“You… you really don’t know what’s good for you!”

Lin Yu, ultimately afraid that Xu Qi would call for help, left. However, in the end, that last coquettish glance gave Xu Qi goosebumps.

Xu Qi held Ye Lan tightly. Seeing his pale face, she wanted to take him back home, but Ye Lan refused, gently tugging at the hem of Xu Qi’s clothes.

“I’ve already delayed wife for many days. I absolutely cannot delay wife any longer today.”

Xu Qi was speechless. “Don’t you understand priorities? Compared to these businesses, your health is naturally more important.”

“Cough, cough, it’s okay. I’m fine. I’ll just rest here for a while.” Ye Lan leaned half of his body against Xu Qi, speaking softly. Xu Qi could only place him on a nearby stool.

Ye Lan obediently sat aside, his big eyes flashing as he looked at Xu Qi.

Xu Qi gently touched his smooth black hair, then said somewhat helplessly, “Alright, you sit here. I’ll go buy something and be right back.”

Ye Lan nodded, his long eyelashes trembling.

Xu Qi turned and jogged a few steps to the street, then handed some money to the lady selling candied haws and bought a string of vibrant red candied haws.

After buying them, she secretly hid the candied haws behind her back and only took them out when she reached Ye Lan.

Ye Lan’s eyes lit up. “Is this… is this for me?”

He asked carefully.

When he was a slave before, he had seen others buy candied haws for their husbands when they went out shopping. However, at that time, he never imagined he would have today, where someone would be willing to buy him a candied haw.

Xu Qi seemed a bit nervous as she pinched the candied haws in her hand, scratching the back of her head. “I just saw many people buying this. Do you want to try it?”

“Yes, yes.” Ye Lan nodded quickly, then carefully accepted the candied haw.

Xu Qi unwrapped the paper for him, and he tentatively licked it, very gently, almost not daring to eat it quickly.

Xu Qi found it amusing. Except when someone came to buy meat, she stared at Ye Lan the rest of the time.

As Ye Lan was being stared at, his face turned red. “You… you should go sell your stuff. Stop staring.”

His hand, which Xu Qi had raised, pushed her away, but each time it lacked strength, looking more like he wanted Xu Qi to come closer instead of refusing her.

Xu Qi complied with his wish and leaned her head closer to him. “Is it sweet?”

Ye Lan’s eyelashes fluttered. “Sweet… sweet…”

“Let me taste it too.”

Saying so, Xu Qi swiftly leaned over, touched it lightly, then stuck out her tongue to lick it. By the time Ye Lan came back to his senses, she had already squatted back to her original position.

Ignoring Ye Lan’s ears turning red with embarrassment, she continued, “Indeed, it’s very sweet, my darling.”

Ye Lan: !

Because of Xu Qi’s antics, Ye Lan insisted that she wouldn’t touch him again during the journey.

Even when sitting, they sat far apart, with enough space for another arm’s length between Xu Qi and him.

Xu Qi looked pitifully at Ye Lan. “Would you really bear treating me like this, Ah Lan?”

“Wife, please calm down!” Ye Lan, embarrassed by Xu Qi’s antics several times, didn’t want to talk to her anymore, holding a face full of grievances, avoiding Xu Qi’s easy bullying.

But Xu Qi was not willing. With the cold wind blowing in the cart so fiercely, if Ah Lan didn’t let her hold him, wouldn’t he catch a cold?

But since he didn’t allow her to touch him, she couldn’t force it. If she really annoyed her husband, it wouldn’t be good.

Xu Qi’s eyes rolled around and finally she sneezed on her own.

Ye Lan immediately looked over alertly, his expression beginning to worry, “Wife, did you catch a cold? Why did you sneeze out of nowhere?”

Xu Qi hid in the shadows and smirked. Children are indeed easy to fool.

“It’s nothing, just a slight chill from the heavy frost. I felt a bit chilly when the wind blew just now. It’s not a big deal. It’s better because I have your cloak to cover me when you came.” Ye Lan didn’t notice the problem in her words. He immediately forgot his unhappiness and moved his buttocks over to Xu Qi’s side. His small face was also flushed by the wind. As soon as he approached, he lifted the cloak on him and covered Xu Qi, asking her tenderly, “Are you still cold?”

Xu Qi was very touched by this care, but she didn’t say it out loud. She just hugged Ye Lan’s warm body with her hands and said, “Not cold anymore. Thank you, Ah Lan.”

She pressed Ye Lan into her arms, blocking the cold wind as much as possible for him.

Ye Lan rubbed against Xu Qi’s soft embrace. How could he not understand wife’s thoughts? He pretended to really believe it, just wanting to give both sides a way out and not wanting to leave wife for too long.