“Are you the general?”
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t you tell me that you are the Xiao General?”
“You didn’t ask me.”
“I did ask about your name! Why did you lie to me, saying that your name was Jue Qing?”
“I didn’t lie to you, Jue Qing is me.”
‘…..” Chu Zhu Yu speechless, alright, his name is Xiao Zhi while Jue Qing is he, the person, doesn’t it mean that he hiding himself from the beginning!
“Zhu Yu, I am General or not, is it really any differences?” Xiao Zhi looked at Chu Zhu Yu seriously.
He ordered all the servant to retire, this room has been always difficult for people to get in because it is general bed room and now in this room only she and he, two persons inside.
Chu Zhu Yu deeply in hale, “You always wearing the black clothes, makes me misunderstood, thinking you are an imperial guard, you are intentionally not telling me about your status, you just wanted to see me being fooled, didn’t you?” the ridiculous when she was in the kitchen, she even worried him so much.
“Are you angry?” her expression makes him feel uneasy.
“I am only the lowly maid, doesn’t have right to angry with the big General.” She lowered her head, her action and expression exactly similar to the ordinary maid who is talking to her master.
“No!” he grabbed her hands, “I know you are angry. I wore the black clothes because my childhood reason. Shi Fu and I learn about Buddhism. That’s why wearing that kind color of cloth. I admitted, I did have determine to mislead you, it because I was afraid if you know about my status, you will act as same as the others people, afraid of me.”
He spoke with panicking tone, spoke near her ear. Her wrist feel little pain because he holding hers, but that pain more because his trembling finger, makes her understand that he actually so nervous. Nervous? He, the big General facing her, how could be nervous? Afraid that when said to others, no one will believe.
“Zhu Yu, don’t afraid of me, just acted as before you know me, do you?” he murmured.
She raised her head, as if she is bumping into a pair of watery eyes. His eyes always clear and brilliant. Even though he sometimes cold, sometimes warm, but unexpectedly this person gives her a sense of being covered by ashes, but now, it more like being covered by the Mongolian ashes (thicker than usual).
“I…” she doubted.
“Don’t be afraid of me, there are lot people who being afraid of me, being scared of me, but you won’t. I like the way you interact with me.”
“let it be!” Chu Zhu Yu shaking her head, after all, he only hiding his status, the rest he still the same person. Actually, she should know earlier, because there is no Imperial guard who could wear such Jade hair pin, and no Imperial guard who could ever taste expensive Jun Shan Yin Zhen tea, moreover, this is general residence, other than him, what kind of man will possess that kind of good looking face.
And also the jade prayer bead that he always pinching in his hand, the strange thing was, she never heard people said about general likes to kiss randomly. If she really careful to examine, his truth status has revealed earlier.
But, if at the beginning she knew about his status, does she still treating him in that way? She, herself couldn’t find the proper answer. But as it said, didn’t she also hiding something to him too? From the beginning she entered the general residence, she has her own purposed.
“In the future, you couldn’t lie to me again.” She looked directly to his eyes, she was so easy to forget her status, she spoke with him as the usual.
“Alright!” he smiling, pulling her to his bosom, “Zhu Yu, I want to sleep.”
“You go to sleep by yourself!” that big bed is inside the room, it enough for three four person lying on.
“But, I want to hug on you while sleeping.”
“Cannot.” She refused
“Why can’t I?”
“That time when you hugged on me, no one knew, if now you act at the same way, all the people in general residence will know!” and then, the rumor will spread to the center of Luo Yang city. On the end, she will be bullied as a woman who seducing the General and become his love affair and she will be spat by their saliva.
“And so what?” he raised his eyebrow, restrain himself, he can’t wait to hug her anymore, and takes her to bed.
Wei wei, OMG! The act should that fast ma? Once her body above bed, she busy to escape by crawling down the bed, but as soon, he easily catches her ankle.
“Zhu Yu.” He frowned, “Previously you letting me to hug on you.”
