Chapter 1417 - 770: A Little Bit of Sweetness (Double-Length)

"Did Yin Weiyin come over?"

Chen Yi slightly furrowed his brows, almost instinctively skeptical,

"Was she unkind to you?"

Lin Wanxiao hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "She was alright..."

Upon hearing this reply, although still a bit suspicious, Chen Yi's furrowed brows relaxed a little. In fact, thinking about it, how could Yin Weiyin have new schemes at this time.

Besides, have I been holding some stereotypes against Great Yin lately?

Chen Yi slightly lowered his gaze, then looked at Miss Lin, and said:

"You look much better today."

Lin Wanxiao touched her face and asked,

"Do I?"

"Yes, I used to think you looked frail, but you've improved a lot over this period. When the time comes, I'll put a plum blossom makeup on you."

"Oh..."

She seemed uncertain how to respond, so she replied plainly.

Chen Yi also found himself somewhat at a loss on how to interact with her.

Strangely, with other women, he always had one thought after another, always something to say, but with this young lady, he was at a loss for words.

He peeled a candy from the bedside, popped it into his mouth, and watched as the young lady curled up in the bedding, only her head sticking out. After thinking about it, he suddenly felt playful.

He reached out and lifted the bedding.

"Ah..."

The young lady let out a startled cry, not expecting him to be so audacious. Under the bedding was a delicate body clad only in an undershirt, unprepared at heart, she had nowhere to hide, only able to tightly clasp her legs.

Chen Yi watched for a while, then said:

"Let me feel it."

"...It hasn't grown yet."

"Let me feel it."

Miss Lin sighed and had to lift her undershirt, revealing her smooth, white belly.

Chen Yi contentedly touched it, indeed it hadn't grown yet, still quite flat, just looking at the surface, there was no sign of pregnancy at all.

By the time, it seems it was when he had brought her down from Gaoliang Mountain in a moment of passion and couldn't hold back. It's only been a month or two.

He slowly released his hand, Lin Wanxiao pulled her undershirt back down, carefully covered herself with the quilt again, as if afraid of squashing her belly.

Chen Yi couldn't help but say, "There's no need to be so careful, in early pregnancy one should walk more, also I know some fetal protection techniques, no need to be afraid."

"Mhm." The young lady responded, looked at his face, and asked after a moment: "Have you... thought about any names?"

"I only found out yesterday, how could I have had time to think?"

"...I've been thinking about it in my dreams." The young lady complained in tone.

Chen Yi was left speechless with a chuckle, after thinking for a moment, he also didn't have any inspiration, so he could only say: "Let's take our time, we don't even know if it's a boy or a girl, but I prefer girls."

"Girls need dowry..."

"What are you afraid of, at most, just don't marry her off, support her for a lifetime, that's all."

Seeing him like this, Lin Wanxiao couldn't help but think he seemed unreliable, and silently sighed.

Chen Yi said warmly, "When the time comes, I'll come up with a name each for both, if you don't like it, we'll change it."

"I'm a woman with little knowledge."

"You've got it wrong, maybe I haven't read as much as you."

"...Why are you so proud?"

"Wouldn't it be something to be proud of to have a cultured, understanding wife?"

This sentence, Lin Wanxiao didn't know how to respond, shook her head, tried to think hard, still didn't know, and could only stammer out:

"Then you should read more books..."

The books she referred to were naturally not those miscellaneous ones, but Confucian classics like poetry, etiquette, and music Spring and Autumn. It's just that Chen Yi never had an interest in those, basically only knowing fragments, with the exception of the concise chapters of the Classic of Poetry, which he found bearable and easy to recite.

In fact, back in Yin Sword Mountain, he had forced himself to read the less interesting Taoist classics with patience due to having a different mindset back then. The days on Cangwu Peak were bland and flavorless, Zhou Yitang was a silent, expressionless person, besides reading, there was nothing else worth doing.

When he finally could do what he wanted, he stopped reading.

This mindset was quite similar to diligently studying before the national examinations, afterwards, only scattered memories remained.

"..."

"..."

After finishing that previous conversation, a silence fell between them, naturally they should talk, but neither knew what to discuss.

Lin Wanxiao was of the genteel type, never actively starting a topic, and Chen Yi didn't know what to say with this young lady.

Unintentionally, they exchanged a glance, then looked away.

Both waiting for the other to bring up a topic.

"..."

"..."

Ultimately, Chen Yi was thicker-skinned, after pondering for a moment, he reached into his coat and pulled out a sachet. Lin Wanxiao glanced at it, that was indeed the blue and gold embroidered sachet she gifted him years ago.

"...You still have it..." Although she knew he surely kept it, Lin Wanxiao still couldn't help but ask.

"Mhm, a token of affection."

"It's not a token of affection..."

"Oh, a token of flirting."

"...You're bullying me."

"Heh." Chen Yi chuckled, flipping the sachet, noncommittally saying, "After the Lantern Festival, I'll be heading north to the Western Jin. Originally, I wanted to take you along, but now I see, I can't bring you. You need to rest well here."

"I know, I'm not foolish."

Her response was insipid, Chen Yi couldn't help shaking his head.

A decade later, at thirty, she undoubtedly would be a virtuous wife and good mother, with the charm of a young matron. But now, calling her a maiden feels inaccurate, she seems too mature, calling her a young woman, isn't quite right either, too young, a young lady is just a young lady, somewhere between a maiden and a young woman.

Realizing this isn't a solution, Chen Yi thought he still needed to make her happier, so he asked:

"Is there something about me that you like?"

Lin Wanxiao thought for a moment, then countered: "Is there something about you that I like?"

"..."

Well, no way around it.

Chen Yi was at a loss.

The topic hadn't even started before it was cut off, but he didn't rush to leave, instead sat there for a while longer. During this time, Lin Wanxiao didn't take the initiative to talk to him, just quietly lay on the couch.