Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 18

[Chapter 18: Tears of Beauty]

There were two people left in the bathhouse.

The candle on the candlestick burned quietly, emitting a warm yellow light, and a thin white mist with water droplets swirled between the two people. Through this layer of slowly drifting mist, he stared so gloomily at little Joe in the bath tub, the atmosphere was depressed and strange.

The water in the tub was still hot, and Little Joe soaked in it, but suddenly he felt cold. Her neck was pressed against the long wet hair, the coolness in the air seemed to penetrate into the skin through the hair, and the skin on the shoulders and chest that was exposed outside the water surface was followed by small goosebumps, and even the breasts under the water seemed to sense this coolness that was slowly spreading downwards, and quietly stood up.

She silently shrank down a little, so that the water surface did not pass her shoulders, but as soon as the body moved, the man came over, took a few steps to the front of the bath tub, and with a “puffy” sound of his hands, it seemed to be supported on the edge of the bath tub, and the water surface was affected by his strength, and suddenly trembled. He leaned down, forced his eyes into her eyes, and in a tone that seemed to be trying to suppress his anger, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: “In order to solve you, how much of my soldiers have been damaged under the head of Shiyi City, do you know?” Wei Liang was invincible and almost killed! You dare to water to this point, conceal me and Langya Liu Yan secretly through the song! Little Joe’s

shoulders shook slightly, and his heart immediately jumped wildly.

Sure enough, he knew about it anyway! Just didn’t expect it to be so fast.

He leaned down like this, and the distance between the two of them was suddenly pressed so close that she even clearly felt another gust of cold air coming towards her as he pressed down.

Her face was still stained with a layer of wet mist, and there were beads of water rolling down her eyebrows, falling on her eyelashes, and she couldn’t wipe them, so she hurriedly leaned back until her back was against the wall of the bucket behind her, and then she stopped, looked up at him, and said: “Can you allow me to come out, get dressed first, and then I will explain it to you?” Wei Shao stared

at her eyes for a moment, and then, his gaze went down her misty pink cheeks, sweeping extremely slowly towards the soothing undulating curve of her chest outlined by the slightly undulating water.

Little Joe glanced down at him and quickly shrank into the water again, revealing only a section of his neck.

Wei Shao saw this, and the corners of his lips twisted slightly, revealing a sarcastic expression with obvious malice. Don’t look at her anymore. Straighten up, turn around and flick your sleeves and go.

“Dress her!”

Outside his voice rang out, almost roaring.

Xiao Qiao held the wall of the bucket with both hands, “whoosh”, and stood up from the water, and the water droplets splashed down her gelatinous skin. The warm skin suddenly became naked in the air, and immediately a layer of goosebumps appeared, she shivered, her legs seemed to be a little weak, trembling and her hands and feet and climbing out of the bath tub with the ground, Chunniang hurriedly walked in and helped her out.

Little Joe hurriedly wiped her wet hair, and Chunniang helped her wipe herself and get dressed.

Her fingers touched little Joe, and she could feel cold as water.

“Lady… The male monarch is angry… Let the maid stay by your side…”

Chunniang bowed her head and tied her clothes belt, her hands trembling slightly, and it took several times to get it done.

Little Joe shook his head and leaned into her ear, “Don’t worry about me. I can handle it. There you go.

Chunniang hesitated, and finally put it in her ear: “So the maid will stay outside the door, and she will also pay attention to the movement in the room.” If something goes wrong, the maid will come in.

Xiao Qiao looked down and checked the placket, saw that there was nothing unusual, closed his eyes and fixed his mind, let out a long breath, and walked out.

Chunniang came out with her. Uneasily looking at Wei Shao, who had a gloomy face on the other side, he stooped down and walked out step by step, gently taking the door with his backhand.

Wei Shao’s shoulders moved slightly.

“Husband, you should be able to allow me to call you husband, right?” I know where your anger lies, and I hope you will listen to my explanation.

Little Joe opened his mouth before he could speak, walked a few steps toward him, and finally stopped at the side of a candlestick a few steps away from him, looked into his eyes and said, in a soft tone, if you pay attention, you can even hear a little begging.

The distance between the two is also just right, a few arms away. Neither too far away, too unfamiliar, nor too close to make each other uncomfortable.

Wei Shao seemed to be slightly frightened at first, and his brow immediately frowned, but in the end he still didn’t say anything, and his face was still livid.

“I think you should have already known that in the Qiuji Pavilion that day, the person who first abducted me was indeed not Chen Rui, but Liu Yan, the son of Langya Shizi.” Little Joe continued.

Wei Shao’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly, “He has followed all the way, Lang has a concubine intention, and you two are more in love than Jin Jian.”

“You just came in and questioned me, and I guessed you had misunderstood.” Liu Shizi and I did have a marriage contract before, but we have not seen each other for several years, let alone had private transportation. At the beginning of the year, my uncle was celebrating his birthday, and he came to my house thousands of miles away, and neither of us met at that time. This time, he suddenly appeared and robbed me, and I did not expect it, and I definitely did not make an agreement with him in advance. What I say is true, and if there is a single word against my heart, Heaven will punish me! Her tone of voice was

neither hurried nor slow, and when she finished, she looked at Wei Shao on the other side. Wei Shao also stared at her.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

His gaze was still a little gloomy, but she was very calm, without the slightest evasion.

