“Tangtang, I promised to apply medicine for you.” Meng Jun tremblingly lifted the brocade quilt covering her body. That clear voice was floating as if it had ascended to the sky, and even the tone was a bit strange. “Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t peek!”

The young gentleman was true to his word. He tightly closed his eyes, and his hands followed the route in his memory. His fingertips grabbed, but it was extremely soft. Meng Jun was stunned for a moment, subconsciously pinched again. Before he could savor where he had grasped her, his wrist was tightly gripped by someone.

“Meng Gongzi!”

Li Ruantang took a deep breath before dispersing some of the strange feeling that fell on her heart. She slowly opened her eyes, looked at the innocent and confused Meng Jun, and the questioning that was about to come out of her mouth unknowingly turned into just one sentence, “I don’t need medicine.”

The injury on her back had been carefully treated by the doctor as soon as she returned to the mansion. It naturally still hurt a bit, but there was no need for Meng Jun to go to the trouble.

She spoke calmly, but in the ears of the young gentleman, it was like a stormy sea.

Oh no, Li Ruantang wasn’t asleep, so didn’t she hear his words clearly?

The young gentleman was both embarrassed and timid, his whole body tinged with a layer of pink.

Li Ruantang had imagined many of his reactions, at least he would make some excuses. But the young man in front of her had an innocent look and didn’t even think of explaining anything.

She sighed inwardly, feeling a little helpless.

Meng Jun had always been born with good looks, and now he was even more like a fallen jade mountain, a dashing young man. But he also had a naive and innocent temperament.

If he had encountered her tonight, it would have been fine, but if he had run into other women, wouldn’t it be like a lamb entering a tiger’s den?

Just thinking about it made Li Ruantang feel scared. That sharp gaze swept over the young gentleman who had his head lowered and was obediently held by her. The tone of her voice immediately turned three points colder, “Meng Gongzi.”

But the anxious young gentleman was thinking about something else in his heart.

Alas, she still wasn’t going to let go of him!

Although Li Ruantang’s tone wasn’t very gentle at this moment, this could also be considered holding hands, right? The smile curled up at the corner of his lips, and the young gentleman took the opportunity to sit a few points closer to her.

Li Ruantang’s face stiffened. She lowered her eyes and glanced at the young gentleman who was about to sit close to her embrace. Could it be that she wasn’t fierce enough just now?

Thinking of Meng Jun’s frightened appearance when they met before falling off the cliff, Li Ruantang deliberately put on a straight face and scolded again, “Meng Gongzi!”

“Hmm?”

When the young gentleman raised his eyebrows happily, those apricot eyes became even colder. “Do you know what the consequences of casually untying a lady’s sash would be?”

She deliberately acted fiercely. If others saw it, they would have been scared out of their wits long ago. But the young man in front of her just looked at her pitifully and even wanted to secretly hide in her arms, “…… I know.”

His voice was even a little trembling, but he was very bold.

Li Ruantang looked at the young gentleman who was bit by bit snuggling into her arms and very consciously nestling on her shoulder. For the first time, she was a little at a loss, “Do you really know?”

“Mm.” The voice close to her ear was languid, but exceptionally clear, “Tangtang, if you’re going to reprimand me in the future, can you hold me and say it?”

“If you’re so serious, I’ll be scared.”

The young gentleman’s face was gloomy, but the phoenix eyes hidden in the dark were shining brightly, like a cat that had stolen fish. While Li Ruantang hadn’t reacted, he boldly reached out and quietly hugged her waist tightly.

He knew that Li Ruantang wasn’t scary at all. How could someone who was as soft as a cloud be truly fierce and vicious?

The slightly open green gauze window was carefully closed from the outside, silently and quietly.

Wei Yunruo, who had walked back a few steps into the shadows, covered her mouth and laughed. It seemed that she had guessed correctly. The lady was indeed not angry because Meng Gongzi had sneaked into the room, but blamed them for not putting more water, causing Meng Gongzi to fall several times in vain.

Forget it, forget it. She would immediately instruct the hidden guards that in the future, if they saw Meng Gongzi again, not only could they not stop him, but they also had to secretly protect him.

Wei Yunruo hummed a little tune. After walking a few steps, she turned her head and peeked at the two figures reflected on the window with great curiosity. Before she could laugh for a few more seconds.

Thud–

A pearl suddenly broke through the window, scaring Wei Yunruo to quickly dodge. She almost howled loudly, “I didn’t see anything” to show her innocence.

Oh no, she was so complacent that she forgot to conceal her breath.

Wei Yunruo had a mournful face, both lamenting that she would be beaten with a stick tomorrow and sighing that she was old but had never had a considerate husband.

She took envious steps, and before long, the courtyard quieted down again.

Inside the green gauze window.

The young man, half nestled in Li Ruantang’s arms, was so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting, but he still stubbornly took the medicine and insisted on looking at her injury, “We agreed on it back then and even hooked fingers. I can’t go back on my word!”

He pounced on her in a disorderly manner.

Hastily avoiding the young gentleman’s pouncing fingers, Li Ruantang sat further inside, breaking free from this vexing atmosphere, “Meng Gongzi, my injury is no longer a problem.”

In the end, since a cold face couldn’t scare him, Li Ruantang simply relaxed and said seriously, “But you should also be clear, Gongzi, even if we have childhood affection, we can’t disregard the rules.”

“Now that we have both grown up, for the sake of your reputation, we should observe etiquette and keep our distance. Moreover, untying a lady’s sash, if you encounter those black-hearted people–”

Li Ruantang was speaking earnestly, but when she lowered her eyes, she saw the drowsy young gentleman.

He was so sleepy that he kept rubbing his eyes. Seeing Li Ruantang stop talking, he quickly secretly pinched his thigh, remembering the words she said, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, “Hmm hmm, we do have affection.”

Meng Jun had cried and climbed walls this day, and it was time for him to be tired. If it weren’t for his concern about Li Ruantang’s injury, he wouldn’t have persisted until this hour no matter what.

Li Ruantang’s teachings had indeed been heard quite a bit, but in the end, what remained in his ears were only the two words “affection”.

After all, affection and affection didn’t differ too much.

The dazed young gentleman thought for a bit and simply took the initiative to lie on Li Ruantang’s soft pillow. There was still a faint blush on his face, “I know I shouldn’t casually untie a lady’s sash, but Mother said to be fair. Since I untied yours, how about–”

He gently closed his eyes and tremblingly handed over his own sash, “You also untie mine once, so we’ll be even. Don’t be angry and ignore me, okay?”