Chapter 172:
When he was young and inexperienced, practicing martial arts and spear skills, she would rest her chin in her palm and watch from the side, sometimes of course with envy.
At that time, Lu Ziyan had not yet taken military power, their affection was good, Xie Wanning had once pestered him to teach her martial arts practice.
But one could not endure hardship, the other could not bear to be harsh, and in the end it came to nothing.
Unexpectedly, the habit left from him training her reaction speed at that time was actually remembered by her body subconsciously.
Look, he just tossed it casually, without even a greeting.
She caught it with one stretch of her hand.
If it were in the past, Xie Wanning would at least praise herself, agile and swift, a good seedling for martial arts practice, but now…
The young lady opposite had a face full of red, embarrassed like that, Lu Ziyan saw a few hints of amusement in his eyes, he chuckled lightly and said, “Wanwan, do you really think you can forget me?”
Growing up together since childhood, affection accumulated over two lifetimes.
They had seen each other’s most embarrassed, most painful appearances, those memories of love, hate, and obsession could be engraved into bone and blood, soul.
Who else could intervene between them?
Pei Yuqing could not!
She refused to turn back now only because she was afraid.
He had let her suffer grievance, and failed to protect her well, so she was afraid.
Never for a moment had Lu Ziyan been so certain, she did not really not love him, only dared not love him again.
No relationship, everything was his fault.
It was he who made her no longer have the courage to continue loving him, he would find everything back.
Thinking this way, Lu Ziyan’s stern facial expression softened, his voice even lighter and gentler.
“Open it and see.” He said.
Xie Wanning pursed her lips, no movement.
She did not throw back the thing in her hand, all because she feared he would pull some trick again, how could she listen to his command to open the bamboo tube.
Lu Ziyan sighed lightly, “Wanwan, can you not be like a hedgehog in front of me.”
Covered in spines, caution, vigilance, full of hostility.
He simply could not stand her being in such a state toward him.
“When have I ever been harsh to you, harmed you?”
Afraid she would be unhappy, knowing she had consummated with that old man, he had even let her go back.
Was that not enough regard for her feelings?
As for seeing him like seeing a plague god?
His chest full of sourness Xie Wanning could not experience at all, she just stood in the corner, watching from afar, raising the bamboo tube in her hand and saying: “Please take your thing and leave, I will not take it.”
“Not open it and see before deciding?” Lu Ziyan sat on the low stool, tilting his head to look at her, his face showing no joy or anger, only saying gently: “My methods are certainly hateful to you, but Wanwan, you know, no one in this world wants you safe more than I do.”
In this life all his bottom lines were her.
No matter how much he did, it was only to protect her, to have her.
He valued her more than his own life, the things he gave her must certainly be beneficial to her.
Those eyes deep and calm, even an inadvertent glance made one feel unfathomable, Xie Wanning’s lips twitched, she hurriedly turned her face away.
She felt the bamboo tube even hotter in her hand.
At this moment, Yuan Zhu and Yuan Yue had prepared hot water, knocking on the door outside.
The hot water was what Xie Wanning had instructed to prepare, she bathed every day before sleeping, a habit of many years, of course she could not dismiss them without reason now.
She glared nervously at the person in front of the table, “You leave quickly!”
Lu Ziyan clenched his hand into a fist placed at his lips and coughed lowly, laughing: “But I still have many words not said to you.”
This rogue appearance nearly made Xie Wanning spit blood, Yuan Zhu and Yuan Yue waiting outside for a while heard no sound inside, exchanged glances, and knocked again, “Madam?”
“Wait!” Xie Wanning raised her voice in response, then lowered it, saying viciously: “You get out now!”
She was so anxious like this, Lu Ziyan finally stopped his fingertips lightly tapping the table, sighing: “Wanwan’s reputation is important, then I will hide for a bit.”
He stood up, looked around, and directly leaped onto the beam.
On the beam thick as a grown man’s waist, he lay sideways half-reclining, propping his head with one hand, grinning roguishly at her, even commenting: “A bit too much dust.”
Xie Wanning: “…”
She really had never seen him so shameless, secretly cursing bad luck, then instructed Yuan Zhu and Yuan Yue to come in.
Behind the two maidservants followed several strong women, each carrying hot water, slightly curtsying to their master before heading straight to the washroom.
When they came out again, the bathtub inside was already filled with hot water.
Xie Wanning did not like anyone attending while bathing, soon they withdrew.
