If you were to say Mu Feng was unlucky, he truly was. It seemed he was just ill - fated with Xu Ye.
Yesterday, he followed Lin Yuan to look for Yi Zhici. In the theater, he saw Xu Ye pestering Yi Zhici. From afar, the words they exchanged were quite misleading. As a result, Lin Yuan got jealous and went drinking. Moreover, he forbade anyone from telling Yi Zhici.
Then Yi Zhici stormed off to find Lin Yuan, and Mu Feng ended up bearing the brunt of Yi Zhici's anger.
Today, when Yi Zhici went out of the mansion for fun, she unexpectedly ran into Xu Ye again. And Xu Ye said all those misleading things. Lin Yuan's jealousy from yesterday had just started to fade, but today it flared up even more intensely.
As soon as they returned to the mansion, Mu Feng was banished to a desolate mountain outside the capital.
Mu Feng felt extremely aggrieved.
Seeing Lin Yuan looking like he was suppressing his anger, Yi Zhici kept acting pitiful on the way back, but it seemed to have no effect at all because Lin Yuan didn't even spare her a glance.
Back at the mansion, Lin Yuan sent Mu Feng to the desolate mountain.
Yi Zhici felt even more at a loss. Suddenly, she remembered how Yan Sijin had shyly called Hou Chen "husband", and Hou Chen had looked so overjoyed. She had never called Lin Yuan that before. Maybe... she should give it a try?
Before she could act on her idea, Lin Yuan closed the door, laid Yi Zhici on the bed, and then spoke first, "You said you were going to the Pear Garden, then changed your route to the Golden Jade Hall, and finally ended up at the Hundred Garments Pavilion. Were you trying to find a round - about way to meet that man?"
Yi Zhici felt extremely wronged. "So you're angry about this. I went to the Hundred Garments Pavilion because they had new arrivals. I wanted to make clothes for you..."
Lin Yuan paused for a moment. "Then what he said, that you used to like him, is it true?"
Yi Zhici shook her head. "That Xu Ye is really unreasonable. I didn't even recognize him when I saw him yesterday. I had to wrack my brains to remember who he was. I've never liked anyone else."
When she said the last sentence, Lin Yuan's expression softened a bit. "Then what did you mean when you said you'd wait for him in the capital?"
Yi Zhici suddenly realized. "So you didn't come back last night because you were angry with me? Was it because you heard Xu Ye say that I was waiting for him in the capital?"
Lin Yuan lowered his head. "I'm actually very scared. I'm afraid that you only chose a husband because you reached the right age, and I'm just the relatively acceptable option among the 'have - to' choices..."
Looking at the jealous and submissive Lin Yuan, Yi Zhici's heart melted like a spring stream. She wished she could hug Lin Yuan in her arms and comfort him.
"There's never been any 'have - to' or 'relatively acceptable' choice," Yi Zhici declared boldly. "I like you. I've never liked anyone this much before. I've said it countless times before our marriage."
Yi Zhici then got out of bed. Although Lin Yuan didn't know what she was up to, he still wrapped her in a quilt and carried her out of bed, for fear that she would catch a cold.
Yes, Lin Yuan was just so lacking in principles. Even when he was jealous, he would quietly go drinking and then come back the next day to apologize. If they hadn't met Xu Ye again, this bout of jealousy would have passed without a trace.
Yi Zhici rummaged through the cabinet and found a small booklet. She held it in her arms mysteriously, then ran back to the bed. Her face was flushed as she proudly placed the booklet in front of Lin Yuan.
"What's this?"
Yi Zhici's face turned even redder. "This was given to me by Father. He said we should study it together..."
To put it bluntly, it was a pornographic booklet. Yi Zhici's mother, He Weining, didn't care much about the wedding, so the Marquis Yi Junshi had to take care of everything himself, even thinking about the wedding night in great detail.
But in the first few days after the wedding, Yi Zhici didn't even have the strength to get out of bed. How could she remember this naughty little booklet? Today, by a lucky coincidence, it popped into her mind.
Lin Yuan's ears also slowly turned red. "Aren't we discussing something very serious?"
"Right," Yi Zhici leaned over and hugged Lin Yuan coquettishly. "This issue is also very serious. It's related to continuing the family line."
Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh. He supported Yi Zhici's waist. "So what is my lady doing?"
Yi Zhici wrapped her arms around Lin Yuan's neck and whispered in his ear, "I'm offering myself to your bed."
On that day, even when Mu Feng rushed back from the desolate mountain, their bedroom door was still tightly closed. Lin Qiong went out and kept sighing with his colleagues that he was going to be a grandfather at such a young age, which made his colleagues extremely envious.