Chapter 55: Promise [Proofreading]

Although Shaoxuan had forgiven her last night, he was more intense than usual during their intimacy. Even when she couldn’t take it anymore, he was unwilling to let her go.

“Ziliang… Wife…”

He spent the whole night whispering her name in her ear, his favorite thing to do during their moments of passion.

Before marrying him, she had no experience with physical intimacy. Although they had been married for some time, she still couldn’t handle his fiery passion.

Afterwards.

Si Qingyu looked at the deep night outside the window, then glanced at the person sleeping in her arms, her eyes filled with gentle affection. She slowly traced his delicate features with her fingers.

“Mm…” The person in her arms wrinkled his nose and hugged her tighter.

“Heh.” Si Qingyu let out a soft laugh and held him closer, gently patting his back. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, despite going to bed late, Si Qingyu still woke up very early. She prepared breakfast and brought it directly to the bedroom.

Seeing Luo Shaoxuan lazily glancing at her from the bed, she said, “Shaoxuan, I didn’t finish my work at the clinic yesterday, so I need to go earlier today. I’ve prepared your breakfast. You can eat it when you get up later.” Suddenly, she remembered yesterday’s events, “I will come back early today, for sure.”

Luo Shaoxuan leaned on the bed, wearing only his inner robe. He slowly twirled his dark hair with his fingers, his narrow, beautiful eyes exuding laziness and a hint of charm. He glanced at her coldly, “Don’t come back when I’m already asleep.”

Si Qingyu naturally knew he still cared about yesterday’s matter. She tugged at the corner of her mouth a bit unnaturally, “I won’t. I will definitely come back early today.” She said it with conviction.

“Hmph.” The person on the bed snorted coldly and sat up straight, “Bring me my clothes.”

“Oh, alright.” Si Qingyu nodded obediently, took his light purple garments from the screen, walked to the bedside, and handed them to him.

Luo Shaoxuan took the clothes and started changing right in front of her.

“Uh…” Si Qingyu was naturally used to this. She watched the man change clothes, scratched her face with her fingers, and hesitantly said, “Then, Shaoxuan, I’ll get going first?”

Luo Shaoxuan pulled the collar of his robe together, raised his eyes to glance at her indifferently, and continued to arrange his clothes, ignoring her.

Seeing his demeanor, Si Qingyu walked up to him, pulled him close, and kissed his lips like a dragonfly skimming the water before letting go, “I’ll be going now?”

The man seemed surprised by her initiative. He gave her a resentful look, stretched out a pair of jade-like arms, made even more fair by the purple robe, embraced her neck, and gave her a deep kiss.

Luo Shaoxuan released her, slightly panting, the corners of his eyes a bit red. His usually dignified face was unusually alluring and enchanting, his dark eyes deep as if enticing one to fall into a bottomless abyss, “If you come back late again today, I definitely won’t let you off.”

Although it sounded like a threat, the way he said it made Si Qingyu’s bones turn soft.

Si Qingyu discovered that after their marriage, she didn’t know if it was because her resistance to him had lowered or if his inherent charm had increased, but he always made her stare in a daze.

She swallowed her saliva, her eyes glancing at the bed on his right side, not daring to look directly into his eyes, “Mm, I will come back early.”

Only then did Luo Shaoxuan let her go. He got off the bed and walked to the tea table, looking at the table full of food. The corners of his mouth curved up in delight as he sat down and took a bite of a sugary pastry.

Mm, so sweet.

He was in an excellent mood. He glanced at Si Qingyu, who was still standing there in a daze, “Didn’t you say you were going to the clinic early?”

Hearing his voice, Si Qingyu finally reacted. She had been entranced. She clenched her fist, placed it against her lips, and cleared her throat, “Then… then I’ll get going first.” As she said that, she hurriedly opened the door. Just as she was about to step out, she paused, looked back at the man eating the pastry, “I’ll buy groceries on my way back today. If you get bored, you can read for a while. I… I will definitely be back very early.”

Luo Shaoxuan propped his chin with one hand, ate his breakfast in small bites, and nodded nonchalantly.

Only then did Si Qingyu leave.

