His Rui

748 Coaxing Lord Xi

Xi Ying was startled by Li Rui's loud voice. 

He was sure that she had never spoken like this before...not only with him but with anyone else as well.

Even if she was angry, she would use cold words but would never lose her calm...so it was quite unusual.

Perhaps she also seemed to realize this and closed her eyes with a heavy sigh as she rested her head against the carriage wall.

When she opened her eyes again, she looked at Xi Ying with guilt- filled eyes and said softly "Ying, Rui apolog..."

However, before she could complete her words, Xi Ying stood up from his seat and walked toward her. Picking her up from her seat, he had her in his lap and stroked her hair gently as he said

"It's alright, You don't need to apologize. I can understand, Rui. It is because of the child."

He was never angry at her. He knew that women could feel irritated at such times. He had already read enough books about pregnant women to know that.

Also, he felt that it was he who was at fault.

"It was my fault."

He said honestly and continued

"I was irritating you. You are right. You are not at fault."

When he finished, his eyes flickered with a cold glint. It was Gu Li who was at fault. He should have directly solved this matter with him.

In fact, that was what he had wanted to do when he had heard everything outside the inner hall.

However, even before he was able to say a single word to Gu Li. his wife had dragged him away from there and he couldn't only allow her to do so seeing her condition.

But that didn't mean that he would not talk to Gu Li later.

As if Li Rui could see what was going on in his mind, she said in a strict tone.

"Ying, Senior Brother was also not at fault."

Xi Ying blinked and looked ahead without any emotion on his face. He neither agreed with Li Rui nor refused her words.

Li Rui sighed.

She was again feeling that same irritation. However, she didn't want to behave like earlier so she tried to make him understand calmly.

"Ying, he used to think of me as his younger brother."

Finally, Xi Ying looked at his wife.

Li Rui sighed in relief.

She told Xi Ying about Gu Li's past and his small family who was no longer there.

After hearing everything, Xi Ying's face still looked emotionless and that made Li Rui worried.

Li Rui bit her lip and suddenly held her husband's sleeve and said softly "Ying..."

Xi Ying's finger that was in his wife's lap twitched when he heard her voice. She merely called out her name and didn't say anything else.

He couldn't help but wonder if she was trying to coax him. Though she was still inexperienced, Xi Ying felt thrilled at the thought itself.

It was surely a privilege that no one else had enjoyed according to him.

Keeping a straight face, he looked at his wife's innocent face and said "En, I understand."

Li Rui smiled softly but blinked when her chin was caught suddenly.

She looked at Xi Ying blankly when the latter leaned down closer to her ...so close that his warm breath fell on her cheek.

"Actually I should not be envious. After all, there are a few things that only I can do with you, right?"

The implication made Li Rui's face go red. However, Xi Ying wanted an answer.

His voice was slightly dominant as he asked Li Rui again in his deep voice.

"Right, Rui?"

And she could only nod her head with lowered eyes because she was not brave enough to look into his deep black eyes that were so intense.

Her heart pounded inside her chest when a pair of lips sealed hers. He was right.

Some things...only he could do with her.

When they reached Xi Manor, Butler was already standing outside to welcome Xi Ying and Li Rui.

The carriage stopped and Xi Ying helped Li Rui step out of the carriage.

Li Rui kept her head lowered as she could feel that her face was hot and she knew that it must be red. It would be weird to have so many people look at her in such a situation.

Xi Ying smiled when he noticed her actions.

He caressed the hand in his hold gently and whispered in her ear "Their heads are lowered so you can raise your head."

Li Rui blinked and slowly raised her head.

It was as Xi Ying had said. Everyone had their heads lowered.

The servants, maids, and the butler never raised their heads and they bowed their heads to welcome their master and mistress.

The whole Xi Manor knew for the past few months that the Madam was favored a lot by their master so even maids don't dare to look at Li Rui directly let alone the servants after they had seen so many servants and maids being fired from the Manor.

They loved their jobs as they paid them a great amount of salary that helped their families to sustain themselves.

Another carriage stopped outside Li Manor and as soon as it stopped, Xi Ling climbed out of it with his short legs.

The worried Li Hua and Liu Lan also stepped outside to follow him fearing that he would fall. They were relieved when he didn't and went to stand beside their mistress.

Xi Ling glared at his father as he held his mother's finger with his small hand. He was really upset with his father.

Last night, he was not allowed to sleep with his mother and now his father sent him to a separate carriage.

Before when they were getting inside the carriage, Xi Ling didn't dare to express his grievances. He had seen his father's cold face and seemed to understand that speaking at that moment could cause some sort of punishment (spanking) he didn't like at all so he didn't say anything.

However, now when he saw that his father looked normal, he would not stay silent.

"Mother, Xi Ling would sleep with Mother tonight."

He said firmly as he continued to look at his father.

Xi Ying who heard his son's words looked at him and raised his eyebrow seeing his eyes focused on him. He knew that his son was angry at him, but he was still provoking him.

The small bun felt so angry that his whole face was red as he looked at his father, however, when Xi Ying asked his son

"Do you want to say something to Father, Xi Ling?"

Not a single word came out of his mouth.

In the end, he swallowed his grievances and said meekly

"No, Father."

"That's what I thought."

Xi Ying said as he nodded his head in satisfaction.

Li Rui glanced at her husband and Xi Ying no longer teased his son.

When she looked at her son, her eyes went soft. How could Xi Ying bear to bully him?

Caressing her son's head, Li Rui said gently

"Xiao Ling will sleep with Mother. Now, let's go and have something. Xiao Ling must be hungry!"

Xi Ling was actually not hungry. However, he nodded his head because he knew that his mother must be hungry. His father had told him before that he should make sure that his mother ate something after every few shichens and if possible after every shichen.

So he would always accompany his mother in eating these days.

Li Rui was accompanied by her son, Li Hua, and Liu Lan inside Xi Manor while Xi Ying talked to the butler about something.

He was asking the butler to make arrangements for the stay of the old master and Gu Li. Though Xi Ying still held grudge against Gu Li, he respected the man as well after his wife had told him about the past.

Also, since Li Rui really cared for her senior brother, he would not upset his wife.

After telling butler all this, Xi Ying finally went to Plum Courtyard.

Somewhere far away amidst the snow-covered mountains, a man was meditating with his eyes closed.

All his hair was white.

The silent valley, the white snow, and his white clothes matched well each other.

He opened his eyes when a figure suddenly appeared near the stone he was sitting on to mediate.

A middle-aged man immediately presented the paper in his hand to the old man and said "Master, Second Brother sent a letter for us."

The old man calmly looked at the letter and then said coldly "So he finally remembered the valley."

The middle-aged man swallowed on hearing his master's words but tried to say something to calm him down.

"Master, should I open this? Maybe he is in some kind of trouble and wants our help."

The old master's reaction was different from what his disciple had accepted. He hmphed more coldly and said in a sharp voice.

"If he is in trouble that he can't manage, then he better won't come here again. I don't have such incapable disciples."

The middle-aged man sighed in defeat and licked his lips. He no longer knew what he should say.

However, he didn't need to say anything because soon his master took the letter from him and opened it.

The disciple was curious to know what was written inside but he didn't dare to peek.

He patiently waited for his master to finish reading the letter and tell him what was written inside.

However, he had not expected that his master would instantly burn the letter with his powers after reading it.

"Master..."

The disciple said in despair.

'What was written inside that made Master so angry?"

The disciple wondered in fear. As if knowing what he was thinking, the old master looked at him with his sharp and cold eyes and said only one word "Rubbish!"