Chapter 46: Shaken Heart

Meng Jun ran to the study like a puff of smoke, while Fu Lanxian and the manor’s guards were all in a difficult position. If they don’t chase, Li Ruantang has given the order; if they do chase, he has the jade tablet in his hand. Both sides are the masters of the Su Qing Prince’s Manor, only they are not in a good position.

Fu Lanxian was so anxious that her brows and eyes were furrowed into a ball, following not far behind the young gentleman who was running very fast, watching him knock on the tightly closed study door. The group of people looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

“Ruantang!” Meng Jun ran out of breath, “I, I heard that Young Master Qi is going to choose a wife-master on the Dragon Boat Festival.”

He took a moment to catch his breath, glanced at the lantern light reflected on the stone steps, and said hurriedly, “Can you avoid it?”

Tsk—, everyone hiding in the courtyard smiled knowingly, it’s a good thing they didn’t really stop him just now, it was originally a couple’s quarrel.

Fu Lanxian’s worried eyes turned and looked at the figure projected on the green gauze window with great envy, not knowing when she would have this blessing.

Those hiding in the dark and those standing in front of the door were all eagerly waiting for the response from the study.

The wind blew through the leaves with a rustling sound.

But the courtyard was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no one there, and the sound of turning pages could be vaguely heard through the gauze window.

The young gentleman’s brows and eyes drooped. Sure enough, Li Ruantang still cared about Qi Yun, otherwise with her temperament, she would not have allowed Qi Yun to follow behind her for several years.

But, but she already has him.

Meng Jun wouldn’t give up. His slender fingers tapped hard on the study door again, “Ruantang, I don’t mean anything else, I just want to ask, do you really not remember at all……”

His clear and cold voice, mixed with a hint of grievance, gradually faded away, “Don’t you remember Jiujiu?”

Obviously in Hu Village, those apricot eyes were full of tenderness.

The young gentleman only had to think about it a little, and the tip of his heart would ache faintly. Although he lied to her, claiming to be her husband, to get this accidental tenderness.

But…… but he had already admitted his mistake, and she had not taken back this piece of mutton-fat jade.

The room was still quiet, and the figure projected on the green gauze window still did not move.

The young gentleman’s heart tightened, and those drooping phoenix eyes were dyed with sadness, looking at the door in front of him with red rims.

“Ruantang, I know you don’t like me.”

Meng Jun secretly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, lowering his voice, “But I already have your child in my belly, you……”

The dejected voice was covered by a burst of gasps. The young gentleman’s face was slightly red. He knew that his current behavior was very spineless, but this might be the last trump card he could use to keep Li Ruantang.

And he wasn’t lying either!

They did indeed sleep together, and he specifically brought a storybook to prove it. If Li Ruantang still didn’t believe it, Meng Jun sniffed and rubbed the toes of his shoes on the pattern of the green bricks at the door. She could also ask the doctor to take his pulse.

Moreover, Li Ruantang herself said there was a 70% chance.

The young gentleman reached out and touched his flat waist and abdomen, distractedly thinking, ever since returning to the manor, he had been unable to eat or sleep, completely different from his energy before falling off the cliff. He didn’t know if this counted as the so-called morning sickness mentioned in the storybooks.

“Ruantang.” Meng Jun hung his head, pondered for a moment, and said again, “Even if you don’t like me, the child is always innocent.”

“Otherwise, mmm?”

The young gentleman was about to speak of this matter in a compromising manner, like those gentlemen who were heartbroken in the storybooks.

Creak——

The long-closed door suddenly opened from the inside. Li Ruantang, standing in the light and shadow, was wearing only a set of moon-white clothes and skirts, her black hair was simply tied up, and her apricot eyes were full of fatigue, looking helplessly at the young gentleman who was covering his lips and grinning foolishly, “What nonsense are you talking about again.”

The guards hiding in the secluded parts of the courtyard all fell silent, only communicating their current shock with their eyes and flying eyebrows.

Especially Fu Lanxian.

When Li Ruantang brought the person into the study, the maid who had not yet come back to her senses was still in a daze. She poked the subordinate beside her and asked hesitantly, “What did Young Master Meng say just now?”

Pregnant?

If she heard correctly, the world-woman had really done this major life event quietly and almost completely.

However, she followed Li Ruantang almost every day. If she were to say when the world-woman and Young Master Meng were the most intimate, it would be in Hu Village.

But it’s only been a few days!

Fu Lanxian had not yet married after all. Even if she had attended weddings, at most she had only learned a few lewd words. At this moment, not only did she not have any doubts, she even secretly admired Li Ruantang.

After all, in terms of efficiency and accuracy, it was really rare in the entire Great Jin.

She waved to the crowd with envy and admiration, only leaving two clever maids at the courtyard gate. At this moment, the moonlight was still bright, just right for untying the knot in the heart.

Fu Lanxian walked away with a low chuckle.

A pair of figures were projected on the green gauze window.

The young gentleman sat on the soft stool, lowering his head and handing over the storybook he had been holding for a long time, “Here, it’s this one, Tang——”

The gaze falling on his body was a bit oppressive.

Meng Jun reluctantly changed his words, “World-woman, turn to page seventeen, it’s written very clearly there.”

