All Chapters_Chapter 145 Chinese Medicine

Nangong Chen's eyes flashed with a dangerous light: "It was you who chose to marry into the Nangong family instead of Bai Ying'an, you wore the ring of my Nangong family, gave birth to the child of my Nangong family, and knew all the secrets of my Nangong family." If you don't marry me, who else can I marry? Marry Lin Annan? ”

"It has nothing to do with Lin Annan, I'm just ........"

"Just what? Don't want to marry me? ”

"Yes." Bai Muqing nodded without fear of death.

What is the relationship between her and him now? He hated her to the core, she blamed him for killing his grandmother, imprisoning his younger brother and mother, and the Bai family. Of course, the Bai family deserves it. Her father has never treated her as his own daughter, and she can not worry about him.

The life of the Nangong family, she is really afraid.

She was even more afraid that he would marry her just because he was angry and hot-headed, and maybe he would regret it one day.

"Are you sure ——?" Nangong Chen stared at her, almost gritting his teeth.

"Don't you hate me? If you hate me, why do you want to marry me? I think you should think it through before you make a decision. Bai Muqing sighed secretly after speaking, thinking that this reason should be good.

Nangong Chen said: "This is my business, I don't need you to worry." ”

"What about me?" Bai Muqing saw him staring at him coldly, although she was a little afraid, she still said, "If you want me to marry you, give me back Xiaoyi and my mother." ”

She knows. Nangong Chen must be angry again.

Sure enough, he got angry, glared at her angrily for a long time, and then pushed the car door and got out of the car. Went around the front of the car to her side, pulled the car door and dragged her out of the passenger seat.

Bai Muqing was forcibly brought into the marriage registration hall by him by the crook of his arm, and his movements were almost in one go.

That's right, that's how this man is. Even such a thing as marriage can be domineering and you can have the final say on your own!

Assistant Yan saw the two of them coming in, walked up to him and said, "Young Chen, young lady, the information has been filled, you just need to go in and take a photo." ”

Under the guidance of Assistant Yan, Nangong Chen took Bai Muqing and walked towards the photo room.

Sitting on the long chair, the photographer aimed at it with the lens, then looked up and beckoned to Bai Muqing: "The bride is troublesome to pull her bangs to the side." ”

Bai Muqing hurriedly pushed her bangs to the side with her hand. The photographer was surprised, looked at her and said, "What's the matter?" The bride has a scar on her forehead? ”

"Hmm....... Can I put my bangs down? Bai Muqing grabbed her bangs with her hand, the scar on her forehead was hit on the bedside table that day, and she just lost the scar and is still recovering, so she specially cut some bangs in order to cover this scar.

Seeing that she was getting more and more chaotic, Nangong Chen had no choice but to raise her hand and pull her hand down, and gently straighten out her bangs for her, which could cover the scars without covering her eyes.

Bai Muqing looked at the serious look on his face, and most of the resistance in his heart disappeared in an instant, and he even felt a little warm in his heart.

"Okay, that's good." The photographer complimented, then lifted his camera and pointed it at them. One of the focal points reminded him: "The two newcomers smiled, today is your big day, and they are all unlucky ....... with sad faces." ”

"Come, smile........" The photographer waited for a long time and didn't wait for a satisfied smile, so he could only keep urging there.

Nangong Chen gradually began to get impatient, turned to Bai Muqing and said, "Are you smiling or not?" Don't laugh at me out! ”

"......." Bai Muqing was speechless with grievances.

The photographer put down the camera and said to Nangong Chen: "Groom official, what about you, do you smile or not?" ”

Nangong Chen was speechless.

The newsman simply stood up straight, looked at the two of them and said angrily: "Are you here to get married?" How can there be such a fierce bride on the wedding day? How will you live this day after that? As a staff member of the marriage office, I can refuse to take pictures of you to apply for a marriage certificate with your attitude. ”

Nangong Chen's face became even more ugly.

Bai Muqing couldn't hold back a laugh and secretly gave the photographer a thumbs up.

