Chapter 57: Do you want a child? I will give you whatever you want...
When Mu Xingchen returned to the Mu Mansion, it was already dark.
The yard was completely dark, but the candles in the room had already been lit.
Mu Xingchen looked at the candles in the room and said with some complexity, "He seems to have nothing to do all day long." Although he complained in his heart, the smile on his lips did not diminish at all.
After all, at this rate, she should be able to recover soon.
With a creak, the door opened.
Li Jing was standing in the middle of the room with his back to her at this moment, and the candlelight made his figure look particularly slender.
For some reason, he always liked to wear black. Perhaps it was because black clothes were the best at concealing one's presence. But even in black, he was still nowhere to hide under the candlelight.
"I'm back." Li Jing turned around slowly.
The moment he turned around, Mu Xingchen's eyes flashed with surprise. He was not wearing a mask today.
His face was of unparalleled beauty, with almost no flaws to be found, except that his pupils seemed to have changed from purple to black.
"Brother Jing... yours." Before Mu Xingchen could finish, Li Jing interrupted her in a somewhat cold voice, "Have you been drinking?"
Mu Xingchen lowered her head slightly and sniffed herself. She could hardly smell the alcohol anymore. She hadn't drunk much, and after dinner she'd been out for a while, so the smell had almost dissipated.
She curled the corners of her lips, she had forgotten that the person in front of her was a demon, whose sense of smell was much more sensitive than that of humans.
Mu Xingchen immediately half-jokingly said: "Brother Jing is a dog? How can you smell it like this?"
Li Jing was stunned. He looked at the smile on Mu Xingchen's lips, and his heartbeat began to rise unconsciously.
Why does she always unconsciously appear like this...
Charming.
Every move she made was like this, especially when her eyes arched slightly upwards, like a fairy. She must be a demon.
But his mind is obviously very simple.
Li Jing's Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice, "You like drinking, huh?"
Mu Xingchen approached him, raised her head and observed his pupils closely. She answered, "Well, I like it very much."
"Why?" He looked down, watching her hands doing whatever they wanted.
Mu Xingchen gently hooked her hand around Li Jing's fingers and smiled slightly, "Isn't it said that a good drink can dispel all sorrows? Life was very hard before, so hard that I couldn't even drink alcohol. Now Brother Jing has given me money, hasn't he? I can buy what I like."
These words made Li Jing stunned. His life was very hard...
Life was hard in the past, but what about the future? He only gave her silver and spirit stones, and she was satisfied with that.
Li Jing's brows furrowed unconsciously as he looked at her face. Her smile was clear in the candlelight. It was pure and sweet, a smile that seemed untouched by worldly affairs. She seemed to no longer care about the past, and now she could speak freely.
An indescribable feeling of guilt suddenly surged in Li Jing's heart.
He asked in a hoarse voice, "If you really couldn't practice in this life, would you be sad?"
Mu Xingchen said without hesitation, "Of course, no one wants to be unable to practice for a lifetime, but... I'm not that lucky." She hooked her finger around Li Jing's and looked down, "So, does Brother Jing dislike me?"
Li Jing pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "No." He suddenly said seriously, "Mu Xingchen."
Mu Xingchen raised his head: "Hmm?"
Li Jing said carefully, "Even if I can't practice, I will protect you for the rest of my life. I will give you whatever you want, except for practicing... and..."
His brows were furrowed as tightly as they could be, as if there were some words he really couldn't say, but he didn't want to lie to her either.
Mu Xingchen raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Anything else?"
He said nervously, "Child." After saying these two words, he nervously observed Mu Xingchen's every move, fearing that she would reveal even a hint of sadness or loss.
Mu Xingchen looked at him in surprise. What did he mean? Why bring up the child at this time?
He can't have children?
Mu Xingchen suddenly realized that there seemed to be no reproductive isolation between them. It was just that he would withdraw every time, and the higher the level of cultivation, the harder it was to get pregnant, so she was not worried about getting pregnant at all.
But he was thinking too much. What she hated most was children, let alone giving birth to one herself.
Li Jing's heart was beating fast when he saw Mu Xingchen remained silent. "But if you want, I..."
Suddenly, Mu Xingchen stood on tiptoe and blocked his mouth.
Li Jing's pupils shrank, and at that moment, his heart completely melted.
He regretted it. He shouldn't have said such a thing. He shouldn't have said it before he confirmed her identity, and even if he did, he shouldn't have said it.
In order not to embarrass him, she asked nothing and said nothing.
She just wanted him and didn't ask for anything else.
He just gave her some spirit stones, and she thought it was enough. He was clearly not good to her at all, but she was too stupid.
Li Jing's pupils turned red, he hugged her, almost crushing her in his arms.
He rubbed his chin against her hair, "If you really want to practice, I'll find a way."
Mu Xingchen's pupils darkened. "It doesn't matter whether I practice or not, I just... I just want to stay with Brother Jing for a little longer."
