Chapter 1159 - 841: I Am Not Well
One night of fierce wind and heavy rain, a good dream returned.
Although it was a good dream, good dreams are easy to wake up from. Shang Ruyi was sleeping drowsily and felt a pair of eyes tenderly gazing at her. That gentle gaze even penetrated into her dream.
She was always very sensitive to sights like this, but being watched by such gentle eyes, she couldn’t quite wake up; instead, she sank deeper into the dream. Yet, after a while, a tickling sensation came from her earlobe, to her cheek, and finally to her lips, as a pair of calloused hands gently caressed her.
"Huh...?"
Shang Ruyi furrowed her brows and let out a puzzled murmur.
The hand paused for a moment and then brushed against her cheek again, the palm, slightly sweaty, was very warm and finally brought Shang Ruyi back from the chaotic dreamscape. She struggled for a while and slowly opened her eyes to meet a pair of gently smiling eyes.
It was Yu Wenye.
He was lying beside her, not knowing how long he had been awake, and a big hand softly covered her face.
Shang Ruyi pouted slightly and said displeasedly, "What are you doing?"
She wasn’t fully awake yet; her voice was sticky and carried a hint of unintentionally adorable awkwardness. Yu Wenye’s breath tightened for a moment, but he immediately suppressed the flame that should have been extinguished, coughed a couple of times to clear his throat, and said, "Time to get up."
"Hmm?"
Shang Ruyi murmured again, but this time she was more awake.
She suddenly remembered that today was the Crown Prince Yu Wenqian’s wedding day, and they needed to leave the palace to attend the wedding banquet at the Crown Prince Mansion.
Thinking this, she immediately lifted her head from the blanket and struggled to look outside, muttering, "Is it late?"
Her sudden movement let in a lot of cold air under the quilt, causing her to shiver. Yu Wenye frowned, embraced her, and wrapped them tightly with the blanket, then said, "Why the rush? The banquet is in the evening; we leave in the afternoon. It’s not late."
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Coming back to her senses, she found herself tightly embraced, almost seamlessly close to Yu Wenye, feeling his chest rise and fall with each breath, making her own breath become irregular.
The chill that had just seeped in was instantly driven away, replaced by the scorching warmth radiating from his body.
Shang Ruyi’s face suddenly felt a bit flushed.
She wanted to struggle, but her limbs were tightly locked by him, and this warmth against her skin made her mind clearer, immediately reminiscent of last night — when they were entwined, inseparable, like two parts of a whole, hard to distinguish where one ended and the other began.
Her face started to heat up gradually.
And with their bodies so closely pressed together, Yu Wenye almost instantly felt the little woman in his embrace shudder. He lowered his head, looking at her flushed ears, smiled slightly, and said, "Why are you blushing?"
"..."
"You’ve already given me a child, and still shy?"
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi immediately lifted her head and glared at him.
But with her flushed cheeks, her bright eyes lacked intimidation, instead becoming even more alluring due to the indescribable charm that had come with post-childbirth.
She didn’t realize this, only grumbling, "Who’s shy?"
"Then why is your face red?"
"I—"
She still wanted to say something but didn’t know how to start, only feeling her cheeks burning hotter, and even hotter was the hand holding her, gently caressing her waist. Shang Ruyi shuddered all of a sudden, looked up at Yu Wenye with a flickering gaze, hesitant to speak. Yu Wenye sensed something too and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Shang Ruyi bit her lower lip, after a while, she softly asked, "Am I really getting fat?"
Hearing this, Yu Wenye’s lips twitched slightly.
He hadn’t expected that after a whole night, this little woman still remembered this issue — he almost never noticed whether she was fat or thin, even last night when she brought it up, he was just focused on her bright, clear eyes, and the warmth of her soft body in his arms. Now hearing her mention it again, he paid a bit of attention and looked down at her.
A woman who has had a child would naturally not be completely the same as before.