Chapter 50 050 Shyly, her earlobes flushed red... and she took it again.
Lin Wan rubbed her fingertips together, and the sturdy rice and the insect that had just landed on her delicate fingertips still lingered in her fingertips and palms for a moment.
Her cheeks flushed, she sighed helplessly, and hurriedly shook her head, trying to forget all those inappropriate thoughts.
The spring breeze was cool and refreshing, and the courtyard was quiet and still.
Lin Wan stood under the corridor, waiting quietly for a long time. Her gaze fell on the winding corridor at the end. The sun was gradually setting, but she still couldn't see Xie Huaiyuan's figure.
Just then, accompanied by a cool breeze, footsteps sounded behind me.
Liu Ye held the cloak in her hand and gently draped it over her shoulders, advising, "Miss, why don't you go back inside first? It might get chilly outside after nightfall."
Lin Wan shook her head. She wanted to wait for Xie Huaiyuan here. Even if she went back inside, she would be restless. It was better to stay in the corridor and look at the end of the corridor so that she could see Xie Huaiyuan as soon as he came.
Seeing this, Liu Ye didn't try to persuade her any further. "There's some warm milk in the kitchen. How about I go and get it for you to fill your stomach?"
Lin Wan realized that she hadn't had dinner yet. She had been here for so long, and Xie Huaiyuan had been eating with her the whole time.
The cloak, warm and soft, touched my skin with fingertips, a soothing and comforting touch that dispelled the chill from before.
The warm and cozy atmosphere made her a little sleepy. She looked up but still couldn't see Xie Huaiyuan. Before she knew it, it was already getting dark.
The candles in the corridor were lit, and Lin Wan sat leaning against the railing under the corridor. Her eyelids were a little heavy, and she squinted her eyes. Before long, she fell asleep from sleepiness.
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lobby.
A black-clad guard bowed and handed the secret letters he had gathered to Xie Huaiyuan one by one, not daring to utter a sound.
The hall was brightly lit, and the light reflected on Xie Huaiyuan's face, but there was no warmth in it. His expression was gloomy as he looked down and carefully examined the thick stack of secret letters.
After a long silence, a cold voice asked, "Were all of these collected from the Li family patriarch?"
"Yes," the guard hesitated, glancing at Xie Huaiyuan as if he had something difficult to say.
That scrutinizing gaze couldn't be ignored. Xie Huaiyuan paused slightly as he flipped through the secret letter, stopping to examine it carefully. He said calmly, "You have something to say?"
"When we were leaving the Li family's residence, we happened to run into Miss Lin..."
At this moment, Xie Huaiyuan stopped completely, put down the secret letter he was reading, looked up at him directly, and sneered: "You mean you saw Lin Wan in Licheng?"
“Not only her,” the guard hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and continued to report, “there is also Gu Qinghe, sir.”
"..."
The hall suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely oppressive.
With a "smack," Xie Huaiyuan slammed the stack of secret letters back onto the table. When he looked up at him, his lips were smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"Tell me, what are they doing there?"
"When we were leaving, we passed by the Li Family Ancestral Hall and saw Lin Wan, accompanied by the head of the Li family, inside the ancestral hall, seemingly worshipping someone."
"who?"
"Li Yunzhou."
Upon hearing this, Xie Huaiyuan repeated the name in a low voice with a half-smile, "Li Yunzhou?"
He had heard this name twice already; such coincidences were impossible. His lips parted slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Go and thoroughly investigate Li Yunzhou."
Xie Huaiyuan lowered his eyes to look at the secret letter placed on the table. The first thing that caught his eye was "his conspiracy with the Crown Prince to rebel..."
He stared intently for a few moments, his gaze growing increasingly dark and unfathomable.
The night was hazy, and the courtyard was quiet.
A night breeze blew by, and the swaying light and shadows on the veranda were reflected on Lin Wan, who was leaning against the railing, as if she were shrouded in a thin mist.
While half asleep, Lin Wan vaguely felt as if she were floating on clouds, her nose filled with a gentle, familiar, cool fragrance, and then she fell into a broad and strong embrace.
Lin Wan slept peacefully, and only when I was in her arms could I hear her even breathing. Now that she was asleep, she seemed even more gentle and delicate.
Xie Huaiyuan gently embraced her, tightened the cloak covering her, and looked at Liu Ye, who was kneeling with her head bowed to the side, with icy eyes.
"You just let her sleep here like this? Is this how you serve her?"
“I beg Your Highness to punish me. I did try to persuade you to go back inside, but you insisted on waiting for me here. I didn’t know how to persuade you. I didn’t think things through. I am willing to accept the punishment.”
Xie Huaiyuan carried Lin Wan and strode over the threshold, heading straight for the bedroom inside the house.
"Has she had dinner yet?"
"not yet."
Xie Huaiyuan paused, then said softly, "Go tell the kitchen to keep the food warm, and bring it over when she wakes up and wants to eat."
When Lin Wan fell asleep, her long eyelashes were the color of raven feathers, her delicate and moist lips were gently closed, and her expression was peaceful, as if she was sleeping soundly.
