PDLP Chapter 178 You Are My Husband
Chapter 178 You Are My Husband
In the huge room, there were only her and Yun Ji.
Without feeling any unusual movement in her own abdomen, Nan Yingzhi knew that it was Yunji's stomach growling.
Embarrassed for him for a second, she scraped her nose and tried to ask naturally: "Are you hungry?"
Wanting to continue sharing his heart with Nan Yingzhi, Yun Ji shook his head stubbornly and in his heart he cursed himself for ruining the atmosphere.
Perhaps because he was extremely hungry, or perhaps because he felt his anger, his stomach began to ache. In an attempt to suppress the pain, he pressed it with his wrist.
The stomach was badly hit by its owner, and it was only slightly painful at first, but now it was hurting more and more.
Seeing that Yunji was feeling uncomfortable, even his usually straight back was slightly bent. Nan Yingzhi guessed that he might be suffering from heartburn due to hunger.
She reached out her hand, trying to take out the maltose hidden in her sleeve for her own emergency use, to give him some glucose to supplement his hunger.
Just as she touched the edge, she remembered Yun Ji's resistance to sweet things, and withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.
I almost forgot, this guy can't eat sweets.
Knowing that glucose is the source of life and that sugar can relieve hunger the fastest, Nan Yingzhi looked at his frowning brows and felt a little troubled.
It’s the middle of the night, where can I find something that can quickly replenish my energy without being sweet?
Thinking of eating something else, although the effect might be slow, it would at least be effective. She took the initiative to pat Yun Ji on the shoulder to give him a way out.
"Qingchuan, I'm a little hungry. Do you want to go eat something with me?"
Yun Ji felt so uncomfortable that he broke out in a cold sweat, so he just went along with it and said "hmm" to show his agreement.
Just as Nan Yingzhi expected, after receiving her order to "prepare some food", Lingfeng and Lingyu searched through all the drawers and cabinets but couldn't find any delicious food.
There was only one pancake on the table. The only thing to be thankful for was that it was quite thick.
During the march, Yun Ji had eaten everything to fill his stomach, and this small sesame cake could even be considered a delicacy.
but……
Glancing at Nan Yingzhi beside him, not only did he not reach out to grab it, he was also unwilling to relax his furrowed brows.
Recalling what Lingfeng said, that Yunji was extremely picky about food, not wanting to eat anything here or there, Nan Yingzhi broke the cake into two halves and handed him the larger piece.
"Just make do with this." She couldn't really praise the cold, hard biscuits to the heavens, so she took a bite and showed with her actions that she and he would eat together. "I'll make you something delicious tomorrow."
With the enticement of “Little Gardenia cooks it herself”, this large piece of sesame seed bun instantly becomes fragrant instead of being hard to swallow.
Being very hungry, Yun Ji stopped pretending to be a lady. He grabbed the edge of the pancake with both hands, lowered his head, and wolfed it down.
In fact, he was not hungry. Nan Yingzhi ate a little casually and then stopped moving. He just smiled and watched him eat.
"Eat slowly," she felt that the cake was dry, so she picked up the water bag and handed it to Yun Ji, "Drink some water, be careful not to choke."
Taught since childhood that "don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping", Yun Ji shouldn't have responded while chewing on a dry biscuit.
But he didn't want to let Nan Yingzhi's concern for him go to waste, so he raised his eyes and wanted to speak.
With something in his mouth and unable to speak clearly, he nodded and uttered a vague "hmm".
"Are you still hungry?" Seeing him nod, Nan Yingzhi handed over the remaining cake in her hand, "Then fill your stomach."
Suddenly she realized that the cake in her hand had been nibbled by her, leaving an obvious tooth mark. She was worried that Yun Ji would find it dirty, so she prepared to break off that piece.
Realizing something, Yun Ji stopped her movements, her eyes brightening up amazingly: "Did you bite this?"
"Yes, I'll break it off for you and you can eat it all... Hey, why do you bite this part?"
Holding onto her arm, Yun Ji swallowed the cake in his mouth, his eyes shining: "It smells good, better than mine."
Nan Yingzhi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry as she had never expected that Yun Ji would give such a high reward to a small piece of sesame cake.
