Bai Sheng closed her eyes with a sense of helplessness, gritted her teeth, raised her hand and wrapped it around Lu Ye’s neck. She leaned closer to his ear and said, “Lu Ye, I… my period is here.”
“Period?” Lu Ye’s body trembled. Wasn't Bai Sheng a slave? He hadn't heard that she had periods, and besides, they were currently speeding along in a carriage. How could her period possibly arrive?
Seeing Lu Ye’s bewildered expression, Bai Sheng smacked her own head. She was truly flustered. Lu Ye didn't know that “period” wasn't a real period.
Bai Sheng had to whisper again into Lu Ye's ear, “It’s… Kui Shui, I’m having Kui Shui.”
Oh my, this was too embarrassing to utter.
If they had already done what they were supposed to do, it probably wouldn't be this awkward, right? After all, they would have been completely open with each other, and there would be no place left unseen.
“Kui… Shui,” Lu Ye murmured, suddenly realizing what Kui Shui meant.
Kui… Kui Shui. He knew about it. When he was studying martial arts at the academy, the young men would often gather to talk about women during their free time, and Kui Shui was one of the topics. He hadn't participated in the conversation but was forced to be an audience.
And two months ago, when his parents brought Bai Sheng home, his father had privately taught him some things, saying that women who had Kui Shui often had stomachaches, couldn't have intercourse, and shouldn't touch cold water.
Besides advice from others, he had also seen it in books…
However, when his wife was experiencing Kui Shui, what was he supposed to do as a husband?
He couldn't seem to recall what the books said…
Lu Ye’s cheeks flushed. He forced himself to remain calm and whispered to Bai Sheng, “Don't… don't be afraid, I'm here for everything. When we reach the county town, I'll have the coachman drive the carriage directly to No. 9, Xinghua Street.”
Bai Sheng’s lips were a little pale. She nodded and said in a voice only she and Lu Ye could hear, “I just don’t know if I’ve gotten their stool dirty.”
Lu Ye’s face turned as red as a persimmon, but he tried his best to appear composed and comforted her, “It’s alright. If it gets dirty, give him some more silver when we get off, and trouble him to clean it.”
With someone to clean up after her and handle these embarrassing matters, she instantly felt at ease.
However, her stomach was starting to hurt more and more. It seemed the original owner’s uterus was a bit cold. She’d have to warm it up later.
Seeing Bai Sheng clutching her stomach, her face deathly pale, with cold sweat beading on her forehead, Lu Ye’s heart ached.
He extended his arm and scooped Bai Sheng into his embrace, then quickly moved his own backside to where Bai Sheng had been sitting.
“Good girl, don’t be afraid, I’m here,” Lu Ye’s gentle voice murmured beside her ear, like the sense of security provided by a 420mm sanitary pad.
Bai Sheng was so touched that tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
Perhaps it was due to the emotional fluctuations during her period, combined with the stomachache, and Lu Ye’s meticulous and gentle care, the fierce Bai Sheng instantly became sentimental.
She thought about her previous life, how after her Grandmother Bai passed away, she had suffered from a terminal illness and lay alone in her hospital room. At first, some classmates visited her, but later, no one came.
Perhaps they felt that her fate was sealed, destined to disappear from Earth, and not worth even a tiny bit of their time and effort. Moreover, her gradually fading presence might trigger their fear of life’s impermanence.
And so, Bai Sheng took care of herself in the hospital, alone, for a full two years.
She never expected that after transmigrating to another world, in this extremely harsh and arid desert, she would encounter such an accommodating and considerate man.
Thinking of her past and present lives, Bai Sheng’s tears just wouldn't stop.
Her tears soaked the front of Lu Ye’s clothes as her small body convulsed.
Lu Ye watched her cry, his eyes filled with an undeniable and genuine heartache.
He pulled Bai Sheng tighter into his arms, gently stroking her back, and softly whispered words of comfort in her ear, “Good girl, don’t be afraid, I’m here, I’m here.”
This scene made the two women sitting nearby so jealous they almost went mad.
The younger of the two women raised her hand to her temple and softly said to her husband, “Husband, I have such a bad headache.”
The man called “husband” glared at her and gruffly shouted, “You slut, you won’t hurt when I kick you a few times when we get home.”
“You–” The woman rolled her eyes, twisted her body, and stopped paying attention to the man beside her.
Hengheng saw everything happening outside the space. When it heard its master tell Lu Ye that she was on her period, it was overjoyed. It immediately opened its eyes wide and looked back into the space with anticipation.
Indeed, almost instantly, after the space trembled a few times, it doubled in size. This expanded half of the space also came with a wild flower garden, filled with all sorts of exotic flowers and plants, blooming luxuriantly.
The scent of flowers wafted through the air.
Lightning, Storm, Dark Clouds, and Snow were all stunned, not knowing what had happened.
Hengheng naturally couldn't tell them about its master’s period. It vaguely said that the space upgraded periodically, and its area had expanded by half.
The other entities then cheered loudly in celebration, startling the chickens and rabbits in the breeding shed.
Hengheng excitedly informed Bai Sheng in its mind that the space had doubled in area, which immediately made Bai Sheng stop crying and start laughing.
Seeing Bai Sheng both crying and laughing, Lu Ye was completely bewildered.
Bai Sheng leaned close to his ear and told him that it was her first time experiencing Kui Shui, and the space would increase by half.
Is that really so?!
Lu Ye was even more confused. What kind of magical place was this space? It could even upgrade like this?
Why would the space increase by half the first time she experienced Kui Shui?
Kui Shui simply meant that a woman’s body had matured and could now bear offspring. What did this have to do with the space?
Lu Ye couldn’t understand many of these inexplicable things, but the expansion of the space was a good thing, and he was very happy.
Seeing Bai Sheng happy made him even happier.
When the carriage reached the entrance of the county town, the other passengers alighted.
Lu Ye raised his voice in the carriage and asked the coachman if he could drive them directly to No. 9, Xinghua Street within the city.
The coachman looked troubled. A carriage entering the city required a 500-wen entry fee. He couldn't afford this small business expense.
Lu Ye said, “I'll give you two taels of silver. Please trouble yourself to drive us to our doorstep. My wife is unwell and cannot walk.”
Upon hearing two taels of silver, the coachman immediately agreed with a cheerful disposition.
When they arrived at their doorstep, Lu Ye carried Bai Sheng as he jumped off the carriage. Seeing that the place Bai Sheng had sat was indeed stained red, he truthfully told the coachman and gave him the 500-wen cleaning fee.
At that moment, Bai Sheng buried her face deeply in Lu Ye’s embrace. The embarrassing matters Lu Ye spoke of were unrelated to her; she couldn't see them or hear them…
As the coachman turned to leave, he felt a sense of surreal disbelief. In this world, were there still such honest people?
Having accidentally had her period, she even paid a cleaning fee?
In all his years, people had pooped and peed on his carriage seats, and no one had ever paid any cleaning fees for it.
Ahem, the sun truly rose from the west today. He hoped more customers like this would come his way.