Chapter 141

Xie Yun was stunned by her question for a long time.

Yi Ning had wanted to tell Xie Yun these words a long time ago, and let Xie Yun think about it slowly. Since she had such lofty ambitions, why bother to get entangled with her.

After returning from the opera at Cheng's house, the courtyard of Jiashu Hall was silent, and the maids inside and outside the room were silent. Yi Ning saw Luo Shenyuan reading in his room. She walked in and sat across from him.

Luo Shenyuan glanced at her, and she smiled and said, "Can I lend you a few books? My study isn't ready yet." As she spoke, she pointed to the books she wanted to read one by one, but they were too high to reach, so she asked him to help get them.

When the Third Young Master is reading, he absolutely doesn't want anyone to make any noise.

The maids pondered this, about to speak up to remind the Third Madam. But they saw Luo Shenyuan hand her the book and continue reading his own. They looked at each other and decided not to say anything.

Yi Ning flipped through the books he'd asked her to take down, and she felt a little regretful. They were all profound and obscure I Ching and Gossip. She struggled to read them, and could only manage to read them sporadically.

The clepsydra in the room was dripping, dripping, and she had fallen asleep.

Luo Shenyuan waved his hand to let the servants on both sides leave. He walked to Yining, then sat down beside her and continued reading.

Perhaps knowing he was around, she leaned forward. Her soft hair, combed into a bun, fell on his thigh. She reached out and put her arm around his waist, rubbing it lightly, causing him to stiffen. "Yining, if you're sleepy, go back to sleep..."

She didn't respond.

Luo Shenyuan put down the book, and finally put his hand on her hair, using his fingers as a comb to slowly comb it for her.

She leaned over like this, which made his heart soften. He simply adjusted her sleeping position to make her sleep more comfortable. He picked up the book and continued reading. She slept unsteadily and moved around in his arms. Luo Shenyuan reached out and held her down, saying, "Yining, sleep well."

Yi Ning seemed to hear what he was asking, and she looked up confusedly: "What's wrong?"

Then she found herself sleeping in Luo Shenyuan's arms.

She quickly backed away, wondering how she ended up sleeping in his arms! As she backed away, she bumped into the small table. She held onto her waist, her face slightly distorted. Luo Shenyuan frowned and immediately carried her over to look.

There was indeed a bruise on her snow-white waist. She gasped in pain. Luo Shenyuan asked the maid to find some ointment and applied it to her hands. He pressed down with only a little force, but Yi Ning was in so much pain that she asked him to be gentler.

The skin under his palm was slippery, and his palm could cover her slender waist. Her voice was soft, but it was hurried because of the pain.

Luo Shenyuan felt his lower abdomen begin to heat up again. After applying the ointment to her, he put down the small porcelain cover and immediately stood up and said, "I'll ask the maid to take you back."

Yi Ning straightened her clothes and accidentally brushed his lips when she turned sideways.

Yining immediately felt that his lips were warmer and thicker, and she could see his clear and handsome features.

Luo Shenyuan suddenly grabbed her hand, and Yi Ning saw that his usually deep and calm eyes seemed to be burning with fire. Her momentum suddenly weakened.

She thought of the hand gently stroking her hair as she fell asleep. She thought of his figure standing in front of her. She even thought of the awkwardness of their wedding night.

Luo Shenyuan finally regained some of his composure, remembering the brother-sister ceremony he had arranged with her. He had also promised Wei Ling that they would not have sex until she reached the age of 15. She was too fragile under him. "Wait outside first, I'll be back later," Luo Shenyuan told her.

Yi Ning got up and went out. When he returned to the inner room, the old woman saw him and immediately wanted to bow, but Luo Shenyuan waved her hand to refuse, then quietly lay down beside Yi Ning.

Yining had been pretending to be asleep and waiting for him, and now she gradually fell into a dream.

When I woke up, the room was filled with the soft light of morning. Luo Shenyuan was leaning on the bed reading something, his body half covered by the brocade quilt, and the sound of his fingers turning pages of a book could be heard.

"Awake?" he asked calmly.

Yining nodded and asked the maid to bring in the clothes she wanted to wear.

Luo Shenyuan got up and went to wash up. When he came out, he saw her sitting in front of the dressing table. Other women would apply makeup, but she was young and didn't need to. He added a few drops of rose dew to clean his face, then applied some snow-like perfume. "I'm going back home today, so I should dress elegantly for that occasion."

Madam Fan personally recombed Yining's hair, styling it into a beautiful heart-shaped bun and accessorizing it with a ruby-studded gold hairpin. Zhenzhu ordered the maid to get the stables ready for the carriage. Songzhi didn't come with the dowry; she was old enough, so Old Madam Wei chose a young and capable housekeeper to marry her off. Daimao, now second in command in her room, quickly selected two gold jackets for her to choose from.

Luo Shenyuan ate the vegetarian three-fresh dumpling that was served, and then said to Yi Ning, who had just finished dressing up, "Come over for breakfast."

He had already peeled a few pigeon eggs for her and put a few dumplings with meat and seafood in a bowl.

When he looked up, he saw Yining dressed so brightly and smiled.

"Isn't it good-looking?" Yining asked him suspiciously.

"It looks pretty good." Luo Shenyuan regained his composure and nodded.

Then why is he still laughing?

Yi Ning picked up the bowl and looked at him for a long time: "What's so funny?"

He continued to eat his dumplings slowly and calmly, commenting, "They look like children wearing adult clothes."

After hearing this, Yining gritted her teeth and forced a smile. She had spent so much time dressing up, she couldn't just do it again!

He pointed to the pigeon eggs and dumplings on her plate and said, "You have to finish them all before you can leave." But he felt her looking at him, sighed, and walked behind her.

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