Chapter 108 108 A Ning Opens the Door

Chapter 108

When Meng Yuning saw him bringing up old matters, she felt a sense of emptiness in her heart for no reason.

But seeing that he dared to give her a cold shoulder, she immediately threw away her guilty conscience, shook off his hand, put her hands on her hips, and said confidently, "Your Highness, it's obvious that you kept it to yourself. I couldn't figure out your thoughts before. Shouldn't you be planning for your future?"

"Well, what if His Highness only treats me as an ordinary friend? Would I still be so tactless as to refuse to leave? I, Meng Yuning, am not that kind of person."

Seeing that An Ning was angry, Qi Jingyan hurriedly took her hand, gently stroking the back of her hand with his fingertips, and softened his voice: "It's my fault, An Ning, don't be angry, I just want to know, even if you want to leave, why didn't you tell me directly?"

His tone was gentle, and Meng Yuning's tone also softened. "I was thinking that I bought the house, Your Highness knew about it. Later, when I cleaned up and arranged it, you didn't say anything. I thought you understood my plan and acquiesced to it."

Qi Jingyan was slightly startled when he heard this, and a flash of realization flashed across his eyes: "I just thought that house was bought by An Ning on a whim, just for fun."

The noble ladies and mistresses of high-ranking families in the capital all owned several villas and mansions. For them, acquiring new property was as common as buying a new dress or a new headdress. He hadn't given An Ning much thought when she bought that house.

Meng Yuning was at a loss for words. The house she had carefully chosen as her future home was nothing more than a casually purchased toy in his eyes?

But then she suddenly understood. For ordinary people, buying a house is a top priority that they devote half their life's work to. But for someone of his status, it really wasn't a big deal.

She suddenly remembered the news she had seen in her original world. It said that someone bought a house and then forgot about it. Many years later, he found the house from a pile of property certificates and suddenly remembered it. When he went to check, he found that the house had already been occupied by a stranger.

At that time, she just found it unbelievable. How could she forget such a big thing as buying a house?

But at this moment, looking at Qi Jingyan's eyes filled with a hint of confusion, she suddenly understood.

It’s not that the homeowner has a bad memory, but that he has too many houses. Whether he has one more or one less house has no impact on his life.

This is what is called "the more the less valuable." Everything in the world, once it becomes too much, becomes hard to care about, and the same is true for houses.

Qi Jingyan tightened his fingertips slightly, wrapping Ah Ning's hand even tighter in his palm. His voice was low, "Ah Ning, promise me that if you have any plans in the future, you must tell me clearly, okay?"

Meng Yuning raised her head and met his deep and focused eyes. Her heart warmed and she nodded gently: "Okay."

Before today, although the two of them spent every day together and had a deep friendship, he had never expressed anything clearly. She had always consciously regarded herself as an outsider and the other party as just passers-by in their lives, and had not thought much about anything else.

Besides, what kind of person was Qi Jingyan? He was always meticulous and perceptive. If he truly had objections to her purchase of the mansion, or was concerned about her future, he should have asked about it long ago.

But Qi Jingyan said nothing from beginning to end.

They were all smart people, and since he didn't ask, she thought it was a tacit understanding. Many things only needed to be mentioned briefly, so there was no need to explain them so clearly.

But she never expected that he had completely misunderstood what she thought was a tacit understanding.

When they were having dinner earlier, the two of them had their own thoughts, talking at cross purposes, each saying their own things and doing their own things. They were really two fools, and it's funny to think about it.

Seeing Ah Ning's curved eyebrows, Qi Jingyan understood what she meant and remembered the previous irrelevant conversation. The corners of his lips couldn't help but rise.

After the conversation was opened, the little misunderstanding disappeared in an instant. The two looked at each other for a moment and laughed out loud at the same time.

Then they held hands and smiled foolishly at each other like two little kids who had been candied.

Meng Yuning laughed until her cheeks were sore. She pulled her hand back, gently rubbed her cheek, and asked curiously, "But Your Highness, I only said I wanted to move out. Why did you think of getting married?"

Qi Jingyan took her hand away from rubbing her face and reached out to rub her face gently: "You said you would always be with me and never leave. At that time, I thought that we had made our feelings clear."

At this point, his voice gradually lowered: "What's more, for such a long time, you and I have been sleeping on the same bed, which has already exceeded common etiquette. We have also had physical intimacy. Except for the fact that we haven't had a formal wedding ceremony, in my heart, you and I have long been husband and wife."

Meng Yuning was shocked, her cheeks burning, and she almost jumped up: "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by physical intimacy? When did you ever have that?"

Seeing the girl in front of him was shy and annoyed, Qi Jingyan's smile deepened. He pinched her fingertips and whispered, "We hugged each other, held hands, and you even touched my legs."

Meng Yuning hastily argued, "I was checking your injuries!"

Qi Jingyan was relentless, leaning close to her ear, his breath warm, "That Aning has also seen my body."

Meng Yuning opened her eyes wide in shock, and with trembling fingers she pointed at herself, then at him: "I, have seen, your body?"

"Yeah." Qi Jingyan nodded, lowered his head and put his mouth close to her red ear. His voice was as low as a whisper, and he kindly reminded her: "My leg injury had not healed at that time, and you helped me to take a bath. Later, before I was dressed, you suddenly pushed the door open and came in..."

He stopped talking at this point, stood up, shook his clasped hands, and his eyes sparkled: "A Ning, don't you remember?"

Meng Yuning saw that he was a big man, but he was a little shy at the moment. She was both angry and amused. She shook off his hand and said, "Your Highness, you were just shirtless that time."

Qi Jingyan looked at her confidently, "A Ning has seen it too."

