Yes~
When his sweetheart invited him, the man naturally agreed without hesitation.
He unscrewed the box, took out some gel-like substance with his slender fingers, and gently applied it to the woman's rough face.
He was focused and moved gently, as if handling a precious treasure.
Chu Lianxin's eyes never left the man's face, and her hand involuntarily grasped the hand that was holding the box.
"Don't be silly, Xin'er, it'll be fine in a bit," the man said helplessly, but he didn't pull his hand away.
Chu Lianxin stared at the man, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes: "Shi Yu, if I hadn't been so willful back then, perhaps we would be a loving couple now, and Cong'er...!"
"Stop talking!"
Zhou Shiyu knew what the woman was about to say, so he quickly interrupted her, glancing around warily before speaking:
"Lianxin, the Third Young Master is doing very well now, and with his intelligence, he will have a bright future."
"As for me... I'm already content to be with you like this, so let's not dwell on the past."
"Okay, I won't say anymore." Chu Lianxin knew what he was worried about, so she quickly stopped the conversation.
They didn't exchange another word after that, but only they knew the feelings in each other's eyes.
A moment later, Zhou Shiyu covered the woman's entire face with the gel-like substance. After checking and finding nothing missing, he was satisfied and handed a bronze mirror to the woman.
"Okay, look, it's exactly the same as your original skin."
Chu Lianxin looked in the mirror and saw that her originally pockmarked face had suddenly become smooth and fair, and she couldn't help but feel happy.
"It's actually real! What's this thing called?"
"The doctor said it's called a milk cicada mask, made from something called a milk worm."
Chu Lianxin felt nauseous when she heard that it was taken from an insect.
However, when I thought about the unsightly sores on my face, the nausea I felt immediately lessened by the comparison.
Thinking about how much effort Zhou Shiyu must have put into obtaining this item, one can imagine.
Chu Lianxin smiled sweetly and said to him, "Thank you! Shi Yu~"
The two locked eyes, and the temperature in the room gradually rose. The ambiguous atmosphere drew their hands closer and closer to each other, and the situation was about to get out of control.
Cough cough!
Two loud coughs instantly brought the two back to reality.
Chu Lianxin skillfully opened the window: "That old man is coming, you'd better leave quickly!"
Before leaving, Zhou Shiyu reminded Chu Lianxin, "Xin'er, tell the Second Miss not to provoke the Eldest Miss these days, lest something unexpected happen."
Leave everything to me.
"Okay, I understand. I'll tell her. You should go now and be careful." Chu Lianxin urged him to leave, then quickly closed the window.
Jiang Yucheng entered the house just as the door was closed and before he could even turn around.
Seeing Chu Lianxin standing alone by the window, there wasn't even a servant in the room.
A sense of suspicion arose in his mind: "What are you doing standing by the window?"
He looked around the room, found nothing unusual, and then walked towards the window to open it.
Chu Lianxin suppressed her panic, turned around and said with a bitter smile, "Husband, didn't you say before that you were going to demote me to a concubine?"
"I am worried that my status will change and I will no longer be able to live in Changchun Garden. So I want to open the window and look at the scenery outside, and remember it in my mind, so that I will have something to remember it when I leave."
As she spoke, she picked up a silk handkerchief and pressed it against the corner of her eye.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Yucheng's heart softened again.
"That was just a lie I gave to appease General Ye..."
He was only halfway through his sentence when he asked in surprise, "You...your face is healed?"
After saying that, he reached out and touched the woman's smooth, flawless face.
Chu Lianxin let him touch her face, and replied gently, "No, but a lady introduced me to a divine doctor."
Although the divine physician cannot cure the sores on my face, he gave me a bottle of this Cicada Mask. Applying it will cover the sores on my face.
"What kind of thing is so powerful?" Jiang Yucheng's interest was piqued, and he stopped paying attention to the window.
Chu Lianxin walked to the dressing table, picked up the box containing the cicada mask, and handed it to the man: "Here, this is it."
Jiang Yucheng unscrewed the box, examined the gel-like substance inside, and found it hard to believe that such a thing could cover up the sore and blemishes on her face.
Chu Lianxin scooped out the gel-like substance from the box and applied it to a scar on Jiang Yucheng's hand. The old scar immediately disappeared, and his skin became smooth as before.
"It's so amazing!"
Jiang Yucheng had no choice but to believe it. He held the box in his hand and examined it repeatedly for a long time before returning it to Chu Lianxin.
Only then did he notice the abnormality in her hand and asked her about it.
What happened to your hand?
Chu Lianxin sneered inwardly; it had been so long since he'd been inside but he'd only just noticed her injured hand.
This shows what kind of place she holds in his heart.
However, she feigned a troubled expression, took out a silk handkerchief, and sadly wiped the corners of her eyes, saying, "Husband, please don't ask anymore."
Jiang Yucheng said in a deep voice, displeased, "What exactly happened? Who hurt you?"
Chu Lianxin simply wept without saying a word.
Jiang Yucheng was getting impatient and shouted outside, "Yuzan, Zhiyi, get your ass in here!"
Two maids rushed into the room and knelt on the ground: "What are your orders, Master?"
Jiang Yucheng pressed the two maids, "Tell me, what happened to Madam's hand?"
Chu Lianxin pretended to stop him, saying, "Husband, I don't want to put you in a difficult position. Please don't ask any more questions."
The more she acted this way, the angrier Jiang Yucheng became.
"You two, hurry up and talk, or I'll sell you out."
The two maids were so frightened that they begged for mercy: "Master, please have mercy! We'll tell you, it was Miss who injured Madam's hand."
"Not only the madam, but also the second young lady's face was injured by the eldest young lady."
"What is Jiang Luoxue, that wretched girl, trying to do?"
Jiang Yucheng was so angry that his face turned ashen.
"Does she have to turn this home into a complete mess before she's satisfied?"
"I'll go find her right now!"
He got angrier and angrier as he talked and started to rush out.
Chu Lianxin quickly grabbed him, saying, "Husband, don't be impulsive. She has General Ye as her backer now, so there's no use in you going. Let's just let this matter go!"
Upon hearing the name of General Ye, Jiang Yucheng's initial anger immediately subsided.
Looking at Chu Lianxin, who had pulled him back, he was very pleased: "Xin'er, you are the one who understands things."
"It's a misfortune for our family to have such a wretched daughter!"
Chu Lianxin inwardly despised his cowardice, but on the surface she pretended to be understanding and said, "Husband, I am the mistress of the Minister's mansion, so naturally I have to think about you and the mansion. But..."
She paused deliberately at this point to provoke Jiang Yucheng into asking further questions.