I Raised A Sick And Weak Prince
Chapter 37
Su Xi couldn't help but think of the last time Zai Zai and Chang Gongwu parted ways outside the bank. Zai Zai walked through the streets alone, his small figure dragged long by the setting sun …
He grew up alone in Prince Ning Fu. There was no one to talk to, and he never had a companion by his side. Even when he was in the bustling streets, he could only watch the excitement of others. He was lonely and couldn't blend in.
Although he couldn't really be in Zai Zai's world, talk to him, hold his hand, and rub his head.
But if he could accompany him to see a lively Lantern Festival, in the future, when he walked on that street and saw other families of three happily reunited, he would at least remember this night when he accompanied him.
He could at least have some happy memories.
He wouldn't have to envy others, and he wouldn't have to walk through the streets alone, expressionless, and not lift his head.
In the future, when he thought about it, his life wouldn't be full of bitterness.
Thinking like this, Su Xi almost didn't hesitate. He quickly pulled on Zai Zai's left sleeve and excitedly expressed: Okay!
Let's go see the Lantern Festival first!
— — Today is the weekend anyway.
Lu Huan looked at his left sleeve that was fluttering in the wind and was about to be pulled off. He was a little surprised by the enthusiastic response of the ghosts, but because of this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He was actually afraid that she would find this very boring and not want to do it with him.
She had given him so much before, but she couldn't see or touch it. Lu Huan didn't know what he could do to make her happy …
Now that he saw her happy, Lu Huan's heart was also full. The corners of his lips curled up, and his eyes became a little more colorful. He looked at the empty space with moist eyes and said: "Let's pack up and go."
The so-called packing up was to change into casual clothes. After all, the streets were full of common people wearing coarse clothes. If they wore brocade clothes and jade fur coats, it would be too conspicuous.
Ever since they invited the Godly Doctor to treat the old madame, Zai Zai's days in Prince Ning Fu were much better. He had already changed out of his thin and patched clothes.
However, the few old robes that had been mended by the ghosts and deities were folded up neatly and carefully stored in the box, as if he was storing some kind of treasure.
He went into the house and came out with an ordinary gray robe.
She took it out, but didn't take off her clothes to change. Instead, she held her clothes and asked, "… Are you still in the room?"
Outside the screen, Su Xi looked at the two-headed Zaizai standing hesitantly in front of the wardrobe. Her face was full of embarrassment. Su Xi was amused. "What? Do you think I'm interested in your soft little hands and feet and your milky white body?"
Jokes aside, Su Xi still blew on the door, indicating that he had already gone out and would not look at him.
Inside the room, Lu Huan was certain that the Demon God had gone out. She always kept her promise. If she said she wouldn't look, then she wouldn't peek. The redness in his ears faded slightly, and he quickly changed his clothes.
From Su Xi's Chai Courtyard to the market, he could only rely on the screen to switch. There was no way he could walk with Zai Zai in the middle of the road.
Therefore, Lu Huan went out from Prince Ning Fu's side door, passed through a narrow alley, and took a shortcut towards the busiest street market, the Lantern Festival. From time to time, he would look to his side, feeling a little strange. Why did the Demon God immediately become so quiet as if she had left?
But when he walked to the market, a slight breeze immediately blew beside him. The wind tickled his fingers, and his heart finally settled down. She was still by his side.
The long street was indeed lively. Both sides were filled with stalls selling lanterns, sugar figurines, calligraphy, and paintings. Not far away, there was even someone throwing an embroidered ball for marriage.
Many people in the outer city of the capital were relatively poor, but the inner city was generally where the high officials and nobles lived, so it was incomparably bustling.
Tonight was the Lantern Festival. There were especially many lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, and there were also people doing guessing riddles.
Through the screen, everything was detailed and real, as if it was another world magnified in front of Su Xi's eyes.
Su Xi was deeply attracted. He kept zooming in on the screen and carefully looked at some of the beautiful rouge boxes sold by the stalls. He was amazed, and his eyes lit up.
Weren't all these colors the same as lipstick?!
Oh my god, the coral color at the bottom left was so beautiful!
But Zaizai didn't move, and she couldn't switch the screen. She was afraid that she would throw Zaizai out of her field of vision.
So she took Zaizai's hand and pulled him to the stall she wanted to go to.
Lu Huan saw that there were so many people around him, and he couldn't help but open his arms slightly to give himself some space.
He was just about to ask his side, "Do you want to go over there and take a look?"
But he felt that the ghost beside him seemed to be very excited. She directly grabbed his wrist and rushed forward.
Soon, she took him to a stall selling rouge and stopped in front of it.
Lu Huan looked down at the small iron boxes of various shapes. They were filled with similar red colors. He thought that it was funny … Most women in the world liked these, and she was no exception.
Su Xi saw the stall owner on the screen winking and asking Zaizai, "Young Master, are you choosing for your elder sister at home, for your elders, or for your sweetheart?
