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Chapter 168: Chapters 168-170 _1
Tan Zhenghong chuckled foolishly twice, hurriedly propped up the fallen items, and hehe, his wife’s shy appearance was really adorable. Because of this incident, acupuncture at night became awkward.
Tan Zhenghong stole a kiss from his wife.
"Why don’t you just fly to the heavens?" Qiao Duo’er glared at Tan Zhenghong.
Clutching Qiao Duo’er in his arms, Tan Zhenghong said weakly, "I can’t bear to leave you." Qiao Duo’er, frustrated, wriggled free from his embrace using her hands and feet.
"Hmph, I don’t ever want to see you again!" Qiao Duo’er was very angry, but seeing Tan Zhenghong’s innocent expression, she couldn’t bring herself to stay mad.
Tan Zhenghong immediately scooted over, pitifully saying, "Wife, if I follow behind you, then you won’t see me."
Seeing him behaving like a loyal dog made Qiao Duo’er lose her temper even more. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
"Don’t bother me, I’m going to start the acupuncture."
Qiao Duo’er admitted defeat. If this were a contest of thick-skinnedness, she would certainly be no match for Tan Zhenghong.
With a spirited step, Tan Zhenghong brought over the copper mirror, while Qiao Duo’er had already pinched out a cross mark on all the other acupoints, the two of them working together in perfect harmony.
By the time Qiao Duo’er lay flat on the bed, Tan Zhenghong swiftly inserted the silver needles into the remaining acupoints.
With the experience from previous times, he was now very calm.
After a while, when the time was just about right,
Qiao Duo’er, in a lazy tone, asked Tan Zhenghong to remove the needles.
It was now the end of summer, but the weather was still fiercely hot. And even worse, it was incredibly stuffy.
Tan Zhenghong kindly suggested, "Take off your clothes before you sleep, it will be cooler that way."
Now, with his torso bare, he didn’t feel so hot.
"Wife, I have something to tell you," said Tan Zhenghong all of a sudden.
"Go ahead," Qiao Duo’er responded.
Tan Zhenghong hesitated for a moment, "Then you have to promise not to hit me first."
Qiao Duo’er glared at Tan Zhenghong, "Tell me what it is first, then I’ll decide whether or not to hit you."
"Then I won’t tell you," replied Tan Zhenghong, pridefully, but his eyes still rested on Qiao Duo’er.
Well... if he didn’t speak up, he could at least feast his eyes.
This time, the trouble wasn’t his doing, his wife couldn’t blame him for it.
Qiao Duo’er rolled her eyes, "Fine, I promise I won’t hit you. Just say it quickly."
"Uh... cough cough, your clothes are torn."
When they woke up the next day, Tan Zhenghong was sleeping soundly, a fan still covering his face.
Qiao Duo’er moved the fan aside, and he still didn’t wake up. She suddenly realized that last night it must have been Tan Zhenghong fanning her, otherwise, the breeze wouldn’t have come in bursts.
Well, she might as well forgive him for last night’s episode.
Qiao Duo’er turned over and closed her eyes again, seizing the opportunity to sleep a bit more while the morning was still cool.
The two of them slept until eight or nine in the morning. The matriarch of the Li Clan stood at the doorway, holding her waist, and couldn’t help but mutter a curse about them being shameless.
Tan Zhongzhong whispered, "Wife, don’t set your sights on Fourth Boss again, we lost a lot last time."
Thinking about the loss of more than a hundred wen made his heart ache!
"What should we do then? We’ve run out of rice and grain at home, we only have seven hundred wen left, and there’s still a child to raise. Come up with a solution!" Li Clan said angrily.
Now, with no income at home, and three mouths to feed, she was at her wit’s end.
But Tan Zhongzhong seemed carefree, just eating and sleeping all day!
Tan Zhongzhong said nonchalantly, "Wife, don’t worry, I had a dream that the baby in your belly is a boy. When the time comes, Father still has twenty taels, won’t that be enough to spend?"
Li Clan mumbled, "I also feel it’s a boy, it feels different from when I was pregnant with Third Girl."
With that thought, Li Clan felt much more comfortable.
