Chapter 69 – The Final Chapter

The slightly shabby courtyard gate was pushed open from the outside, and Si Qingyu walked in, lugging big and small bags, somewhat dragging her feet.

She didn’t forget to remind the man behind her, whose eyebrows were filled with leisurely interest, a few words: “There’s a low threshold at the courtyard gate, be careful.”

The man’s body, which had been emaciated in the past few days, had also improved a lot. Except for his slightly thin chin upon closer look, everything else was fine.

He followed the woman leisurely, unlike her carrying big and small bags, with both hands empty, his gaze slightly curious as he looked around.

As soon as Si Qingyu entered the courtyard, she couldn’t wait to throw the two bundles in her hands onto the stone table. Without caring whether the stone bench was clean or not, she sat down at the table, slightly panting, took out the water bag from the bundle and took a few big gulps.

Seeing the man standing aside and looking at her fixedly, she wiped the water traces from the corner of her mouth and handed the water bag to him: “You must be tired from the journey, do you want to drink some?”

However, Luo Shaoxuan shook his head, took out a silk handkerchief and carefully wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, his eyes full of distress: “I told you to let me carry some for you, but you didn’t want to.”

Si Qingyu hooked the corners of her lips, took the silk handkerchief from the man’s hand and wiped her neck casually, then handed it back to him: “It’s okay, your body hasn’t fully recovered yet, you don’t need to worry about these trivial matters.”

The man pouted his red lips and mumbled: “I’m not worried about that, I’m worried about you getting tired.”

Si Qingyu smiled a few times, looking up at him with affectionate eyes, her voice gentle and pleasant: “I’m not tired, don’t worry.”

She didn’t know how enchanting her gaze was, that it could easily make people fall deep into it and unable to extricate themselves. Even a strange man could be captivated by it, let alone Luo Shaoxuan who loved her to the bone.

He seemed to be mesmerized by her eyes, his beautiful eyes gradually becoming hazy, his jade face flushed, like the sunset glow on the horizon, pleasing to the eyes.

His shy appearance was like a young boy experiencing love for the first time.

Unfortunately, Si Qingyu had no such amorous thoughts. She looked at the man’s flushed face with some strangeness and asked with concern: “Are you alright? Why is your face so red?”

As soon as the words came out, all the amorous intentions dispersed.

Luo Shaoxuan glared at her with some annoyance, sat down beside her angrily with his face turned to the side, his movements carrying a kind of silent language.

I’m angry, coax me.

But since it took a long time to get here, and now it was already dusk, Si Qingyu didn’t have time to coax him. She planned to take it slow and coax him after she was done with her tasks.

She picked up the two big bags on the table and said to him softly: “I’ll take the things back to the room. If you’re tired, go back to the room and rest first.”

“Hmph.” The man turned his face away, determined not to talk to her unless she coaxed him.

Si Qingyu was used to this. Ever since they got married, he had been like this, extremely delicate.

After putting the two bundles in the room, Si Qingyu walked out of the room rubbing her arms. Seeing that the man still wasn’t looking at her, she couldn’t help but press her lips to suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth.

She didn’t pay attention to the man either. She took a basin of water from the vat, picked up a wet rag, and began to wipe the bed curtains. Although she had wiped them some time ago, she still felt they weren’t clean after a few days, and it would be more comfortable to sleep after wiping them again.

When she had tidied up the room, the water was also used up. Si Qingyu picked up two wooden buckets and said to the man who seemed to have already solidified beside the stone table: “I’m going to fetch water, wait for me here. If you’re hungry, there are some dry rations in the bundle, make do with them for now.”

With that, Si Qingyu left the courtyard with the wooden buckets on her shoulder.

Only then did the man at the stone table turn his gaze to her retreating figure, the aggrieved look in his eyebrows seemed about to burst out, and his fingers kept tugging at the expensive fabric of his wide sleeves.

Just as the woman’s figure was about to disappear from his sight, Luo Shaoxuan finally couldn’t sit still anymore. He gritted his teeth and followed behind her.

Si Qingyu, who was walking in front, knew he was following, but she didn’t turn back to let him save face. She just led him around a few turns and drew water from the creek as usual.

As soon as she filled a bucket, her gaze was attracted by a small yellow flower at the edge of the creek. She glanced at Luo Shaoxuan, who was sitting on a big rock behind her with a forlorn look on his face.

She plucked the little yellow flower, walked up to the man and handed it to him, saying dryly, “For you.”

Hmm, it seemed she should say it more romantically.

The “romantic” Si Qingyu said again, “The flower is pretty, for you.”

Although her romance wasn’t romantic at all, Luo Shaoxuan, who also didn’t understand what romance meant, was extremely satisfied.

He tried hard to suppress the joy overflowing from the corners of his lips, tightly pursed his lips and took the flower from her hand, looking as if he was doing her a favor: “Then… then I forgive you.” Although he said that, his hand held the flower like a treasure, carefully holding it, as if afraid it would disappear.

Ah, how magnanimous, Si Qingyu thought.

Seeing that she had coaxed the person, Si Qingyu also breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around to the creek and filled the other bucket with water, then walked back with the wooden buckets on her shoulder.

Luo Shaoxuan followed behind her, his footsteps light and joyful.

This was the first time Zilian had given him a flower, it was really pretty.

By the time Si Qingyu had cleaned up the courtyard, the last ray of the setting sun had also disappeared from the horizon. She stood up and wiped the sweat, feeling much more comfortable in her heart.

When she turned around to call Luo Shaoxuan for dinner, she saw him sitting in front of the stone table, carefully placing the little yellow flower on top of the jade bottle she used to store medicine, which he had filled with water.

His careful and cautious manner, one would think he had obtained some rare treasure if they didn’t know better.

“……” Seeing this, the words that came to Si Qingyu’s mouth were swallowed back.

She shook her head helplessly, but also felt the scene a bit amusing, her eyebrows filled with doting and indulgence.

Si Qingyu took out a dessert box from the bundle, which contained all kinds of desserts they had prepared when they set out, and Luo Shaoxuan had also picked quite a few green grapes in the courtyard.