Sitting at the table, Luo Shaoxuan steadily watched her back, his eyes seeming infatuated and lovestruck. He stuck out his pink tongue, licked the sugar crumbs off his fingers, and muttered as if talking in his sleep, “Very soon…”

……

Ever since Si Qingyu entered the town, the townspeople’s gazes seemed a bit strange.

They still greeted her as before, but their eyes always held a peculiar look, and she even caught several of them snickering.

But Si Qingyu couldn’t ask, so she could only head to the clinic with confusion and their odd gazes following her.

Zhao Sixi, who had arrived earlier than her, had been grinding herbs since early morning. Seeing her, Zhao Sixi’s face immediately lit up with a smile, “Doctor Si, good morning.”

“Morning.” Si Qingyu nodded slightly in response and walked to the medicine cabinet, taking out the account book she hadn’t finished yesterday.

She felt Zhao Sixi staring at her from the side. Si Qingyu furrowed her brows slightly and raised her eyes to look, “Why are you looking at me?”

Zhao Sixi stood up, wiped her hands on her coarse cloth clothes, walked towards her, her eyes fixed on Si Qingyu’s neck even more intently, tilting her head in puzzlement, “Doctor Si, you have such a big red mark on your neck from a mosquito bite. Do you want to apply something on it?” It looked very itchy.

Red mark?

Si Qingyu’s fingers touched her neck. Her skin was originally fair, making the red mark even more obvious.

Zhao Sixi quickly ran to the medicine cabinet, took out a small bottle from the hidden compartment, and handed it to Si Qingyu as if presenting a treasure, “Here, Doctor Si, quickly apply the medicine.”

Si Qingyu glanced at the innocent Zhao Sixi and took the medicine bottle from her hand, “Mm.” But she didn’t use it. After all, this thing couldn’t be rubbed off by medicine.

She finally understood why the townspeople’s gazes were so strange today. Their eyes were filled with ambiguity.

Si Qingyu sighed helplessly. That little ancestor must have deliberately left it when she was in a daze last night, intending to “take revenge” on her like this.

“Sigh,” she sighed helplessly again, but her eyes were full of doting affection.

“Doctor Si, aren’t you going to apply the medicine?”

Si Qingyu looked at the innocent girl and couldn’t tell her what it was. She could only go along with her intention, pour out some medicinal powder from the bottle, and casually rub it on her neck.

“…Doctor Si, you applied it in the wrong place. It’s on the right side of your neck.”

Si Qingyu’s hand paused slightly. Her fingers rubbed over the right side of her neck, then she put the bottle away and handed it back to her, “Alright, go and work.”

“Oh…” Zhao Sixi quietly took the bottle back. Actually, she wanted to say that Doctor Si didn’t rub it on the red mark, but seeing Doctor Si’s indifferent demeanor, she probably didn’t care.

Such a big mosquito bite and not feeling itchy, Doctor Si was really amazing.

Seeing Zhao Sixi still standing there in a daze, staring at her, Si Qingyu’s expression was calm, “Why are you still looking at me? Are you done with your work?”

“Huh?” Zhao Sixi was dazed, as if she had just reacted. She waved her hands repeatedly, “No, no, no, I just started.”

“Then hurry up and get to work.”

“Oh oh!” Zhao Sixi put the medicine bottle back and walked to the side to continue grinding the medicine. These past two days had been less busy, giving her time to grind the medicine. She had to finish it quickly.

Soon, the sound of the mortar and pestle grinding medicine came from beside her. Si Qingyu slightly curled her lips and started flipping through the account book.

Inside the clinic, there was no other sound except for the slow grinding of medicine. Occasionally, a cool breeze would blow in, so it wouldn’t feel stuffy.

The quiet and peaceful environment made people feel relaxed. Zhao Sixi, who was grinding medicine on the side, couldn’t help but yawn.

Si Qingyu glanced at her from the book, “What’s wrong? Didn’t sleep well last night?”

Zhao Sixi rubbed her somewhat tired eyes, scratched her head in embarrassment, looking honest and simple, “Not really. It’s just that when it’s too quiet, I can’t help but feel sleepy.”

She really was a monkey. Si Qingyu shook her head helplessly, “If you’re sleepy, go outside and stand for a while to refresh yourself.”

“No need, no need. I’m not that sleepy. There’s still a lot of medicine to grind.” With that, Zhao Sixi picked up the herbs again, threw them into the mortar, and started grinding.

