Uncle Su from the Su family had two sons. The eldest legitimate son, Su Anhe, joined the army at Yuheng Pass years ago. Now he had reached the position of a lieutenant colonel and couldn't return home easily. So currently, only the younger illegitimate son, Su Tao, remained in the Su family.
Su Tao's biological mother was a concubine in Uncle Su's household. After giving birth to Su Tao, her health had never recovered. Finally, when her son was six years old, she passed away.
By then, Second Cousin Su was old enough to remember things. Even though Uncle Su had taken him to be raised by the main wife, the boy knew very well that Lady Su was not his real mother, and she would never educate him as she did the eldest son.
As he grew older, Su Tao became even more aware that everything in the Su family would eventually belong to his elder brother. After that, he started indulging in wine and women. He became extremely naughty and often caused trouble outside.
Uncle Su had beaten him countless times for this, but Su Tao never changed his ways. As soon as his wounds healed, he would do it all over again.
However, he did have his principles. He would never harass decent girls. At most, he would spend the night in the red - light district.
"Are you sure?"
After listening to the information about Second Cousin that Shang Luoshu had gathered, Lu Yinxi suspected that the Su Tao she had seen yesterday was a fake. If he didn't harass decent girls, then what was she?
"Luoshu, you didn't get the information wrong just because Chen Guang isn't around, did you? Second Cousin he... yesterday..."
The rest of the sentence faded away automatically. Lu Yinxi paused for a long time after the word "but" and simply didn't dare to complete the second half of the sentence. It was Shang Luoshu who took the initiative to ask.
"Hmm? What then?"
There was visible tenderness in his eyebrows and a faint smile on his lips, but Lu Yinxi inexplicably felt a sense of danger. She slightly moved her stool back and forced a smile. "What I mean is, do you want to check again?"
"Check? Check what? Check how Second Cousin publicly flirted with Xi'er yesterday?"
Damn it!
Lu Yinxi couldn't help grinding her teeth in her heart. She knew that Hongrui, the tattletale, would tell Luoshu about what had happened yesterday!
"No, Luoshu, please listen to my explanation..."
"I won't listen!"
As soon as the words fell, the girl felt a warm sensation on her wrist. Before she could react, she was forced to straddle a certain someone's lap. The extremely intimate position made her uneasiness even worse.
"Um, Luoshu, I think you still need to listen to my expla..." nation.
The last word was forced to disappear between their lips and teeth.
It was still a dominant and possessive position. The man's big hand clasped the back of her head, forcing her not to withdraw even half an inch. At the same time, his teeth gently bit her lower lip and sucked hard. Lu Yinxi only felt a numbness in her mouth, even with a slight tingling sensation. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Shang Luoshu quickly noticed her reaction and subconsciously softened his actions a bit, but he still had no intention of letting her go. He re - took control of her mouth, gently yet forcefully licking her gums and plundering the air from her mouth.
Lu Yinxi only felt a sudden tingling sensation shooting up from her tailbone, rushing straight towards the top of her skull, and then exploding into gorgeous fireworks.
...
I don't know how long it had passed, but finally the man was satisfied. He reluctantly let go of her lips and rested her head on his shoulder, but the hand around her slender waist didn't move an inch.
Lu Yinxi was so dazed from the kiss that she didn't even notice how dangerous their current position was. It wasn't until she noticed the change in his body that her sense of crisis finally recovered from the shutdown.
"Um, Luoshu, do you want to... let me go first?"
"No!"
It was still a merciless refusal. The man tightened his forearms a bit, forcing the distance between them to become even closer.
The touch became clearer. His heavy breathing sprayed on Lu Yinxi's neck, making her fair skin tremble. At the same time, it also rang the alarm bells in the girl's mind.
"Shang Luoshu, we... we aren't even married yet!"
This sentence seemed to be a switch that abruptly paused all of Shang Luoshu's actions. Xi'er was right. They weren't married yet. It was his own recklessness!
"I'm sorry..."
Saying this, the man calmed his breathing and loosened his grip. Lu Yinxi could break free at any time. Seeing him like this, she didn't know what to do. Leaving seemed wrong, and staying also seemed wrong.
In this dilemma, Lu Yinxi simply stopped caring about anything. She still maintained the previous position, hugging his broad back and soothing him like she was comforting a child.
Although she didn't know what good this would do, it was better than doing nothing, right?
Shang Luoshu was almost amused by Lu Yinxi's actions. It was she who had warned him before, and now it was also she who was clinging to his embrace and not leaving. He really didn't know what to do with her.
But after this little distraction, his mood had calmed down a bit. So he very naturally continued the previous topic. "I heard that Second Cousin's right eye was beaten black and blue?"
The body in his arms stiffened slightly, then quickly returned to normal. Then came the innocent voice of the girl. "Ah, I've also heard that. It seems to be quite serious!"
"Then does Xi'er know what 'good things come in pairs' means?"
Huh?
The next day, Lu Yinxi understood what Shang Luoshu meant.
Her poor Second Cousin, who originally only had a black right eye, woke up the next morning to find that his left eye had also suffered the same fate. He had completely become a panda with two black eyes!
"I don't know what sin the Second Young Master committed. He woke up like this."
"You're right. So people should do fewer bad things on weekdays!"
Overhearing the servants whispering, Lu Yinxi was very confused and even wanted to laugh. After this incident, she realized two things.
Shang Luoshu was a jealous man!
He was also a big schemer!
In the next few days, Lu Yinxi's life was very peaceful. Because of his panda eyes, Su Tao probably wouldn't dare to go out and take revenge on her for the time being. So she practiced kung fu hard every day, then had meals with Shang Luoshu, and occasionally fed him medicine (?).
Lady Su would sometimes come to talk to her. During these conversations, she mentioned several times that she wanted to go shopping on the busy street again, but the girl refused without hesitation. She seriously suspected that her only cousin had probably run away to her maternal grandparents' house because she couldn't stand her mother's hobby!
In addition, her elder brother's burn on his throat had healed, and the two of them had written a letter of safety and sent it home together.
Generally speaking, except for some insignificant little episodes, life in Longxi was not bad. But Lu Yinxi knew that all of this was just an illusion.
Shang Luoshu's increasingly solemn expression, the carrier pigeons coming one by one and then leaving one by one, and the increasingly rare sight of Uncle all told her that the storm was coming.
One day, Lu Yinxi was having breakfast with Shang Luoshu. She rarely saw a hint of joy on his face. Before she could ask the reason, Hongmei walked in.
"What's the matter?"
Everyone around knew that the two masters didn't like to be served by others while having meals. So Hongmei coming in at this time must mean there was something important.
"Reporting to the master, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou is here!"