This kind of evil thought is just a change in Yuan Xi's heart. He is just lustful, not a pervert.
Even at the moment when he heard Hou's voice, Yuan Xi couldn't help but think of the ambiguous scene in the wooden house last time. But today he just said that they were going to be in-laws, so how could he think of extraneous matters?
Thinking of this, he stopped and said, "In that case, I'll go down first, madam, please help yourself." After saying that, he climbed down.
After Yuan Xi left Beixin City, the mansion became more and more deserted. In these days, during her free time, the Hou family developed the habit of climbing up the wooden building to overlook the distance.
Although sitting high and looking far away would always remind her of the days when she was in the watchtower in Yijing City from time to time. The memory was so clear and cruel that it tortured her all the time. But when she gradually became immersed in this painful and guilt-like memory,
But it can temporarily forget reality and even worries.
So she would often go up to the small building to escape from reality after putting her children to sleep. At that time, apart from her, there were only the Ma family and a dozen maids in the house, and no one interfered with her, so she developed a habit.
Today, when Yuan Xi returned home, he suddenly mentioned the marriage between the two families, which made Ms. Hou feel uneasy for some reason. She ran up to the small building again, but she didn't expect to be bumped into by Yuan Xi again!
She thought about what happened last time and was in a state of confusion. When she saw Yuan Xi being so polite, she didn't react for a moment and heard Yuan Xi stepping on the wooden ladder again and went down again.
She poked her head out from the wooden ladder and saw Yuan Xi cupping his hands towards her, then turned around and walked back, only then did she realize that the other party was serious.
Seeing how straightforward Yuan Xi was, Mrs. Hou bit her lip and hurriedly climbed down the wooden ladder, fearing that Yuan Xi would change her mind again.
She was halfway down when she stepped on a loose floor slab. She heard a click, and the weak floor slab broke apart, and Hou's foot suddenly sank.
She screamed in surprise and quickly grabbed the ladders on both sides to pull her feet out. She tried several times without success. She felt anxious and simply stepped down, only to hear a continuous clicking sound.
The ladder rung broke into two sections, spun and fell to the ground.
Mrs. Hou felt that her foot was in the air and her body was about to fall down. She was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly grabbed the wooden ladder with both hands to stabilize her body.
She tentatively reached down with her feet, trying to get her feet over the broken section and step on the floor below, but it turned out that there was a gap and she couldn't reach it.
She was sweating profusely and her arms began to tremble slightly. She had to put her feet back and fix her body on the ladder. But after holding on for a while, she felt her hands were sore. Now she had no strength to climb up anymore.
Going down but unable to reach the floor is a dilemma.
She turned her head and looked at the ground at a height of several people, thinking that if she fell to death, she would just fall to death, and just jump off!
At this moment, footsteps were heard, and Yuan Xi's voice rang out: "Madam, do you want to help?"
Yuan Xi had already walked far away, but when he heard the noise on the wooden floor, he turned back. When he saw Mr. Hou hanging in the air, with the floor beneath his feet broken, he understood what had happened.
Yuan Xi felt a little guilty because the broken floor was exactly where he had stepped on it.
This wooden building was a bit shoddy at the beginning, and it should have been repaired and maintained long ago. However, as soon as Yuan Xi left, no one took care of it. It was left to be exposed to wind and rain, and the wooden stairs began to decay day by day.
If someone of Yuan Xi's weight had gone up and down too many times, the wooden ladder would have been damaged long ago, but Hou's stature is petite, so there was no problem even after half a year.
However, Yuan Xi's operation of climbing the stairs just now made the floor that was already about to break even worse. He stepped down himself, but the stairs had reached the critical point. When Hou came down, his last kick caused the floor to break.
Come on.
Yuan Xi figured out the connection and felt quite embarrassed. When he saw Mrs. Hou hanging on the ladder with her clothes blowing in the wind, she said, "Madam, do you need help?"
Hou was confused, what do you want me to say?
How can you help me get down?
There was a war between heaven and man in her heart, but she finally gritted her teeth and said, "I don't have to worry about it, sir, I can come down here."
Hou's heart skipped a beat, and he held both sides of the ladder with both arms. He straightened his body, and his feet sank down. He just landed on a floor below. Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard another click, and the floor broke again.
When she opened it, she let out a scream and her body hung on the ladder, swaying in the wind.
Her mind went blank and she was really going to fall to death now!
Ms. Hou felt that her hands were weak and she was about to be unable to support her body. She heard the sound of kicking and staring from her feet, and then her feet were supported by someone. Yuan Xi said from below: "Madam, slowly let go, I'll trust you."
Come down."
At this time, Yuan Xi grabbed the ladder with one hand and lifted Hou's body up with the other. He raised his head with difficulty, but saw under the skirt. His nose felt hot, and he quickly lowered his head.
