Chapter 58 Sleeping Together

He sucked on his fingertips, and licked the scarlet stains clean with his tongue.

The bloody smell and rust spread between his teeth.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant, Ning Yuan looked up, and bumped into his amber eyes that were staring straight at her.

It was obviously an indifferent and gentle gaze, hidden under the slender and thick eyelashes, but it made her smell a bit of danger.

It was as if she was the master and the prey, he submitted to her, but tried to trap her.

She tilted her head back and dared not move.

The touch of her fingertips was moist and warm, and her heart also felt a little numb. She moved her fingers subconsciously and touched a slightly sharp tooth.

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you...Canine fangs?

Shen Yan is a man of few words and doesn't like to laugh much. Ning Yuan thought about it for a long time, but couldn't remember whether he had canine fangs.

In order to confirm whether it was sharp, her fingers lingered on the small tooth several times, and finally its owner bit it in revenge.

For a moment, Ning Yuan's body couldn't help but tremble, and she uttered a delicate cry that was extremely unfamiliar to herself.

There was an indescribable charm in the softness.

They both paused at the same time.

Ning Yuan's face flushed, and she wished that the bed would become a crack in the ground and swallow her up.

The pair of calm eyes moved from her pupils to her full lips.

Under the dim candlelight, it looked like a gorgeous rose.

Nice, I liked it.

Shen Yan's mind was filled with only these two extremely simple descriptions.

She retracted her fingers, blushing and stammering, "I, I, I didn't mean it."

"What on purpose?" His Adam's apple rolled. He

made such a sound on purpose.

She pursed her lips and turned her face away.

It's not that she didn't know under what circumstances and occasions this sound should be produced, but it was definitely not the one between her and Shen Yan.

He just licked his fingers.

Her eyes fell back on his chest and she changed the subject: "Let me help you take care of the wound."

It was just a cut made by the needle tip, not a serious injury. If she had asked a little later, he might have recovered.

Shen Yan wanted to refuse, but then she thought, she might know that this was not a serious injury. The reason why she offered to treat it for him was probably because she wanted to touch it, but was embarrassed to do so because of her face, so she found an excuse that seemed very reasonable.

"...Okay."

He agreed considerately and sat on the other side.

Ning Yuan was just being polite symbolically, thinking that he would say "No need, I can do it myself", but she didn't expect him to agree so easily.

Until she really wanted to do it, she was a little embarrassed.

She had never taken care of a man personally.

What's more, it was a man with a chest injury.

Blame it on that person.

She wet the handkerchief and planned to wipe the blood that had dried around the wound for him first.

When the handkerchief was placed in front of him, Shen Yan silently took a deep breath and exerted force, trying to make Ning Yuan wipe... oh no, touch more satisfying.

She moved lightly and focused, and after each wipe, she would press on his chest to finish. Shen Yan just thought that she was really wiping the wound for him, her face was calm, and she said nothing.

The dried blood was quickly wiped clean by her.

She took out the small medicine box that she prepared for emergencies, poured some medicine powder on the cotton wool, and wrapped a layer of gauze for him.

Shen Yan stared at the beautiful bow tied in front of him, feeling like a holy gift, placed in front of her, waiting for her to open it personally.

"...Do you wrap it like this on weekdays?"

She said "hmm" softly, "Is there anything wrong?"

He was silent for a moment, and said, "No, it looks good."

"Thank you." Ning Yuan replied while sitting on the edge of the bed.

The two of them were speechless for a while, and the silence spread in the night. Ning Yuan always felt that something was inexplicably strange. After a moment, she found the source of the strangeness.

She looked at Shen Yan, who still had his arms open: "Aren't you leaving yet?"

This book is exclusively organized by the LK team. He lowered his head again, looked at the bow in front of him, and reminded her: "My clothes are torn."

Ning Yuan pursed her lips: "Then what do you want to do?"

He pointed to her bed: "It's late at night, why don't you stay here for one night, and let Ming Jue bring me clothes tomorrow morning."

"No." She frowned and refused decisively.

He blinked: "You can also borrow a set of clothes from Ning Ze or your father late at night."

"Why don't you go by yourself?" "

I can go too." He made a gesture to go out.

She was anxious and stood up and pulled his arm.

"Come back to me."

"Don't let them know."

He looked at her calmly: "Don't you know what Ning Ze is like? He won't tell anyone."

"That won't work either!" She said firmly, "It's better to be safe than sorry."

He looked around her bedroom: "Or I can sleep on the floor."

"Don't worry, I will be careful and get up before everyone else gets up so that no one will find out." This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you Ning Yuan didn't believe him.

This man always played tricks on her.

If he deliberately stayed on the floor tomorrow and she couldn't drag him away.

What if others found him sleeping on the floor in her room?

Her bed was quite big and had layers of gauze curtains, so she could give him half of it. Even if someone came in, she could cover him with the quilt in time and then put down the gauze curtains to cover him.

