"If you want to reject me this time, you'd better think of a smart reason."
Yu Shu was caught off guard by Xue Rui's sudden display of his feelings, and she only felt flustered. She'd just opened her mouth when she was blocked by a single sentence from Xue Rui, and her arm was held tightly by Xue Rui, causing her to be unable to move away. When she met his pitch black eyes, she turned her head away in embarrassment, and she had a complicated feeling in her heart that she couldn't tell if it was bitter or salty.
"I only regard you as my brother. I have no other feelings."
Xue Rui's finger pressed against the throbbing pulse on her wrist, and he laughed slowly as his slanted and slanted brows eased up, and he said indifferently, "Don't worry, I can wait for you to have other thoughts."
Last time, he failed to express his feelings and was mercilessly rejected by her. At that time, he was timid, so he couldn't blame her. This time, he knew himself and his enemy, so he wouldn't be fooled by her again.
Yu Shu turned around and glared at Xue Rui with her almond-shaped eyes. With the help of the nearby lights, she saw the faint smile on Xue Rui's face, and for some unknown reason, she became slightly agitated. She exerted all her strength to struggle free from his grip on her wrist that was burning hot, and she said angrily,
"You waited here so late just to say this to me?"
Fortunately, Xue Rui was used to Yu Shu's temper. Otherwise, hearing her tone, he would definitely be poured with a basin of cold water. Fortunately, he was already mentally prepared. He was not angry or annoyed. Instead, he was calm and generously admitted,
"I wanted to say something else, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I think it's important to say 'this' first."
He'd restrained himself for these past few days, and he originally couldn't endure it for much longer, yet she just happened to be unaware of it, and he saw with his own eyes that she was still grieving for another man, so how could he continue waiting … Yu Shu was speechless, and her heart was truly in turmoil. For a moment, she recalled the pained expression in his eyes when he broke off his relationship with Jing Chen under the bridge, and for a moment, her mind was thrown into disorder by Xue Rui's serious confession, causing her brows to knit together even more tightly.
"Alright, you don't have to think too much about it for now," Xue Rui couldn't bear to see her frown and sighed. He let go of her arm, fiddled with the stray hair on her forehead, and said pleasantly,
"Go back and take a nap. Wait until you've rested. Let's talk about us again. "
In any case, she was right here. He was not afraid that she would run away. At most, she would take a step back, and he would take two steps forward. He would always be able to catch her, Xue Rui thought to himself.
In the face of Xue Rui's thoughtful suggestion, Yu Shu couldn't deliberately keep a straight face to him, but she didn't know what to say to him in this situation. She didn't dare to look at his earnest eyes for fear that she wouldn't have enough confidence, so she lowered her head and said,
"Then I'll go back."
Then, without waiting for Xue Rui's reply, he turned around and quickened his pace towards the door. He did not stop for a moment, nor did he look back, as if there was a tiger chasing after him.
Xue Rui looked at her panicked back. He raised his hand, twirled the remaining warmth on his fingertips, and slowly clenched his fists. With his hands behind his back, he looked up at the half-moon in the sky, and seemed to be recalling something. His expression was unfathomable. After a while, he sighed with a smile and softly said to himself,
"Don't wait, beauty fades … When Yu Shu returned home, it was late, but Zhao Hui and her husband were still awake. When the maid reported that she was back, she called her over to talk to her. Yu Shu had a lot of things on her mind. She sat with Zhao Hui for a while, then said that she was tired and went back to her room.
As soon as she entered the room. Yu Shu went straight to the bed, took off the outer cover, and threw it away. She picked up the half of the sleeve on the floor, twisted it into a ball, and stuffed it into the small cabinet at the head of the bed. Out of sight, out of mind. Without taking off her shoes, she lay on her back. She was so tired that her whole body felt weak. When she closed her eyes, there were two figures swaying around, so she had to open her eyes.
Yun Dou went up to help her take off her shoes, and covered her with a thin quilt. Seeing that she was in a daze with her eyes open, she was afraid that she was thinking about something important, so she did not dare to disturb her, and went out to make tea and hot water.
Unexpectedly, when she came back with tea, there was a light snoring sound in the room. Yun Dou went to the bed and saw that her daughter had fallen asleep with her eyebrows furrowed.
This sleep lasted until the next morning. When Yu Shu woke up, she was still grumpy, but she felt uncomfortable all over. She turned over and touched the quilt with her hand. When she took it out and looked in front of her eyes, she was stunned when she saw red.
It was not until Yun Dou exclaimed that she came back to her senses.
"Ah! Young, Young Miss, this servant will go find Madam! " Yun Dou was already thirteen or fourteen years old. Seeing Yu Shu's situation, she could guess what was going on. In fact, she also felt it was strange before. After serving Yu Shu for so many days, she had never seen her having a small period. Now that she reacted, she put down the basin of water in her hands and impatiently ran out.
"Come back!" Yu Shu quickly stopped her, and said with a straight face, "Don't go and startle my mother, just quietly call Shen Ma over."
Yun Dou felt that she had acted rashly, and hurriedly went out, leaving Yu Shu sitting on the bed with a tangled expression, not daring to move.
Speaking of which, it had been a year since she replaced the original owner as a ghost. Early on, she discovered that there was something wrong with her body. It was fine that she could eat and sleep, but she missed the few days that a girl should be worried about. Throughout the year, she did not see red even once. Even she herself had almost forgotten that she was a woman.
