Chapter 54 Seducing Her in Public

Luo Xifeng lowered his eyes to look at the crack on the edge of the soup bowl, took out a silver needle from his sleeve and inserted it into the soup.

"What do you mean?" Chu Yangyang tightened her grip on the chicken leg.

"Test the poison for the princess." He carefully tested every dish, and finally picked up the bowl of soup that had been pushed away and drank it all.

The morning light outlined the sharp lines of the neck, and the Adam's apple suddenly rolled like a jade bead falling into a deep pool.

A drop of medicine slid down the taut skin and formed a swaying spot of light in the depression of the clavicle.

Four big words suddenly appeared in Chu Yangyang's mind, "Beauty is a feast for the eyes."

It seemed as if the fair and tender skin in front of her was more delicious than the chicken leg in her hand.

The chopsticks fell to the edge of the plate with a clang, which made her heart tremble.

She pulled back her thoughts and said, "Lord Luo, I have reason to suspect that you are taking this opportunity to drink my soup."

Luo Xifeng's eyes flashed with a smile, "I'll go get another bowl for the princess."

"No need." Chu Yangyang tried to keep her tone as cold as possible, imitating his usual cold demeanor.

His hand, which was about to scoop the soup, froze in mid-air, and he let it go after a moment.

He looked at her and asked, "Are you mad at me?"

Chu Yangyang took a fierce bite of the chicken in her hand and said, "No, how could I dare to be angry with Lord Luo? Do I think my life is too long?"

Even a fool could hear the sarcasm in her words.

He reached out and tore off another chicken leg from the beggar's chicken dish and placed it in Chu Yangyang's bowl. "I said I would find out the truth about the Luo family and would not wrongly accuse your Chu family."

Chu Yangyang threw the chicken leg in her bowl into Miaoyun's bowl and said calmly, "My Chu family never did anything. Why do you need to investigate? I will find out everything."

Luo Xifeng felt like there was something stuck in her throat. If she wasn't angry that he misunderstood the Chu family, then why did she act like he owed her thousands of taels of gold?

Speaking of silver...

Could it be that he opened a medical clinic without telling her and offered free consultations, because she was afraid that he would embezzle money from the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Thinking of this, he said solemnly, "The courtyard of this clinic was provided to me by Muhe Village after the rent was waived. The daily expenses are paid from my salary at the Imperial Hospital. Sometimes, the gifts from noble ladies are used here. Most of the herbs are personally picked by Xiao Ning and I in the mountains. Not a penny of money has been spent on the Prime Minister's Mansion. Princess, rest assured."

The more Chu Yangyang listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Why did he suddenly tell her the source of the clinic's expenses?

Did he think she was angry about this?

She blurted out, her voice becoming even more angry, "Lord Luo, do I look so superficial?"

He looked at her and blinked, "Yes."

This time it was Chu Yangyang's turn to choke. After a while, she managed to squeeze out a few words, "It's like a summer insect can't talk about ice."

She ate the chicken leg in one gulp and then slammed the chicken bone on the table.

She stood up and turned to leave.

Suddenly, as if he thought of something important, he turned around abruptly.

Luo Xifeng was looking up at her.

She didn't even look at him, grabbed the other chicken leg in Miaoyun's bowl, turned around and left with a "humph".

Luo Xifeng raised his eyebrows unconsciously, looking at her angry back, and actually found her a little... cute?

He smiled and shook his head, then continued to eat with his chopsticks.

After finishing his meal quickly, Luo Xifeng came to the clinic and immediately found Chu Yangyang busy at work.

The aroma of mugwort wafted through the clinic as Chu Yangyang was bandaging an old woman's wound with a white cloth.

The old woman stared straight at Chu Yangyang, then looked up at Luo Xifeng standing in the distance, and suddenly smiled knowingly, "Doctor Luo, you are so lucky! Where did this fairy girl come from? She is so beautiful and charming. Now she is busy running around in your small clinic. Please don't tire her out."

As soon as someone spoke, the others couldn't sit still.

The old man next to him couldn't help but jokingly said, "Aunt Wang is right, Doctor Luo, if this is your sweetheart, we dare not let her be busy anymore. We have to help you, right?"

Upon hearing this, the injured people present all burst into laughter.

Chu Yangyang lowered her head, and when she stood up, the white cloth in her hand fell all over the ground.

Luo Xifeng walked over and squatted to pick it up, the back of his neck flushed slightly in the slanting moonlight.

"I can do it myself." Chu Yangyang stepped on the cloth that had rolled to her feet, looked up at everyone with a smile, "I'm just a friend of Doctor Luo. I happened to come to the clinic to pick up some medicine today, so I just wanted to help out."

Mrs. Liu, the tofu seller, poked her head out and teased, "Friend? Don't be shy, young lady. I saw the way Doctor Luo looked at you just now. It was clearly like a lover looking at his beloved."

Uncle Li, who was selling fruit nearby, also laughed and said, "That's right. We've all been there. Doctor Luo, if you have any feelings for her, you should show them off quickly. Such a beautiful and kind girl is so rare. Don't let anyone else abduct her."

After Uncle Li finished speaking, the people around him echoed him, wishing that Luo Xifeng would come forward and confess his love immediately, so that they could finally get married and have a baby soon.

Luo Xifeng suddenly stood up, and his bamboo-like shadow enveloped Chu Yangyang.

She saw that the corners of his lips were stretched into straight lines, but the tips of his ears were red and translucent, just like the hawthorn candy she had secretly eaten yesterday.

"You all misunderstood. She is indeed not my friend." His voice was as cold as ever, but his sleeve brushed against her hair. "She is mine..."

"We are partners!" Chu Yangyang interrupted.

Everyone looked up at them, and Chu Yangyang explained, "I will also invest money in this clinic and renovate it. When the villagers come to see a doctor, they will have a better treatment environment and medicinal materials."

Luo Xifeng's Adam's apple moved, and when he lowered his eyes, his eyelashes cast a crescent-shaped shadow under his eyes.

He held her wrist, slowly lowered his palm, and suddenly interlocked his fingers with hers.

He looked at her with a look of astonishment and said, "I didn't introduce you all in advance. This is my wife, Yangyang."

The whole room was silent, and the only sound Chu Yangyang could hear was the sound of her own teeth grinding.

Luo Xifeng still looked indifferent, only his thumb unconsciously stroking her fingers.

"Lord Luo is having a hysterical attack?" She smirked. "Do you need me to give you two injections?"

"My wife loves to joke." Luo Xifeng held her hand calmly and looked at everyone with a smile.

"So it's Madam Luo. They're truly a match made in heaven," Aunt Wang said with a smile. "Doctor Luo, you've always been kind and generous, and you've never bothered with the cost of medicine for poor people like us. No wonder the heavens have been kind to you. Good deeds are always rewarded, and you've found such a beautiful woman with both talent and beauty."

"Yes, Madam Luo, we are not exaggerating, but Doctor Luo is the great benefactor of Muhe Village. He saved my daughter."

"That's right. We are all very grateful to Dr. Luo."

The people were talking in unison, saying good things about Chu Yangyang, as if they were afraid that she didn't know how good Luo Xifeng was.

The palms of his hands touched each other, burning like fire. Chu Yangyang wanted to pull her hand away calmly, but he held it even tighter.

She frowned and stared at him, but she didn't expect him to smile. The moonlight outlined the curve of his lips, like a spring breeze breaking through the ice on the lake, so handsome that it was impossible to take your eyes off him.

He actually seduced her in public...

For a moment, she forgot to react.

Just staring at him like this...