Chapter 16: He Didn’t Want to Take Medicine, But That Was a Kiss!…

Gu Sui suddenly pulled up the blanket, covering his head and retreating into himself.

He never imagined that while his body hadn’t changed externally, damn it, the inside had changed!

Palace cold…

Palace your uncle!

“Your Highness, Young Master Gu has been campaigning in the cold lands of Dongzhou for years, leaving some lingering illnesses in his body. He should take good care of himself from now on, otherwise it may affect his offspring.”

Gu Sui: “……”

Enduring the knife-like pain in his abdomen, he said through gritted teeth.

“Can you stop talking!”

The imperial physician paused: “Young Master Gu, it’s best not to avoid treatment out of fear.”

“Go prepare the medicine first, be quick about it.”

Mu Jiulu instructed, and the physician who wanted to give some more advice hurriedly nodded and withdrew.

Mu Jiulu looked at the tightly wrapped bundle on the couch, a trace of heartache flashing through her dark pupils.

“Come out for some air, you’ll suffocate in a moment.”

She softened her voice, and suddenly the person on the couch lifted the blanket again, revealing a messy head.

He looked at Mu Jiulu sitting beside him, his peach blossom eyes glistening with moisture, looking extremely resentful.

The next second, a voice filled with grievance and anger escaped from his pale lips.

“Why me!”

Mu Jiulu: “???”

Gu Sui’s resentment didn’t come from nowhere. Back when he first started dating her, he had even searched online for things guys should be aware of when in a relationship.

Among them were things like not bothering girls during those few days and a series of other matters, but he found it quite strange at the time.

A friend’s girlfriend would always act up during that time every month, but Mu Jiulu was different. In three months, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual about her.

He thought it was because she was too proud, unwilling to expose her weak side to others, and always pretended nothing was wrong.

He was particularly worried about this. He didn’t want her to suffer alone silently; as her boyfriend, he was supposed to shoulder things.

So he subtly communicated this matter to her.

“Babe, do you have times each month when your mood is off or you’re not feeling well?”

Mu Jiulu: “?”

Seeing that no matter how he hinted, she didn’t understand, Gu Sui simply gave up and said directly.

“You know… when is your aunt’s visit? If I know, I can be more careful, avoid giving you cold things that might be bad for your body.”

Gu Sui saw his girlfriend take out the phone she had bought with money from selling hairpins, slowly operating on the screen.

Her long, rounded fingertips slid back and forth, as if inputting by hand.

She often did this, so Gu Sui didn’t pay much attention. After glancing once, he asked again.

“Wait a moment.”

Mu Jiulu said without looking up. After a while, she raised an eyebrow, cleared the browser’s search history, locked the phone, and looked up at Gu Sui.

“Women where we come from don’t have such things.”

Gu Sui then: Why is she so strong-willed!

Gu Sui now: “Why! Why didn’t you have it then, but now it’s so miserable for me? Mu Jiulu, you’re so annoying!”

Mu Jiulu: “……”

She still remembered much of what she had searched at that time, including that during this period, people’s emotions would be particularly abnormal, especially prone to small temper tantrums.

In short, acting up.

“Don’t fuss first, drink some hot water.”

She had never thought about this situation before, but now that it had happened, there was no use dwelling on it.

It was better to comfort his emotions.

She did as she had found in her search back then, but unexpectedly, not only was Gu Sui not comforted, he immediately bristled.

“I won’t drink!”

The Regent, who hadn’t been able to search for more information due to time constraints that day, didn’t know what a taboo phrase “drink more hot water” was.

Gu Sui, already disgruntled, felt she was being extremely perfunctory after hearing this, and gloomily grabbed the blanket to cover himself again.

While in excruciating pain, he drew circles on the pillow. The more Gu Sui thought about it, the more upset he became.

What sin had he committed in his past life to deserve this!

The darkness before his eyes suddenly dispersed as the blanket covering him was abruptly lifted, leaving Gu Sui momentarily stunned.

The next second, a pair of red lips pressed against his, and something warm was slowly passed over.

Lying on the couch, Gu Sui instinctively raised his hand, but the pushing motion stopped suddenly, frozen in front of his shoulder.

He swallowed mouthful by mouthful, his peach blossom eyes blinking in bewilderment, his upturned eyelashes trembling slightly.

At that moment, at such close distance, he clearly saw his own reflection in the depths of her eyes.

Half a cup of water down his throat, he made no other movement except swallowing.

Mu Jiulu straightened up, poured another cup of hot water, and took it into her mouth.

Before Gu Sui could fully react, his lips were sealed again.

“Mmph–”

This time he swallowed a bit hastily, and Mu Jiulu quickly helped him sit up, patting his back.

“Want more?”

Mu Jiulu asked. Before Gu Sui could speak, he heard her continue.

“If you don’t drink, I’ll keep feeding you.”

Gu Sui glared at her: “Are you trying to choke me to death?”

Mu Jiulu didn’t argue with him, turning to pour more water. Gu Sui quickly grabbed her sleeve.

“What’s wrong?”

Mu Jiulu looked back at his hand. Gu Sui hesitated several times before speaking in a mosquito-like voice.

“…I want to change clothes.”

Before the imperial physician came, he had thought he was poisoned.

But after the physician revealed the real reason, he finally understood what that flowing sensation was.

Now he wasn’t just in pain, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

“I’ll have someone find suitable clothes. You drink more first, it should help ease the pain.”

This was the gentlest Gu Sui had seen Mu Jiulu since their reunion. His little temper subsided somewhat.