Si Qingyu was naturally gratified to see her working so hard. She lowered her head and continued reading.

“Doctor Si~” The originally quiet atmosphere was broken by a coquettish voice.

The two people in the clinic raised their heads and saw a man wearing vibrant clothes and heavy rouge and powder on his face walking in, his waist twisting as if it had no bones.

Si Qingyu’s eyelids twitched slightly. It was the first time she had seen clothes being matched in such a way. The colors on his body could be described as dazzling.

The man twisted his waist and walked to the medicine cabinet, holding a pink handkerchief in his hand, slightly covering the corner of his mouth as he looked at her, his voice deliberately coquettish, “Doctor Si~”

Si Qingyu had been in this world for so long, yet she had never seen a man wearing such heavy rouge. She could smell the strong scent of rouge on him and suppressed the urge to cover her nose, an impolite gesture, “Sir, what discomfort do you have?”

However, the person across from her covered his mouth and giggled, swinging the handkerchief in her direction. A strong fragrance rushed towards her, almost causing her to take two steps back.

The man’s voice was a bit sharp, his coy demeanor unbearable, “This is the first time someone has called me that~ Doctor Si, you’re quite interesting~” He deliberately prolonged the ending of each sentence, yet his voice didn’t sound pleasant.

Si Qingyu’s face slightly darkened, “Sir, what exactly is your discomfort?”

Fortunately, the man could read her expression and knew she was probably impatient. Knowing when to stop, he gently stroked his waist, his eyes not forgetting to throw her a charming glance, “I have been feeling quite sore in my waist these past few days and wanted to ask Doctor Si to take a look~”

Si Qingyu closed the book with an indifferent expression and had him sit on the chair. She pressed his waist through his clothes, “Here?”

“Mm…” The moment her hand touched, the man tilted his head back and let out a moan.

Si Qingyu’s face instantly darkened. She withdrew her hand and coldly glanced at him.

However, the man showed no embarrassment, looking at her with what he thought was charm, “Doctor Si, don’t be shy~ I’m used to it~”

Si Qingyu didn’t need any further explanation. She walked back to the medicine cabinet and started preparing medicine for him.

The man looked at her in puzzlement, “Doctor Si, aren’t you going to examine me?”

Si Qingyu raised her eyes and glanced at him, speaking indifferently, “Sir, you are overindulging in desires. In the future, you should restrain yourself. No matter how good the medicine is, it will only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.”

“Sigh~” The man let out a sigh as if in distress and walked up to her again, “I am just a lowly entertainer in a brothel. How can I decide such matters~” He raised his eyes to look at Si Qingyu, who didn’t spare him a glance, and slowly shifted his gaze to her neck. The red mark was strikingly obvious.

The man giggled coquettishly, “It seems Doctor Si’s husband is also quite fierce~”

Si Qingyu ignored him and carefully packaged the medicinal herbs.

“If Doctor Si is willing, you can also come to our establishment to relax…” His eyes slowly moved to Si Qingyu’s chest, his gaze very turbid and unseemly, “I can definitely make you feel more pleasure than your husband~”

The man started speaking vulgar words. Compared to Si Qingyu’s indifference, Zhao Sixi, who was inexperienced in worldly matters, had already turned red, even her ears starting to blush.

Si Qingyu handed him the medicine package, her voice indifferent, “Take one dose a day and remember to restrain yourself.” As for whether he would listen or not, that was beyond her control.

The man took the medicine package and didn’t forget to throw her a charming glance before leaving, “Remember to come. When you arrive at the establishment, just ask for me. I am called Cai’er~”

The person beside the medicine cabinet slightly lowered her eyes, looking at the book, not knowing if she had heard or not.

Only when the footsteps left the clinic did Si Qingyu raise her eyes to look at Zhao Sixi, whose face was flushed red. She frowned, “Why is your face so red?”

Zhao Sixi didn’t know if Doctor Si had heard the vulgar words the man said or if she had heard them but didn’t care. Anyway, she couldn’t say it. She lowered her head, her ears on the side turning red as if they were about to catch fire. She mumbled, “It’s too hot…”

Hot?

She didn’t feel hot at all. Si Qingyu shifted her gaze back to the book and said indifferently, “A tranquil mind naturally cools.”