The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 102

Wu Zhen watched, and in one go, she lit up all the remaining river lanterns and threw them into the water. The wandering souls that were squeezed into the water saw the empty lanterns and quickly climbed out, not forgetting to timidly bow to Wu Zhen.

After lighting the few lanterns that she had gotten for free, Wu Zhen clapped her hands. Then, when she turned around, she saw her husband standing behind her with a bunch of newly bought river lanterns.

Wu Zhen looked at him for a moment, clicked her tongue, reached out to take the lanterns in his arms, lit them one by one, and sat here to place a large number of river lanterns.

The ghosts on the nearby shore came over, looking at the lantern in Wu Zhen’s hand with pitiful eyes. Although they were eager to get a guiding lantern, they could feel the aura of Wu Zhen and did not dare to get too close. There was also Mei Zhuyu, whose aura made them even more afraid, so they left a large circle around them.

After releasing the last river lantern, Wu Zhen seemed to have eyes on her back and grabbed the hem of Mei Zhuyu’s robe, saying, “Don’t buy any more. I won’t release any more if you buy more.”

Most of the river lanterns were dyed red, and Wu Zhen lit too many lanterns, so her fingers were dyed red. Mei Zhuyu watched her slowly wiping her fingers, then looked at the hem of her clothes that she used to wipe her hands, and suddenly smiled. He stretched out his hand, passed through her armpit, and picked her up from the stone steps beside the canal.

Wu Zhen chuckled, put her arms around her lover’s neck, and touched his nose with her still red fingers, leaving a faint crimson mark.

“Puff——”

“Ha ha ha ha!”

Mei Zhuyu and Wu Zhen paused at the same time, and the smiles on their faces and eyes faded. They turned their heads and saw several children running over nearby with laughter. Two of them were holding small stones and throwing them at the floating lanterns in the river, sinking the lit ones. The river lanterns sank, and the wandering spirits on them lost their direction again, floating on the water in a daze, paddling in vain.

Two children on the shore were still playing and throwing stones at the river lanterns. They were laughing happily and were completely unaware of the bad things they were doing.

Wu Zhen raised her eyebrows, jumped out of Mei Zhuyu’s arms, took a few steps forward, grabbed a child with each hand, threw one of the children into Mei Zhuyu’s hands, raised her hand to pick up the other one, held him in her arms, and said sternly, “If you dare to smash my lantern, I think you don’t want to have a butt anymore.”

The two children who smashed the river lanterns were beaten and cried loudly; their faces were covered with tears and snot. After Wu Zhen let them go, they ran away limping in fear. Looking at their terrified expressions, they probably thought they had met a bad guy.

Seeing the unfortunate souls whose guide lanterns were sunk by the river still paddling in the water, Wu Zhen snorted and went to a nearby stall to buy a few more lanterns and light them up.

The two men walked downstream along the canal. There were people setting off lanterns on both sides of the canal. The wealthier the neighborhoods nearby, the more river lanterns there were. In places with the most lanterns, the entire river surface was almost covered with them. It was unknown which generous man had bought so many river lanterns that the waterway was blocked, and the servants had to use long poles to clear it.

Wu Zhen looked at him curiously a few more times and found that this generous man was an acquaintance—the white fox Mr. Bai, who had moved with his entire family to Chang’an some time ago.

Mr. Bai was standing aside in a suave manner, talking to a shy lady when he suddenly saw Wu Zhen and Mei Zhuyu on the riverbank. Although both of them were wearing masks, Mr. Bai still recognized the couple. Suddenly, his whole fox froze, and he hid under a big willow tree nearby, which scared the lady and left her completely stunned.

Wu Zhen turned back and said, “Come to think of it, when Mr. Bai first came to settle in Monster City, he was quite attentive to me. But later, for some reason, he ran away whenever he saw me. It was really strange.”

Mei Zhuyu: “…” 

Thinking back to when he thought Wu Zhen was an ordinary person, and seeing Mr. Bai approached Wu Zhen, he thought he had bad intentions, so he went to warn him. Mei Zhuyu suddenly felt a little embarrassed and remained silent.

Wu Zhen had just mentioned it casually, but when she looked up and saw Mei Zhuyu’s expression, she suddenly paused, smiled with interest, and looked at her lover, making him feel uncomfortable.

“Could it be that, my dear, you did something?”

“Really? You must have done something. Did you scare him? Maybe you got jealous because you saw us talking!”

Mei Zhuyu didn’t know why she was so excited, so he explained in a low voice, “No, I thought you were an ordinary person at that time, and I was afraid the white fox would deliberately approach you and hurt you, so I said a few words to him.”

Hearing this truth, Wu Zhen sighed, holding her husband’s waist and walking forward. “If you say you were jealous, I would be happier.”

Why? Mei Zhuyu didn’t quite understand, but after the two of them walked out for a while, Wu Zhen heard his low voice from the side, “I have selfish motives. He… is handsome, more handsome than me. I was afraid you would like him.”

Wu Zhen was a very difficult person to please. In the past, many men and women wanted to please her, but few succeeded. On the contrary, many people tried in vain and annoyed Wu Zhen. But at that moment, Mei Zhuyu made her smile with just a few words, and her voice became much gentler, “I’ve seen a lot of good-looking people, but I don’t like any of them. I only like you, my lord.”

After Wu Zhen finished speaking, she was waiting to see her husband’s reaction but saw that he frowned.

“What are those?” Mei Zhuyu said solemnly, dragging Wu Zhen closer to the river and pointing into the water. The river surface under the lanterns reflected the shadows of many fish, about six inches long. With Mei Zhuyu’s eyesight, he could tell that these fish were not real entities but just phantoms, and they did not stir the water as they swam.

Seeing a fish suddenly leap out of the water and swallow the wandering souls on the two guiding lights in one gulp, Mei Zhuyu frowned and made a gesture with his fingers… but was caught halfway by Wu Zhen.

She still looked at him calmly, saying, “Don’t worry, let’s continue talking.”

Mei Zhuyu: “…”

Wu Zhen: “Okay, just watch; it’s fine.”

A swarm of fish began to surface continuously and swallow the wandering souls. After the wandering souls on the lanterns were swallowed, the lit river lanterns would go out, and the shadows of the fish that swallowed the wandering souls would grow larger.

Wu Zhen was watching with great interest and had no intention of stopping them. Mei Zhuyu sensed something was wrong and asked her, “Aren’t you going to stop these things from harming the wandering souls?” 

Just when they were watching the lanterns on the tower, she had briefly said that there would be creatures that wanted to eat the wandering souls, and she would be responsible for driving them away.