It's terrible. Mr. Lu is too clingy.

Lu Ci's face flushed with embarrassment. "Then, let's go to the cemetery. We must go during the day, right?"

Xie Xingran: "If you want to go at night..."

"No, no, no, I don't want to." He denied it immediately before she finished speaking.

Fu Wan seemed to feel that this was not a good idea, and he carefully observed her expression.

"I'm sorry, honey. I'm not afraid of your family. I'm just, really afraid of ghosts and the dark."

[…If my brother-in-law were really here, he would definitely despise me. How can someone as timid as me be worthy of a wife?]

Thinking of this, Lu Ci pursed his lips and lowered his head, as if blaming himself for being afraid of ghosts and the dark.

Xie Xingran rubbed his head and comforted him, "Why apologize? It's not like you won't go burn paper for them. You're just afraid. It's no big deal."

After being coaxed by her, Lu Ciye's eyes became red again, "I'm just afraid that if they knew you married someone like me, they would..."

"What kind of person?" Xie Xingran interrupted him, sat down on the edge of the bed, cupped his cheek and shook it.

"Lu Ciye, aren't you the most narcissistic person? Why are you feeling inferior now?"

The most narcissistic person snorted and didn't answer.

Xie Xingran's heart shrank slightly. It turned out that when you love someone, no matter how outstanding you are, there will always be times when you feel humbled in front of that person.

"Lu Ciye, listen carefully. Not only are you sunny, funny, kind, and cheerful, you often provide me with emotional value. You're also incredibly powerful and capable, and you teach me to be a better person. You can also cook, drive, and clean. For someone like you, I must have burned incense in my previous life to have met you in this life..."

Seeing that the curve of his lips could no longer be suppressed, Xie Xingran also smiled.

"Are you happy now? If you want me to praise you, just say it directly. Why are you pretending to be so humble?"

Really, even if I can hear his inner voice, I still get deceived by him from time to time.

This person is here specifically to control her.

Lu Ci also threw himself into her arms, his eyes sparkling, his tone sweet:

"Wife, I actually have so many good qualities. Are you already in love with me?"

Xie Xingran lowered his head and looked at him, saying "hmm" softly.

Who doesn’t love the little sun?

It was warm, warming her whole body, without a trace of coldness.

"Hehe, I saw it a long time ago." He was not surprised at all, but smiled with his teeth showing: "Wife, I love you too, I love you the most, so..."

He blinked and continued, "Can we sleep together tonight? That is, would it be inappropriate for us to sleep in my brother-in-law's room?"

Xie Xingran chuckled, she was just teasing him, this room was not her brother's previous room.

Her brother's room used to be slept in by Sister Ayan, but now that they were reunited in the basement, she had locked up the room.

She now sleeps in her own room.

"Sleep peacefully, this is my room."

Lu Ci immediately rolled onto the bed and chuckled, "I'll sleep in this room every time I come here."

Xie Xingran spanked his butt: "Okay, go take a shower first."

Lu Ci also stood up and patted her on the butt before leaving.

Xie Xingran gritted his teeth, what a stingy guy.

After taking a bath, the two sat in the yard and looked at the stars.

"Wow~ Wife, the night here is so beautiful!" Lu Ci also tilted his head back, swung his feet, and sighed sincerely.

Xie Xingran paused his hand that was wiping his hair and looked up.

As the Ghost Festival approaches, the moon is almost full, and its silver light shines on the earth. The breeze blows the treetops, and the shining stars sway among the shadows of the trees.

The vast sea of stars not only embellishes the entire night sky, but also decorates the dreams of those who care.

Lu Ci is always like this, happy to see everything.

What seemed like the most ordinary scene to her in the past now seemed extraordinarily romantic with him by her side.

Grandma, brother, sister Ayan, I am very happy now, it’s a pity that you can’t see it.

A few stars twinkled in the sky, and Xie Xingran curled his lips and thought, I'll just pretend that you saw it.

"Wife~" Lu Ci also tilted his head back and called her.

Xie Xingran came back to his senses, hummed, lowered his head and looked at him, and the next second he heard his request:

"Kiss me."

"...Call me sister."

"Sister~ kiss me."

"Okay."

—

The next day, both of them got up late.

Just because I watched a comedy movie before going to bed last night, there happened to be a line:

Brother, don't be too wild!

After two seconds of silence, Xie Xingran couldn't hold back his laughter and burst into laughter.

She recalled the conversation between Lu Ci and the old lady in the evening, and realized for the first time that

The name "Lu Ciye" is too similar to the pinyin of "Lu Ziye" and is quite easy to mispronounce.

She laughed so hard she gasped for breath and asked him, "After all these years, hasn't there been a single person who's not good at speaking Mandarin who has pronounced it wrong?"

Lu Ci was also very depressed.

This was the first time someone called him by the wrong name. Some people might have noticed this before, but no one dared to joke with him.

"Don't laugh." He glared at her with a stern face, as if he was really angry.

But how could Xie Xingran be fooled by him?

I kept laughing and almost cried.