Gradually, the lines of his originally hard, almost stiff face finally eased.

Xiao Qiao’s heart just relaxed a little, but he listened to him coldly and said, “I have heard that the young boy of Langya Shizi has been living in the East County Qiao family for a long time because of his refuge.” The two of you get along day and night, are in love with each other, and have a marriage contract earlier, so why did you make today’s ugly situation? Why do I, Wei Shao, suffer from having no wife, as for marrying a woman with a side heart into the door of my Wei family? How dare the Qiao family humiliate me so much, and see why should I?

“Husband, you misunderstood again.” Little Joe looked at him and said.

“I don’t deny that I have known Liu Shizi for a long time. People are not grass and trees, they have been in place for a long time, can they be indifferent? Only me and Liu Shizi are in the past. I also told you that in the past two years, I have grown older and more estranged from him. As for the Qiao Wei family, you and I know very well which one is strong and which is weak now, and there is nothing to say here. My Qiao family wants to borrow your strength, which is to seek goodwill through marriage, why come, how dare there be so-called humiliation? Since I have listened to my parents and decided to marry you, how can I be half-hearted? I sincerely entered the door of your Wei family with an innocent body and a single-minded heart, and my heart is like the sun and the moon, and it is obvious that I can see it. “It’s

a mouth that can speak.” It’s all mine. Wei Shao’s face was still tense, “Since you have no shame, I have rescued you from Shiyi for many days now, why have you been hiding and not telling me the truth?” “The

night you took Shiyi, you came to see me, and I thought to myself, as soon as you ask me about my captivity on the road, I will tell you the truth immediately.” Only you didn’t mention half a sentence at that time, and when you opened your mouth, you told me to be good and healed, and there was no need to rush north for the time being, after saying that you hurried away, how could I have the opportunity to open my mouth? At that time, you should leave an impression.

Wei Shao snorted, “What about the letter back?” Why haven’t you mentioned a word so far?

“Husband, I have been with you all these days when I returned to Xindu, and I have been in this Yang Residence all day long, and I have never gone out for half a step.” You were so busy that I never met you when I came back. It was at this moment that I was able to see you for the first time. I also know that you don’t want to see me, even if I have a heart, how can I have the opportunity and courage to go to you to take the initiative to mention this kind of thing? Wei Shao’s

expression was slightly delayed.

Little Joe was also silent. Eyes drooped. After a moment, the eyelashes fluttered slightly, and quietly raised their eyes, looked at him quickly, and were bumping into his gaze.

He was frowning at himself.

“Actually, just a moment ago…”

She glanced in the direction of the doorway, and her voice raised slightly.

“I was mentioning this to Chunniang. I sincerely have the heart to let you know, and I am afraid that you will not believe it, but if I say it myself, but it makes you suspicious, I will not be able to argue. I don’t want to be so coincidental, just husband Jun, you came in with great momentum to question me…”

Her voice lowered, gradually fading, and there was a trace of grievance in her eyes, she gently bit her red lip, slowly lowered her eyes, and stood in front of him with her hands tied, like a docile lamb deer.

In the middle of the night, Wei Shao’s expression slowed down again, but his gaze was still heavy.

“What you said, really?”

Little Qiao Fu slowly raised his eyes and looked at him.

“I know that you hate me in your heart, and marrying me is not your intention, and probably you never really wanted to treat me as a wife.” But I’m different. Out of my mother’s house and into the door of my husband’s house, I didn’t think there was a way back. Become your wife, and I will abstain from self-denial. It’s just that there are some things that I, a weak woman, can twist with her own strength. This accident on the road is not my wish, but what can I do? Although Liu Shizi’s deeds should not be, but out of not forgetting the old things, he should still treat me with courtesy, and when I fall into the hands of Chen Rui, I will be like a jackal on the side, in order to avoid being insulted, all I can do is to tremble and barely protect myself, delay for a while and count it for a while…”

She paused for a moment, and her tone turned to low mourning.

“I was desperate and fearful at that time, and who can give half sympathy? Fortunately, you came in time, and I was finally saved from bad luck. But it is indeed my fault that you have damaged the soldiers so much…”

…

This Wei Shao didn’t know how, he should have known that he had been robbed by Liu Yan at first, and then he rushed in angrily to make trouble. At first, Xiao Qiao was just vain and snake, trying to dispel his doubts, so as not to make himself more sad in the future. Only to the end, remembering the fear and helplessness when he was in a desperate situation, the pain of the skin and flesh being burned by the candle when he saved himself, and the appearance of the day he got married and left home, his father and brother were reluctant to do anything to themselves, the nose was sour, and he couldn’t help but blush slightly.

“You just reluctantly married me, but if you really don’t believe me, and now you think I’m tired of your soldiers, you’ll simply take me back to Yanzhou!”

She finally raised the volume again, and finished speaking in a trembling voice, and it could be seen that although she was enduring it, biting her lip desperately, the original petal-like lower lip was bitten and white, but in the end, a bean-sized crystal teardrop still disobeyedly snatched out of her eyes and rolled down along one side of her cheek.

[End of This Chapter]