She looked towards the bed and compromised, "You can stay here for one night, but you are not allowed to touch me or make any big noise."

"Okay." He curled the corners of his lips.

The plan succeeded.

Shen Yan found that the ancients were right. As the saying goes, "A virtuous woman is afraid of a clinging man." If he had been so fearless and flexible, he would have married Ning Yuan back home long ago.

The two of them lay back on the bed as they did at the beginning.

The difference was that he was shirtless, and she was very reserved and huddled on the edge of the bed, leaving most of the bed for him.

Ning Yuan was worried at first, but when she saw that he was really honest, lying on the bed with his eyes closed and not saying a word, she also fell into a deep sleep. It was not

until he heard a steady breathing beside him that Shen Yan turned his body, but what he saw was the back of Ning Yuan's head. He just looked at her quietly for a while, moved to the edge of the bed, and gently kissed her neck.

Ning Yuan's chest rose and fell gently, and she turned over and rolled into his arms.

Shen Yan let her breath fall softly in front of him, his Adam's apple rolling, hesitating whether to wake her up, but in the end he didn't say a word, just gently holding her and moving back to the depths of the bed where she was lying at first.

When Ning Yuan woke up, she saw a piece of porcelain white skin with clear lines, and a little pink under the delicate and beautiful white gauze bow. Looking up, the man closed his eyes and slept soundly. Everything was exactly the same as she remembered before she fell asleep last night.

...Did she roll over by herself?

Her sleeping posture is really bad.

Ning Yuan quietly rolled to the edge of the bed, intending to get up and get out of bed as if nothing had happened, and borrow a set of clothes under the pretext of needing to see the size in order to make a new set of clothes for Ning Ze.

Shen Yan raised his clear eyes, through the layers of gauze, and saw her sitting alone in front of the dressing table.

He slightly raised his slightly numb hand, and although he had regained some consciousness, he still felt a little disappointed at the sudden loss of warmth.

It will be better a little longer.

*

Ning Yuan tied her hair in a simple bun. When she came to the main hall, she saw Ming Wei instructing the servants to serve the dishes. When she saw her, she was too lazy to pretend to be so hypocritical. She glanced at her and said unhappily, "Hey, what wind blew our Miss Ning to the front yard? Aren't you used to staying in the yard on weekdays?"

Ning Ze interrupted, "Mother, it's a good thing that my sister took the initiative to come and have dinner with us."

"You little bastard! I really raised you in vain!"

Before Ning Yuan opened her mouth, she saw Ming Wei's face change, and she looked behind her in a timid manner: "Master."

She bowed and said, "Father."

Duke Ning looked at her and said to Ming Wei: "Even the wall can't stop your harsh words."

He sat in the main seat and motioned Ning Yuan to sit down: "It's good that you are here. After all, we are a family. You shouldn't always hide in your yard."

The family sat neatly. Before picking up the chopsticks, Duke Ning stroked his beard and said: "Since the whole family is here, I will announce something."

Under the table, Ning Yuan clenched her hands.

Is it the result of the punishment for yesterday's incident?

"I have decided to send your mother back to our ancestral home in Jiangnan. Now that no one lives in the home, it is a good place to worship Buddha in a quiet and elegant manner. Let her practice in seclusion for ten years."

"Ten years?" Mingwei's eyes widened and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. "Grandpa, how many ten years are there in a lifetime? The children have just grown up, Ze'er has just entered the officialdom, and Li'er is in the period of marriage. All of them need me, a mother, to worry about them! How can you be so heartless?"

Duke Ning snorted coldly, "I'm heartless? His Majesty told me yesterday that you know what you did. Today, the children are here, and I will give you a little face. You Just listen to me and go back to the ancestral home."

Ning Ze was a little confused: "Yesterday? What happened yesterday?"

Ming Wei threw down her chopsticks: "It's all because of that bitch of your sister!" Ning

Ze looked at Ning Li: "Ah...?"

Ning Li stood up, knelt in front of Ning Guogong with tears in her eyes and said: "Dad, you know that mother is an ignorant woman, she has no intention of rebellion, she was just bewildered for a while, so someone caught the connection and put a hat on her."

"Her original intention was for her daughter's marriage. It is said that parents are all pitiful. Can you please not punish her so severely for the sake of her being a mother who loves her daughter?"

"Let's set up a secluded Buddhist temple in our house and let her meditate and repent, Dad!"

Duke Ning let go of Ning Li's hand that was clutching the corner of his clothes and frowned, "Your Majesty has already spared her life. If Shen Zhiyu had not let the matter go, she would have lost her life!"

He looked at Mingwei and said, "Tell me, what are you thinking?"

"Use your own son to drug him?"

"Who is he? A close minister of the emperor, a brother of the empress, and your son's top boss! Have you ever thought about how Ze'er will deal with your behavior?"

Ning Ze then heard some clues from his family's words.

He looked at his mother in shock.

