Chapter 72 Privilege (2)
Chen Hui saw the faint dark circles under Li Youde’s eyes. She didn’t intend to provoke someone irritable because of insomnia. She lowered her head and continued to have her breakfast. But as soon as she turned her gaze, she saw a little girl not far away look at her side unblinkingly. To be precise, it was looking at the cute and delicious soup dumplings on her table.
Chen Hui took another look at the little girl. The girl was about five- or six-year-old. She looked cute. Her round eyes were bright and just stared at the food in a daze, but she didn’t open her mouth to ask. Chen Hui raised her head and took a glance. Her father seemed to be standing next to her. They looked a bit alike. It was the innkeeper. Although the boss didn’t know the specific identity of Li Youde, he knew that Li Youde was not someone to mess with. So, he stood far away and didn’t dare to come over.
Chen Hui pointed at another steamer basket of soup dumplings made for Li Youde and asked, “Lord, you don’t want to eat it?”
“Take it if you want it,” Li Youde said casually.
Chen Hui thanked him with a smile. After thinking about it, she didn’t let the little girl come over. Instead, she went over with the steamer basket of soup dumplings.
“Little girl, you like this? That big brother doesn’t want it and gave it to you,” Chen Hui lowered her body in front of the little girl and brought the steamer basket in front of her.
The little girl looked at the soup dumplings without blinking. In the end, she raised her head and looked at her father.
The innkeeper said in fear and trepidation, “Sir, this little one really can’t accept it.”
“It’s okay. Take it. That sir is generous and loves the people like they are his own children. You don’t have to be so afraid,” Chen Hui smiled.
Some of the eyes of Brocade Uniform Guard and servants nearby flashed and their expression turned strange. The Lord Li that they know and the sir that he (she) is talking about must not be the same person. Even when Li Youde himself heard those words, thought that she was going against him and his expression turned bad.
The innkeeper also knew that it would be bad if he continues to decline. So, he hurriedly said, “Xiao Ke, quickly thank this sir.”
“Thank you, sir!” Xiao Ke said loudly. Her childish voice coupled with her sweet smile really made people’s hearts drunk at the moment.
“No need for thanks. Eat them while they are hot,” Chen Hui resisted the desire to hug her and handed the soup dumplings to the innkeeper.
The boss quickly thanked her and took Xiao Ke to the farthest table to eat. The inn was packed last night. Now, no one came in and went out. Only the innkeeper, Xiao Ke, Li Youde, Chen Hui and their group were in the huge lobby.
Chen Hui went back to sit beside Li Youde and continued to eat her soup dumplings. However, from time to time, she looked at Xiao Ke who was eating soup dumplings contentedly at the moment.
Li Youde seemed to ask casually, “Do you like children?”
Chen Hui just happened to see Xiao Ke’s cute frown from being scalded and replied casually, “They are okay.”
Only cute and well-behaved children are her love. All the little brats should stay far away.
Li Youde looked once at Xiao Ke and then turned back to look at Chen Hui who was no longer eating with the same enthusiasm. A gloom flashed at the bottom of his eyes, but they soon returned to their usual appearance.
“Are you finished? If you are finished, we will leave,” Li Youde stood up as he said that.
Chen Hui looked once at the two soup dumplings that she hasn’t finished eating. Seeing that Li Youde had turned and walked out, she didn’t dare to stay anymore. So, she quickly followed him. Xiao Ke looked over. Chen Hui waved at her and made a goodbye gesture. Xiao Ke put down her chopsticks and waved vigorously with an innocent and gorgeous smile on her face.
Chen Hui followed Li Youde into the carriage. The team first went to the army station to join the large army before setting off. As time passed, Chen Hui felt more uncomfortable in her lower abdomen.
In the modern era, Chen Hui didn’t have much of a reaction during her period. Basically, it was just a little backache that passed if it was not serious. And here, the original’s reaction was not serious. Just flatulence in the stomach and there may be a slight pain sometimes. But it was not serious. However, this time, she didn’t know whether it was because this whole journey was rough that caused it. It was not obvious last night but became more obvious in the morning. After the bumps and jolts inside the carriage, she felt that the pain turned more serious. Her lower abdomen hurt like the turning over of the river and sea. She pressed her abdomen tightly and she curled up her whole body with a pale face.
At this moment, she just prayed that it was a temporary pain and that it would get better after a rest, and not become a routine in the future…If it was like that, she might become crazy. She may even harden her heart and let Li Youde find someone to get rid of her uterus. She heard that this was also a castration technique. Only the target were women. The motive was to let women become sterile and the method was more or less beating the woman’s lower abdomen and knock out the uterus. That way, there wouldn’t be fertilization of the egg, no pregnancy and there also wouldn’t be menstruation due to shedding of the lining of the uterus…It sounds very painful, but it was better to get the pain over with rather than prolong the agony. If it really came to that and there was no endangerment of the life, she might really do it. But if it’s life-threatening…she should just endure the pain.
Li Youde naturally couldn’t not notice such a big movement of Chen Hui. He had seen this a lot in the palace. Knowing Chen Hui’s current situation, he recalled the treatment and methods used by the imperial consort and ladies-in-waiting during the corresponding time. The best way was to use a hand heater to warm the belly. The pain will be less then. There was no heater at the moment. Li Youde thought for a moment. Seeing the cold sweat on her forehead, he couldn’t help but reach out his hand and said, “Lady Chen, come here. I will put my hand on your belly. It won’t hurt anymore.”
In the end, his voice was somewhat consoling and pampering.
Chen Hui looked at Li Youde’s outstretched hand and withdraw some energy from the pain to look at him. Then, she lowered her head, put her hand on her belly, and humphed coldly, “Lord, you don’t like me. What need is there for you to put your hand on my belly?!” This was the privilege of boyfriend or husband, okay?
Li Youde looked stunned at Chen Hui and his hand froze mid-air.
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