Su Tao had been waiting for news.
But even until dinner time, he hadn't heard any 'good' news from Lu Yinxi.
It shouldn't be like this, right?
Su Tao thought his scheme was flawless. After all, it had taken him days to come up with this 'brilliant' idea. Those servants shouldn't have the guts to inform Lu Yinxi about it!
But the fact was that she didn't fall into the trap!
However, Su Tao wasn't in a hurry. He still had a backup plan, and besides, his cousin shouldn't know who was behind it!
In a word, he must avenge the humiliation of getting panda eyes!
After dinner, according to the normal routine, Lu Yinxi would accompany Shang Luoshu for a walk outside and then go back. But today, she skipped this step and rushed back to her own courtyard right after dinner, so she didn't notice the look in the man's eyes behind her.
Xi'er's attention had been diverted...
Since the young mistress had taken the medicinal soup and diet, Hongrui and Hongmei also followed Lu Yinxi and left together, just as they did on ordinary days.
However, today was a bit different.
Halfway there, Lu Yinxi stopped first.
"Miss?"
The young girl paused in place for a while, then asked cunningly, "Hongrui, can you do something for me tonight?"
As autumn approached, the nights came earlier. Su Tao took a nice hot bath and lay in bed ready to sleep.
Madam Su had always been very strict with her children. So no matter how frivolous and good-for-nothing Su Tao was, he didn't dare to bring people home. He only dared to mess around with those good-for-nothing friends outside.
When he saw Lu Yinxi that day, he thought she looked somewhat familiar. Especially those eyes were really beautiful, so he had the idea of teasing her. Who would have thought that he would run into a tough opponent.
Just thinking of this, Su Tao's previously calm mood began to fluctuate again.
Lu Yinxi, just you wait!
Waiting was out of the question. Lu Yinxi preferred to take the initiative.
At midnight, the whole Su Mansion was shrouded in darkness. Lu Yinxi took her tools and climbed over the wall with Hongrui, leaving Hongmei behind, not knowing what to do.
After hesitating in place for a while, she chose to go back to sleep. She didn't know any martial arts, so going would only be a hindrance. It was just a pity that she couldn't see the person who bullied the young mistress get his comeuppance.
......
The next day, Lu Yinxi still got up early. She practiced her basic skills for a while, then went to Shang Luoshu's courtyard on her own initiative. The breakfast was already on the table, waiting for her.
"Luoshu, good morning..."
She skipped over and sat down beside the man cheerfully. As if infected by her, Shang Luoshu seemed to be in a very good mood today.
"Did you have fun last night?"
"Fun!"
Lu Yinxi took a big bite of the fried pancake. The joy on her face was beyond words. "Luoshu, you don't know how scared Second Cousin was last night when Hongrui scared him. He even seemed to cry!"
No kidding!
Who wouldn't cry if they were woken up by the cold in the middle of the night and opened their eyes to see a woman in white with disheveled hair standing by the bedside?
Not only would they cry, but they would also scream!
Lu Yinxi didn't expect that Second Cousin was so timid. Just one Hongrui scared him so much that he rolled and crawled, screaming in terror. Even the whole Su Mansion was startled by his shrill scream.
The young girl, who had planned to make a grand entrance, had to silently return to her courtyard and pretend to be one of those who were woken up by the scream.
"By the way, Hongmei, how is Second Cousin now?"
After the big commotion last night, Uncle Su, who had always disliked his second son, directly punished Su Tao to kneel in front of the ancestors in the ancestral hall for ten thousand strokes. She didn't know how he was now.
Although Su Tao had tried to flirt with her before and then tried to plot against her, anyway, he was her cousin. Moreover, in a way, she had the upper hand. So it was only proper for her to show some concern.
However, in Shang Luoshu's eyes, this behavior had another meaning.
"Xi'er is so concerned about Second Cousin?"
He suddenly interrupted, with a hint of danger in his eyes. Hongmei, who considered herself very discerning, very sensibly left the room and closed the door behind her.
"What do you mean by that?"
Lu Yinxi looked puzzled, but answered the question very frankly. "He is my cousin. It's normal for me to be concerned about him, isn't it?"
"Normal?"
Shang Luoshu leaned forward, trapping her between the table and himself. His eyes became darker and even showed a bit of grievance. "But Xi'er, you've mentioned Second Cousin in front of me for several days in a row..."
Huh?
Lu Yinxi was even more confused. Couldn't she mention him? And it wasn't for several days in a row, was it? She only mentioned him at dinner last night and breakfast this morning. Moreover, she just wanted to share something interesting in her life with him...
The young girl's phoenix eyes flickered. She seemed to remember something.
She had heard before that in ancient times, cousins could get married. So was he...
Leaning back, her back against the edge of the table, Lu Yinxi looked up at him, smiling wildly and freely. Those who were favored could always be so fearless.
"Your Highness, the King of Jing, are you jealous again?"
The word 'again' was used very cleverly.
Shang Luoshu didn't answer. He gently bit her lips before saying, "What do you think, Xi'er?"
Shang Luoshu considered himself a magnanimous person. He also understood that Yinxi just wanted to share the interesting things in her life with him. But when he heard the name of another man from her mouth, he still couldn't help feeling jealous, especially when that man was her cousin.
In the folk storybooks, there were so many plots about cousins falling in love with each other!
He was jealous but didn't admit it and even asked her instead. Lu Yinxi really wanted to ask how he could be so thick-skinned.
But for now, she'd better comfort him!
Putting her hands on his shoulders, her eyes lingered on his lips for a moment. The next moment, the young girl got up with the man's support, kissed the corner of his mouth, and then backed away.
"Are you still jealous now?"
Hearing this, Shang Luoshu really pretended to think for a while, then slowly nodded under her gaze.
"Yes, still jealous."
It meant that the kiss wasn't enough!
"If Xi'er is shy, this king can take the initiative."
As he said, the man had already leaned down. But at the moment he moved, Lu Yinxi slipped out of his embrace from under his forearm and ran to the door, then stopped.
"In that case, then you can just be jealous! This young lady won't accompany you anymore!"
As the voice faded, she had already pushed the door and run out.
Shang Luoshu was left standing there alone, gently stroking the place where she had kissed him just now with his fingertips. His eyes were flickering. She always knew how to start a fire but completely ignored the consequences.
It didn't matter. He slowly let out a breath, secretly warning himself that after they got married... as long as they got married...
On the other side of the Su Mansion, Su Tao, who had knelt for a whole night, limped back to his courtyard with the support of a servant. Kneeling in front of the ancestors for a whole night had sobered his panicked mind a lot.
The ghost standing by his bedside last night was definitely a person in disguise. Otherwise, which ghost would have the smell of medicine on them?
He had always known that there was a noble guest in the mansion who couldn't do without medicine. He also knew that the cousin from the capital city liked to go to that noble guest's courtyard very much.
The noble guest had no grudges against him, so naturally, he wouldn't come to scare him for no reason. So it was obvious who the person in disguise was.
Lu! Yin! Xi!