At night, the moonlight was like water, and the leaves swayed with the wind.
In the dimly lit small building, the still brightly red bed creaked, and the intertwined figures inside the red gauze curtain went to the extreme of tenderness, as if to melt each other into their bones.
"My dear, remember to think of me at home!" Finally, the red bed quieted down, and a man’s extremely tender voice came.
"You’ve said that eighty times today." Yang Chuxia rolled her eyes. She never thought this man would be so long-winded before. From their lunch until now, he had been saying something about missing him countless times. The clinginess made Luo Linhao laugh all night.
"Hehe." Ye Zi’an laughed, turned over, and pressed on Yang Chuxia’s body again, laughing, "My dear."
"Get off me now!" Seeing him climb up again, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but push him, "You have to hit the road early tomorrow."
"My dear, are you questioning your husband’s physical strength?" Ye Zi’an hummed twice, "even if we do it a couple more times, I can still get up early."
Yang Chuxia laughed, "Honey, I can’t take it anymore, okay? Hurry up and go to sleep, be good!" She treated him like a child.
Ye Zi’an, lying on the side of the bed, ate that up and hummed, "That’s more like it." Then he hugged Yang Chuxia and went to sleep obediently.
On the following day, as soon as the sky began to brighten, Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia got up early. Just after washing and dressing, Mrs. Li and others brought breakfast, and Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan came over. Old Yang, being old, was not disturbed by Ms. Wang.
"Dad, Mom, why are you here so early?" Yang Chuxia put down her chopsticks and quickly welcomed the two to sit down. "Xiu’er, prepare two more pairs of chopsticks."
"No need to prepare." Ms. Wang waved her hand, "Your dad and I are here to see Brother An off."
"Mom, my wife and I were just planning to stop by your place before leaving." Ye Zi’an meant that they would greet Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan before leaving.
"It’s all the same." Yang Dachuan said, "Have you packed everything? Bring enough silver."
"Dad, don’t worry. My wife helped me pack everything last night. Li Wen, Li Wu, and Brother Li from Mrs. Li’s family will go with me."
"Good, good, that’s great!" Yang Dachuan couldn’t help but nod.
Ye Zi’an thought for a moment and said, "Dad, mom, after I leave, my wife will be alone at home. I was thinking, maybe she could stay with you two for a while. When I come back, we can live at home again."
Without a man in the house, even though Yang Chuxia was very tough, Ye Zi’an was still worried.
Hearing him say that, Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan naturally had no objections.
Yang Chuxia also smiled and agreed. To her, it didn’t matter where she lived since both places were her home. If it would make him feel at ease and focus on the exam, she was happy to oblige.
After chatting with Ms. Wang and others for a while, they escorted Ye Zi’an to the village entrance, where Li Wen and the others had already prepared a carriage and waited.
"My dear, go back with dad and mom. I’ll be back soon."
"Mhm, I know. Don’t have any pressure when you go to the examination hall." Yang Chuxia straightened his clothes and stuffed him an embroidered purse with a large bamboo pattern and rough stitching, "The sooner you go, the sooner you come back."
"Alright" Ye Zi’an fumbled with the purse in his hand and laughed gently, hugged her lightly, and exchanged a few words with Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan before boarding the carriage to the prefecture.
After Ye Zi’an left, Mu Shaoling also bid farewell to Yang Chuxia, saying he was going to the county town. Yang Chuxia knew that with Ye Zi’an not at home, he thought it would be inconvenient for him, a man, to live there, so she didn’t insist on him staying.