Chapter 29: Fishing – Keep the fish maws, and they must be raw…
“Huh?” Wen Zhaoyin came back to her senses and subconsciously grasped his hand, wiping her own tears.
Meng Huan woke up from his sleepiness and felt that his previous behavior was somewhat inappropriate. Why did he wipe her tears for her? She probably didn’t need anyone’s sympathy at all, right?
Besides, this woman looked very strong and had never cried before. This time, she cried like this while he was asleep, perhaps because of something. It was not a good thing that he discovered her vulnerability.
He didn’t continue, and Wen Zhaoyin had no intention of explaining. The two of them were at a stalemate in the quilt, face to face, and the air between them was a bit frozen.
In the end, it was Meng Huan who broke the silence. He moved his legs with a slightly twisted face, “No, no, my legs are numb. Let me change my sitting position…”
Wen Zhaoyin moved away along with his words, lifted the quilt, got out of bed, and was about to leave without saying a word.
“Just leaving like this?” Meng Huan lowered his head and punched his legs, muttering a sentence involuntarily, which happened to be heard by her.
She looked back, with slightly complex emotions in her eyes, and said softly, “No, I’m just going to wash my face. I’ll come back to accompany you for a meal in a moment.”
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After this day, Wen Zhaoyin moved back to the Qingzhu Garden.
Previously, she would still work in the study of the main courtyard. This time, she simply asked people to send the documents to the Qingzhu Garden and set up a small study in the side hall to work.
The rest of the time, except for attending court and going out on business, she and Meng Huan ate and lived together.
Meng Huan had been experiencing menstruation these past few days and had been lying in the quilt all the time, not having time to make trouble, so he seemed particularly quiet. He would flip through the storybooks in the study and read them. The two of them lived a somewhat peaceful life.
Especially Wen Shu, this little girl usually acted like a little adult, but when she was in front of her mother, she became a lively child again, laughing and playing with her servant boy. Everyone who saw them would be infected and couldn’t help but smile.
Wen Shu was not like other children who would dislike their mother’s concubine. On the contrary, she had a very good relationship with Meng Huan.
Whenever Wen Zhaoyin was handling official duties in the small study, Meng Huan would sit on a small stool on the side, flipping through storybooks, and she would shuttle between them. In the eyes of outsiders, they looked like a family of three.
Meng Huan did not dislike this child in the first place, and because of the companionship during the previous six months when he was confined in the Qingzhu Garden, he was particularly good to her. The two of them got along even better than a biological father and daughter.
His menstruation was almost over, and his whole body didn’t feel so uncomfortable. He took the opportunity to go out for a stroll, asked Pei Lan for two fishing rods, and went fishing with Wen Shu in the Crane Garden.
Before the corrupt official who had lived in the Wen family’s residence moved in, he had raised many precious fish species in the Crane Garden. Although more than half of the animals kept in cages died after the corrupt official’s family was confiscated, those kept in the water were still alive and well.
There were countless carp and bighead carp, as well as some precious and beautiful fish species that Meng Huan couldn’t name, swimming around in the lotus pond all day long.
He was craving them and wanted to catch a few to taste. Since he had nothing to pass the time, he called Wen Shu to bring a book and go fishing together.
How interesting it was to do homework and catch fish at the same time.
Unfortunately, the Wen family didn’t have any fishing bait, and he was unwilling to squat on the ground and dig for loaches himself. He only prepared some minced meat mixed with flour to make bait balls. As a result, after being in the water for two or three hours, not a single fish took the bait.
Wen Shu had finished reciting her lessons, while he was still empty-handed, staring at the lake surface. It was simply too useless.
Meng Huan felt that he had lost face in front of the child. In a fit of anger, he made a net pouch and let Wen Xi row a small boat in the lotus pond to catch fish. In a short while, he caught a whole basket.
Actually, he didn’t dare to eat those unfamiliar fish, not knowing if they were poisonous or not. He picked through the basket, released the unfamiliar and smaller fish, and kept those fat and strong carp and bighead carp.
Wen Xi scooped water from the lake to rinse these fish clean and was about to carry the small basket to the kitchen himself. However, Meng Huan repeatedly warned him to keep the fish maws and that they must be raw.
The latter didn’t understand his intention, but seeing his mysterious look, he didn’t ask anything and went to do it as he was told.
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up! (Female-dominant)
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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