His Rui

"Rui"

Xi Ying walked towards the door of the room while calling Li Rui who was one step ahead of him.

His eyes widened when he saw that she wanted to close the door to shut herself inside and he hurriedly put his hands on the door.

"Rui, no"

Xi Ying was obviously stronger than Li Rui so with his small force, Li Rui couldn't close the door but he never applied that much force that could make the door open completely.

Between the half-opened and half-closed door, Xi Ying looked at his wife innocently and said

"Rui, please don't do this. It slipped out of my mouth unintentionally."

However, Li Rui was more irritated when she heard the mention of that matter. So she applied more force to close the door.

With a sigh, Xi Ying pulled his hand away from the door and let her do what she wanted.

In the next moment, he heard the loud sound of the door being slammed and cursed himself silently.

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On the other hand, Li Rui sat on her study table inside her room. In front of her was opened a book that describes some herbs but her attention was not on reading the book but somewhere else.

There was always a frown on her forehead as she stared at nothing in particular.

She was actually thinking about her behavior from just a few seconds ago. It suddenly seemed unreasonable to her that she got angry at such a small matter.

She had never been so short-tempered. So her own reaction at such a small matter felt strange to her.

And even if she wanted to get angry she should have been angry at her father who told Xi Ying all this, not Xi Ying

Li Rui sighed as she placed her hand on her belly.

'It seemed that this child will make her do many new things.'

A small smile also lingered on her lips while at the same time she felt guilt occupying her heart. She remembered when she had come to know about her being pregnant, she had been so scared. She had thought that her being pregnant in such a situation was very wrong.

She had thought she would never be able to give a perfect life to her unborn child just like she could not give to Xi Ling.? She had been very scared and felt responsible for this.

But now, she could finally feel the happiness of becoming a mother again because she no longer had any such burden on her shoulders.

"What are you thinking?"

Li Rui was startled when she heard a sudden whisper close to her ear. Warm breath fell on her ear and she immediately looked sideways at the man who was currently bent down to her face level from the behind of her chair.

"You…how did you come inside?"

Xi Ying tsked when Li Rui didn't answer him and instead she asked other questions in return. He came to the front and then picked his wife effortlessly from the chair.

"Hey…let me down."

Ignoring her protests, he sat down on the chair and then made her sit on his lap.

With his hand on her waist, he held her firmly close to himself, and then glanced at the book lying on the table.

"Does it tell about the pregnant women?"

Xi Ying asked as he looked at the cover of the book.

Li Rui who was still thinking of ways to get down halted amidst her thoughts and looked at him hearing his question.

The cover of the book didn't have any name so it was no wonder that Xi Ying didn't come to know that the book was actually about how some rare poisons are made and how they can be cured.

Even though it didn't tell about anything related to pregnant women, she nodded her head intentionally, wanting to know what he would say after this answer.

"Yes, it is."

Xi Ying nodded as he looked at the book and then at Li Rui.

"After you read it, give it to me. I will also give it a read."

He said seriously making Li Rui's heart go soft all over.

So he wanted to read the book because she was pregnant with their child. Li Rui felt a little happiness when she thought this and nodded her head and said calmly.

"Sure."

What could make her motherly happier that her child would have such a responsible father in the future!

She was very happy and all the irritation and anger from before seemed to be swept away by these words now.

Xi Ying also sensed her happiness behind her calm face.

It was very difficult to read the emotions hidden behind Li Rui's calm eyes and indifferent face but he was slowly learning it.

Just like now, her eyes were a little bright because she was happy about something and he couldn't find any other chance to apologize for his mistake.

"Rui, earlier …that I said it by mistake. I promise you that I will never say it again in front of Xi Ling."

Li Rui froze this time when she heard the apology. She, now, only felt that her behavior from earlier was unreasonable so she stiffly nodded her head at the apology.

Xi Ying sighed in relief and then smiled deeply looking at Li Rui's calm face.

Suddenly, he leaned closer …so much that Li Rui could feel his warm breaths falling on her cheeks. Seeing the intense black eyes, she gulped a little and tried to lean back. A hand on her back instantly stopped her from moving back as if already predicting her move.

Her eyes went wide with surprise and she felt her breath going heavier while Xi Ying's smile widened seeing her reaction.

He really liked to see her like this…so flustered.

During such rare moments, she would forget all about hiding her emotions under her calm and indifferent face …just like that night when he had taken her again after four years.

Xi Ying felt his breath going heavier when he remembered that night.. He felt the heat pooling inside his abdomen as he leaned down to seize those soft luscious lips in a deep and long kiss.