Yu Shu did not tell anyone, so no one noticed. Later, when Zhao Hui came to the capital and lived together with her, she did ask about her once. Yu Shu did not want her to worry, so she vaguely concealed it. However, she did not know that Zhao Hui had already privately told Yun Dou to pay more attention to her daily routine. When she found out about this secret of hers, she thought that she was too shy to talk about it, so she did not expose her. Instead, she secretly told He Fangzhi to add some blood-enriching things to her medicine to help her recuperate.
After a while, Yun Dou brought Mother Shen, who had been promoted by Zhao Hui to be the housekeeper. She was holding a bundle in her hand. As soon as Mother Shen entered the room, she smiled and coaxed Yu Shu.
"Young Lady, don't be afraid. This is a good thing. Young Lady has grown up. This servant is here to congratulate you."
Mother Shen only thought that Yu Shu was a girl who had not left home and did not understand human affairs. She nagged for a while before instructing Yun Dou to change Yu Shu's clothes and fold the quilt. She untied the bundle and took out the scattered cotton and cloth bags. After packing them, she gave them to Yu Shu and taught her how to use them.
Yu Shu didn't say a word as she changed her clothes and tidied herself up. She asked Yun Dou to take out a small handful of silver beans from the dresser drawer and give it to Mother Shen. Mother Shen took it and said a few good words before leaving.
After all this, the sun had risen. Yu Shu did not forget that she had arranged to meet Xin Liu and Qin Yuerou in front of Taishi Shuyuan yesterday. Now, she could only miss the appointment.
Perhaps it was the first time her body had drunk kui water. It was really inconvenient for her to go out.
"Young Lady, Madam asked the kitchen to boil red bean soup. You should drink a bowl while it's hot." Yun Dou walked into the room with a plate.
How could the movements of Yu Shu be hidden from Zhao Hui? It was just that it was not good for a pregnant woman who was about to give birth to see red, so she did not come to see her pregnant.
Yu Shu leaned on the bed listlessly and drank a bowl of sweet red bean soup. It had only been one morning, but she missed the relaxed days. However, she also knew that it was a good thing.
"By the way, Young Lady." Yun Dou served tea to Yu Shu to rinse her mouth. She remembered something, "Last night, Mr. Xue came. He heard that you did not come back, so he went out to pick you up. Didn't you meet him on the road?"
It would have been better if Yun Dou did not mention it. Once she mentioned it, Yu Shu remembered the two annoying things last night. She felt a headache when she thought about it. She rubbed the blue veins on her forehead and said in a low voice,
"I didn't see him. You can go out. I want to lie down for a while."
Seeing her face, Yun Dou did not know what she said wrong. She obediently took the tea tray and the soup bowl and left.
Yu Shu turned her body and used one hand as a pillow. She sorted out her chaotic thoughts. The first thing she thought of was the relationship between her and Jing Chen. She felt bitter in her throat. At that time, she thought that she had found a good man for herself. She did not expect that it would be like this.
She could not help but think of the comment that Wen Shao 'an, who was good at fortune-telling, once gave her — Drawing water with a sieve is all in vain.
Friends who had gone through life and death together, how many times could they meet again in a lifetime? Jing Chen said that he would let go of her just like that. If she said that she didn't have any complaints, it would be impossible. What she resented was not Jing Chen, but the fate that he was born with.
In her previous life, she did not believe in ghosts and gods at all. She did not believe in the so-called fate. But after she came to Daan, the more she learned about Yi, the more she saw the relationship between human life and heaven. It was really mysterious and reasonable.
Jing Chen's words last night, "I'm just afraid that I'll fall in love with you," made her feel extremely sad. She was not a soft-hearted person, but she always had an inexplicable pity for him. Even if he was cruel enough to say, "Our fate ends here," she would still feel sad for him for not being able to control himself.
It was easy to say that they broke up. She said that they were like strangers, but it was just to make him feel at ease.
Yu Shu was not a person who liked to be sad. After frowning for a while, she no longer acted like a sad and weak girl. She had to cry a few times before letting it go.
On the other side, she put aside the matter of Jing Chen, but she still could not relax. Not because of anything else, but because of what Xue Rui said last night, it was enough to give her a headache.
Truthfully speaking, at the beginning, when Xue Rui suggested addressing them as brother and sister, it wasn't that she didn't suspect that he hadn't given up on her. But as the two of them got along for a long period of time, she gradually stopped taking precautions against him, and she wholeheartedly took him to be a reliable older brother.
Thinking of this, Yu Shu could not help but laugh at herself. She laughed at herself for being smart all her life, but at this moment, she was muddle-headed. Who would be nice to others for no reason? If it was not because he had ulterior motives, then it was because he was looking forward to it.
She did not blame Xue Rui for hiding it so deeply. She could only blame herself for being careless. In fact, thinking about it carefully, it was not that he did not reveal some clues. Just like that time when he was drunk, didn't he take the opportunity to kiss her …
At this time, Yu Shu remembered an old matter, and she was a little angry. Her ears were slightly hot, and her hand twisted the quilt, thinking that she was pinching someone's flesh.
She was also annoyed that she did not live up to expectations and got involved with such a rotten peach blossom. But she had received so much kindness from him, and she could not turn her back on him.
"Really hateful." Yu Shu gritted her teeth. She was very unhappy in her heart. She simply stopped thinking about it. She turned over, covered herself with the quilt and continued to sleep.
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