Naturally Precious

Shen Xuan watched from the side, and his stomach, which was not hungry at first, grew a bit of appetite.

He helped Bao'er fill a bowl full of rice, half more than usual, and Bao'er ate cleanly with meat and vegetables, nothing more than drinking a bowl of soup.But maybe she was in a hurry to eat, but Shen Ruiqing couldn't stand up easily, so she had to lie down on the table slowly.The little belly that was flat before was slightly bulging at this time, like a baby who was pregnant for one month.While rubbing it gently for himself, he tilted his head to look at his elder brother who was still eating.

Unlike him, Shen Xuan never eats in a hurry, even if he is very hungry, he will always look like the young master of the Shen family.He took a mouthful of rice and brought it to his mouth, chewed it carefully a few times before swallowing it, the action was very similar to when he gnawed Bao'er's earlobe before.

Bao'er didn't notice it, she was still looking at the other party greedily with her head tilted.Obviously it is also the face he faces every day, but he never gets tired of looking at it, instead he feels happy all the time.My heart suddenly started to itch, as if a kitten was scratching its paws.He blinked his eyes lightly, then suddenly straightened his body, picked up the chopsticks again and helped the man pinch a piece of fish cheek meat.

"Brother, eat more, you work so hard every day, your face is thinner."

The man was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.He nodded slightly, put the small piece of meat into his mouth, tasted it carefully before swallowing it, with a serious attitude.Shen Ruiqing watched from the side, and suddenly felt that picking up vegetables was also a very enjoyable thing.He didn't eat it himself, but he reached for the dishes with his chopsticks again, seeing Shen Xuan swallowing a mouthful of rice, he wanted to add some more food to the bowl for him.

Even if Shen Xuan was fed like this, she couldn't stand it.There was still the last morsel of rice left in the bowl, but there was a lot of meat and vegetables piled up.He sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to speak:

"Thank you Bao'er for your kindness...but brother really can't take it anymore."

"Eh?" Shen Ruiqing was still in a daze, and only realized after he said it, and stared blankly at the dishes on the table that she had almost filled.His cheeks flushed suddenly, he forgot that his elder brother would also be full, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to bury himself in the ground.

"Then...then stop eating...it's hard to hold your stomach! Ruiqing didn't...didn't do it on purpose. If you told me earlier, I wouldn't pinch..." He hesitated He wanted to explain, but he seemed even more stupid, aggrieved and at a loss like a puppy who made a mistake.Shen Xuan himself was already very full, so he simply put down the bowl and chopsticks, and gently rubbed his head.

"It's okay, Bao'er also likes big brother." Warm big palms stroked his head comfortingly, Xu felt his stomach was slightly distended, he paused again, and turned to pour a cup of tea.Seeing his movements, Shen Ruiqing quickly got up and moved the teapot over, poured a cup eagerly and handed it over.Shen Xuan said "thank you" again before drinking it.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

Bao'er thought it was the servant girl who was coming to clear the table, so she called "Come in" instead of her elder brother.The door was pushed open, but it wasn't the servant girl who came in, but the little servant Ah Fu.Seeing the Second Young Master, he hurriedly saluted, then trotted to the Eldest Young Master, and took out a package tied with leather paper from his sleeve.

"Back to young master, I bought all the small ones for you, even..." He almost whispered in Shen Xuan's ear, so even though he was sitting not far away, Bao'er still couldn't hear him clearly. What was said, he could only blink his eyes curiously.Shen Xuan lowered his eyes to listen to his report, and suddenly a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Put the things on the bedside cabinet. You did a good job. Go to the cashier to get the usual reward."

Hearing that there was a reward, the boy's eyes lit up immediately, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow to thank him.Bao'er was still sitting aside, Shen Xuan didn't want his obsequious appearance to stain his eyes, and drove him out before he knelt down.The boy was still happy in his heart, he put the package on the bedside table and went out.It just so happened that the servant girl also came in at this time, to clean up the table for the masters.

The servants in the mansion were quick on their feet, and they cleaned up the table in a short while, and left the bedroom in an orderly manner.There were only the two of them left in the room, Shen Ruiqing was a little curious, walked to the bed, sat down, and took the package in it.Although it doesn't look big, it's not light to hold, and feels like a book through the kraft paper.He was immediately excited, and wanted to see what books his elder brother would buy, so he took apart the pajamas while the man was in the cabinet.

It really is a book.

It looks like an ordinary storybook, they are all dark blue back covers, bound with cotton thread.But seeing those names, Bao'er was taken aback for a moment, and blinked in a particularly dazed manner.

""Secret History of Chunwei", "Su Nu Jing", "Fang Shu"?" He read a few book titles at random, not knowing what they were all for, and looked at Shen Xuan stupidly.Shen Xuan was taken aback by his reading, and immediately walked over quickly, holding down the book he was about to open.

"Huh?" Shen Ruiqing blinked twice again, "What are these? Is it a story about the emperor's spring hunting?"

Although he asked the boy to buy it back and planned to teach Bao'er about personnel, but seeing his innocent and bewildered appearance, Shen Xuan suddenly felt reluctant.However, Qi Pei's marriage proposal made him take back his reluctance, so he just pursed his lips and picked up Bao'er's hand.

