I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 25

Chapter 25

Song Yugui was confident that she had coaxed her wife well. Before she left, the other hadn’t been angry, still maintaining that gentle demeanor. But how… how had she become so awkward the moment she got home?

She silently watched the woman calmly tidying the house, her mouth opening and closing, but she didn’t know what to say.

Something’s not quite right…

These past few days, she had grown used to the young woman jumping to her side and chattering away the moment she got back. She was a little unaccustomed to her being like this…

Not speaking, not looking at her.

She had reverted to how she was when she had first transmigrated.

Song Yugui sat in the courtyard with a frown. Seeing her wife walk back and forth, ignoring her, she couldn’t help but call out, “Xizhi.”

The hand holding the broom paused. Her legs moved faster than her brain, already subconsciously wanting to walk toward her, but she barely managed to stop. The young woman stood where she was, pressed her lips together, and replied in a small voice, “Wife, is there something you wish to command of me?”

Those words sounded strange, so respectful.

Her brow furrowed even tighter. Seeing that she wasn’t coming over, she beckoned with her hand. “I have something to say to you. Come closer.”

“Oh.”

Only then did Shen Xizhi lower her eyes and obediently go over.

Then, she was caught off guard as her wrist was grabbed and pulled down. A look of alarm instantly appeared on her face, but her body uncontrollably followed the force and sat on her lap, held in her embrace in a sideways position.

Her small face instantly turned as red as the morning sun, beautiful and stunning.

Song Yugui’s long arm reached over and held the woman’s supple, slender waist. Her other hand pinched the bridge of her nose, a headache on her face. “What’s wrong with you? You seem to be in a bad mood today.”

Shen Xizhi struggled a couple of times, but the hand held her tightly, and she couldn’t escape. She had to accept the intimate position, her eyes lowered, and she unconsciously leaned a little closer into her embrace, almost resting on her chest, but her voice tried its best to sound calm. “Am I? Wife must be overthinking it.”

She was almost used to this form of address, but today it suddenly felt very awkward, a little distant.

“Just call me by my name. We’re not some noble family; you don’t have to call me that.”

When a woman and a man married, it was one thing to call him ‘husband’. But they were two women. What was the point of all that? The original owner must have had a screw loose.

Shen Xizhi’s long, curly lashes completely covered the emotion in her eyes. “Wife was the one who instructed me to call you that. I naturally obey Wife’s command.”

“But I’m telling you not to call me that now. Are you not going to listen?”

The hand on her waist tightened a couple of times.

Shen Xizhi paused, then shook her head slightly. She… she was also being obedient.

But…

If she didn’t call her that, what if her temper turned bad again one day and she used it to find trouble with her?

The young woman’s past had not been good. She looked at Song Yugui with worry.

Seeing her just shake her head without speaking, Song Yugui’s brow furrowed even tighter. What’s wrong?

“Did someone bully you? You don’t seem very happy.”

She buried her head low, not saying a word, but her heart caught every word. Besides you, who else could bully me?

She was sullen and couldn’t help but think of the past. Her heart was uneasy. She didn’t know how Song Yugui had suddenly changed so much in one day, how she had suddenly… been good to her.

She had been so fierce and bad before. Why had she changed?

Was there no reason?

If there was no reason… would she also suddenly change back?

Shen Xizhi was terrified. Her palms were unconsciously pinched into four crescent-shaped red marks. How could she have guessed that the soul inside this body had changed? She only felt afraid, so afraid that her eyes turned red.

Her beautiful, doe-like eyes were watery as she looked up at her pitifully.

Song Yugui didn’t get an answer. Just as she was about to scold her, she saw her like this, and her heart instantly leaped into her throat. Wait, was she really bullied?

Who? Who dares to bully my wife!

Song Yugui’s face instantly turned ferocious. “Did someone bully you? Tell me, and I’ll get justice for you!”

The first person she had seen after transmigrating to ancient times was Shen Xizhi. The first bite of food she had eaten was made by Shen Xizhi. They depended on each other. Who would dare to bully her?

As long as Xizhi didn’t get with the male lead in the future, didn’t chase after him, even if they divorced, she would still protect her. No one was allowed to bully her.

Shen Xizhi was so frail and weak; she looked so soft and easy to bully. Did these people have no heart, not even sparing a young girl!

Song Yugui was indignant and cursed them many times in her heart.