“I didn’t lie to you. We did indeed sleep together while hugging each other.” The young gentleman sneaked a glance at her, and added with a justifiable tone, “Even if you forgot, what happened happened. Although at that time you thought I was your husband……”

His voice lowered a few notes and he stretched his neck to look at the storybook Li Ruantang was holding in her hands, “Yes, that’s it, look, there are even illustrations.”

Li Ruantang: “……”

She glanced lightly at the nervous young gentleman, suppressing the amusement in her heart.

That Han Fushi in the Meng Residence originally came from a small family, and must not have thought of slightly revealing some matters between women and men to the gentleman who had already come of age, lest he suffer losses and be deceived in the future.

And the lecturers for gentlemen in aristocratic families mostly taught shallow books and would not mention these things either.

Moreover, these storybooks either omitted this or abridged that, so it was normal for him to have a half-baked understanding of this matter.

Foolish.

Li Ruantang sighed in her heart, reaching out to close the storybook and placing it on the desk.

Her jade-like slender fingers lightly tapped on the title of the storybook embossed in gold: “After Divorcing My Wife-Master, I Married Her Sister-in-Law”.

Li Ruantang paused, frowning slightly, “You like this kind?”

“Not really.” The young gentleman shook his head very honestly, “It’s just that I heard the owner of the storytelling bureau say that this is the most popular storybook right now, so I bought it to take a look.”

Ah, no, what was he telling her this for.

Those raised eyes were stunned for a moment, slightly annoyed. Now is not the time to discuss storybooks!

The young gentleman stood up abruptly and walked a few steps closer to the pensive Li Ruantang, “World-woman, if you don’t believe it, you can ask a doctor to take a look.”

“Although there’s only a 70% chance, but—” Meng Jun’s face turned red as he pulled her hand and placed it on his waistband, “But maybe our flesh and blood is already here.”

The palm gripping her wrist was scorching hot. Although it was a baseless statement, those phoenix eyes staring at her fixedly were extremely serious. Li Ruantang was so dazed that she subconsciously followed his train of thought and asked, “Why 70% chance?”

“I, I don’t know either.” Meng Jun frowned, “It was something the world-woman herself said.”

“Me?”

Li Ruantang was even more confused. Even if she couldn’t remember what exactly happened with him in Hu Village, the etiquette she had been deeply engraved in her bones for many years meant that even if she couldn’t restrain her feelings, she shouldn’t have said such a shameless and arrogant remark.

Li Ruantang was puzzled and asked carefully, “Then does Young Master Meng still remember my original words?”

“I remember.”

For some reason, the young gentleman always remembered clearly those days in Hu Village. He secretly glanced at the slender wrist still trapped in his palm, his eyes lit up, and said with great certainty, “At that time, the world-woman said that there was a 70% chance for nightly matters.”

Every word was like a nail stuck in the heart. At first glance, it looked extremely dangerous, but in fact, it did not harm in the slightest.

Li Ruantang pondered carefully and roughly guessed that the Meng Jun in front of her must have misunderstood something. She looked at the rather solemn young gentleman and asked again, “So after that, we just hugged each other……”

Those apricot eyes turned away in discomfort, revealing only the slightly reddened tips of the ears, “And slept together purely?”

“Mm.” Meng Jun nodded heavily, not understanding why she emphasized the word “purely”. Could it be that there was impure sleeping in this world?

Before Li Ruantang could sigh in relief, the young gentleman, who was afraid that she would not take it seriously, was stunned for a moment and hurriedly added, “We also often cuddled!”

Cuddled?

Li Ruantang only had to say these two words on the tip of her tongue, and a pitiful crying face suddenly rushed into her mind. The brows and eyes were all covered by a thick fog, and even the voice was ethereal.

“But every time after cuddling, you would feel unwell.” The clear and cold voice suddenly rang in her ears, like a gust of wind, dispelling the lingering remnants in her mind cleanly.

Li Ruantang frowned and looked at the young gentleman who was leaning into her arms on his own accord. Those eyes that were just bright and shiny had already dimmed and were drooping listlessly.

He seemed to like cuddling with people very much. Perhaps this was what he meant by cuddling.

Li Ruantang thought for a moment, and her fingers that were about to push the young gentleman away had just touched his shoulders.

Smack—

The heavy kiss fell right on the side of her face, neither biased nor slanted. In an instant, a wave of heat rose from the soles of her feet, burning Li Ruantang’s heart into a pot of boiling porridge.

She widened her eyes in surprise, and before she could ask.

Her waist was tightly hugged by someone. Meng Jun stood on tiptoe, and while Li Ruantang had not yet recovered, he pursed his thin lips and firmly attached them to the person he had been thinking about for a long time.

The soft warmth came over, like a gentle drizzle, softly and lightly falling on the already panicked heart.

It was as if it was a small hill that had just absorbed moisture, and the little flowers that were eager to break through the last layer of soil were all ready to go.

“Meng……”

The words meant to stop him were aborted as soon as the lips were slightly opened.

She couldn’t say what she felt at the moment.

The heart pressed in the cavity had long lost control, and little red flowers broke through the ground one by one, swaying slightly towards that bit of sunlight.

Li Ruantang was dumbfounded, looking into those suddenly opened phoenix eyes. The fairy-like handsome gentleman’s face was already flushed red, and at this moment, he was also surprised. Then, as if testing, he gently sucked.

Oh, so cuddling can also be like this!

The dense long eyelashes trembled slightly with joy, but he couldn’t tell if Li Ruantang liked it or not.

Meng Jun reluctantly let go of the obviously stunned girl.