“The situation was different.”
“What the differences?”
“Whatever, it just…” her tender body being fixed into his arm, while only can show her red face,
“Others will talk about me!”
He stopped, his half body has crawled to hers, his fingers gently stroking her hair, his eyebrow frowned deeper, as if he is thinking and considering something.
Her finger stretch her palm wider and pushing him away from her body. She even nagging : “Actually, inside this residence there are many maid who willing hugged by you, if you really need someone…”
Suddenly, Xiao Zhi smiling, “How about I marry you, on that way, no one will talk about you.”
“You married me?” Chu Zhu Yu stunned.
“ng, marry you, I want to marry you, Zhu Yu, I love you.” His lips covered hers as if suck all the sweetness from her lips. Suddenly his mind being enlightened and become very clear.
That right, he loves her, he wants to marry her, marrying someone that makes him sentimentally attached to the girl. Unconsciously, he starting and searching and desire her more and more in any time, wanting to hear she speaks, wanting to touch her, wanting in her body has his own scent.
Zhu Yu, Zhu Yu, like a pearl, like a jade, she is the one he can’t let go, the precious ones of his.
He wants to marry her?
The well-known general Xiao Zhi, the big general of the country, wants to marry Chu Zhu Yu?!
Being afraid, once it spoke out, it would be the biggest joke and laughing stock for people. But she knows that he is serious, because he really speaks very serious.
She enters the general residence, the purpose is for bearing the baby of the general who will use her surname, Chu, so her tea house won’t be taken over by her big uncle. Once if general Xiao Zhi really marrying her, as afraid that tea house giving to her big uncle, they won’t dare to take it. But,…
Chu Zhu Yu raised her head, looking at Xiao Zhi pair of clear bright eyes. His pair of eyes is so clear, clear to as if there is no slightly distracting thought. He loves her, but how about her? Does she love him?
Weirdly, she suddenly feel guilty, how if he finds out that she is hiding her status, entering the general residence with “mission”… she not dares to imagine how his expression. Angry? Resentment? Or he will be cold heartless?
No matter which ones, she doesn’t want to see it. Chu Zhu Yu not realizing, she started to bite her lips, until Xiao Zhi slender finger pinched her jaw, she stopping bites her lips.
“What are you doing, biting yourself?” Xiao Zhi put down the good cup of tea from his hand.
“No, nothing.” She begin with, she doesn’t dare to look at his eyes, “Jue Qing, is there anyone who ever lie to you?” she asked, still like to call him with his person.
“There was.” His hand grabbing the tea cup tightly, as if want to break it.
“So, when you found out before, how you dealing with that person?”
“hum…. According to the army military law, I cut that person head, once I ever broke all that person bones, and once I ever banished the martial art, broke one of the arm.” Xiao Zhi answered after thinking for a while.
Chu Zhu Yu feeling startled and shocked after heard, “But don’t you learning about Buddhism? On that way dealing with others… was not really good.”
“Since they dared to betray me, naturally they understood their ends. Talking about Buddhism…” he laughing, “Buddha also can kill people, I learned Buddhist scripture, only to suppress my vicious character, My Shi Fu said I killed too many people, the evil aura would be heavy, if I didn’t controlled or suppressed it. Moreover it would make the world filled with river blood.”
Studying Buddhism… only for this? She stupidly looking at his beautiful face, even though she understands that he is General, in the battle field will kill so many people, however she never could imagine if he could kill too many, with that kind of vicious aura. His aura is more alike scholar rather than a general.
She looked at him too focus, his head turned, “Why you staring me?”
She gained herself, randomly said : “oh, you are so good looking, so I dumbfounded looking at you.”
His face showed happy expression, “Zhu Yu, you think I am that good looking?”
Chu Zhu Yu felt that the person in front of her has a very sparkling eyes, alike clear layer of clouds, “very… good looking.” Suddenly she feels that her throat dry, busying grabbed a cup of tea, “If you don’t have that dark circle under your eyes, it much better.”
