The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

After returning from Miss Jiang's party, Huanhuan couldn't help but sketch out the image of the "mural" lady in his mind all night. Cheng and Xiangyue didn't want to say much, so Huanhuan could only imagine her based on the few words about the "mural" lady at the party.

What kind of lady is she? Huan Huan was very curious. She wanted to ask Xu Qu in person, but Xu Qu came back very late today and didn't even come back for dinner.

After a long time, Huanhuan had washed up and was ready to go to bed. Xu Qu finally came back. Huanhuan, who had prepared a speech several times in her mind, naturally turned it into a show of concern for Xu Qu: "Husband, why did you come back so late today?"

Xu Qu, who had just returned from an outing, looked tired and answered, "Today, my second uncle took me to the pottery workshop and asked me to watch the master craftsman make purple clay teapots. This was my first time there, and there was a lot to learn. I consulted the master for a long time, so I came back late."

"You haven't eaten yet?" he asked Huanhuan with concern.

"We've already eaten at the pottery workshop. Madam, don't worry. Go to bed early." Xu Qu hurriedly washed up while talking to Huanhuan.

After washing up, Xu Qu lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly. Seeing that he was so tired, Xu Qu felt embarrassed to disturb his sweet dreams with his little thoughts.

But she slowly lay in bed unable to sleep, and began to have some random thoughts. Earlier, when she and Xu Qu discussed why he chose her, she remembered that Xu Qu gave so many reasons for marrying late, but she never heard him mention that it was because of other girls, and she never thought about it that way.

In fact, it would be fine if Xu Qu said it out. What he is afraid of is that he has someone in his heart whom he cannot get, and he cherishes him so much that he cannot share him with others. That means he cannot let go and cannot get over it.

Could it be that he was so deeply in love that he would just give in to others? The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed. He even felt a little sad: Could it be that the reason we haven't consummated our marriage yet is because my husband has that "Mural" lady in his heart?

This thought startled Huanhuan. She sat up straight and looked at Xu Qu's handsome face in the dim light from the window. She blurted out, "My husband, is it because you have Miss Mural in your heart that you haven't consummated your marriage with me?"

Yes, she didn't know when it started, but she started to get used to expressing her true feelings in front of Xu Qu and when Xu Qu was not looking at her, because Xu Qu couldn't hear her anyway.

But as soon as she said this, Huanhuan was stunned - how dare she say such shameless words now? Then Huanhuan felt her cheeks getting hot, and she was so embarrassed that she grabbed the quilt and lay down with her back facing Xu Qu.

This action of hers probably disturbed Xu Qu, and Xu Qu also turned over. With a frightened look, she widened her eyes and hypnotized herself: "He can't see, he can't hear, because he can't see, so he can't hear."

After all this tossing and turning, I gradually felt sleepy and fell asleep without realizing it.

The next morning, when Huan Huan woke up, Xu Qu had already gone out. Xiao Yu was the only one in the room besides Huan Huan. Xiao Yu came over and said, "Miss, I have already fetched some water. You should get up and wash up too."

Huanhuan was full of worries. In fact, she had many dreams all night and did not sleep well. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "Where is my husband?"

Xiaoyu said, "I got up a long time ago and am now in the wing room preparing to have breakfast. Miss, you got up too late today."

Huanhuan was already unhappy, and she became even more upset after hearing this. She looked down at the red silk quilt covering her. The big double happiness characters and mandarin ducks on it seemed to be mocking her. She said dissatisfiedly, "Oh, this red color makes me upset. Xiaoyu, you know I hate red the most. If it weren't for the fact that I had to cover myself with red for my wedding, I wouldn't cover myself with this quilt! I like green, find me a green quilt."

"Okay, okay!" Seeing that she was slowly getting angry, Xiaoyu tried to coax her with words while she turned around and rummaged through the drawers to look for the green quilt.

