Xie Jingrun paused, looking down at her as he glanced at the ending in the storybook. "You still want to have five children?"

Rong Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly denied it, "No, it wasn't me..."

Xie Jingrun pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "Although children are noisy and troublesome, it's not impossible for you to have them if you like." But, wouldn't having five be a bit too many?

Rong Qingqing: "..."

She wiped her sweat; this was a huge misunderstanding.

When did she ever say she wanted to have children?

"Um, Xie Jingrun, you've misunderstood..."

"What did I misunderstand?" Xie Jingrun asked.

"I never thought about having a child with you..." After a long while, Rong Qingqing said, her face flushed.

Xie Jingrun's gaze lingered on her flushed face for a moment, thinking that she might be shy. After all, the two were not yet married, and it was indeed a bit too early to talk about having children.

He paused for a moment, then said, "I understand."

Rong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Xie Jingrun flipped through the pages of the book, then his gaze suddenly fixed on a certain passage: "...She suddenly pounced on him and tore his clothes..."

"Cough cough cough..." Rong Qingqing choked on her own saliva and coughed violently.

Xie Jingrun gave her a meaningful look and gently patted her on the back.

Rong Qingqing finally calmed down, but when she saw his meaningful gaze, she was speechless.

She suddenly reached out and snatched the storybook from her. "Where is this passage? Let me see."

Xie Jingrun extended his slender finger and pointed to a certain section, saying, "This isn't something I made up."

When Rong Qingqing saw that the passage he had read was indeed there, and that the content was even more explicit than what he had read, her face flushed, and she immediately closed the book.

She found it hard to believe. She hadn't even gotten this far yet. Everything seemed normal up to this point, so how did it become more and more indecent as she went on?

She couldn't help but mentally criticize Yanran.

I never expected that Yanran, who looks so innocent, would be so filthy.

When she noticed Xie Jingrun's meaningful gaze fixed on her, she felt even more as if she couldn't clear her name no matter what.

Does this guy think she's fantasizing about him?

"I didn't write it," she clarified, frowning.

"Isn't that right?" Xie Jingrun raised an eyebrow.

"Of course not." Rong Qingqing shoved the storybook under her pillow.

"Oh." Xie Jingrun nodded and didn't say anything more.

But Rong Qingqing was not at ease looking at his reaction.

This guy doesn't believe her at all, does he?

"It really wasn't me who wrote it." She frowned. "It was..."

"Miss, Physician Lin has arrived." At this moment, Xiao Tao's voice rang out from outside.

Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing was shocked and quickly pushed Xie Jingrun, "You should go downstairs now."

Xie Jingrun glanced at her before slowly getting out of bed.

Led by Xiao Tao, Physician Lin entered.

He wasn't surprised to see Xie Jingrun in the room, but his sharp eyes still noticed Xie Jingrun's wrinkled robes.

So, did he interrupt something good?

However, isn't the old lady still injured? Isn't Commander Xie being a little too hasty?

He kept his eyes down, not asking or looking at anything, and went straight up to Rong Qingqing, saying, "Madam, please extend your hand."

Rong Qingqing did as she was told and stretched out her hand.

After taking Rong Qingqing's pulse, Physician Lin pointed to the medicine that Xiao Tao was holding and said, "This is the antidote for the Seven Star Begonia. Please take it while it's hot, Madam."

"Thank you for your trouble, Physician Lin." Rong Qingqing nodded and said gratefully.