Chapter 46 (2/2)

‘Shi Ning, are you alright?’ Pei Jin asked.

‘My chest hurts,’ Yan Shi Ning said. ‘My stomach hurts. My whole body hurts.’

Pei Jin ran outside to call Bei Dou.

Bei Dou gave Pei Jin a bottle of pain relief cream. Pei Jin ran to the bed and gently rubbed the cream on Yan Shi Ning’s chest wound. After she fell asleep, Pei Jin ran outside to ask Bei Dou about her pregnancy.

‘When will my wife’s chest wound heal?’ Pei Jin asked.

‘Two months,’ Bei Dou said.

‘Do I need to refrain from doing it with my wife while she’s pregnant?’ Pei Jin asked.

Bei Dou nodded his head.

‘When is it safe for me to do it with my wife?’ Pei Jin asked.

Bei Dou blushed but he realised it was a good opportunity to take a little revenge on Pei Jin. It was Pei Jin’s fault for turning into someone with a missing brain.

‘Fu Qing is a good place,’ Bei Dou provoked. ‘After your wife gives birth, her body needs time to recover. You can either choose to endure for a year or…’

Pei Jin angrily strode back to the bed while Bei Dou smiled… indeed ten years wasn’t too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Bei Dou knew it was safe for a husband and wife to do it together after the first three months of pregnancy but he wasn’t a fool to tell Pei Jin the truth.

Bei Dou was about to return to his chamber, but he bumped into the ‘calm’ maid.

‘Gentleman Bei, have you been to Fu Qing?’ Xiao Tu asked.

‘No!’ Bei Dou lied.

‘Then why did you say Fu Qing is a good place?’ Xiao Tu asked.

‘I heard it was a good place,’ Bei Dou lied.

Xiao Tu nodded her head. ‘I knew Gentleman Bei wouldn’t go to a place like Fu Qing.’

‘That’s right,’ Bei Dou said.

Bei Dou wouldn’t have gone to Fu Qing if Pei Jin didn’t force him.

‘I heard the food there is expensive,’ Xiao Tu said. ‘Gentleman Bei is a frugal person. Of course Gentleman Bei wouldn’t go there to eat expensive food.’

‘How am I frugal?’ Bei Dou asked.

Xiao Tu’s hand gestured at Bei Dou’s clothes. ‘Gentleman Bei, you wear the same black clothes every day throughout a year.’

Bei Dou was speechless. Who said he wore the same black clothes? He bought new clothes every year except it was the same colour and design.

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Short Side Story Two

Gentleman Su: Is that you Bei Dou? Why are you free to visit me today?

Bei Dou looked at the ceiling.

Gentleman Su: Did you come to buy the same black clothes?

Bei Dou: I… want to choose a different colour and design.

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End of Chapter Forty-Six