"Madam…My Lady…"
An Ping whispered lightly outside the cave.
He wanted to ask Li Rui if his master was doing well and if she was fine.
While guarding the cave, An Ping suddenly seemed to remember that Li Rui has not eaten anything since last night. He felt very flustered and guilty for not thinking about this matter before.
She was pregnant with his master's child so it was his responsibility to protect her and their master's child.
How could he not pay attention to such an important thing?
But the next moment, An Ping thought even if he had thought about it before, he would have to leave Li Rui alone to gather some food for her and that was something unwise to do.
An Ping felt very helpless.
On the other hand, inside the cave, Li Rui felt helpless. She could hear An Ping's whisper and wanted to hear what he wanted to say.
However, the man hovering over her body was not ready to leave her even a moment.
"Xi Ying…"
Li Rui patted Xi Ying's shoulder lightly as she tried to push his heavy body away carefully. He had a wound on his back so she couldn't even use much force.
In the end, Li Rui could only whisper softly
"You are heavy."
The man seemed to have woken up by these words as Li Rui soon found him pulling away from a little. However, before that, she went speechless when she felt him wiping his face with her dress.
He was obviously wiping his tears.
Actually, Xi Ling had the same habit. After crying every time, he would hide his face in Li Rui's neck or under the blanket. Then he would come out after only he had dried his face with Li Rui's dress or the same blanket.
Because he didn't wish his mother to see his face full of tears. He was worried that his mother will find him too troublesome.
However, Xi Ling was a child so Li Rui could understand him.
But now seeing such a grown-up man doing the same actions as a child, Li Rui was speechless and her lips were pressed in a thin line.
"Ah…"
The next moment, a small shout escaped from her mouth and she found herself lying on the strong and firm body that belonged to none other than Xi Ying.
"Is it alright now?"
The question asked in a deep and husky voice fell in his ears. The warm breath fell on her earlobe as it was very near Xi Ying's lips.
She moved it away a little as the asked question registered in her mind.
Li Rui was speechless again.
She had said that he was heavy so he just flipped them around so that now she was lying on his body.
A moment later, she raised her head a little to stare at the man with her calm and clean black eyes. Completely red eyes fell in her sight but Xi Ying's face didn't look as if he had just cried…as if the wetness that was still there on her neck was just an illusion.
"My Lady…are you alright?"
Li Rui came out of her thoughts when she heard the voice from outside the cave.
She glanced towards the exit and then at Xi Ying who had been continuously staring at her. Before she could open her mouth to ask him to leave her, Xi Ying answered An Ping's question.
"She is alright, An Ping."
Xi Ying answered his shadow guard as he stared at Li Rui who had blank eyes.
His hand rose to remove the hair that was falling on her face because of his sudden move of flipping them around.
But they didn't stop there.
His finger traced Li Rui's eyes making her close them in confusion, her cheeks, and then her lips.
Many scenes flashed in front of Xi Ying's eyes. The most prominent was the one where Li Rui was lying in his arms and his hands were colored in blood.
"You are here…"
He couldn't stop himself from whispering as a tear slipped out of his eye without his permission.
Li Rui was confused again when she saw that tear.
But she couldn't again ask Xi Ying anything as outside the cave, An Ping was now very happy when he heard his master's voice.
A deep sigh of relief escaped from his lips before he hesitated as he just seemed to have heard a shout from the cave but then, in the end, he opened his mouth to say
"Master, My Lady didn't have anything since last night."
Inside the cave, Xi Ying's finger tracing Li Rui's features finally stopped. A trance that he seemed to be in …he suddenly came out of it.
His wife was with his child.
Xi Ying only seemed to remember it at this moment.
And she didn't have anything for so long.
His expression immediately became serious and he carefully first picked Li Rui from his body. After setting her down on the bed made of stone, he got up and climbed out of the bed.
Li Rui who saw his actions seemed to know where he was going and said immediately.
"I am not hungry. You should rest otherwise your wound will reopen."
Xi Ying stopped amidst his steps and turned around to look at his wife. Coincidentally, at the same time, Li Rui's stomach growled.
Li Rui's whole body went stiff when she heard the sound. The next moment, her cheeks went red when she saw the amusement in her husband's eyes.
She silently lowered her head and didn't say anything.
With a smile on his lips, Xi Ying turned around and pushed away from the leaves and bushes from the tightly covered entrance.
An Ping who felt some movements from inside immediately started to help his master.
Soon a hole could be seen amidst the tree and through that hole, An Ping saw his master's face.
"Is My Lord feeling better?"
An Ping asked as soon as he saw his master.
"Yes"
Xi Ying answered coldly and then continued
"Go and arrange some food for Madam. Here …I am enough."
An Ping immediately obeyed and left to get the food while Xi Ying turned around to look at his wife again.
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