"You're still laughing." The photographer turned to Bai Muqing instead: "As a woman in the new era, how can you be so assertive and characterless, everyone has asked you to get out, and you are still here and not leaving?" He is not the only one who is handsome in the world, go out bravely, and grab one outside is better than him. ”

Assistant Yan on the side saw that Nangong Chen's full color had dropped to freezing, so he hurriedly walked up and smiled at the photographer and said, "Uncle, you misunderstood, these two ancestors of our family get along like this on weekdays, beating is scolding and love, please hurry up and take pictures of them." ”

The photographer looked at the two, and no matter how he looked at the groom, it didn't look like he was hurting the bride.

However, he still asked Bai Muqing out of professionalism: "This young lady, have you really decided to marry this grumpy gentleman?" ”

Bai Muqing pondered for a moment before hesitatingly speaking, "Actually, I ........" She glanced sideways at Nangong Chen, and after meeting his warning gaze, she had to smile and say, "Very willingly." ”

In this way, Nangong Chen's face finally softened a little.

The photographer shook his head, looked like he had lost to her, and refocused the camera on the two of them.

This time, he didn't care whether the two of them were smiling or not, he pressed it on the camera card door, looked at it and said to them, "It's okay, go to the side and get the photo." ”

After a simple formality, the marriage between the two was officially established.

When Assistant Yan handed the two marriage certificates into the carriage, Bai Muqing held a red certificate in one hand, and couldn't help but feel a thousand emotions in her heart.

I didn't expect her to really get married, really married to Nangong Chen, a man who was once avoided by the women of the city, and now is loved by the women of the city!

Nangong Chen saw her in a daze in front of the marriage certificate, and said in a mocking tone: "What should I do?" It's too late to disagree. ”

"Then ....... It's going to be over. She handed him one of them: "It's yours." ”

Turning the inside page, the names Nangong Chen and Bai Muqing are displayed, as well as the words "officially married".

'Officially married' Bai Muqing stared at these words for a long time, still like a dream in her heart.

The previous marriage certificate was in Bai Ying'an's name, but now it has been changed to her Bai Muqing, who used to ....... Was there a time when she had fantasized about such dreams? She remembered that there was!

When she saw the photo above, she suddenly laughed out loud.

Nangong Chen didn't open it after taking the marriage certificate, but threw it directly into the small cabinet next to the steering wheel, and when she heard that she was still sad, she suddenly laughed, so she had to turn her head sideways and follow her gaze to look at the marriage certificate.

Bai Muqing held the marriage certificate in front of him, and couldn't help but smile: "It's the first time I've seen you look so ugly, it's really ....... Uncle Dawei is right, when you walk out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, you can catch any one more handsome than you. ”

Nangong Chen in the photo frowned slightly, and finally squeezed out a smile, but the smile was more ugly than crying, it is true that he is much more ugly, but he is still a little far from being ugly.

Nangong Chen looked at the photo on it and spit out a sentence disdainfully: "Why don't you laugh at yourself?" ”

Bai Muqing deliberately ignored her ugly photos and said, "I was forced to marry, and I was ugly for a reason." ”

Nangong Chen ignored her, started the car and left the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Bai Muqing put away the marriage certificate and said, "Since you are married, what is yours in the future is mine, and mine is also yours." ”

"And what do you have?"

"I have a little intention with my mother." Bai Muqing said.

Nangong Chen glanced at her sideways: "What do you want to say?" ”

"What I want to say is that since we are married, Xiaoyi has become our common brother, and you have the responsibility to take care of him and cure his illness, right?" Bai Muqing said very carefully, but also firmly.

"That's what Lin Annan promised you at the beginning?"

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to marry him."

Nangong Chen didn't say anything more, and drove her in the direction of Huamao.

When the car drove to the gate of the Chinese goods, Secretary Liu was already waiting there, and when he saw Nangong Chen's car, he immediately greeted him affectionately, and bent down and smiled at Nangong Chen through the window: "Chen Shao, young lady, you are here." ”

Nangong Chen nodded at her, and said to Bai Muqing: "You can eat out at noon, and if you are tired of shopping, you can go to the company with Secretary Liu and wait for me to get off work." ”

"I see." Bai Muqing pushed the car door and got out of the car.

After Nangong Chen's car drove away, Secretary Liu affectionately grabbed Bai Muqing's arm and said with a smile: "Young lady, let's go, I know Huamao best, I can find you any clothes you want." ”

Bai Muqing was in contact with Secretary Liu for the first time, and she was not used to her self-familiarity, but she was embarrassed to refuse when people were so enthusiastic, so she smiled at her and walked inside with her.

