Chai Shao, emerging from the outhouse, stomped his feet vigorously as he walked. The commode the brat had made was comfortable to sit on, but his legs went numb after sitting for too long!
As he entered the courtyard, he heard a group of people vomiting.
What happened?
He quickened his pace, wanting to see what was going on, but was instantly engulfed by a wave of stench.
That smell...
Ugh!
In an instant, the entire back courtyard of the Duke’s mansion became a lively scene. Even Li Baoju and Yulu, two maids drawn out by the retching, quickly joined the vomiting ranks.
Only Chai Yue, who had begun sleeping separately from Fang Er due to her growing belly, was spared. Due to her pregnancy-induced drowsiness, she hadn't woken up yet, and her room was a little further from Fang Er’s, so the potent smell hadn’t spread there.
Fang Er’s mouth opened and closed like a dying fish, his eyes rolling back.
He couldn't even spit anymore.
Taking advantage of the slight calming of his stomach, he quickly retrieved a gas mask from the system warehouse and put it on.
He then took out a few more and distributed them to the others, thus ending the mass vomiting incident.
Brat, what did you make that’s so smelly! You almost sent this old man to his grave.
Chai Shao, behind the gas mask, looked full of lingering fear. He had almost passed out from that single whiff.
Mistake, a mistake!
Fang Er, thoroughly embarrassed, quickly asked Su Feng and two others to clean up the spilled canned soup.
He had been too dazed by the smell earlier to realize, but now it dawned on him that the military rations also contained herring in a can.
Damn it, was this prepared for interrogating prisoners?
The manufacturer was far too thoughtful, wasn’t he?
Fortunately, it was snowing, and the accumulated snow in the courtyard was nearly a foot deep. The soup and herring pieces landed on the snow, making cleanup relatively easy.
If this had happened in summer, the Duke’s mansion would have been uninhabitable.
After a cartload of snow was cleared, Fang Er took out a pile of air fresheners and sprayed them liberally around the courtyard.
He didn’t stop until the lemon scent managed to overpower the herring smell.
However, his efforts were ineffective in his room.
The warm indoor air caused the smell from the herring cans to permeate every corner of the room, becoming extremely potent.
The air was not circulating well, and spraying air freshener only made the smell even more unbearable, as if some chemical reaction had occurred.
Standing at the doorway, Fang Er cautiously opened his gas mask a little to take a whiff, and immediately sealed it back on.
Damn it, this room is uninhabitable!
He had to have everyone open all the windows to air it out slowly.
That night, he moved to a different room to sleep, shamelessly squeezing into Chai Yue’s room.
It was snowing outside, and Chai Yue hadn’t left her room all day, completely unaware of what had happened in the courtyard.
Seeing Fang Er, with his smug grin, hopping onto her bed, she blushed and looked at him: “Husband, please go back to your own room. You’ll crush the baby.”
“Not going back. I can’t sleep in my room. I’ll squeeze in with you tonight.” Fang Er quickly stripped off his clothes and crawled into the covers.
He took a deep breath and then exclaimed, “It smells so good!”
“What do you want to do~~!”
Chai Yue, her face flushed with shyness, quickly pushed him aside.
“Hmm, how should I answer this question? If I say I don’t want to, it would be insincere.”
“If I say I do, your condition doesn’t permit it.”
Fang Er propped himself up on one arm, looking at her with a roguish smile.
Chai Yue instantly realized that what she had said might have been misunderstood.
“I don’t care about you, let’s sleep!”
Saying that, she quickly pulled the covers over her head, turned her heavy body, and changed from lying on her back to facing away from Fang Er.
Hehehe, my wife is just too considerate.
Fang Er instantly changed his posture and embraced her from behind.
“Mmm, just so nice!”
“Heehee, don’t do anything, it tickles.”
Chai Yue, under the covers, couldn’t hold back any longer and tried to stop him.
“I’m not doing anything, just sleeping!”
Fang Er buried his face in her hair at the nape of her neck, breathing in greedily. Compared to the day, it was like heaven and hell.
The hot breath Fang Er exhaled from his nose and mouth, combined with his hands grasping her vital spots, made Chai Yue feel as if a hundred claws were scratching her liver.
“Husband, please spare me, go to Qing’er’s room, I beg you.”
Chai Yue felt like she was about to break if this continued, and quickly begged Fang Er.
“No, I’m sleeping in your room tonight.”
This scoundrel not only didn’t leave but also nudged her with his head at the back of her neck.
“Don’t squeeze, you’ll hurt the baby.”
“Then move closer.”
“No!”
“Then I’ll squeeze, hehehehe.”
“Husband, move back a little, you’re pressing against me, and I can’t move.”
“Okay, okay.”
Fang Er quickly moved a little closer to the edge of the bed, giving Chai Yue some space. After she moved closer, he reached out and embraced her again.
“Ah, husband, no, the baby is in my belly.”
“It’s alright, moderate exercise during pregnancy is beneficial for the baby’s development.”
(Brainstorming time)
Half an hour later, Fang Er, covered in sweat, got out of bed naked and walked to the table, picking up the bottle of Yue Dong and chugging it down.
As he was savoring the taste, he suddenly saw a fireball streak across the sky outside the glass window, leaving a long trail of flame behind it.
Meteorite?
This was Fang Er’s first thought.
So, he quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie and told Su Feng to lead his men to pursue and investigate the direction where the fireball fell.
Chai Yue had already fallen into a deep sleep, exhausted. He sat at the table, waiting for news from Su Feng and his team.
Judging by the size of the fireball, it shouldn’t have fallen too far away.