After she finished washing up, she turned around and saw Xiaoyu standing in front of her with her head down. She said to her, "Miss, I have looked everywhere. Probably because the size of the quilt is made according to the size of two people, there are many colors, but there is only one quilt of each color. In other words, the only quilt in the house that your uncle is using is green. How about you exchange it with your uncle?"

"No need." Huan Huan said without thinking: "Since my husband likes it, let him build it. Let's go to the wing room."

When Huanhuan and Xiaoyu arrived at the wing room, Xu Qu had already finished breakfast. Seeing Huanhuan coming, he said to Huanhuan, "Madam, the time agreed with Second Uncle is almost here, so I didn't wait for you and had breakfast first."

She said slowly, "I am late. My husband, you don't have to wait for me. Go and do your work first."

Xu Qu was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and took out two purses and said, "This is what my second uncle gave me yesterday. He said that Sister Xiangyin had recently obtained some kingfisher feathers and used them to embroider purses for us. Madam, please pick one."

She slowly looked at it and saw two colors, one red and one green. After a little thought, she took the red one and said, "Give the green one to my husband."

Xu Qu said nothing, put away the green sachet, and went out with Youcheng.

The carriage sped along, and Xu Qu in the carriage held the sachet in his hand and did not move. Seeing this, Youcheng said tentatively: "Sir, why didn't you tell the young lady that you liked red? Or you can leave the red sachet in advance. It's better than this green sachet. Although it's not a hat, it always feels weird for a man to use a green sachet."

Xu Qu simply said: "As long as Madam likes it." After that, he put the sachet into his arms, closed his eyes and rested, without saying anything else.

After finishing her meal, Huanhuan sat in the house in a depressed mood, staring at the sachet, but thinking about the "mural" lady in her mind.

After looking at it for a while, she suddenly ordered, "Xiaoyu, get a food box and put some fruits from Qingfengzhai in it."

Xiaoyu was confused and asked innocently, "Miss, what are you doing?"

He slowly replied, "Go to my second uncle's place and find sister Xiangyin to express my gratitude."

Xiaoyu quickly prepared the food box as instructed, and then followed Huanhuan out of Xu's house and walked towards his second uncle's house. His second uncle's house was on the same street, not far away, so Huanhuan and Xiaoyu arrived there in no time.

Although this mansion was smaller than the Xu Mansion, it was fully equipped with kitchens, servant rooms, main rooms, auxiliary rooms, and side rooms, but there were obviously fewer servants than in the Xu Mansion. So seeing that they were the young ladies of the main house of the Xu Mansion, the servants in the mansion did not treat Huan Huan and Xiao Yu as outsiders. They were all busy with their work and no one went to Xiang Yin to report.

So when Huanhuan entered Xiangyin's room while calling her sister, she saw Xiangyin quickly hide the embroidery in her hand. But the sharp-eyed Huanhuan still saw the outline: it was a pair of lifelike mandarin ducks and a huge red bean.

Xiangyin was a little flustered. She nervously pressed her hands on the embroidered handkerchief, her cheeks flushed.

Seeing this, Huanhuan quickly said, "Sister Xiangyin, I brought some new cakes from Qingfengzhai. Come and try them."

Xiang Yin heard Huanhuan didn't mention embroidery, and thought that maybe she didn't see what she was embroidering just now. Then she gradually relaxed from her nervousness, stood up and walked to Huanhuan, bowed to her, and said, "Sister-in-law is here. Please forgive me for not being able to greet you."

He slowly took Xiangyin's hand and said, "Don't be polite. Your sister-in-law is not a stranger." Then he and Xiangyin sat down at the table.

Xiaoyu put the cakes on the table, slowly handed a piece to Xiangyin, and took one for herself. They both tasted the cakes with heavy hearts.

After swallowing a piece of cake, he slowly said, "Sister Xiangyin, I came to you today to ask for something."

Xiang Yin raised her head and said, "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to ask, just tell me. There is no need to ask for anything."

After a slow pause, he said, "Sister, do you know that your elder brother has a childhood friend named Miss Mural?"