Chapter 50 p2
The pastries from Baoyue Pavilion were exquisite and beautiful, not too sweet, and not easy to get tired of. They tasted good, and she also liked them very much!
Song Yugui looked down and was about to speak when a fierce voice came from the front hall again. “Don’t touch my pastries! My wife bought them for me! If you want to eat them, go and buy them yourself!”
Shen Xizhi stood at the stove, holding a large ladle, and looked over fiercely. Chi Xiangyue immediately became obedient and only dared to mutter in a small voice, “It’s just some pastries. If you don’t want to give them to me, you don’t have to. I’ll buy them myself.”
The braised pork was ready soon. Shen Xizhi brought over a full basin of it, arranged it on the plate, crystal clear and extremely tempting.
It was covered in a thick sauce, which made one’s mouth water at a glance.
Song Yugui sat up straight. Chi Xiangyue couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
So fragrant, it looks so fragrant!
It was really worth begging for!
Seeing the two of them so greedy, Shen Xizhi was a little speechless. It wasn’t the first time they had eaten it.
“I’ll go and get you some rice.”
“Aiya, no need. I’ll go, I’ll go. How can I always let you work so hard?”
Song Yugui was getting better and better at sweet-talking. The young woman’s cheeks turned a faint red. She lowered her head, bit the corner of her lip, and said softly, “What’s so hard about this? You’re the one who works hard, getting up early and working late outside.”
She got up so early every day, she was already up when she was still sleeping. Shen Xizhi’s heart ached for her, and she always tried to make her delicious food, big fish and big meat, to replenish her strength.
The two of them felt sorry for each other and looked at each other for a while. Chi Xiangyue came back with three bowls of rice, looking lazy.
She was about to starve to death; she couldn’t wait a single moment.
She stuffed a bowl of rice into each of their arms. Song Yugui awkwardly averted her gaze. During the time Xizhi was sick, she had gotten used to being sweet-tongued.
But Shen Xizhi was a little dissatisfied. She regretted letting Chi Xiangyue stay and disturbing them again!
Hmph.
She wedged herself into her wife’s embrace. Seeing Song Yugui quickly move the steaming bowl away lest it burn her, the corners of her lips curved up slightly.
She nuzzled her face, then sat down to prepare to eat.
Chi Xiangyue looked at them with eager eyes. She had been well-raised. It was not polite to eat before the host, even if they were friends of the same age.
Sometimes Song Yugui didn’t even know why a girl like her would love to play with them. Could it be that she was too curious about them?
“Eat, eat. Hurry up and finish eating and go back. Didn’t you say your father told you to practice your calligraphy every day? Have you finished today’s?”
Song Yugui gave Shen Xizhi a piece of braised pork, and also gave herself some, mashing it and mixing it with her rice. Seeing them both eating, Chi Xiangyue quickly went to get some. With one bite, her eyes narrowed in satisfaction.
This is so delicious!
“Xizhi, I feel like you’re such a good cook, you could open a restaurant. Even in the capital, I’ve rarely eaten such good skills.”
Shen Xizhi didn’t even look up. “I’m not going. I want to be with my wife.”
“Tsk.”
Chi Xiangyue showed a look of having her teeth ache from the sweetness.
“You two are so clingy every day. Don’t you get tired of it?”
“Of course not. Wife, will you get tired of it?”
Shen Xizhi turned her head to look at her gently. For some reason, Song Yugui felt that if she dared to say she was tired, she would be in for a lot of trouble today.
Her face was serious. “Tired? How could I be tired? Xizhi and I are the best of friends. We won’t get tired of being together every day. Don’t you talk nonsense and affect our relationship!”
Song Yugui was righteous, but she hadn’t expected Shen Xizhi to stiffen for a moment after hearing this, and then, her beautiful, delicate face, little by little, little by little, darkened.
After Song Yugui finished speaking, she turned to look at Shen Xizhi, not knowing if she was trying to probe something or seek her affirmation. In short… she was startled by Shen Xizhi’s cold expression.
Even though every word she said was biased toward her, Shen Xizhi was not very happy. In fact, a wave of anger rushed out. She looked at Song Yugui with a gloomy expression, then turned her head after a moment and simply ignored her.
That one glance, for a moment, made Song Yugui think she was facing the blackened villain.
In this life, with her around, Zhier rarely showed this kind of expression. Her whole body was almost telling her, I’m not happy, very unhappy.
Song Yugui’s heart trembled slightly. An answer was about to come out, but she didn’t dare to think too deeply.
This was not the ending she had envisioned, and she couldn’t accept it for a moment.
Chi Xiangyue had just been burying her head in her food and had missed a good show. At this moment, she tried her best to swallow the food in her mouth and then spoke. “What friends? Aren’t you two a couple? If you say that, be careful that Xizhi gets angry and ignores you.”
She didn’t know anything, yet she had spoken the truth.
Song Yugui was restless. She didn’t dare to glare at her wife, so she glared at Chi Xiangyue. “Hurry up and eat! You talk too much!”
Chi Xiangyue: ?
“Hmph, you two are a couple, and you’re bullying me just because you’re a good cook!”
There was nothing she could do. Who told her to crave their food? She couldn’t bear to leave in a huff even after being scolded. Even if she had to leave in a huff, she had to finish her meal first!
