The Abandoned Wife’s Rebirth - Chap 63
Hei Xuanyi received the black money pouch and took a close look at it. The money pouch was an amalgamation of three types of spiritual energy; it had Mo and Yao energy, and it also had the spiritual energy that rare materials gave off. It was just that the charms and talismans had been sewn on crookedly, the needlework was also especially bad, it was like a novice’s first attempt at sewing. Stored inside the money pouch were Blood Replenishing Pills and Energy Replenishing Pills; it was just the medicine pills that he often used.
However, how did Wu Ruo know that he needed these medicines?
Wu Ruo drunkenly asked: “Do you like it?”
“Hn.” Hei Xuanyi’s slender fingertip stroked the embroidery on the money pouch. He suddenly thought back to a few days before, when Wu Ruo’s butt had been stabbed by the needle: “You sewed it yourself?”
If this was some other day in the past, Wu Ruo definitely wouldn’t have admitted that he’d sewed it even on the threat of death, but right now he was drunk: “Yes, I sewed it.”
His drunken face revealed a sliver of smugness: “This is my— my first time sewing a money pouch. My handiwork’s not bad, right?”
Hei Xuanyi was a little surprisedthat Wu Ruo would sew it by himself: “Not bad.”
“I put in a lot of effort to finish sewing it.” Wu Ruo stretched his white and fat hand out to Hei Xuanyi’s face, pouting aggrievedly: “When I was sewing it, I got stabbed by the needle so many times. It was so painful, blow on it for me.”
Hei Xuanyi raised his dark and long eyebrow slightly.
“Blow on it, blow on it for me.” Wu Ruo urged him.
Hei Xuanyi hesitated for a moment, then blew a puff of air at Wu Ruo’s finger.
Wu Ruo won an inch, and now wanted a foot: “Now kiss it.”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
He really never thought that this person would love acting coyafter getting drunk.
“Hurry and kiss it.” Wu Ruo had an expression of ‘if you don’t kiss it, then I won’t go to sleep’.
Hei Xuanyi took Wu Ruo’s hand and brought it to his mouth, pecking it lightly.
Wu Ruo smiled, satisfied, and excitedly pushed Hei Xuanyi over. However, Wu Ruo didn’t crush Hei Xuanyi with his whole body, he only pressed his arm over Hei Xuanyi’s chest.
“Hei Xuanyi, did you know? I’ve never thought that there would be a day that we would spend New Year’s together, and I never thought that I would even sleep on the same bed as you. Even more than that, I never thought that we would be able to get along harmoniously one day.”
“….” Hei Xuanyi listened quietly.
“In the future, we still have to continue getting along well.” Wu Ruo said, with an intoxicated expression: “We must get along well, we can’t be like that again…”
When he thought of his previous lifetime, he angrily tugged at Hei Xuanyi’s hair: “Hei Xuanyi, you really make people hate you sometimes.”
Hei Xuanyi frowned slightly.
“Every day, you look so cold and icy, you make it hard for me to guess what you’re thinking, and you don’t like to talk either. No matter what happens, you don’t bother explaining to me; you’re only happy when I misunderstand. Did you know? I really hate it when you suddenly turn around and leave; it makes me feel like our relationshipis so distant, like there’s no way to get closer to you. I also hate the way you don’t ask about or listen tome, it makes me feel like I’m dispensableto you…” Wu Ruo looked at him pitifully: “In future, don’t be like that anymore, okay?”
Hei Xuanyi frowned a little, in his mind, he examined his own attitude towards Wu Ruo ever since they’d gotten married; he had indeed been too cold.
Wu Ruo shook him: “Okay?”
Hei Xuanyi didn’t want to take a person who was drunk so seriously, and quietly hummed in agreement.
Wu Ruo smiled happily: “Then, every morning when you wake up, you have to kiss me.”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
If he kissed Wu Ruo when he woke up after getting drunk, Hei Xuanyi would probably have to suffer a punch.
“And you have to wait for me to go to the main hall for breakfast together.”
Hei Xuanyi felt that this request was very normal, so he hummed in agreement.
“In future, when I come home from outings, you have to hug me and say ‘you’re back’to me. You have to let me know that you care about me.”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
“And, when we’re walking together, you can’t leave me behind and walk ahead in front of me by yourself. When we’re eating, you should also pick more food for me. I…” Wu Ruo felt that his head was becoming more and more giddy, the person in front of him already had afterimages: “I think I’m sleepy…”
As he said this, he closed his eyes.
Hei Xuanyi gently removed the arm that was on his body.
