Detective in the Red Chamber

As soon as she crossed the threshold, a chill hit her face, Aunt Xue shivered, and felt a coldness on her chest, as she breathed, the chill went straight to her heart.

Immediately, he regretted not putting on the sable cloak.

But thinking that she was going to bed soon, she didn't go back to dress neatly again, but stretched out her hands to cover the ray of sky on her chest, bypassing the four seasons screen in front of the door.

"Auntie finished washing?"

Li Wan was in front of the bed, flipping through something by candlelight, when he heard footsteps behind him, he got up and greeted him with a smile, but he was still holding a painted booklet in his hand.

"Originally, I wanted to pay attention to one night, but it cost the second girl a lot."

As Aunt Xue said, she conveniently hung the towel on the shelf beside the bed.

You must know that this is not a later life. To be able to take a warm bath on a snowy night, the various expenses incurred are probably enough for ordinary people to survive the winter in their homes—not to mention anything else, just those few pots of silver. Frost charcoal is similar to burning silver.

Li Wan smiled and didn't say anything, seeing Aunt Xue clutching her chest and shrinking her plump body tightly, she knew that she was not used to the temperature in the room.

It's just that although the silver frost charcoal has no smoke, it doesn't dare to use more in the bedroom.

Therefore, he hurriedly welcomed Aunt Xue to the head of the bed, picked up a quilt and wrapped it around her body, and said: "Auntie warms up first, and I don't rush to sleep like this—I'm afraid I will ask you later help."

"Please help me?"

Aunt Xue had just gathered around the quilt, she couldn't help being taken aback when she heard this, and asked in surprise, "What can I help you with?"

However, Li Wan didn't answer her. Instead, taking advantage of Aunt Xue's surrounding the quilt and no defense on her chest, she stretched out her hand and rubbed her collarbone, and teased, "Auntie's skin is really white and tender. I'm afraid it's water. Hibiscus is not enough to describe."

Aunt Xue was a little itchy from being fondled, she giggled unconsciously and said, "What are you talking about, I'm already at this age, and I've developed a lot of wrinkles in the past two years, and in a few days, I'm afraid I'll become an old woman."

Originally thought that Li Wan must be comforted.

After Zeng wanted to hear this, Li Wan became silent, and stuck the painted booklet in his arms behind his back, sighing quietly: "That's right, how many years of good time will we girls have in this life? Once we miss it, And it won’t come back.”

Aunt Xue was taken aback for a moment, and then she saw that the painted booklet was Li Qingzhao's "Shu Yu Ci", she suddenly became aware again.

There was silence for a while, and just as she was about to say a few words to comfort her, she heard Suyun shout from outside: "Grandma, the water has been changed, do you think you should take a bath now, or..."

"Here comes."

Li Wan agreed, and took advantage of the opportunity to stuff the "Shu Yu Ci" into Aunt Xue's hand: "Auntie will keep it for me first."

Before the words fell, and Aunt Xue was not allowed to say anything, she hurried to the outside room.

Aunt Xue watched her figure disappear behind the Siji screen, and she couldn't help but sighed.

Subconsciously looking down, he saw that "Shu Yu Ci" was spread out in his hand, and what caught his eyes was "Slow Voice·Xun Xun Mi Mi".

"Looking and looking, it's deserted and desolate, miserable. When it's warm and cold, it's hardest to breathe..."

Whispering softly, Aunt Xue gradually became infatuated. When she heard a shout from outside, she realized that she had already stood in front of the window at some point.

Just as she was lost, she heard Li Wan urging outside: "Aunt, can you come out for a while?"

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Chapter 756 Night Talk [Part [-]]

[Second update, 2700 words, so it's a bit late. 】

Aunt Xue heard Li Wan calling her to go out, and remembered that she had said that she wanted to help herself, so she quickly collected her mood, left the "Shu Yu Ci" and hurried outside.

When I got to the outside room, I saw Li Wan standing alone in the living room where the mist rose, and there was no Suyun and other servants.

Unconsciously, Aunt Xue was a little puzzled. Seeing Li Wan like this, he clearly hadn't bathed yet. Could it be that she called herself out just to serve her in the bath?

This is not impossible, but why?

There must be a reasonable explanation for calling the elders to help take a bath for no reason, right?

Suspiciously, he took two steps forward, hesitating whether to take the initiative to ask what happened, but saw Li Wan tearing off the lace on his chest, half-truth and half-false distress: "I left some traces before, I really dare not let it go." Others saw it, so they had no choice but to trouble Auntie."

As he spoke, he unfolded his skirt left and right, revealing many bruises and red marks.

Aunt Xue was startled at first, and then two rainbows appeared on her cheeks.

