Jiangnan Gaiden - Capítulo 67
Shi Wuji originally planned to bring his wife and children to the ranch for a vacation, leaving all official business to Wuhen and Wujie, and enjoying a leisurely two-week stay with Leng Gang and his wife, Leng Ziyang, and Yu Niang. Huan'er especially wanted to learn to ride a horse, and this was a good opportunity to teach her. Unfortunately, Leng Gang discovered his wife was pregnant. Overjoyed, he also took the opportunity to check on Huan'er, who had just given birth six months prior. However, he discovered she was another month pregnant, ruining Huan'er's trip and dashing her hopes, leaving her extremely disappointed.
"It's all your fault! You're not allowed to touch me again!" She lightly punched her husband's chest.
Shi Wuji gave a wicked smile.
"I'll make it up to you, but I can't just not touch you."
This made Huan'er blush deeply. The current Shi Wuji really had no taboos when it came to speaking, and he dared to say even more explicit things than she did.
"Tell me, how are you going to make it up to me?" she asked cunningly.
He smiled.
“Three months ago, I sent Wuhen south on business. The main thing was that he bought a piece of land facing the lake in Hangzhou and built a resort villa for you. How about naming it ‘Yangliu Xiaozhu’? Because your other name is Yang Yiliu.”
She had only mentioned her real name once, yet he remembered it. "Willow Cottage"? Wait a minute, isn't that the name of the inn she stayed at in the 20th century? Facing a lake and filled with willows, its oldest dating back to the Song Dynasty! She gasped and exclaimed! Heavens! Could it be such a coincidence? What kind of unseen force is pulling all this together? If this force could be harnessed… then… could she do something?
"Huan'er?" Shi Wuji turned her dazed face towards him.
"Wuji, I love you so much!" she blurted out.
However, this only earned him a frown from Shi Wuji.
"Tell me your requests! But I won't allow anything that might harm your health."
He knew perfectly well that her sudden displays of affection were always purposeful.
Huan'er pouted.
"No, I want to go to Hangzhou now, okay? I want to see the gift you gave me, that unfinished house."
Shi Wuji initially intended to refuse. However, once Huan'er made up her mind, her persistent pleading was irresistible. She insisted on going, so the couple, along with their two children, headed south the next day, their carriage moving at a snail's pace.
Seeing her beaming with joy after finishing her task, Shi Wuji asked her affectionately:
"Now you're happy, aren't you!"
His wife returned his smile with a radiant smile, sweetly reciting words he never tired of hearing.
"I really, really love you!" She buried her head in her husband's arms. Ah! This chest was her eternal longing... What did she, an ordinary 20th-century woman, have to cross a thousand years to find her lifelong lover?
Thank you, whoever you are...
"What are you thinking about?" he murmured.
"How lucky I am to have met you."
"Likewise, likewise." He gently kissed her earlobe and whispered, "How lucky we are to have met each other."