"Wife, I'll go sleep at Afu's place."
"Why?" Lu Yu looked at him, puzzled. "You're already in pain, and walking back and forth will only make it worse."
"But... but this is considered unlucky. I shouldn't sleep next to you; you'll catch bad luck."
Lu Yu was completely speechless. What kind of reasoning was this?
"Don't worry, you won't. Just sleep soundly. This is all superstition. I'm a doctor, I'm not afraid of these things. Be good."
The word "good" once again persuaded Shen Xuan. He didn't want to sleep in a separate bed from his wife either.
Shen Xuan had slept a lot in the afternoon, so he wasn't sleepy at night. He lay on the bed, pressed against the wall, talking to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu pulled him back into her arms. "I already told you, those are superstitions. Why are you still avoiding me? Don't do this again, or else..."
Lu Yu lay on the bed and thought seriously, then blurted out, "Or else I'll kiss you until you're too scared to do it again."
Shen Xuan was so startled by this statement that he couldn't move at all, only his eyes blinked.
Lu Yu rubbed his stomach. "Alright, don't be nervous. I was just trying to scare you. I didn't expect it to actually scare you."
Hearing Lu Yu say this, Shen Xuan felt a little disappointed. After a long silence, he mumbled, "I wasn't scared." He then felt that his words might not have been clear enough, so he added, "I wasn't scared by you kissing me; I'm not afraid."
This time, he said it very seriously, his eyebrows furrowed as if he were concentrating, showing that he had thought it through carefully.
"Okay, I know you're not scared." Lu Yu, as if coaxing a child, rubbed his stomach again and lightly kissed his forehead.
Shen Xuan trembled all over, not expecting Lu Yu to actually kiss him. But the problem was, he hadn't moved around.
Seeing Lu Yu's triumphant smile, Shen Xuan pouted at her, expressing his displeasure.
This time, Lu Yu didn't let him off. She put one arm around his waist and held his chin, leaning in to kiss him. The kiss was brief and didn't deepen. After all, he was still on his period, and she was afraid she wouldn't be able to control herself, which would harm Shen Xuan's body.
Feeling Lu Yu's lips leave, Shen Xuan let out a "wuwu" and buried his head in Lu Yu's arms, refusing to come out no matter how much she coaxed.
"If you keep squirming like that, I can't guarantee what happens next," Lu Yu said in a low voice, her eyes full of desire.
This time, Shen Xuan was truly scared. He quietly withdrew from Lu Yu's arms, turned his face away, and refused to look at her.
Lu Yu chuckled softly, hugged Shen Xuan from behind, rested her chin on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, I won't do anything so beastly."
Lu Yu's lips seemed to brush past his ear, and the warm breath swirled into Shen Xuan's ear, making him shiver. He quickly turned around to face Lu Yu.
He didn't dare to retreat any further, afraid Lu Yu would kiss him again. Even just a kiss, without doing anything else, would make him feel uncomfortable.
Since he wanted to break this ambiguous atmosphere, he decided to change the subject himself.
"Wife, you still haven't clearly explained the difference between a pleasure house and a brothel to me this morning."
Lu Yu was quickly drawn into the topic. "A pleasure house is where men who possess skills perform their talents to attract people to watch. There are no unpleasant transactions."
"As for a brothel, it's what you're thinking," Lu Yu said, raising an eyebrow at Shen Xuan at the end.
"..."
"What am I thinking?"
"Oh, you still won't admit it. 'Then why did you go to a pleasure house to find another man?' Didn't you say that?"
"You!" Shen Xuan couldn't argue with her and lowered his head in annoyance.
His chubby cheeks reappeared, looking soft and feeling very good to the touch, as he had already experienced that morning.
"You're how old, and you still have baby fat?" Lu Yu said dotingly.
"What is baby fat?" Shen Xuan asked, confused.
"Uh... it means your face is as cute as a baby's."
"Then why is it called fat? I'm clearly not fat," Shen Xuan still didn't understand.
"..."
"It means the flesh on your face is evenly distributed, it doesn't look fat at all, just like a baby's face," Lu Yu said, racking her brains and finally coming up with an answer.
She never imagined that Shen Xuan would get hung up on this.
Fortunately, she hadn't mentioned "chubby cheeks" earlier, otherwise, would she have had to explain the origin of chubby cheeks to him? And then educate him on...
Seeing that Shen Xuan was about to ask more, Lu Yu quickly stopped him and changed the subject.
"You don't have to get up early to cook tomorrow. You're not feeling well, so just sleep in."
Shen Xuan knew she was concerned about him, so he nodded. Although he hadn't planned to get up early to cook for her tomorrow morning, since she had said so, he absolutely couldn't let her know.
Seeing Lu Yu yawn, Shen Xuan realized it was very late. He wasn't sleepy because he had slept during the day, but his wife must be tired.
"Wife, it's getting late, and you have to work tomorrow. Go to sleep early."
The next morning, Shen Xuan woke up earlier than Lu Yu. Seeing that Lu Yu was awake, he tucked the blanket around himself and pretended to be asleep.
What was he up to? Was he woken by pain?
Thinking of this, Lu Yu put aside everything else. "Are you awake because of stomach pain?"
Seeing that Lu Yu had discovered him, Shen Xuan stopped pretending to sleep and shook his head. He still lay stiffly on the bed, unmoving.
Lu Yu noticed something unusual and looked him up and down, suddenly enlightened. After all, she had experienced this before she transmigrated.
Afraid that Shen Xuan would be embarrassed, she decided not to mention it. However, she was worried that Shen Xuan, out of embarrassment, might use cold water to wash the sheets himself, so she decided to say something.
"Um, uh... you shouldn't touch cold water right now. If you need to wash, wash anything, make sure to boil hot water."
As soon as she said this, Shen Xuan's face turned red again, and he replied softly, "Got it."
Early that morning, the streets of Qimu Town were bustling with activity. Arriving at the medical hall, Lu Yu saw Gu Yitong craning her neck to look at the street, and the two young apprentices were also staring intently at the people on the street.
"What's going on today? You're all like this." Lu Yu casually put down her needle bag and followed their gaze to look outside.
"There are so many people on the street. What are you looking at?" Lu Yu asked, confused.
"Shh." Gu Yitong quickly covered her mouth and pushed her aside. "Move over a bit, you're blocking my view."
Seeing Lu Yu turn to leave.
"Come back!" Gu Yitong grabbed Lu Yu's clothes again and pulled her back.
"The new town mayor is taking office today, and everyone wants to see what the new town mayor looks like," Gu Yitong said with a serious expression.
Seeing that Lu Yu's expression hadn't changed, Gu Yitong pushed her away again, waving dismissively. "Forget it, forget it, you'd better move aside. You're ruining the atmosphere."