24 Desires.

In comparison to the front and back walls, the walls on the sides were quite tall, due to the thatch roof featuring two parallel sloping sides that peaked in the middle of the roof. The reasoning behind it was quite obvious. Otherwise, water would've been trapped in the thatch coating, which would ultimately rot the straw.

Tang Yu used a small stool to give her a leg up, as she swept the webs down, using a coconut broom. Time kept rolling. Mu Jiayi came two hours later to call her for lunch. But, she refused. Hence, the brady bunch ate their lunch together without her. Occasionally, she sensed the females casting curious glances at her; she ignored.

By the time Tang Yu plugged all the holes, and coated every wall, it was already four. This kind of chores wasn't really up in her alley, and she pretty much ran herself ragged. Tired as hell, her initial enthusiasm ran out of steam. It'd take her some time to get into the swing of things here. The bath water was still there, sparkling. She stretched her lips in a thin line. She couldn't chance a naked bath in that open backyard here, could she? Males were grinding in the fields and females were inside, perhaps sleeping. However, what if there was a peeping tom around?

At that moment, Tang Yu's roaming eyes landed on a coil of rope hanging from one of the bamboo posts that held up the fence, and five brown coconut fronds lying beneath. A brilliant idea sprang to her mind. Why not try her hands in an adventure? The area where the big trough was resting happened to have four big jackfruit trees in its four corners. She roped off the square-shaped area, before hanging the fronds on the rope, and making a makeshift bathroom there.

No, she wasn't going to lay naked in the trough. But, stripping her dirty clothes off was important. Thankfully, she made sure her hair steered clear of the dirt and dung.

Tang Yu upended a pail of cool water over her head. She closed her eyes, relishing the feeling. The water rolling down washed away every bead of sweat, together with the latent heat from her body. Her using soap might wig the Mu family out, so be it. She couldn't trade off her cleanliness for the world, let alone in order to please her in-laws.

Grabbing a washcloth, she rubbed it on a bar of soap until a thick layer of soap transferred over, before scrubbing her body into a rich lather. The sound of the washcloth on her skin, and her full attention to cleaning led her to fail noticing the sudden male presence. A pair of dark eyes staring at her naked body through the tapering leaflets darkened further. His strong hands hanging on either side curled their long fingers.

Mu Yunsheng's inexperienced, and eager eyes traveled on his wife's long neck, straight back, round hips and plump butts. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, when Tang Yu bent over with her back facing him. Desire that had made its nest in his heart stirred, growing bigger, before flowing hot through his veins.

His virgin gaze was stuck to her ass, when a thought crossed his mind, 'A fully ripe peach.' The enticing view evoked a strong urge within him to take a bite off of the juice-y flesh. His hands shook.

Golds of late afternoon snuck through the tree leaves, falling on her snow white silky smooth skin. He watched as she plunged a scrap of cloth into half quart water in the pail, before rinsing it out, reapplying soap on it, and rubbing her neck. Only If he was that damn washcloth!

Mu Yunsheng's breath hitched, as Tang Yu turned around, offering him the view of her full-frontal nudity. Her slender yet curvy figure lit a flame in his lower abdomen. It heated up, stirring the sleeping beast in his pants awake, which stood up with vigor. Her perfectly rounded twin mounds peaked with a pink cherry atop. It was hard to remove his eyes from them, his eyelashes trembled, laden heavy with thirst. She kind of glistened in the glow of late afternoon.

One thing was for sure, the day Buddha sculpted his wife, he couldn't take on any other projects.

Eyes closed, Tang Yu was exfoliating her breasts. She was dialled in to clean herself thoroughly. Dappled sun shone through the green foliage overhead, leaving a beautiful design on her body. Shafts of light that slanted through the leaflets only added to the beauty. She moved her body and rested her foot on the edge of the trough in order to exfoliate her long legs.

Mu Yunsheng's heated gaze came down to her long sexy smooth legs, pacing up and down, memorizing the details. He swallowed hard, pushing down the fever of want. The tent inside his pants only erected higher. Every second was pressing on his nerves. He couldn't. He couldn't take it anymore. His resistance was wearing thin. A second more, perhaps, he might lose his sanity and wind up jumping up on her.

Mu Yunsheng exhausted every ounce of his willpower in order to turn around and flee. It was hard not to give in to the rush of thirst; but he had to fight against it, despite having every right to look at her naked body. He entered into the holy bond of matrimony with her, and the nature of this very relationship mainly focused on physical intimacy. In fact, the abbot at the city temple once said that a woman who refused to fulfill her husband's needs would be thrown into hell. Even so, his brain and heart couldn't play the same tune. He didn't want to scare her with his spousal demands right away. Since she already began showing a positive change, he believed, soon she'd cave in to his physical needs as well. Just his patience needed to be on check.

Tang Yu wiped her body, threw on a clean set of clothes, then washed her dirty hanfu. She ran behind for lunch. At the end, her body just gave in the moment her back hit the bed for a small nap. Tiredness caught up, and she dropped off to deep sleep.