Chapter 462: Chapter 458: Everyone Has a Sense of Shame

Inside the room, the candlelight flickered, a faint pop from the wick sent tiny sparks flying, casting the white jade tea cup on the table into an alternating light and shadow.

The curtain veiled lightly, a subtle fragrance wafted through the air, with the light and shadow tracing over the girl’s delicate profile.

Yu Tingwan often felt drowsy during her menstruation due to the cramps in her lower abdomen.

She had been busy with many things today.

And it was getting late.

Yu Tingwan patted his shoulder.

"Are you busy?"

This word "busy" was quite expressive.

The deep meaning of this word was well understood between husband and wife.

Yu Tingwan didn’t look much at Wei Zhao, finished her bird’s nest, put down the glass cup, and ran over to lower the half-open window, lest the wind outside blew in.

Having finished these tasks, she climbed onto the bed, ready to close her eyes.

But after a long time, she heard no movement inside the room.

The girl opened her eyes and saw Wei Zhao getting up.

"What are you looking at?"

Wei Zhao was tidying up the letters, official documents, and writing materials on the table.

Obviously, he planned to leave them for tomorrow.

Yu Tingwan’s eyes were fixed: "Can you guess what I’m looking at?"

Wei Zhao: ...

He sighed helplessly, turning around.

Yu Tingwan was quite concerned: "Are you going to the washroom, husband? I’m not teasing you, why are you avoiding me?"

She quickly changed her mind.

"Well, you go quickly and come back soon, ready to sleep."

Saying this, she nodded slightly.

"With me watching, you can’t possibly be at ease..."

She tried to organize her words, but for a moment, she couldn’t find the right words to describe it. For a brief moment, Yu Tingwan felt ashamed, thinking she really hadn’t read enough books.

Fortunately, after pondering, she finally found the words.

"Encumber yourself."

Wei Zhao, having his back to her, curved his lips slightly, opened the cabinet, and took out a change of clothes.

Men, after all, sometimes want to be praised.

Yu Tingwan was not stingy with her praise.

"Husband, you’re so thoughtful. Clean and fresh after cleaning up, still retaining all your elegance!"

"No one in Capital can compare to your dignified and noble air. It’s no wonder outsiders often say the children of the Duke Mansion for generations are all decent, reserved, and stay away from women, keeping their inner residence clean."

It was clear how others saw Wei Zhao as someone to admire from afar rather than to play with.

Yu Tingwan: "Who knows what you are in private..."

"Those people don’t think. To stay away from women, you’d either be a monk or a eunuch."

An inner residence that’s clean, no taking concubines. That’s because the sons of the Wei Family respected their wives and were not promiscuous.

But after all, they weren’t immortals.

"Humans all have emotions and desires. If they were all reserved, the Wei Family would’ve ended their lineage long ago."

Her small mouth rambled, and Wei Zhao didn’t interrupt. After taking his clothes, he turned around and quietly watched her.

Yu Tingwan suddenly found herself being watched.

"Wh... what’s wrong?"

Wei Zhao: "Waiting for you to finish."

Yu Tingwan: ...

The last time she was criticising Wei Zhao, he also put his work aside, after all, to wait for her to finish.

It’s really...

Attentive to death.

As his figure entered the washroom, Yu Tingwan prepared to sleep.

The sound of raindrops outside went drip-drop, composing a melody.

Inside the room, one could faintly hear the sound of water from the washroom area.

After an unknown amount of time, as the girl’s consciousness blurred, footsteps came.

She wasn’t even fully asleep yet, already came out?

Yu Tingwan rubbed her eyes.

Wei Zhao had already shed his regular clothes, wearing only inner garments. As he climbed into the inner side of the bed, something flashed past her eyes.

Was it that the inner garment was too well-fitted, or was it Yu Tingwan’s hallucination?

"What’s this?"

Surprised, she sat up.

Wei Zhao found a comfortable posture and half-leaned: "Right hand is injured, so I could only do a simple cleanse."

Oh right.

Yu Tingwan had applied medicine to his arm herself earlier that morning.

Yu Tingwan leaned toward him.

"Isn’t your left hand still good?"

She had an innocent look: "No way, no way, don’t tell me you can’t use your left arm now?"

Yu Tingwan: "You can eat." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Using chopsticks was no problem.

"Also can dress and clean yourself."

No need for help from others.

Yu Tingwan: "Aren’t you incredible?"

She wanted to say more, but a soft cry came out from her throat.

Wei Zhao’s strong left arm wrapped around her waist, and through the thin fabric, she could feel the calluses on his hand. With a slight force, Yu Tingwan only felt the world spinning.

He had just lifted her to the inner side of the bed.

Yu Tingwan: ???

Really, even like this, you still have to show off?

She found it amusing, but then met Wei Zhao’s eyes, hiding a trace of desire.

The heavy rain poured down like a river from the sky, silver arrow-like raindrops whipped on the bluestone, splashing into countless fragments of jade.

A loud thunderclap broke across the sky outside, but the closed door did not let out a hint of the warm, misty light inside.

The candlelight swayed lightly, projecting their intertwined shadows on the half-drawn curtains.

Wei Zhao’s collar half-opened, a sudden burst from the candlewick adorned his tense torso with gold edges, sweat beads trailing down his collarbone.