Angry Banana
Chapter 181: Liking
"Wutong trees, midnight rain, not saying that the sorrow of parting is bitter... It's the tune of 'Geng Lou Zi', which family's boat is it?"
There was not much light in the room. Looking at the floating light through the window lattice, Nie Yunzhu had already woken up and was about to sit up, wearing a moon-white undergarment. Then she was hugged back down by the bed companion next to her, and Jin'er arched and rubbed against her shoulder, like a sleepy pig.
"Ugh, not sleeping in the middle of the night, disturbing people's sweet dreams..."
"It's almost dawn."
"Not sleeping even when it's dawn, so you'll definitely be dozing off during the day." Jin'er yawned widely, her eyes closed and not opening, and after a while, she muttered, "Wutong trees, midnight rain... clearly talking about autumn, forcing sorrow for the sake of new words..."
Yunzhu laughed in the quilt: "People are talking about the sorrow of parting, but you have to talk about the season... Perhaps someone important has left."
"Sister Yunzhu, you've been concerned about the sorrow of parting recently, haven't you..."
"That's why I want to seize the opportunity to be with him."
"You're really shameless..." Jin'er muttered, "Sister Yunzhu, have you really thought about it? He already has a wife, really... it won't work."
Similar words had actually been said many times a few months ago. Yunzhu's attitude was firm, and these days Jin'er didn't say it, but only in action had she always kept herself between Yunzhu and Ning Yi, so that they had no progress. But to be honest, even if there was no progress, the two of them could still be content with whatever came their way, playing the zither, singing songs, and getting together.
She understood that Sister Yunzhu had such a state of mind, but in the past, after even the most suave and open-minded man won the heart of a woman, all he thought about was entering the house and getting the woman's pure body. After so many years in Jin Feng Lou, Jin'er also understood this clearly. Ning Yi could remain unmoved by this, which really made Jin'er a little admire him.
Recently, it was said that Ning Yi would be traveling to Suzhou and Hangzhou with his wife after summer, and would probably stay for a few months. Realizing that there were not many days to be together, Yunzhu cherished the opportunity to meet with him even more. Jin'er saw this and felt even more troubled. Women of their status could not be the legal wife of a man of status, let's just say it's fate, and she accepted it, but on Ning Yi's side, it was even difficult to be a concubine, which was... too much.
As a friend, as an enemy, or even as a patron in Jin Feng Lou, she would appreciate a man like Ning Yi. But only in this matter, reason told her that Sister Yunzhu and Ning Yi might as well break up, otherwise there would definitely be a lot of sadness in the future. So at this early morning hour, she couldn't help but ask the question again.
Yunzhu smiled: "In this life, it's already very good to find a man you can entrust yourself to."
"How can you entrust yourself if you can never marry him? Just be kept like an outside woman?"
"...Jin'er, let me tell you." Yunzhu thought for a while before speaking, and then added, "Don't laugh at me, okay?"
"Okay."
"I thought about it for a while before, but then one day I felt that when I was sixty years old, and became an old woman, I could also get up early, and then before dawn, he would come over from there for a walk, and I would still be waiting for him here. That would be very good too."
"..." Jin'er fell silent.
"I know you're going to laugh at me, so I haven't said it all along... I sometimes feel that maybe he comes over to talk to me every day now because I'm still pretty – he may not have thought that way in his heart, but inevitably there is such a reason, some talented scholars are not entirely writing poetry for the sake of showing off in front of women, but writing poetry in front of a pretty woman is always more interesting than writing poetry in front of an old woman."
Yunzhu smiled: "Maybe after decades, he won't like to listen to me anymore, because I can't say anything interesting, but most of the time, I'm still willing to believe him. He's willing to talk to me, not just because I'm pretty. Jin'er, I always feel that if you're born a woman, just because you're pretty and get people's love, then when you're not pretty, isn't it natural to be disliked, you always have to have other things, just like Li Heng arguing with you, not necessarily because he thinks you're pretty, but because he thinks you're interesting... I probably have other places that can be liked too."
"Of course you do!" Jin'er said, "But Sister Yunzhu, you don't have to include me, I think he's not interesting at all. Stinky man!"
"If there can be ten years, the accumulated feelings can naturally reach twenty years, then thirty years, forty years, maybe he will pass by here every day, and talking to me will also become something that can't be lost. Jin'er, I think since I can have some confidence, and I know that Li Heng is not quite the same as other
people, then I can probably have some confidence next, if it still doesn't work... then I can only say that I'm unlucky, but I only want to give myself to him, so what can I do?"
Jin'er was silent for a long time, then hugged Yunzhu tighter. Anyway, they were both women, and they usually slept together, hugging and embracing were common, but this hug felt a little different, but Yunzhu couldn't tell what the difference was. Only after a moment did Jin'er mutter, "Then give it to me..."