If she was an innocent girl, she might be frightened by these traces, but what Aunt Xue saw in her eyes was the fierce scene of the fierce battle on the wall.

He couldn't help breathing heavily for a while, and even forgot to respond to Li Wan's request.

Seeing this, Li Wan didn't ask any more questions, and took off all the restraints on his own, immersed himself in the warm bathtub, and exhaled freely.

Aunt Xue came to her senses at this moment, picked up a bath brush hesitantly, dipped it in soap and spices, and began to scrub carefully from her shoulders.

Li Wan let out a few snorted breaths, and then slowly closed his eyes, and at the same time, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Back when Brother Lan was young and brought him by my side, I always felt that he was the one who left." He couldn't leave me, and when he grew up, he realized that it wasn't him who couldn't leave me, it was me, a mother, who couldn't leave him."

"It's better during the day, but at night, my heart is empty, and I can't fill it with anything."

If others listen to these words, they are just a few words of bitterness and complaints, but in Aunt Xue's ears, they feel empathy.

Thinking back to when her husband died, Aunt Xue devoted all her attention to her children, especially for the eldest son Xue Pan, she held it in her hand for fear of falling, and held it in her mouth for fear of melting.

At first, he made trouble everywhere like he was not stingy, but Aunt Xue was worried, and she hoped that he would be more sensible all day long, and that it would be best if he would get married and start a career.

But when Xue Pan got married and gained a decent official status, Aunt Xue's heart seemed to have been gouged out, and she couldn't fill the empty space.

Especially after Xue Pan married his daughter-in-law, the house was in a state of turmoil, which made her unwilling to stay in Zijin Street for a long time and rely on others all day long.

It is said that there are daughters and sisters by my side, but when there is no one in the middle of the night, it is inevitable to feel lonely.

Therefore, in the past two years, the husband who had been dead for many years with a vague face appeared in his dreams again and again.

When the dead ghost was still there, he didn't feel very happy.

But when I think about it now, it is sweet and astringent, lingering...

"ah!"

A cry of pain suddenly made Aunt Xue tremble, and she realized that she had forgotten the seriousness in a trance.

Sam Sam lifted the bath brush out of the water, not knowing what to say, suddenly saw Li Wan chuckle, and then hastily covered his lips, blushing.

Aunt Xue was baffled by her smile, and she couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "I was distracted just now, and it hurt you."

Li Wan shook his head, turned his eyes slowly, looked at the door and murmured to himself: "It's strange to say, I only asked him to be more ruthless, but now I can't bear even the slightest pain."

Aunt Xue naturally knew what she meant, her face flushed uncontrollably, and she subconsciously looked at the bruise.

For a moment, the two women were speechless, their eyes were blurred, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

After a long time, Li Wan asked seemingly casually: "How did Auntie spend her time when she was lonely in the past?"

According to her original intention, Aunt Xue should talk about the common distractions of women's families, so as to induce Li Wan to get back on track and stop being attached to adultery.

But after the many emotions just now, she really didn't have the interest to say these nonsense, so she shook her head: "What else can I do? It's just a matter of life and death. Even if you don't think about the relationship between husband and wife, you should always consider your children ——Wait a little longer, wait until Lang Geer is named on the gold list, gets married and has children, there will always be times when you will not be free!"

As he said that, he couldn't help showing some longing and anticipation on his face.

However, there is also some worry faintly.

After all, the daughter-in-law has been married for more than two years, but there has been no movement - you must know that she has given birth to two before, and there is absolutely no reason why she cannot conceive.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a wet hand reaching out to the corner of his eye and gently stroking it.

Aunt Xue subconsciously raised her head to avoid it, and looked at Li Wan with displeasure, only to see that Li Wan was hanging Bai Shengsheng's arms, with two wet fingers twirling lightly, as if he was pinching something.

"Yeah, I used to be like my aunt, always thinking about my children and grandchildren."

Li Wan stared at his hand, and murmured to himself: "But my heart is still... but there is still a piece of emptiness—after all, I am a mother, but I am also a woman of flesh and blood."

"Why do other husbands and wives follow suit, but I became a helpless widow just a few days after I got married?"

"How many times have I dreamed of that dead ghost, cried, laughed, and begged, but I couldn't get a single finger from him."

"Gradually he became blurred, and my heart became more and more empty..."

Aunt Xue listened to this murmured confession, her heart seemed to be grabbed by something, and she shrank inward tightly, but it was so empty that she couldn't reach the bottom.

She couldn't be more aware of that feeling!

However, when Li Wan changed the subject and said the phrase "until one day, I..." in a trembling voice, Aunt Xue still scolded in time: "Idiot! Don't forget that you are the young mistress of Rongguo Mansion, and more It's Brother Lang! Let's talk about Bao..."

