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Chapter 645: Chapter 650: Don’t You Still Have Hands?_1
"Didn’t I get by all those years before I married you?" Qin Longyun rolled his eyes.
He always thought his self-control was quite good, so how had he become a man who thought about that all the time in Chen Yiling’s eyes?
"Are you serious?"
Qin Longyun nodded earnestly, "Besides, don’t you still have your hands?"
"You..." Chen Yiling was at a loss for words.
Could he be a little more subtle? She wanted to crawl into a hole right now!
"There’s no one else in the room, what’s there to be shy about? I’m swamped with official duties, and it’s piled up like a mountain. Otherwise, I’d love to be with you every day; seeing you is what makes me happy."
Qin Longyun pressed his forehead against Chen Yiling’s, his eyes brimming with tenderness that couldn’t be dissolved.
In the morning, he was so busy he could hardly concentrate, and he felt a bit off while talking with his wife. He hadn’t expected her to worry so much.
The innocent ChunTao got dragged into this as well.
"Then you should hurry up and finish your work," Chen Yiling pouted, her voice dripping with charm.
"Alright,"
Qin Longyun agreed readily. With the bandits and the Yin Family’s issues expected to be resolved before the year’s end, he could look forward to spending a peaceful New Year.
Moreover, apart from these two issues, there were no other significant concerns in White Stone County, so their everyday life would become very leisurely.
After having dinner with Chen Yiling, Qin Longyun hurried off again.
ChunTao walked around outside the door several times before finally mustering the courage to enter.
"Madam, there’s something I’d like to talk to you about," ChunTao said, steeling herself.
Chen Yiling nodded. She was in a good mood right now, so whatever ChunTao would ask, she would agree to.
It took ChunTao a long time to muster up the words, "I... I want to marry Shu Wei."
"Shu Wei? The constable who hardly talks?"
Chen Yiling’s eyes widened with surprise; she had always thought that ChunTao wasn’t familiar with that constable.
Uncomfortably, ChunTao asked, "Madam, you... you know him?"
"I’ve seen him in the back yard a few times. He said he came to get something for Lord Qin, but he didn’t really take much," Chen Yiling suddenly understood, "Was he coming to see you?"
Chen Yiling smacked her forehead, realizing why she always found that man a bit odd.
"Madam, nothing inappropriate has happened between us, I swear," ChunTao quickly pledged.
Maiden mingling with someone in secret would damage the master’s reputation, so her Madam disliked these messy situations the most.
"That lad seems honest enough; I’ll look into it for you, and if he’s suitable, I’ll decide to betroth you to him."
Chen Yiling said generously; ChunTao was getting on in years, and it would be a happy thing for her to find a place to settle down.
"Madam, I want to stay a few more years,"
ChunTao said, her face flushed red.
Chen Yiling said with a mischievous smile, "I’m not going to let you go so soon. You need to train a replacement first and take care of me until I give birth. Then, I’ll be able to give you your Servitude Contract."
Over the years, she had grown accustomed to having ChunTao by her side; it would take a while to wean herself off. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
"Madam, I... I don’t want it." ChunTao hastily declined.
"I don’t want your child to serve someone as well."
When ChunTao entered their household, she signed a contract binding her to servitude for life, which placed her in a lower status. Her fate, and even life or death, was in the hands of her masters, and she was forbidden from marrying a commoner, with any offspring also entering into servitude.
She might not care about others, but ChunTao was different.
ChunTao tried to kneel, but Chen Yiling quickly stopped her, "Don’t just kneel at every turn, I don’t see you as an outsider."
"Thank you, Madam, but even without the contract, I still want to serve you."
"Alright, come and keep me company when you have time."
ChunTao was filled with gratitude and served with even more dedication.
She had always known that her Madam was kind to her, but she never imagined that her Madam would even give back her Servitude Contract.
