CH 87.1

Chapter 87.1 – Can See Me Anytime

Lu Qipei rode from the posthouse, braving the wind and rain for half a day. Right now, her clothes were half wet and her looks were messy. But as long as she thought of Qi Yang, her heart felt soft and warm, and all the hard work along the way felt like nothing.

But looking at the current situation, she somehow felt a little uncomfortable – was Qi Yang getting too close to Lu Sheng? Such a thought flashed in Lu Qipei’s mind.

Fortunately, Lu Sheng was just three years old. No matter how stingy she was, Lu Qipei wouldn’t make a fuss over a small child. She finally moved her eyes away from Lu Sheng and gently looked at Qi Yang, who was sleeping with Lu Sheng in her arms.

Qi Yang seemed to be in a deep sleep, her bright eyes closed and her long eyelashes drooping slightly, casting a faint shadow on her eyes. Her white cheeks were stained with light pink from the deep sleep, and her breathing seemed light and regular, making time around them feel like they had slowed down.

Before she realized it, Lu Qipei was looking at Qi Yang’s sleeping face in a trance. After an unknown amount of time passed, the sound of thunder suddenly came from outside. Immediately afterwards. The sleeping beauty suddenly frowned, and those frowns gradually turned deeper and deeper.

Her originally calm sleeping face was gone, replaced by an anxious and flustered look. The eyes beneath her eyelids rolled rapidly, but never opened. Fine beads of sweat were forming on her forehead…

Was she having a nightmare!?

Lu Qipei returned to her sense and quickly went forward and shook Qi Yang gently. “Ah Ning, Ah Ning, wake up!”

Qi Yang struggled in her dreams for a while, then suddenly opened her eyes. There was a blank look for a while on her eyes, but they only lasted for a moment. When she saw the person in front of her, she immediately raised her arms and hugged her with surprising strength.

Lu Qipei was leaning towards Qi Yang when the latter hugged her upright, making her current posture really awkward and tiring. But right now, she couldn’t care about anything else.

She patted the shoulder of the person in her arms and softly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m here. Don’t be afraid.”

After a while, Qi Yang finally seemed to return to her sense. Her grip on Lu Qipei slightly loosened, and she blinked as looked at the person she was holding. She asked in a hoarse voice, “Ah Pei?”

Lu Qipei nodded, stroking Qi Yang’s back to comfort her. “Un, it’s me. I’m here to see you.”

As her voice fell, she felt as if she heard Qi Yang heave a long sigh of relief, and the taut body in her arms relaxed. The nightmare seemed to have passed. Qi Yang placed her forehead on Lu Qipei’s shoulder and stopped talking.

After a while, Lu Qipei finally realized that her clothes were still wet, which made Qi Yang feel uncomfortable. But as soon as her hands touched Qi Yang’s shoulders, the latter raised her face and her pretty brows frowned again.

“Why are you wet?” As she said that, she twisted the clothes on Lu Qipei’s shoulder, then looked out of the window and seemed to think of something. “Did you come here in the rain?”

For some reason, Lu Qipei felt that Qi Yang’s tone right now wasn’t very good. She carefully glanced at the latter’s face, then nodded and said truthfully, “It’s raining and I don’t know when it’s going to stop. I wanted to see you, so here I am.”

Those simplest words were also the most touching words of love.

Qi Yang was a little angry that Lu Qipei didn’t care about her body, but couldn’t stay angry after hearing that. She sighed and lifted up the blanket. Seeing Lu Sheng still sleeping beside her, she relaxed her movements a little and said to Lu Qipei, “You can carry her out and hand her to the maids.”

Of course, Lu Qipei was happy. She carefully carried the little dumpling up and opened the door without saying anything.

After the maid picked Lu Sheng up, Lu Qipei closed the door. When she turned around, a clean set of clothes were thrown into her arms. Qi Yang immediately said with a disgruntled voice, “How long are you going to stand there? Quickly get changed!”

Lu Qipei obediently agreed, happily going behind the screen with the clothes on her hand.

Around five minutes later, Lu Qipei came out wearing just a snow-white inner robe. She had naturally taken off her wet riding clothes, but she took back out the outerwear she had carried in earlier.

Seeing Qi Yang look over, she pursed her lips and made a pleasant smile, “Ah Ning, did you take out the wrong clothes? This is a skirt.”

Qi Yang raised her eyebrows and said, “Do you not know how to wear a skirt?”

That wasn’t true. In fact, back in Jiangnan, Lu Qipei mostly wore women’s clothes. She only changed into men’s clothes when she occasionally went out. It wasn’t like now, where she’s living with the identity of a man.

But then was then, and now was now. Right now, Lu Qipei had too many worries.

She didn’t say anything, just looking at Qi Yang. The latter finally said, “You came here suddenly, I don’t have your clothes here, just skirts.” After a slight pause, she glanced at Lu Qipei again, “The inner robes you’re wearing right now is also mine.”

Lu Qipei put down the skirt and said, “So that’s how it is.”

Qi Yang knew that she was worried and didn’t say anything else, but there was a disappointed look in her eyes. When she couldn’t find men’s clothes earlier, she suddenly realized that she had never seen Lu Qipei wearing women’s clothes, even after they had been acquainted for two lifetimes!

She took this dress on a whim, but Lu Qipei was careful not to wear it. She wouldn’t force the latter, so she took another cloak and had Lu Qipei wear it for now.

However, Lu Qipei saw her disappointment. She reached out and held Qi Yang’s hand when the latter turned around, then promised softly, “Wait, just wait. In the future, I’ll let you see me wear whatever you want me to wear.”

Qi Yang pursed her lips and casually nodded, but she made a note in her heart.