Jiang Shiyue was displeased. "So what you're saying is, you'd be this good to anyone who was your wife!"
The thought that if Gu Yian had married someone else, he would be drying that woman's hair, wouldn't let that woman do farm work, and would even do what husbands and wives do at night with that woman, suddenly made her heart ache.
This doting affection wasn't for her, Jiang Shiyue, but for Gu Yian's wife.
Sensing the change in Jiang Shiyue's tone, Gu Yian immediately pledged his loyalty. "But my wife is you. There's no one else, and I'll only be good to you."
Jiang Shiyue snorted. "Sweet talk."
She touched the ends of her hair and said in a cool voice, "Go take your bath. My hair is almost dry."
Perhaps this was just how women in love were. An unintentional word, action, or even a look from their partner could make them unhappy.
Hearing this, Gu Yian stopped what he was doing and felt her hair with his hand. It really was almost dry. He couldn't help but be amazed. "This thing is quite useful."
Of course it was, she thought with a joke in her mind. It's a modern product, how could it not be good?
Jiang Shiyue pouted and said deliberately, "It cost over ten yuan."
Gu Yian just nodded lightly. "That's still quite a good deal."
How boring.
She had wanted to make Gu Yian angry, but in the end, he didn't seem to care at all.
Jiang Shiyue stood up, looking down at Gu Yian. "Wait, I'm being such a spendthrift, and you're not even angry?"
A dark glint flashed in Gu Yian's eyes as he answered decisively, "This isn't being a spendthrift."
Who could understand this feeling? It was like punching a ball of cotton.
Jiang Shiyue waved her hand, feeling a little weary. "Just go take your bath."
Gu Yian licked his lips and spoke cautiously, "Then don't go to sleep so early tonight."
At first, Jiang Shiyue didn't understand. By the time she did, Gu Yian was no longer in the room.
Her face instantly turned beet red, like a freshly boiled shrimp.
If Gu Yian had seen her, he probably wouldn't have been able to remain calm.
Jiang Shiyue couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "That damned man, how can his mind be so full of that sort of thing?"
She bit her lip. She wasn't going to wait for him.
But as she lay in bed, desperately trying to force herself to sleep, her mind was wide awake, filled with images of Gu Yian's abs and chest muscles…
This was killing her.
Jiang Shiyue pulled the blanket over her head, but not only was it useless, she almost suffocated herself.
Throwing off the blanket, Jiang Shiyue gave up.
Only a fool would refuse the meat served to them.
So what if she was angry? As the saying goes, couples fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot.
Just thinking about Gu Yian's physique made her drool in anticipation.
Licking her somewhat dry lips, she climbed out of bed and went to get a drink of water.
Since she couldn't sleep anyway, Jiang Shiyue decided to go out into the courtyard.
The sky was filled with countless stars, and a crescent moon hung in the air like a streetlamp—a sight she had never seen in the modern world.
As the poem goes, "Lifting my head, I gaze at the bright moon; lowering my head, I think of my hometown."
Jiang Shiyue couldn't help but think of her family from the modern era.
But for some reason, her parents' faces seemed blurry; she could only recall their names.
Jiang Shiyue couldn't help but wonder silently, Is this a side effect of transmigrating into a book?
When Gu Yian returned after washing the clothes, he saw Jiang Shiyue standing alone in the courtyard, a dazed look on her face, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Carrying the wooden basin, he walked up to her and asked in a low voice, "Yueyue, what's wrong?"
Jiang Shiyue snapped back to reality and met Gu Yian's concerned gaze. She shook her head. "It's nothing. I just miss my mom and dad a little."
After all, her parents in the modern world were still her parents.
Gu Yian breathed a sigh of relief. "Didn't you say they would be coming in a few days? You'll be able to see them then."
Jiang Shiyue nodded and glanced at the basin in Gu Yian's hands, rubbing her nose. "Actually, you could have left the dirty clothes for me to wash during the day."
She truly couldn't bear to watch him do it.
Gu Yian spoke nonchalantly, "It was no trouble at all. Besides, you have things to do during the day."
As he spoke, he hung the clothes on the bamboo pole.
Clothes hangers were not common in this era, and the ones that existed were crude, so clothes were usually just draped directly over bamboo poles.
Jiang Shiyue was about to help, but before she could move, she heard Gu Yian say, "Didn't you say my cooking isn't good? Why don't you teach me tomorrow? I'll learn, so I can show off a little when your parents come over."
Hearing this, Jiang Shiyue raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Yian teasingly. "Mr. Gu, are you preparing for a rainy day? Afraid my parents won't like you?"
She hadn't expected this man to be so calculating, actually planning to use a policy of appeasement.
But it made sense. If the Jiang parents came and saw their precious daughter cooking in the kitchen, their first impression of Gu Yian probably wouldn't be good.
Gu Yian, however, wasn't annoyed by the teasing in her eyes. He spread his hands helplessly. "Yes. I've just gone and spirited away their precious daughter. What if they don't approve of me?"
Jiang Shiyue huffed. "Tough luck."
"Do you think…" Gu Yian's gaze fell on Jiang Shiyue's stomach. "There might already be a little life growing in there?"
Jiang Shiyue's heart skipped a beat. She swallowed nervously and asked tentatively, "Do you like children a lot?"
Gu Yian shook his head. "I don't like children in general. I like our child."
Jiang Shiyue turned away, not daring to look at the hopeful expression in Gu Yian's eyes.
Fearing pregnancy, she had specifically bought special, harmless contraceptive pills from the system's shop.
After all, she wasn't ready to be a mother yet. Besides, she wanted her child to be born into their parents' anticipation, not as an accident.
She liked Gu Yian, that was true, but not to the extent that she was willing to have his child.
They say a woman walks through the gates of hell when giving birth, and she wasn't that noble.
She knew that the medical technology of this era was not advanced; childbirth was almost always natural.
Even though she was a doctor, she couldn't guarantee a completely safe delivery.
She sighed. "But I don't want to have a child so soon."
Gu Yian immediately took a few steps forward and grasped her hand. "It's okay. If you don't want to have one, we won't."
Jiang Shiyue was still young. Since she wasn't ready to be a mother, he couldn't force her.
Besides, to him, it didn't matter whether they had a child or not.
It was just that with a child, he wouldn't have to be so on edge, afraid that Jiang Shiyue might disappear one day.
But it was also good without a child; they could still have their world for two.
Jiang Shiyue stopped walking, turned around, and looked up at Gu Yian. "What if I never want to have children?"
Gu Yian was stunned for a moment. After a long pause, he finally said, "At worst, we'll just go adopt one."