Big Hips Make Childbearing Easy

By Xiang River Lake, Zhangsun Nanqiao looked at the young man's dumbstruck expression and seemed to read his thoughts, covering her mouth with a soft laugh.

Stunned, aren't you!

After laughing, Zhangsun Nanqiao composed her expression. Her eyes shimmered like water, on the verge of tears. "Young Master Li, you're so amazing. I truly hate that I was born a few years too early. Otherwise, I would marry no one but you!"

"..."

Li Ziye was speechless. Big sister, could you be any more fake?

An autumn breeze brushed past, lifting a strand of hair beside Zhangsun Nanqiao's ear and sweeping it across Li Ziye's face, tickling him.

Then Li Ziye quietly took a breath.

So fragrant!

"Does it smell nice?"

Zhangsun Nanqiao turned her face toward him and asked.

"What?"

Li Ziye looked bewildered. "Were you asking me, Sister Nanqiao?"

Zhangsun Nanqiao smiled sweetly and did not press him. Keep pretending, you little rascal!

Just then, an old man wearing a bamboo hat drifted past on the lake, poling a dugout canoe, ready to start taking customers for the new day.

His targets were people like Li Ziye, who had nothing better to do after filling their bellies than come boating on the lake.

Sure enough, the old man had barely poled past when Li Ziye called out, "Old sir, we'd like a boat ride!"

"Coming, young master!"

Out on the lake, the old man answered with a smile, then poled toward the shore.

Once the boat reached the shore, Li Ziye took out one mace of broken silver and handed it to the old man, saying grandly, "Keep the change."

"Young master, if I'm doing the poling, it'll take two mace of silver," the old man said awkwardly.

Beside him, Zhangsun Nanqiao burst out laughing.

"That expensive!"

Li Ziye could no longer worry about losing face. He looked shocked. That's robbery.

"Young Master Li, that's one mace of silver, not one tael," Zhangsun Nanqiao said, covering her mouth with a soft laugh.

"Then I'll pole it myself. One mace should be enough for that."

Li Ziye looked pained as he spoke. Rich though he was, prices in the capital were far too high-and this was still the outskirts!

"You want to pole it yourself, young master?"

The old man glanced at the woman beside him, then at the young man before him, and contempt appeared on his aged face.

He had never seen such a stingy man. What a waste of such a pretty girl.

"Old sir, wh-what's with that look?"

Sensing the contempt in the old man's eyes, Li Ziye immediately felt that his character had been insulted.

"Let's go."

Beside him, Zhangsun Nanqiao spoke with a soft laugh, then stepped onto the little boat.

Under the old man's contemptuous gaze, Li Ziye boarded the boat and picked up the bamboo pole, ready to take the beauty out across the lake.

But Li Ziye's vision was too rosy. He had forgotten that he did not actually know how to pole a boat.

And so, amid Young Master Li's frantic flailing, the little boat began to rock violently, its swaying growing more and more alarming, as though it might capsize at any moment.

"Ah!"

On the little boat, Zhangsun Nanqiao could not help crying out again and again, sharing in the fright.

"Young master, if you can't manage it, let this old man do the poling. It's only one extra mace of silver. Your clothes clearly mark you as a wealthy man. Why be so stingy over one mace?"

On the shore, the old man watched Li Ziye's flustered efforts on the boat and mocked him.

"I have no money!"

Li Ziye flew into a rage. This was not about the steamed bun, but about saving face. Even if he drowned today, he would not fork over that extra mace.

"Ah!"

As Li Ziye spoke, he lost his balance, and the little boat suddenly tipped over to one side.

Splash!

Then both of them were thrown into the water.

The autumn lake water was not bone-piercing, but it was still very cold.

Zhangsun Nanqiao's dress was instantly soaked, clinging to her body and revealing her exquisite curves.

"Gulp!"

Li Ziye took just one look and could no longer tear his eyes away, swallowing helplessly.

This time, I really didn't do it on purpose!

The boat capsized on its own. It's not my fault.

Come to think of it, has this woman really been married once already? She's kept her figure so well.

She's stacked. Seriously stacked!

If she forced herself on me, should I resist?

I need her help anyway. Maybe I should just submit?

It doesn't seem like I'd lose out!

In that brief instant, Li Ziye's mind spun wildly, countless thoughts bubbling up. The speed of his brain in that one second-I would call it the strongest.

"Still staring!"

Feeling the young man's invasive gaze, Zhangsun Nanqiao hurriedly wrapped her arms around herself and rebuked him angrily.

"My apologies, my apologies. Let's get ashore first."

Li Ziye came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly, then supported the woman before him as they headed ashore.

"Young master, why put yourself through that? It was only one mace of silver!"

On the shore, the old man suppressed his laughter, not forgetting to twist the knife.

Li Ziye glanced at the old man, then looked around to see whether anyone else was nearby.

Should I give this annoying old geezer a beating?

There's no one around anyway. Even if the old man wanted to stage an injury scam, he wouldn't find anyone to back him up.

If it went to the authorities, I could turn the accusation on him and say this old man was a crooked merchant who took our silver and then tried to extort us. When Zhangsun Nanqiao and I refused, he deliberately tipped us into the water.

That way, I could even get that mace of silver back!

At this thought, Li Ziye's smile gradually grew twisted. I'm just too clever!

Five paces away, the old man saw the hostile look in the young man's eyes. A chill ran through him, and he instinctively retreated two steps.

"Achoo!"

A cold wind blew past. Beside Li Ziye, Zhangsun Nanqiao covered her mouth and sneezed, her body beginning to tremble involuntarily.

"Sister Nanqiao, let's go change first!"

Seeing that the woman beside him was about to catch a chill, Li Ziye had no choice but to let the old man off and support Zhangsun Nanqiao toward the carriage.