Secretary Liu is really a frequent customer here, and he knows the goods inside very well, so he directly took Bai Muqing to a brand store with a novel style that suits her.

Bai Muqing didn't pick clothes in the first place, and quickly picked out the clothes.

After buying clothes, Secretary Liu took Bai Muqing to eat and drink milk tea in a café inside, pushed a cup of iced milk tea in front of her and said, "This milk tea is delicious, do you want to bring a cup back for Chen Shao?" ”

"No, he doesn't drink any of these things." As far as she knew, Nangong Chen only drank coffee and green tea, and nothing else.

"No, I see that Assistant Yan sometimes brings him milk tea."

"Really? Maybe he'll drink it once in a while. ”

Secretary Liu said with a smile: "But Assistant Yan has always been very good to Chen Shao, let alone milk tea, and he will buy anything good for Chen Shao when he sees anything good on weekdays." ”

Secretary Liu flipped through the cards casually, as if he had no intention of mentioning them.

When Bai Muqing heard her say this, she just smiled casually and didn't think much about it.

Secretary Liu flipped for a while, then raised his head again: "By the way, young lady, how much do you know about Assistant Yan?" ”

"Not much, what's wrong?"

"Oh, in fact, we don't know much about her, I feel that she is a very cold and mysterious person, especially for Chen Shao's feelings, that is really ........" Liu Mishu suddenly closed the end of his words, covered his mouth with his hand, and stared at Bai Muqing with a sneering expression.

"I'm sorry, I mean ........"

"It's okay, I know." Bai Muqing smiled at her.

"Well, young lady, don't get me wrong." Secretary Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "Actually, we also listened to the discussions of our colleagues below, of course, we all believe in Assistant Yan's personality, and we will definitely not think anything wrong about Chen Shao." ”

Bai Muqing nodded, smiled at her lightly, and then lowered her head and drank milk tea.

How could she not see Secretary Liu's careful thoughts, it was nothing more than that Assistant Yan was not pleasing to the eye, and she wanted to use her hand to eradicate Assistant Yan.

It's just that this little secretary thinks too highly of her, not to mention that she has no status in Nangong Chen's eyes, even if she has, she will not meddle in the company's affairs, and it will not be her turn to interfere.

Nangong Chen had warned her a long time ago, he wanted whichever woman he wanted, and she was not qualified to ask.

To this day, she still doesn't know what the relationship between Nangong Chen and Assistant Yan is, but with her intuition and her rare understanding of Assistant Yan, she thinks that Assistant Yan is not that kind of person.

After settling lunch in the café, the two of them walked around the Huamao again, and Bai Muqing, who didn't plan to buy anything, felt bored, so she decided to go back to Nangong Chen's office and wait for him to get off work.

When passing by the door of that café, Bai Muqing thought about it, and finally walked in and bought two cups of milk tea.

Back in Nangong Chen's office, Assistant Yan happened to be discussing work with Nangong Chen inside.

Secretary Liu politely said to Nangong Chen: "Chen Shao, the young lady said that she doesn't want to go shopping anymore and wants to go back to the company to wait for you to get off work." ”

"Come in." Nangong Chen said flatly.

Bai Muqing walked in, glanced at the two of them, put the two milk teas in her hands on Nangong Chen's office desktop, and said with a light smile: "This is milk tea for the two of you, the taste is very pure." ”

Assistant Yan took one of the cups of milk tea and smiled at her gratefully: "Thank you." ”

"No, I just brought it back."

"But ........" Assistant Yan looked at the other cup of milk tea and said, "Chen Shao doesn't drink milk tea." ”

Bai Muqing was slightly surprised, Secretary Liu just said that Assistant Yan usually brings milk tea to Nangong Chen, she looked at the milk tea, and then looked at Nangong Chen, and then smiled embarrassedly: "It's okay, if you don't drink it, throw it away, it's not expensive anyway." ”

It's a little unreasonable to be so ignorant of her husband's tastes!

"It's a pity to throw it away, I'll just take it and give it to Assistant Huang to drink." Assistant Yan stood up from his chair and said, "Then let's talk, I'll go out to work first." ”

"It's okay to go out to work, and the milk tea stays." Nangong Chen pointed to the milk tea on one of her hands.