The moment the door closed again, a shadow appeared behind her, it was that gentleman on the beam who had landed.
He bent down close, saying lightly: “Wanwan, shouldn’t you bathe now?”
“…” Xie Wanning took a deep breath, turning to glare at him, “Lu Ziyan, what exactly do you want to do!”
“Want you, will you give?” Lu Ziyan’s expression did not change, only looking at her saying: “From beginning to end the only thing I want to do is have you.”
Truly hopeless.
Xie Wanning was truly amused to anger, her fingers covering her chest trembling, “How did you become such a thug rogue!”
Where was his pride?
Wasn’t he cold and arrogant?
Wasn’t he unattainable!
Lu Ziyan also laughed, raising his wrist to clasp her shoulder, laughing: “If I don’t come find you, you would never take the initiative to find me, Wanwan, do you know? I waited for you a whole day today.”
He lifted her chin, lowering his head to look at her angry eyes, his smile fading, “No one has ever dared make me wait so long, but on my way here, I hoped you did it on purpose.”
Deliberately teasing him, deliberately tormenting him, deliberately bullying him.
Any way was fine.
At least not treating him as if he did not exist, not caring at all.
Truly humble to the dust.
Xie Wanning’s heart tightened uncontrollably, pursing her lips unable to say a word for a long time.
When her eyelids drooped, the hand on her chin pinched lightly, forcing her to raise her eyes again.
He seemed never to have told her, he loved her eyes to death.
Even if inside was annoyance toward him, he liked her beautiful eyes filled with his image.
“Wanwan,” he hooked his lips at her with a smile, voice gentle: “I am going on expedition.”
Northern Frontier.
Xie Wanning’s mind flashed these two words.
Before he had said, this year he would go to war at Northern Frontier.
When he returned from Northern Frontier…
Her vision went black, the man in front had unknowingly come closer, Xie Wanning thought he would kiss her again, but he did not.
Lu Ziyan just stared at her unblinking, as if to engrave her into his heart, “Come with me, alright?”
“…!” Xie Wanning’s pupils suddenly widened, “You want to abduct me to the battlefield!”
Lu Ziyan said: “Are you willing?”
“Not willing!” Xie Wanning flared up in anger, “I know you are used to acting arrogantly, but I…”
“I am just worried about you,” Lu Ziyan interrupted, “This trip to Northern Frontier is long and far, if something happens here I cannot reach in time, Wanwan, I do not want to experience the pain of you lying unconscious again.”
His tone was gentle, just stating a fact, not pouring out his emotions, nor showing any embarrassment of exposing his pain points.
Xie Wanning listened, her fingers in her sleeve slowly clenching, her lips moved, stiffly saying: “No need for you to care.”
“This is your safety, I cannot not care,” his fingertip rubbed her soft jaw skin, Lu Ziyan said: “Come with me to Northern Frontier, alright? At most one year, I will flatten Jin Dynasty, bring you back to Capital City.”
“I won’t go,” Xie Wanning’s face wooden, “Of course you can forcibly abduct me, no need to regard my feelings, but I tell you, what you get is only…”
“Shut up!” Lu Ziyan instantly changed face, low roared: “Dare to speak without restraint again, I will first abduct you to the camp tent and ravish you.”
The word ‘ravish’ from his mouth was absolutely a verb.
Xie Wanning was very sensible, immediately stopping speech, just her gaze still indignant.
Four eyes met for a long time, his face gradually eased, “Really not going?”
“Not going.” Xie Wanning said.
Lu Ziyan looked deeply at her for a long time, finally humming lightly, “Then not going.”
In stubbornness, how could he compare to this young lady.
Xie Wanning just relaxed, when she saw him hand over that bamboo tube, “Open it and see.”
The bamboo tube not big not small, the seal already torn by him, she only needed to gently lift to open.
Xie Wanning thought for a moment, pulled out the bamboo stopper, poured out the contents.
A jade ring, a curled note.
The note had several flourishing small characters.
Xie Wanning glanced quickly, seeing ‘Purple Bamboo Forest’ after, her lip corner twitched slightly.
This person would not really be there, waiting eagerly for her, right.
How did he think she would be willing to go alone to tryst with him?
Turns out, what he said about waiting a day for her was true.
