The Eldest Princess' Substitute Husband (Transmigration) - Chapter 45

“I’ll feed you.”

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“Consort…”

“Consort?”

Song Jinsheng had a very long dream.

So long that she truly thought she had lived through more than ten years in it.

Her consciousness gradually returned, and she could faintly hear someone calling her name, yet she still felt dazed, as if she were still in the dream.

“Wake up…”

This voice calling her name sounded so much like the person from her dream…

“Song Jinsheng? Song Jinsheng!”

The voice suddenly became more urgent, and Song Jinsheng, still dazed and confused, felt a little annoyed by the constant calling.

She was just about to turn over and cover herself with the blanket when a hand stopped her face. In a moment, she felt someone lean in close. She could even feel the person’s warm breath.

“Mmm…” Song Jinsheng frowned. Her rationality forced her to wake up. With great difficulty, she opened her eyes.

After a moment of blurriness, the first thing she saw was Wei Luoyi’s face, which was now only about two inches away from hers.

It was too close. So close that Song Jinsheng’s hard-won rationality scattered again. She stared blankly at the person in front of her.

She saw that Wei Luoyi’s expression was not as calm as usual. Her eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and her eyes, which were fixed on her, were filled with both doubt and urgency.

“Song Jinsheng?” Wei Luoyi saw that she was awake but wasn’t speaking, so she couldn’t help but pat her face.

“Ugh…” Because she had been sleeping for a long time, the dizziness she felt when she woke up made Song Jinsheng uncomfortable. She propped herself up and shook her head, trying to clear her mind.

She wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and saw that Wei Luoyi, who was sitting next to her, still had a grave expression. She then realized—when did Wei Luoyi come in?

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“What do you think, Consort?” Wei Luoyi still frowned, but her brows were not as tight as before.

Song Jinsheng was still dizzy, and she was even more confused. “Me? How would I know…”

“I… was just sleeping.”

Wei Luoyi looked at her deeply. Seeing that she was still confused, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath. She swallowed her unexplainable emotions and said slowly, “Yes, the Consort has been sleeping for six hours.”

“I have been calling you for fifteen minutes, but no matter how I called, you wouldn’t open your eyes…”

With that, Wei Luoyi raised her cold eyes, but her gaze was not calm. “If the Consort didn’t wake up… I…”

She suddenly stopped mid-sentence. She looked away, pursed her lips, and returned to her icy demeanor, but it seemed as though she was suppressing something.

Hearing this, Song Jinsheng was a little surprised.

Six hours… She had been in a coma for so long?

She remembered… she had asked the system for forced sleep, and then… she went back into the original owner’s memories…

Remembering that dream, fragments of scenes flooded Song Jinsheng’s mind.

The most profound impression was the last scene where Wei Luoyi proposed to her.

“Ahem…” Song Jinsheng swallowed, but her throat was still dry. She could only explain in a hoarse voice, “I’m fine. I just slept too soundly and didn’t hear you… I’m sorry to have worried Your Highness.”

With that, Song Jinsheng didn’t hear a response, so she looked at her. Seeing that Wei Luoyi was still staring at her silently, she knew she was still suspicious of something. She could only sigh softly and say frankly, “I… am on my period. The pain was unbearable today, and I was so exhausted from the pain that I fell asleep. I didn’t know I would sleep for so long…”

Hearing this, Wei Luoyi understood. It was indeed as she had guessed.

But she was still a little confused. She herself had painful periods where the pain came in waves like a knife carving into her. It was difficult for her to even close her eyes and rest. So how could she sleep so deeply?

These questions were suppressed in her heart. Wei Luoyi watched Song Jinsheng turn her head and purse her lips, her fingers clutching the blanket. She had a rare embarrassed expression, revealing a little bit of her feminine side.

“Next time you have a stomachache, you don’t have to endure it like this…”

“Oh…” Song Jinsheng lowered her head and responded glumly.

Although she said yes, she looked at Wei Luoyi, who was getting up to leave. While feeling a little disappointed, she couldn’t help but think:

What can I do if I don’t endure it? Here, I’m a woman pretending to be a man. It would be strange for a man to have medicine for her period…

“I’ll have someone make a bowl of brown sugar water for you later.” Wei Luoyi got up but didn’t walk to the door. She went to a nearby table and picked up a jade bowl.

Song Jinsheng looked at the person who was walking back toward her. Her heart skipped a beat. She immediately avoided her gaze and looked at the bowl of porridge in her hand.

Wei Luoyi sat down in front of her and stirred the porridge with a spoon. The white rice in the porridge was translucent like pearls, and it was mixed with mashed yams and minced meat. Just the sight of it was tempting.

“This is freshly made porridge. It should still be warm.”

“Okay…”

Song Jinsheng’s eyes never left the bowl of porridge. She had no appetite in the morning and didn’t eat much for lunch. Now that she had slept for so long, her stomach was rumbling.

She eagerly wanted to sit up to take the bowl. But the moment she sat up, a sharp pain shot through her abdomen, making her frown and suck in a breath. She didn’t dare to move again.

Seeing this, Wei Luoyi froze, then she sighed inwardly. She raised her hand and pressed down on Song Jinsheng’s shoulder, her voice softening a little. “If it hurts, just lie down. Don’t move.”

“Uh… but if I’m lying down, it’s hard for me to hold it…” Song Jinsheng gestured with her eyes toward the bowl in her hand. She wanted to get up again, but Wei Luoyi stopped her.

“I’ll feed you.”

What?

Did I hear that right?

Song Jinsheng was so shocked she couldn’t even blink. She stared blankly at the person who was still stirring the porridge, only to be stared back at.