In a moment of desperation, the name 'Baoyu' almost blurted out, but fortunately Aunt Xue still had some sense and changed her words in time: "Besides, even if that man is so good, it is impossible for him to form a husband and wife with you. Fame ruins Lang Geer's future!"

After a pause, she said sharply again: "I promised you to hide it from others, but you have to listen to me, and you must break it when you break it!"

Li Wan seemed to be stunned, and said nothing for a while.

But just when Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the long-handled bath brush, and was about to wash her body clean so as to end this embarrassing conversation as soon as possible, but Li Wan focused his gaze on her face again—to be precise, it was On the wet mark in the corner of the eye.

Seeing her staring at her in a daze, Aunt Xue subconsciously raised her hand to wipe off the wet mark, but before she put her hand down, Li Wan sighed again: "I thought Auntie was just being modest, but I just touched it." , I realized that there are really some crow's feet."

Aunt Xue's movements froze, feeling the slight wrinkle from her fingertips, and an indescribable feeling gushed out of her heart, like anger, shame, and sadness.

Although it was just a few inconspicuous fine lines, these days they became an indelible shadow in her heart.

The reason why I often talk about it is just to get a sentence of denial, so that the panic in my heart can be slightly relieved.

But the anxiety at the moment was mercilessly highlighted by Li Wan.

What this brought to Aunt Xue was naturally an incomprehensible shock to ordinary people.

But Li Wan's heart-wrenching words did not end, so she continued: "If after a while, Auntie really loses her youth, will you regret it?"

"regret?"

Aunt Xue asked subconsciously.

"Yeah, sorry."

A bit of confusion flashed across Li Wan's face, as if he was talking to Aunt Xue, and also seemed to be talking to himself: "When Hua is no longer, when Aunt Yi'er messed with her grandson, will she have some regrets, regretting herself? Didn't you put aside all concerns and be a woman wantonly?"

As she spoke, she gently stroked the red marks on her body, and her tone became more ethereal: "Even if it's only once, let the man I like, a real man of flesh and blood, fill in the emptiness..."

"do not talk!"

Aunt Xue suddenly let out a low growl, interrupted Li Wan's words, stared at her almond-shaped eyes and scolded sharply: "You are also well-educated, but why...how dare you say these words?!"

"Forget about this fallacy as soon as possible, or don't blame me for not being sympathetic!"

Saying that, he threw the long-handled brush into the bathtub, and entered the room without looking back.

Li Wan watched her leave silently, but he was relieved in his heart - according to Aunt Xue's usual meek temperament, if she hadn't become angry from embarrassment, how could she be so indignant?

Since she became angry from embarrassment, it meant that those words just now had actually touched something deep in her heart.

I just don't know who Aunt Xue was thinking about just now...

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Chapter 757 Morning Thoughts

Third watch, sleep.

It snowed heavily overnight.

Until dawn, it only weakened slightly, and it didn't really keep the clouds open to see the moon.

But the scattered snowflakes were clearly unstoppable, the boys and girls who had suppressed it for a long time, before Aunt Xue got up from the bed, she could hear the endless laughter like silver bells outside.

She subconsciously looked around, but saw that Li Wan's quilt had been neatly folded, and she had obviously gotten up long ago.

fair enough.

Aunt Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She tossed and turned until midnight last night, but she became more and more unsure of how to deal with Li Wan's fallacies.

Out of some incomprehensible thoughts, she didn't raise her voice to greet the servants, but silently got up, dressed and washed, but the commotion still alarmed Suyun who was on duty outside.

So, under the service of Suyun, she simply washed and washed, and then sat down in front of the dressing table.

Seeing that a glass mirror the size of a goose egg was inlaid on top of the bronze mirror, Aunt Xue couldn't help raising her eyebrows to look closely at the image in the mirror.

Even if she got close, there were only a few faint fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

But Aunt Xue couldn't help looking at it again and again, the more she looked at it, the more bitter she felt, it seemed that the lines as thin as hairs were actually hideous and terrifying scars.

At this time, another burst of cheerful laughter came in from the window.

The voice was delicate and clear, and it seemed that there was a youthful breath rushing towards the face, but when it fell into Aunt Xue's ears, there was a harsh taste.

She stroked the fine lines at the corners of her eyes with her hands, feeling increasingly melancholy and inexplicable. Suddenly, Li Wan's words last night seemed to echo in her heart again.

Will I regret it?

Aunt Xue originally thought that she could firmly deny it. After all, what she missed most in her heart was to be able to enjoy the family happiness with her children and grandchildren.