Bab 53: Can We Have A Moment
As Chang was lifting the fabric up and over her head, Jian surprised her by rushing forward and pulling it back down over her body. Rudely stuffed back into the clinging wet material, Chang looked at him in confusion, unable to understand his actions.
"What was that for?" Looking at him, Chang pulled the material away from herself.
"I do not want you to catch a cold. You should keep that on." Avoiding her innocent gaze, tthe man lied fluidly. "Put on your pants, boots, and your hijab, I will get the horses ready." Without waiting for her to reply h,e quickly grabbed his boots and went to where the horses grazed on the rise.
Raising an eyebrow, Chang watched his retreating back while grumbling to herself.
"It's so warm today, I'm hardly likely to catch a cold when its 80° out! If I was to catch one, wouldn't it be more likely with wearing more wet clothes!" As she lifted the red of her shirt while adjusting it, Chang noticed the state of her white slip, clinging to her belly, as it completely revealed the sight of her skin underneath.
"Oh my god, how embarrassing!" Her face became almost the exact same color of the material she held as she thought about how she had practically stripped naked in front of Jian.
"Just dont think about it, just dont think about it," she repeated the mantra, trying to resettle herself as she put on her clothes and grabbed what Jian had called a hijab.
After she was all dressed again she headed up to the rise where Jian awaited holding the horses by their reins. She tried to act naturally as if that hadn't happened even though she knew she had a telltale blush on her cheeks giving her away.
Liang Jian Amal conspicuously avoided looking at her face as helped her up into her saddle. Chang herself did the same, feeling lingering embarrassment from her earlier actions. They rode in silence all the way back to the capitol, accompanied by the sound of bird song, the clomping of the horse's hooves against the flattened dirt trail; that led from the farms into towns, and the jingle of the horse's tack.
As they made their way through town the smells of all the different foods wafted into Chang's nostrils causing her belly to very audibly gurgle. Jian must have heard at least a little bit of that as his head turned sharply to her as she turned hers away just as quickly. She pressed one of her fists to her belly trying to silence it as it continued to protest very loudly to her dismay.
As she turned her head she caught a direct whiff from a food that was being fried right next to her. The delicious smell caused her to almost drool at the mouthwatering scent reminescent of french fries drifted all around her.
Liang Jian Amal noticed Chang slowing in front of all the food stalls, trying to contain her hunger, though her stares gave her away. He immediately dismounted and went to the latke seller in which she had drifted in front and purchased a couple of the potato cakes from the man.
The vendor tried to just give them to him, recognizing who he was, but Liang JianAmal ignored the man's refusals and left the money on the counter top. Blowing lightly on the steaming hot food he passed it up to Chang wrapped in a little cloth the vendor had given him. Her eyes sparkled as she took the food and ate like a little chipmunk, stuffing her cheeks as if she might never see food again.
He chuckled to himself watching her actions from the corner of his eye. Today was the most lighthearted he had felt in a very long time. As they came up to the massive entryway that led into the palace grounds he saw a figure standing alone. Once they got closer he recognizes the figure as Hao Jin Ying.
He could see that she was attempting to put on a calm front, but her fiddling fingers gave away her nervousness. The light feeling he felt in his chest was immediately smothered by a heavy feeling, seeing Hao Jin Ying in that state, he knew it had something to do with Li Hua.
He immediately waved for a stable hand to come help Chang with their horses as he dismounted and came to stand beside Chang's mount. He looked up at her as she looked down, the sun shining behind her head making the golden edging on the hijab throw a glow around her.
"Work stuff, darling, we'll be just a moment. Tilting his face up, Jian apologetically smiled at her.
Nodding and smiling in return, Chang leaned down and gave him a swift peck. Immediately after, she sat straight back up, realizing what she had done and nudged her mare to bring her to the paddock under his burning gaze.
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