CHAPTER 64: CHAPTER 062 YEAH YEAH YEAH, SO NERVOUS [30 VOTES+]

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After dinner, Zhang Shanni was immediately sent back to her room to rest by her caring mother-in-law, as tonight was her wedding night!

She wasn’t nervous at first, but after realizing that her husband Xie Jingchen was truly a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and being rushed back by her mother-in-law, she started to feel anxious!

The good mood she had from outsmarting Wang Xiaocui just now vanished all of a sudden.

Oh no... can her frail body withstand that big guy?

Zhang Shanni sincerely doubted it, but there was no one to give her an answer.

Fortunately, when Xie Jingchen returned, he said he was going to heat up some water for her to bathe and then he left the inner chamber. Only then did Zhang Shanni feel her tense nerves relax.

"Yikes, I’m so nervous!" The thought of the impending "consummation" left her in a state of extreme nervousness.

It was her first time, and due to her past life, she didn’t have a clear understanding of marital pleasures, feeling somewhat psychologically averse to it. All thanks to her scumbag ex-husband, who made her lose any anticipation for marital affection!

As for the cheating scumbag, perhaps she should take some blame [Is being conservative my fault?], but he had already cheated before they were married, which made her all the more disgusted with affairs between men and women.

Previously, her only thought was that with Xie Jingchen, she could break free from the original host’s dreadful family. Now that she and Xie Jingchen had received their marriage certificate and held the wedding banquet, tonight was the legitimate wedding night!

She was truly nervous, pacing back and forth in the inner chamber, and only when she heard footsteps approaching did she, like a frightened kitten, fluff up her "fur" [hair standing on end], nervously watching Xie Jingchen carry a bucket of hot water into the inner chamber from the side.

Zhang Shanni pursed her lips, watching him bring in two buckets of hot water and then another basin of cold water into the cubicle, before tossing out a "Take your time bathing, Ni, I’m going to the front yard for a bit." And then he really left.

He had no choice but to leave; his little wife’s guarded gaze was as if her fur, were she covered in it, would have all been standing on end! Xie Jingchen could only leave her be for a while, to let her calm down.

Zhang Shanni used her spiritual power to confirm that he had truly walked away, then she finally breathed a sigh of relief, got her underwear and the dark green tank top and shorts she made herself, made sure the door was locked, and finally relaxed as she started to clean herself, wash her hair and face, take a bath, bustling around until she was sure she was fresh and clean, feeling comfortable and at ease.

She swiftly washed the dirty clothes, hung them up to dry, then unlocked the room. Without waiting for him to return, she dried her hair and lay down in the big red bedding.

Oh, what about the wedding night pranks? Uh, sorry, perhaps due to different times, there is really no such thing as wedding night pranks here. If there were any pranks to be had, they would have been done during the wedding banquet [drinking games].

Although the political environment has improved a bit by now and material supplies are relatively abundant, in rural areas where there’s already a scarcity of alcohol, where would one find such novel items for wedding night pranks!

As for why Xie Jingchen wasn’t drunk, tsk tsk, he simply has a good alcohol tolerance. Those who serve as Rong Wei don’t usually have poor alcohol tolerance, you know!

Anyway, she only smelled alcohol on him, but didn’t notice any sign of drunkenness.

Lying on the wedding bed, could Zhang Shanni sleep? Not likely! While her body might have relaxed slightly, her mind grew increasingly tense as the night grew darker, almost to the point where she felt suffocated by the anxiety.

But this was the path she chose, and now wasn’t the time to talk about backing out.

Truth be told, although she possesses a Space, having a Space is not omnipotent! Not to mention that the Space is a Different Space created by her spiritual power, and she can’t enter it physically, even living things cannot be raised within. Time in the Space is frozen; it can only be used to store objects. And in this era, although it’s liberated, as long as you cross provinces, wherever you go, you need an introduction letter [fictitiously set, Ranran really doesn’t understand this, seeking explanation]!

Without an introduction letter, without someone to verify your identity, she wouldn’t even be able to board a train. The circumstances are somewhat better now, but a few years earlier, she would have directly been ready to be reborn...

