Xi Ying didn't want to but, in the end, he had to get up and climbed out of the bed. Especially when Li Rui was starting to push him away while saying that 'Xiao Ling must have woken up till now.'
Knowing that she would feel uncomfortable wearing her clothes in front of him, he stepped out of the room.
An hour later, the family of three was sitting around the dining table.
Liu Lan and Li Hua were standing a few steps away from the table.
Li Hua was raising her head, again and again, to look at three-year-old Xi Ling who was looking at her father with a frown.
"Xi Ling wants Mother to feed him."
The young child said firmly.
It has been so many days since he had eaten from his mother's hands. No, since his father had come back he had not let his mother feed him by her hands.
With a pout, Xi Ling looked at his father and suddenly didn't like him a bit.
On the other hand, Xi Ying's expression didn't change even a bit as he served food on a plate and put it in front of Li Rui.
Then he picked another plate as he said
"Your Mother will not do that. She also needs to eat."
Li Rui looked at the plate in front of her that was piled with more food than yesterday.
'He seemed to increase the amount he served on her plate every day.'
She thought and then she heard his words.
She raised her head to look at her son who was looking at her with teary eyes and her heart went soft. Looking at the man sitting beside him, she frowned.
Even Li Hua was frowning when she saw the tears in Xi Ling's eyes. She felt satisfied when she heard her mistress say
"Xiao Ling, come here. Mother will feed you by her hands."
In an instant, Xi Ling was happy and Xi Ying's hands that were about to pick the chopsticks stopped suddenly.
He watched silently as Xi Ling tried to come down from his chair but couldn't with his short legs. He didn't have any intention of helping his son.
A frown again marred Xi Ling's forehead and he looked at his mother again.
"Mother, this chair is too big. Xiao Ling can't come down."
The two maids suppressed their laughter. Li Hua couldn't help but look at Xi Ling with motherly love in her eyes.
'Young Master is same as Young Miss used to be in her childhood.'
Li Rui covered her mouth when she saw her son's conflicted face.
She really didn't want to smile and hurt his self-esteem while Xi Ying, who noticed this was suddenly happy and looked at his son with approval.
Since this brat has the ability to make his mother happy, then he should help her once.
Thinking this, he stood up from the chair and was about to help Xi Ling when Li Hua suddenly stepped forward and helped Xi Ling coming down from the chair.
She stilled when she saw that Lord Xi was also standing and seemed to be coming to help Xi Ling.
Xi Ling also had seen this but he only looked at the maid with a wide smile and said
"Thanks."
After saying this, he ran around the table towards her mother.
And Li Hua's taut body relaxed seeing his smile. She very calmly walked back to where she was standing previously.
While Xi Ying looked at himself not knowing what should he do now.
In the end, he glared at his son and walked back to sit on his chair.
During the whole dinner, Xi Ling could feel his father's eyes on himself but reacted very calmly. After he was full, he patted his mother's hands and whispered
"Mother, it seems that Father feels bad because you only feed Xi Ling. Mother should feed Father also or else Xi Ling is afraid that he would have to do more work today."
Xi Ling said to his mother with a pout.
Li Rui just smiled when she heard his words and caressed his head before Liu Lan took him out of the dining room.
However, as soon as she picked her chopsticks she saw Xi Ying turning to her and leaning in her direction.
The cold and dignified minister came closer to her shamelessly and said
"What Xi Ling was saying was right."
Li Rui's hands trembled and the chopsticks almost fell down from her hands when she saw him opening his mouth as if waiting for her to feed him.
"Lord…Ha…"
The words had just come out of his mouth when her lips were sealed. Li Rui seemed to hear Li Hua gasp and hurriedly pushed him away.
She immediately looked behind and saw Li Hua standing with her head lowered and red cheeks.
Turning around, she glared at the calm man in front of her but Xi Ying didn't look even a bit guilty.
"I have told you to call me by my name. I think you forgot. It's alright, I am always here to remind you."
What he said was the truth and Li Rui really couldn't find anything wrong.
Still, he shouldn't have done this in front …
Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw him opening her mouth again.
When she didn't move, Xi Ying closed his mouth and said calmly.
"I am hungry."
She shivered when she felt his gaze on her lips.
'Why do I feel that his words had other meaning?'
Under his intense gaze, she could only pick her chopsticks and put something in his mouth. The next moment, she saw him holding something in front of her mouth.
She opened her mouth and ate silently.
So the breakfast was finished like this.
After Li Rui was full, she immediately left the dining room.
Li Hua was about to follow her mistress but stopped suddenly when she heard a voice.
Xi Ying stood up and walked to stand in front of her.
Her hands clenched her dress as she stood there with her head lower. She was very angry when Lord Xi kissed her mistress.
She felt like he was taking advantage of her mistress. He even spent the whole night in Plum Courtyard.
Xi Ying could feel the reluctance if the young maid but he didn't care.
If he was not helpless he would not have even stopped her.
"Do you know how to read and write?"
He asked coldly.
Suppressing the anger inside her chest, Li Hua replied calmly
"Yes, My Lord."
Pushing out a paper, he then said coldly.
"Here, write your Miss's likes and dislikes on this paper."
In a daze, Li Hua took the paper from him.. She continued to look down at the rice paper in her hands while Xi Ying indifferently walked past her and exited the Plum Courtyard.
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