The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 78

As soon as Mei Zhuyu finished speaking, the little girl, who had been smiling a moment ago, suddenly burst into tears—a dry howl without tears, the kind of cry that could break through the clouds. Mei Zhuyu had never seen such a face-changing skill. He opened his mouth slightly but couldn’t say a word. The servant outside, awakened by the noise, lit the lights and hurried over to ask what had happened.

“Ah Lang, why is there a baby crying in the room?”

What else could Mei Zhuyu do? He could only say, “It’s okay, go out.”

The master obviously didn’t want to explain, and the servants didn’t dare to ask more questions. They left with puzzled expressions.

The little girl in the room opened one eye and looked at Mei Zhuyu. She stopped crying for a moment, then threatened, “If you don’t agree, I will continue crying.”

Mei Zhuyu sighed, fearing that she would hurt her throat from crying, so he compromised, “Okay, I’ll take you to see Duke Yu tomorrow.”

The little girl laughed again and rolled to the inside of the bed. “Okay, since you were so obedient, I won’t bother you. Come to sleep; I’ll give you half of the bed.”

Mei Zhuyu was a little surprised and tried to ask her, “Didn’t you think I was a bad person just now?”

The little girl smiled sweetly. “I never said you were a bad person. You promised to take me home. You’re a very good person~”

Mei Zhuyu looked at the little girl’s big eyes, which were rolling around mischievously, and he didn’t know what was going on. He sat beside the bed and said, “Go to sleep. I’ll stay here and watch over you.” To prevent any accidents from happening again.

The little girl was wrapped in a quilt, slapping the bed with her legs, making a soft sound. She had no intention of sleeping and suddenly got up, pushing the pillow to the ground.

“It’s so hard, I don’t want this pillow.”

Mei Zhuyu picked up the pillow and put it aside. Wu Zhen hummed for a while, then got up and looked around the bed.

Mei Zhuyu: “What’s wrong?”

The little girl pursed her lips and sniffed, “My sister is missing.”

Mei Zhuyu: “Sister?”

The little girl looked at him with an expression that seemed to say, “You’re so stupid, do I have to explain everything to you?” She said, “It’s the doll my mother made for me. My older sister has a younger sister, and I wanted one too, so my mother sewed one for me.”

Mei Zhuyu had never seen this so-called sister doll, so he could only say, “I haven’t seen it.”

The little girl looked at the cabinet in the room and pointed at the cabinet door. “Maybe it’s in the cabinet. If you don’t believe me, go look for it.”

Mei Zhuyu thought that Wu Zhen had moved a lot of things before, and maybe she really did bring some things she liked as a child. So, under the little girl’s expectant gaze, he went to search in Wu Zhen’s two cabinets.

He had never touched Wu Zhen’s cabinets before—only occasionally would she lazily ask him to help fetch a few clothes from them. Since he wanted to find something, he opened the cabinets one by one and searched carefully, then put everything back in its place.

While he was searching, the little girl jumped off the bed and looked closer into the closet. She saw all kinds of women’s clothes and skirts, some jewelry, and some small odds and ends. She narrowed her eyes and suddenly said generously, “Forget it if you can’t find it. I don’t want a sister anymore.”

In fact, there was no such thing as a sister doll.

She returned to the bed, but after a while, she couldn’t rest and started tossing and turning again. Mei Zhuyu heard her groaning and thrashing around on the bed, so he asked again, “What’s wrong?”

The little girl sat up again and said, “I am thirsty.”

Mei Zhuyu stood up, ready to pour her some water, but the little girl shouted, “I don’t want water, I want Sanbao tea!”

Sanbao tea was a tea made from dried orange peel, dried osmanthus, and dried hawthorn, with sugar and mint leaves added at the end. It was a tea that the people of Chang’an often drank in the summer.

Mei Zhuyu still silently satisfied the little girl’s request and went out to make Sanbao tea for her. After a while, he returned with the tea and placed it in front of the little girl. She sat on the bed, sniffed the tea, and noticed there were no mint leaves in the bowl.

She rolled her eyes, looked at Mei Zhuyu, and laughed, “You didn’t put mint leaves in it.”

Mei Zhuyu was startled. “It’s not that you don’t like the taste of mint. Sanbao tea never contains mint leaves.”

The little girl gulped down the bowl of Sanbao tea, wiped her mouth, and said, “You’re right.” She then rolled back onto the bed.

Mei Zhuyu suddenly realized that she was deliberately testing him to see if he knew her habits. How could she have such a cunning mind at such a young age?

Mei Zhuyu thought for a moment and suddenly touched the little girl’s head, “Don’t be afraid. I’m really not a bad person, and I won’t harm you. I’ve already promised to take you to see your father tomorrow. It’s so late tonight; you can sleep peacefully.”

Using such a small test meant the little girl was not at ease. That was natural. Although Mei Zhuyu knew her identity, in the little girl’s eyes, she was in a strange place, and he was a stranger.

Thinking of this, Mei Zhuyu felt that his wife, who had shrunk, was pitiful and adorable, and he wanted to do something to make her feel at ease. But he didn’t know what to do, and his heart was troubled and tangled, so he just stroked the little girl’s head more gently.

The little girl observed his expression, then suddenly grabbed his hand and said obediently, “I can’t sleep. Brother, can you take me out to see the courtyard?”

Mei Zhuyu was almost scared to death by the soft call of “brother”. He managed to calm down and asked, “Go out… go out to see what?”

The little girl looked at him with glowing eyes and said, “My parents and sister don’t allow me to go out at night. I just want to see what it’s like outside at night. Brother, I’ll be obedient and just take a look, okay?”

She held up a finger as reassurance and gently shook Mei Zhuyu’s hand.

Taoist Master Mei, who was known as the cruel uncle and never showed mercy to naughty children, was shaken lightly by the young lady, and all the bones in his body seemed to melt. He was almost unable to stand up because of the cuteness.

When the young Taoist Master Mei walked out of the room holding the little girl, he suddenly had the illusion that he had a new daughter.

The shrunken lady was dressed in her own clothes—the sleeves were folded up, and a large part of the skirt was cut off, so she finally looked presentable and didn’t have to drag a small quilt around.

The moonlight was bright. As soon as they stepped outside, they could see the moonlight splashing onto the corridor, illuminating the floor in silver. The air was fresh on this summer night. At that time of year, people were already asleep. There were no voices, only the croaking of frogs and the chirping of insects. The faint fragrance of grass filled the air, refreshing the spirit.