Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Although she didn't know what she had done wrong, Lin Sikou, who had always been tough in front of outsiders, was always the best at giving in when facing her husband.

Lin Xi held the person and sat on the creaking bed. In the dim light, she held Changsun Yan's face to look at his expression.

She thought that this man had bitten and hit her, and his face must be full of gnashing teeth. But who would have thought that as soon as she touched his cheek, she felt tears on her hands.

The northwest wind was strong. Changsun Yan could appear here in the deep frosty night. I guess he must have traveled day and night without stopping for a moment, so his current appearance was not very good.

Throwing aside his beautiful crown and gorgeous clothes, under the dim light, the eldest son of the Changsun family not only had disheveled hair but also wrinkled clothes.

His face, as fair and smooth as jade, was wrinkled by the wind and frost of the desert. His cheeks were stained with a rough red color, and his lips were cracked in several places. One could tell at a glance that he must have suffered a lot on the way here.

He had been spoiled since childhood, and after entering the Lin Mansion, Lin Xi spoiled him to the extreme. He had never touched cold water in winter, which was almost in line with the saying "open your mouth for food and stretch out your hand for clothes."

But now, for the sake of the person beside him whose life or death is unknown, he has traveled thousands of miles from the warm home of Beijing, trudging through snow that almost covers him, braving the biting cold wind, and appearing here in a dishevel.

Lin Xi had prepared a lot of words to act like a spoiled child and beg for mercy in her heart, but suddenly she couldn't say anything. Her nose felt sour and her throat tightened.

She stretched out her hand carefully and wanted to wipe away his tears, but she was afraid that her calloused hands would hurt him, so she could only use the back of her fingertips to gently wipe away his silently falling tears.

"Run...Stone."

Lin Xi only felt a sourness in her throat. The two words that she usually called out very smoothly seemed to have rolled on the tip of her tongue thousands of times before she could barely call them out.

Hearing her almost whispering call, Changsun Yan turned his face away gently, as if he didn't want her to see his miserable appearance, but his tears fell even harder, as if he wanted to hide all the fear and longing he had suffered in the past few months in his tears.

"Don't cry, it's cold and windy, your face must be hurting."

Seeing that he couldn't stop crying, Lin Xi turned his head, took out the handkerchief she always carried close to her body from her bosom, and gently wiped his tears.

“If you feel wronged, you can hit me or scold me, but don’t cry, it hurts your eyes.” Lin Xi wiped the tears from the man’s eyes and coaxed him in a low voice, her voice so soft that it seemed like water could drip out.

"Whoever hits or scolds you, just go and die. After I bury you, I will turn around and take Yu Nu to find another husband." Chang Sun Yan turned his face away again, saying angrily.

Yu Nu is their child. Although Lin Xi told an inhumane lie in front of Emperor Li, nothing is absolute.

After a few years, when it was confirmed that Changsun Yan had indeed recovered and Emperor Li no longer doubted his loyalty to him, a skilled doctor who specialized in treating this disease appeared in the capital. Naturally, the good news came to the mansion of Lin Sikou, who was eager to have a daughter.

"Yunu said that she only wants me as her mother. If you look for someone else, she might not agree."

Chang Sun Yan's words were harsh. If he met a narrow-minded wife, he would definitely be charged with cursing his wife and being restless.

But Lin Xi knew that he was just speaking in anger, so instead of getting angry, she smiled and continued talking along with his words.

"Besides, I miss you and Yu Nu in my heart, and I have no intention of dying. I will crawl back to the capital to cling to you even if I have to. Don't think of abandoning me and becoming the quiet widow of Lin Sikou."

Originally, it was Changsun Yan who cursed Lin Xi in anger, but now, hearing that she seemed to have no taboos at all and started to say unlucky words like "dying" and "widow", Changsun Yan became a little anxious.

"What nonsense are you talking about! It is said that a scourge will last for thousands of years. Who would like to be your legacy... Bah, bah, bah!" He stretched out his hand and covered Lin Xi's mouth, the fear and panic in his eyes were clearly visible.

"Okay, I won't say anything." Lin Xi held his wrist and kissed his palm. "I want to see Yu Nu get married and have a family, and grow old with you in this life."

As if pleased by the words "grow old together", Changsun Yan's shoulders relaxed, his expression finally softened, and he leaned into Lin Xi's arms as if he was letting go of all the strength.

"If you want to grow old with me, why do you always do things that scare me? There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in Lanzhou, how can you be missing a cavalry commander like you? Do you know that when I heard from the capital that you were trapped in the snowy plains and didn't know whether you were alive or dead, my heart was broken."

"Yu Nu cried hard in my arms. At first I thought, if you go, I will never live alone. Later I thought, if you are alive, I must see you, if you are dead, I must see your body. Even if I risk my life, I will bring you back."

"On the way here, I saw many people whose houses were collapsed by the heavy snow and who were displaced. If it were any other day, I would have asked people to help them. But when I saw them, I could only think of how they were under the supervision of the government and had sheds to live in, yet they were still freezing to the point of tears."

"What about you? Night raids require speed and light vehicles. You must have brought very little food and fodder. There is no shelter in the vast snowy plains. How on earth are you going to survive?"

"I didn't believe in gods and Buddhas before. Although I went with my father to burn incense and worship gods, I thought that they were just the solace that helpless people sought. But on the way here, I prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky."

"I beg them, no matter which kind of gods they are, as long as they can save my wife's life, then I am willing to spend all my wealth to repair the temple for them, rebuild their golden statue, and be a vegetarian for the rest of my life..."

Changsun Yan fell into Lin Xi's arms, and chattered on and on about what he had seen and heard, what he had thought and felt in the past few days. His tone was so calm, as if he was just telling someone else's story.

But Lin Xi could still sense his lingering fear from his trembling body, and she couldn't help but tighten her arms around him, but couldn't utter a word.

After a long time, Changsun Yan seemed to have said everything in his heart, and his voice gradually became lower. Lin Xi looked down and found that he had fallen asleep with his eyes closed without knowing when. However, his furrowed brows and trembling eyelashes showed that he was not sleeping well.

Lin Xi sighed softly, reached out her hand to lovingly smooth his frown, then pulled his cloak closer for him, and prepared to put him on the bed.

But as soon as she moved, she felt her sleeves tighten. She looked down and found that although Changsun Yan was asleep, his hands were still tightly grasping Lin Xi's sleeves, as if he was afraid that she would disappear in the blink of an eye like the flying snow falling into his palm.

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