"Heh, Jin'er, you will also meet the man you want to entrust yourself to in the future."
"No, I want to stay with Sister Yunzhu, and when that Ning Yi becomes a heartless man in the future, we will become two old women together."
"I don't want to be betrayed. And Jin'er, you just haven't met someone you like..."
"I have."
"Huh?"
"I told Sister Yunzhu before, a few years ago there was a boy from Bianjing, he was so pretty, he looked almost like a girl, but I'm sure he's not a girl, um, I liked him at that time... but I'm still willing to stay with Sister Yunzhu."
Yunzhu narrowed her eyes unhappily: "...I'm very touched."
"Ugh, Sister Yunzhu, the way you talk now is really like that hateful Ning Yi... but I won't let you be together..."
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Like those days in the past, after chatting in bed for a while, Yunzhu got up first. At this time, the lights were already on in the living room. Jin'er's maid, Kou'er, adapted to the two masters' schedule and got up earlier than them, boiled hot water for washing her face, waiting for Yunzhu to get up and use it.
After putting on her usual plain dress and doing a little dressing up, Yunzhu blew out the lights and then went to the living room. While waiting for Ning Yi to come, she would make a good pot of tea. During this time, she would either read some books or study some music scores. As she said, the reason why she was liked was not only because she was beautiful.
In the past, in the brothel, studying and dabbling in various things was to make all kinds of people like her. At this time, her dabbling, the purpose was to change from many people to one person. Although when that Ning Yi didn't appear, Sister Yunzhu also had these hobbies when she was alone, but at this time, in addition to hobbies, she must also be thinking more about what Ning Yi would like, not to say utilitarian, but Jin'er knew that Sister Yunzhu cared about that guy like this.
The girl lay in bed, wrapped in warmth, feeling warm. This warmth came from the bedding, from the body temperature left by Sister Yunzhu, but also from emotions, from what Sister Yunzhu said just now. She felt that her body and mind were very relaxed, but she couldn't fall asleep.
She felt that she liked Sister Yunzhu.
She liked her in the past too. Sister Yunzhu was very powerful. When she was in Jin Feng Lou, she felt that Sister Yunzhu was very powerful even before she opened her own shop. She could give herself freedom from prostitution without hesitation, and cut off past connections. Such a Sister Yunzhu was really very powerful. Later, she followed Sister Yunzhu to sell preserved eggs, of course, there was also the reason that selling preserved eggs was very profitable. She wasn't that strong, and she always had to consider practical things. But Sister Yunzhu was very powerful, although Mama Yang and others said she was very strange, Jin'er felt that she was like the sun, and if she could follow her, maybe she could become almost as powerful and reach a very remarkable place.
She had always liked Sister Yunzhu, there was no doubt about that. But after Sister Yunzhu said these words, she felt that she liked her even more, a little different from the previous liking, this was a more private and closer liking. Listening to her talking about her liking for another man here, she actually felt warm, she should have been angry for her "lack of self-love", but at this time, she just felt that she liked her even more.
She couldn't distinguish this feeling very well now, but in this warmth, she had already made a decision. There was no destined outcome between Sister Yunzhu and that bad guy Ning Yi, but even if that's the case, it doesn't matter, she would give her feelings to her.
At this time, Yunzhu, who was outside the house, did not know the decision made by Jin'er in the room. Estimating that the time was almost up, Ning Yi might have gotten up too. She sat on the steps for a while, her moon-white dress looked beautiful in the warm yellow light, the long skirt covered the embroidered shoes on her feet, and from time to time she would look towards the end of the road, looking from afar, like a fairy banished to the mortal world. Since she met Ning Yi, after meeting every day, her clothes were still in the style of the past, but in terms of dressing up, she actually put more thought into it than before, not much changed, just more attentive than before.
Unintentionally, something dripped on the back of her hand, cool and refreshing. She raised the back of her hand to look, then looked up.
"It's raining..."
The falling rain descended from the sky. Around Qingming, it was originally a season of drizzling rain, which was not a strange thing. It was only a month away from summer, and if it rained one morning, she would have one less chance to meet Ning Yi. Thinking like this, she couldn't help but feel a little lost...
After a while, Jin'er also got up, looking at the falling rain outside the door, she also looked a little regretful: "Huh? That guy can't come today... I still have something to say to him."
During the spring rain season, it often lasts for a long time. Fortunately, this rain stopped in the afternoon. The next morning, Jin'er also got up with Yunzhu. When Ning Yi came, she was ready to say something to him. Of course, in her opinion, this should be called negotiation. (To be continued. Vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)
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