Hou saw it from the corner of his eye, feeling shy and anxious, and wanted to refuse out loud, but his hands had no strength, so he had to take turns grabbing the wooden ladder with both hands, and let his body slowly rub down.
After an unknown amount of time, she felt that her vest was soaked through, and she finally moved down less than a foot. Even the hand Yuan Xi was holding underneath began to tremble slightly.
Yuan Xi put his arm on the wooden ladder below, forming a fulcrum to support Hou's weight. He knew that Hou was afraid, so he had to wait patiently.
Mrs. Hou slowly came back to her senses, and hurriedly stretched her body and stepped down, trying to end this ugly scene as soon as possible. The more she was busy, the more mistakes she made. Her foot slipped and left Yuan Xi's hand, and her body suddenly
It fell, and it fell straight down!
In horror, she waved her hands wildly, her body fell, and with a snap, she fell onto Yuan Xi's arm.
Yuan Xi was also startled. He did not expect that Hou would fall, so he quickly grabbed the wooden ladder and used force under his feet to support himself and Hou's bodies.
Madam Hou was panic-stricken. She grabbed hold of the ladder with both hands and finally stopped.
After the two of them stabilized their bodies, Yuan Xi realized that the position of his arm was extremely awkward and his body was stiff. Not to mention Hou, his face felt hot and his brain felt dizzy.
Both of them were speechless for a moment, as if time had stopped.
After a while, Mrs. Hou woke up as if from a dream, bit her lip and said, "Please let me go, I will come down by myself."
Yuan Xi hurriedly said "Oh" and withdrew his arm. Seeing that Hou was able to stabilize his body, he got off the ladder first. He saw Hou moving down the ladder and quickly turned away to avoid suspicion.
Yuan Xi couldn't help but twitch his nose. When Hou, who was climbing down, heard this, his body softened and he almost fell off the ladder.
Ms. Hou felt as if she had been walking for a year up the dozen wooden stairs. When her feet finally landed, she hurriedly bowed her head to Yuan Xi, turned around and ran away.
Yuan Xi watched Hou stumble away, tripping and almost falling, and finally disappeared in a panic in the corner of the room.
Looking at Hou's slender back, Yuan Xi subconsciously lifted up his sleeves again, put it to his nose and smelled it. He was suddenly in a trance, and quickly turned around and returned to the house.
As soon as he returned to the house, he found Cao Xian staring at him and smiling.
Monk Yuan Xizhang was confused and said, "What do you want me to do?"
Cao Xian covered his mouth and said with a smile: "I thought the wooden building was going to collapse just now."
Yuan Xi just realized that Cao Xian always liked peeping. There was so much noise in the wooden building just now, why didn't she go over and take a peek?
Yuan Xi had a guilty conscience and felt like she had been caught. He raised his hand and threatened her fiercely: "If you don't learn well at a young age, if you don't change your habit of peeking, you should be spanked!"
When Cao Xian heard this, he puffed up his chest and said confidently: "Master, what you said is too much."
"At my age, any other noble girl would have been married long ago and even had children!"
"I'm afraid the young master only likes two women of Madam Cai's age!"
When Yuan Xi heard this, he laughed angrily: "You are trying to taint someone's innocence out of thin air!"
"Mrs. Zhen is not much older than you, how could I only like older women!"
Cao Xian snorted: "I don't care, the young master says one thing but thinks another!"
She lowered her voice: "Isn't it the same with Mrs. Hou? Is it possible that the young master is only interested in widows?"
Yuan Xi was overwhelmed and speechless. He had just had a tug with Hou. His body was already quite hot, and now he felt disgusted and said, "Okay, don't regret it!"
He stood up, blew out all the oil lamps in the room, and pulled Cao Xian to the couch.
Cao Xian lay obediently in Yuan Xi's arms and said softly: "Sir, I have been waiting for you for two years."
Yuan Xi calmed down a little at this time, "I will go to Montenegro to fight tomorrow. Aren't you afraid of being a widow?"
Cao Xian turned around and hugged Yuan Xi's waist, nuzzled him into his arms, smelled the breath of his body, and said softly: "Master, do you know why I always like to peek?"
"Young master is a person who achieves great things. He will be able to see countless things and scenery in the future, and in the end he will definitely see the whole world."
"As a woman, I can only stay in the deep courtyard and watch the joys and sorrows in a small space."
"I can't see the world of the young master, but I can see the young master."
"I can only see the young master."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi was touched in her heart, wondering if Kong Rong's daughter had the same thoughts as Cao Xian that day?
He said slowly: "I understand."
"Since you are looking at me, I will not let you leave my eyes."
After hearing this, Cao Xian was moved. She stood up slightly, untied the ribbon around her waist, and then the entire dark coat slipped off.
There is still a hint of chill outside the window, but inside the window it is already full of spring.