Chapter 1862: The Frail Young Master's Auspicious Bride 17

That night, in the side room, the brazier burned especially brightly at Jin Chen's request.

Ye Yuchi never expected that the nervousness he had never felt on his wedding night would appear at this moment.

But besides nervousness, Ye Yuchi was surprised to find he had no reluctance at all.

Although they had not yet consummated their marriage, each night after lowering the curtains they did quite a bit of intimate acts.

But nothing had ever been this… embarrassing.

Yet as punishment, Ye Yuchi could not avoid it in the slightest.

"Husband, Ah Ci knows he was wrong; can't we not wear this?"

Ye Yuchi softly wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's arm, acting coquettishly; his tone was unprecedentedly soft, nothing like his usual self.

Even Ye Yuchi himself found it surprising, yet facing Jin Chen, he couldn't help but reveal even softer thoughts.

Jin Chen lightly hooked Ye Yuchi's finger, his peach-blossom eyes smiling, yet he looked even more aggrieved: "Ah Ci, didn't you promise me?"

"It's just us here, the room is warm, good Ah Ci, just let me look."

When it came to acting coquettish, Ye Yuchi could not match Jin Chen; his heart softened and he took the thin shirt Jin Chen handed him.

After changing behind the screen, Ye Yuchi didn't even dare face the bronze mirror; he knew the thin shirt covered nothing, yet he had to wear this shameless garment and walk out to face his husband.

Ye Yuchi had never done such a thing in both his lives; he stood frozen, unable to step out.

Thus Jin Chen went around the screen, and what met his eyes was this scene.

His ink-black long hair hung behind him, the thin shirt trailing to the ground; only the slender sash at his waist was solid-colored, like a red thread winding around his body, otherwise everything was exposed.

Ye Yuchi lowered his lashes, unwilling to lift his head, but when Jin Chen lifted his chin with a finger, the phoenix eyes looking up held a watery shyness.

"Ah Ci, you really are beautiful."

Jin Chen chuckled hoarsely, his fingertip sending a honeyed sweet into Ye Yuchi's mouth.

Ye Yuchi instinctively held it; the sweet flavor spread, he looked at Jin Chen in bewilderment, and the next instant his waist was seized, his breath and sweetness plundered from his lips and teeth.

The sweet was coated in a sugary layer; as the kiss licked it back and forth, it faintly released a plum's sourness, causing saliva to flow incessantly.

Jin Chen pulled back from the deep kiss, smirking at his dazed husband, pressed his fingertip onto the sweet, then scraped it across the tongue.

A strange tingling sensation spread through his whole body.

When Ye Yuchi came to, he was already being held by Jin Chen and led away from the screen, but instead of going to the relatively safer canopy bed, they both lay down on the usual daybed.

The saliva from the plum sweet soaked the thin shirt over his chest, clinging to his skin; Ye Yuchi helplessly tried to grab something, but Jin Chen eventually seized his hand, lifted it above his head, and pressed it down.

Ye Yuchi's long eyelashes fluttered slightly as he heard a teasing tone beside his ear.

"Good Ah Ci, you're four years older than me; you ought to know more."

"What, what?"

Ye Yuchi's consciousness was hazy; the red flush at the corners of his eyes resembled spreading rouge, his cold, handsome face beautiful yet fragile.

Even so, he had to muster his spirit to listen to the instigator's vicious words, his arched back heaving violently.

"What does being older matter?" Ye Yuchi felt Jin Chen was simply excessive, using that to make his shame unprecedentedly intense.

Until he finally broke down in tears, Jin Chen only then chuckled and kissed him to soothe; his usually frail body in no way hindered him from carrying his husband from the daybed to the bed.

{Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 50! }

{Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 85! }

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That day, returning from the clothing shop, Ye Zining threw a major tantrum at the Ye Manor.

But times had changed; Ye Yuchi was no longer someone who could be scolded at will when angry, and no matter how furious Ye Zining was, he dared not vent his anger as before.

But since that night, Ye Zining has felt uncomfortable all over, no amount of washing helping; that inexplicable stickiness and heaviness won't go away.

On the third day, Ye Zining discovered many red rashes all over his body, intensely itchy, yet the skin at the rash sites had become fragile, and even a slight scratch would break and bleed.

