Chapter 231: Exams Over
Su Yaoguang stood guard at the doorway, watching the scholars come out from inside, searching among the many scholars for Brother Wangshu’s figure.
Wang Huanzhi came out first and spotted Zhang Yingdi beside Su Yaoguang at a glance. He hurried over with small steps, put his arm around her shoulders, and said, “Madam, I’ve finished the exam.”
Zhang Yingdi said softly, “You’ve gotten thinner.”
“Now that the exam is over, I have plenty of time to accompany Madam. Once we eat all the delicious food in the capital city, you’ll be back to normal in no time.”
“Don’t even think about it. Little sister won’t eat those random things with you.” Zhang Zhaodi said from the side, “She can only eat at home now. Things from outside aren’t reliable.”
“I know big sister is worried that things from outside aren’t clean and might affect the body if eaten, but it’s not like we’re eating out all the time. It should be fine.”
“You two adults have no problem with that, but does that little meatball have no problem with it either?”
“What’s the little meatball?” Wang Huanzhi was baffled.
Zhang Yingdi blushed, grabbed his hand and placed it on her belly, smiling at him.
Wang Huanzhi was stunned and stared blankly at Zhang Yingdi: “You mean…”
“Bookworm.” Zhang Zhaodi laughed, “You’re going to be a dad.”
“Madam…” Wang Huanzhi hugged Zhang Yingdi, his eyes full of excitement. “Really? Madam.”
Brother Wangshu had just walked out the door when he saw Su Yaoguang running over from opposite. He quickened his pace too.
“I’m starving. Got anything to eat?”
Su Yaoguang shot him an annoyed glance and took out the osmanthus cake she made herself from the basket she was carrying.
As soon as Brother Wangshu took it in hand, Chen Buyu reached out from behind and snatched the osmanthus cake from him.
“You…”
Zhong Chushan also ran over, snatched the basket from Su Yaoguang’s hand, and said with a smile, “Yaoguang younger sister, thanks.”
Before Su Yaoguang and Brother Wangshu could react, Zhong Chushan and several scholar friends divided up and ate the osmanthus cakes in the basket.
“You guys could at least leave a piece for Brother Wangshu.” Su Yaoguang said helplessly, “I made this for Brother Wangshu.”
“Today’s osmanthus cake is exceptionally sweet. Doesn’t taste like something bought from outside.”
“This is handmade by Yaoguang for brother-in-law.” Jiang Jing said from the side, “Yaoguang said brother-in-law suffered a lot these past few days, so she specially added a lot of honey. Today’s osmanthus cake is full of the sweet fragrance of honey.”
“Sorry about that, Brother Wangshu. You’ll eat next time. We helped you taste it first.”
Brother Wangshu was so angry he couldn’t stand it.
Su Yaoguang knew these people were deliberately teasing Brother Wangshu and said, “Alright, there’s still some honey left at home. I’ll go back and make some for you.”
Brother Wangshu looked at her aggrievedly: “Hungry.”
“I’ll take you to eat something right now.” Su Yaoguang pulled Brother Wangshu to join Zhang Zhaodi and the others. “Godmother, Brother Wangshu is hungry. I’ll take him to eat something first.”
“The one you made for Brother Wangshu…”
“Godmother, sorry, we ate it first.”
“Brother Wangshu can often eat food made by Yaoguang younger sister, but we can only snatch it this once. Brother Wangshu probably won’t get mad.”
Zhang Zhaodi laughed: “You bunch of cheeky monkeys, deliberately bullying Brother Wangshu again, huh? Fine, eat it then. It’s no big deal.”
“Thanks, godmother.”
Su Yaoguang pulled Brother Wangshu to go ahead, while the others returned to Peach Blossom Workshop.
As this group chatted and laughed on their way to Peach Blossom Workshop, a troop of soldiers on tall horses passed by the side.
The man riding on horseback looked majestic, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, exuding overwhelming presence. He spotted Zhang Zhaodi and the others in the crowd, glanced once, and his head stung with pain. By the time he tried to look again for that figure, they had already gone far.
“General, what’s wrong?” His trusted aide saw him stop, looking unwell, and asked with concern, “Is the head ailment acting up again?”
“No matter.” Su Rende said, “Training troops is urgent. Let’s go!”
Su Yaoguang took Brother Wangshu to stroll the market and ate some things at a stall. After returning home, Brother Wangshu went to bathe and change clothes, while Su Yaoguang made the bed for him.
Brother Wangshu walked in while wiping his hair and said upon seeing Su Yaoguang setting up a sofa beside it, “I’ll sleep here?”
“Godmother is watching closely and won’t let us sleep in separate rooms, so we can only add a sofa in the room. But don’t worry, I’ll sleep on the sofa, you sleep on the bed.”
Brother Wangshu was too tall for the sofa.
“Worry about what?” Brother Wangshu muttered.
“What?” Su Yaoguang didn’t hear clearly and turned to look at him.
Brother Wangshu walked over and lay down on the sofa: “I’ll sleep here!”
“Get up, your hair is still wet. Lying down like this will get it all wet.” Su Yaoguang patted his thigh once.
“Hiss…” Brother Wangshu sat up.
As he sat up, the clothes that were only casually wrapped around him fell loose, revealing his strong chest.
Su Yaoguang quickly turned away, avoiding the sight: “Put your clothes on properly. There are so many female relatives at home. It’d be awful if they saw you like this.”
“This is a new style. I don’t know how to wear it.”
“How is that possible?” Su Yaoguang turned to look. Seeing the new way of fastening the clothes, she frowned and said, “Who designed this thing? How did they make it so hard to wear?”
“Exactly, I’ve never worn this kind before, so I have no idea.” Brother Wangshu spread his arms, letting Su Yaoguang fasten the buttons for him.
Su Yaoguang avoided his gaze.
Brother Wangshu pinched her chin and turned her head toward him.
“How can you dress me properly if you don’t look at me?”
“I don’t need to look.” Su Yaoguang slapped his hand away, “Where’d you learn such rogue behavior? Did you go to some filthy place with those fair-weather friends?”
“I didn’t.” Brother Wangshu said, “Yaoguang, have you thought about me these past few days?”
Su Yaoguang: “…”
She’d been pretty busy these past few days.
Besides, he was taking the imperial examination inside. What was there to think about him for?
Brother Wangshu saw the change in her expression and his face darkened: “You really are calm as still water.”
If she truly didn’t understand romance, that would be one thing. But in her previous life, she was devoted to that Mr. Xiao, not like this cold and heartless attitude.
Why was it that with him, she found all sorts of faults?
Su Yaoguang saw him like this and knew he was about to get angry again.
She pulled him back and continued dressing him properly.
Brother Wangshu yanked off the clothes and stripped them directly.
“What are you doing?” Su Yaoguang covered her eyes.
“So hard to wear, I don’t want it.” Brother Wangshu said annoyed, “What’s the use of it being good-looking? It’s not fitted anyway. Something so unsuitable is just an eyesore to keep around. Better to replace a flashy but useless thing.”
Su Yaoguang saw his eyes red with anger, stripping off the clothes to change into another. From the looks of it, he’d run outside once changed.
She pushed him once.
She always had great strength.
With that push, he directly fell onto the bed.
Brother Wangshu: “…”
He was already huffing mad, and now he looked even more like a young wife full of grievance.
