Chapter 204 Spoiling the Child
Ye Yunchu touched the place where the cloth was wrapped around his wrist, and Li Runrun's eyes followed the place and saw the bloodstains seeping out of the cloth.
She bit that spot.
She actually couldn't remember how hard she bit it, but when she remembered the bloody taste in her mouth, she thought she had bitten it too hard.
Li Mutou noticed this and asked, "Master, is your wrist injured? Can I get you some medicine?"
"Your sister bit me, it's nothing serious."
"Well........"
Li Mutou didn't know how to continue the conversation for a moment, and even Li Da, who turned around after lighting the candle, was a little frozen.
Li Da looked at Li Runrun and wanted to say something, but he saw Ye Yunchu staring at Li Runrun.
This is obviously a matter between the two of them.
As a father, it is not appropriate for him to interfere in his daughter's private affairs, so how can he interfere in the prince's?
Li Da didn't say anything for a while. Maybe it was too embarrassing, so Li Da finally found something to do.
He put the fire lighter on and then held it with the other hand.
Li Mutou looked at the two of them and walked over: "Dad, you haven't cooked yet, let's go cook."
Who understands the sense of redemption that Li Da felt when he heard Li Mutou's words.
Li Da finally found something to do, and immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes, Master, why don't you stay here tonight? Let's eat here. I'll go and arrange some good food and wine."
Li Mutou put his arm around Li Da's shoulder and the two of them walked out.
Ye Yunchu said in a light voice: "Well, I won't leave tonight. I'll sleep here after dinner."
Li Da stumbled, and if Li Mutu hadn't supported him, he would have fallen.
There were only two of them left in the hall.
Li Bai was in the room with the child and didn't dare to come out.
Li Runrun took a deep breath, took out some good tea, and served him a cup of tea.
Ye Yunchu looked at the tea on the table, and then he stared at Li Runrun, as if he could never look at her enough.
"Sit down and let's talk."
When Li Ruanruan heard what he said, she thought they should have a chat.
So she sat on the chair.
She thought about how she was too impulsive and emotional on the street before, and some of the things she said were inappropriate.
Li Runrun was considering how to start her speech so that her words would be more rational and could better express her meaning.
Ye Yunchu beside him spoke up: "How have you been these past four years?"
Li Ruanruan's hands on her knees stiffened for a moment, then slowly tightened, and she said nonchalantly, "It's fine."
Ye Yunchu, however, didn't seem to believe it at all. There was heartache in his eyes. "Then tell me about the past four years since you escaped from the Marquis' Mansion. Can you describe it in detail?"
"There's nothing much to say."
"How can there be nothing to say?"
"There's nothing worth mentioning."
"Is there nothing worth saying, or do you not want to tell me?"
Li Ruanruan's fingers clenched even tighter, and she remained silent.
I didn't know where to start, and I felt that it was not appropriate for them to talk about this.
Whether her four years were good or not was her own business and she had no right to tell him, an outsider.
Ye Yunchu assumed that she was not living a good life, so she didn't want to tell him.
Ye Yunchu's voice was a little hoarse: "Then let me tell you about the four years I spent after you left."
Li Ruanruan lowered her head, closed her eyes, and then said, "I don't want to know."
"Why?"
"We already, it doesn't matter."
"But I said I would marry you as my wife."
"You don't want a career anymore?"
Before Ye Yunchu could speak, Li Ruanruan continued, "Can you just say no? You are in this position. The governor has shed blood all the way here. How many forces have you offended? Do you have the right to say no? Even if you don't want to live, my child and I still want to live well."
Li Ruanruan took a deep breath and said, "Just think of me as being scared, as begging you to let me go and let me live my life normally. Okay?"
"I'll take care of everything."
"Can you please stop being so unreliable? Do you believe what you say?"
"You don't believe me? Why did I shed a river of blood along the way? Because I want to make great achievements, I want great merits, so that I can ask the emperor for a chance to marry you. You think I'm just talking to you casually on a whim, but before you came here, I had already thought about how we would go."
Li Runrun felt as if the softest part of her heart was stabbed hard. Before she could say anything, tears started to fall.
She lowered her head, tears falling one by one, but it was not because she was moved or anything.
Just because she was sad, she was just sad.
Li Ruanruan clenched her fingers: "But I don't want it. I'm afraid. I like my life now very much. I don't want to go anywhere..."
Li Ruanruan cried and said, "My Lord, we are in the past after all, let it all be in the past. Four years is too long. I am just a lowly maid. There is nothing worth you to forget. Please let me go, okay?"
Li Runrun ran back to her room crying and closed the door.
If it was four years ago, when she heard Ye Yunchu's words, she would care about nothing and would even give up her life.
But now, she has a good, peaceful and stable life, and she doesn't want to gamble on love anymore.
She no longer has the spirit of a young girl, and she can't afford to gamble. She can't afford to lose.
She didn't want to lose her stability, her children, and the lives of her loved ones.
Just for that love that I don’t know how long it will last.
Life is not just about love, she can no longer go on without looking back.
Whether I love or not seems to be a thing of the previous life.
Li Runrun raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, but it seemed as if she could never wipe them away.
Li Runrun walked to the bed and sat down, and saw Ye Yunchu's shadow behind the door.
He raised his hand as if to knock on the door, but finally dropped it.
Ye Yunchu turned and left.
The two children looked at him curiously.
Tiantian whispered to An An: "Is he really not our father?"
An An nodded vigorously: "Our father is dead."
Tiantian then said, "But where is Daddy buried?"
An An was silent for a while before saying, "I also asked my mother this question, asking why we didn't go to visit Dad's grave. Mom said..."
Ye Yunchu squatted down and looked at the two little guys: "What did mother say?"
An An looked at him for a while and said, "Dad was struck by lightning and nothing was left. People who are struck by lightning are evil and cannot have a grave. Let me just pretend that this person doesn't exist."
Ye Yunchu reached out and touched An An's head. Unexpectedly, the soft pear looked like a glutinous rice ball that was easy to knead, but it was actually filled with black sesame.
"Then I will be your father from now on, okay? I am a good man and a good official, and I can protect you and your mother."
Tiantian asked: "Then can you let me ride the big horse like Uncle Tiger?"
When Limutou came back from the restaurant with good wine and delicious food, he heard sweet and happy laughter.
Looking up, I saw Ye Yunchu lying on the ground and letting Tiantian ride him like a horse. Tiantian was sitting on his back, and she was riding him from time to time.
An An also sat on his back and touched the gem on Ye Yunchu's hair crown with her hand.
The food box in Li Mutou's hand fell to the ground.
Li Runrun was also called over anxiously by Li Bai. Li Bai was afraid that the snow would be cold and the prince would catch a cold.
Li Runrun walked out the door and saw this scene.
All she could think about was that his wrist was still injured.
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