“With this ring, you can command all my personal soldiers in Capital City,”
Lu Ziyan picked up the jade ring in her palm, saying lowly: “This is the backup I left you, when I am not in Capital City, if you sense any wind blowing grass moving, do not risk testing, go directly to King Zhenbei’s residence, there is a tunnel leading to Outskirts of the Capital Military Camp, as long as you reach there, no one can harm you…”
He said while about to put the ring on her.
Xie Wanning raised her hand to interrupt: “You think I will have what danger?”
Lu Ziyan paused, faintly saying: “There are many blind people in the world, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, better safe than sorry.”
He did not answer directly, but Xie Wanning knew.
Once bitten by snake, fear ropes for ten years.
Her death in past life, made him lose all confidence in devising strategies, everything in grasp.
Xie Wanning herself also felt, concerning her own life, no matter how careful was not excessive.
But now she was Pei Family wife, how could she take his token, rely on his people for protection?
Like this, where did it put Pei Yuqing?
Pei Yuqing…
Xie Wanning suddenly startled, “My secret guards!”
When Pei Yuqing left Capital City, he left her four secret guards, openly there was also Pei Er to look after.
Now, this person had boldly appeared in her room, what about those secret guards?
Seeing her finally react, Lu Ziyan pinched his brow bone, saying softly: “I did not make a move.”
Under her gritting teeth glare, slightly guilty conscience saying: “It should be Ming Feng who handled them, you know, he is used to acting on his own…”
“Lu Ziyan!”
Those were four secret guards Pei Yuqing had carefully selected for her before leaving Capital City, Qing Tian Guard elites who could take on ten!
Last time several secret guards were dealt with by his Ming Feng, this time still him!
Xie Wanning was truly both annoyed and hateful, anger rushing to her head, without thinking, her hand raised, swung down fiercely.
A crisp ‘pa’ sound echoed through the room.
Even the maidservants waiting outside heard the noise, softly inquiring.
Xie Wanning only felt her wrist numb, her palm painful, casually brushing off the maidservants, her wrist was seized.
“Hurts?” Lu Ziyan looked at her reddened palm, gently pinching, faintly saying: “Like slapping faces so much?”
On his handsome side face, a palm print was very clear.
Young Master Lu who had always gotten what he wanted since childhood, now even more with military power in grasp as King Zhenbei.
Getting slapped, probably even his most hated political enemies dared not imagine.
But this was her second slap on him.
Xie Wanning’s lips moved, gritting teeth: “You deserve it!”
“Good, I deserve it,” he showed no anger at all, lowering his head closer, coaxing: “Still hit? Calm down, only for you to hit, even a lifetime, alright?”
Xie Wanning sneered, about to speak, but as her lips parted lightly, Lu Ziyan covered them, his hand clasping her jaw.
In a posture allowing no dodge, kissing her.
This kiss scorching, obsessive entanglement, carrying unmasked intense affection and pain.
Before this, Xie Wanning had never known a kiss could taste such complex emotions.
As if empathizing, she could truly experience his feelings.
A deep kiss as if wanting to swallow her whole, yet to the end without a hint of desire.
His eyes reddened, no tears fell, yet his eyelashes looked wet, like a little beast who had retracted its claws.
Pitiful, harmless.
Truly ridiculously fake, this was Lu Ziyan!
How could he be pitiful, how could he be harmless!
Xie Wanning closed her eyes, forcibly suppressing her ridiculous moved feeling, raised her hand for another hard slap, “Get out!”
With the ‘pa’ sound, the room completely quieted.
Lu Ziyan maintained the posture of his face turned by the slap, his beautiful eyelashes trembled.
After a long time, he said gently: “Truly heartless.”
He almost wanted to dig out his true heart to offer her.
What self-esteem, what pride all shattered, even shame he had none.
He only wanted her one, shamelessly wanting only her one.
But she was harsher each time.
“Long gone affection, what heartless!” Xie Wanning gripped her trembling wrist, deep breath, voice hard as iron, “You get out!”
“Cannot get out,” in just a moment he recovered from the pain of her words, straightened his body, tone light: “Do you think for sure I cannot bear to touch you?”
He said: “Wanwan, if I were you, I would not leave not a bit of hope for a person like me.”
“Starting to threaten me again?” Xie Wanning laughed in anger, “Besides threats, lust, and endless entanglement, do you have any other tricks?”
“You say you love me mouth to mouth, but your affection, has not made me feel any pleasure, only annoyance!”
“I don’t need it! I don’t need you to love me, understand!”
This chapter is four thousand words, later there is another chapter of two thousand words~~~