Until the person in her arms, with red-rimmed eyes, gently shook her head, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, like some pitiful, homeless little animal.

“No… no, no one bullied me.”

No one?

Song Yugui’s suspicious gaze fell on the person in her arms. She pressed her waist into her embrace. Shen Xizhi instinctively wanted to put her arms around her neck, but she quickly realized something and dazedly pulled her hands back.

Her jade-like fingers paused in mid-air. This gesture was too obvious for Song Yugui not to notice. She thought, If no one bullied you, why are you giving me the cold shoulder? The thought made her angry. She suddenly grabbed the young woman’s wrist and wrapped it around her own neck.

Hmph, you can’t not hug me even if you don’t want to.

“If no one bullied you, why are you crying?”

Shen Xizhi was still staring blankly at her arranged hand. Hearing her question, she pressed her lips together and instinctively retorted, “I’m… I’m not crying.”

“If you’re not crying, why are your eyes red? Like a little rabbit.”

A little rabbit’s eyes were also red.

Seeing her fierce, Shen Xizhi continued to press her lips together, unwilling to speak to her again.

See, what Song Yugui was most afraid of was her not saying anything. If she was dissatisfied with her in any way, she could just say it. What if she was willing to change?

Not saying a single word was really going to drive her crazy.

Her face was tense with anger for a long time. It was only when she saw the tears welling up in the eyes of the person in her arms that she managed to soften up, not wanting to scare her too much.

“Tell me, who upset you? Was it me?”

She had a faint premonition that she was the target of her little wife’s cold shoulder, that she had probably made her angry.

Although she didn’t know how she had.

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Shen Xizhi was forced to put her arms around her neck, her body even closer to hers. She didn’t want to say, but she was being forced, as if she couldn’t leave without saying something. After a long while of hesitation, she finally whispered a soft question, “Will… will you always be like this to me?”

“What?”

Her voice was too soft; Song Yugui didn’t hear her clearly.

“I said, will you always be this good to me?”

“Is this… a question worth being unhappy about?”

Song Yugui was petrified.

She only had this one wife. If she wasn’t good to her, who would she be good to? And was this even considered good?

Hearing her words, Shen Xizhi kicked her legs unhappily.

She wanted to say, You used to be very, very bad to me. I don’t dare to believe you. But she… she didn’t dare to say it.

What if she said it and made her angry?

No one liked to hear others say bad things about them.

Shen Xizhi’s long lashes trembled, and with just three words, she pressed on, “Will you?”

Song Yugui felt stifled, frustrated. “Although I don’t know why you’re suddenly asking this, as long as I’m here, I’ll always be… like this to you.”

She admitted that she hadn’t even started to be good to the villain yet. She was reluctant to even buy her clothes. But the villain was very good to her, even making her a pair of shoes. She was ashamed.

So she hesitated for a moment and didn’t dare to say the word ‘good’. She thought silently, At least I won’t be worse to her than I am now. When I have money in the future, I’ll definitely take good care of her.

“Will you lie?”

She seemed to not trust her and continued to press.

Song Yugui’s face darkened. The hand on her waist tightened a little, and only the autumn wind and her resounding voice could be heard. “No, I never lie.”

Shen Xizhi rested her head on her chest, her thick lashes hiding the emotion in her eyes. She thought, Liar. You like to lie, you always lie. Eight out of ten sentences are lies.

But she couldn’t refute it, couldn’t let go of the warmth. Instead, she hugged her tighter and tighter.

Seeing her become proactive again, Song Yugui was still puzzled. “You were ignoring me just because you were thinking about this?”

Shen Xizhi kept her mouth shut, silently hugging her neck tighter. Her supple body also pressed closer into her embrace, making the other jump with anger, cursing her for being heartless. Such a small thing, and it’s worth all this.

They were at a stalemate, one not daring to look up, afraid of being scolded for overthinking things and making trouble out of nothing, the other looking down and glaring at her. Suddenly, a middle-aged woman’s voice cut in. “Aiyoyo, what have I just seen? In broad daylight, in the courtyard, you don’t even know how to be a little more reserved.”

Song Yugui: …

Looking up, she saw the woman, carrying a hoe, covering her eyes and running away very quickly.

Shen Xizhi was startled, her small face instantly turning bright red. She buried her head in her embrace, as if trying to hide herself completely.