“Dark circle…” Xiao Zhi lifting his finger and stroking his eyes slightly, this dark circle appeared since he has insomnia and lack of sleeping. He never matters of it before, but after she said so, makes he even frowned, “Does Zhu Yu dislike it?”
“This kind of mark, makes you look alike someone who has heavy sickness, even you are a general, own skillful martial art, if you letting your subordinate to see your outer appearance which looked alike sick person, I afraid it won’t be too good.” While she spoke she also looked at the tea cup which in her hand, “I get it! I have the solution!”
“Oh?”
“By using the tea water and tea leaves.” Chu Zhu Yu takes out all the tea leaves which remaining inside the tea pot, put all the tea leaves on the table and drained the excess water, and also pulled off the clean cotton.
“What is the usage of these all?” Xiao Zhi oddly asking.
“For you to cleanse your eyes and mask your eyes.” She said while taking a sheet of cotton, makes the cotton into a small ball, then stains the cotton with the tea, said to him : “ bend your waist.”
He did as she said, he bend his body till the same parallel level with her sight, “Is it enough?”
“It enough, enough.” Then she continued with the second order, “Close your eyes.”
“Alright.” He closed his eyes, his black long eyelashes makes Chu Zhu Yu feel envy. This kind of eye lashes, black, little bit curl, there are lot of girls who dream of having it. Her finger, she curious wants to touch it just to know whether it is real or fake.
Soft eyelashes, seems to have same type with his smooth black hair, her finger touching his eyelashes and she get interested with his eyelashes as if she is playing a new toy.
At the moment, Xiao Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, Chu Zhu Yu hands is awkward hanging in the empty air.
“hm, hm, I only want to see for a while, I only want to see for a while, your eyelashes, is it… ah it kind firm.” Her face turned red.
“oh? The result?” he calmly asked.
“They grow not bad, not easy to fall.” She said more awkwardly, “You, quickly close your eyes, I want to use the tea for cleanse your eyes.” Pursuit of petty pleasures, it seems not tolerable, even she only wants to play with people eyelashes, it just same.
Xiao Zhi once again opened his eyes, this time, Chu Zhu Yu is really honest in her action, pouring the tea water into the cotton and masking to his eyes. From eyelids to the eyes, eyes hole and finally stopped at fundus oculi (lower eyes).
“How is it feel?” she asked?
“It cold little bit.” He answered.
“This method was come from old man who is planting the tea leaves, all the tea leaves are treasure, this tea could be drink, others than drink, tea also can cleanse eyes, and as those remaining after drinking tea are the leaves, later on I will make two bag of tea for masking your eyes.” She keeps using the cotton to cleanse his eyes, while he closed his eyes, “Do you feel your eyes much comfortable?”
“Still okay.”
After that, Chu Zhu Yu asking the head house keeper, Xiao Ren who is not convinced, taking the gauze and needle, making two tea bags, letting Xiao Zhi masking his eyes with those bags.
The big general is so obedient listen to her instruction, while Xiao Ren expression looks as if his jaw will drops down.
“Chu… lady Chu, nothing wrong with the general, right.” Xiao Ren feels that recently he is so easy to be surprised. Since he found out that his matchless big general “depend on” with this maid, Chu Zhu Yu. His shocked and it is increasing daily.
Above all, every night when general wants to sleep, he must hugging on Lady Chu, other times, if general wants to eat, he must be feed by Lady Chu, other time again, he even “carelessly” heard that his general wants to marry Chu Zhu Yu as wife.
“No problems, he only closed his eyes.” Chu Zhu Yu patting her hand.
“So, the general must apply this things everyday to his eyes?” since he speaks to himself, his mouth starting to twitching.
“It seem so.” Till his dark circle vanished.
Suddenly Xiao Ren body shaking, if let others to see this scene, afraid that, the general dignity will end and reach rock bottom.