Suddenly, Wu Ruo opened his eyes again, and looked at Hei Xuanyi with crystal bright eyes: “There’s still something else I haven’t done.”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
Wu Ruo lifted his body up with some difficulty, and leaned over towards Hei Xuanyi. Then, he lowered his head and pecked Hei Xuanyi’s lips lightly.
When Hei Xuanyi came into contact with those soft lips, his indifferent black gaze flashed with startlement.
“Night.” Wu Ruo closed his eyes immediately once he was done speaking, and simply laid across Hei Xuanyi’s chest and fell asleep.
Hei Xuanyi didn’t snap out of it for a long time; only when the other had crushed him until he couldn’t breathe anymore did he shift them to one side. Hei Xuanyi watched the person sleeping peacefully, who seemed in good spirits and was quite amusing. If from tomorrow onward, he did as Wu Ruo had said, he wondered what kind of reaction Wu Ruo would have.
However, after Wu Ruo woke up, he didn’t remember the things he’d said the night before or the things that he’d done.
From the 1st to the 3rd day ofzhengyue, the snow fell heavily, and the cold wind was blowing wildly. Every family and household hid indoors to stay warm. It was only on the morning of the 4th day ofzhengyuethat the snow gradually stopped.
After Wu Ruo finished breakfast, he went with Hei Xuanyi and the rest to the Wu estate tobainian.
After he arrived at the Wu estate, he first went to Bojin Garden with gifts to pay respects to Wu Bofang and his wife, Yao Shuyuan. Then, he went to Xuanwan Garden tobainianto his grandfather Wu Xuanran and his grandmother Mu Xiuwan. Then, he distributed the rest of the gifts to Shujing Garden, Shuli Garden, Shubin Garden and Shutong Garden.
Once Wu Qianjing and the rest heard that Wu Ruo had sent people over with gifts, in a flash, their smiling faces all darkened. They would never forget the humiliation of that day; after sending back all the betrothal gifts, they still had to receive a clan punishment. On top of that, Wu Bofang had dealt with them harshly in front of someone from a younger generation. They had simply lost all their dignity. Outside, rumours about the four of them had made them all the more unpopular.
Many people didn’t dare to spend silver to hire people from the Southern main estate for their servicesanymore. This was because, outside, their reputation was notorious. People worried that they would take the silver but not fulfill their end of the bargain. This resulted in the Southern main estate not having any income recently, yet the other main estates were earning big bucks.
After they opened the gifts, they were angered even more. Inside, there were only a few pieces of ginseng that didn’t even have spiritual energy. On the market, it was worth roughly between 1000 to 5000 silver taels. Of course, when compared to the betrothal gifts that Hei Xuanyi had given to Wu Ruo, it really wasn’t as rare. However, the price of one piece of ginseng was already enough for regular commoners to spend the rest of their lifetime securely without worries.
“This Wu Ruo is really too petty, he actually just sent one piece of ginseng over.” Wu Qianjing was so angered that he swept the gift to the ground.
His oldest daughter, Wu Min, saw the ginseng on the floor, and her expression changed slightly. The gift that she and her husband had given wasn’t even as good as Wu Ruo’s, but her dad said that it was petty. Wasn’t he implying that she was also being petty?
Wu Min’s husband Lu Ziding’s expression darkened and he didn’t say anything.
Wu Qianjing’s wife, Sang Dongyi, discreetly tugged on her husband’s sleeve and used her gaze to hint at him to take a look at their own family’s daughter and son-in-law’s expressions.
Wu Qianjing swept a glance at them, but the words had already been said. Saying any other words to make up for it would be a futile effort, he let out a sigh and said: “I’m going to look forerdi.”
Once he left, Sang Dongyi immediately comforted her own daughter: “Your father is just upset with Wu Ruo.”
Wu Min lowered her gaze: “Iknow.”
However, the atmosphere was no longer as harmonious as it was before.
After Wu Ruo had finished sending gifts to all the main estates, he brought his people with him to Shuqing Garden.
The moment he entered, he yelled out: “Dad, Mum,dage,xiaomei, we’re back.”
“Xiao-Ruo and Xuanyi are back.” Wu Qianqing, Guan Tong, and the rest came out together to welcome them back, their faces were full of happy smiles.
Hei Xuanyi, who had always been cold and detached, was also affected by their mood; the corner of his mouth turned up in the slightest. Suddenly, he understood the words that Wu Ruo had said while drunk a little more. The feeling of having a family member come out to welcome you home was actually really nice. He could tell that they valued him.
