The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 519 Longing Burns

After Wei Zhao left, Yu Tingwan would receive a letter from home sent by Tan Jiang every half month.

Each letter was very thick.

It was written in the letter.

—"Passing by the pastry shop in the west of the city, I couldn't help but think of the sticky rice cake you ate behind my back. It stuck to your teeth. You cherished the food and were reluctant to spit it out. When I saw you, you hurriedly covered your mouth with your sleeve."

Yu Tingwan was annoyed when she saw this.

What do you mean by stealing food?
The glutinous rice cake was clearly bought by her with her monthly allowance.

As for covering your mouth, how dare you even mention that?

She had only heard the tea spilled inside when she mistakenly thought something had happened to Wei Zhao. In her panic, she stuffed the remaining half of the glutinous rice cake into her mouth, making it so bulging that it almost burst open, and then rushed into the house.

Seeing Wei Zhao standing listlessly to the side, seemingly unharmed, Yu Tingwan felt a weight lifted from her heart. As she breathed a sigh of relief, she began to pick up the broken pieces on the ground while trying to chew them.

She was exhausted from eating; her cheeks were sore.

The girl frowned, her tongue secretly pressing against the roof of her mouth, trying to secretly break apart the sticky rice ball, but the more she tried, the stickier it became.

In a moment of chaos, all that could be used was his lips and tongue, and in his haste, beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose.

Wei Zhao, who was usually listless and too lazy to talk, was annoyed by her constant urging to take her medicine. Seeing her so ridiculous, he couldn't help but watch her expressionlessly for a while.

It was as novel as watching monkeys.

Yu Tingwan was in a rather disheveled state.

She stopped halfway through tidying up and sighed helplessly through her nose.

Wei Zhao couldn't help himself.

"what."

Yu Tingwan knew he was laughing at himself.

She ignored him, carefully swept up all the broken porcelain shards, and then wiped the floor with a cotton cloth.

After Yu Tingwan finished getting ready, the man who should have been standing behind her disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Did you sneak out again?

Last time when the young master went out, he tripped over a stone and fell.

After falling, he showed no intention of getting up. It's unclear whether he lacked the strength or wasn't ashamed.

In the end, it was Fu Meng who brought it back.

She was so frightened that she rushed out to look for him.

The young master didn't go out; he just stood in the courtyard, listlessly looking down at the glutinous rice cakes on the stone table.

They were sizing each other up.

Perhaps you've never seen it before?
He picked up a piece and took a bite. It tasted bad, and the texture was even rough; he couldn't understand how that little maid could enjoy it so much.

"Son!"

Yu Tingwan ran over.

"You can't eat it."

Wei Zhao had already intended to throw it away.

But upon hearing this, he became defiant and, right in front of Yu Tingwan, ate the entire piece, bite by bite!

There was no provocation on his face.

But all his actions were provocative.

Yu Tingwan: ?

If it were medicine, she would simply shout that the young master couldn't drink it. She was certain that Wei Zhao would turn around and obediently throw the bowl away.

Yu Tingwan frowned and said, "That was bought by this servant from outside."

It's not like it was made at home; what if it's not clean?

Seeing that he didn't react, Yu Tingwan said, "Don't contradict me."

"This is not easy to digest, and your health is not good to begin with. What if you have lower abdominal pain later?"

Wei Zhao thought she was too noisy.

He was weak and listless.

"You talk too much."

Yu Tingwan: "But young master, are you listening?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhao did not meet Yu Tingwan's gaze.

I don't like being controlled by outsiders.

Yu Tingwan knew he was unhappy.

Whenever Wei Zhao was unhappy, Magistrate Xiao and Old Ge would try all sorts of ways to coax him. The girl thought for a moment, then softened her voice and spoke to him gently, "I'm doing this for your own good, and because you care so much about me, I'm always looking after you day and night, and you're the only person I can see. Really, you're the first man I've ever worried about so much that I dream about you at night. You have to... get used to it."

This is true.

From the heart.

In Wei Zhao's eyes, however, it was all a bunch of fallacies!
He picked up the second piece.

Yu Tingwan: "This is quite expensive."

She said in a very soft voice, "It cost me six coins for one bag, and I can't even bear to eat it myself."

Yu Tingwan said urgently, "Young Master, please give it back to me."

"I'll have the kitchen prepare something suitable for you."

It's unclear whether Wei Zhao heard or didn't hear a word of what was said.

Under Yu Tingwan's watchful gaze, he put down the pastry, brazenly grabbed the entire bag of glutinous rice cakes, and, like a robber, staggered back into the house.

then……

It is indeed difficult to digest.

That night, he was in so much pain that his face turned pale.

He was so angry that he cursed Ge Lao.

"Are you out of your mind? Are you just greedy? That girl rarely buys pastries, and you snatch them just because you want them?"

"Do you want to make her angry, or me angry?"

Wei Zhao looked listless, and his body seemed broken.

He tried to cover his ears.

Old Ge pried his hands off his ears again. Then came another round of earnest and heartfelt advice.

That was really outrageous.

Outside, Yu Tingwan nervously rubbed the corner of her clothes: "Magistrate Xiao, it's my fault, I shouldn't have been greedy."

"What does it have to do with you?"

Xiao Huaiyan rushed over after receiving the news. He pressed his temples, did not rush in, and did not take his anger out on anyone.

"he……"

Xiao Huaiyan was still holding a grudge in his heart, but he couldn't find anyone to talk to.

Seeing Wei Zhao's lifeless state all day long made him feel worse than anyone else.

"When I first went to the Imperial Academy for my studies, a glutinous rice cake shop opened in the capital. It was very popular and the cakes tasted quite good."

“Back then, the students around here would be picked up from school every day, and besides servants, their parents would occasionally pick them up. They would often receive a glutinous rice cake as a reward from them.”

Xiao Huaiyan: "But he never did."

"Gui Zhi doesn't like sweets, but his mother is quite strict about food."

Yu Tingwan was puzzled.

"Why?"

“He is a member of the Wei family, he shouldn’t show his joy on his face. If he lingers on his chopsticks for even a moment longer, it will be a flaw. Being seven-tenths full is still considered elegant, but being greedy for food will give others a handle to use against him.”

"His father is gone, and his relationship with his mother... he's probably being reminded of those times."

Xiao Huaiyan knew he had said too much, so he sighed and stepped into the house.

But everyone knows better than anyone that not liking something and not being able to get it are two sides of the same coin. That bastard Wei Zhao probably longed for it when he was young too.

As soon as he entered the house, Yu Tingwan followed him in.

Wei Zhao lay on the couch, his eyes already lifeless, now even more so, until he noticed the girl's red eyes.

"I only ate a few bites of your pastries?"

Wei Zhao didn't understand: "Don't cry, I'll make it up to you later."

So much time has passed that Yu Tingwan has almost forgotten about it.

But Wei Zhao mentioned it again in his letter.

"There's a glutinous rice cake shop in the capital that's very popular. When I passed by, I couldn't help but think of you and bought some. But then I realized they don't keep well, so I can't send them to you. But... when you come to visit sometime, I'll take you there to buy some more."

He also said in his letter.

"I've been quite busy these past few days, and it's rare to have some free time. The crabapple blossoms in the courtyard have already bloomed beautifully without me even noticing."

He never mentioned matters of the court or his own situation.

The letters were filled with his daily trivialities, and... his longing.

"I've been carrying those pearl earrings you lost to me in the bet last time. They're so hot from being held in my arms all the time."