The Marquis' Wife

Visit to Juren Zhao Fan

Adelia opened her eyes and looked at Lu Xiang who was sitting studying in the corner of the room.

"You awake? How are you doing?" Lu Xiang immediately noticed his wife getting up and immediately got up from the chair and asked worriedly.

"I'm doing fine. I've been drinking paracetamol and resting. You've been home to Lu Xiang for a long time? I'll be a minute...".

Lu Xiang held Adelia to wake up. "Sit here, I'll get you dinner". He immediately stepped away without giving Adelia a chance to answer.

Soon, Lu Xiang returned with a tray of chicken porridge and a glass of water.

"Eat it" Lu Xiang placed the tray over Adelia's thigh.

"What about you?"

Lu Xiang smiled. "I had dinner last night with Lu Cheng and Lu Shan".

Adelia nodded and started to eat the porridge then she remembered something. "That's... Do you already know what happened today Lu Xiang, do you think teacher Zhao Fan will be angry?".

Lu Xiang sighed in resignation. His wife always thinks about him first of all, although he likes it but at the same time he is worried about Adelia who is not thinking about herself.

"Eat first, baby, we'll talk about it".

Adelia was silent for a moment and started to continue the dinner until it was over. Lu Xiang picked up the tray and brought it to the kitchen before returning to the room.

He took his wife's hand and looked gently. "I already know the chronology of Lu Kai's events. I'm sorry for not being next to you Adel".

Adelia shook her head quickly. "No one knows what's going on in the future, you don't have to apologize anyway your wife's done it so easily". His words looked up at pongah.

Lu Xiang smiled amusedly and rattled his wife's hair in a fit of anxiety.

"But what about teacher Zhao Fan? I just used his name. Will he be angry?".

Lu Xiang nodded. "You don't need to worry, I'll explain that to the teacher".

Adelia breathed a sigh of relief. After using Juren Zhao Fan's name, she felt anxious that teacher Lu Xiang would dislike her husband wearing his name without prior permission.

"But roughly who paid those gangsters to make trouble?" Adelia narrowed her eyes thinking hard and suspicious.

Lu Xiang's expression hardened but he did not know who hated his family other than Adelia's family and his own. Yet...

"I'm going to tell this to the teacher, maybe he has a solution who's behind it".

"alright. Uh! What about hawthorn pill recipes? How much did they buy it?".

Lu Xiang looked at his wife's happy and curious face and heaved a sigh of relief, he was grateful that Adelia wasn't moody about what happened to him.

He took the black drawstring bag and handed it to Adelia who made the girl's eyes glow brightly.

"700! You sold it for 700 silver coins?!" Adelia stared in disbelief.

Lu Xiang nodded softly, the smile in his eyes getting louder.

"Whoah! We have this much money! Plus the 800 I saved. 1.5 Gold coins!" Adelia immediately closed her mouth and stared vigilantly at the circumstances surrounding the cat-tub that was guarding her food.

"We're going to buy a new, thicker mattress, new shoes? Hm, ah writing equipment Lu Cheng and Lu Shan".

"What about you?".

Adelia looked confused. "I? I already have whatever I need".

Lu Xiang hugged his wife. "You don't have fancy clothes, jewelry and make up yet".

"Hahaha, I rarely wear jewelry and after all I have better makeup than here".

"Well alright my chatty husband" Adelia laughed comically, this was the first time Lu Xiang had said so many things just to persuade her, this feeling was so pleasant in her heart.

"You're this" Lu Xiang pinched Adelia's nose in a puff.

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The next day the atmosphere at Lu Xiang's family home returned as usual, the cake shop opened on time and Adelia returned to her daily activities.

He prepared a gift of apology to Juren Zhao Fan in the form of a blackforest tart, 10 Silver vouchers as well as 2 small jugs of wine he made himself as well as dried tea leaves that Lu Xiang bought from Qincheng city.

The wine he made was more than 3 weeks and ready to be consumed, the use of lotus space well water makes the aroma and color of the wine more thick. Adelia decided not to sell this wine first and used it for a thank you and apologetic gift.

"Otherwise we should bring Lu Xiang, it seems like it is still lacking" Adelia thought with her eyes moving to and fro.

"This is enough. If you give more than this then teacher Zhao will assume you're bribing him". Lu Xiang replied with a mischievous smile.

"Ah? Did ya? Then this is it".

Adelia changed her clothes with better clothes and left together with Lu Xiang towards the residence of Juren Zhao Fan.

"Lu Xiang, are you looking for Juren Zhao? Please enter". The gatekeeper immediately opened the door allowing Lu Xiang to enter.

"Thank you uncle". Lu Xiang stepped in while holding Adelia's hand, while Lu Cai brought the gift they had prepared.

"Wait a moment young master Lu, mister Zhao will see you soon".

Lu Xiang nodded. The two sat in a white living room with famous paintings and poems taped to the wall.

Before long they waited, a man dressed as a scholar with a predominance of black and white, he had a long black beard as well as wearing a hanfu hat.

Lu Xiang and Adelia immediately got up and greeted warmly then sat down after Zhao Fan sat down.

"What's your arrival here Lu Xiang?".

"I want to introduce my wife to the teacher. Her name is Adelia, she opened a cake shop not far from here".

Zhao Fan stroked his beard and nodded slowly. "I know that cake shop, your wife is very good at making cakes that have never been before".

"Thank you for the compliment Juren Zhao Fan".

Zhao Fan still faithfully stroked the beard that he loved and opened the main topic first, he knew the nature of his students who could not take the initiative in conversation. "I heard what happened to your wife's cake shop".

"We apologize for bringing the teacher's name in court without asking for permission. Sorry teacher" Lu Xiang and Adelia bowed low sincerely apologizing.

"You don't need to apologize, as the saying goes that a day of being a teacher is a lifetime of parenthood. If you have a problem you can ask me for help".

Lu Xiang's eyes heated up, he no longer had parents and had to bear the heavy burden of life for his younger siblings causing him to forget how the affection of parents he had not felt for a long time.

"Thank you teacher" Lu Xiang said in a stinging voice.

Adelia was delighted and moved and grateful that there were still people who cared about her husband.

"More Zhao Fan. We brought you tea leaves, tarts and wine" Adelia was not afraid to enter the conversation and immediately told Lu Cai to put what they brought on the table.

Adelia's relaxed expression made Zhao Fan stunned and feel interested, only this time she saw a woman who was neither afraid nor cautious before the scholar but her attention was distracted by the intoxicating aroma of the opened wine.

The waiter immediately provided the glass, Adelia poured the glass and then gave it to Lu Xiang to give to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan's eyes widened to feel the mellow wine but it felt light in his throat.