Wu Ruo asked after Wu Qianqing and the others one by one.
Wu Qianqing smiled and said: “The weather is cold, come in quick.”
Wu Ruo sent a glance at Dandan, whose hand was being held by Hei Xuanyi, signalling him to hurry and greet them.
Dandan immediately threw himself at Wu Qianqing: “Hello, Grandfather.”
Wu Qianqing, Guan Tong and the rest were stunned: “Xiao-Ruo, this child is…”
Wu Ruo beamed and said: “My son.”
“Your son?” Wu Qianqing naturally wouldn’t assume that this child was really Wu Ruo’s, but it also wasn’t nice to ask him about it in front of Hei Xuanyi.
He bent down to pick the child up, when he saw the child’s appearance, he couldn’t help but marvel: “This child is really beautiful.”
When Guan Tong and Wu Xi saw that the child was so cute, they both vied to carry him.
Before they came here, Wu Ruo had already taught Dandan how to recognise them, so, when Guan Tong carried him, he immediately greeted sweetly: “Hello Grandmother, helloxiaogugu, hellodabobo.”
His childlike tone of voice melted the hearts of Guan Tong and the rest.
Wu Zhu asked as he played with the little child: “Xiao-Ruo, what’s this child’s name?”
“His formal name is Hei Haoqiong, his nickname is Dandan.”
Wu Xi immediately liked the name ‘Dandan’: “The nickname Dandan is really cute.”
“It’s cold outside, don’t let the child freeze. Whatever you want to talk about, we can talk about it inside the house.” Wu Qianqing let them enter to warm up their bodies.
Once they entered the main hall, Wu Ruo took out the equipment that Hei Xuanyi had crafted and placed it onto the table: “Dad, I got these four equipment crafted from the materials fromdaboand the rest. In the future, all of you can carry them with you.”
He picked up a purple bracelet: “This gold-purple jade bracelet is a defensive equipment, it’s most suitable for Mum to wear. The yellow glasswaist pendant that deflects curses from others is forxiaomeito use. The last two waist pendants are offensive weapons, Dad anddagecan choose whichever one that they like.”
These equipment were equipment that he had purposely asked Hei Xuanyi to craft into wearable items; the purpose was precisely to anger Wu Qianjing and the rest.
Wu Qianqing asked: “Has your equipment been made?”
Wu Ruo pointed to the white jade pendant hanging at his waist: “Mine is here, it’s a defensive equipment like Mum’s.”
Wu Qianqing only relaxed when he saw that his youngest son also had a piece of equipment.
Wu Ruo said: “Xuanyi couldn’t finish it all on his own, so right now only these few equipments have been crafted. When he’s done with the rest, we’ll send it over again.”
Wu Qianqing hurriedly said: “There’s no rush, don’t let Xuanyi overwork his body.”
“Oh!” Wu Xi looked at Wu Ruo, an expression of astonishment showing: “Erge, I realised that you seem like you’re skinnier.”
Everyone looked toward Wu Ruo.
Guan Tong sized Wu Ruo up closely, and happily said: “It seems like he really is skinnier.”
They had already not seen Wu Ruo for half a month, that’s why they could tell with one glance that Wu Ruo had gotten skinnier.
“Really?” When Wu Ruo heard them say that he had gotten skinnier, he was especially happy.
Wu Zhu smiled and nodded: “You really are skinnier, your whole face isn’t as roundas it used to be anymore. Look, the cotton robes you’re wearing are much looser.”
Wu Ruo also felt that the robes on his body were much baggier, not like it had been before, where his robes were almost about to rip apart at the seams because of him.
Wu Qianqing had a face full of worry: “Xiao-Ruo, you aren’t dieting to lose weight, are you?”
In the past, Wu Ruo had also done this before. However, the more he dieted, the fatter he got. In the end, he got so sick he ended up bedridden.
“I’m not dieting, it was Xuanyi who found a doctor to treat me.”
Wu Zhu patted Hei Xuanyi on the shoulder, and said gratefully: “Xuanyi, thank you for finding a doctor to treat my younger brother.”
Hei Xuanyi replied with a simple: “He’s my wife.”
His words meant: “Wu Ruo is my wife. Finding someone to treat my wife’s condition is a given.”
Everyone understood his words and couldn’t help but smile as their eyes met.
Notes:wow. We’re only 2 footnotes short of a whopping 30 footnotes for a single chapter. This took me a while cause of all the footnotes I had to keep making. Hopefully, the next chapter will not take as long!