When he placed her on the bed, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied that the warmth on her body had disappeared in an instant.
It wasn't time to sleep yet, and the bed had a slightly chilly feel to it.
Lin Wan was somewhat displeased when she suddenly went from a warm embrace to a cold, unwarm bed.
To Xie Huaiyuan's surprise, she gripped his clothes tightly with her fingertips. When he put her down on the bed, she grabbed him suddenly, her fingertips clenching so tightly they turned slightly white, as if she wanted to pull Xie Huaiyuan away from his warm embrace.
He looked down at her for a long time, then bowed slightly and let her pull him along, his lips curving into a smile as he looked down at her without saying a word.
Lin Wan was unaware that she had fallen asleep.
In a daze, I felt myself return from the cold railings to the warm bed.
Then, with a quick roll, he naturally landed back in her broad, thick chest.
Now, Xie Huaiyuan was completely unable to leave.
Left with no other choice, I had to stay.
Lin Wan slept for a long time, so long that she seemed to dream that she was next to a huge furnace. It was very hot, getting hotter and hotter, and very stuffy, like a fish in a cloudy day that had to come to the surface of the water to breathe.
The sweltering heat made her want to escape this scorching furnace, and she muttered, "It's so hot."
She slept restlessly, constantly feeling something pressing against her, which was extremely uncomfortable. The once comfortable and warm quilt gradually became very irritating.
Lin Wan couldn't sleep soundly. Even in her half-asleep, half-awake state, she was thinking about taking away that hard, uncomfortable stone.
As she thought this, she did the same with her hands.
So, Lin Wan, still half asleep, reached out and grabbed it, but the moment she touched it, she woke up with a start!
hot.
A sense of déjà vu, like that of a horned insect.
Lin Wan suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze gradually focusing as she stared wide-eyed at Xie Huaiyuan lying beside her.
Actually, she threw herself into his arms and fell asleep, so...
Lin Wan's scalp tingled, and the hand she was holding froze instantly. She immediately realized what it was. Her ears burned and her cheeks flushed. In a panic, she quickly let go and pulled her hand back.
I thought I could get away with it without anyone noticing.
Unexpectedly, when she looked up, Xie Huaiyuan was staring at her for a long time without any attempt to hide it, looking both angry and shy, as if she had offended him.
"Um," Lin Wan explained, her drowsiness completely gone, slightly embarrassed, "I didn't mean to, it was just a slip of the hand."
Xie Huaiyuan had only intended to take a short nap and rest his mind, but once he lay down beside her, it was truly an ordeal, just as Hua Yisheng had said.
It seems he overestimated his patience, not to mention that she wasn't sleeping soundly at all, but merely nestled in his arms.
With a soft, fragrant woman in his arms, and moreover, he was not a gentleman, how could he possibly remain unmoved?
Xie Huaiyuan originally thought he could just endure it, but the person in his arms suddenly reached out and grabbed him.
In that instant, his taut defenses crumbled completely, and he raised his head with undisguised ferocity.
"You've hooked the hook, aren't you going to take responsibility for it?"
Xie Huaiyuan's eyes were filled with laughter, and the corners of his eyes curved into crescent moons as he spoke, moving closer to her.
"No," Lin Wan said, watching Xie Huaiyuan approach. With her increasingly disordered breathing, she slowly raised her hands to block him in front of her.
She didn't dare to look him in the eye. She bit her lip lightly, her eyes reddening, and hesitated before saying, "I helped you today, and my hand is still tired. Young Master, could you please take care of it yourself?"
These words made Xie Huaiyuan laugh in exasperation, but seeing her innocent and pleading eyes, he had no choice but to agree.
Lin Wan felt her spine tense and numb, fearing that Xie Huaiyuan might do something like what happened earlier today, or even go further...
Her heart was pounding with nervousness, and she didn't loosen the grip on her hands.
Xie Huaiyuan smiled faintly, then pulled away her hands that were blocking him, leaned in and gently kissed her, whispering, "Okay."
After that, Xie Huaiyuan made a brief, fleeting remark before quickly leaving.
He got up, lifted the bed curtains, and walked into the inner room of the bedroom.
Before long, rustling sounds came from the quiet inner room, accompanied by slightly rapid breathing.
Lin Wan felt extremely ashamed upon hearing this, unsure whether to feel ashamed and angry at the moment or at herself for accidentally grabbing it earlier.
Days passed by in Pear Blossom Lane.
Lin Wan stayed there for almost a month.
Early that morning, accompanied by a light spring rain, Xie Huaiyuan entered the palace.
Upon hearing that the Emperor had suddenly fallen ill and that the Crown Prince was in charge of all affairs of state, he had no choice but to enter the palace.
Lin Wan had been feeling Xie Huaiyuan's indulgence and permission towards her during this time. Even when she walked towards the front yard, the servants he had arranged to stay behind did not stop her.
But unexpectedly, she ran into the princess just as she reached the front yard.
The princess scrutinized her with a critical look and asked, "Lin Wan?"
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