Chapter 123 Why is your face so red? (Revised)
Li Rong frowned but remained silent. Jiang Nuanzhi frowned and said, "Don't tell me nothing happened. I saw it. Xuan Ting's face was swollen from being slapped."
Li Rong met Jiang Nuanzhi's slightly furrowed brows and simply said, "It was Zhao Yuniang who did it."
Jiang Nuanzhi narrowed her eyes upon hearing this: "She came to cause trouble while I was away?"
Li Rong: "Yes, she's already been beaten. She was almost killed."
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow and looked over. Li Rong then told her everything that had happened that day, in great detail, like spilling beans from a bamboo tube.
It details everything down to who said what, what they did, and what their expressions were.
Jiang Nuanzhi listened in a daze, and belatedly looked at Li Rong's lips as they opened and closed: "I thought you were someone who was very sparing with words."
Li Rong was stunned, realizing for the first time that he had been a man of few words in the past. He himself couldn't understand why he had said so much to her in one breath.
Well, it's nothing serious, it's just because he's been sick for a long time and no one talks to him. That must be it.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at him strangely: "The point is, why do you remember it so clearly?"
Li Rong: "Huh? Do you understand?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Understood."
It's so clear it's like something a pervert would do.
Who can remember whether someone used their left or right hand when they dropped something? And remember everyone's expressions and what they were doing at the time?
Could he have been a reconnaissance soldier?
"Wait, has the old woman gone mad? It seems she's in some danger now. We really can't let her stay any longer."
"etc."
Li Rong grabbed her wrist, touched the tip of his nose, and said, "Now, I'm actually relieved."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Hmm?"
Li Rong: "I tested her today, and although she is ill, she seems to be able to control her behavior."
As she spoke, her gaze fell on the large hole in the back window that had been punched with a wooden stick: "She must have disliked me, but it was just a warning; she didn't intend to kill me. On the contrary, she was exceptionally protective of the children."
"As the Grand Preceptor of the Great Jing Kingdom, I don't know what happened to her. She seems to have forgotten many things. Over the years, various forces have been searching for her. If she is used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences would be unimaginable. To avoid bloodshed, it would be safest to keep her with us."
As he spoke, Li Rong noticed Jiang Nuanzhi staring intently at him, and his voice abruptly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
He subconsciously touched his face.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "I'm worried she'll hurt you."
Li Rong belatedly paused, then stammered, "I...I'm fine, you don't need to worry. She...doesn't seem to intend to kill me. Besides, I'm not entirely defenseless. I have some strength now. If there's any more work to be done grinding medicine, just let me know."
Jiang Nuanzhi drawled, "Oh~ I have some strength left..."
As soon as they have the energy, they have the leisure to worry about their country and the world, causing widespread suffering.
He doesn't even look at the mess he's made of his country and its people.
Li Rong felt that her tone was strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. For a moment, he looked at Jiang Nuanzhi's face in confusion, trying to find the reason from her expression.
Unfortunately, she was always smiling, so you couldn't tell anything from her expression.
"Okay, we'll do it your way."
Upon hearing Jiang Nuanzhi's words, Li Rong was taken aback: "Huh?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "What I mean is, I'll listen to you."
Li Rong blushed deeply at these words. She really...
"Hey, aren't you embarrassed enough?"
Li Rong looked up, his bright eyes filled with confusion.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow and glanced at the rough hand that was still tugging at her arm: "I should go cook."
"!"
Li Rong belatedly realized that he had been holding onto her, and immediately felt as if he had been burned by her smooth skin, so he threw her hand away and turned his head away without even looking at Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi was rudely thrown aside and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
He's just a reckless brat. If it weren't for his good looks, she wouldn't bother to train him.
Seeing his face turn bright red, she tugged at his sleeve in a good mood and said, "Why are you so rough? You're hurting me."
Li Rong: "!!!"
"Me, me, me, me."
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean'?" she said with a smile. "I don't blame you, I just wanted to ask what you'd like to eat for lunch?"
Li Rong: "I...I...I didn't mean it."
Jiang Nuanzhi leaned closer, her smile wicked: "I'll make you whatever you want to eat."
Tsk tsk, quite the mastermind.
Li Rong stiffened, perhaps from anxiety, his forehead already glistening with sweat. Large beads of sweat slid down his hard cheeks, past his slightly protruding Adam's apple, and slowly descended.
Sweat trickled down his muscular chest, across his waist and abdomen, and finally disappeared into the edge of his loosely tied underpants.
The heat emanating from the man made Jiang Nuanzhi feel a tightness in her throat.
She managed to restrain her itching hands, clutched her wildly pounding heart, calmly turned around, and left the house.
Seeing that the person had disappeared, Li Rong belatedly slapped his forehead. Damn it, he had forgotten to give her something!
After Jiang Nuanzhi went outside, she gulped down a large bowl of cold water. The cool spring water took away the dryness, and she slowly exhaled.
As a woman who has never been in a relationship and spends her life browsing the comment sections of various posts, what is she showing this to?
Although she was assigned to a character in the book, Jiang Nuanzhi felt inexplicably guilty.
What a sin! What a sin! A pure heart and few desires bring peace. Never entertain evil thoughts.
"Auntie Nuan, why is your face so red?"
Before Jiang Nuanzhi could catch her breath, she saw Xiao Xuanting looking at her with a puzzled expression.
Jiang Nuanzhi was startled when she suddenly heard the sound.
"Cough cough cough! It's nothing!"
As he spoke, Xiao Xuanting glanced into the house and exclaimed, "Hey? Uncle's face is so red!"
He frowned and tried to go inside: "Uncle, why aren't you wearing any clothes? Aunt Nuan, you were just inside the house."
Before he could ask his last question, Jiang Nuanzhi gave him a piece of candy, then picked up the child and carried him away.
"Auntie, what are you doing? The candy wrapper isn't even unwrapped."
At the main gate, Xiao Xuanting took the nougat out of his mouth and frowned as he looked at Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled awkwardly: "Aunt Nuan will peel it for you."
After saying that, she peeled it open and gave it to him.
After eating it, Xiao Xuanting frowned and said, "This candy doesn't taste good."
The two were sitting under a tree by the door. The children outside saw Jiang Nuanzhi giving Xiao Xuanting candy and were attracted to it. They squatted not far away and watched with longing expressions. Some of them were even sucking their fingers and drooling on the ground.
Jiang Nuanzhi just smiled, took a few more pieces from her pocket, and waved to the children.
I gave each of them two pieces of nougat before letting them go off to play.
The children were overjoyed and ran quite a distance, still giggling.
Xiao Xuanting looked at them strangely, frowning: "This candy doesn't taste good, so why do they like it so much?"
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "It's probably because they haven't eaten much candy."
"Candy is just an ordinary thing, why don't the adults give it to them? Are they afraid it will ruin their teeth?"
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head.
Xiao Xuanting frowned: "Why is that?"
Jiang Nuanzhi just smiled and rubbed his little head: "Auntie Nuan hopes you can find the answer yourself. Our Xuan Ting is so smart, he'll understand soon enough."
Xuan Ting nodded blankly, raising his little fist: "Mm."
The Grand Tutor had never praised his intelligence, but since Aunt Nuan thought so, he certainly wouldn't let her down. He would definitely figure it out.
Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt a soft, warm hand land on his cheek.
Xuan Ting was taken aback and looked up at Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi touched his swollen face tenderly: "Does it hurt?"
(End of this chapter)
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