The Kindhearted Girl Gets a Wife 35p2

Chapter 35 p2

The sky in early autumn didn’t get dark early. It was still bright at five or six o’clock.

When Chen Qingtang came out, she was still holding a spatula.

Seeing her covered in mud, Chen Qingtang had to first wipe her face clean with her own apron.

“I don’t know if I was bitten by a snake. To be safe, you should go to the hospital to have it checked. The original snake is in this bamboo basket. If it’s useless, remember to send it back to me. I still have to sell it.”

Auntie Xiang threw the bamboo basket here and took half a cob of corn from the table and left.

Pei Yunle didn’t want to sit, and she didn’t want to stand. Any posture made her uncomfortable.

“Yeah? You fell?” Grandma looked at Pei Yunle’s dirty face and laughed.

“It was too slippery, and my shoes were slippery too…” Pei Yunle forced a smile.

Grandma Liu cupped her face and wiped off the remaining mud on her forehead.

“Were you bitten by a snake?”

“I don’t know, I’m a little scared.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Ask Qingtang to take you to have a look. It’s very normal. Basically, everyone who goes to the back mountain for the first time will fall on their face. I’ll give your mother a call.”

“Why are you calling my mom?” Pei Yunle was confused.

“She often calls me to ask about you. You fell so badly, I have to tell her. What if something happens?”

Pei Yunle nodded, not taking it to heart.

Chen Qingtang took off her apron and put on a jacket, then got one for Pei Yunle.

Seeing her fall into such a muddy state, the three-wheeler was unwilling to take her at first, until Chen Qingtang added two more yuan.

On the way, Chen Qingtang looked at her bruises and swelling and didn’t dare to touch them. She could only re-tie her hair and wipe the mud from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips. Pei Yunle was like a fool and even smiled at her.

When they arrived at the town hospital, the doctors here were already used to snake bites. After a careful examination, she had indeed been bitten on her calf, and it was already red and swollen.

The doctor glanced at the snake they had brought and asked Pei Yunle if she was sure it was this one. After getting an affirmative answer, the doctor shook his head. “The red-banded snake is not poisonous, it just looks a little scary. It’s normal for the wound to be red and swollen.”

“As for the other wounds on your body, they’re all superficial. Mostly just scrapes and a little bleeding.”

Pei Yunle didn’t care about these minor injuries. Seeing that there were no internal injuries or fractures, and the snake was not poisonous, she put on her clothes and left.

She was still limping when she walked. Chen Qingtang supported her out of the hospital. The atmosphere between the two of them was a little heavy.

“See? I told you to give me some blessings, but you didn’t. I don’t care. You have to buy me some braised chicken wings as an apology.”

At these words, Chen Qingtang’s brows furrowed, and a tear welled up in her eyes, as if it would fall in the next second.

Pei Yunle was still minding the mud on her arm and didn’t dare to hug the clean her. So she just patted the back of her hand, leaving a few muddy prints.

“I was just kidding. It was my own carelessness. But buying braised chicken wings is not a joke. You really have to buy them for me.”

Pei Yunle nodded affirmatively, her expression solemn, as if she were talking about something very important.

Seeing her fake appearance, Chen Qingtang couldn’t help but want to laugh. The tears came out with the laughter.

Pei Yunle leaned closer to her ear and said in a low voice, “It must be because I was too tired last night and didn’t rest well, so I fell because of my poor mental state.”

Chen Qingtang glanced at her. Seeing her forehead so close to her, and hearing her nonsensical words, she immediately bumped her forehead against hers.

The skulls collided, making a muffled sound through the flesh. Pei Yunle almost fell down the stairs. “Okay, okay, I won’t tease you anymore.”

Chen Qingtang left her and was about to go downstairs alone when she heard that person whining on the stairs.

Pei Yunle crooked her finger at her. “If you leave me here alone, what will I do? What if someone comes and picks me up in the middle of the night? You’ll be missing a beautiful girlfriend.”

People were coming and going in the stairwell. Occasionally, someone would look at them. It was really embarrassing. Chen Qingtang had no choice but to go back and pick up her beautiful girlfriend herself. Pei Yunle held up two fingers, which were still stained with something black.

“Hehe, I want twenty yuan worth of braised chicken wings.”

Chen Qingtang had no choice but to nod, and then added two large chicken legs for Pei Yunle.

This led to Pei Yunle not being able to eat dinner at night. Grandma didn’t eat greasy things, and Chen Qingtang felt sorry for her and didn’t eat either.

