Was her feeling towards Qi Rong merely hatred? There was far more heart - break and despair!
That was why she had dedicated all her thoughts to rescuing her father. She was willing to sacrifice her own marriage, just to carve out a way.
She was terrified that someone might interfere and render all her previous efforts in vain!
During her time back in the capital, she had hardly slept a wink. Just the thought of her father being in the imperial prison made her heart ache as if stabbed by a knife.
And all this was thanks to Qi Rong! He had admitted it himself!
Moreover, he truly hated her father to the core and had the power to cover the sky with one hand!
"I'll prove to you whether I'm lying or not."
Qi Rong didn't deny that his plan had indeed used Yun Sheng as bait. However, he had never intended to kill him. It was just a series of coincidences. Due to the interference of others, Yun Sheng had finally ended up in the imperial prison.
If it had been before, he wouldn't have cared about Yun Sheng's life. But thinking of Yun Xi, he had changed his mind.
For this reason, he had cut off the side - lines and readjusted his plan.
But how could he tell Yun Xi all this? And would she even believe him?
Qi Rong pulled Yun Xi back into his arms again, closed his eyes, and lay down on the bed. Yun Xi was about to struggle free when she heard Qi Rong murmur in her ear:
"Don't move. Just let me hold you and sleep for a while. I haven't slept for two days and two nights..."
Before his voice faded, Yun Xi heard Qi Rong's steady breathing.
Yun Xi's eyes showed surprise. She pushed Qi Rong's arm, but he still held tightly around her waist. It wasn't too tight to strangle her, but it was hard for her to break free.
"Hey! Qi Rong?"
Yun Xi managed to turn her head and looked at his handsome face so close. She called out a few times, but Qi Rong kept his eyes closed, seemingly fast asleep.
Since she couldn't wake him up and couldn't break free, smelling the fragrance on Qi Rong's body, Yun Xi bit her lip angrily and reached out to tug at his face.
However, even so, Qi Rong showed no reaction.
"If he sleeps so soundly, what if someone wants to kill him?"
Thinking of this, Yun Xi felt itchy in her heart. She slowly reached out both hands towards Qi Rong's neck. Just as she was about to try to strangle him, seeing the dark circles under his eyes and his exhausted face, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.
Instead, a trace of pity welled up in her heart.
Thinking about the distance from Lingchuan to the capital, even if one rushed day and night, it would take three days. But Qi Rong had only taken two.
It was hard to imagine how he had persevered on the way. Had he not closed his eyes even once? Had he not eaten a single grain of rice?
If Qi Rong hadn't rushed back to the capital day and night, perhaps she would have married Shi Qian by now, because it had only been three days from the moment she decided to get married until today.
Did he drop everything in Lingchuan and set off immediately after getting the news? …
"Yun Xi, you're doomed!"
Realizing that her mind was full of Qi Rong, Yun Xi felt a surge of annoyance.
She was unwilling. Punishingly, she pinched Qi Rong's cheeks on both sides, trying to imitate his usual action and pinch his face. But she found his cheeks were firm without a bit of extra flesh, and it was even difficult for her to pinch them.
"It's so annoying."
Yun Xi pinched her own soft cheeks and felt deflated.
However, thinking that she couldn't take this good opportunity to get revenge on Qi Rong, she was very unwilling. Her big eyes rolled, and she suddenly remembered the rouge box she had tightly grasped in her palm when she saw Qi Rong suddenly.
At that time, she was sitting in front of the dressing table. When she saw Qi Rong, she was instantly nervous and subconsciously grabbed something on the dressing table.
It was only after she got on the horse that she found out that what she was holding was a box of rouge. When she got off the horse, she stuffed it into her clothes. Now it was just right to use against Qi Rong!
Yun Xi took out the rouge from her clothes and began to smear it on Qi Rong's face with great interest. As she smeared, she couldn't help giggling.
Maybe disturbed by Yun Xi's laughter or unable to bear the itch on his face, Qi Rong suddenly grabbed Yun Xi's wrist that was playing tricks on his face.
Yun Xi was startled. Just when she thought Qi Rong was awake, he kept his eyes closed and said in a slurred voice:
"Stop making trouble. Go to sleep quickly."
Then he stuffed her back into his arms and pinned down Yun Xi's hands.
Yun Xi lay in Qi Rong's arms, unable to move at all. Feeling bored, looking at the sunlight in the room, she complained:
"When will he wake up?!"
Thinking that she had to maintain this posture and wait for Qi Rong to wake up, Yun Xi looked miserable.
However, Yun Xi overestimated her energy. Before long, she felt her eyelids getting heavy. Soon, she fell into a deep sleep.
In the dream, there was food, drink, and beautiful scenery, which made Yun Xi forget the reality and swept away her previous melancholy. Her mood was also very pleasant.
It was a wonderful dream, but there was a despicable rascal in it. Although he was handsome, he always liked to snatch food from her and kept winking at her, thinking that he could deceive more food from her.
He was just daydreaming!
Yun Xi hugged the food and kept hiding, wanting to gobble it all up. But as she walked, she found that she was lost.
The sky was drizzling, and the surroundings instantly became dark. She wanted to find a place to take shelter from the rain, but there was nowhere to hide from the wind and rain.
At this time, the rascal suddenly showed up in front of her with a lecherous face, opening his clothes for her to take shelter.
She looked at the food in her arms and then at him. Hesitating in her heart, she was suddenly grabbed into his arms.
"Fool, look at you. You're all wet."
The man wiped the rain off her forehead, but she hugged the food tightly in her hand and looked at him warily:
"You can't rob the food in my hand!"
But then she thought that since the man had helped her, she should repay him with something. So reluctantly, she took out some of the food in her hand and handed it to him:
"I can only share this much with you. Take it quickly, or I'll regret it."
She wanted to close her eyes but couldn't help opening one, staring at the food she had given away reluctantly.
However, the man didn't accept it and pushed the food back into her arms.
"What? You don't want this?"
She was surprised, thinking that he had his eyes on the remaining food in her arms. Anger welled up in her heart, thinking that the man was greedy.
But the man shook his head:
"I don't eat this."
"Then what do you eat?"
Yun Xi was confused. Then why had he been desperately snatching things from her before?
The rascal gave her a dazzling smile:
"I like to eat this."
The next moment, he bit her lips and reached for her clothes...
"Ah!"
Yun Xi threw away the food in her arms and woke up from the nightmare in horror! Opening her eyes, she saw that Qi Rong had already woken up and was looking at her strangely.
"What's wrong?"
Yun Xi asked. Qi Rong pointed to his bare chest at the moment and stated the fact:
"You just took off my clothes and touched me."
Yun Xi swallowed hard and looked on the verge of tears:
Could it be that the rascal was actually herself?!