[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 17

Chapter 17: Not Understanding How to Consummate

Dugu Yuan’an couldn’t fall asleep. After washing up, she leaned against the headboard in her inner garment, quietly reading a collection of medical texts. Xue Mu was at the table, devouring pastries and downing a bowl of chicken soup in one breath, looking very content.

Dugu Yuan’an, however, didn’t eat much. When Zi’ang came in and saw that only Xue Mu was clearing the food tray, no matter how dissatisfied her expression was, she didn’t open her mouth to retort against Xue Mu.

“This fish and shrimp are cooked really well. This Young Mistress wants to eat them again tomorrow,” Xue Mu said with a giggle.

Zi’ang glanced at Dugu Yuan’an. The latter flipped through the medical texts and said softly, “Did you remember the dishes the Young Madam wants to eat, Zi’ang?”

Zi’ang: “…Yes, Master.”

Xue Mu made a face at her. Zi’ang carried the tray and left with heavy steps. As soon as she went out, Xue Mu complained immediately, “Why didn’t this maid use her lightness skill? She’s obviously deliberately disrespecting me!”

Dugu Yuan’an was also indulgent towards Zi’ang. After all, she was the guard she had trusted since childhood, so she smiled faintly. “Why are you competing with her? Come over quickly.”

The Hour of the Pig (9-11 pm) had arrived. Xue Mu took off her outer robe carelessly, threw it onto a stool, and then climbed onto the bed yawning. “You have to change the direction you sleep, Maiden Yuan’an.”

Dugu Yuan’an leaned against the headboard, put the medical texts aside, and smiled slightly. “Madam, the ‘Chu River and Han Boundary’ should be abandoned. Do you still want to play this game?”

Xue Mu turned pale with fright and stammered, “What play or not… you and I… isn’t the Chu River and Han Boundary between us very good?”

Dugu Yuan’an crossed her arms and said composedly, “Is it?”

Xue Mu looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, feeling guilty for no reason. “Wha… what’s wrong?”

Dugu Yuan’an tapped her chin lightly with her index finger and mused, “I woke up at the Hour of the Dragon (7-9 am) today, and Zi’ang came very anxiously to check on my body. I was a bit confused then, not knowing what had happened.”

Xue Mu’s face instantly turned red.

Seeing her expression change, showing a bit more embarrassment and shyness, Dugu Yuan’an calmly continued, “Zi’ang conveyed to me what you told her. Things like ‘newlyweds deeply in love and lost in passion,’ ‘you’re always going to torment me,’ and ‘sleeping until the sun is high in the sky before getting up’…”

Xue Mu was greatly shocked and anxiously tried to cover her mouth. “Why are you saying everything out loud? Aren’t you ashamed!”

Dugu Yuan’an blinked, looking slightly innocent. “Didn’t Madam say so much to Zi’ang yourself? What is there to be ashamed of? We are already married.”

Xue Mu retorted, “Married… is just married. I woke up at the Hour of the Rabbit and just said it casually to leave. I didn’t expect that stupid maid to really tell you—and she even took it seriously!”

“Why not take it seriously?” Dugu Yuan’an frowned rather distressedly. “Did Madam forget? Our wedding night was spent across the ‘Chu River and Han Boundary’.”

Does this mean that—

“After the ‘Chu River and Han Boundary’ is removed, you and I can formally consummate the marriage and perform the Rites of Duke Zhou,” Dugu Yuan’an suddenly said with a beaming smile. Xue Mu’s face exploded red, blood rushing up. She suddenly pulled the quilt and shouted, “What Duke Zhou… Rites of Duke Zhou! I don’t understand!”

Dugu Yuan’an laughed. “You don’t understand, do you think I understand? But after getting married, you and I always have to consummate the marriage.”

Xue Mu was called a “female hedonist” because she opened the Xue Star Tower, but she had never really been in contact with places like brothels. Although she knew that one had to consummate the marriage after getting married, she had never seen or heard any description of this matter. Hearing Dugu Yuan’an say this, how could she not blush with shame?

