Lu Yu finally had time to turn her head and look at the person who had spoken. It turned out she had sprained her ankle.
Perhaps she was startled by the two people kissing? No matter the reason, she had startled her own beloved husband!
Lu Yu just watched him, with no intention of stepping forward. The main reason was that she couldn't move. Her own little husband was standing behind her, tightly gripping the back of her clothes, so much so that she couldn't pull away.
She had reason to suspect that by the time this person left, the clothes on her back would be torn to shreds.
"Truly! Truly scandalous!" The woman in front glared at the two people with anger, spat, and walked away cursing.
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"Don't you know about not looking at what is improper! I think you are—"
Just as Lu Yu was about to retort, she was tugged by Shen Xuan behind her, who softly called out, "Wife..."
"What is it? What is it?" Although Lu Yu wanted to argue with that person, her own little husband was more important.
Shen Xuan looked up, only daring to look at Lu Yu, not daring to glance around. Although Shen Xuan had changed a lot in the past six months, no longer as timid as before, being seen like this still made him a little shy.
When the person had walked further away, Shen Xuan finally released his hand that had been nervously gripping her clothes. He stepped forward slightly and spoke softly, "Wife, what we were doing in broad daylight was indeed not very proper. Let's go home."
Seeing her husband's nervous appearance, Lu Yu nodded very seriously, no longer teasing him.
As the night deepened, the feelings between the two grew even more intense.
"Brother-in-law is truly blessed to be pregnant with twins right away." Although Shen Xuan had accepted the fact that he couldn't get pregnant for the time being, seeing others pregnant, especially with twins, involuntarily revealed a hint of envy in his eyes.
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Lu Yu tilted her head and raised an eyebrow.
"Wife, don't worry. Although I'm envious, I will never do anything reckless. I promise!" Shen Xuan raised his arm, fingers together, placed them next to his cheek, and smiled ingratiatingly at Lu Yu with a face full of sincerity.
"The medical clinic should be very busy these few days, so I'll probably be back late tonight. You..."
"You don't need to wait for me to eat tonight." Before Lu Yu could finish speaking, Shen Xuan interrupted her, cleared his throat, and imitated Lu Yu's usual tone.
"Wife, why are you always afraid I'll go hungry? I'll find something to eat myself if I'm hungry, so don't worry! I won't starve." Shen Xuan pretended to pick up a pastry from the plate and exaggeratedly put it into his mouth.
The pastries in their bedroom were never absent. Lu Yu knew Shen Xuan liked pastries, so she would specially buy pastries from the pastry shop before returning home every day. The pastry shop owner knew them both well.
The owner's husband, Uncle Ning, particularly liked Shen Xuan. Every night, he would urge the owner to make another plate of fresh pastries, setting them aside specifically for Lu Yu.
"This is the last pastry for tonight. No more eating." The pastries disappeared from the plate at an extremely fast rate. Although they were talking the whole time, in the blink of an eye, the pastries on the plate were almost gone.
Although Shen Xuan loved sweets, his teeth were not good. Once, after eating too many, he had a toothache for several days, yet he still pitifully asked her for pastries.
"Ah?" Hearing Lu Yu's command, Shen Xuan wailed, protected all the pastries on the table in his arms, frowned, pouted, and finally blinked his eyes.
If Lu Yu hadn't been so familiar with Shen Xuan's tricks, she would have been completely fooled by his expression.
"Acting pitiful won't work. Give them to me quickly. I'll serve them to Xiao Yu and Xiao Xuan."
"They two can't eat that much." Hearing this, Shen Xuan didn't let go, but hugged them tighter.
The two kittens couldn't eat too many sweets. Although the sugar content wasn't high, each kitten could only eat one a day. There were clearly five or six pieces left on this plate, so how could they eat them all?
"They can't eat them, I'll eat them. In any case, you're not allowed to eat any more." Only on this matter could Lu Yu righteously refuse Shen Xuan and guarantee that she wouldn't be seduced by Shen Xuan's beauty.
Knowing Lu Yu's stance on this matter, Shen Xuan pouted, placed the plate on the table, turned back to the bed, and continued to pout, but his gaze always followed Lu Yu.
Seeing Lu Yu eat the pastries piece by piece until the plate was empty, Shen Xuan's eyes widened. He stood up and said angrily, "Why didn't you leave any for Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yu!"
"So my husband is still paying attention to me!" Lu Yu pretended to have just noticed, suppressed a smile, and winked at Shen Xuan. Her teasing look made Shen Xuan's brows furrow deeper, and his little face puffed up with anger.
She couldn't tease her husband too much, after all, those two kittens were what her husband held dear to his heart. She took out a small bundle from her arms and opened it in front of Shen Xuan. Inside were two pastries different from the ones just now.
"I bought these specifically for them. They don't have any added sugar. Too much sugar is not good for them either."
"Oh."
Handing the pastries to A Da, who was taking care of the kittens, Lu Yu hurried back into the room, chilled by the sub-zero temperature outside.
"Hiss, it's too cold outside." Shen Xuan, hearing the sound and seeing Lu Yu go out in a thin inner garment, muttered "fool." He stepped forward, placed a hot water bottle in Lu Yu's hand, and pulled Lu Yu to the brazier to warm herself.
"It's so warm. The end of the year is approaching, and the weather is getting colder and colder." Lu Yu sighed as she warmed herself by the charcoal fire.
"Who told Wife not to wear an outer garment when she went out? Serves you right."
"Who are you calling 'serves you right'? Who are you calling 'serves you right'? Hmm?" When Shen Xuan wasn't paying attention, Lu Yu unceremoniously put her not-yet-warm hands into his collar, smiling mischievously.
"Ah!" Shen Xuan was startled by the lingering coolness on Lu Yu's hands and dodged with a jolt, starting to playfully tussle with Lu Yu.
After they had their fill of fooling around, they sat on cushions, one behind the other. Lu Yu held Shen Xuan tightly in her embrace. Her soft husband in her arms was her tool for staying warm.
"Do you know the consequences of eating too much sugar?"
"What consequences?"
"Not only can it give you a toothache, but it can also make you stupid, old, turn your face yellow, and become a yellow-faced man!"
In reality, it wasn't that serious. Lu Yu just wanted to scare him, but she didn't expect him to take it seriously.
"Ah? Really? Then I won't eat it anymore."
Lu Yu was secretly happy, thinking that Shen Xuan had finally learned to control his sugar intake.
As for the fact that Shen Xuan not only didn't eat fewer pastries later, but even... alas, that's a story for another time.
"Are the students at the men's academy going on winter break?"
This suggestion of winter break was made by Lu Yu to Zheng Yu. As for summer break, it would also be implemented next summer.
Other towns had also gradually established men's academies. Although they were not large in scale, they had already shown initial results.
It was said that someone had already submitted a memorial to the imperial court, hoping to popularize men's academies. If it were truly approved by His Majesty, then the men of the world would take a big step forward.