Wei Dongling stared fixedly at Qi Jinxuan. Naturally, she didn't quite believe what Qi Jinxuan had said, but at the moment, she was at a complete loss as to what to do with her. Just then, Lvkou was there, willing to compromise and pleaded, "Miss Wei, please stop talking. I don't want to see any more rift between you and Miss Qi because of me. Please say less!"
Qi Jinxuan got up and waved at Wei Dongling. "I'm a bit tired. You may go back!"
Lvkou quickly bowed and followed Hongxiu out. As she walked, she kept looking back at Wei Dongling.
Wei Dongling felt heart - broken, but could only watch Lvkou walk away.
Qi Jinxuan walked under the corridor. Suddenly, she turned back and said to Wei Dongling, "Come to the Qi Mansion for lunch tomorrow noon. It's Second Master Qi's birthday. Let's have a good family reunion. He often talks about you."
Wei Dongling thought for a moment and nodded. Only after seeing her nod did Qi Jinxuan turn around and leave.
On the way back, Jingzhe, who was driving the carriage, asked, "Are you really going to the Qi Mansion for the banquet tomorrow?"
Wei Dongling sighed. "Second Master Qi has been kind to me. I should go for his birthday. " Second Master Qi didn't like to make a fuss. In previous years, his birthday was just a simple family meal. Now that she had left the Qi Mansion, in principle, she should go to offer birthday greetings every year.
Jingzhe asked again, "Can't we secretly go and take Miss Lvkou out?"
Wei Dongling had a headache. She wanted to, too! But how could she? Lvkou still had a mother and a younger brother at home. She couldn't just take Lvkou away without considering her family!
Wei Dongling sighed. "Lvkou chose to go back to the Qi Mansion on her own. I have no other way. In a few days, we'll secretly go and check on her. If she's satisfied with her life there, we'll just let it be. If not, we'll take her and her family out and resettle them in a foreign place properly."
Jingzhe nodded. "After observing for these days, Miss Lvkou is quite dexterous. She can really open a milk - tea shop in Liaocheng. We can resettle her family there."
Wei Dongling coughed and teased, "So you've been observing Lvkou these days?"
Jingzhe didn't turn back while driving the carriage, but his ear tips turned red for no reason. He said awkwardly, "There's no other reason. It's just that Miss Lvkou would tremble with fear every time she saw me, so I couldn't help but take a few more looks at her."
Lvkou had seen with her own eyes how Jingzhe killed people without batting an eye. At that time, the severed head rolled far away. Any normal person would be scared!
After choosing the birthday gift, when Wei Dongling returned to the mansion, she happened to meet Prince Xiaowang, Murong Xuan, who came to bring rations for Xiaohong. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time and had a very speculative conversation. They chatted on and on until it was dark. Then Wei Dongling invited Murong Xuan to have dinner together. When he was leaving, she even gave him the little lamb she had brought back in the morning.
Jingzhe couldn't help but mutter to himself: She absolutely refused to let Langge kill the little lamb on the carriage, saying that she was waiting for it to grow up so she could eat roasted lamb legs. Less than a day later, she just gave it away. A woman's heart is really as unfathomable as the sea!
At night, after everyone's casual chat, Wei Dongling planned to go back to her room to rest. As soon as she entered the room and lit the candle, she was shocked to see someone lying on the bed. It was Yu Zixi with a bruised face.
Wei Dongling smacked her lips and laughed. "Where did you go fooling around and get beaten up?"
Yu Zixi flipped up and pounced on her, holding her tightly. His eyes sparkled as he said seriously, "Dongling, I only like you!"
Wei Dongling was completely stunned by Yu Zixi's sudden confession. She rolled her eyes and said, "Humph, sweet talk. I'm too lazy to talk to you."
Yu Zixi held her by the bedside and grabbed her little hand anxiously. "I, I have something very important to tell you."
"Hmm?"
Yu Zixi stammered, "The night we spent together in the Iron Cavalry Camp, I... actually..."
Seeing that he couldn't get the words out for a long time, Wei Dongling was dumbfounded. She asked in astonishment, "What on earth do you want to say?"
Yu Zixi gritted his teeth and said anxiously, "Actually, I... actually you... I mean..."
Wei Dongling asked suspiciously, "Actually, you... stuttered?"
Yu Zixi's face darkened. He pretended to be angry and said, "I'm trying to say that actually you're still a virgin! I didn't touch you!"
Wei Dongling nodded. "I know."
"You already knew?" Now it was Yu Zixi's turn to be shocked. He had always thought that Wei Dongling didn't know and just assumed that she had been taken advantage of by him in a daze, secretly sad but too stubborn to say anything. It turned out that she already knew he hadn't touched her?
Wei Dongling rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you trying to say that you're impotent because I kicked you?"
Yu Zixi: ...
Wei Dongling: "So you want to blackmail me and make me responsible for you?"
Yu Zixi: ...
Wei Dongling rolled her eyes again and said, "Give up this thought! You're a fickle, shameless playboy!"
Yu Zixi said angrily with a dark face, "I'll strangle you!" He pounced on Wei Dongling and pushed her down on the bed. He opened her collar and took a hard bite on her shoulder.
"Ah—" Wei Dongling let out a shrill scream. She trembled and begged for mercy. "Sir, I was wrong! I'm really wrong!"
Hearing her scream in the distance, Jingzhe rushed over in a hurry. Just as he was about to kick the door, he heard her soft plea for mercy. Jingzhe blushed and walked away awkwardly.
Although Yu Zixi looked fierce, how could he really bite her? He left a flurry of gentle kisses on her lips and murmured, "Dongling, I'm sorry. I've made you suffer."
His sudden apology left Wei Dongling at a loss. She thought to herself that it was her who had kicked him, so it was no one else's fault. Wei Dongling comforted him softly, "It doesn't matter. We'll see more doctors. Maybe um..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her mouth was firmly blocked by Yu Zixi's lips. He kissed her gently at times and bit her punishingly at other times. Wei Dongling could hardly breathe. She suddenly pushed him away and complained, "Are you crazy? I haven't agreed to forgive you!"
Yu Zixi lay down on his side and put his arm around her slender neck. He said with a soft smile, "Your husband knows he was wrong. I shouldn't have deliberately made you angry. I promise I'll never make you sad like this again!"
Wei Dongling pretended to be angry. "Humph, weren't you saying that you'd marry He Yao sooner or later? Weren't you saying that you wanted to hug her? What are you doing here with me?"
Yu Zixi said seriously, "Wei Dongling, I'm in love with you and have already regarded you as my wife. I admit that I was jealous when I saw you in the arms of the Cloud Prince, so I deliberately said those things to He Yao in front of you. But please believe me. I'll do everything I promised you. I'll only marry you. No one can stop me."
Wei Dongling glanced at Yu Zixi's face, which was swollen like a pig's head. She sighed. "You've done such a thing this time. I'm afraid He Yao will hate you for the rest of her life when she knows the truth. Did your master beat you again? Does it hurt?"
Yu Zixi pouted pitifully. "It hurts so much! But if he still doesn't respect my wishes, I'll do the same next time."