"Why haven't I thought about it!" Ming Wei said, "I've thought about it a long time ago. Shen Yan is smart and has a reputation as a gentleman. After thinking about it, he will know that Ze'er knows nothing about this matter and will not be angry with him. By then, he and Li'er will have done

it. For a family like the Shen family, having one more person won't be a big deal!" As she said, she looked at Ning Yuan, "Even if he still insists on marrying her, it's just sisters sharing the same husband! Our Li'er has always valued her as a sister. When has she not been patient and accommodating? Isn't this a very happy ending?"

"You can only blame her!" She raised her hand and pointed at Ning Yuan, "If she hadn't insisted on stopping it, it wouldn't have gotten to this point!"

Ning Yuan frowned.

She didn't expect Mingwei to take Shen Yan's good intentions towards the Ning Mansion into account.

"Mother, have you ever thought about whether your sister can bear the criticism from others if she marries into the Shen Mansion in this way? Where will your father's good reputation be?"

Ning Li looked at her and complained, "Sister, if you can bear it, how do you know why I can't?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were all focused on her.

Duke Ning was the first to say, "What do you mean by that?"

"Daddy." She wiped her tears, "You don't know yet? The reason why Lord Shen loves my sister so much is because they have already been husband and wife!"

Duke Ning suddenly widened his eyes, "Nonsense! The last time Shen Zhiyu wanted to fulfill the marriage contract with her in person, she didn't agree. How could it be like you said!"

"My daughter heard it with her own ears! I saw it with her own eyes!" She looked at Ning Yuan with some jealousy in her eyes, and asked a rather fatal question, "I'm afraid only sister knows in her heart how Lord Shen prepared the medicine that day!"

Ning Yuan looked at her silently.

Duke Ning said, "I asked him in detail yesterday, and he said that he mobilized his internal force to suppress it."

"That medicine will make people weak in their limbs, let alone mobilize internal force?" Ning Li sneered, "Otherwise, it should be Lord Shen who pushed me out yesterday, not sister."

"Sister, do you dare to swear on your deceased mother that you and him are innocent?"

These words deeply hurt Ning Yuan.

Innocence?

What does innocence mean?

If Shen Yan had not changed the medicine for him at that time, she would definitely not be "innocent" now, but is it her fault?

Does she become an impure girl just because she did it to protect herself or save others?

As a woman, she is not as clear-headed as Pei Zixing.

What qualifications does she have to mention her deceased mother?

"Ning Yuan, is what she said true?" Duke Ning asked in a somber voice.

Ning Yuan took a deep breath and said calmly, "If you don't believe me, send a few maids you trust to check me."

She didn't want to explain anything, it was a long story, and the explanation might not be useful.

It would be better to put the facts in front of them directly.

Duke Ning didn't say anything, as if he acquiesced.

Perhaps he had doubts in his heart for a long time, and he just took advantage of Ning Li's words to verify her "innocence".

She was his daughter. Even if she had encountered bad things, she had to keep her virginity intact and wait for him to marry her to another mansion.

She said, "It's just an inspection. I hope Dad can remember who has maintained the dignity of your Ningguo Mansion and prevented the Shen family from looking down on you."

"I hope you will resolutely fulfill what you said before dinner."

She looked at Mingwei: "Such a mother will only drag down her children. There is really no need for her to stay in the mansion."

After saying this, Ning Yuan simply emptied herself completely.

She didn't know how she finished breakfast, how she was manipulated by those maids, and how she came out of that dark room and returned to her bedroom in a daze.

She pushed open the door as if to vent her anger, but she saw that Shen Yan did not leave. Instead, he resumed his usual noble demeanor in a white robe and read a book in front of her desk.

Hearing her voice, he raised his head and stood up, looking at her worriedly: "Are you back?"

He hadn't heard her inner voice for a long time, but before that, he remembered that she was angrily talking about "innocence" in her heart for the last time.

So after Mingjue quietly sent him clothes, he did not leave.

Ning Yuan's eyes were a little empty. She looked at him and said in a flat tone: "Why are you still here? Don't you have any official business?"

"It's a day off today, so I want to wait for you to come back and say goodbye to you." He clumsily thought of an excuse to stay.

Ning Yuan raised her head and looked at him.

Shen Yan's eyes were cold, and his handsome face seemed to have never been tainted by emotions, but only she knew that he was clearly in the secular world, much more worldly than she was.

She calmly closed the door, bolted it, raised her hand to pull his collar, and kissed him on tiptoe.

There was a moment of surprise in his eyes, and he separated from her briefly: "...What's wrong with you?"

She still didn't speak, and lowered her head to untie his belt.

He wrapped her hands helplessly, frowned and said: "What happened?"

She just said coldly: "Are you going to take it off?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, she shook him off, raised her hand and quickly ripped off her belt.

The dress piled up like clouds at her feet.

She didn't know what happened to her, she only knew that she was full of anger when she came back, and she needed to find an outlet to vent.

She raised her eyes, put her hand into his collar, looked at him, and smiled faintly: "Why? Lord Shen also thinks innocence is important?"