Spring Branches

Tang Asi couldn't stand the embarrassment, so he ran to the kitchen and brought back some pre-cut fruits for after-meal.

She placed the fruit plate in the center and said slowly, "...There are fruits here. Eat some first."

Lu Yichuan nodded, took a small tomato and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly.

Silence again.

If this matter was brought up, Tang Asi would not be able to lower her head and admit her fault. Last time they had such an embarrassing quarrel, she would not speak out no matter what. Now that it had happened, she was even more embarrassed to speak out.

So only Lu Yichuan could speak.

Tang Asi lowered his head and played with his fingers.

Lu Yichuang just sat there in a daze, not saying a word.

About five minutes later, Lu Yichuan cleared his throat, slowly turned his head to look at Tang Asi, and said, "These past few days... everything has been fine, you can relax."

I wanted to ask how you have been these days, but suddenly changed my words, because Lu Yichuan knew that Tang Asi must have been affected these days. She disappeared from this world overnight, so she must be in a bad mood.

After hearing this, Tang Asi's hand that was playing with his fingers suddenly stopped, and he slowly raised his head to look at Lu Yichuan, his eyes were misty and red, "...I..."

She was speechless.

I don't even know which sentence to start with.

No matter how I say it, I feel very sorry for Lu Yichuang.

"It's okay." Lu Yichuan stood beside Tang Asi, she hugged his waist and buried her face in it. A small cry came out.

"This is only temporary. I will send you back intact and let you become a shining one." Lu Yichuan said firmly.

Tang Asi sobbed, "I just feel so sorry for you. Your situation is much more difficult than mine... I'm... so embarrassed."

Lu Yichuan smiled, held her face in his hands, kissed her forehead gently, and coaxed her softly: "We are husband and wife, husband and wife are naturally one. Your business is my business, I am not wrong and you are not wrong. No need to apologize."

Tang Asi nodded gently, took Lu Yichuan's hand and sat down, saying: "I will repay you. I have owed you many times."

Lu Yichuan smiled, "If you really want to pay it back, then pay it with your body."

"Ah..." Tang Asi's face turned red.

The red spread from the forehead to the neck.

He pulled his hand out of Lu Yichuan's hand with force.

Slowly lowered his head.

Lu Yichuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He lifted her face and asked, "What's wrong? Are you shy?"

Tang Asi glanced at Lu Yichuan, then quickly lowered his head.

He bit his lower lip tightly.

Lu Yichuan narrowed his eyes: "Don't bite your lips."

Tang Asi said "Oh" obediently and released his lips.

Lu Yichuan lifted Tang Asi's face, forced her to look at him, and said slowly: "I'm serious, if you really feel embarrassed to do it here with me, you can pay it back with your body."

All the images of their past entanglement came to his mind like an overwhelming tide.

Those passionate love affairs, those repeated "I love you"s, and the feeling of being so tired that she couldn't even lift a finger, all reminded Tang Asi of the meaning of Lu Yichuang's words.

They are husband and wife now, so it is only natural for them to do that.

But when Lu Yichuang said it now, it sounded a bit pitiful.

Tang Asi felt a little uncomfortable, she owed him a lot.

"Don't say that." Tang Asi gently stroked Lu Yichuan's eyes: "I am your wife now, we are one."

After saying that, Tang Asi stood up, lowered his head and slowly kissed Lu Yichuang's forehead, then his eyes, then his nose, then his mouth, and finally stopped at his Adam's apple and bit it gently.

Lu Yichuan shuddered all over.

My lower body is hot and irritable.

He looked at Tang Asi with eyes full of lust.

His Adam's apple rolled up and down twice and he swallowed.

"Do you know what you are doing?" Lu Yichuang's words surprised even himself. His voice was very hoarse and his breathing was particularly rapid.

Tang Asi's breathing also became heavier, and he said, "I know."

"Then do you know what the consequences will be?" Lu Yichuang asked, pulling Tang Asi to sit on his lap and gently lifting his legs.

"..."

In an instant, Tang Asi's face turned red.

Redder than a ripe tomato.

She bit her lower lip tightly and didn't dare to look at Lu Yichuan at all.

In the quiet room, the only sound was the rising and falling heartbeats of each other, each one faster and more violent than the last, as if they were about to jump out of their throats.

When Tang Asi turned his head and looked elsewhere, Lu Yichuan looked at him sternly again.

"Why don't you speak? Huh?" Lu Yichuan raised his leg again.

Something was burning in my thigh.

Tang Asi lowered his head very low and said, "...you..."

Do you want it very much?

Tang Asi actually wanted to say this.

But she was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Lu Yichuan said with a naughty smile on his face, "Are you shy?"

Tang Asi didn't hide it and nodded: "Yeah."

Lu Yichuan still smiled: "What should we do then?"

Tang Asi took a long breath, raised his head and looked at Lu Yichuan, his eyes were firm, and he said sincerely: "Lu Yichuan, let's have a child."

Without the nervousness and shyness just now, Tang Asi now looked like a bright rose, radiating a sparkling light all over her body.

Lu Yichuan: Let's have a child. With a child, we can be considered even in this loveless marriage. I'm also repaying your kindness...

I don’t know why, but Tang Asi felt particularly uncomfortable at this moment.

It was as if a part of something that was sealed up was pushed down. I felt a terrible pain in my chest.

Lu Yichuan raised his eyebrows and became serious: "Do you want to have a child because you want to leave me quickly?"

Tang Asi's eyes turned red: "That's not the case."

"Is that so?" Lu Yichuan pressed on.

Tang Asi suddenly felt particularly aggrieved.

The useless man started to shed tears and sob down his spine.

What is that like?

This is what Lu Yichuan said. She wanted to leave him as soon as possible, and didn't want to slowly sink into this transactional marriage. If so, she wouldn't be able to bear it when they separated.

Seeing Tang Asi just keeping his head down and not saying anything.

Lu Yichuan held her face in his hands and asked softly, "I really want to know the reason, Xiao Si."

Her tears fell harder and harder.

Lu Yichuan raised his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes, and then said, "Don't you want to answer?"

"..."Tang Asi still didn't speak.

Lu Yichuan nodded, "I understand, Xiao Si."

Then, Lu Yichuan picked up Tang Asi and put him on the sofa.