Assistant Yan was slightly surprised, then smiled and put one of the cups of milk tea back on the table, turned around and left his office.

After Assistant Yan left, Bai Muqing looked at the milk tea on the table, stared at Nangong Chen and wondered, "So young master, do you drink milk tea or not?" ”

"I didn't drink it before." Nangong Chen picked up the milk tea, looked at her and said, "But the first gift from my newlywed wife, I have to try it even if I don't like it, right?" ”

He took a sip of milk tea and frowned slightly: "It doesn't taste very good." ”

"If you can't drink it, don't force it."

Nangong Chen took another sip before putting the milk tea back on the table: "But this thing is not clean, you will try to drink as little as possible in the future, do you hear?" ”

"I hear you." Bai Muqing stuck out her tongue, thinking that this man was just arrogant, and he didn't feel clean about anything.

Nangong Chen buried his head again to deal with the work, and said casually: "There are magazines and newspapers in the VIP room, and there is a café and entertainment room in the annex, and there is a lounge inside, you can find a place to pass the time by yourself." ”

Bai Muqing finally chose to go to the lounge to take a nap.

She glanced around, and found that the lounge here was no worse than the luxurious bedroom at home, she walked to the big bed in the center of the bedroom and lay down, the smell of his belonging faintly stained her senses, comfortable and good.

Perhaps it was too comfortable, and she quickly fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I didn't wake up until Nangong Chen came to call her, and then sat up from the bed, stared at him and asked, "Did I oversleep." ”

Nangong Chen raised his wrist and glanced at the time: "It's about to go over." ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." After Bai Muqing got out of bed, she began to look everywhere for the shopping bag she brought back from Huamao.

Nangong Chen saw that she was so confused that she couldn't even see such a big bag on the table, so he picked up the bag and stuffed it into her arms. Bai Muqing took the bag, thanked him and asked, "By the way, where is the locker room?" ”

"There's no locker room here."

"Huh?"

"Ah what? Where haven't I seen you? Nangong Chen evilly didn't tell her that although there was no dressing room here, there was a bathroom.

And Bai Muqing, who was stupid, had no choice but to turn her back and shyly peel off the clothes on her body as quickly as possible and put on a newly bought skirt.

After changing her skirt, she turned around and said to Nangong Chen, "This skirt ....... Is that possible? ”

Nangong Chen came back to his senses and nodded: "Just go back to your own house and dress appropriately, you don't have to plan too much whether it looks good or not." ”

Go back to your own home ........

Why does it sound so awkward?

After realizing that Nangong Chen had left, she hurriedly followed and left the office behind him.

*********

Dinner was ordinary, nothing special.

is still the same people as before, and only Park Lianyao is still guiding everyone to talk and chat.

Bai Muqing, as usual, went upstairs after eating, and she went back to the bedroom where she lived at the beginning. It's just that this bedroom has been occupied by Bai Ying'an, and it is also full of her belongings.

She and Bai Ying'an originally had a relationship like enemies, and if she looked at everything that belonged to her today, she would feel a little uncomfortable in her heart.

At this time, there was a sudden knock at the door, and it was Sister He who walked in with the old lady, and Sister He was holding a bowl of black Chinese medicine in her hand.

Bai Muqing glanced at the medicine bowl in Sister He's hand, and after politely saying hello to the old lady, she stepped forward to help her sit down on the sofa.

After the old lady sat down, she pointed to the Chinese medicine on the table with her chin and said, "This is the Chinese medicine specially found by Master Wang, and drinking it can prevent the child's deformity." ”

Bai Muqing was stunned and looked at the bowl of medicine again.

Actually a medicine to get her pregnant? The old lady actually dared to let her get pregnant?

The old lady seemed to understand her surprise, and said, "The child has been gone for so long, and it's time for you to plan to conceive another one, right?" ”

"Grandma........" Bai Muqing opened her mouth and looked at the medicine bowl: "Does the eldest young master know that you did this?" ”

Nangong Chen didn't let her get pregnant last time, and even forced her to beat the child again and again after she became pregnant, and the last child hurt everyone so much, how could Nangong Chen agree to let her conceive another one?

"What does it matter if you know it or not?"