Seeing him so insistent, Meng Yuning was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "So, Your Highness, based on these things, you believe that what I said before was to ask for status from you?"

Qi Jingyan nodded solemnly, looking at her with burning eyes: "Those things may not mean much to An Ning, but they are extremely important to me. I only know that we have been a family for a long time."

"Besides, it's not that I want to give Aning a name, it's that I've been waiting for Aning to give me a name."

Speaking of this, Qi Jingyan couldn't help feeling a little bitter.

He had mentioned it countless times, wanting to have that little bastard Yi'er sleep separately so that he could have more time alone with An Ning.

But every time, Aning always stood on Yier's side, making him look like an outsider.

He thought An Ning was resisting his closeness, so he could only suppress this expectation in his heart and did not dare to force it.

After waiting until the beginning of this spring, when Yier turned six, we finally sent him away.

Without Yi'er squeezing in the middle, he was looking forward to sleeping in the same bed with An Ning. However, she didn't even ask him a question. She just agreed with Yi'er and moved to Jingxinzhai.

He was still in mourning and would not have done anything to her beyond the rules of propriety, but she treated him as if he did not exist, completely leaving him aside and moving away happily without any regrets.

The feeling of being ignored by her was like a thorn that pricked his heart and caused him dull pain.

On the nights after An Ning moved out, he often lay alone on the half-empty bed, staring at the ceiling until dawn.

Hearing a subtle hint of grievance in his voice, Meng Yuning's heart softened immediately.

She took a step forward, gently grasped his slightly cool hand, and said softly, "Alright, alright. I was wrong before, too. I should have made it clear to you then. Let's just let it go. From now on, let's not hide anything between you and me. Just speak frankly, okay?"

Qi Jingyan wrapped her fingertips tightly in his palm with his backhand, his brows relaxed: "Okay, I'll listen to An Ning."

Seeing him so obedient, Meng Yuning couldn't help but reach out and touch his face. She had wanted to do this for a long time, but had never dared. Now that their relationship was settled, she didn't need to control her hands anymore.

Qi Jingyan smiled, lowered his head obediently, and moved his face closer to her palm so that she could touch it more easily.

Unexpectedly, when they leaned over, the tips of their noses almost touched, and their breaths instantly intertwined. They were both stunned, but no one stepped back.

Meng Yuning raised her face, her eyes involuntarily falling on his beautifully contoured lips. She felt her heart burning, and could clearly hear the heartbeat in her ears, but she didn't know whether it was hers or his.

Qi Jingyan lowered his eyes and stared at her slightly parted lips. He couldn't help but move a little closer, but because both of them had high nose bridges, their nose tips lightly bumped against each other.

Both of them were stunned and didn't move.

After a while, Qi Jingyan gently nuzzled the tip of her nose, then he finally stood up, raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head, his voice low and hoarse: "It's getting late, I'll take you home."

Meng Yuning's heart was beating like a drum, and she was looking forward to what would happen next. She didn't expect the man to stop there, and a sense of loss welled up in her heart.

She touched the tip of her nose, which still felt itchy, and replied softly, "Oh, okay."

Qi Jingyan took her hand, and the two of them walked slowly towards Yan Fuju as if walking on the moon.

When they reached the gate, Meng Yuning seemed to have just come to her senses: "Your Highness, I'd better go back to Jingxinzhai to live. You and Yi'er can come back and live here."

Qi Jingyan readily agreed: "Okay." So the two of them changed direction again and moved step by step towards Jingxinzhai.

After finally moving to the door, Meng Yuning changed her mind again: "Oh, I almost forgot, the bedding here has been put away. It's so late, I don't want to bother anymore, I'd better stay at Yanfu for one night."

A smile appeared in Qi Jingyan's eyes, and he still responded in a gentle voice, "Okay." Then the two of them strolled back to Yan Fuju.

Qi Jingyan accompanied An Ning all the way to the main door of the house and stopped outside the door.

Meng Yuning stood at the threshold and also stopped.

The two held hands, one inside and one outside, and just looked at each other quietly, neither of them willing to let go first.

The moonlight flowed quietly between the two people like water.

After a long while, Qi Jingyan raised his hand, gently brushing her hair with his fingertips, his voice filled with reluctance: "Go and rest. When you wake up tomorrow, send someone to call me and I'll have breakfast with you."

Meng Yuning nodded slightly, and scratched his palm with her fingertips: "Then you should rest early."

After saying that, the two reluctantly let go of each other's hands. Meng Yuning pushed Qi Jingyan's arm and said softly, "You go first. I'll watch over you."

Qi Jingyan smiled and said yes, then turned around slowly, but his steps were slow. He would look back at her every three or five steps.

Seeing that he had been dawdling for a long time but hadn't walked far, Meng Yuning suddenly called out, "Your Highness!"

Qi Jingyan paused immediately, then quickly turned back: "What's wrong, An Ning?"

Meng Yuning's cheeks flushed slightly, and she gently waved at him, "Your Highness, come here."

Qi Jingyan thought An Ning wanted to tell him something private, so he did as she said and lowered his head slightly.

Meng Yuning gently pressed her heart with one hand, trying to calm her pounding heartbeat, then she stood on tiptoe and quickly placed a gentle kiss on the side of his cheek.

The soft touch was fleeting. Qi Jingyan froze in his tracks, eyes filled with astonishment, as if he couldn't believe what had just happened.

Before he could come to his senses, Meng Yuning had already pushed him away gently with a red face, and then closed the door with a "clang".

Qi Jingyan subconsciously reached out to push the door, but found that the door was blocked and he couldn't push it.

He knew it was An Ning blocking the door. He raised his hand and gently patted the door panel, his voice low and hoarse: "An Ning, open the door."

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