As a newcomer who is not a local, firstly without acquaintances, secondly without connections, and thirdly unable to hide in her Space to avoid the world and live in seclusion, if she really had to hide away in the deep mountains away from the crowd, how could she endure that? In her previous life, it was an apocalyptic age, where humanity and morality were lost, the world was so cruel, she had no one to talk to. She really had enough of those days!

She is fortunate that now it is a peaceful era; she only wants to live the life of an ordinary person, with a husband, children, and warmth and joy on the heated kang. As for her assessment of Xie Jingchen, so far, she feels that there are no major issues!

Not to mention that he has never looked down on her conditions, but has always protected her. Even if he truly has physical needs, he has not crossed the line these two nights, giving her ample time to reconsider. She has accepted him herself, and now she is opposing him touching her?

Now that she is already officially his wife, would he agree? Looking back at his intimacy with her before, she had never resisted her dark complexion; she should actually admit she is fortunate to have met a responsible and good man!

A man who knows what he can want and what he cannot touch, such a man is truly a good man!

In the darkness of night, Zhang Shanni figured it out. She will always need to find another man to live a good life with; otherwise, where would the children she desires come from?

Xie Jingchen... will be a good husband, and a good father!

After much thought, Zhang Shanni finally convinced herself to overcome her obsession with cleanliness, listening to the peaceful chirping of insects, gradually, she began to feel sleepy...

When Xie Jingchen finished his work, took a bath, and returned, what he saw was a room shrouded in darkness, faint breathing sounds, barely perceptible, infiltrating into his ears, prompting him to approach softly and gingerly, only to see on the big red kang, a little figure had curled up into a small bundle, hugging the quilt and sleeping soundly.

Heh~~ she’s so carefree.

Has the little wife forgotten that today is their wedding night? It seems she went straight to the kang after taking a bath.

With the moonlight, he saw her casually worn thin short dress on her petite body; perhaps because of boiling the hot water, the kang was a bit too warm, causing her to have kicked off the red auspicious quilt, and with a reversed hand, she hugged the quilt into her small embrace.

Xie Jingchen placed his hands on the edge of the kang, feeling the warmth of the kang, his brows slightly furrowed, it was indeed a bit hot. But she didn’t cover herself with the quilt, and the window was open to its widest, with bursts of mountain breeze coming in, bringing with it wisps of chill. Exposed to the mountain wind all night like this, she would wake up the next day with a headache.

He quietly approached the window, peeked out, and saw through the iron-meshed window, a patch of lush grassland in front. Looking outside, there indeed were no traces of little scoundrels coming over.

He chuckled noiselessly to himself, if those rascals dared to come and peep, he would have to ’educate’ them thoroughly. He then closed the window to a small slit and pulled down the window cloth, blocking most of the mountain wind.

The soft rustling sound woke Zhang Shanni from her deep sleep. Muddled from her slumber and hearing the noise, she suddenly sat up, alarmed, and asked, "Who is it?"

Her spiritual power, following her instinct, enveloped the area where the sound originated—only then she realized it was Xie Jingchen who had returned. ’Seeing’ him standing by the window and noticing the drawn window cloth, she sighed in relief internally.

"Don’t be afraid, it’s me." Xie Jingchen quickly moved forward, stepped out of his shoes and onto the kang in a few steps, his large hands accurately capturing her tender body, and naturally pulled her into his embrace, "Wife, you can’t leave the window fully open when sleeping. Even if there’s an iron net fence, you’re not afraid of wild animals entering, but you should be wary of catching a cold from the mountain wind."

"Mhm, the kang is a bit hot," Zhang Shanni saw that it was him, withdrew her spiritual power, rubbed her eyes and relaxed, until she was embraced in his broad arms, then her whole body suddenly stiffened.

"Tonight I boiled the water too late, otherwise it would have mostly dissipated by the time you went to sleep," Xie Jingchen covertly chose between the kang and the couch, still deeming the larger space of the kang to be better. If the two of them were to sleep on the couch, he could only sleep on his side.

"Err, okay!" Zhang Shanni swallowed her dry throat forcefully, nodding innocently. Seeing her husband himself, she couldn’t help but become nervously tense.