Chapter 430 - 238: Shopkeeper, Your Bed Is Broken, Get Us a Better One
A faint smile appeared on Su Liyan’s face as she watched him sleep so soundly.
Su Liyan hadn’t slept well last night. Her mind had been filled with his image, and she was worried that he wasn’t sleeping well.
"Honey, it’s time to take your medicine." Su Liyan called softly to Lu Yuan. Looking at her deeply sleeping husband, she smiled faintly and teased, "You’re such a little sleepyhead~"
Lu Yuan could clearly feel his wife sitting right beside him, but he was too drowsy to open his eyes.
Lu Yuan’s right hand snaked out from under his quilt, reaching toward where he guessed his wife was.
In the darkness, Su Liyan could see him perfectly and took his hand in hers.
Lu Yuan’s hand was ice-cold.
’The lingering poison in his body must still be taking effect.’
Su Liyan took off her cotton slippers and lay down.
Beneath her fur coat, Su Liyan wore only a cotton nightgown.
Lying on her side, Su Liyan snuggled close to Lu Yuan and guided his hand underneath her fur coat.
"Honey, let me warm your hand for you~"
In his daze, Lu Yuan could feel the warmth and softness in his palm. ’It’s the two large globes on my wife’s chest!’
With his eyes still closed, Lu Yuan squeezed firmly. The more he squeezed, the more vigorous he became, and he started to feel much more awake.
When Lu Yuan opened his eyes, he saw his wife sharing the pillow with him.
"Honey, what are you doing here?" Lu Yuan asked groggily.
"And you ask?" Su Liyan said gently, giving him a peck. "You’ve been squeezing for over ten minutes. You must have worked up a sweat by now, and you’re only just waking up."
Hearing Su Liyan’s words, Lu Yuan didn’t stop what he was doing.
’Indeed, what man would be willing to let go of a feeling like this?’
Su Liyan continued, "Honey, it’s time to get up and take your medicine!"
Lying on his side, Lu Yuan didn’t want to move. "Honey," he said, "feed me."
This time, Su Liyan truly understood. She only needed to hear Lu Yuan say the words to grasp his true meaning.
Su Liyan placed the emerald-green Elixir in her mouth and then proactively passed it to Lu Yuan’s lips.
Lu Yuan didn’t forget to sneak in a lick.
’Even now, he was still thinking about taking advantage of his wife.’
’No! She’s my wife. It’s not taking advantage, it’s flirting!’
Su Liyan half-rose, grabbed the water from the bedside, and drank two mouthfuls, keeping the third in her mouth.
As for why she only half-rose, Su Liyan was afraid his arm wasn’t long enough for him to hold onto what he wanted.
Su Liyan fed the water in her mouth to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan washed the Elixir down with the water she gave him.
This time was different from the last.
When Lu Yuan took the first Healing Pill, the Silver Needle hadn’t yet been removed, so the poison on it was continuously corroding his body.
Most of the first Healing Pill’s efficacy was spent counteracting the toxicity of the Silver Needle.
Although Lu Yuan had collapsed and remained unconscious for some time, his life had been saved and his internal organs protected.
This time, however, the Silver Needle had long since been removed from his body.
The second Elixir’s effects could be fully dedicated to healing Lu Yuan’s internal injuries and clearing out the residual poison.
Just ten-odd seconds after taking the Elixir, Lu Yuan felt that his body had already recovered to about ninety percent.
The effects of this Human Level Middle Level Healing Pill were no joke.
’Step right up, step right up, don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Take a look, feast your eyes! This little pill can cure heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes...’
Under the effects of the medicine, Lu Yuan instantly felt much more clear-headed.
Lu Yuan glanced at the darkness outside the window. The sky couldn’t even be called pre-dawn.
Then he looked at his wife, wearing her fur coat with only a thick pink nightgown underneath—it didn’t even have straps.
’Like mother, like daughter. Both Su Liyan and her mother have a thing for pink nightgowns.’
’And as it so happens, I have a thing for pink, too!’
It was not yet dawn and all was quiet. Lu Yuan scooted further into the bed to make room. "Honey," he whispered, "don’t go back to your mother’s room to sleep. Just take a nap here, or we could whisper for a while."
Lu Yuan, of course, had ulterior motives.
Seeing that he had recovered so well, Su Liyan’s heart was finally at ease. She really hadn’t slept well all night, constantly worried about him.
