A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 452: The Emotions and Embarrassment Under the Pumpkin Shed

At night, the lights in the courtyard outside Mucheng were dim and quiet. Si Yao and Yan Zong had dinner in the hall and took a short rest before being dragged to a lush pumpkin shed in the backyard. The shed was a foot long, with pumpkins on both sides of the shed. There were vines crisscrossing on the top of the shed, and a dozen colorful lanterns were hung, shining brightly. A pair of swings were suspended in the middle of the pumpkin shed, and occasionally two magpies were heard nearby.

"Didn't you just buy the yard last month? How come you built this pumpkin shed before you even had time to hire a security guard?" Si Yao once again looked around the dreamy pumpkin shed in surprise, and then sat on the swing and asked Yan Zong.

"It's a coincidence. This pumpkin shed was left by the previous owner of the other courtyard. Although it takes up space, I thought it could be used on the Qixi Festival, so I had it repaired hastily." Yan Zong stood there with his hands behind his back. After he finished explaining, he saw that she was only looking at the colorful lanterns on the roof and didn't respond. So he sat on another swing and held her fingers again, and continued: "Legend has it that on the night of the Qixi Festival, if lovers can hear the love words of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet under the pumpkin shed, their love will be protected by the gods and will last for a thousand years."

"Does the prince believe in such a legend? The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are far away in the sky. How could the human world hear their conversation?"

However, Si Yao's unromantic and serious words left Yan Zong speechless for a moment. He opened his thin lips slightly but hesitated to speak. After a long silence, he smiled and said, "Whether it is true or false, I believe it as long as I can do it with you."

Si Yao frowned in confusion, then looked up at Yan Zong in a daze, and couldn't help thinking: Giving up one's principles and reason for love, isn't this the love brain that Jiang Si Yao once complained about? I thought that the prince was too young and such a cold person, so he must have a mature mindset in love. It seems that I have rethought him again.

Seeing Si Yao suddenly raise her cold and beautiful face and stare at him in a daze, Yan Zong couldn't help but feel his heart beating fast, his eyes blurred, and then he lowered his head and tentatively moved his face closer.

"Why didn't Arnold come with you today?" Si Yao came back to her senses but didn't notice the deep affection in the other's eyes. She just suddenly thought of Arnold and asked casually.

Yan Zong was suddenly interrupted by Si Yao's irrelevant words at the critical moment. It was like a bucket of cold water was poured on him. Helpless, he couldn't help but feel jealous of A Nuo, so he turned his head and said in a low voice: "We finally meet, why is he, an adult, interfering in our affairs?"

"I haven't given him the medicine package I promised to give him last time. He didn't come today, so can you bring it to him when you return to Xuancheng?" Seeing Yan Zong say this, Si Yao also felt that there was some truth in it. Arnold has grown up now and he really shouldn't be as clingy as he was two years ago, so she smiled and said again.

"Si Yao, do you really not know what it means for a girl to give a boy a purse? How can a girl give a purse casually?" Speaking of the medicine bag, Yan Zong naturally thought of the purse that Arnold had shown off to him before. He felt even more jealous and his expression turned cold. Although he knew that they were siblings, Arnold was already an adult after all, and he should be cautious about what he should avoid.

"What I gave was a medicine bag. The purse was bought at the market to hold medicinal materials. When I see patients with insomnia during my daily consultations, I will also give them tranquilizer bags. Since Arnold asked for it last time, how could I not give it to him?" Si Yao saw Yan Zong's face suddenly turned cold, and after hearing what he said, she could probably guess that he treated the medicine bag as the sachet that men and women usually give to each other, which made him jealous and angry. Her heart was beating fast, and she immediately took his arm and explained.

"Didn't you embroider that purse yourself?" Upon hearing this, Yan Zong's cold eyes brightened again. In this case, there was really no need for him to be angry.

"I don't know how to embroider so many purses, so how can I embroider them?" Si Yao nodded and said seriously.

Yan Zong was secretly delighted and his expression turned from gloomy to bright. He lowered his eyes and looked at her affectionately for a while before he murmured, "Si Yao, I really regret it. If I hadn't sent you to Sanxiu Pharmacy out of arrogance and suspicion but kept you by my side, I would have been able to see you clearly earlier, and there would naturally be no misunderstandings and hurts later..." At the end, guilt once again appeared in his affectionate eyes.

