I Gave Birth to a Cub without Telling the Head Assistant - Chapter 24.2

Chapter 24.2

Ruan Longling struggled to get off the couch, temporarily repressing her fears and unfounded assumptions. “Brother Chulin…”

“Lie down peacefully.” The man’s tone was much softer, but it still lacked emotion.

Li Zhulin lifted his robe and sat on the stool in front of the couch. He leaned over and raised his hand to touch the collar of her clothes, wanting to lift up the thin shirt covering her chest and check the wound on her arm.

But just as he was going to lift up the cloth, the woman shrank back slightly, as if she were a little timid…

Li Zhulin was surprised by the woman’s reaction, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

“Where is the courage you had in the carriage? Don’t you think it’s too late to be shy now?”

‘I was bold before because I was sure that you were the father of my child. But now I have my doubts. Your identity is a question mark, and how can you easily take out the ointment used by the imperial palace? 

Who knows if you are a human or a ghost? 

What is your identity? 

Naturally, I became a little wary!’

The mental journey of Ruan Longling was entirely unknown to the man.

Using his fingertips, he pinched the small part of her shirt that covered the injury and gently raised it. Half of her snow-white shoulder and injured arm were completely revealed before his eyes.

She had an excellent frame, with a long neck, round shoulders, and skin that was even smoother than the finest mutton-fat jade.

After giving her a quick glance, Li Zhulin finally focused on her injuries. After checking on the wound, he responded, “You are recovering well. You will return to normal in roughly two days if you take the medication as prescribed.”

Now Ruan Longling thought it was the time to ask about the precious ointment. “This skin-regenerating ointment is so precious. Brother Chulin must have spent a lot of effort to find it. If you use all of it on me, what will you do if you run into danger like yesterday again?”

Li Zhulin looked up at her and then covered her with the thin shirt again.

‘She might suspect my identity after the incident yesterday. She didn’t dare to ask directly, so she could only use the ointment to test me indirectly.

Should I just tell the truth about my identity?

No.

With a fake identity of Wang Chulin, a scholar from an ordinary merchant family was able to receive the love and devotion of a stingy and mercenary merchant girl. This was an experience that Prime Minister Li Zhulin had never had in his life.

Maybe it was too interesting, too novel, too fresh, so he didn’t want to end the game.

“I am just a scholar; how could I be hunted down every day? What happened yesterday was that the King of Wu wanted to hire me as his advisor and assist him in organising a rebellion after learning that I was exceptionally gifted. Like my brother Yu, I flatly rejected that because I had no desire to become an official, much less take part in such a plot. Outraged, the King of Wu dispatched people to Yangzhou to find me.” He sighed before continuing. “The teacher has sent a message back to the capital to eliminate all of King Wu’s followers. As for this ointment, you can use it without worry. Although it is expensive, I have accumulated several bottles of it. They were all given to me by my teacher during festivals when he was in a good mood.”

Ruan Longling had never heard the man talk this much since she met him.

She focused and closely examined his face, noticing that there was no sign of dishonesty or guilt. ‘I believed it 60% at that moment.’

Then she recalled what Yu Zeqi said about the man, and she felt she could trust him 80%.

Ruan Longling secretly breathed a sigh of relief!

‘For my unborn son, how many obstacles do I have to pass through? I even put aside all the mundane affairs of the Ruan family business and chased him out of Yangzhou City, injuring my arm!’

The more she thought, the more she was determined to achieve her goal.

‘But if Wang Chulin is really an official, I must learn from my mistakes and turn back!

Fortunately!

Fortunately, he is really an ordinary merchant’s son!

Fortunately, all my hard work was not in vain!’

Ruan Longling’s eyes grew hot once again as the doubts and anxieties in her heart vanished in a split second!

And maybe because they had gone through hardships together yesterday, his attitude was no longer cold and distant, and he even said so many words to explain to her!

‘What a good signal this is!’

The relationship between the two had become much closer, and just one step needed to achieve her goal. She thought she would succeed in her plan yesterday, but her plan was ruined by a group of thieves, and she was stabbed in the arm and needed to recuperate for two days.

‘Fortunately, there is a blessing in disguise.’

Ruan Longling lowered her eyelashes and glanced at the man’s lower body out of the corner of her eye. ‘At least it was fine!’

He said in the carriage that day that he would let her get what she wanted, so the next thing should be a natural thing.

She raised the corners of her lips slightly, blinked her eyes, and asked softly, “Brother Chulin, I feel a little dry in the mouth. Can you pour me a cup of tea?”

Getting up, Li Zhulin fetched her a cup of hot tea.

The teacup in the temple was not like a teacup: it was a wide-mouthed bowl without a saucer, let alone a soup spoon…

Ruan Longling struggled to get up and drink some tea, but she pretended to be unable to move and gently fell on the bed.

Li Zhulin had indeed never taken care of anyone like this before, and the tea bowl swayed and spilled a lot of tea…

“Forget it, let Ah Xing go to the kitchen to get a spoon… But Brother Chulin, Linglong is really thirsty.”

Her throat rolled as if she were thirsty, and she looked at him with wet eyes and droopy eyelashes, as if she felt deeply wronged.

‘ What an annoying goblin!

This is asking for a kiss in the name of drinking tea.’

So he did what she asked.

End of chapter 24

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