Li Jing put his chin on her shoulder, "Yeah." He whispered in her ear, "I know."
Mu Xingchen curled his lips.
His skin was terribly hot, but even at this point, he still endured it.
"Brother Jing, why did your pupils change color?" She continued to ask the question she had not had time to ask before.
Li Jing's breath caught in his throat. "Because the injury has healed a little, I can control it to turn black."
Mu Xingchen raised an eyebrow. Was his injury better? He had lost a lot of spiritual energy to her in the past two days, and it was actually getting better.
"Do you like my purple pupils?" Li Jing asked.
Mu Xingchen couldn't deny it and said, "I like it."
Li Jing took his head off her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
Mu Xingchen saw the color of his pupils change from black to purple little by little.
She exclaimed in amazement, as expected, the white purple eyes were a fairy product.
What a nice view.
Mu Xingchen couldn't help but touch his face, admiring the beautiful appearance in front of him.
Li Jing looked at the infatuation in her eyes and couldn't help laughing.
Mu Xingchen paused with her hand covering his face, "Why are you laughing?"
Li Jing held her hand, pulled it towards his Adam's apple, and then kissed her fiercely.
"Pinch me if it hurts."
The gauze curtains on the bed were lifted, and the wind from the window blew in, swaying in waves until the daylight was just beginning to brighten.
Li Jing looked at the already sleeping Mu Xingchen with a darkened look in his eyes. His body was covered with pinch marks, especially his neck. He had put his lifeblood in her hands, and he wondered if she could understand.
Li Jing looked at Mu Xingchen lying on the side tenderly. He stroked her hair, held her wrist with his other hand, and slowly transferred spiritual power into her body.
After a while, he withdrew his hand only when he was sure that her face was rosy enough.
At the same time, a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes. The seal on the Evil-Devouring Sword loosened again.
Mu Xingchen opened his eyes dazedly, "A Jing..."
Li Jing's lips curled slightly, and he lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Sleep a little longer, and get up for breakfast later, okay?"
Mu Xingchen nodded unconsciously.
The next second, Mu Xingchen was the only one left on the bed.
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Afternoon 5 p.m.
Xiao Qi said seriously, "Xingchen, wake up. There seems to be someone in the yard."
"So annoying." Mu Xingchen yawned and slowly opened her eyes. She picked up her coat and put it on casually before she finished getting dressed.
The next second, there was a loud "bang" and the door of the room was kicked open.
Mu Xingchen looked outside and saw Li Yan standing at the door with a cold expression on his face. "You slept so well, Miss Mu."
Mu Xingchen was stunned. She subconsciously asked, "Are you free from house arrest?"
Li Yan laughed out loud, and said with a gloomy face: "Yes, it was just lifted today. As soon as the house arrest was lifted, I couldn't wait to see Miss Mu, wanting to know if Miss Mu was in good health." His eyes were fixed on Mu Xingchen, and his pupils were full of hostility.
Mu Xingchen smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. I'm fine."
Li Yan's eyes became even colder, and he said very slowly: "Really? That's good." In an instant, the temperature in the yard dropped several degrees.
At this moment, the butler came hurriedly with his men. He wiped the cold sweat from his face, ran behind Li Yan and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the eldest lady will be married soon. It is not proper for you to come to her now."
The curve of Li Yan's mouth grew wider and wider. He looked at Mu Xingchen and curled his lips coldly, "Marry? Mu Qing, do you really want to marry Li Su?"
Mu Xingchen frowned slightly, and she said a little aggrievedly, "Didn't Your Highness insist on breaking off the engagement with me? What else can I do if I don't want to get married now?"
Li Yan took two steps forward and said strangely, "If you really don't want to get married, I can help you."
Mu Xingchen's eyes lit up, "How can I help?"
The next second he said something shocking, "How about marrying me as a concubine?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present had a look on their face, including Mu Xingchen, whose mouth corners also cracked slightly.
Although this sentence does not cause any substantial harm, it is disgusting enough.
The butler wiped the sweat from his forehead again, "Your Highness, this is not possible. The eldest lady is already engaged to General Xiao."
Li Yan turned his head and said coldly: "Did I ask you?"
The butler was choked for a moment.
Everyone looked at Mu Xingchen.
"What do you think? Are you willing? Although I know there were some misunderstandings in the past, now everything has been explained clearly. I also feel guilty towards Miss Mu. If you are willing to come into the mansion, the past will be wiped out, and I will definitely cherish you."
Mu Xingchen's heart sank. Li Yan didn't seem like the type to adopt such a conciliatory policy. He must have had other motives behind this.
"Hmm?" The curve of Li Yan's lips became wider and wider. He was determined to get an answer today.
Mu Xingchen thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, I do. Then please go and discuss the cancellation of the engagement with General Xiao."
For a moment, the corners of Li Yan's mouth froze. He looked at Mu Xingchen solemnly, his expression extremely complicated.
"Okay, I'll go right away. Miss Mu, please wait for my good news." After saying that, he turned away.
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