My enemies became my companions

Chapter 61 Flowers Scattered in an Instant

At dusk, Chen Yi returned home.

When he opened the door, Yin Tingxue was not sitting in the hall as before. Chen Yi looked around but could not find the girl.

He felt inexplicably nervous, and then walked quickly to the study, only to find that the maid contract on the table was gone.

Did she finally escape?
Unable to find her figure, Chen Yi felt lost.

After a moment, Chen Yi smiled.

She finally escaped!

Chen Yi turned and walked out of the study.

He came to the hall and was about to push the door open and walk out, but suddenly stopped.

“…Are you looking for me?” A girl’s cautious voice came from behind.

Chen Yi turned around and saw Yin Tingxue walking towards him with tea in hand.

"Where have you been?"

Chen Yi asked.

"Here's some tea for you. Drink it."

The enemy held the tea high in front of him.

Chen Yi took the tea bowl, the tea and the soup were blended well. He glanced at Yin Tingxue's face and then drank the tea.

The tea flowed smoothly into her mouth. Chen Yi put down the tea bowl. She took the tea bowl and was about to leave, but Chen Yi grabbed her waist.
"Where is the maid contract on the table?"

Yin Tingxue shuddered, then raised her head to look at him:
"I…I'm burned."

"Oh, you wanted to escape? You were only halfway there when you thought of me coming back and there was no time to escape. You even took the initiative to order me some tea, fearing that I would pursue you... You really have a lot on your mind, little fox."

Chen Yi said this insidiously and held her tighter.

Yin Tingxue did not resist him, but leaned into his arms and said timidly:
"...I won't run away. I didn't touch anything else. I said...I will always serve you."

Chen Yi looked at her in surprise.
"Then why did you..."

Yin Tingxue lowered her brows, as if she didn't know how to answer him. She had always been afraid of him and would tremble in her sleep.

She knew that Chen Yi wanted her, so she only burned the slave contract and left everything else alone.
She wanted to give Chen Yi a reason, a reason to sleep with her and then treat her better after sleeping with her.

Perhaps, this was also her last... bit of excessive resistance.

Chen Yi hugged his enemy and said in a very calm tone:

"If you don't say it, it means you have agreed. Even if you really don't want to escape, you have burned the slave contract, which means you have already escaped halfway. To be honest, I have been waiting for this day to take revenge on you and make you cry."

Yin Tingxue looked at him shyly and horrified.

"Just wait patiently tonight. Even if you don't like me or hate me in the future, so what?"

Chen Yi joked.

He himself felt a little chilled when he said such cruel words.

To his surprise, Yin Tingxue trembled a few times, but did not struggle. She just shrank in his arms and said softly,
"…Um."

Chen Yi was stunned. She admitted it and confirmed his shameless words about asking her to sleep with him.

"…I've seen the hairpin you bought. It's very beautiful."

She trembled slightly, and took the initiative to speak in a soft voice:

"I'll try it later, and then I can wear my hair in a bun, like my mother."

She said words of relief, but tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt indescribably aggrieved and sad.

"Well... I'll help you with the dishes."

Chen Yi said as gently as possible.

After hugging her for a while, she gently pushed him away and took the tea bowl to wash. After washing the tea bowl, she came to the bedroom and saw Chen Yi sitting on the bed early, looking at her with a smile. She trembled, despair flashed across her eyes, but she also smiled at him gently.

Chen Yi was about to hug her, but Yin Tingxue poked his collar and whispered:
“…Can you buy me a bunch of candied haws?”

"Candied Haws?" Chen Yi was confused.

"Well, go buy some candied haws and then I'll take a shower. You should take a shower too, and then we can... have sex."

Yin Tingxue spoke in a very soft voice, as if she was afraid that he would refuse.

Chen Yi thought about it, nodded, and didn't ask any further questions.

Watching the man's figure go away, Yin Tingxue took a deep breath, then buried her face in the quilt. After curling up for a long time, she stood up and went to wash up in a daze.

When her mother asked her to do something she didn't want to do, she would always ask the servants to buy her a candied haws, just like taking bitter medicine is often served with candied tangerine peel.

Yin Tingxue wanted to eat a candied haws, bite off the crispy skin like she did in the past, and sip on the sour and sweet taste. The candied haws could not take away the bitterness of the pavilion, but at least when he kissed her... it would be a little sweeter.

