Chapter 883: 883 third brother doesn’t touch her4
Xiao Yuchuan went to the backyard and into the bathroom, picked up his wife’s dirty clothes that she had changed out of after her bath, and placed them in a bucket nearby. He then grabbed a handful of soap pods from the shelf, squeezed out their juice into the bucket, and filled it with water to soak the clothes.
His wife’s medicinal herbs picked during the daytime were still unprocessed, so he went to the front yard to sun-dry and grind the herbs as needed. After taking care of these chores, he just made it back to the bathroom to wash the soaked clothes.
It was late at night, and Xiao Yuchuan stood at the door to his wife’s room, hearing the sounds of male and female lovemaking coming from another side room not far away.
Xiao Yuchuan thought to himself that his second brother was really… like he was trying to make up for the days he had no woman.
He had intended to climb through a window to enter his wife’s room but impulsively pushed the door open instead, discovering to his surprise that his wife hadn’t bolted the door.
A joy rose in his heart—the wife must have intentionally left the door open for him.
He quietly entered the room, bolted the door, and groped his way onto his wife’s bed in the dark.
Su Qingyue was half-asleep and, sensing Xiao Yuchuan’s arrival, murmured, “Where have you been?”
“Nothing much, just washed a few clothes, and processed the medicinal herbs,” he replied.
Her heart warmed, “Let’s sleep, third brother.”
If Xiao Yuchuan still couldn’t understand his wife’s intentions now, then he’d be a fool.
The fact that his wife had left the door open for him, allowing him to sleep beside her, clearly indicated that she was willing to be his.
He took off his clothes and climbed onto the bed, turning over to press against her and gently kissed her tender, rosy lips.
Entwined in a kiss, Xiao Yuchuan almost lost himself in her sweet taste.
Restraining the strong urge to touch her further, he lay back down beside her and simply held her in his arms, planting a kiss on her smooth forehead.
In the darkness, her expression turned somewhat unpleasant, “Third brother, aren’t you interested in me?”
He stiffened, asking in surprise, “Wife, why would you think that?”
“…” She had allowed him to share her bed, yet he made no further moves.
A hint of bitterness showed on Xiao Yuchuan’s lips, “Heaven knows how much I want you!”
He took her hand and guided it toward his lower body.
She instantly withdrew her hand, flushed with embarrassment.
His voice was husky with restraint, “Now you know.”
He held her tightly, caressing the top of her head with his chin, his voice filled with deep emotion, “Wife, you are so good, willing to be with me now. But I can’t wrong you. In this house, you were originally bought as a wife for the Xiao Family. If I take your innocence now, I’m afraid the villagers will misunderstand and think you have something with second brother or Fourth Brother. I don’t want people to gossip and tarnish your reputation. Although I personally don’t care about reputation, I care about yours and don’t want you to get hurt.”
She had already guessed it was for this reason, and also guessed he wouldn’t ‘touch’ her now, which is why she took the initiative to invite him onto the bed.
Hearing him utter these words himself still filled her heart with profound emotion.
Although third brother often spoke out of turn, he had never truly hurt her. In times of trouble, he always put her well-being first. Even though he once said that if she ran away with Li Gui, he would kill her, when it really came down to it, he might not be able to bring himself to do it.
However, since she had set her heart on him, naturally she wouldn’t do anything to betray him.
Her heart was quietly softening.
With the division of the property imminent, third brother still dutifully carried manure to fertilize the commonly owned vegetable field of the house. If he were truly selfish, not knowing which part of the vegetable field would be his, why would he bother to work at this time, in case he was tending to a plot that wouldn’t be his?