"But....... I'm afraid he'll be as upset as he was at the beginning. ”

"At the beginning, it was because he didn't have these medicines, but now that he is better, he will definitely be able to have a healthy child after taking these medicines, and Chen has no reason to disagree."

Bai Muqing was silent, and the old lady looked at her and said, "I see that Chen has been living more outside than at home recently, so you should ....... at night There's a fuss, right? ”

The old lady asked very reservedly, but Bai Muqing's face was still slightly red.

She nodded sheepishly.

The old lady smiled: "That's good, hurry up and take the medicine." ”

Bai Muqing looked at the black medicine on the table, she didn't want to go against the old lady's wishes, so she had to obediently pick up the medicine bowl and take a sip. The taste of this medicine was extremely bitter, and she was about to catch up with Nangong Chen's medicine, she really couldn't drink it, so she lied to the old lady: "The medicine is still some soup, I will drink it later." ”

"Okay, remember to drink it."

"I will."

The old lady got up from the sofa and left her bedroom with Sister He.

After the old lady left, Bai Muqing made sure that she would not suddenly turn back, so she picked up the medicine bowl and walked to the bathroom, pouring the bowl of medicine into the sink.

When she came out of the bathroom, she was startled by Nangong Chen, who appeared by the bathroom door. She sighed and said angrily, "Don't you walk away without a sound?" Scared the hell out of me. ”

"If you don't do something wrong, how can you be so easily scared?" Nangong Chen's gaze swept over the medicine bowl in her hand.

Bai Muqing hurriedly hid the bowl behind her.

"What the hell?" It's good that she didn't hide it, but such a hiding made Nangong Chen suspicious.

Bai Muqing saw that she couldn't hide it, so she had to take out the medicine bowl behind her and said, "It's the medicine that grandma sent me, and if you drink it, the child will not have a problem." ”

Nangong Chen's face instantly sank, and his pupils tightened.

Bai Muqing hurriedly explained: "But don't worry, I have already poured the medicine." ”

Obviously, she didn't figure out the reason for his change of face.

"Why did you pour the medicine?" Nangong Chen asked in a deep voice.

"Don't you want children? If I don't have children, I won't need to drink these medicines. Bai Muqing said with a serious face.

Nangong Chen suddenly stepped in, leaned over and blocked her on the sink, and glared at her closely: "Do you not want to give birth or do I not want to?" ”

Bai Muqing was forced to look at him in a panic, leaned back, and leaned against the sink: "Isn't it always what you don't want to give birth to?" I'm thinking about you. "Fork and page.

She admits that she doesn't want to give birth either, but she's afraid that she'll make him angry if she tells the truth.

At this time, how can she be in the mood to have a child, even getting married is still forced to be hastily married today, in the case that Xiaoyi and the child are still missing, she really doesn't want to have another child to trip herself.

Besides, who knows if this medicine will work, and who knows if she was pregnant with a deformed fetus last time?

"Then I'm willing to give birth this time, should you insist on drinking these pills?" Nangong Chen still looked at her and said.

"What did you say?" Bai Muqing was surprised, he actually agreed to let her get pregnant? Last time, he was obviously very opposed! "You....... Want to have children? ”

"Yes, I want to, what about you?"

"I ........" Bai Muqing was dumbfounded, of course she didn't want it, but how could she say this sentence so that she wouldn't annoy him?

What to do? He wants children, he actually wants children pervertedly, it doesn't look like his personality at all!

In order not to provoke him, she nodded and said, "Of course I want to." ”

"I knew you wanted to." Nangong Chen stepped back and smiled mockingly: "The child is your woman's talisman, how can you not want it?" ”

Bai Muqing thought to herself, whatever he says, as long as he doesn't get angry.

After coming out of the bathroom, Bai Muqing saw that he was about to leave the bedroom, so she hurriedly called him and said, "Young Master, can you change a room for me?" ”

Nangong Chen turned his head and looked around: "Why?" Is this room bad? ”

"I....... I don't like to live in a room that someone else has stayed in, especially someone I don't like. ”

Nangong Chen thought for a while and nodded: "Yes." ”

"Then please ask them to clean up for me."

"No, there are ready-made ones."

"Where?"

"Follow me." Nangong Chen turned around and walked towards the door, Bai Muqing hurriedly followed, feeling a little happy in her heart, it seems that this man is not too difficult to speak.

