When Xi Ying got to know what was going on in Lu Manor, he only smiled mockingly.

He waved his hand to dismiss the shadow guard.

Feeling his wife's gaze who was sitting beside him on himself, he turned to look at her with a gentle smile on his lips.

"Care to share what my dear wife is thinking?"

Li Rui, however, didn't find anything amusing in these words. She just looked at Xi Ying calmly trying to understand the man in front of her. However, it was not as easy as she had thought.

So she asked him

"Your plan for Li Na and Li Caihong..have you started it already?"

Although Li Rui had told Xi Ying to do anything he wanted to do regarding Li Na and Li Caihong, she could not help but feel curious to know what he was planning after seeing that he had not done anything but keep an eye on Li Manor and Lu Manor.

Xi Ying shook his head. The smile was still there on his lips and it widened only when he saw a small frown marring his wife's face because of him not answering her question completely.

He really liked to see different kinds of expressions on Li Rui's face. After all, it was very rare for her to have any expression on her face other than the calm one.

He wanted her to ask him what his plan was but somewhere he had expected already that she would not ask him and the same happened.

Xi Ying sighed bitterly and stood up from his chair. He walked to stand behind his frowning wife and embraced her from behind.

To do this, he had to bend down as Li Rui was sitting on the chair.

"Well..didn't your sister want to become the main wife? Let her have this happiness of having her dream come true for some time. I will make her fall on her face when she would not even expect this."

Finishing his words, he kissed Li Rui's cheek softly.

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"Now you should eat something"

They didn't have their breakfast yet and after breakfast, Xi Ying was supposed to go to the Imperial Court too.

Li Rui's ears were a little red but she behaved very calmly as she nodded her head and tried to get up from the chair. Xi Ying also removed his hand and stood up straight.

Together they left the study room.

On the way to the Plum Courtyard, Li Rui could not help but look towards the shed that was on the way.

Her cheeks went a little red when she remembered what had happened under this shed a few nights ago.

Xi Ying's eyes darkened when he noticed this. He, however, didn't want to make her go fluster all over again by saying something so he looked away as if he never noticed anything.

Both of them were silent but this silence was very comfortable.

Together they reached the Plum Courtyard very soon. Xi Ying's lips twitched when he saw his son standing at the entrance of the courtyard. He didn't even need to ask why he was standing there.

It was obvious to wait for Li Rui.

Sure enough, his big black eyes widened and brightened at the same time when his eyes fell on Li Rui and he started to run towards her.

As he stared at his son who was running towards Li Rui, Xi Ying tried to remember if his son as ever waited for him at the gates of the Courtyard like this, however, he didn't have any such memory.

"Stop here."

Just when Xi Ling was about to latch on his mother like a bear, Xi Ying came to stand in front of him and stopped him by holding one of his arms.

A deep frown marred his forehead and he told his son strictly.

"You can't run towards your mother like this, Xi Ling. It can scare your brother or sister."

Xi Ling's eyes were wide as he nodded his head in understanding and then looked towards his mother's stomach.

However, inside his heart, he again could not help but think that his brother or sister was too stupid. How could he or she get scared just like this!

He sighed like an elder as he suddenly felt the responsibility of being an Elder Brother.

He walked around his father and then put his small hand on his mother's stomach.

"Don't get scared. It is Elder Brother. Elder Brother is always here to protect you."

Li Rui smiled softly at her son's actions. She stroked his head gently and said

"En..the little child is very happy to have Xiao Ling as his Elder Brother."

Xi Ling was very happy and proud after hearing these words. He liked it very much when his mother would smile softly at him or praise him.

His small hand went forward to hold his mother's hand and he said cheerfully.

"Mother should eat something now. That old man had told Xi Ling that Mother should eat something every few hours."

The old physician who was just stepping out of Plum Courtyard after assessing the breakfast made for Li Rui, looked towards Xi Ling when he heard his words.

Perhaps he was too angry and annoyed, his gaze never went to Xi Ying.

His lips twitched and he walked towards the young child. Patting the shoulder of the little bun, he waited for him to turn around.

"I am not an old man."

He emphasized each and every word as soon as Xi Ling turned around.

The small bun however didn't seem to think the same and said

"You are an old man."

The old physician's beard started to tremble.

"I am not old."

He said again and quite loudly and Xi Ling refused again.

Standing a step away from the duo, Xi Ying's lips twitched in anger as he looked at these two fightings so childishly.

He didn't want to waste his time on the old physician. So he stepped forward and picked Xi Ling from the ground.

The small bun hung on his shoulder like a sack. With his other hand, he held Li Rui's hand and walked towards the Plum Courtyard.

The old physician finally noticed Xi Ying and stepped back in fear.

However, the child hanging on Xi Ying's shoulder shouted again.

"You are an old man."

And all of his fear was replaced with anger. And he shouted with all his might.

"I am not an old man."

However, by then, Xi Ying had already gone inside the Plum Courtyard with his wife and son.