Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 28.1
The moonlight shone around the beams, and the two looked at each other.
Shen Zhen stood there helplessly, biting her lower lip.
Lu Yan looked at the apprehension and trepidation overflowing in her eyes and suddenly felt more and more irritated.
Is she so afraid of him?
Didn’t he treat her well?
Didn’t he pay off her debts, protect her safety and settle her family? Lu Yan believed that he had done everything he could do for her..
But the more he thought about it, the more he would recall what she looked like when he caught her at the city gate and forced her to submit on the ninth day of tenth lunar month.
How unwilling and reluctant she was.
Thinking like this, his adam’s apple moved slightly, and his chest seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, making it difficult for him to breathe for a while.
He rubbed the ring on his finger hard and repeatedly and the scratched fingertip began to bleed again.
As if the pain could make him calm down.
At this time, Shen Zhen quickly picked up the handkerchief on the side.
Although she didn’t know why he was unhappy, the wound still had to be treated.
Shen Zhen was without makeup and her long black silky hair hung down behind her. As soon as she leaned closer, he could smell her scent.
That faint fragrance that smelled so good.
He unconsciously reached out his hand and rubbed her hair.
After she wiped him clean, she raised her head and whispered to him: “My Lord, don’t exert any more force.”
He responded hoarsely.
It was just a temporary affair and a short-lived extramarital affair. he thought.
Seeing that his expression softened, Shen Zhen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, she followed him silently and lay beside him.
Since he had been away for the past two days, she had habitually slept on the inside. Now that she had suddenly changed her position, she felt a little uncomfortable.
The more she wanted to sleep, the more she couldn’t sleep.
After a while, Shen Zhen raised her hands to pull down her ears, tuck down her hair, and then flipped over, thinking she was being very gentle.
After going back and forth several times, the man beside her with furrowed brows was completely awakened by her tossing and turning.
“Are you going to sleep or not?” His voice was cold and calm, with no discernible emotion or anger.
At this moment, Shen Zhen happened to be lying facing him. Lu Yan turned his head, and their eyes met again.
“I can’t sleep.” Shen Zhen whispered. Admittedly she tried really hard to sleep.
Lu Yan rarely asked her in a rare conversation tone, “Why?”
Shen Zhen looked at him and opened her mouth, but still couldn’t speak.
Seeing her hesitant expression, Lu Yan couldn’t help but raise his brows.
While he was recalling her sleeping position when he entered the house just now, he also glanced at the dark-colored satin beneath her body that she had brought from Chang’an.
Suddenly he asked: “Shen Zhen, is it because of the change in the bed?” Some people are indeed like this, not to mention a change of bed, even if the position was changed, they will not sleep well.
Otherwise, why is she always sleeping inside?
After what he said, Shen Zhen looked embarrassed.
After much hesitation, she had no choice but to nod.
Lu Yan didn’t expect that she was sixteen and still had this habit, so he couldn’t help but ask: “Then how did you sleep before?”
Shen Zhen stretched out a finger, made a square sign, and then said: “I originally prepared a soothing sachet for myself, but this time I was in a hurry and forgot to bring it…”
Needless to say, this seemingly innocuous sentence is tantamount to throwing a huge boulder on a calm lake.
A man as proud as Lu Yan, never imagined that his woman would need soothing incense to fall asleep1(prolly it means that she doesn’t feel secure next to him or something??).
Shen Zhen saw that his face did not look good, so she said in a very low voice: “My Lord, please go to sleep, I won’t make any noises.”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yan felt like he was choking in his throat neither closing his eyes nor opening them. He only felt that the center of his eyebrows was throbbing together with his temples.
He sat up, turned around and moved her inside and said in a deep voice: “You can sleep inside from now on.”
Shen Zhen looked at him in astonishment.
In fact, she has had a problem with sleeping in bed since she was a child. When her mother was still alive, she warned her that she had better change this habit as soon as possible, or else when she got married in the future, she would not be able to sleep properly.
But the momos around her spoiled her and Qingxi also spoiled her. Seeing that she refused to change her ways, one by one they all tried to cover up for her, as if no one wanted her to grow up…
Thinking of this, her eyes couldn’t help but darken again, and she whispered: “But this is against the rules.”
Lu Yan curled up his index finger and tapped her forehead, “Rules are made by people.”
The candles went out and the room became dark again.
After changing positions, her breathing soon became even.
Lu Yan glanced sideways at her, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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Before dawn, Lu Yan had put on his clothes and finished washing.
Tangyue was dozing at the door. When she saw Lu Yan appear at the door, she immediately stood up straight and said, “Master, do you want to have breakfast?”
“No need.” After saying that, he hurriedly left Heron Garden.
