Qinglian’S Heart Is Covered, Fate Meets Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Qinglian’s Heartfelt Words·Xia Lin in the Summer Evening (Ten Thousand Words·Qinglian’s Perspective·The Resentment During Pregnancy and the Long Love of Xia Lin)

1. Thin shirts cause anger and irritability during pregnancy

Summer in Liancheng came unexpectedly. As soon as it set in, the sun was so poisonous that it seemed to melt people. Even the green bamboo leaves in the courtyard withered. The hoarse chirping of cicadas filled the alleys, mixed with the smoke of night market fireworks, and created the unique heat of Jiangnan.

I am more than three months pregnant. My body is getting heavier and I am more and more afraid of heat.When I woke up in the morning, as soon as the sun climbed over the eaves, I woke up too hot. There was a thin layer of sweat on my forehead, my sticky hair stuck to the side of my neck, and even my breath was filled with heat.Bai Fei was still sleeping peacefully, with his arms around my waist, and the breath of cold sandalwood wrapped around me, but it inexplicably added a bit of heat.

I carefully moved his arm away, stepped off the bed gently, and dug out the lightest plain gauze skirt at the bottom of the box.The material is extremely soft brocade, which sticks to my body when the wind blows. I can vaguely see the inner coat, but it is the coolest clothes I can find.As soon as she put on her gauze skirt, she turned around and bumped into Bai Fei’s arms – he woke up at some point and was standing at the end of the bed, his brows furrowed and his eyes filled with an imperceptible gloom.

“Why are you wearing this?” His voice was deeper than usual, his eyes fell on my exposed forearms and ankles, and his brows furrowed more tightly, “The material is too thin, and it exposes too much. There are servants coming and going in the courtyard, so be careful to catch the cold, and be careful to let others look at me.”

I was already irritable due to the summer heat, but after hearing what he said, my changeable temper during pregnancy suddenly came back to me.I took a step back suddenly, clutched the hem of the gauze skirt tightly, and the tip of my nose felt sour, and my voice sounded like crying: “It’s so hot, what’s wrong with me wearing more comfortable clothes? It’s hard for me to have a baby, do you have to take care of me even wearing clothes?”

These words seemed to have a thorn in them. Bai Fei’s face changed instantly. The gloom in his eyes faded and was replaced by panic.He hurriedly stepped forward to hold my hand, but I jerked away, turned around and sat in front of the dressing table, my back to him, my shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

“Qinglian, I’m not…” His voice softened, with a hint of confusion, “I’m just worried that you’ll catch a cold, your body is weak during pregnancy, and I’m worried that these thin materials will be uncomfortable against your body, there’s nothing else.”

“Nothing else?” I turned my head sharply, my eyes were red and tears were already rolling down my face, “You just think I don’t look good in my clothes, you think I’m ugly because I’m pregnant, and you don’t even give me the freedom to wear cool clothes!”

The emotions during pregnancy are like the weather in Jiangnan, they can change at any time. I know clearly that he feels sorry for me, but when the words come to his mouth, they turn into hurtful resentment.I looked at him frozen in place, looked at the panic and confusion in his eyes, and a trace of regret appeared in my heart, but I was so stubborn that I refused to bow my head first.

Bai Fei stood there, rubbing his hands helplessly. The usually calm Marquis now looked like a child who had done something wrong.He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn’t know where to start. He could only watch me shed tears, his Adam’s apple rolled up, and his eyes turned red.

2. Apologize with low eyebrows and coax your beloved wife with soft words

The heat is getting worse, and the sun shines in through the window lattice and falls on the bronze mirror of the dressing table, making people dizzy.I lay on the dressing table, my shoulders twitching, my tears fell on the dressing table, causing a small water stain.

Bai Fei was silent for a long time, and finally walked over slowly, squatted in front of me, looked up at me, and spoke in a very soft voice, with a hint of flattery: “Qinglian, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have cared about what clothes you wore, and I shouldn’t have spoken to you so aggressively. Don’t be angry, okay?”

I ignored him and buried my face in my arms, but I could feel his eyes glued to me, with cautious care.When he saw that I was silent, he moved forward again and reached out his hand to touch the ends of my hair, but he was afraid of making me more annoyed. His fingertips hung in the air and did not dare to touch them for a long time.

“I know it’s hard for you to have a baby, and it’s so hot, so you should wear lighter clothes.” His voice was lower, like coaxing a child with a bad temper. “It’s because I didn’t think well. I only thought about fearing that you would catch a cold and be wronged, but I forgot that you are afraid of the heat. This gauze skirt is beautiful. It makes you look fresh and beautiful like the green lilies that have just bloomed in the pond. It’s because I am stupid and can’t speak, and I made you angry.”

He rambled on, ranging from “I shouldn’t frown” to “I shouldn’t speak in a deep tone”, and from “I should follow your wishes during pregnancy” to “You can wear whatever you want from now on”, and even said “I’ll send all the servants in the courtyard away so you can feel more at ease”.I buried myself in my arms and listened to his clumsy apology. The anger in my heart gradually disappeared, but I still couldn’t help but want to tease him, so I deliberately said in a low voice: “That’s it?”