“Do you not understand me?”

“No…” Song Jinsheng shrank back from her stare. She swallowed the words of refusal.

She obediently lowered her eyes and listened to the sound of the spoon stirring at the bottom of the bowl. She then took a sniff, pretending to casually look up. The spoon was already at her lips.

“Open your mouth.”

Although she didn’t look at her, she could still feel the other person’s gaze from the corner of her eye. This gaze made Song Jinsheng feel inexplicably nervous.

She clutched the blanket in her hands tightly and gently parted her lips, taking the spoonful into her mouth. The moment the porridge entered her mouth, the perfect saltiness of the porridge spread between her teeth and lips.

“Is it hot?”

Song Jinsheng quickly shook her head.

She hadn’t even swallowed the first mouthful when the second was already at her lips.

Song Jinsheng’s room usually wasn’t filled with incense, but now there was a censer with burning incense by the window. A faint scent of musk filled the room, mixing with the aroma of the medicinal porridge. The scents lingered… and tugged at her heartstrings.

One mouthful after another. They were both still silent until only half a bowl of porridge was left.

Neither of them looked at the other. They were both staring at the bowl of porridge and the spoon.

At first, Song Jinsheng felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she wasn’t a child anymore. She had always been the one taking care of others. It felt a little awkward to suddenly be the one who was being taken care of like a patient.

Moreover, that person was Wei Luoyi.

The current Princess Zhaoyang who was showered with affection.

The Princess who always had a cold expression on her face and loved to ignore everyone.

How could she not be surprised? How could she not be in a daze?

With this thought, Song Jinsheng suddenly looked up. While Wei Luoyi was still stirring the porridge, she let her gaze fall on her face.

For some reason, the similar scene and similar angle made Song Jinsheng remember the Wei Luoyi in her dream.

It was not so much a dream but the Wei Luoyi in the original owner’s memories.

So, she had saved the original owner, who had accidentally been pushed into the water, and had only then learned that she was a woman…

Is that why she wanted the original owner to stay by her side and be a consort in name only…

But did she know that the consort she had personally chosen harbored such deep hatred for her?

Although Song Jinsheng was not the original owner, what she had experienced in the dream were the original owner’s real ten years.

And the deep-seated hatred the original owner had endured seemed to have left a mark on Song Jinsheng’s heart.

For a moment, looking at the person in front of her, the overly complex emotions intertwined, making Song Jinsheng feel dazed and lost in thought.

Wei Luoyi looked up and happened to see Song Jinsheng’s profound gaze. She froze, and her hand, which was holding the spoon, stopped.

“What are you looking at?”

“Hmm?” Song Jinsheng was startled back to reality. She met Wei Luoyi’s gaze, blinked awkwardly, and looked away.

“Nothing. I was just thinking…” Song Jinsheng turned her gaze to her and then glanced at the porridge in her hand. “Actually, if you leave the porridge here, I can drink it myself later… Your Highness doesn’t have to…”

Wei Luoyi’s cold and frosty gaze cut through Song Jinsheng, and she swallowed the rest of her words.

Wei Luoyi’s fingers, which were clutching the spoon handle, clenched. She lowered her eyes, suppressing the inexplicable frustration that was rising in her heart. She said slowly, “You are my Consort. Since you are my Consort and we are married, I should naturally take care of you.”

With that, she looked up and stared at the person who was still in a daze. “Is there something wrong with that?”

It was originally just a perfunctory remark, but she didn’t expect Wei Luoyi to respond so seriously. Song Jinsheng was stunned again and stared blankly back at her.

Sure enough, it’s just because I’m her Consort, not because of me…

Song Jinsheng, why do you have to be so conceited?

Consort… hehe…

Even if it was just an empty title, it was still not her identity.

One day, she would leave this world without a trace… And this title of consort, without her, would still be given to someone else. A new consort would take her place…

A new consort would also lie in this bed in the future and be taken care of by the Princess.

The thought of this made Song Jinsheng suddenly smile.

But her heart was hurting.

It was as if she was being pricked by tiny needles. The dull ache lingered and wouldn’t go away.

“There’s nothing wrong with that.”

“I spoke out of turn. Thank you for your care, Your Highness.”

Wei Luoyi was stunned by her sudden smile. Her brows slightly furrowed. “…I wasn’t scolding you.”

“Your Highness.” Song Jinsheng ignored her words. She just looked away and shrank back into the blanket. Then she looked back at her, a smile still on her lips. “You don’t need to bother. You can just leave the porridge there. I’m a little tired and want to rest for a while.”

Hearing this, Wei Luoyi was silent. She just stared at her.

After a long moment, she slowly lowered her eyes and stood up. “Alright, then the Consort should rest well.”

“Okay.”

Song Jinsheng immediately agreed. She then turned her body and buried herself in the blanket, her back to her, as if she didn’t want to look at her again.

Seeing this, Wei Luoyi’s footsteps paused. Her already-furrowed brows became even tighter.

After staring for a while, Wei Luoyi turned around, suppressing the waves of unexplainable frustration and bitterness that were rising in her heart.

When she placed the bowl on the table, she looked back at the person on the bed and suddenly remembered her expression just now.

So proper and dignified, without a hint of impropriety. It was just like the old Song Jinsheng.

The old Song Jinsheng?

The thought stunned even Wei Luoyi.

Whether it was before or now, wasn’t she still her?

But why did she now have a profound feeling that… the old Song Jinsheng and the current Song Jinsheng… were two completely different people?

Or rather… other than this face, they were completely different people.

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[Author’s Note]

Save me, why is the progress so slow? I really want to see them kiss!!!

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