This is just... a small consolation that a girl gives herself when she faces getting married.

After washing up, Chen Yi bought the candied haws. Yin Tingxue took it in her hand, carefully bit open the crispy skin and tasted the sweetness. At this time, she finally smiled happily.

She ate them one by one, and when Chen Yi came back from washing up, she still had two left.

"Want to eat?"

Yin Tingxue held up the candied haws and lowered her eyelids.
"Husband, let's... take one each."

It was the first time she called him husband. Chen Yi's heart trembled, but after a moment's pause, he smiled and said:

"What? Are you trying to play the conciliatory game?" Chen Yi was not polite at all. He took one of the candied haws and ate it slowly.

They both finished eating the candied haws almost at the same time. Looking at Yin Tingxue, Chen Yi took a breath and kissed Yin Tingxue on the forehead.

"…promise me…promise me three things."

I don’t know if it was because of fear, but Princess Xiang’s breathing became rapid, but she still mustered up her courage.

"Oh? What?" Chen Yi asked curiously. This time she didn't ask, but took the initiative to ask, "Go ahead."

Yin Tingxue gently stretched out a finger:
"Don't bully me from now on."

"No."

The girl froze.

Chen Yi looked at her playfully.

"No, don't humiliate me..."

The girl's voice was shaking.

"No."

"Why...why don't you agree to anything? How can you be like this..."

Yin Tingxue was panting, she trembled and murmured, tears in her almond-shaped eyes.

"Because you are my concubine."

With just one sentence, Yin Tingxue's words were blocked.

Yin Tingxue felt a little dazed after listening to these cruel words. She opened her mouth to say something but could not utter anything.

She was afraid of herself, but could only snuggle in her arms as docilely as possible.

Chen Yi knew this.

According to Dayu law, a concubine belongs to her husband's family and everything is controlled by her husband's family, so she had no right to make any demands from the beginning.

"There's one more thing, but you can tell me. Maybe I'll agree if I'm in a good mood."

Seeing her tears welling up, Chen Yi couldn't help but speak softly.

Yin Tingxue hummed, slowed down, took a deep breath, and begged:

"Don't...don't hurt me."

Chen Yi reached out his hand and gently hugged the flustered girl, resting his chin on her trembling shoulders.
"Do not be afraid."

After a while, Chen Yi reached out and undressed her.

Yin Tingxue had lost her mind and was cooperating in a disjointed manner.

The day of her wedding had arrived. When Yin Tingxue thought of this, her mind went blank and she became dazed, with tears streaming down her face.

In a daze, her thoughts were wandering, and she seemed to have returned to Yintai Temple, where she saw her younger self looking at her mother in confusion, asking about the origin of her name.

"Mom, why did you give me this name?"

"Doesn't it sound good?"

The mother put down the Buddhist scriptures and looked at her with a smile.

"It sounds good... but why listen to the snow? Why not catch the snow or watch the snow?... Listen to these... fleeting little white flowers?"

Looking at the falling snow, she liked the name very much, but she didn't understand why and looked at her mother in confusion.

“There’s Zen in this.”

"What is Zen?"

"Snow is a fleeting flower. When you look at it, you can only see its color. When you hold it in your hand, you will find that it is empty in an instant. But color is emptiness, and emptiness is color. Seeing what is empty is not emptiness, and seeing what is not is not appearance. This is Zen. You cannot catch it, you cannot see it, you can only hear it."

The mother explained it to her patiently.

"Mom... I don't quite understand..."

Those words were too profound for her.

"Then you just have to remember that snow blooms in an instant... blooms in an instant, and scatters in an instant."

The mother spoke softly, stroking her head. At this time, the man on the bed also stroked her. In a trance, the mother's figure seemed to overlap with him.

Yin Tingxue subconsciously hugged him tightly.

"That's right. How beautiful."

She sighed softly, just like she did when she was a child.
"Mother, snow...snow is a fleeting flower."

Then she calmed down.

She once listened quietly to the snow falling, and now she also listened quietly to the flowers scattering in an instant.

He came in...

It was like... the sound of flowers falling in an instant.

She heard it.

So... it is so sad!

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