Bai Fei was stunned for a moment, then as if he had been given some instructions, he nodded hurriedly, and began to rack his brains to add: “I will also buy you the iced bayberry you like to eat, and ask the cook to make ice powder for you, and put in double the amount.Brown sugar and hawthorn; I also hung up the bamboo curtains in the courtyard to block the sun; I also… I also gave you my coolest coat as a shawl. If you think the gauze skirt is too see-through, just wear it, okay?”

As he spoke, he actually turned around and rummaged through his own clothes, hurriedly found the plain-colored ice silk coat, handed it to me, and looked at me longingly, like a big dog waiting for its owner’s forgiveness.I couldn’t help it any longer, and burst out laughing. Tears were still hanging on my eyelashes, but the corners of my mouth were already curled up.

Bai Fei smiled when he saw me, and his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had parted through the clouds and seen the bright moon. He hurriedly put his coat on my shoulders, and carefully wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes. The gentle warmth of his fingertips, with his unique cold sandalwood, made my heart tremble.

“Aren’t you angry?” He asked softly, with a bit of anxiety in his eyes.

I snorted, but still leaned into his arms, smelled the cold sandalwood on his body, and said in a muffled voice: “I’ll spare you for now. If you continue to care about my clothes, I will ignore you.”

“I don’t dare, I don’t dare anymore.” Bai Fei responded hurriedly, hugging me tightly in his arms, resting his chin on the top of my hair, his voice full of joy, “From now on, you can wear whatever you want, even if you go to the night market wearing a gauze, I will accompany you and will never stop you.”

The heat was still there, but the cold sandalwood in his arms, mixed with his body temperature, actually dissipated most of the heat.I leaned in his arms, unconsciously caressing the hem of his clothes with my fingertips, and suddenly felt that it was a sweet thing that my little temper during pregnancy could be exchanged for such careful coaxing from him.

3. Sitting in the courtyard, the rosy clouds first appeared

When the anger subsided, Bai Fei was busy trying to relieve me from the heat.He asked his servants to build a bamboo shed in the courtyard and hung up aqua bamboo curtains. He also moved a deck chair, spread it with a mat, and placed a small table next to it, filled with my favorite iced bayberry and ice powder.

I was wearing his ice silk coat and reclining on the recliner. There was a copper basin full of water at my feet, soaked in a few pieces of ice. The coolness spread down my ankles, making me squint my eyes in comfort.Bai Fei sat on a pony next to him, holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand, fanning me slowly and slowly, for fear of blowing me too hard.

“Try this ice powder. The chef made it newly, with your favorite raisins added in.” He scooped up a spoonful of ice powder and handed it to my lips. The sweetness of brown sugar mixed with the softness of raisins instantly dissipated the heat.

I opened my mouth to hold it, squinted my eyes and smiled: “Sweet, it tastes better than yesterday.”

He smiled, and the tenderness in his eyes could drown people. He took another spoonful and blew it to cool before handing it over: “Eat more if you like it. If you don’t have enough, let the cook make it.”

The sun is gradually setting in the west, and the heat has dissipated a little. The evening breeze blows through the bamboo curtains, carrying the fresh scent of the lotus pond, mixed with the sweet fragrance of ice powder, and fills the whole courtyard.I leaned on the recliner, touched my slightly bulging belly, felt the faint throbbing in my belly, and felt soft in my heart.Bai Fei was still fanning me, and his eyes fell on me, with an indescribable tenderness. Even the tight eyebrows and eyes that used to be relaxed a lot.

“Look at you, you haven’t had a good rest recently, and your eyes are black and blue.” I reached out and touched the corners of his eyes, and my fingertips touched his cool skin, and I felt a little distressed in my heart.

Bai Fei held my hand, put it to his lips, pecked it lightly, and said with a smile: “Guarding you and the child is worth it no matter how tired you are.”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and looked toward the horizon. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. He stretched out his hand and pointed toward the horizon: “Qinglian, look over there.”

I looked along his fingertips and was stunned for a moment.The originally clear sky was suddenly stained with a layer of extremely beautiful rays of light. It was not the usual orange or crimson, but with fine scales, much like the cloudy scales scattered by the legendary dragon girl.Those scales of light are layered in layers, spreading down from the sky. The golden red is wrapped in light purple, and the light purple is infiltrated with silvery white. It dyes half of the sky into a dreamy look. Even the green bamboos in the courtyard and the water surface of the lotus pond are coated with a layer of fine rays of light.

“What… what is this?” I pushed myself up and sat up, my eyes filled with wonder, even the laziness caused by the heat was gone.

Bai Fei held my waist and let me lean into his arms, looking up at Xia Lin on the horizon. His eyes were full of shock, but with a bit of relief and tenderness: “Maybe it’s the good omen that God sent to protect you and the child.”

I leaned in his arms, looked at Xia Lin on the horizon, felt the throbbing in my belly and the warmth of his palms, and suddenly felt that all the irritability during pregnancy and all the little tempers had turned into the ultimate perfection in the sky and his tenderness.