By the carriage, Bai Wangyu leaned leisurely against it, reading a Confucian School scripture with an air of contentment.

No matter the occasion, the Confucian School's eldest senior brother remained so composed. Compared with Li Ziye, who startled at everything like an idiot, he was the opposite extreme.

"Old Bai!"

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's voice arrived. From the lakeside, Li Ziye hurried over, supporting Zhangsun Nanqiao, and called, "Are there spare clothes in the carriage?"

"No," Bai Wangyu said calmly.

"No?"

Li Ziye froze at his answer. "Why didn't you prepare some dry clothes?"

"I didn't expect you two to fall into the lake just from going boating," Bai Wangyu said earnestly.

"Old Bai!"

Gritting his teeth, Li Ziye forced a few words through them. "Believe me, I'll strip your clothes off."

"Heh."

Bai Wangyu smiled calmly, not bothering to respond.

He could take on a hundred of Li Ziye.

Li Ziye had no idea that he had become a unit of combat strength in Little Red Riding Hood's mind. Otherwise, he would have leaped up and fought him to the death.

"Young Master Li, let's go back."

Zhangsun Nanqiao hugged herself tightly and spoke with a slight shiver.

"All right!"

Li Ziye nodded, giving the woman beside him a worried look, then walked up to Little Red Riding Hood and began pulling off his clothes. "Give me your robe."

"This is my only Confucian robe!"

Bai Wangyu resisted, preferring death to submission.

"You're a grown man. Nobody's going to look even if you're naked!"

Li Ziye applied more force, determined to strip Little Red Riding Hood's robe off.

After several rounds of tug-of-war, Li Ziye won!

Because if Bai Wangyu resisted any longer, the Confucian robe would be torn to shreds.

"Sister Nanqiao, put this on to warm up first. We'll head back right now."

Li Ziye draped Little Red Riding Hood's Confucian robe over the woman beside him, lavishing borrowed generosity on her without sparing a thought for Little Red Riding Hood, who had only a thin inner garment left.

Only after the two of them boarded the carriage did Li Ziye remember Little Red Riding Hood. He turned back. "Old Bai, drive!"

The corner of Bai Wangyu's mouth twitched. He had to rein himself in repeatedly to keep from hitting him.

Morning light spilled over the lakeshore as the carriage creaked along, retracing its route.

Their lakeside outing had come to an abrupt end before it had even begun.

Inside the carriage, Zhangsun Nanqiao pulled the Confucian robe tighter around herself, still feeling very cold.

"Sister Nanqiao, if you don't mind, let me warm you up!"

Beside her, Li Ziye looked at her trembling form, unable to bear the sight. He spread his arms and offered kindly, "There's no one else here. Nobody will know."

Zhangsun Nanqiao raised her head, a dangerous smile appearing on her slightly pale face as she let out a fragrant word. "Scram!"

"..."

Li Ziye's outstretched arms stiffened in embarrassment. He really had only wanted to help warm her up.

People with impure thoughts really did assume everyone else was impure too.

The carriage rumbled onward. Inside, Zhangsun Nanqiao's face grew increasingly pale, looking very unwell.

Watching her, Li Ziye truly began to worry a little.

Does this woman have some old ailment?

"Sister Nanqiao, can you still hold on?" Li Ziye asked with concern.

"Mm."

Zhangsun Nanqiao nodded weakly, her consciousness beginning to blur.

"Sister Nanqiao, forgive me!"

Seeing this, Li Ziye could no longer worry about anything else. He sat beside her and gathered her into his arms.

At once, warm jade and soft fragrance filled his embrace, and a heart-refreshing scent wafted into his nose.

Zhangsun Nanqiao stiffened. She wanted to struggle, but had little strength left.

Perhaps the warmth of Li Ziye's body brought a trace of warmth to the freezing Zhangsun Nanqiao. Gradually, her stiff body relaxed, and she stopped struggling.

Li Ziye tightened his arms, letting Zhangsun Nanqiao lean against him more comfortably.

In the outskirts, the carriage rumbled along, picking up speed.

After an unknown stretch of time, the carriage entered the city streets. With more pedestrians around, it had no choice but to slow down.

Inside the carriage, Li Ziye felt the woman in his arms growing hotter and hotter. Unable to hold back, he lifted the curtain and asked anxiously, "How much longer until we reach the Zhangsun Residence?"

"There are too many pedestrians. At least another two hours or more," Bai Wangyu answered as he drove.

"That's too long. Go to Li Garden first!"

Li Ziye made an immediate decision and spoke firmly.

"All right!"

Bai Wangyu answered, then drove toward Li Garden.

Less than an hour later, the carriage stopped outside Li Garden. Li Ziye carried the now-unconscious Zhangsun Nanqiao out of the carriage, then hurried into the residence.

"Send the residence's physician to the inner courtyard!"

After entering, Li Ziye shouted, carrying the woman in his arms straight toward the inner courtyard.

Before long, a crowd had gathered around them in a room in the inner courtyard.

"You landed her after just one outing?"

Hongzhu looked at the unconscious woman on the bed and asked in bewilderment, "Isn't that a little fast? Did you drug her?"

"This girl does look a bit older than you."

Zhang Lata took a sip of wine and continued, "But her family background and looks are both good. She's more than a match for you, brat."

"Little brother, age doesn't matter. Big hips are what count-they make childbearing easy. Your big sister supports you."

Li Youwei glanced at Zhangsun Nanqiao on the bed and once again made a shocking declaration.

"Cough, cough!"

In the room, Li Ziye listened to the trio's outrageous remarks and nearly choked himself unconscious.

What on earth are they talking about!

Am I the sort of person who lusts after beauty?

No!