Pei Yunle ate the entire bag of chicken wings and chicken legs by herself, not even leaving a drop of the braising sauce. Her hands were covered in oil and chili dipping sauce. She even dreamed that night that a large mother hen was chasing her and pecking her.

There were varying degrees of scratches on her chest and back. Pei Yunle wanted to take a shower, but she didn’t dare to rinse directly with water, afraid of making the wounds worse.

She went into Chen Qingtang’s room and begged and begged. Chen Qingtang finally agreed just as she was about to fall on her bed.

The two of them squeezed into the small bathroom. Chen Qingtang took off the shower head and washed her hair for her. Her hands were covered in fine white foam, and the room was filled with a sweet fragrance.

Pei Yunle sat on a small plastic stool, feeling Chen Qingtang’s light and gentle washing. It was probably too comfortable, and she actually wanted to sleep.

She scraped a dollop of foam from her head and wiped it on Chen Qingtang’s calf. It was white and glistening.

Chen Qingtang was busy rinsing her and didn’t pay attention to her, until Pei Yunle restlessly wiped the foam on her leg little by little.

After a long time, the foam would break apart and gather into a stream of water that slowly flowed down. Chen Qingtang couldn’t control the itch and scratched twice. A few red marks were immediately left on her fair leg.

These marks reminded Pei Yunle of last night, from her neck to her heaving chest, her trembling abdomen, and her firm and delicate legs.

She lifted her head. The foamy hair naturally poked her in the eye. The dryness made her have to close one eye, but Pei Yunle still wanted to look at Chen Qingtang.

“Can we have a dare tonight?”

The movement on her head paused. Through the foam, Pei Yunle saw Chen Qingtang’s surprised face, as if she had been frightened by her words. Her slightly widened eyes were like black grapes, watery and beautiful.

Chen Qingtang subconsciously looked Pei Yunle up and down. This person was covered in wounds…

She had heard before that someone had died in a hotel room in the town. She didn’t know the cause of death. Everyone said different things. In short, that person had died in bed while doing that.

Chen Qingtang was like a disappointed parent. She pointed the shower head directly at Pei Yunle’s face.

Pei Yunle was unprepared and choked on two mouthfuls of water in her mouth and nose. That little bit of romantic thought was immediately extinguished.

She was not to be outdone. She sprinkled the water from her hair onto Chen Qingtang’s body.

The bathroom was small, and there was no place to hide.

The two of them were soon soaked. The wet clothes clung to their bodies, and even their breathing was clearly visible.

Pei Yunle pinched a strand of hair and smiled, “Don’t mess with me.”

Chen Qingtang wiped the water from her face and sprayed Pei Yunle’s face with the shower head again.

The bathroom was filled with steam, and the oxygen was thin. Pei Yunle had two red flushes on her face. “I’ll admit defeat, okay? You can wash first.”

Chen Qingtang was speechless for a moment. She had been standing for a long time and wanted to change her position, so she squatted down. The shower had just been turned on when Pei Yunle suddenly leaned closer and gave her a wet kiss in the mist.

Chen Qingtang was not expecting it and was stunned for a moment.

Seeing her so silly, Pei Yunle tentatively touched Chen Qingtang’s soft lips again, and then slowly became more and more aggressive, from a puppy-like lick to a clumsy grind and bite. Their cheeks were burned with a ripe, tender red from each other’s hot breath.

Pei Yunle’s voice, accompanied by the sound of the water, poured into Chen Qingtang’s eardrums. “This is a gift for the loser.”

“So, can we really not play Dare tonight?” Pei Yunle lifted Chen Qingtang’s nightdress, her other hand on her iliac crest, ready to attack at any time.

Until Chen Qingtang reached out and pushed her away. Their lips separated, and the silver thread between them was their only deep connection.

Chen Qingtang’s fingers, suspended in mid-air, swayed from side to side, indicating no.

Until Pei Yunle lowered her head and took her fingertips into her mouth.

The warm, moist tongue touched the hard, cool hand bone. Chen Qingtang felt a layer of goosebumps on her arm.

Hey! I’m not rewarding you!

Chen Qingtang pulled her hand back and signed to her—Hurry up and take a shower!

…

Lin Zilan came in the morning.

The road in front of the door was narrow. She parked her car under the tree over there and walked over in her flat shoes.

