"Brother, I really didn’t an anything by it. I truly didn’t know it would cause such a situation. I just saw that child crying and rembered Sister-in-law had so candy. I thought if I gave him a piece, he would stop crying, and then Sister-in-law and Sister-in-law Wang could talk properly." Shen Chun beca increasingly upset as she spoke. "Brother, I know I’m stupid. Just send back to Mom and Dad. When you aren’t ho, I already can’t help Sister-in-law with her troubles, and now I’m just adding to them."
"Alright, you didn’t do it on purpose; let’s not have it happen again." Shen Bin’s single sentence put an end to the matter.
Ye Ling was quite surprised to see Shen Bin siding with her and not leaning towards Shen Chun, but it gave her an excuse to let it go. "Let’s just forget about it. Shen Chun doesn’t know the backstory here, and it’s also because I didn’t tell her when I took out the candy each day. Otherwise, this wouldn’t have happened today."
Shen Bin knew his wife was giving him face, but hearing "every day" made him feel a bit jealous. "You take it out to look at every day? Won’t the candy lt if you keep it too long? I think it’s better if you just eat it soon. If you like it, I can bring you back a few more boxes. That way, when you all gather together, it won’t delay your eating."
Ye Ling didn’t agree, as she climbed onto the kang and continued making the bed. "No need, you know I don’t like sweets. Besides, this is White Rabbit milk candy; it won’t lt. We have to leave early tomorrow, so let’s rest up soon. By the way, did you eat?"
Shen Bin sat at the edge of the kang, absent-mindedly responding, "Ate, at the canteen before coming back."
In his mind, however, he was contemplating how to get that box of candy.
Shen Chun remained silent but got up to help Ye Ling make the bed. Ye Ling didn’t refuse her help and directly handed over the bedding. Usually, when Shen Bin wasn’t ho, the two won would sleep side by side at the head of the kang. With Shen Bin back, they moved down, leaving the head of the kang for him. Previously, when it was just the couple, they shared one quilt, but now with Shen Chun there, Ye Ling decided to set up two quilts, each having their own.
Once the lights were turned off and Ye Ling had just laid down, Shen Bin moved closer. Ye Ling gently nudged him twice but didn’t push him away completely. She feared that Shen Chun next to them would hear, so she didn’t dare to move and just let Shen Bin hold her.
Shen Chun, who had her own worries, couldn’t fall asleep so soon after lying down. She couldn’t help but open her eyes to look, and she was facing Ye Ling directly. Ye Ling just happened to look back and t Shen Chun’s unblinking gaze. Startled, she inhaled sharply, a sound even Shen Bin next to her heard.
"What’s wrong?" he asked worriedly.
Shen Chun seed to realize she’d been caught and quickly closed her eyes.
Ye Ling couldn’t stand it anymore. Although it was the first ti, this kind of thing had never happened. She was angry at Shen Bin, "Tomorrow, before you leave, make sure soone sets up the kang in the next room."
The response she got wasn’t an answer but silence.
After a long ti, Ye Ling thought he wouldn’t speak again, but she finally heard a low voice say, "Alright, I know."
Ye Ling’s anger subsided a little. She wanted to tell Shen Bin what had happened, but with Shen Chun present, how could she bring it up? How could she speak when her sister-in-law was just lying there with her eyes open watching? Even having lived through two lifetis, she wouldn’t have thought of such a situation.
That night, with what had happened, any good mood or tenderness was gone. Ye Ling repeatedly shrugged off Shen Bin’s arm draped over her, and if she hadn’t kept telling herself to stay calm, she would have jumped up and said, "I can’t live like this." But she knew marriage wasn’t just about one person, and she couldn’t act solely on her own impulses. Yet she couldn’t help but vent her frustration on Shen Bin.
Shen Bin seed to sense sothing was wrong and softly coaxed her, "When I’m done with training, I’ll be able to take a few days off during the New Year. We don’t have to go down the mountain; I’ll take you to catch wild chickens. There’s a lot of ga on the mountain, and with snow this heavy, we just have to find them and chase after them, they’ll dive into the snow themselves, very easy to catch."
"Don’t you like dumplings? I’ll help you make a lot of frozen dumplings, so we can have them when we train in the wild co spring."
He was coaxing her as if she were a child.
Hearing him make all these promises, Ye Ling was frustrated that she couldn’t go with him for winter training this ti, as Shen Bin’s side wouldn’t approve. Ye Ling had to stay, and even though she knew it would be cold outside, she far preferred not to be alone at ho with Shen Chun.
After Shen Bin promised so much, Ye Ling finally mumbled, "You better not forget."
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