Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Although Ye Xi knew that Liu Su's lie did not seem to arouse Pei Zhu's suspicion, she still did not recover. Ye Xi went back to her room and lay down directly. She was completely listless and was still shivering slightly even though she was lying on the bed covered with a quilt. Pei Zhu was worried about whether she had a problem with her body, so he asked, "Xi Niang, do you want to ask a doctor to come over?"

Ye Xi's face turned even paler when she heard this question. Fortunately, she was facing inwards and her back was facing outwards, so Pei Zhu didn't notice anything unusual about her. She said hesitantly, "No, I was just scared, there's nothing wrong with my body." She didn't dare to ask the doctor to come, fearing that the doctor would say something she didn't want to hear.

After hearing this, Pei Zhu silently took off his coat, lay on the bed, and hugged Ye Xi from behind. Ye Xi just lay on the bed without taking off her coat, which was not in line with Ye Xi's habit. Pei Zhu felt that Ye Xi was really frightened, and he didn't want to get to the bottom of it, but just wanted to comfort Ye Xi first.

"Xi Niang, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm always here." Pei Zhu hugged Ye Xi tightly. Pei Zhu simply thought that this was the first time Ye Xi encountered such a thing, and if Liu Su hadn't rescued her, the consequences would be unimaginable, so she was just frightened.

Ye Xi's heart was churning. She had never thought that she would suffer such an experience. Although she had not seen the other party, she could feel from the physical contact that the other party should not be a fat and wretched man. She was sure that the other party should exercise regularly, because his muscles were very strong and strong. What she was most worried about was the other party's identity, because if he was really the assassin who assassinated the Minister of War as she expected, and if he lost something, would it implicate the Pei family. She also didn't know what the lost object was so important. If it couldn't be found, the other party would insist that it was related to the Pei family, would the family be destroyed?

Perhaps she was too tired after being tossed around all afternoon, and Ye Xi fell asleep while thinking. In a daze, Ye Xi heard Pei Zhu calling her name and shaking her shoulders. She opened her eyes and looked at Pei Zhu in a daze. It was already dark, and a candle was lit in the room at some point. Pei Zhu's face was facing away from the light, so she couldn't see it clearly.

"Xi Niang, you had a nightmare and kept shouting 'no'. Seeing that you were very scared, I had no choice but to wake you up." Pei Zhu said gently. In fact, he got up after Ye Xi fell asleep, lit a candle, and then went to arrange dinner, especially asking someone to prepare some light food such as soup and porridge for Ye Xi, waiting for Ye Xi to wake up. But he didn't expect Ye Xi to have nightmares one after another. He didn't intend to wake Ye Xi up so soon, but when he heard that Ye Xi was getting more and more painful, as if she was trapped in a nightmare, he woke her up.

"..." Ye Xi didn't say anything, because she was still trapped in the nightmare. When she was woken up, she dreamed of Pei Zhu lying in her arms covered in blood. When she saw Pei Zhu talking to her, she realized that it was just a dream. She suddenly cried, stood up and hugged Pei Zhu who was sitting beside the couch, saying, "That's great, you're not dead."

Pei Zhu was stunned. Was she so scared because she dreamed that he died? Pei Zhu didn't know what to feel. She could only hug Ye Xi tightly and comfort her softly. After Ye Xi calmed down, he served her porridge and asked her if she needed a bath. Ye Xi didn't want to. She was worried that the marks on her body would be seen by Pei Zhu. Pei Zhu laughed at her and said she had become a sloppy pig.