CHAPTER 96: 079 CLOUDS AND WATER ALL OVER THE BODY

Xu Chang’an has always been passive by nature, rarely taking the initiative and not particularly skilled at sweet-talking.

However, in their marriage, sweet words are never lacking. If you think about it, you’ll find that they’re either uttered by Miss Yun, who knows not what embarrassment is, or coaxed out of him by Miss Yun.

Thus, the rare sweet word from him changes meaning in Miss Yun’s ears.

"Don’t want to be alone?"

Xu Chang’an: "..."

A bit helpless.

Sure enough, he often fails to keep up with Miss Yun’s train of thought, and now he’s gotten used to it.

He’s not good at sweet-talking, but at the beginning of their relationship, he was the one who took the initiative.

To Xu Chang’an, he and Miss Yun are like an old married couple, not the older wife and younger husband others seem to perceive.

Yun Qian is his family, or even more important than family, so when Yun Qian wants other women to replace her and give him something...

Tsk.

Yun Qian has many things she can’t understand or clarify, so she needs him, her former caretaker and current husband, to make things clear for her.

"..."

"What are you spacing out about?" Yun Qian looks at the dazed Xu Chang’an and waves her hand in front of his eyes.

"Miss doesn’t want to be alone?" Xu Chang’an snaps back to reality and follows Yun Qian’s words.

"Mm." Yun Qian nods.

"I won’t leave you." Xu Chang’an takes a deep breath, thinking that the only thing that could separate him and Miss Yun would be death, not anything else.

And even if it is death, he, as her husband, would have to die first to separate them.

Yun Qian listens to Xu Chang’an’s words of not leaving her, her lashes gently trembling.

"Also... I didn’t mean to leave Miss, I meant that I would only ever like Miss." Xu Chang’an looks into Yun Qian’s watery eyes and seriously says, "Do you understand?"

Misunderstood, right?

Then I’ll say it again until you understand.

Xu Chang’an dislikes misunderstandings the most, preferring to clarify everything.

"Understood." Yun Qian realizes she misunderstood Xu Chang’an’s expression and nods lightly.

"Really understood?" Xu Chang’an looks at Yun Qian’s calm expression, and his eye twitches slightly: "I’m saying, I’m only ever going to like you, Miss, in this lifetime."

Xu Chang’an’s expression gradually turns helpless.

He’s already said such coy words and still hopes Miss Yun will give some reaction.

Yun Qian thinks he’s repeated it, is there hidden meaning in his words again?

He always likes to speak in circles.

Liking only her in this lifetime...

"Then what about the next lifetime?" Yun Qian asks.

"I only care about this lifetime, nothing else matters," Xu Chang’an says.

Although he has a past life, this world has cultivators, and legends speak of immortals... Compared to the enduring heavens and earth, the fleeting life of humans quickly fades like a glimpse.

So Xu Chang’an only cares about this life.

Yun Qian softly presses Xu Chang’an’s chest: "According to the book, you should now say, whether the past or next life, you’ll like me."

Xu Chang’an thinks if he can’t even do well in this life, why mention anything else?

He says, "If you want to hear it, I can say it."

"Forget it." Yun Qian shakes her head, then squints her eyes slightly and asks, "Only one girl... do you mean you’ll also like men?"

?

Ah, this.

Xu Chang’an is dumbfounded, his expression chaotic, his mind filled with this question, unable to get rid of it.

After a while, his dark eyes shine clear as a mirror, reflecting Yun Qian’s delicate face.

"Miss, what on earth do you think about all year?" Xu Chang’an covers his forehead, feeling speechless, with a thousand words stuck in his throat, unable to come out.

"Weren’t you just hiding your words and making me guess?" Yun Qian tilts her head.

"It’s my fault." Xu Chang’an holds Yun Qian’s waist and says, "I’m not hiding anything, saying what I mean... I’m devoted to you, Miss. Is that enough?"

"So that’s it." Yun Qian looks calmly at Xu Chang’an: "Why keep saying it, I’m not unaware."

"... You know?"

"I know." Yun Qian thinks and says, "Just like I like you, right?"

"..." Xu Chang’an stays silent for a while, then gently rubs his brows: "I really have no way to handle Miss."

He suddenly discovers that in straightforwardness, Yun Qian is professional, it’s Yun Qian’s "domain," and if he steps in, he’ll be defeated with nothing left.

So, he’d better keep speaking in circles, letting Yun Qian ponder the meaning in his words, thus avoiding the excess effort of sweet-talk.

After contemplating for a moment, Xu Chang’an says, "So am I hindering Miss’s Water Cloud Body."

"Water Cloud? What’s that." Yun Qian blinks, thinking cloud is her surname, she can understand.

What does Water Cloud mean?

Is it saying she’s stranded, thus lacking water?

Or because, he mentioned being like water, or daughters are made of water?

Clouds below have water...

It’s referring to Cloud Rain, but she’s hungry now, lacking strength.

——

"I told you Miss should read more."

"I’ve been reading."

"You’re reading novels."

"The classics are too dry, they’re not transcribed by you, I can’t finish them."

"Alright then."

Xu Chang’an sighs, he says, "Water Cloud Body refers to coming and going freely, an unburdened self... At least, I think Miss should be this free."

Yun Qian hears this, calmly covers her face with her hand, gazes at the moon above for a while, and notices the time flowing unusually slowly, like water, calmly says, "I’m the cloud, but not the water, you’re the water, so... being with you is the Water Cloud Body."

It’s only when two people are together, she can feel free.

The number of people can increase, from two to three, four, but cannot be less.

"Miss is made of water, but I’m not water." Xu Chang’an is helpless.

"Didn’t you say you’re of water attribute," Yun Qian looks at him, saying it with a gentle curve of her lips, her brow slightly raised: "You’re also made of water."

But he’s not a lady, and Yun Qian doesn’t wish him to be a lady, since she’s waiting to have children with him.

"I..."

Xu Chang’an is left speechless.

Isn’t he just water?

Fine, digging up terms meant to remind Miss Yun to care more about herself turns into a designation for the two of them.

"So why is it me... What ability do I possess to make Miss like me?" Xu Chang’an asks.

"Are you trying to hear me praise you?" Yun Qian looks at Xu Chang’an’s face.

"... Never mind, I don’t want to know anymore." Xu Chang’an thinks that when it comes to sweet-talk, whether straightforward or indirect, he’s completely no match for Miss Yun.

Forget it.

As long as he conveys his attitude to Yun Qian, eliminating any ideas of attracting other women for children, nothing else matters.

Xu Chang’an looks up at the moon.

Before he looks up, the speed of time had already returned to normal.

"I’ll go meet Senior Wen, Miss will go back to the house first."

"Mm."

Yun Qian watches as Xu Chang’an walks out, yawns, and goes back to the room alone to sit down.

She likes talking with Xu Chang’an, but getting tired easily is also true, and she’s waiting... for him to stay for drinks tonight, so she needs to reserve some energy.

Hopefully, Miss Wen isn’t a troublesome person.

Yun Qian glances at the cat fur she tossed into the waste basket, thinking if Miss Wen is troublesome, it’s no big deal, because her husband likes her.