Chapter 484 Others Appear in Xiao Jingchen and Lin Xingman's Romantic Journey
"Speak your mind, or shut up." Lin Luoxi didn't even lift her eyelids, her whole body buried in the mountain of account books, frantically dialing the abacus.
Even with her right hand already blurring through the air, Lin Luoxi still felt her hands weren't fast enough. With so many ledgers, how long would it take her to finish reading them all?
He kept chanting in his mind: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, even faster."
She had no time to play tricks on Xiao Jingchen, and she certainly wouldn't fall into his trap with words.
"Since you asked me to speak, then I will. You've managed Quanzhou so well, so could you perhaps...?"
Xiao Jingchen came to see Lin Luoxi this time carrying the wishes of all the civil and military officials of the court. They wanted Lin Luoxi to lead them to wealth and a better life.
Quanzhou used to be a desolate place, but under Lin Luoxi's leadership, it became more prosperous than the capital, which made them envious and jealous.
Therefore, all the civil and military officials submitted a memorial, hoping that Lin Luoxi would return to the court and lead the entire Chiyan Dynasty to a prosperous and glorious era.
"No, who is the emperor, you or me? The Crimson Flame Dynasty is yours, and the responsibility of leading it to prosperity should be yours, not dumping everything on me..."
Lin Luoxi didn't even give Xiao Jingchen a chance to finish speaking, directly cutting him off.
"Can you check how my baby is doing?"
Seeing that Lin Luoxi didn't give Xiao Jingchen a chance to speak at all and rejected him outright, the atmosphere became a bit tense, so Lin Xingman stepped in to help ease the tension.
"Come here!" Lin Luoxi finally raised her head from among the tents after hearing Lin Xingman's words, letting Lin Xingman come over.
Lin Xinman sat opposite her, extended her wrist, and Lin Luoxi took her pulse.
"The child is healthy, you just need to think less, worry less, and try to relax..."
Lin Luoxi immediately detected that Lin Xingman's pulse was different from that of a normal person. She looked up at her and then said a series of worrying things.
"Xingman, are you alright?" Xiao Jingchen heard Lin Luoxi's words and came over to check on Lin Xingman with concern.
"Did you do something to offend my senior sister? Otherwise, why would she..." Lin Luoxi took Lin Xingman's pulse and knew that Lin Xingman was ill from worry. Her eyes instantly shot towards Xiao Jingchen like knives.
"No, I didn't..." Xiao Jingchen received Lin Luoxi's murderous glare and quickly waved his hand to indicate that he hadn't.
"You didn't return it, do you mean you didn't have a chance? Or are you already tempted but haven't taken action yet...?" Lin Luoxi looked at Xiao Jingchen and continued to press him for answers.
A man like Xiao Jingchen couldn't possibly be without other women around him, and only in this situation would Lin Xingman become so worried that she fell ill.
"Luo Xi..." Seeing that Lin Luo Xi was pressuring Xiao Jing Chen like this, Lin Xing Man took the initiative to stand up and speak for Xiao Jing Chen.
"Xiao Jingchen, you can go out first. I have some private things I want to say to my senior sister."
Seeing Lin Xingman's love-struck state, Lin Luoxi thought she was hopeless and didn't want to say anything more, so she simply sent Xiao Jingchen away.
"Xingman, have you fallen for him?" Lin Luoxi stared into Lin Xingman's eyes.
"Yes, he's very good to me!" Lin Xingman nodded.
"But a man like Xiao Jingchen can't possibly have only one woman. Are you really prepared to compete with other women for a man?"
Seeing the melancholy look in Lin Xingman's eyes, Lin Ruoxi knew that something must have happened between the two of them...
"I wasn't prepared, but how can people's hearts change so quickly in just three or four years?"
"His cousin now lives in the palace, and their relationship is far more complex than just that of cousins..."
Seeing the worried look in Lin Luoxi's eyes, Lin Xingman could no longer hold back and spoke out about the knot in her heart that had been troubling her for a long time.
Every time Lin Xingman saw Xiao Jingchen behaving intimately with his cousin, doing the same intimate things as her, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
She had no one to confide in within the palace, so even if she had many worries on her mind, she could only keep them to herself.
"Take this pill first!" Lin Luoxi took out a pill and gave it to Lin Xingman.
"What is this??" Lin Xingman looked at Lin Luoxi with teary eyes.
"These pills will remove your child's demonic aura and make them just like a normal child!" Lin Luoxi said this while leaning close to Lin Xingman's ear and whispering it to her, to prevent anyone from overhearing.
The real reason was that she was afraid Xiao Jingchen would hear it, which would create a rift between them.
It was only after taking Lin Luoxi's pulse that she realized Lin Xingman's constitution was different from that of a normal woman.
She took out the pills she had prepared for Lin Xingman long ago and gave them to Lin Xingman.
Upon hearing Lin Luoxi's words, Lin Xingman swallowed the pill without hesitation.
"Drink this water!" Lin Luoxi saw Lin Xingman swallow the pill without hesitation and then gave Lin Xingman the spiritual water from her space to drink.
Lin Xingman knew that Lin Luoxi would not harm her, so she would just do whatever Lin Luoxi asked her to do.
Lin Luoxi was relieved after seeing that Lin Xingman had drunk it all.
"So what are you planning to do now? Give up on this man or stay by his side?"
Although Lin Luoxi felt sorry for Lin Xingman's experience, it was a problem between the couple, and she couldn't interfere too much.
"Luo Xi, can I stay here with you for a while until I give birth to the baby?"
Although it was her first time transforming into human form and entering the mortal world, Lin Xingman knew that Xiao Jingchen's cousin was not as innocent as she appeared.
If she returns to the palace, she will be isolated and helpless. There are still two months until she gives birth, and she really doesn't dare to give birth in the palace.
"Of course you can. My home is your family home. You can stay as long as you want. I'll always be there for you."
Lin Luoxi naturally welcomed Lin Xingman's words, as the family's current conditions were more than enough to raise Lin Xingman well.
"However, if you want to stay here, you have to do things for me..." Lin Ruoxi was afraid that Lin Xingman would overthink things, so she wanted to find something for Lin Xingman to do.
“Okay, it’s good to have something to do. It’s better than being idle and having all sorts of wild thoughts…” Lin Xingman knew that Luo Xi from the Lin family had good intentions.
After talking with Lin Xingman in the room, Xie Hanchuan came over personally to invite them to dinner.
At the dinner table, Lin Luoxi was still angry with Xiao Jingchen because of what Lin Xingman had said, and she ignored him.
When Xiao Jingchen tried to find a topic to talk about, Lin Luoxi would only respond with "uh-huh" and say nothing else.
Seeing that the atmosphere between Xiao Jingchen and Lin Luoxi was a bit stiff, Xie Hanchuan, as the host, could only find a topic to talk about and started chatting with Xiao Jingchen.
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