The way you choose is very different. "
Zaizai looked down at the iron boxes, as if he couldn't tell the difference, and his head swelled.
Su Xi outside the screen: Bah, I didn't expect Zaizai to be a straight man. I'll choose myself.
First, she used her finger to pick the coral-colored rouge box at the bottom left. Every one of them was exquisite and she couldn't decide which one to give up. Thus, she couldn't help but pick the other ones. But, would Mama spend too much money on Zaizai?
She was a little reluctant to say too much. She looked at the wooden sign hanging on the upper right corner of the stall, and saw …
Two taels of silver for a rouge box?!!!
Was this robbery?!
Su Xi immediately gave up the idea of buying it. She wouldn't need it anyway. She pulled Zaizai's sleeve and wanted to leave.
In the eyes of the stall owner, it was a somewhat strange scene. First, he saw a few rouge boxes on his stall inexplicably being blown by the wind. Where did the wind come from tonight?
He couldn't help but look at the sky.
But then, she saw that the sleeves of the handsome young master in front of her were being blown up by the wind.
This, this, this?
Before the stall owner could suspect that he had seen a ghost, he heard the young master say, "A total of twelve types?
Take a box of each. "
The stall owner suddenly cried tears of joy. Big customer?!
He was afraid that the young master would regret, so he hurriedly took a box of each of the twelve rouge boxes at lightning speed. He wrapped them in a cloth bag and handed them to the young master.
Su Xi outside the screen was stunned. She couldn't help but calculate the money. Wait, twenty-four taels of silver. Zaizai, don't be so extravagant!
It wasn't easy to get out of poverty!
She saw Zaizai take out the shining silver and hand it to the stall. Her heart ached so much that it was about to bleed. But the silver had already been handed out. It was too late.
Su Xi pulled Zaizai's sleeves even harder. Zaizai carried the cloth bag and continued to walk forward. The lively candlelight on both sides of the street fell on his face, covering it with a layer of bright yellow light. He saw that his sleeves were still pulled tightly by the wind beside him, so he whispered, "Don't feel bad, I'm willing."
"As long as you like it, you shouldn't miss it."
"Although you can't use it, it's still pretty. Besides, when you were alive …"
Lu Huan seemed to want to say something, but she paused and swallowed her words.
Su Xi did feel a little bad for Zaizai's silver. But when she saw the faint smile on Zaizai's face, as if he was happier than she was, she let him be.
Although Zaizai was born in a difficult situation like Prince Ning Fu, he didn't grow up crooked. He always understood the principle of knowing how to repay kindness.
She gave him this and that before. Although he didn't say it, he definitely wanted to repay her. If she didn't let him do something, he might feel conflicted.
Children were all like this. Little Xiaoxi loved them dearly.
When Su Xi thought this, she didn't feel bad for Zaizai's silver anymore. But she planned to be more careful. She couldn't show her crazy love for anything anymore.
Although the small paper cutouts and wooden horses on both sides of the street were all very exquisite and made people want to own them.
But for the sake of her child's wallet, the old mother had to be frugal.
But Lu Huan lowered her dark eyelashes slightly and looked at the twelve boxes of rouge in her hand. She was happy, but also mixed with some different emotions.
The ghost by her side liked these things so much. If she could use them, she would be even happier.
But she didn't have her own body and couldn't be seen by others. She could only wander around like this all day and couldn't speak …
Although she was by her side, she couldn't even tell her surname or where she used to live. Wasn't she also lonely?
She couldn't see her. If other ghosts bullied her, she … she couldn't be of any use.
What's more, she would never be able to touch her.
Lu Huan stared at his own shadow on the bluestone road. Beside him was the crowd of people. But without her, there was some sadness between his brows.
Su Xi didn't know what Zaizai was thinking about with his head lowered. She only knew that he was walking forward with his hands behind his back. He looked very happy. But now, he seemed to be thinking about something.
Could it be that he was looking at the couples holding their children out to see the Lantern Festival and thinking about his mother whose name he didn't even know, so he was a little depressed?
She couldn't help but want to take Zaizai to do something to divert his attention. So, she used her fingertips to push Zaizai's back.
Lu Huan came back to his senses and asked softly, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"
Su Xi held his hand and pulled him into a ready-made clothing shop in front.
Su Xi had already cut in and taken a look. There were young men's clothes on the second floor of the shop, as well as jade hairpins and jade crowns, belts, jade pendants, and so on.
Su Xi was a little excited. Apart from this game, the only game she had played was Miracle Nuannuan. But dressing up a cartoon character was far less fun than dressing up Zaizai.
Lu Huan was a little confused. He didn't know why she brought him to this ready-made clothing shop.
He turned around and gave the boss some silver fragments, asking him to wait downstairs.
Then, as soon as he turned around, a white brocade robe, a young man's belt inlaid with ivory and white jade, a dark red brocade hairpin, and a piece of pale white crystal jade floated in front of him. These things floated in front of him, shaking violently.
