Chapter 129: Senior Brother, I Have No Words
Pei Lianxue stared blankly at Feng Yu Die’s face, not even blinking. After a long pause, she finally spoke, “I just finished bathing. What are you here for?”
“Well… Li Feng is about to make a move, so I came to deliver the news, hehe…” Feng Yu Die scratched the back of her head and chuckled foolishly, then added shyly, “And to see Junior Sister Pei, I’ve missed you.”
*You actually miss my husband…* Pei Lianxue narrowed her eyes slightly. “Miss me?”
“It’s just… we haven’t seen each other in a while. You and Young Master Ye left this afternoon, and I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye.”
“Oh…” Pei Lianxue responded lightly and then directly took Ye Anping’s hand, puckering her lips. “Husband, I’m tired. Let’s go back to sleep.”
Ye Anping felt that his junior sister was a little off, but he couldn’t quite pinpoint how. She had even come over to play a prank on him earlier. Shaking his head, he reached out and pinched her cheek. “No more scaring people, okay?”
“…I wasn’t scaring anyone.”
“Hoo—” Ye Anping sighed and then turned to Feng Yu Die. “Go find a place to sleep yourself. If the maidservants or guards ask, just say Young Master Jiang invited you. Don’t get the name wrong.”
“No problem.” Feng Yu Die grinned, but seeing the two people holding hands, she suddenly remembered the matter she had discussed with Ye Anping earlier and quickly spoke up. “Right, Junior Sister Pei… Young Master Ye and I have discussed it.”
“?” Ye Anping blinked. “Discussed what?”
“The matter I just mentioned.” Feng Yu Die winked. “Junior Sister Pei, how about Young Master Ye being your primary husband, and I’ll be your secondary husband?”
“?” Pei Lianxue’s chin retracted. She stared blankly at Ye Anping, seemingly waiting for him to explain what that meant.
Ye Anping, utterly speechless, ignored Feng Yu Die’s words and pulled his junior sister towards the bedroom. Seeing them round the corner of the veranda, Feng Yu Die scratched her head and let out a slightly disappointed sigh. It seemed Ye Anping didn’t want to be part of Junior Sister Pei’s harem with her. “I thought it was a pretty good idea…”
Feng Yu Die shrugged slightly, then looked at her Xuan Xing Sect uniform, which was soaked by the rain. She shivered, looked around, and went to find a room to change and rest.
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After returning to the bedroom, Ye Anping dejectedly took off his outer robe and hung it on the clothes rack. He then looked at his junior sister, whose hair was still damp and looked rather disheveled. He pulled her to sit in front of the dressing table in the room and took out a new towel from his storage bag. “Here, I’ll help you dry your hair.”
“Mm…” Pei Lianxue nodded blankly, sitting up obediently. She handed her thick, long hair over to Ye Anping, simultaneously pondering the meaning of “primary husband” and “secondary husband” that Feng Yu Die had mentioned. After a moment of thought, she looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table, observing Ye Anping’s face in its reflection. “Husband…”
“Don’t ask,” Ye Anping interrupted before she could finish. “Don’t ask about the primary and secondary husbands. I can’t explain it. If you want to know, ask the person who said it yourself later.”
“…Oh.” Pei Lianxue nodded, then after a pause, she asked again, “So, Husband, do you want to be my primary husband?”
“Primary husband?” Ye Anping furrowed his brows and retorted, “What? You want a secondary husband too?”
“Wuwu—” Pei Lianxue shook her head like a rattle drum, flinging water everywhere from her hair.
Doused in water, Ye Anping quickly pressed her head down with his hands. “Stop shaking, it’s not dry yet.”
“Mm…” Ye Anping looked up at his junior sister in the mirror. “Don’t think about having a secondary husband in the future, or I’ll have to discipline you.”
“Hm?”
“There is only one Husband, understand? No primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary husbands.”
Pei Lianxue blinked and looked up at Ye Anping’s face behind her. “Husband can only be Senior Brother?”
“Hiss— How did you interpret that…” Ye Anping said helplessly, flicking her forehead. “Senior Brother is Senior Brother, not Husband. You, girl, can’t tell the difference between playing house anymore?”
“…” Pei Lianxue rubbed her forehead and stopped speaking.
After Ye Anping had dried her hair with the towel, Pei Lianxue stood up and climbed onto the bed first, lying down. She then patted the bed, urging Ye Anping to hurry.
*Thump, thump, thump—*
Ye Anping sighed again, a feeling of helplessness growing within him. He felt that his junior sister needed to catch up on quite a lot of knowledge about relationships between men and women. It was his fault. He had focused all his energy on her cultivation before, completely neglecting the importance of health-related lessons.
Ye Anping went to the desk in the room and blew out the lantern used for lighting. He then moved to the bed and lay down beside his junior sister. “Junior Sister, after things settle down in a few days, remember to take that little… comic book to Senior Sister Xiao and ask her to explain its content. If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask her until you do, okay?”
“…Mm.” Pei Lianxue nodded, turned over, and burrowed into Ye Anping’s arms like a maggot, hugging him. “Hug.”
Ye Anping let out a soft breath, pulled the quilt over her, and whispered in her ear, “How come I find you more and more clingy as you get older?”
“Is that not allowed?”
Ye Anping was amused. “It’s not that it’s not allowed, but when you’re with me, you always feel like a girl who hasn’t grown up.”
Pei Lianxue lifted her head slightly, meeting Ye Anping’s gaze. “I’ve already come of age.”
“But you still feel like you haven’t come of age to Senior Brother. You’re like a girl A Ting’s age.”
“…Oh.” Pei Lianxue puffed out her cheeks, slightly arching her body. She gently kicked Ye Anping’s calf with her foot, as if complaining, which made Ye Anping smile wryly.
“Goodnight, Junior Sister.”
“Goodnight.” Pei Lianxue replied softly, then pulled the quilt up a little higher, covering her nose. She then patted her little belly. *I’ve already consummated the marriage with “Husband” for several months, why isn’t there a baby yet? The Elder of the Hundred Lotus Sect said that generally, you can have a baby within two to three months of consummation. Could it be that “Husband” is infertile or I am barren? Or maybe I’m not hugging tight enough?*
“…” Pei Lianxue hesitated for a moment, then with a slight effort, she tightened her grip around Ye Anping’s waist, squeezing herself into his embrace.
“?” Ye Anping, who had just closed his eyes, abruptly opened them as he felt the pressure on his waist.
“Hiss—” *Crack—* Hearing the groan of his lumbar vertebrae, Ye Anping held his breath and took a moment to recover. He then pulled back the quilt to look at his junior sister in his arms, shaking his head with a hint of helplessness. He’d deal with it tomorrow morning. Let his junior sister hug him tightly. She wouldn’t crush him to death anyway. It could be considered exercise. After all, his beloved junior sister liked to squeeze his waist.
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