“Consummating… I only know that a man and a woman consummating can produce a baby,” Xue Mu said. “How can you and I consummate? We can’t produce a baby either.”

Dugu Yuan’an sighed. “A baby? Just pick up an orphan from outside and raise it as our own child. Not being able to produce a baby doesn’t hinder you and me from consummating.”

Xue Mu said anxiously, “This matter… this matter needs to be discussed at length!”

Dugu Yuan’an was stunned. “Why?”

Xue Mu’s mind spun wildly. Dugu Yuan’an kept staring at her. Although her thoughts spun fast, she couldn’t come up with a single useful reason. In the end, she spoke indiscriminately, “You… you have a leg ailment. If you and I consummate, it will… it will hurt you!”

Dugu Yuan’an was stunned, seemingly a bit confused. “So what if I have a leg ailment? Many men and women who have lost their legs can also consummate and even have babies.”

Xue Mu said seriously, “That’s different!”

Dugu Yuan’an wondered, “How is it different?”

Once she had an excuse, Xue Mu started talking nonsense, becoming more confident as she spoke:

“Look, you have a leg ailment. If we consummate, wouldn’t my Fire Poison be transmitted into your body, and wouldn’t your Cold Poison also be transmitted into mine? I heard that some people in the Jianghu will have their cultivation greatly increased after consummating, called ‘Dual Cultivation’! But ‘Dual Cultivation’ between you and me will only hurt each other!”

Dugu Yuan’an seemed to understand but not fully. “But—”

“And consummating requires hugging together, it must be like this. But you and I cannot hug together because your knees hurt very much. If I press on your knees, wouldn’t you scream in pain? Would you still be in the mood to consummate with me?” Xue Mu quickly interrupted her “but” and said with vivid expressions.

Dugu Yuan’an frowned, still puzzled.

Seeing her half-believing and half-doubting, Xue Mu said, “Do you have anything else to ask?”

Dugu Yuan’an nodded and asked, “Why is Madam worried about pressing on my knees? My internal energy is much stronger than yours. Logically, it should be me pressing on your knees until they hurt.”

Xue Mu was dumbfounded. “Is… is that so?”

Dugu Yuan’an said seriously, “If I hug Madam, I won’t press on Madam until it hurts, because my internal energy is deep enough. I will absolutely not let Madam get hurt.”

“However… the matter of Cold Poison and Fire Poison is indeed troublesome.” She pondered. “If my legs are cured, and Madam cures your own Fire Poison, then we can consummate and also Dual Cultivate.”

Xue Mu was delighted. Delay as long as possible. “Exactly!”

Dugu Yuan’an looked up. “Then we should also abandon the ‘Chu River and Han Boundary’ and rest like this.”

As she spoke, she moved her body inward. Xue Mu thought about it. Since they weren’t in a hurry to consummate, it was fine to abandon the Chu River and Han Boundary.

She nodded and slept on the outer side. Dugu Yuan’an put the quilt over her. Xue Mu said, “I’m afraid of heat, I won’t cover myself!”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Then will you hold me while sleeping?”

But isn’t holding together consummating? Xue Mu was startled and hurriedly refused.

Dugu Yuan’an explained that holding together across the quilt didn’t count as consummating, nor did holding together while wearing clothes. Xue Mu thought that made sense, so she carefully hugged her. “Maiden Yuan’an—”

“Call me Yuan’er.” Being hugged by her across the quilt, Dugu Yuan’an only felt sweetness in her heart, and her smile became more joyful.

Xue Mu called out, “Yuan’er.” Hugging Dugu Yuan’an, she could feel that her body was too thin even across the quilt. “Yuan’er, you are so thin. Your constitution is too weak.”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Nonsense, my constitution is much better than yours.”

Hugging her, Xue Mu said again, “I’m going to sleep, Yuan’er.”

Dugu Yuan’an gave a “Mm.”

Xue Mu smelled a wave of intoxicating fragrance from the gap in her quilt and couldn’t help trembling. So, not across the quilt, taking off clothes and hugging together, smelling the fragrance on Yuan’er’s body, is consummating.

She forced herself not to think about it anymore, emptied her mind, and fell asleep after a while.