Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Whenever Wang Dabao was free, he would come up with some tricks to make some snacks and delicacies for Liu Si Niang.

Every time Liu Si Niang happily accepted it and fried some snacks for him.

Sometimes the two of them would sit together and chat about life.

From time to time, Liu Siniang's apprentices would join in their conversation.

Before she knew it, it was dark and Zhou Xinyue still couldn't stand up straight because of the pain in her waist.

Liu Si Niang rubbed Zhou Xinyue's waist again.

Zhou Xinyue felt very comfortable. After a day's fatigue was rubbed by Si Niang, the pain seemed to be relieved a lot.

Zhou Xinyue lay on the bench, and she didn't know whether she fell asleep because she was too comfortable or too tired.

I don't know how long I slept. Zhou Xinyue said in a hoarse voice: "Si Niang, why doesn't anyone ask me to make peach cakes? It feels so quiet. Si Niang."

Si Niang's hands were still pressing on Zhou Xinyue's waist, but Zhou Xinyue didn't respond.

Zhou Xinyue looked at the person behind her and saw no response, so she asked again: "Si Niang, let me ask you, has anyone asked me to make peach pastry? Why didn't I hear anyone asking me to make peach pastry? Si Niang..."

The person behind still didn't respond. Zhou Xinyue felt very strange and struggled to sit up from the bench.

The man behind her was quite strong and helped her sit up.

After Zhou Xinyue sat up straight, she glanced at the person in front of her.

I was frozen instantly. Why was he here again?

Zhou Xinyue was speechless for a moment, and then she looked around carefully, but there was no one there.

Before Zhou Xinyue could say anything, she saw that he was very serious, his eyes were shining, and he looked at her with a very serious expression and said, "Peach Cake, don't make it anymore."

"You... When did you come? Where are Si Niang and the others? Where is Fanxing?"

"Don't worry, I asked them to go back to their room and rest."

"Really? Then I'll go back to my room too."

Zhou Xinyue stood up and prepared to leave, but he grabbed her hand and said seriously, "Don't be a peach cake maker or a doctor anymore. Marry me. I will treat your child as my own. I will give your husband a lot of money and make him rich for the rest of his life. OK?"

Zhou Xinyue was shocked. It seemed that he had sent someone to investigate.

Zhou Xinyue was speechless. Even if she made up a lie about being a married woman, at least on the surface she was someone else's wife. He actually proposed to someone else's wife? What the hell was this?

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I don't care about your past, what matters is the present and the future."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Marry me. I mean it."

"Are you crazy? I'm a married woman. I have a husband and children."

"None of that matters. What matters is whether you are willing or not?"

"Of course I don't want to! It's inexplicable. Let go, I want to go back to my room and rest!"

Balbu held her hand tightly and was unwilling to let go.

"Let me go, what are you doing!"

"You don't have to work so hard, really! I don't want to see you working so hard."

"This is my job, my business. I'm paid to do this."

Zhou Xinyue thought to herself, "If I hadn't considered that you, the City Lord's Mansion, invited me, I wouldn't have come."

Zhou Xinyue wanted to pull her hand back, and struggled hard, saying, "What on earth are you going to do? Let go of my hand."

Unexpectedly, with a strong pull, Zhou Xinyue fell into a big embrace.

Balbu hugged her tightly as if she were a fragile treasure that he had been looking for for a long time.

This hug completely stunned Zhou Xinyue in his arms.

This embrace was so warm, and Zhou Xinyue hadn't felt being hugged so tightly for a long time. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond, and her mind went blank.

After a while, Balbu looked down at Zhou Xinyue in his arms and said affectionately: "I really want to marry you! It doesn't matter whether your story is true or false. I don't want to know about your past. I will treat your children as my own. Marry me, okay?"

Zhou Xinyue really had no way to deal with this city lord. It seemed like he really wanted to marry her.

But what should I say? With his ability, he should be able to find out his past. It is easy to find out whether the matter between him and the black-haired man is true or not. But he said that no matter whether it is true or not, maybe he really doesn't care.

It is true that he has two children. It seems that he knows this and is also very sure that the children are indeed his. That is why he said that he would treat them as his own. It seems that he is sincere.

She was also willing to give her nominal husband a large sum of money so that he could live a rich life. How can I explain why he was willing to do such a thing? His feelings were real. His heart was indeed real.

Unfortunately, this kind of life is not what I want. I will never change my mind. I will not live this kind of life.

Zhou Xinyue sighed deeply and slowly pushed Balbu away.

She looked at him very seriously and said, "Listen carefully to what I say next."

Balbu was so nervous that he could feel his heart trembling. He felt like he couldn't breathe.

"First of all, I really appreciate your love. I can feel your sincerity, but I really can't marry you. You are definitely not the one I want. I don't like court life. I don't like several people sharing one husband. I just like ordinary city life. You are not the one I want. Sorry."

Balbu felt depressed and frustrated, and his eyes gradually turned red.

"You know I'm very tired. I want to rest. I'll go back to my room first."

Balbu's hand slowly and weakly loosened.

Zhou Xinyue didn't dare to look at him and ran back to her room as fast as she could.

Only Balbu was left there alone. With the moonlight shining down at night, Balbu stood alone in the open space outside the kitchen. He looked so lonely in the dark night.

Zhou Xinyue knocked on the door and Fanxing opened it immediately. Zhou Xinyue quickly closed the door, breathing heavily.

Fanxing gestured worriedly and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Zhou Xinyue shook her head tiredly and said, "Nothing! By the way, Xing'er, wasn't it Si Niang who massaged my waist? Why did it change to someone else later?"

Fanxing gestured hurriedly, roughly meaning that it was Liu Si Niang who was giving you a massage. Later, a palace maid came in and said that she was a palace doctor who was good at massage. She also said that the city lord had shown mercy and allowed the people in the kitchen to rest early. When everyone heard that they could go back to their rooms to rest early, they left happily. I didn't want to leave at first, but the palace doctor said that if I was there, it would affect her massaging your waist and would also affect your rest. I left when I heard that it made sense.

After listening to this, Zhou Xinyue nodded and walked to the washbasin without saying anything, then washed her face and brushed her teeth.

Fanxing was confused and gestured to ask, "What's wrong? I feel like something's wrong with you, sister?"

Zhou Xinyue shook her head and said as she washed up: "It's okay, Xing'er, it's just a small matter, you should rest early, I will sleep too, tomorrow will be another busy day, rest early!"

After saying that, Zhou Xinyue continued to be busy and soon went to bed.

Fanxing looked at Zhou Xinyue who was lying on her side with her back to her. Her sixth sense told her that Zhou Xinyue was definitely hiding something, but since she didn't say anything, she must have her reasons. She didn't want to think too much about it and should just go to bed early.

Thinking of this, Fanxing also went to bed.