4. Xialonglianyuan, my heart follows my wife

The rosy clouds hung on the horizon for a long time, gradually turning from golden red to light pink, then fading from light pink to silvery white, and finally slowly melted into the dusk. However, the rays of light in the courtyard did not seem to dissipate, and even the air carried a dreamy warmth.

Bai Fei carried me back to the house, still cautious, for fear of bumping into me.After entering the room, he first poured me a cup of warm lotus heart tea, and then rubbed my sore legs. The strength of his fingertips was just right, making me sleepy.

“The Xia Lin is so beautiful today.” I said softly, leaning on the soft couch and looking at the darkening sky outside the window.

“Yeah,” Bai Fei responded, lowering his head and kissing my knee, “But it’s not half as good-looking as you.”

He made me laugh out loud, and reached out to pat his head, but he held his hand again. He looked up at me, and the tenderness in his eyes was more moving than the clouds in the sky: “Since you were pregnant, I have always been afraid of your hardships and being wronged, so even that obsession has faded a lot. Now that I see that you are doing well, and even heaven has sent auspicious signs, my heart has truly calmed down.”

I looked at the seriousness in his eyes, my throat felt clogged, and the grievances and emotions I felt during pregnancy surged up instantly.I took his hand, asked him to sit next to me, leaned on his shoulder, and whispered softly: “Bai Fei, actually I know that you are doing it for my own good. It’s my fault that I lost my temper today.”

“It’s my fault,” he interrupted me immediately and hugged me into his arms. “It’s my fault that I didn’t take your feelings into consideration. Pregnancy is already hard. I should follow you and not make you angry.”

The evening breeze came in through the cracks in the window, enveloping us with the freshness of the lotus pond and the residual warmth of the sunset.I leaned in his arms, smelled the cold sandalwood on his body, and felt the throbbing in my belly. I suddenly felt that it was a great blessing to have him, this child in my belly, and this auspicious omen that filled the sky.

“From now on, let’s wait for the baby to be born together, go to the night market to eat delicious food together, and watch the sunset in the south of the Yangtze River together, okay?” I looked up at him, my eyes full of expectation.

Bai Fei lowered his head and kissed my forehead, his voice gentle but firm: “Okay, every year from now on, I will be with you, with your children, guarding this Fanglian Courtyard, guarding this sky full of glow, until eternity lasts forever.”

The dusk is getting thicker, and the last traces of clouds on the horizon have melted into the night, but the warmth in the courtyard has not dissipated at all.I leaned in Bai Fei’s arms, listening to his steady heartbeat, feeling the faint throbbing in my belly, and gradually fell asleep.In the dream, clouds of clouds fell on the lotus pond and turned into countless green lotuses. Bai Fei and I held the children’s hands and stood by the lotus pond. The evening breeze blew by, and the whole courtyard was filled with the gentle fragrance of lotus and the warmth of fireworks.

5. Sweet soup at midnight, warm lotus night

In the middle of the night, I was awakened by hunger in my belly. As soon as I moved, Bai Fei woke up and asked in a daze: “What’s wrong? Are you hungry?”

I nodded, my voice hoarse as if I had just woken up: “I want to eat the sweet brown sugar taro ball soup you made.”

He immediately stood up, put on a coat and went to the kitchen, walking slowly for fear of disturbing me.Within a moment, he came back with a steaming bowl of sweet soup. The taro balls in the bowl were soft and glutinous, and the sweet aroma of brown sugar mixed with the warmth of ginger instantly made my stomach growl.

He sat on the edge of the bed, took a spoonful of taro balls and blew them to cool down before passing them to my lips. His eyes were still filled with the misery of just waking up, but they were full of tenderness: “Eat slowly, just out of the pan, don’t burn them.”

I opened my mouth to hold it, and the soft glutinousness of the taro balls and the sweetness of the brown sugar spread between my teeth, warming my stomach and heart.He fed me very slowly, checking the temperature of every spoonful, and occasionally wiped the soup from the corner of my mouth. The temperature of his fingertips made my heart tremble.

“You should eat some too.” I scooped out a spoonful and put it to his lips, but he shook his head and just smiled and said, “You eat it and I’ll just watch.”

After drinking the sweet soup, warmth spread throughout my body. I leaned in his arms and began to feel sleepy again.He wiped my mouth for me, put the empty bowl aside, hugged me into his arms, tucked me in, rested his chin on the top of my hair, and whispered softly: “Go to sleep, I’ll watch over you.”

I shrank into his arms, smelling the aroma of cold sandalwood mixed with sweet soup on his body, and soon fell asleep again.In the dream, the cloudy scales appeared again, falling on Bai Fei and I, and on the child in my belly. They turned into a layer of warm light, wrapping us tightly, and even the evening breeze became gentle.

The cicadas chirping outside the window gradually stopped, and the fresh breath of the lotus pond filled the room. Accompanied by Bai Fei’s steady heartbeat, it became the most peaceful lullaby in my life.I know that in the days to come, no matter how many temper tantrums there are during pregnancy, no matter how much irritability there is in the summer, as long as he is here, with the gentleness in the courtyard and the auspicious clouds in the sky, my child and I will be well protected, and our years will always be wrapped in this sweet warmth until the end of the world.