When Ye Liu woke up, his cheeks were flushed and his entire heart was thumping wildly in his chest. He couldn't feel anything other than the heat coming from his own body as he remembered the incidents of last night.
" she -she kissed me, and she - she even touched me!" gushed Ye Liu like a fangirl before rolling on his bed, from here to there. It was like all his dreams have come true, as a jaw splitting wide grin was etched on his face, he cupped his face and flailed his legs, feeling a sort of euphoria " my wife, my wife likes me!"
To Ye Liu who was always called ugly, brute and shrew, his wife liking him was like a freaking miracle. He was so happy that tiny wings seemed to have sprouted on his back, as he fluttered out of the room after dressing up.
" good morning brother Li, Mi. It's a lovely day right ?" greeted Ye Liu as he washed his hands in the vat next to the kitchen counter in which they washed their dishes and picked a plat from the utensils rack, another one of Yu Dong's inventions.
Shen Li and Chen Mi exchanged a glance as they looked at Ye Liu who was smiling so widely as if afraid no one would know that he was happy and then turned their attention to either eating their breakfast or feeding Little bun after muttering a quick good morning.
Ye Liu didn't mind their lack of energetic response, instead, he took a quick look around and asked" where is wife? I don't see her, did she leave ?"
" mhmm," said Chen Mi as he scooped the soaked rice mash that was dripping from the corner of Little bun's mouth " wife went to hire help in the town, she wants to hire someone to keep guard of our fields. After what happened, it would be foolish to leave our fields unattended. A small mistake can cause us a lot of harm"
Though Yu Dong knew that for the next few months, the villagers might not try anything but what can be said about the future? Not everyone would sit still especially that Qiu Bai who seemed to have some special feud with them. So, Yu Dong went to hire someone from the town as a watch guard.
When Ye Liu heard Chen Mi's words his happy smile vanished and his expression turned black like the bottom of the pan " that uncle in law of ours is sure good! We didn't harm him or his kids, in fact we slaved for his family yet he still did something so sinister like this. I can't believe that he did something like that, you have no idea if Wife didn't have her special powers with her, her hand would have Burned so bad "
" she hurt her hand?" asked both Chen Mi and Shen Li surprised at what Ye Liu has said, this morning they didn't see any injury on Yu Dong's hand, though she wrapped cloth on her left wrist, her hand was clean just a bit red.
Ye Liu nodded, " yeah, Uncle in law threw a burning log. And she caught it with her bare hands before throwing it back at Uncle in law who was running away, so she got burned as well"
" such a big thing and you didn't tell me?" said Shen Li sounding more upset than usual though he was really easygoing, he still had his temper that could flare up, especially when his wife was hurt.
His voice was so loud that both Little bun and Yu Mai got startled. One dropped his pancake on the floor while the other made a ' startled' face before scrunching his face and howling.
" Shhh shhh, little baby everything is fine you are safe, you are happy- elder brother Li" complained Chen Mi as he stood up from his chair and started rocking Little bun, pacing back and forth in the newly renovated and enlarged dining room.
" sorry" Shen Li realised that he lost his composure of himself and immediately apologised while he took one piece of his pancake and gave it to Yu Mai " here you go, Mai have this alright. Leave the one that got spoiled
Compared to little bun, Yu Mai was easy to coax as long as he was given something delicious he wouldn't make a fuss. On the other hand, little bun this little ancestor couldnt be made angry at all, if got upset then he would cry as if the sky was falling.
" anyway, why didn't you tell us?" repeated Shen Li though this time his voice was a bit tone down and he didn't do anything upsetting either.
" because I didn't want to worry you and you know how wife is, she doesn't like worrying us. Not she likes it when we fuss over her, not like there was anything to fuss about, her injury was more than half-healed by the time she returned home or else you would have seen it by yourself " said Ye Liu sounding wronged, it wasn't that he was making light of the situation but Yu Dong was just that capable. Unless her injury was really severe, not a scar was left behind. And because the burn from yesterday were just first degree burns, they healed in minutes.
He too wanted to play the role of a good his and by wrapping his wife's wound but there was nothing to bind! His romantic sequence was gone just like that!
He sighed and just as he sighed he heard another heavy sigh, surprised he looked up only to see Shen Li and Chen Mi mirrorring his expression.
' really having a good and capable wife was nice but when it was really tough when she was a real hard core like this !'
The three mers sighed again.
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At this moment, the hardcore wife Yu Dong was roaming around the town when she suddenly sneezed. She looked up at the sun that was shining brightly and then looked at her jacket that was thick enough to block this much chill- then wiped the sweat lining on her forehead.
' was her body broken ?'
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Shen Li, Ye Liu, Chen Mi: we haven't even done anything how can it be broken?