The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 85
Liu Taizhen glanced at her and said, “I don’t know. Although my mother and the previous Cat Lord guarded the Monster City together, their relationship was not close. She rarely talked to me about these things. If you really want to know something, you might as well ask your two assistants. They were the ones who followed the previous Cat Lord the longest.”
Wu Zhen, however, seemed a little uninterested and said, “Forget it, I’m too lazy to ask.”
She often suddenly had an idea, and then suddenly didn’t care, acting as she pleased. Liu Taizhen was used to it and didn’t ask why she was curious about the ex-Cat Lord at this time.
The two chatted for a while, and Wu Zhen didn’t stay long and left soon. However, before she left, she picked a gardenia and put it in her mouth, which made Liu Taizhen frown. Just as she was about to scold her, Wu Zhen had already slipped away quickly.
In the Ministry of Justice, Mei Zhuyu was talking with a man in red clothes. The two seemed to have a good relationship. The man in red placed all the books in his hands on Mei Zhuyu’s desk, looked at his face, and said with a smile, “Are you finally in a better mood today?”
Mei Zhuyu: “What?”
The red-clothed Young Master leaned on the table and shook his head, “Two days ago you said your throat was uncomfortable. You are a quiet person to begin with, but now I haven’t heard you say a few words in the past two days. Not only that, your dark face and the way you keep strangers away was scary. What’s going on? Is there something wrong with you recently?”
Mei Zhuyu shook his head, saying, “No, thank you for your concern.”
Seeing that he didn’t say much, the red-clothed Young Master felt bored. He glanced and saw a cat jumping in. He asked curiously, “Hey, why is there a tabby cat here? It looks cute. Hey, why is it holding a flower in its mouth?”
Mei Zhuyu was reading the case records. Hearing it, he suddenly raised his head and saw a familiar tabby cat lightly jumping over the red-clothed man and rushing towards him. He quickly reached out and hugged the tabby cat.
Wu Zhen nestled in her husband’s arms and saw a look of disapproval in his eyes, obviously thinking that she should be resting at home instead of hanging out. So she spat the gardenia she had brought in her mouth into her husband’s hand. She gave him the flower to make him smile and to avoid being scolded for such a trivial matter.
Although the effect was not immediate, Mei Zhuyu’s expression softened as he held the fragrant gardenia and gently touched the soft ears of the tabby cat.
The red-clothed Young Master, watching from the side in amazement, came over to ask, “She’s so affectionate with you—is this your cat? It’s so rare that you actually have a cat.”
His hand reached out to touch the tabby cat, but it was blocked. Mei Zhuyu glanced at him and said calmly, “She’s not feeling well, don’t touch her.”
The red-clothed Young Master: …Why didn’t I notice before that this iron-faced and selfless Young Master Mei was a cat lover? What’s with that wary look? If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was protecting his wife.
Feeling bored, the red-clothed young man left. Mei Zhuyu placed the gardenia, which had become a little droopy from the sun, into a water jar to preserve it. He then picked up the squinting cat in his arms.
“Why didn’t you rest at home?”
The tabby cat tilted her head and spoke in human language with a smile, “I missed my husband.”
Mei Zhuyu’s disapproval melted away at her sudden sweet talk. He surrendered completely, placing his wife back in his arms and stroking her fur for a long time.
“Then you rest here for now.” He was actually a little worried about Wu Zhen being alone at home. He was just concerned that if he showed too much worry, Wu Zhen, who had always been free-spirited, might feel annoyed. But when he heard Wu Zhen say this, he forgot his previous concerns and really wanted to just hug his wife and go home.
However, looking at the pile of documents on the desk—most of them left by his nephew who didn’t know how to handle them—he sighed and buried his head in work.
There were cicadas chirping in the tung trees outside, but they were too close, and the chirping was a bit noisy. Wu Zhen didn’t stay in her husband’s lap for long and suddenly rolled to the side.
When Mei Zhuyu’s lap was empty, and thinking she had accidentally fallen, he stopped writing and pulled her back onto his lap. But Wu Zhen jumped out of his lap again, so Mei Zhuyu asked, “What happened?”
Wu Zhen lay down on one side, wagging her tail, and said lazily, “Your lap is too hot.”
It was already summer, and it was really hot at that time of year. It was not very comfortable to nestle in someone’s lap. Mei Zhuyu suddenly recalled that before he knew the tabby cat was Wu Zhen, the cat had tried to nestle in his arms several times, but he had always pushed it aside. Now he wanted to get so close but couldn’t. It seemed that it was probably retribution.
Pursing his lips, Mei Zhuyu thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up and rummaged out cinnabar, yellow paper, peach wood chips, and other items from under a cabinet.
Wu Zhen thought that her husband was indeed a Taoist Priest; he even placed these things there. She didn’t know what he wanted to do, so she stayed where she was and watched him move. Mei Zhuyu carefully carved the piece of peach wood for a while, made a peach wood talisman, and then fixed the peach wood talisman on the window.
Almost immediately, a cool breeze blew into the house from the window, dispelling the heat in the room. Mei Zhuyu put away the things, sat back, and looked at Wu Zhen with a slightly expectant look.
Wu Zhen laughed in her heart twice, jumped back into his lap, and lay down peacefully. When she looked up, she saw her husband showing a restrained smile and continued to work with her in his lap with some satisfaction.
Wu Zhen felt the gentle breeze on her face, feeling very comfortable. Her whiskers moved as she asked, “How do you know about this kind of talisman? I thought you Taoists only knew how to subdue monsters.”
Mei Zhuyu hummed, and the voice sounded above Wu Zhen’s head, “This is actually also a monster-subduing talisman that can cause strong winds. Just now, I thought that maybe it could be modified slightly to cause only light winds. Now it seems that I was right.”
Wu Zhen was a little impressed by her husband. His reaction was really fast. She thought about it and said, “Let’s put one at home at night. It’s too hot at night.”
Mei Zhuyu had never thought about it before, but after hearing what Wu Zhen said, he finally realized it and said, “Okay, I’ll make one when I get home.”
After processing a document and putting it aside, Mei Zhuyu’s eyes unconsciously drifted to the tabby cat on his lap. Her belly was heaving, and the soft fur on her was fluttering in the breeze, making people want to touch it. After watching for a long time, Mei Zhuyu finally reached out to touch it, only to be slapped by the tabby cat.
It should have been a message to him not to disturb her sleep, but the claw didn’t use any force at all—the soft pad of flesh gently patted his hand, revealing a natural intimacy. Mei Zhuyu restrained himself for a moment and didn’t reach out to touch the claw.
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