"Okay, whatever you say, Honey," Su Liyan said softly. She took off her coat, placed it on a stool by the bed, and then smoothly slid into Lu Yuan’s arms.
Lu Yuan held his wife, patting her back. "Honey, I’ve missed you so much!" he said.
Lu Yuan and Su Liyan held each other close. Neither of them felt sleepy in the slightest, as if they had an endless stream of secrets to whisper to each other...
"Honey, if we’re just going to talk, why are you undressing me?"
"Let me adore you for a while..."
"Mhm... Honey, just be careful. Don’t overexert yourself."
Seeing that his wife had agreed, Lu Yuan reached for something on the bedside cabinet.
"Honey, what are you looking for?" Su Liyan asked, confused.
’He never looked for anything when they did *this* kind of thing before.’
In this era, there was basically no such thing as contraception.
In truth, there was nothing on the bedside cabinet. Lu Yuan was just pretending to search for something.
Lu Yuan retrieved a few Talismans from his System Space and held them in his hand, pretending he had just rummaged them out of the bedside cabinet.
Lu Yuan flicked the Talismans in his hand to the four corners of the room.
"Honey, what are you doing?"
"Shh. The rooms at the Post House aren’t soundproof. I’m doing this so we don’t disturb your mother’s rest."
"You’re always so thoughtful, Honey."
Lu Yuan’s hands started to get restless, but Su Liyan had already anticipated his mischief.
Su Liyan’s heart went out to Lu Yuan. Seeing how much he desired her, she couldn’t just leave him high and dry, could she?
So, Su Liyan eagerly responded, matching his every move.
The young couple had incredible chemistry. Lu Yuan found Su Liyan’s eager cooperation deeply satisfying.
Just how cooperative was she?
Let’s put it this way: Lu Yuan didn’t even need to speak. In the pitch-dark room, all he had to do was give her large snake tail a little SLAP.
Based on the strength of his Palm Force and the direction of the slap, Su Liyan would know exactly where to move her tail or how to coil it around him.
And if Su Liyan wasn’t in her ancestral reversion state, Lu Yuan would only need to give her perky rear a little SLAP.
And she would know just which way to arch it.
Now that’s what you call chemistry!
It was a level of chemistry that many couples fail to achieve even after years, or even decades, together.
Lu Yuan and his wife battled until dawn. By the time they were done, the wooden bed slats had cracked, and the four legs of the bed had splayed out completely.
「After sunrise.」
Lu Yuan and Su Liyan began to get out of bed and get dressed.
The two chatted in the room as they dressed and groomed themselves.
"Honey, you have to attend court today, so make sure you look presentable!" Su Liyan said as she smoothed the wrinkles on Lu Yuan’s Official’s Robe.
He had only worn this Official’s Robe a few times during their trip to the Imperial Capital; on normal days, it stayed packed away at the bottom of a chest.
"Daughter, Son-in-law, are you up yet?" Su Liyan’s mother called toward their door, worried that her son-in-law would be late for his first-ever morning court.
Su Liyan replied, "We’re up, Mother!"
A few minutes later, Lu Yuan and Su Liyan emerged from the room together.
"Mother!" they both called out in unison.
"Yes~" Su Liyan’s mother answered with a long, drawn-out sound. "Son-in-law, you’d better hurry. The men are waiting for you at the top of the stairs."
"Alright, Mother," Lu Yuan replied and headed for the stairs.
Su Liyan wanted to walk him a little further, but after just two steps, her mother pulled her back.
Su Liyan’s mother looked at her daughter’s flushed cheeks and knew exactly what had happened in the room.
’That girl... she goes to give him some medicine and still finds time to fool around. But I didn’t hear a thing. Was I really sleeping that soundly?’
Wanting to confirm her suspicions, Su Liyan’s mother pulled her daughter closer. "Daughter, did you and your husband... you know... this morning? You can’t go tiring him out."
"Mother~ what are you talking about!" Su Liyan denied flatly, her face beet red.
"Still trying to fool me?" her mother said. "I’m old enough to know better. I can tell just by looking at your face."
Seeing she couldn’t hide it, Su Liyan whispered, "Mother, we just... did a little. Nothing too strenuous."
Just as Su Liyan was explaining, Lu Yuan’s shout came from downstairs.
"Shopkeeper! Your bed broke! Get us a new one!"