To be honest, Lu Yinxi didn't expect that Second Cousin Su would be so persistent. When one plan failed, he came up with another. No matter how obvious his schemes were, he was just unwilling until he got her. But in the end, it was always him who suffered.
Take the small wooden bridge in the mansion for example. Originally, Su Tao planned to have someone tamper with it, then lure Lu Yinxi onto the bridge and let her fall into the water.
However, Lu Yinxi didn't fall for it. Hearing someone say, "The master is coming this way," he panicked and rushed onto the bridge. Finally, he ended up in the pond among the "withered flowers and fallen willows."
Another time, probably trying to redeem himself, Su Tao asked his servant to dress up as a ghost at night to scare Lu Yinxi. Coincidentally, that night, Lady Su suddenly wanted to have a heart - to - heart talk with her niece...
As expected, he failed to scare the cousin but almost sent his stepmother to an early grave.
Naturally, Su Tao was sent to the ancestral shrine to "have a little gathering" with his ancestors.
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Such childish tricks were countless. Lu Yinxi was just bored. Besides practicing kung fu, she took him as her source of happiness. But Shang Luoshu became more and more unhappy.
Watching his fiancée being amused by another man all day long, and hearing her talk about that name in every conversation, Shang Luoshu was extremely jealous.
The jealousy he had swallowed could have filled several large vats and was about to burst out at any time. But Lu Yinxi had warned him before not to intervene. Otherwise, how could she have endured it until now?
One morning, as usual, Lu Yinxi had breakfast with Shang Luoshu. But the smile on her lips was extremely annoying to His Highness the King of Jing.
He coughed lightly, put down his chopsticks and was about to say something when Lu Yinxi called out to Hongmei, who was a step behind, "Hongmei, go and check on Second Cousin later. Also, take some plaster for treating bruises and sprains for him."
After learning that her second son had dressed up as a ghost to scare her beloved niece, Lady Su made Su Tao kneel in the ancestral shrine for five days. Except for the servants delivering meals in the morning and evening, no one was allowed to visit him. He was only released this morning.
As Su Tao's cousin and to thank him for the joy he had brought her these days, Lu Yinxi thought it was quite normal to send him something.
But Shang Luoshu didn't think so. His gaze fixed on Hongmei was a blatant warning, as if to say that if she dared to go, she shouldn't come back! It scared her into breaking out in a cold sweat.
Hongmei now regretted it very much. Why didn't she leave in time after serving the dishes?
"Luoshu, don't be naughty,"
As if sensing Hongmei's uneasiness, Lu Yinxi deliberately leaned over and covered Shang Luoshu's eyes with her hand. She withdrew her hand only after Hongmei left and explained, "I really only care about Second Cousin as a younger sister to an elder brother. After all, he got injured because of me."
"He deserves it!"
Shang Luoshu snorted, clearly dissatisfied with her explanation.
Helpless, Lu Yinxi had to do the same old trick. She leaned over again and gave him a kiss on the corner of his mouth, then pulled back. But when she got up, she felt a pressure on her waist.
Heh, how could Shang Luoshu fall for the same trick twice? Before Lu Yinxi could ask, the man took the initiative.
"Xier, it's not enough..."
"No more even if it's not enough!"
Lu Yinxi was a bit annoyed. She put her hands on her chest and tried to push him away. How could someone deliberately ask for a kiss under the pretext of being jealous!
But Shang Luoshu would say today that he was just such a person!
Easily defusing her defense, the man captured her lips. His tongue invaded directly, provoking her to dance with him. Through the gap between their lips, one could occasionally glimpse the churning pink. Along with the girl's soft moans and the man's muffled grunts, an ambiguous prelude was played in the morning.
At the same time, in another courtyard of the Su Mansion.
His inner clothes rolled up to his knees, Su Tao endured the pain and turned his eyes away. The servant, with red eyes and a trembling hand, applied the plaster on him bit by bit, while persuading him at the same time.
"Second Young Master, please stop provoking the young lady cousin. Look at your injuries..."
"You talk too much... Ouch..."
Su Tao slapped the servant on the head, not using much force. He just felt embarrassed.
During these five days in the ancestral shrine, he had completely figured it out. Since he met Lu Yinxi, his life had been getting worse and worse. He failed to get her but almost got himself into trouble.
This time, he would just swallow the bitter pill. He would never provoke her again. They would just stay out of each other's way!
However, when he received the plaster sent by Lu Yinxi, why did he feel inexplicably upset?
Was Lu Yinxi showing off her victory?
The more he thought about it, the more upset he became, but his hand unconsciously tightened on the plaster. This was the first time an outsider had cared about his injuries like this.
Actually, when Su Tao was a child, Lady Su was quite nice to him. Although he wasn't her own son, he was just a child at that time. How many people in the world would be so cruel to a child?
But as he grew older, the gossips in the mansion increased day by day. Su Tao finally couldn't hold on. Before Lady Su paved the way for him, he chose a path for himself.
He became a playboy to make his parents feel at ease and let his elder brother inherit the family business without worry.
At that time, the two elders of the Su family had beaten and scolded him, but Su Tao remained firm. He didn't want to be the illegitimate son in the gossips, coveting his elder brother's property and splitting the family.
Since then, he began to indulge in pleasure, frequenting brothels. There were a bunch of good - for - nothing friends around him, but none of them really cared about him.
It had been five days. He hadn't shown up for five days. If those people had any sincerity, they would have come to inquire about him. But in fact, none of his friends came. Instead, his "enemy" sent the plaster first.
Lu Yinxi was angry!
So angry that she couldn't be appeased!
So she decided on her own that she would have dinner alone today. She wouldn't go to accompany that dog man! Filled with anger, her moves became more and more fierce, which made Hongrui nod in approval.
"Miss Four has made great progress!"
At the same time, the well - fed "dog man" Shang Luoshu received a special guest, Uncle Su.
Since he had been staying in the Su Mansion, except for the initial meeting, they hardly saw each other again. The Su family was respectful to the royal family on the surface, but there was still a hidden hatred in their bones.
If the late emperor hadn't asked them to go to the capital, if it hadn't been for the Regent... how could the Su family have ended up in such a situation?
Even though Shang Luoshu was just an adopted son of the late emperor, since he took the Shang surname, he should endure the cold - shoulder treatment from the Su family.
The past could not be recalled. Talking about these things now would only add to the troubles. Uncle Su gathered his expression and bowed with his hands clasped.
"Your Highness, I'm here on a matter of great importance."
"Uncle, please speak."
"My son Anhe has discovered the traces of Western Rong spies inside Yuheng Pass!"