"Aren't these and what you just ate made from the same pancake? Could it be that the chef's hands were shaking and he spilled all the seasoning on my side, leaving you with nothing?"
Yun Ji ate heartily with her help, and shook his head gently: "I don't know."
"I feel like it tastes just so-so," Nan Yingzhi was shocked at how fast he ate and thought, "You think it tastes good, is it just a psychological effect?"
After finishing the cake in a few bites, Yun Ji wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand: "What is 'psychological effect'?"
The towel used to pad the buttocks in the morning had just been washed and was hung out to dry, so it was not dry yet.
Nan Yingzhi picked up another handkerchief beside him and wiped his hands carefully: "Psychological effect means that your cognition of the real world is affected by your own thoughts.
"Such as 'eat bitter things as sweet, and sour things as salty'.
“In short, you think this cake is particularly delicious, probably because you like me, so you like the cake I bit as well.
"The vivid interpretation is 'It is not your beauty, but the gift of beauty'." (The Book of Songs, Beifeng, Jingnu)
"That makes sense." After savoring the aroma of the cake in his mouth, Yun Ji felt relieved and blurted out, "I hate other people's leftovers the most. They are covered with their saliva. How disgusting."
Nan Yingzhi paused as she was wiping the remaining biscuit oil from her fingertips.
Realizing that his words could easily cause misunderstanding, Yun Ji hurriedly tried to make amends, "But when I ate the piece of cake you left, I didn't find it unpalatable, I just thought it was particularly fragrant.
"So you're right. It's probably just some psychological effect."
Seeing that Nan Yingzhi didn't respond and just wiped her fingertips again, Yun Ji spoke awkwardly: "Xiao Zhizi, I hate others, but I don't hate you.
"In short, you are not someone else. I treat you differently than I treat others!"
"Oh," with the intention of teasing him, Nan Yingzhi put away the handkerchief and turned to look at him, "'I am not someone else', then who am I to you?"
As soon as they took out the sesame cake, Lingfeng and Lingyu were beside them, busy tidying up the bathtub and making the bed for Nan Yingzhi.
Listening to the prince and Miss Nan talking about this ambiguous topic, they looked at each other for a moment, understood each other tacitly, and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
However, Yun Ji did not buy their sense of current affairs.
Even though he knew they had tried their best to reduce their presence, he still couldn't show his naivety to Nan Yingzhi in front of people he knew.
"Ling Feng Ling Yu," realizing that his voice was already a little sweet, he coughed lightly to suppress the sweet taste, "You guys go out."
Anticipating that the prince and Miss Nan were going to do something that outsiders couldn't watch, Ling Feng Ling Yu said "yes" and quickly dodged.
Without them, Yun Ji couldn't wait any longer. He rushed into Nan Yingzhi's arms in three or two steps and spoke in a coquettish voice.
"Little Gardenia," Yun Ji said in a low voice, but with a serious tone, "You are my husband."
Being formally addressed as "husband" by him, Nan Yingzhi, who had been a woman for more than twenty years and whose heart was almost as silent as a dry well, was inexplicably touched.
It was like some sparks fell on a haystack, suddenly ignited, and burned to the horizon.
"Qingchuan'er," her heartbeat quickened and her breathing became heavier, "Didn't you say before that I'm not allowed to call you that before we get married?
"Why are you... so proactive today?"
"Before, you were not sure of your feelings, and I didn't want to tie you up." Yun Ji's face slowly turned red, as if ashamed and timid. "But now, it's different. I have become more selfish than before."
"Why do you say you are 'selfish'?" Hearing him blaming himself again like before, Nan Yingzhi rubbed the back of his neck affectionately, motioning him to stand up straight, "If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.
"What's wrong with thinking about yourself as long as you don't hurt others?"
"But, I didn't think about you, I was too vicious." Yun Ji didn't dare to look at her directly, his voice was as small as a mosquito's buzz, "I want to use the word 'husband' to tie you to my side.
"So that you can no longer have anyone else in your heart.
"I know that I am being too stubborn. You can hate me, you can scold me, you can even beat me like Dugu Yue did.
"Just, can you please not leave me?"