Chapter 19: Tricking him into sleeping

Stone lanterns in the garden, like guiding stars, illuminated the path.

A man in red, holding the slender girl in his arms, walked through the pleasant evening breeze, through the lingering fragrance, through the magpies chirping on the branches.

He held her and walked forward all the way.

All the scenery fell behind, like a grand dream.

Jiang Rong hugged Xie Lingxi’s neck, tilting her small face, looking at him so closely. The man’s chiseled face, narrow eyes, and deep, star-like eyes beneath thick eyelashes.

Xie Lingxi, her Xie Lingxi.

It felt like a dream.

“Let go.”

The man’s cold voice interrupted the dream.

Jiang Rong came back to her senses and realized that they had returned to Jinyuan at some point. Xie Lingxi placed her on a low couch, and only then did she release her hands.

Xie Lingxi squatted down in front of her. His long, jade-like fingers easily took off her shoes and socks, rolled up her trousers, and his gaze fell on her slender, snow-white legs, which showed no signs of being bruised.

“Injured?” Xie Lingxi raised an eyebrow and asked her.

Jiang Rong’s small face was slightly red, “I… this is a bone injury, it can’t be seen from the outside…”

“Heh.” Xie Lingxi chuckled. She learned Xie Ruojiao’s skill of lying through her teeth quickly.

“Really, I’m so hurt!” Jiang Rong’s small face was full of grievance, and she blinked her eyes to feign pity:

“I need husband to rub it!”

Xie Lingxi’s eyes darkened, “Send for a female doctor to examine her.”

“Ah, this…” Jiang Rong failed to trick her husband and could only bite her lip, feeling dejected:

“Not… not injured… no need to trouble anyone.”

“Then why were you pretending to be sick?” Xie Lingxi looked down at her, scrutinizing her, “You almost strangled Qiao Shi to death, and you still want to swindle another medical fee?”

Jiang Rong pouted, “No, I didn’t. One medical fee isn’t worth me pretending to be sick…”

As she spoke, she looked up at Xie Lingxi, her eyes curved, “I just wanted to trick husband into giving me a hug!”

Tricking him, for a hug.

This little girl even dared to say it confidently.

Xie Lingxi didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.

“Husband clearly fell in love with me at first sight, but he ignores me.” Jiang Rong lowered her eyes, her small hands pulling at her sleeves, her eyes filled with tears:

“Rong’er used to believe the rumors and thought husband was a bad person, so I wrote husband a letter of breaking off relations. I’m sorry, Rong’er apologizes to you, can you please stop ignoring me all the time?”

The girl’s wronged sobbing instantly made Xie Lingxi stop in his tracks.

He stopped.

He would rather Jiang Rong speak ill of him than deal with such a little crybaby.

“When have I ever ignored you?” Xie Lingxi turned back to look at her.

“Now! You leave me alone late at night, you don’t sleep with me!” Jiang Rong said aggrievedly.

Xie Lingxi: ???

The poison of the Underworld Spring had indeed entered her brain!

Jiang Rong before being poisoned would never speak to him like this.

“Husband, if you don’t like me, divorce me. You’re so cold to me, I’m unhappy.” Jiang Rong pouted her small mouth, looking both angry and wronged.

Xie Lingxi realized for the first time that the most troublesome thing in the world was a woman who knew how to act spoiled.

Look at her angry appearance.

It just made people want to coax her.

Unable to say a single harsh word.

“I… I’m going to take a bath.” Xie Lingxi found an excuse. He was originally going to the study, but couldn’t say it.

The grievance on Jiang Rong’s face instantly disappeared, and she smiled brightly, “Then I’ll wait for husband to come back!”

Midnight.

The maid extinguished the candlelight.

The room was pitch black.

Jiang Rong quietly opened her eyes and secretly glanced at Xie Lingxi. The night was dark, and she could only see a blurry outline.

She reached out and secretly touched Xie Lingxi’s cheek, then closed her eyes contentedly.

Tonight was another night of sleeping soundly in her husband’s arms!

And after she fell asleep, Xie Lingxi, who was pretending to be asleep, opened his eyes, looked down at the girl sleeping sweetly in his arms, his expression uncertain.