Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Somewhat Peculiar_1 Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Somewhat Peculiar_1 As a man’s intuition, Dr. Jiang’s gaze towards his little wife clearly contained a degree of indulgence and pampering, just like how he usually looked at her. If anyone said Dr. Jiang had no feelings for his little wife, Zhao Erhu wouldn’t believe it. Call him narrow-minded if you want, but he needed to keep an eye on her to feel at ease. Of course, he would still remember the beneficence shown by Dr. Jiang in treating her, although Dr. Jiang was invited with a consultation fee of one hundred taels of silver paid by his little wife.
Lin Yue had no idea about Zhao Erhu’s thoughts and genuinely believed he was that hospitable. She said nonchalantly, “It’s fine. Dr. Jiang is quite easygoing; he won’t mind these things. When he came in the past, wasn’t I the one who took care of him? You go ahead with your work, just come back early for lunch, that’s all.”
“How can it be the same? Alright, I’m your husband, you should listen to me, you know? Don’t always talk back and question what I say, or you’ll be acting naughty,” Zhao Erhu said, his hand reaching out in a habitual gesture to ruffle Lin Yue’s hair, which had become smoother and shinier from its previously dry and dull state, making him love touching it all the more.
Suddenly faced with such a remark by Zhao Erhu, Lin Yue was really at a loss for words. This man was truly becoming more and more proudly fastidious.
“My hair was just nicely combed, and you’ve messed it up again. You always like to do this. I’m not a little dog to be ruffled up,” Lin Yue protested as she swatted away Zhao Erhu’s big hand, very displeased. She especially despised Zhao Erhu’s habit of casually touching her hair without reason. Her hair, which she had combed with difficulty, was ruined, and she was resolute in not encouraging such behavior.
“Hehe, it’s okay. If it gets messy, I’ll comb it again for you,” Zhao Erhu said and truly picked up the comb to tidy up Lin Yue’s hair, looking quite the part. Lin Yue ignored him, grabbed her embroidery frame, and started stitching flowers. This fellow was unexplainably concerned about these little things about her, wasn’t the outfit she was wearing in the morning chosen by him?
The couple playfully tangled with each other until Jiang Ziqi came along, punctual as always. Today, as he entered, he gave Lin Yue a couple of extra glances, his eyes clearly carrying a hint of peculiarity. Lin Yue, who usually did not fancy dressing up, would always simply tie her hair into the simplest bun and be done with it. Today, however, Zhao Erhu had playfully styled her hair and even inserted the butterfly hairpin he had bought for Lin Yue.
Jiang Ziqi’s unusual behavior went unnoticed by Lin Yue herself, but Zhao Erhu saw it plainly and had some inkling as to what was going on, which immediately made him feel a little displeased. He thought to himself, Dr. Jiang, couldn’t you refrain from paying so much attention to my wife, even noticing such a minor change with her hair?
With a heightened sense of crisis, what followed was predictable; Zhao Erhu always made intimate gestures towards Lin Yue in front of Jiang Ziqi, intentionally or not, driving home the point that the little wife was his. As expected, Jiang Ziqi was quite displeased, his complexion remained sour, occasionally letting out a cold huff, even though Jiang Ziqi had no unsavory intentions. Still, it irked him to see Zhao Erhu behave this way.
Lin Yue was oblivious to the undertones between the two men, feeling only that they were becoming increasingly strange. One was unnecessarily solicitous, while the other was sarcastic, leaving her feeling quite uncomfortable. Just as Lin Yue was contemplating how to bring the two men back to normal, Dalang, panting and out of breath, came running in excitedly exclaiming, “Mom, the Magistrate is coming, the Magistrate is heading our way!”
“What! The Magistrate is coming?” Lin Yue thought she had misheard; dealing with officials was utterly foreign to her family’s grassroots background. Meanwhile, Jiang Ziqi to the side gave a look of realization upon hearing the news.