Before she had ti to think it through, the man’s arm tightened around her, and his voice was husky with alluring seduction, "Wife, if you don’t open your eyes, are you waiting for a kiss from your husband?"
Mo Yan was startled, terrified that he really would lean in to kiss her and then things would spiral out of control like a bubbling fernting ss. She quickly opened her eyes wide.
Looking into those bright, clear eyes, Xiao Ruiyuan suddenly rembered a young deer he had once hunted. At the ti, the young deer, led by a panicked adult deer, was dodging his arrows.
Back then, he had no compassion, but as his arrow was about to leave the bow, the young deer’s clear gaze struck a chord in his heart, and he ended up missing his shot.
Sohow, he suddenly lost the desire to hunt, letting the mother and child escape from his clutches. Today, seeing his wife’s identical gaze, he finally understood why:
Who could bear to be hard-hearted in the face of such eyes?
In the midst of his wife’s nervous gaze, Xiao Ruiyuan affectionately kissed the corner of her eye and smiled, "The weather is nice today, how about we go out for a stroll?"
Go out for a stroll? Mo Yan’s eyes lit up, and she nodded eagerly, "Yes, let’s stroll the whole day."
Xiao Ruiyuan indulgently patted her head and smiled in agreent, "Mm, the whole day."
The couple didn’t sleep in but quickly got up, got dressed, and after having a bit of breakfast with the help of the maids, they stepped out the door hand in hand, without any accompanying servants.
The prosperity of Jing City was beyond words. Walking hand in hand on the bustling streets during the dayti for the first ti gave them a unique feeling and added another layer of aning to their outing.
The two strolled from the Eastern Market to the West Market, buying a lot of things, but mostly food, most of which ended up in Mo Yan’s stomach.
Xiao Ruiyuan knew his wife had a big appetite and was not picky, which had evolved from his initial worries to a customary indulgence. Whenever Mo Yan glanced at a snack stand, he went to buy a portion for her.
However, when they passed a stinky tofu stall, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and he wanted nothing more than to pull his overwheld wife away quickly.
"Husband—just a small bowl, really just a small bowl!" Mo Yan deliberately elongated her tone to act coquettishly, gesturing with her pinky finger. Seeing that he was sowhat persuaded, she pressed on, "I’ll eat it all by myself this ti, I won’t force you to eat any, really!"
The last ti during the Lantern Festival, Mo Yan discovered the stinky tofu stall, and in her excitent, she bought a full bowl.
Knowing that Xiao Ruiyuan couldn’t stand the sll and had no desire to eat it, she spitefully forced several pieces on him. Because of that one ti, Xiao Ruiyuan developed a shadow in his heart. Whenever he encountered such strangely slling food, he would rember that experience that felt like eating dung and refused to touch it ever again.
Looking at his wife’s pitiful appearance, Xiao Ruiyuan had too many shadows, yet all he wanted was to make her happy. A resigned smile flickered across his face as he took out Five Wen Money and went to the stinky tofu stall.
Mo Yan’s eyes were full of laughter, especially when she noticed her husband frowning and watching the tofu stall owner like a hawk, frightening the man into spilling extra pieces into the oil, which made her double over in laughter, holding her belly.
After a while, Xiao Ruiyuan, expressionless, held out a full bamboo bowl of stinky tofu, forcing himself to endure the sll as he fed each piece to Mo Yan.
He didn’t want Mo Yan slling of stinky tofu, but more importantly, he was guarding against her going back on her word and forcing a mouthful on him.
Mo Yan enjoyed being fed by her husband, but she actually wanted to tease him a bit more. Unfortunately, she couldn’t get her hands on the bowl of tofu, so she had to give up.
Their display of affection attracted many envious and jealous gazes. If they knew the saying "Show PDA, split up fast," they would surely curse these two in their hearts for public displays of torture.
The stinky tofu was soon all gone. Mo Yan touched her slightly bloated stomach, dismissing the idea of having another bowl, and took the initiative to continue walking, holding her husband’s hand.
When they reached a familiar street, Mo Yan felt a surge of emotion and led Xiao Ruiyuan down a narrow alley.
Xiao Ruiyuan, not understanding why, followed her. It wasn’t until he saw a familiar alley that all the mories buried deep in his mind ca flooding back.
"Husband, this is where we t for the second ti. Do you rember?" Mo Yan asked, looking at the closed courtyard door, her face colored with reminiscence.
Xiao Ruiyuan observed the much deteriorated courtyard door and nodded with a smile, "I rember. Back then, I was being chased and cornered here. It was lucky that you saved , allowing to escape death. But, I only rember fleeing here; how you rescued , I have no recollection."
Hearing his words, Mo Yan’s face showed a hint of amusent, wanting to laugh but not daring to. At the ti, she mistook him for a thief breaking in and, hiding behind the door, instinctively struck him when he jumped over the courtyard wall. Unfortunately, she hit too hard and knocked him out.
She thought it was better to keep this matter to herself since if he ever investigated, she was sure to co out worse.
With this thought, she coughed lightly to cover up, "When I found you, you had already passed out. I recognized you after seeing your face; otherwise, I wouldn’t have dared to help you."
At the ti Xiao Ruiyuan was rescued, Mo Yan had explained it to him already, and he believed that he had lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss. To this day, he never suspected that it was her blow that had knocked him out.
"Hmm, I know. I’m indeed grateful I t you on my journey south. It seems that fate had already destined us to be husband and wife then," Xiao Ruiyuan said tenderly, thoroughly convinced by the predestined love between him and his wife.
"Back then, neither of us thought that we would have today!" Mo Yan exclaid sentintally. She used to quite dislike this man, finding his cold deanor difficult to approach. Who would have thought that within just a few years, they would fall in love and beco husband and wife, making it impossible for her not to believe in fate.
Xiao Ruiyuan held his wife’s hand tightly, recalling every mont they had shared since they t. Before setting out on his military expedition, if he’d not realized his feelings for her and expressed them on the spot, today’s scene would likely be quite different.
He was thankful he had seized that opportunity to grab her, planting a seed of love in her heart. That seed had now grown into a towering tree.
Both remained silent, walking back hand in hand; their shadows stretched by the setting sun, rging together, exuding an indescribable warmth.
Without considering their appearance and temperant, they looked just like an ordinary couple, yet passersby couldn’t help but linger their gaze on them, feeling an unexplainable envy.
This outing seed to bring a profound understanding to Xiao Ruiyuan.
Mo Yan could clearly feel the change in the man.
She welcod such changes, and their interactions beca even more harmonious, giving off the vibe of an old married couple. This quite puzzled the servants of the General Mansion who witnessed this transformation...
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