The summoned doctor could not determine what illness it was, but since winter cold easily causes skin ailments, he prescribed medicine and told Ye Zining not to scratch at will.

But Ye Zining couldn't bear it; in just two days, hardly any spot on his chest or back was unharmed.

The servants of the Ye household all said the eldest son had contracted a contagious skin disease.

Now even Duan Lingfeng came to the Ye Manor less often, and of course each time he gave ample excuses, leaving Ye Zining unable to find fault.

For example, today he came to the Jin Family on the pretext of visiting the long-retired official Ji Ji De.

Ye Yuchi stood at the front corridor, not going to greet them, just as Jin Chen said those were matters for the 'adults'.

Unlike the hatred he had hidden when seeing Duan Lingfeng in the clothing shop before, Ye Yuchi's whole body now exuded a vicious aura, though the busy servants passing by didn't notice.

"The Ye family's destinies have all been decided."

Ye Yuchi lowered his eyes, the phoenix eyes filled with a vicious hue, murmuring softly so only he could hear.

"The next one is you."

Duan Lingfeng.

"Clearly nothing happened, yet the grudge of splashing dirty water to ruin one's reputation."

"The hatred of having my dignity trampled on the ground to please Ye Zining."

"The pain of being hacked apart piece by piece."

"No matter who you are, royal kin or noble, I will repay you bit by bit."

"Ah Ci, my dear Ah Ci, what are you doing standing there?"

Jin Chen's lazy voice came from the other end of the corridor; Ye Yuchi instantly retracted his hatred, and upon turning to face him, an irrepressible warmth appeared.

But before they could speak, they both fell silent, seeing a corner of clothing that couldn't be hidden behind the fake mountain.

{Hey, who's the person who hid that day! }

Ling Gun Gun reminded, {Host quick……oh! You don't rush, quickly have someone rush over and catch him! }

"Duoyu! Catch him."

Jin Chen gave a soft shout.

The person behind the fake mountain panicked and fled, but was spotted by a servant working in the courtyard, who surrounded and caught him red-handed.

"You… are Da Niu?!"

A servant recognized the gray-clothed man's identity, eyes widening in shock, "Why are you spying on the young master?! You're courting death!"

Jin Chen: "…Bring the person forward."

What nonsense is this.

Da Niu was escorted to kneel before Jin Chen and Ye Yuchi, hearing the servant explain that this man was the firewood chopper from the rear kitchen.

"Since you're a servant of the manor, if you have business with me just come report directly; you've sneaked into Fallspring Courtyard repeatedly—what are you up to?"

Jin Chen looked at him with a cold, downcast gaze, his arrogant aura carrying a faint, oppressive presence even without anger.

Da Niu's whole body shuddered, and just as everyone thought he would raise his head to reply, he instead broke free of Duo Yu's grasp and lunged straight at the fake mountain.

Jin Chen gasped, pulled his husband aside to dodge, then kicked out.

Thud!

Da Niu's body tilted, he slipped from the side of the fake mountain's stone, carving a deep, sharp gash!

Duo Yu gaped, mouth open, "Young… young master, you…"

How did your strength become so great!

"I was scared to death."

Jin Chen saw Ye Yuchi's equally shocked expression, hastily covered his chest and drew in ragged breaths; his pale complexion made the dark circles under his eyes even more pronounced.

"Good husband, let me lean on you." Having said that, he clung to Ye Yuchi, burying his face in the crook of his neck and humming softly.

Ye Yuchi blinked his phoenix eyes, gently patted Jin Chen's back to smooth his breath, a flicker of worry crossing his face.

"Husband, go rest first; I'll interrogate him."

"Alright, then Ah Ci, be careful—don't let him hurt you."

Jin Chen hesitated a moment, kissed Ye Yuchi's cheek, then, amid the still-shocked gazes of Duo Yu and the servants, hurriedly turned and slipped away.

That was close.

Now, as Ah Ci's Heartbeat Value rises, his body has improved considerably, though the chronic ailment remains hard to dispel.

But recovering too quickly inevitably invites suspicion from others.

He just wants to live a good life with his husband, vanquishing villains, but doesn't want to be seen as a monster.