Song Yugui didn’t speak. It wasn’t wrong to say she was bullying her, but her heart was in a mess right now. How could she care about others?
“Don’t just eat vegetables. Eat some meat.”
To relieve the greasiness, Shen Xizhi had stir-fried some crisp baby cabbage. Now she was ignoring her and not speaking, just eating the baby cabbage with her rice.
How could Song Yugui bear to see her like this? She quickly gave her a piece of meat with little fat and a lot of lean, and also gave her a spoonful of soup.
Xizhi always made the soup for her braised pork quite thick, and it didn’t feel very oily. It was also very delicious to pour the soup over her rice.
However, Shen Xizhi didn’t appreciate it at all and simply took the piece of meat and threw it back into Song Yugui’s own bowl.
Her pouting look was as obvious as it could be.
This time, Chi Xiangyue saw it clearly and immediately burst out laughing, gloating. “She’s really angry. That’s what you get for talking nonsense.”
Song Yugui: …
Her wife was angry. She could only coax her in a low voice. “Don’t be angry. I said the wrong thing. I apologize to you, is that okay?”
Shen Xizhi bit her lip, her usual soft appearance gone completely. Her misty eyes glared at her. “What could you have done wrong? It’s all my fault. It’s my fault for marrying you.”
Marrying you, this block of wood, who doesn’t understand my heart at all. You’ve already married me, and you’re so good to me every day, yet you still talk about friends, friends. Who’s your friend? You… you libertine! What part of my body haven’t you touched? How dare you say the word ‘friends’?!
The more Shen Xizhi thought about it, the angrier she got. She couldn’t even eat anymore. Finally, she snatched the bowl in front of Song Yugui and, in her and Chi Xiangyue’s stunned gazes, said fiercely, “What are you eating? You’re not allowed to eat!”
Song Yugui: …
Chi Xiangyue: Lowering her head and eating fiercely. Don’t let her take my bowl too.
After she finished eating, she hurried out. Hadn’t she seen that the couple was arguing? If she stayed any longer, she might even get a couple of blows. A disaster from nowhere, a disaster from nowhere.
With no one else around, there were only the two of them in the room. Song Yugui was still sitting at the table, dazed and unable to react. After a long while, she finally came to her senses from the clattering sound behind her. The corners of her mouth twitched stiffly. She decided to put aside her complicated feelings for now. Coaxing her was more important.
She quickly got up from her stool and, when she turned her head, saw her wife with her hands immersed in cold water, washing the dishes.
She quickly walked over, her attitude solicitous. “I’ll help you wash.”
Shen Xizhi looked at her coldly but didn’t say anything in the end, just snorted heavily and left.
Her small nose was wrinkled up, very angry.
Song Yugui was both flustered and couldn’t help but find her cute.
After washing the dishes with great effort, she went out to find her and saw her wife squatting in the courtyard, tearing cabbage leaves one by one.
She also squatted down beside her and asked warmly, “What are you looking at?”
Shen Xizhi ignored her.
“I accidentally said the wrong thing. Can you forgive me?”
“Was it unintentional?”
Shen Xizhi stared at the cabbage leaves for a while, then suddenly asked.
Her voice was as cold as the river water in the dead of winter.
Song Yugui’s body stiffened, but her heart was inexplicably proud. As expected of the villain, as expected of my wife. So perceptive. After feeling proud, she held herself helplessly in a daze. How should I reply?
The person beside her was silent. Without needing to say anything more, Shen Xizhi understood.
“Hah.”
She sneered and got up to leave.
Song Yugui quickly chased after her, but when she looked closely, her wife was actually packing her clothes!
Running away from home? Going back to her family?
Song Yugui’s mind went blank. At this moment, she had completely forgotten that the other had nowhere to go. She was just really afraid that she would leave. She took two steps at a time and rushed over to snatch the clothes, hiding them behind her, in disbelief. “I just said one wrong thing, and you’re going to run away from home?”
Shen Xizhi: …
“I’m packing your clothes! They were just washed today! You bastard, now I have to fold them again! You’re just causing trouble!”
Shen Xizhi was so angry that her delicate body, wrapped in her clothes, trembled slightly. But she also knew that she couldn’t really get angry, couldn’t lose her temper, couldn’t make too big a scene. That would only push her further away.
In the end, she gritted her teeth and only cursed this harmless sentence.
Song Yugui’s heart relaxed a little. Her stiff face broke into a smile again. It’s good that she’s not running away from home.
“It was my rashness. I’ll help you fold them. Don’t be angry. You can sit on the side for a while and cool down. You also know I’m not as smart as you. If I accidentally say something wrong or do something wrong, don’t hold it against me, okay, good Zhier?”
This time, it was her turn to hold Shen Xizhi’s arm and act coquettishly in a warm voice.
Shen Xizhi bit her tender lip, her heart really filled with anger, but she couldn’t vent it.
Her eyes welled with a moist heat, and her long, curly lashes were soaked, sticking together in clumps. She held back her tears, not wanting to let them fall, but she didn’t know how pitiful she looked like this.
A stubborn, wronged, and pitiful villain.
chi xiangyue is hilarious. how did she go from being a source of jealousy to being their child? it’s too funny HAHAHA