Chapter 42: Who Says He Loves When He Clearly Knows It’s a Scheme!

He seemed to not find anything abrupt about those words at all. His slender fingers secretly hooked her little finger through the sash, and taking advantage of Li Ruantang’s moment of surprise, the snow-green outer robe that was neatly wrapped around his body was like flowers blown off by the wind, revealing the embroidered middle robe inside in the blink of an eye.

“Meng Jun!”

In a flash, Li Ruantang’s face flushed red. Disregarding etiquette and rules, her jade-white fingers instantly pressed down on the young gentleman’s outer robe that was about to come loose.

The corners of her eyes twitched slightly. Deliberately ignoring Meng Jun’s dazed expression, she lightly coughed a few times before earnestly tying a knot in the two sashes.

“Tangtang.” The young gentleman still called her intimately. Those beautiful phoenix eyes looked at the dead knot on his sash with some melancholy. He secretly stretched out his hand and lightly tapped Li Ruantang, who was bending over to hook her shoes, “Are you angry with me?”

He asked cautiously, pursing his lips and secretly moving closer to her side.

Li Ruantang glanced at Meng Jun, who was tightly stuck behind her, with the corner of her eye. The gentleman was stunningly beautiful, with a pair of dark and clear phoenix eyes that sparkled with light. The gaze looking over was like a spring breeze blowing over a flower bud about to bloom, enchanting and moving.

Her heart thumped loudly. Not good, this must be the legendary beauty scheme!

Over the years, there had been people who secretly stuffed handsome young men by her side, but with her notorious reputation, sometimes just a sideways glance would scare those men with ulterior motives into begging for mercy.

Those who dared to lay their hands on her—

Li Ruantang’s eyes froze. Only this Meng Jiulang would do so. In fact, she could even predict what the young gentleman’s next move would be.

However, what kind of magic potion did that Wei Yunruo feed Meng Jun to coax a young master from a prestigious family to willingly make such a big sacrifice?

It seemed that she needed to send a letter to Lord Meng to give him a little reminder.

Li Ruantang got up and had only taken half a step when her sleeve was softly pulled by someone. That pitiful gaze was like a fire, burning her back stiff.

“…Meng Jun.” Li Ruantang sighed in her heart, stretched out her hand to tug on her sleeve, “I’m not angry with you.”

“Really?”

“Mm.” She deliberately didn’t look at those joyful eyes and only calmly said, “But please understand, Meng Jun, I am a lady of the Su Qing Wang Manor. The words ‘Tangtang’ really shouldn’t appear from your mouth again.”

“But, you used to love hearing me call you that the most.” The young gentleman lowered his head gloomily.

He was talking about Hu Village, but Li Ruantang thought of the days when they were young and the young gentleman lisped softly calling her “Tangtang”.

Now in the blink of an eye, several years had passed. They were no longer the little children of the past. Li Ruantang was quite moved and stunned for a moment before pursing her lips and saying, “Those were all things from when we were little.”

“Now Meng Jun has also reached the age to tie up his hair. Please be cautious with your words, Meng Jun.”

She herself was an orphan and had no fear of rumors. But the young man in front of her couldn’t do that. He still had to get married.

It’s just that if he was going to marry Wei Yunruo…

Li Ruantang was stunned for a moment, feeling a little uneasy. She turned around, wanting to give a few words of advice. The sash around her waist loosened and her dress was subjected to an inexplicable external force, suddenly exposing half of her shoulder.

The red thin rope hung loosely on her fair neck. Before Li Ruantang could speak–

Meng Jun covered his eyes with his hands, shook his head and admitted his mistake, “Tangtang, I, I didn’t do it on purpose. Rest assured, I absolutely won’t peek!”

The young gentleman said it with certainty, but the hands covering his eyes were spread wide open, with gaps large enough to stuff a small pastry.

Li Ruantang lowered her brows and looked at the foot stepping on the hem of her dress. There was a hint of anger in her heart. Did Meng Jun really know what he was doing?!

It seemed that if she didn’t scare him tonight and make him remember the lesson, in the future if he really met someone with a black heart, he would only be eaten up without leaving even a trace.

Li Ruantang suppressed those inexplicable thoughts, frowned slightly, and pressed him into her arms, falling straight onto the soft bed.

She leaned in close, imitating the crude words taught by a few sisters in the army, and hooked the young gentleman’s chin in an extremely frivolous manner, “What’s so good about peeking? It’s better if I teach you hand in hand, Meng Jun.”

“Huh?”

The sudden closeness and sweetness made Meng Jun’s face turn several shades redder. He stared blankly at Li Ruantang who was so close at hand, not quite understanding what she wanted to teach.

However, since they were so close, it was better to hug first and then check the injury.

The young gentleman very honestly wrapped his arms around her neck, with a hint of anticipation hidden in his brows. Only this time, he didn’t close his eyes.

Meng Jun thought very clearly that if Li Ruantang felt uncomfortable again, he could only discover it at the first opportunity by keeping his eyes open.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, as soon as he thought of her injury, the young gentleman immediately became serious again.

He had just lifted his head to get closer to her lips, but the person who had first approached lost her composure.

Boom– Li Ruantang only felt as if her ears were on fire.

She had never expected that the young man in her arms would not only be unafraid, but would actually take the initiative to get closer.

But at most, she had only heard a few jokes and had never been intimate with a man. For a moment, she felt it was difficult to back out and was flustered.

Hastily covering the young gentleman’s thin lips with her hand, Li Ruantang’s temples were frequently dampened with sweat. She was about to get up when her waist was tightly held by someone. Those beautiful phoenix eyes were full of confusion and slowly blinked at her.

“Mm?”

His lips pressed against Li Ruantang’s palm, and even the slightest movement seemed like a peck. Li Ruantang’s face turned even redder.

The half-draped curtain allowed some faint light to shine in.

The young gentleman stared blankly at the girl who was at a loss, her cheeks flushed pink. The heart hidden in his chest felt as if it had been lightly bitten, both numb and itchy.

His face also turned red, but he instinctively and secretly dropped another kiss on her palm.

“M-Meng Jun.”

Li Ruantang suddenly jumped off the bed. With her back to the young man who made people flustered and confused, she secretly steadied her mind before saying, “This intimate act, if not with the person you admire–”