"After the bath is over, big brother will take Bao'er to watch together, okay?"

This suggestion is also good. Just after taking a bath, you can lie comfortably on the bed and read a book, and you can go to sleep when you are tired.Bao'er tilted her head and thought for a while, although she still felt a little itchy in her heart, there was no reason to refuse, so she obediently agreed.The books were put back on the cabinet again, and there were many whose names were not even seen.He sneaked another glance, and finally followed his elder brother into the bathroom.

I don't know why, but today I wash very slowly.

As if every strand of hair had to be carefully washed, Shen Xuan sat behind him, patiently and gently massaged his scalp, and then kept scooping up water to rinse until the hair was like a waterfall Just hang down neatly.The water in the bathtub was very hot, and I would sweat a lot after sitting for a long time.Shen Ruiqing was almost cooked after being steamed, and when she finally came out, her legs and feet were limp, and she had to be supported by her elder brother.But bathing is also a matter of relieving fatigue. Although the body cannot lift up much strength, the spirit has recovered a lot, and I am not sleepy at all.

Shen Xuan was lowering her head to help him button his clothes.

Since it is pajamas, it is naturally different from the usual underwear, but made like a small gown, slippery.After the last button on his collar was buttoned, the man approved his clothes and tied the belt casually.

Each other's hair was already tucked half dry, even if it was draped directly behind the back, it would not wet the clothes.Shen Xuan checked again, and after making sure that nothing was left behind, she pushed open the door of the bathroom and got on the couch with Bao'er.

Shen Ruiqing's eyes were glued to the pile of books all of a sudden.

But he still remembered Shen Xuan's words that he wanted to watch it together, so he didn't go to get it without authorization, but went inside the quilt first.Shen Xuan's eyes paused on the book for a moment, and he was not in a hurry, but took out the balm from the cabinet first.Bao'er knew that he wanted to wipe his face, and as soon as he got on the couch, she took the initiative to sit in his arms and stretched her neck to wipe him.

"Why does it still smell like ointment... It's about to run out, Ruiqing doesn't like such a strong fragrance."

"It's all boiled from the best rose petals. Others don't even want it, yet you are so picky." He smiled helplessly, and tapped his brow, "I'm really not satisfied at all. "

"But this is the smell of a woman's home!" Shen Ruiqing was a little dissatisfied, and retorted in a low voice in his arms, reached into the jar, dug a spoonful, and then wiped it on the other party's body.The man didn't hide, he just let him wipe his face, and wiped Bao'er's little feet with the remaining balm.Perhaps it was applied too much, and there is still a sticky feeling between the toes.Bao'er was a little uncomfortable, and moved around for a while.

Shen Xuan smiled and put the balm back into the cabinet.

The stack of books was finally brought over, because each book was not thick, so it looked like there were not many.Bao'er was sitting in his arms, with her knees slightly bent, her head just resting on his chest.When he saw the book, he stopped moving his toes, and instead looked at Shen Xuan curiously.

"What kind of book is this? A new story?"

Shen Xuan lowered her head and gently kissed him on the cheek.His voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed to carry some other strange emotions.He blew into Bao'er's ear very ambiguously, which made the little guy's head shake.

"It's not a script..."

"What's that?" His ears were itchy, and he rubbed his head while asking him.

"You'll know when you read it later, but you have to be mentally prepared first." The man curled his lips and spread out the stack of books.Shen Ruiqing was a little dazed, not knowing why she had to be mentally prepared to read a book.But his attention was quickly attracted by this pile of book titles. Apart from the "Secret History of Chunwei", "The Su Nu Jing" and "Fang Shu" that he had seen earlier, there were actually many others——

What are "The Secret Book of Mandarin Ducks", "Fengyue Pass", "Flower Camp Jinzhen", "Memory of the Plum Garden", "The Goodness of Longyang", people can't understand what they are talking about at all.

Shen Xuan knew a little about it.

He glanced down at Bao'er, thinking that this was the first time he wanted to know these things, so he picked out a coloring book and put the rest aside.Seeing that she was finally going to study, Bao'er's eyes widened a lot.However, the man didn't open it as if he wanted to catch his appetite, but asked him again.

"Are you really ready? If you don't want to, you can watch it tomorrow."

"Is there anything not to look at?" Shen Ruiqing pursed her lips and raised her head in doubt.He just wanted to say that he was not even afraid of ghost stories, but the next second his lips were suddenly bitten.All words were blocked in his mouth, he could only be forced to whimper, and bear the delicate kiss of the other party.

After just one kiss, Bao'er couldn't even breathe.

He was just about to complain about the suddenness of the other party, but the book in front of him was flipped open, revealing the exquisite and elegant drawing on the first page.The picture was so straightforward that Bao'er was so frightened that she froze in place and forgot to blink her eyes.He didn't expect to see this at all, and his heart beat like a drum.

"Brother... this... what is this?" Shen Ruiqing blushed even though she didn't understand at all.

Shen Xuan was naturally much calmer than him. Seeing such a picture, she didn't show any emotion. Instead, she hugged him in her arms again, and tapped it lightly with her fingertips.Warm breath fell on Bao'er's cheeks, although her voice was soft, she couldn't hear a single word.

"This is... a gift from Duke Zhou."