Although he still felt a bit unbalanced in his heart, it wasn’t as resentful as before.

Perhaps it was also because of those two kisses just now.

“Mm.”

He responded, pursing his pale lips. The sight of the weak young man lowering his eyes made Mu Jiulu’s heart contract.

Impulsively, she pulled him into her arms, her right hand caressing the back of his head.

“Be good, you’ll feel better after taking the medicine.”

Gu Sui indulged in her tenderness, resting his chin on her neck, slowly nuzzling.

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Wu found suitable clothes, and Sui Yu and Yun Mu entered the inner palace to help Gu Sui change.

When Mu Jiulu entered again after Gu Sui had changed clothes, she found a tinge of flush on his cheeks.

It wasn’t heavy, but it was more noticeable because of his extremely pale complexion.

“What’s wrong?”

Mu Jiulu asked caringly. Gu Sui glanced away, refusing to speak.

Mu Jiulu spoke somewhat helplessly.

“Didn’t you just say on the way that you liked me? Why are you now so hot and cold? Are you always this fickle?”

Gu Sui suddenly remembered something, his face becoming more embarrassed.

“Who… who said that? You misheard!”

Getting his period but thinking he was about to die and leaving last words sounded too uncool, Gu Sui didn’t want to admit it.

Mu Jiulu remembered that one of the methods she had searched for included distracting attention, so she persisted.

“Your memory is poor, but this king heard clearly. You can’t deny it even if you want to.”

Gu Sui glared at her: “I haven’t even settled scores with you yet!”

Mu Jiulu said “Oh”: “What do you want to settle with this king? This king kindly found an imperial physician for you, fed you water, isn’t that enough?”

Gu Sui felt his teeth itch with anger: “You, you…”

He was just angry, but he couldn’t argue with her about why she didn’t have periods when she transmigrated, while he got them when he did.

She doesn’t even remember now.

Gu Sui took the blanket as if it were her, kneading it into a ball and hugging it to his abdomen.

The slight pressure relieved some of the pain, making him feel a bit better.

“I’m not talking to you anymore!”

He said petulantly, but Mu Jiulu didn’t mind. After sitting down beside him, she chattered away.

“You say, at that time you thought you were about to die, yet what you thought of was to tell me you liked me and not let me marry anyone else. You really want to marry this king that much?”

Mu Jiulu thought to herself, if he admitted it, she would marry him tomorrow.

But unexpectedly, Gu Sui rolled his eyes and snorted.

“No way!”

He clearly wanted to marry her instead.

“Huh, is that so?”

Still saying no, fine, she’d see how long he could keep up this stubborn act.

The fish had already taken the bait, now she just needed to stay calm and slowly reel it in.

“Young Master, the medicine is ready.”

Sui Yu walked in carrying a tray, set it down, and poured the medicinal soup into a bowl, thoughtfully assisting Gu Sui to take the medicine.

“Ugh, it’s so bitter. I don’t want to drink anymore.”

His attention had long been diverted, and having drunk some hot water, Gu Sui wasn’t in as much pain as before, so he started throwing a little tantrum again.

Mu Jiulu frowned slightly: “Do you still want me to feed you?”

Gu Sui: “……”

He didn’t want to take medicine, but that was a kiss.

He hadn’t even won her back yet, how could he miss the chance for a free kiss?

Gu Sui lowered his eyes, his eyelashes blinking, calculating in his heart.

But he couldn’t be too eager either, otherwise she would definitely see through him. What if she took issue with it and made it harder for him to pursue her?

“I won’t drink it, and I don’t want you to feed me either.”

He said, turning his head away, his right hand pushing away the bowl in Mu Jiulu’s hand, perfectly embodying the word “difficult”.

Sui Yu spoke worriedly: “Young Master, you should drink a little.”

But Mu Jiulu simply took the medicine bowl and ordered.

“All of you, leave.”

The Regent’s aura was strong. Although Sui Yu and Yun Mu didn’t want to leave, Gu Sui didn’t ask them to stay either, so they could only withdraw with Yan Wu.

Only the two of them remained in the hall. Mu Jiulu blew on the hot steam rising from the bowl, the occasional clinking sound of the spoon stirring the medicinal soup could be heard.

Gu Sui felt his heart rate noticeably quicken. He spoke again.

Total word count of this book: 473,237 characters　　”I said I won’t drink it, so I won’t. Give up!”

Mu Jiulu directly sealed his unruly mouth.

Gu Sui didn’t expect the surprise to come so quickly. A moment later, he struggled slightly, and his wrists were immediately pinned above his head by her single hand.

The bitter medicinal soup was passed over, and Gu Sui was forced to swallow. At this moment, not only bitterness permeated his mouth, but also a hint of her sweet fragrance.

He greedily sucked while struggling.

His movements were originally small, and weakened by his physical condition, he couldn’t muster much strength. Mu Jiulu easily held him down, her eyebrows slightly raised.

After feeding him one mouthful of medicine, she took a second sip herself. Without giving Gu Sui any time to react, a new round of struggle began.

After five times, the bowl of medicinal soup was finally emptied. Mu Jiulu slowly rose and put down the medicine bowl.

Gu Sui, lying in place, felt somewhat unsatisfied, a glimmer of regret flashing in his eyes.

It was over so quickly, sigh.

***

She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!” (Female-dominant)

Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.

After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.

She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.

But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…

Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!

――

This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!

The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.

That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”

Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”

The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”

That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”

Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”

The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.

Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.

“She was originally a ‘she’!”

At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.

The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”