Lu Ci was so angry that he turned over and pressed her under him and started to touch her.

"To make you laugh, today I'll show you how wild your husband's ways are!"

When Xie Xingran wanted to resist, it was too late...

But she also holds grudges.

So when the sun came out this morning, you could see in the room that Lu Ci couldn't move his hands or see.

Xie Xingran originally thought that he would be angry or scared, but he was unexpectedly excited.

"Wife, are you going to do this to me so early in the morning? It's not impossible, come on~ ravage me as much as you want!"

Xie Xingran: ...

It's really a reward for him (╬??д??╬)

In broad daylight, she didn't want to do anything like that with him, so she finally let him go.

Lu Ci was also very disappointed, shouting that there was no need to pity this delicate flower of his, and that she could do whatever she wanted.

Only after she glared at him did he finally behave himself.

After a quick wash and breakfast, he took him to Uncle Zhang's field to pick vegetables.

For the rich, the countryside is a warm pastoral life, but for those who have endless farm work to do day and night, it may be an inescapable nightmare.

Vegetables alone were not enough for Lu Ci, who had learned cooking and was eager to cook for her every day.

Every meal must have at least one dish, one meat dish and one soup.

So after picking a few baskets of vegetables, they went to the street again to buy meat.

Xie Xingran allowed him to drive his flashy car to town, and the two of them took the bus.

It happened to be market day today, so the bus was incredibly crowded and the road was winding.

Fortunately, Xie Xingran used his body to block it, otherwise Lu Ciye, this delicate flower, would have been hit to pieces.

Lu Ci also stood there quietly, curiously watching some elderly people's backpacks, thinking that this tool was quite useful for carrying things.

As my eyes turned, I accidentally met the gaze of a man wearing a baseball cap.

The man had an unshaven beard and immediately looked away after their eyes met, as if he felt guilty, and raised his hand to press down his hat.

Lu Ci also became suspicious...

But until he got off the car, he didn't look at the man again, as if his previous suspicion was overthinking.

After getting off the car, Lu Ci also pulled Xie Xingran to the side of the road and stopped for a while. The man also walked towards a place without hesitation along with the crowd.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his solemn expression, Xie Xingran looked in his direction, but saw only his back, and he had no idea what he was looking at.

Lu Ci's heart slowly relaxed, thinking that it was because his wife was too beautiful that she attracted other people's attention.

"Nothing." He smiled and shook his head, then took her arm: "Let's go, I haven't been to the vegetable market yet, let me broaden my horizons."

Xie Xingran laughed. Only he could regard visiting the vegetable market as a way to broaden his horizons.

The market in the town was very lively, with huge crowds of people. On both sides of the road were mostly old men and women setting up stalls to sell vegetables.

Lu Ci also looked at these old people and couldn't help but feel pity for them.

He tugged at Xie Xingran's sleeve and said to her, "Let's all go to the street to buy vegetables from now on. Let them keep the ones from Uncle Zhang's fields for themselves."

Knowing what he was thinking, Xie Xingran smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Walking to a pork stall, Xie Xingran asked, "Boss, how much is this meat per pound?"

The boss looked at their attire, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "Young man, this meat was just slaughtered today, it's very fresh, 25 yuan a pound."

Xie Xingran pulled Lu Ci and left.

The boss said: "Hey, young man, let me sell it to you at a lower price. Twenty-three, twenty-three per pound."

Xie Xingran didn't even turn his head, but Lu Ci did look back. The boss was beating his chest and stamping his feet, as if he was annoyed.

His eyes were full of admiration, and he asked curiously, "Did he secretly raise the price? How much is it per pound?"

Although Lu Ci also learned cooking, he never went out to buy vegetables. He always chose the food and his aunt would deliver it to him early in the morning.

The auntie is an elderly person living in the old house, so you can use it with confidence and don’t have to worry about her embezzling the money for buying groceries.

But it’s different if you buy it yourself. You don’t know the market price and you don’t even know if you are being cheated by a black-hearted boss.

Xie Xingran used to buy groceries with her sister Ayan, and gradually she learned some market prices.

For example, pork is usually 19 yuan per jin here, but if it's all lean meat, it's yuan per jin.

Lu Ci also understood, but he was not indignant. After all, this amount of money was really nothing to him.

But he doesn't want to be a sucker.

After buying pork and some seafood, Xie Xingran started looking for a place to sell fish.

Lu Ciye: "Do you want to eat fish? Braised or steamed?"

Xie Xingran shook his head: "Let's braise it, but not today. The day after tomorrow is Ghost Festival. It's customary here to kill fish as a sacrifice to our ancestors, commonly known as 'fish half-son'."

"Huh?" Lu Ci's eyes widened as he asked, "Ghost Festival is the same as the Ghost Festival, right?"

Xie Xingran nodded, not understanding why he, a man who was afraid of ghosts, was so excited.

Lu Ciye: "Just now, when I was riding the bus, I saw a river next to it. Is there still a custom of releasing river lanterns and making wishes here?"