Lu Huan guessed the ghost's thoughts and said, "You want me to change into it?"
Su Xi, who was outside the screen, quickly patted his left hand. Yes, smart.
Then, she saw that Zaizai's expression was a little strange, as if he was wondering why she was so happy to dress him up.
But since it was her request, Zaizai didn't hesitate too much. He took the things down from the air and walked to the corner to change.
Before taking off his clothes, his ears were slightly red as usual. He said to Su Xi, "Can you close your eyes?"
Su Xi rolled her eyes outside the screen. Did Zaizai think that she was lusting after his body?
What was so lustful about the stickman's simple drawings?
Besides, the ancients wore thick clothes. Even if Zaizai took off his outer robe, didn't he still have inner clothes?
Zaizai dressed very quickly. After he was done, he walked over. His whole body was tense, and he looked up at the empty space a little uneasily, as if he wasn't sure what Su Xi was going to do.
Su Xi pinched his hand through the screen, tucked his elbow that wasn't pressed flat, and shook the hem of his robe for him.
When she did this, she only knew that Zaizai's body was extremely stiff, but she didn't see the expression on Zaizai's face.
Lu Huan stared straight ahead at the window on the second floor of the ready-made clothing store. He stared fixedly at the snow melting under the eaves. He watched the rainwater in the melted snow flow down the eaves and fall into the swaying lanterns. He listened to the clamor outside the market and pretended to be calm … However, the young man's heart had long been in a state of panic.
Thump, thump.
No one had ever done this for him before.
He had a high fever and was seriously ill that night. He was already unconscious and delirious. Did she also change his sweat-soaked clothes like this that night?
After tidying up his clothes, Su Xi looked at Zaizai from outside the screen and couldn't help but scream in her heart. Ah, ah, ah, it's too beautiful!
She wanted to buy all these clothes back and let Zaizai change into a new set for her one day!
Why would she still want to play Miracle Nuannuan? She could play with Zaizai's outfit show for the whole day!
Su Xi gave the game character clothes before because she wanted to see him wear different clothes. However, it felt different to let him change into it than to do it herself.
Moreover, Zaizai was so obedient. He just stood there motionlessly and let her fiddle with him.
After changing the clothes, Su Xi let Zaizai turn around and used her hand to touch his black hair. This was what the ancients called long waterfall hair.
She took off the low-key gray linen cloth that Zaizai used to tie up his hair, and then inserted the high-quality white jade magnolia hairpin that she had just picked into his black hair.
When he turned around again, the young man's black eyes were bright. He was simply like a young immortal who was noble and had left the world behind.
Su Xi's blood was boiling. She tidied up Zaizai's long hair while outside the screen, the old mother's heart was about to overflow.
If she didn't have to complete the game's mission, she could have gone shopping with Zaizai until the Yan Dynasty changed!
Her actions fell on Lu Huan's body like a breeze.
This breeze clearly didn't have any temperature or touch, but when it fell on top of Lu Huan's head and gently tidied up his slightly messy hair, his whole body was as stiff as a stone slab. He couldn't move, and his heart was beating so fast that it was about to make a sound.
The skin on his temples felt like it had been electrocuted, and a numb feeling suddenly spread to his limbs.
Lu Huan didn't know what was wrong with him.
… … Blasphemy?
This thought suddenly popped up in his mind. Lu Huan's eyelids twitched heavily. He only felt that he was a bit unbearable.
All of a sudden, his heart was tightly entangled by some inexplicable, faintly growing things that he had yet to notice ….
He was a little afraid that the ghosts and gods would hear his inexplicable heartbeat that seemed like it was about to jump out. He hurriedly took a few steps forward.
He stood by the window and felt the cold wind blowing on his face. His flustered feeling calmed down a little.
This cold wind was different from the cold wind of the ghosts and gods — — he could feel it.
Su Xi saw the bun-faced Zaizai standing by the window with his face flushed red. He clenched his little fists and didn't dare to look back. She thought that Zaizai was shy.
She couldn't help but laugh. She pulled on Zaizai's hand, wanting to pull him outside the ready-made clothing store to see where else they could shop at night.
But at this moment, Lu Huan suddenly saw a fortune-teller wearing a black Daoist robe come downstairs. He was waving a banner and preparing to tell fortunes.
There were a few lines of words written on the fortune-telling banner: Divination, Religious Ceremony, Reincarnation, Asking the Gods.
Lu Huan suddenly thought of something, and a trace of ecstasy and desire immediately appeared on his face.
When these appeared on his face, it actually made him faintly look a bit crazy.
It wasn't that this fortune-teller had some kind of reputation. Instead, he suddenly thought, what if there really was a way to reincarnate?
What if she, who was by his side, could have a body?
In the past, he didn't believe in these supernatural things at all. But now, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he had to try!