"It's been so long, why bring up all this? Besides, I feel that being able to learn medicine from my master at Sanxiu Pharmacy is the luckiest thing in my life. In such a world, even as a woman, I can rely on the medical skills I have learned to survive on my own, without having to live under someone else's roof or bow my head and please others. If I had nothing at the beginning and stayed by your side, I might not be more comfortable than I am now. The ties and entanglements between you and me may be destined. Just treat it as the best arrangement and cherish the present." Si Yao raised her hand and touched his frown, gently smoothing his frown, then smiled softly.

"Okay, I won't mention the past anymore." Yan Zong held the slender hand in front of his forehead, and put it on his cheek again, and continued to say affectionately: "Si Yao, although I can't hear the love words of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl under the pumpkin shed, I am willing to believe that just because I want to seek the protection of God, we can love each other and stay together until we are old."

Caressing his handsome and warm face and hearing such an affectionate confession, Si Yao, who realized it belatedly, couldn't help but be moved. The scene of Jiang Siyao kissing someone suddenly appeared in her mind. Her heart was filled with ripples and she couldn't help her emotions. She suddenly stood up, held Yan Zong's face, closed her eyes and moved close to him.

Yan Zong was caught off guard by Si Yao's swift and decisive action, and his eyes widened in shock. His hands were already clutching the thick chains at both ends of the swing, at a loss. The touch of his lips to her soft red lips made him hold his breath, and his ears turned red as if on fire. His head was empty, but before he could close his eyes to enjoy this intoxicated moment, he felt Si Yao nibbling and biting his thin lips roughly, causing him pain.

Si Yao had never experienced love between men and women. She just imitated the way Jiang Siyao kissed people in the past based on her memory. However, her immaturity and awkwardness made Yan Zong feel distressed. He wanted to push her away but was reluctant to do so. It was not until she let out a painful groan and tasted a little fishy smell in her mouth that she hurriedly got up and separated from him.

Seeing the blood oozing from Yan Zong's lips, Si Yao felt her eyes go dark and her head began to rumble. Her quickness and courage just now disappeared without a trace in an instant. She was so embarrassed that her ears and face were burning. She hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe the blood from his lips, frowned and said guiltily: "I'm sorry..."

Yan Zong also immediately woke up from his confusion because of the pain of being bitten on his lips. Seeing Si Yao's blushing face showing a panic and self-blame, he hurriedly stood up and pulled her into his arms, whispering in her ear: "It's inevitable that it's unfamiliar for the first time, just regard it as the mark you left on me, and don't deny it in the future."

"I'll go get Yu Cheng some medicine." Yan Zong said this to ease her self-blame, but Si Yao felt even more ashamed after hearing it. She broke free from his embrace and tried to turn around and run away, but he pulled her back:

"Never mind, it's just a scratch, it's not a big deal. Yu Cheng has always been a loose-lipped person, and you're not good at lying, so you can't hide it from him."

It was the first time that he saw Si Yao with such a shy face. If she was usually a green plum blossom blooming in the snow on the mountain, then at this moment she was like a red plum bud about to bloom, which fascinated him even more.

"In that case, it's getting late. I should go back to the pharmacy to avoid Master nagging me." Si Yao just lowered his eyes and nodded before speaking again.

It was indeed late at night, and both of them were in an awkward situation, so Yan Zong sent Si Yao out of the villa. He wanted to take her back to the medicine store himself, but she flatly refused. Knowing that she was still shy, he had to let Xiaobai and Xinnu go with her.

"Your Highness, how did you hurt your mouth?" After the carriage left, Yu Cheng saw the wound on His Highness' thin lips and asked with concern.

"I was bitten accidentally." Yan Zong said calmly and went back to his room.

"Did you bite yourself?" Yu Cheng obviously didn't believe it. His eyes rolled and he couldn't help but covering his mouth and laughing.

"It's so late, has your sister come back yet?"

It was late at night and the pharmacy had long since returned to peace. Before going to bed, Sanxiu once again called Xiuming into the room and asked worriedly.

"I just came back, don't worry, Master." Xiu Ming bowed and replied. However, he saw that his junior sister was absent-minded and reluctant to talk just now, so he did not say anything in order not to make the master feel uneasy. He planned to ask her in detail tomorrow.