nucmednet Chapter 382 Seems to Have a Home
Chapter 382 Seems to Have a Home
By the time everything was settled, it was already late, so Li Mulan and her friend returned to the courtyard together.
Li Mulan had been busy all day and wanted to take a bath. "You should go back and rest too. It's getting late. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Chu Chenfeng was stunned, and didn't say anything, just looked at her.
Li Mulan finally reacted, looking a little embarrassed, "Haha, I forgot, this is also your yard. Then... then today..."
Li Mulan has lived two lifetimes, but except for her elder brother in the modern world, she has never shared a room with any other man. What should she do if she is a little timid?
Chu Chenfeng naturally noticed her discomfort and squeezed her hand. "What are you thinking about? Didn't I say I would wait until you get used to it? But we just got married, and yesterday's circumstances were special, so it's understandable that I didn't come back to stay. If today..."
"Okay, I understand. Then... shall I go wash up?"
Chu Chenfeng gently tidied up the hair by her ears. His low and gentle voice seemed to be right beside Li Mulan's ears. "Okay."
Seeing that she didn't speak, Chu Chenfeng moved closer, "What's wrong?"
"Ah..." Li Mulan looked into Chu Chenfeng's beautiful eyes. His eyes were deep and seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. His nose was tall and straight, with smooth and elegant lines, and his thin lips were raised in an arc...
"It's okay, it's okay. I'll go wash up first. Ah... I'm so tired. Yes, so tired."
Then he left in a hurry, leaving Chu Chenfeng confused.
Li Mulan's ears must have turned red, her heartbeat accelerated, and she had no idea how she got back into the house.
After the maids prepared the hot water, they left. Qingyu had told them that Li Mulan didn't like outsiders to serve her when she was taking a bath.
Li Mulan buried herself in the water, and Chu Chenfeng's gentle and handsome face kept flashing in her mind, as well as his deep and pleasant voice when he spoke. She was finished...
Suddenly, she floated to the surface, her face puffed up, and she slapped the water hard, splashing water everywhere, "Humph, you messed up my mind, you deserve to be killed! Why do you have to be so pretty? Ah..."
Unlike the people in the house who were impatient, Chu Chenfeng, who had just finished washing up outside the door, was stunned at first when he heard Li Mulan's words, and then he laughed silently, and his smile grew bigger and bigger.
If Xingyi were here, he would definitely say that their master was possessed by evil spirits.
Li Mulan, who had changed into pajamas and had just dried her hair, was sitting in front of the bronze mirror in a daze when Chu Chenfeng came in, also wearing pajamas.
The two looked at each other, and then looked away at the same time.
"Well, it's late, let's go to bed." It was Chu Chenfeng who took the initiative to speak. After all, he was a man.
"Oh, okay. Ah..." Li Mulan pretended to yawn, "I am indeed sleepy."
Chu Chenfeng pursed his lips, and the slight curve at the corner of his mouth revealed his good mood at the moment.
But looking at the big bed, Li Mulan was in a dilemma again, "Are you... used to sleeping inside or outside?"
"Ahem...I can do anything."
Li Mulan climbed to the inside position very quickly, "Then I'll sleep inside."
Then he pulled the quilt up to his neck, covering himself tightly.
Chu Chenfeng followed and lay down on the outside. He pulled the quilt but found that it didn't move. Li Mulan noticed it and quickly loosened her grip. She cursed in her heart, how could there be only one quilt in such a big palace?
Chu Chenfeng covered himself with the quilt. He was sweating and feeling a little hot, but he didn't dare to move.
The room was unprecedentedly quiet, so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing and heartbeat.
"you……"
"you……"
The two spoke at the same time, and Li Mulan smiled, "Can't sleep?"
"Well, I didn't have the habit of going to bed so early before."
Li Mulan then turned over and faced him sideways, "Actually, I don't have one either, so let's talk, shall we?"
Chu Chenfeng also turned around, smiling, "What do you want to talk about?"
Li Mulan's eyes sparkled. "Then tell me about your past at the border."
Chu Chenfeng thought for a moment, "When I left, it was actually an impulse. I was young and full of energy, and I really didn't want to stay in Kyoto, so I took my sword and went there alone. My brother and father's people actually found me halfway, but I just didn't want to go back. I didn't want to stay in boring Kyoto any longer. My brother even came in person and talked to me all night before letting me go. He said that he wanted me to live as I pleased and not be like him, so I could do whatever I wanted and he would take care of the rest for me. Later I found out that father punished my brother..."
Li Mulan listened carefully to Chu Chenfeng's story about his youth, and learned about his brotherhood with the late crown prince, and his dissatisfaction with her father... Time passed by unknowingly.
"So, winters at the border can really freeze people to death?"
Chu Chenfeng looked a little sad, as if this was a difficult problem to solve. "Well, in the winter at the border, ordinary people can hardly go out. So we have to prepare for the winter early, otherwise, it's easy to die in the winter. But the soldiers in the barracks can't be like ordinary people, they still have to go out on patrol, so there are a lot of casualties every year."
Li Mulan had heard from her master about the cold winter at the border, but she had never imagined it would be so cold. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to be freezing to death.
"What about you? How do you spend the winter?"
"Same as everyone else, but I have inner strength to protect me, so I can still bear it."
"Don't the troops give out cotton-padded clothes?"
"Of course we did. The treasury has been quite full in recent years. Even when Xu Tian was in control of the government, he didn't dare to touch the expenses of the military camp."
Li Mulan chuckled, "He's thinking about you, right? If you weren't there, do you think he would dare to move?"
Chu Chenfeng looked at her tenderly, "Maybe, but even with cotton clothes, the winter there is still very hard to endure. And cotton clothes are thick and heavy, which is still inconvenient in many cases."
"Oh..." Li Mulan immediately thought of a down jacket. This should be feasible. It is warm and light, and should be very suitable for military camps.
However, in that case, the amount required should be extremely large. Well, let Little Grasshopper study it carefully tomorrow, anyway, he should be quite free next time.
What else can keep you warm? Well, ginger is also very useful, and you can also find a way to get more.
Before she knew it, Li Mulan fell asleep.
Chu Chenfeng listened to her steady breathing, with a smile on his lips, and carefully covered her with the quilt.
Looking at her quiet and sweet sleeping face, my heart was soft, as if I wanted to remember everything about her. Every frown and smile, bright, cunning, angry, funny, coquettish... I wanted to engrave everything firmly in my mind.
Chu Chenfeng felt that the mood at the moment was very wonderful. He had never felt this way before. It seemed that he really had concerns and a sense of belonging in his heart.