The moment she saw Lin Zilan, Pei Yunle thought she had seen a ghost. She had only eaten half a bowl of the salty congee in her hand.

Lin Zilan placed her bag on the square table and looked at the bowl of white congee in front of Pei Yunle, and a small dish of pickled vegetables, which were dark and she didn’t know what they were made of.

She then looked at Pei Yunle. There were red marks on her exposed arms and ankles.

“Mom, what are you doing here?”

“I heard you went to the back mountain to catch snakes?” Lin Zilan’s voice was as calm as usual, and her face was still expressionless.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

Pei Yunle didn’t dare to say that the main reason was to make some quick money. So she chose a less important factor to answer, “I’ve never seen it before, I wanted to have a look.”

Lin Zilan sneered. This joke was quite clumsy.

“Now you’ve fallen into this state. Have you applied medicine?”

“No.”

Hearing this answer, Lin Zilan’s gaze returned. “Why didn’t you apply medicine? Do you think you’re Superman?”

“It’s nothing. It will heal on its own.” Pei Yunle picked up her spoon and took another sip of the congee. It was still salty, but she had gotten used to it after eating it so much.

“How are you preparing for the exam?”

Pei Yunle didn’t dare to say that she hadn’t prepared at all. She hadn’t even looked at what the exam was about. So she just said perfunctorily, “It’s okay. I don’t know if I can pass.”

Lin Zilan squinted and studied Pei Yunle’s expression. Her eagle-like eyes exuded a sense of pressure.

Pei Yunle stared at the scrutiny. The salty taste in her mouth seemed as white as boiled water.

“Have you lost weight?”

Pei Yunle breathed a sigh of relief at these words. She touched her cheek. “Have I? I don’t think so. I think I should have gained weight.”

“Bullshit! Look at you, your hair is a mess, your face is pale, you’ve lost a lot of weight, you’re covered in wounds, and you’re living like a beggar. Didn’t the Liu family give you food?”

Ever since she had entered the door and seen Pei Yunle like this, a fire had been burning in Lin Zilan’s heart. What kind of life had she been living recently?

Seeing Pei Yunle’s quail-like appearance, Lin Zilan was annoyed. She waved her hand at her. “Pack your things, we’re going home.”

“No!” Pei Yunle blurted out.

Meeting her surprised gaze, Pei Yunle explained, “Grandma has been sick recently, and Chen Qingtang is too busy. I’m helping her take care of her.”

“Is that why you came back in the middle of the night last time?”

Last time?

Pei Yunle immediately thought of the time Chen Qingtang had deleted her…

Okay, purely chasing a wife.

But she couldn’t tell the truth. So she had to nod and admit it under pressure.

Pei Yunle could lie to everyone naturally, except in front of Lin Zilan. She had been warned not to lie since she was a child. Once she was found out, it would be a scolding, and if it was serious, she would be beaten.

“I see. You can go and do what you have to do now.”

Seeing that Lin Zilan was sitting in the chair without moving, Pei Yunle didn’t dare to really go and do what she wanted to do. So she had to ask her, “Mom, what are you doing?”

“I haven’t been back to Pingshun in a long time. I’m planning to go out for a walk. By the way, is Grandma not at home?”

She scanned the room. Other than a few ancestral tablets and an incense burner, she didn’t see anyone.

“She went out to collect water bottles. She should be back in a while.”

Lin Zilan nodded, picked up the bag on the table, and glanced at her. “After you finish breakfast, shouldn’t you go back to your room to study?”

The questioning tone was actually an order.

Pei Yunle had woken up early today. She had originally wanted to go to the few small shops around to ask about recruitment. Who would have thought that Lin Zilan would show up today? She could only obediently go back to her room and read her books.

She had slept very little these past two days. She went to bed late and woke up very early the next day, but she had no energy.

Pei Yunle wanted to go back to Chen Qingtang’s room, but she was afraid that her mom would come out again. So she decided to go back to her own room and lie down.

The books were hundreds of pages long. She hadn’t rested well and really couldn’t read them. She was completely dizzy. But she didn’t dare to go out and wander around, afraid of being caught by Lin Zilan and not being able to explain herself.

A pile of thoughts came to her, and her brain couldn’t take it. She really couldn’t hold on. She lay on the bed with a book but couldn’t read it. Instead, she covered her face with the book. The smell of the cheap ink drilled into her nose, making her feel dizzy.

In this situation, Pei Yunle actually felt that this was a natural eye mask. She fell asleep without even taking off her shoes.