Nangong Chen took her to the opposite bedroom, pushed open the door, and pointed with his chin: "This one." ”

"This one?" Bai Muqing was surprised, he actually let her live in his bedroom? And what about him?

Nangong Chen raised her eyebrows at her: "What?" This is also where people you don't like have stayed? ”

"It's not ........" I don't dare to say yes to give her a hundred guts, otherwise I guess I will be cleaned up by him.

"Then stay here for the time being." After Nangong Chen finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the study.

Bai Muqing stood at the door of his bedroom for a moment, thinking that it didn't matter, anyway, it was just a matter of one night, and he would leave tomorrow.

Nangong Chen went to the study, and Bai Muqing stood alone in the large bedroom that belonged to him, and he was a little overwhelmed.

Although it was not the first time she had entered this bedroom, she had always regarded it as a farce and had been deliberately forgetting about it. Now standing here with a new identity, it feels ....... It's weird.

Of course, she didn't dare to expect Nangong Chen to live in the study, with his attitude towards her during this time, it would be good not to bully her.

When she was taking a bath, Bai Muqing realized that she had forgotten to buy pajamas today, and she never thought that she would spend the night in the old mansion.

When I opened the sliding door of the wardrobe, there were still only Nangong Chen's clothes inside, and there were various styles for various occasions. And she still picked out a relatively long shirt and went in the shower like last night.

After taking a shower and watching TV again, Nangong Chen has not yet come from the study.

Bai Muqing, who was lying on the bed, turned around and saw the extension phone on the bedside table, and suddenly realized that Nangong Chen seemed to have forgotten to dial the phone line. What's going on? Is he going to lower his surveillance of her? Changed your attitude so quickly?

She lifted the phone and listened, and sure enough, there was no dial.

Don't....... Bai Muqing glanced at the marriage certificate that was casually thrown on the table by Nangong Chen, or he thought that this marriage certificate was enough to tie her up, don't worry about her going to Lin Annan, and don't worry about her going to Xiaoyi!

If that's the case, then this man is too confident!

Bai Muqing fell asleep in such a cranky thought, and she was still sleeping soundly.

When Nangong Chen walked in, he saw her lying on her side on the edge of the bed, and she was almost about to fall off the bed. Wearing his shirt, he was sexy and seductive, and his slender legs were slightly curled, probably because the air conditioning was turned on too much.

Nangong Chen withdrew his gaze from her, leaned over and grabbed her quilt and threw it at her, and after turning up the room temperature, he went around to the other side of the bed and lay down.

*******

The next day, Bai Muqing woke up and found herself asleep alone in bed, and it took her two minutes to adjust to the new environment in front of her and review everything from last night. This is Nangong Chen's bedroom, last night she and Nangong Chen got the marriage certificate and became an official husband and wife.

Then it was back to Nangong's old house, when she fell asleep, Nangong Chen was still busy working in the study, I don't know if he went back to the bedroom to sleep later?

She glanced down at her shirt in good condition, and then at the other side of the bed, where it was clear that she had slept with someone. It seems that he came back to sleep last night, but he didn't bother her.

It's strange that he didn't bother her!

Bai Muqing sat up from the bed, and was about to get out of bed when she heard the sound of the door opening the door from the dressing room, and then the neatly dressed Nangong Chen walked out of it.

Bai Muqing hurriedly smoothed the shirt on his body, which was not too covered, and said to him with some embarrassment: "Morning! ”

"I bought a dress after shopping for most of the day yesterday?" Nangong Chen glanced at the shirt that belonged to him on her body.

"I thought I'd go back to the cottage after dinner, so I ........" Bai Muqing pulled the pajamas on her body, his big-brand shirts, which she used as pajamas again and again, seemed to be a bit excessive.

Nangong Chen didn't care about this shirt, and even liked to see her swaying around the room in his shirt, fresh and cute. He didn't say anything more, turned and walked towards the bedroom door.

Faintly, Bai Muqing could hear Nangong Chen instructing the maid at the door: "Remove all the things in the young lady's room." ”

"Okay, young master, do you need a new one?" The maid asked.

Nangong Chen pondered for a moment before saying, "No, just let it be empty." ”

Let it be empty? That is, she will have to go back to the cottage in a while, and she will lose her freedom again.