brother a good beating.
Little Yuanzhao struggled to break free, grabbed Helan Xuenuo's hand, and shook it, his hips also creaking. "Sister, I missed you so much! My brother went out to do something bad tonight and hasn't come back yet. I was worried... so I went out to stroll around the garden and saw two people. I thought they were assassins from outside the mansion. Luckily, I hid and looked, and then I realized it was you, sister."
Helan Xuenuo patted his head lovingly, "How do you know your brother did something bad?"
"Brother, you must be doing something shameful if you dress like this. Sister, please don't learn bad habits from him."
Yuan Xu glanced at little Yuanzhao helplessly. Is this living ancestor here to make things worse?
After staying in the flower hall for quite some time, Helan Xuenuo was led out of the flower hall by Yuan Xu, who planned to take her to his courtyard to change clothes so as not to attract attention.
She held little Yuanzhao's hand and followed Yuanxu. Yuanxu rubbed little Yuanzhao's face from time to time. Little Yuanzhao muttered and rolled his eyes at Yuanxu countless times.
When they arrived at his courtyard, an elderly figure was standing there, pacing back and forth. Little Yuanzhao covered his mouth in panic and said, "Oh no, I forgot to tell you that Grandpa can't sleep tonight either."
Helan Xuenuo paused, feeling a little embarrassed. She thought back that she seemed to have only met her great-grandfather a few times over the years. In her impression, her great-grandfather had a full beard and looked a bit rigid. He spent all day fiddling with things in the small room, which was very weird!
Not allowing her any chance to run away, Yuanzu turned around, grabbed Yuan Xu's hand, and asked, "If little Yuanzhao hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you were going to do such a dangerous thing!" After he asked this, he noticed Helan Xuenuo standing on the side. She was a little girl with a very pretty face, but her hair was scattered and messy.
Grandfather recognized Helan Xuenuo at a glance, and a big smile appeared on his stern face. "You...you are my granddaughter-in-law?"
Yuan Xu hurriedly stopped his grandfather from continuing, "Grandfather..."
“…Hello, great-grandfather. I’m Xuenuo.” Helan Xuenuo saw that her great-grandfather was looking at her with joy, and she didn’t want to disappoint the old man’s enthusiasm, so she responded with a smile.
"Okay... I think it's good!" Yuan Yu stroked his beard and laughed. As he was laughing, Yuan Xu pulled him aside. "Grandpa? What are you and that kid Yuan Zhao doing in the middle of the night?"
Grandfather Yuan's smile faded, and he chastised, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about it! I heard your brother say you went to some post station... and did something! The capital is buzzing tonight. Did you go and kill someone?"
It can be considered murder, right? Yuan Xu did not deny it.
Yuan Xu's grandfather was so angry that he grabbed Yuan Xu's ear and squeezed it tightly. Yuan Xu cried out, and Helan Xuenuo saw it and wanted to go forward to persuade Yuan Xu, but Yuan Xu held back his cry out in shame and told Helan Xuenuo not to come over. Yuan Xu also realized that he had to give his grandson some face in front of his grandson's wife, so he let go.
Yuan Xu asked in confusion, "What?"
"You're still asking me why? You even dared to assassinate the Qingzhou prefect!"
Yuan Xu's eyes rolled up. The old man in this mansion was a worry, and the young one was even more worrying. He'd eavesdropped on his meeting and even misspoken. It seemed like... from now on, he'd have to put more locks on his yard and deploy more people to prevent that brat Yuan Zhao from eavesdropping. He reluctantly explained, "Grandfather, I was saving people, not assassinating them."
Grandfather Yuan immediately gave an awkward smile and glanced at Little Yuanzhao with a resentful look. He said embarrassedly, "This is Little Yuanzhao's fault for spreading rumors. It's a good thing that you can save the Qingzhou prefect... It's a good thing..." He stroked his beard, his eyes fell on Helan Xuenuo again, and nodded with satisfaction, "It's late, Grandfather is going back to rest. You must take good care of my granddaughter-in-law."
"..." Yuan Xu half-pushed Yuanye to leave. When Yuanye walked in front of Helan Xuenuo, he smiled and said, "Xuenuo, it's fun. There's no rush to go back." He subconsciously glanced at the gentleman's bow that Helan Xuenuo was carrying and asked, "What are you carrying?"
Helan took it directly from his back and handed it to his grandfather, "This is the bow that Yuan Xu gave me. I named it the Gentleman Bow."
Grandfather swept the Gentleman's Bow around, clicking his tongue in dissatisfaction, "This boy isn't thoughtful enough... This bow is small, but still inconvenient to carry. I'll take it back and modify it, and then send it to you tomorrow."
Helan Xuenuo nodded happily. She was also curious about how her great-grandfather had managed to modify such a small bow, which was obviously small enough to be easily carried. She smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandfather."
Grandfather? Yuan-Yan's heart was filled with joy. When he was about to leave with his bow in hand, he noticed that little Yuanzhao was still holding Helan and had no intention of leaving. He asked little Yuanzhao, "Grandson? Don't you want to go back and rest?"
Little Yuanzhao looked energetic and said, "Grandpa, I'm very energetic and don't want to sleep yet."
Grandfather Yuan Zhao gave him a look, and little Yuan Zhao understood. He stretched and yawned, "I...I should go back to bed. I'm sleepy. See you tomorrow, sister and brother."
Before Yuanzhao could even settle the score with Yuanzhao for spreading the wrong message, he dragged Yuanzhao away, pushing and pulling him.
Helan Xuenuo couldn't help but laugh. This grandfather and grandson were really interesting. The younger one's eyes were clearly rolling around, but how come he became sleepy the next moment?
After the two left, Yuan Xu breathed a sigh of relief and led Helan Xuenuo to his room. When Helan Xuenuo came in, he looked around curiously and found that there were not many things placed in the room and it was very tidy.
Just as her eyes were cast on the screen on one side, Yuan Xu stood in front of her to block her view, and her eyes only fell on the screen with the horse pattern.
Yuan Xu said, "I'll take you to the guest room to rest." He picked up a few pieces of clothing.
She followed Yuan Xu out again, but Yuan Xu kept blocking her view, preventing her from properly appreciating the other screens. She followed Yuan Xu to the next room, which was different from his. There were two high tables facing the room, with two pots of yew trees on top. The mattress in the room was more like a woman's, a soft, pink ball.
Helan Xuenuo was originally afraid that she wouldn't be able to adapt, but at this moment, looking at the bed, she felt very sleepy and kept yawning.
Yuan Xu said softly, "It's late at night, and there's no time to arrange for a maid to stay in this room. I don't know if you can get used to it."
Helan Xuenuo rubbed her sleepy eyes and said lazily, "In my courtyard, only Xiaozhu is with me. I'm not used to being served by others. It's okay."
"Okay... then change your clothes first and rest." Yuan Xu handed her the clothes he was holding. "It's not easy to find women's clothes for you. If someone sees them, it will affect your reputation. So, you can just wear my clothes and pretend to be a man. You... don't mind, right?"
"How could that be?" Helan Xuenuo was already so sleepy that she was at a loss as to what to do. She only heard half of what Yuan Xu said and just nodded, barely able to lift her eyelids.
Yuan Xu looked at her like a fluffy kitten, yawning one after another. He couldn't bear to disturb her rest any longer, so he said goodbye and left.