His Rui

When Li Rui and Xi Ying came out of the study room, they saw that An Si was still standing outside.

Xi Ying's eyes that had the gentleness and doting for his wife immediately became cold and indifferent and he asked with a frown on his forehead

"What are you doing here instead of leaving and continuing your work?"

It was not that he wanted to be cold and indifferent to his shadow guards.

It was just …he had always been like to others. In front of Rui, his gentleness came naturally. His heart would feel warm when he would set his eyes on her and hence how could he let himself stay cold to such a person.

There was only this one person who could arouse so many emotions inside his heart and he wanted to treat that person the best.

"Master, actually last time I was asked to investigate that old physician."

Xi Ying had actually remembered this but he had not expected An Si to find out anything in such a short time. Seeing that he himself was talking to him about this matter then he must have found something out. He couldn't help but feel surprised.

However, before asking An Si anything, he turned to look at his wife and asked her

"Rui, can someone get to know how many times a woman has been pregnant just by taking her pulse?"

Li Rui's forehead knitted a little as she nodded her head and then a moment later, she said calmly.

"It is possible actually. However, in today's time, it is very hard to find such a person. It requires great skill and experience to detect all these signs in someone's body."

It was just what he had thought.

Xi Ying smirked a little coldly.

So in the end, the old physician was indeed lying to him.

He could sense that even his wife who was so capable in this area didn't have that skill. However, an old physician brought by his shadow guard from somewhere randomly has this skill.

He couldn't really believe that he was an ordinary physician.

Li Rui looked calm and she never asked Xi Ying why he asked her such question. It made him wonder whether she ever got curious about anything other than the matters that were related to her clan.

However, he was not going to hide anything from her from now on so he told her even though she didn't ask him anything.

"The old physician who declared that you were pregnant a few weeks ago has this skill."

Surprise flashed through Li Rui's eyes which disappeared soon as she nodded her head a little calmly and a few moments later asked Xi Ying.

"Is he residing in Xi Manor currently?"

Xi Ying nodded his head almost immediately and even said

"If you wish to meet him, you can. But don't go alone. Either go with me or with An Ju"

Xi Ying had just finished his words when Li Rui smiled softly and said

"How can I call her? By whispering her name?"

The smile disappeared from her lips completely after this and she asked calmly

"How long has she been there?"

The question made Xi Ying freeze. He had thought that Li Rui had already forgotten about this matter. However, it seems that he was wrong.

Under the stare of clean black eyes, although Xi Ying tried to stay composed he was very nervous inside his heart.

Will she dislike him for putting his people around her without even asking her?

The fear of this made the young prime Minister explain himself.

"Rui, I asked An Ju to guard you after the last attack only."

"Lie"

Li Rui said instantly without any expression on her face and XI Ying looked away. It was indeed a lie. The nervousness only increased inside his heart.

He had never felt like this before. But then again, when had he thought that he would really worry that a certain someone will dislike him.

He, a cold and heartless prime minister …when had he even cared for someone before Rui entered his life …or rather he should say his heart.

"Since three months. An Ju has been guarding the Plum Courtyard since three months."

He finally told her the truth.

This time Li Rui nodded her head in satisfaction.

On the other hand, An Si who was standing a few steps away from the couple had to force his twitching lips to stay put.

It was not easy.

It was really not easy to see his always cold and merciless master behaving like this.

'It was love. Love could change anyone.'

An Si remembered that he had heard the butler of Xi Manor saying once.

Was it really love?

But then the next moment An Si wondered on a different question.

What was love?

A face flashed in front of his eyes. Those cold eyes but still full of life….and he immediately shook his head to clear his mind.

What in the h**l he was thinking?

Putting a full stop to his thoughts, he lowered his head and patiently waited for his master to look at him again so that he could tell him about his findings.

On the other hand, Li Rui didn't say anything else to Xi Ying after he told her that An Ju had been guarding the Plum Courtyard for three months.

There has been just a nod from her side.

Xi Ying didn't know what he should conclude with this response.

Was she angry or not? He wondered silently.

The only way to find this out he knew was that he forwarded his hand to hold her hand.

As his hand held her hand firmly for a second, he really waited for her to jerk it off from her. But she didn't.

Relief washed over his heart and he finally turned his head to look at her.

She was smiling…quite mischievously.

Was she playing with him?

Xi Ying's heart sped up suddenly. He had never seen Li Rui like this before. But he couldn't help but wants to kiss her senseless at this moment.

However, a little bit of rationality still kept him aware that his shadow guard was still standing there. So he cleared his throat, forcefully put his thoughts aside for now and look at his shadow guard.

"What did you find out?"

And then whatever Xi Ying heard only made him frown deeply.

Things were more complicated than they looked. Everything was not that simple. And he was slowly coming to know of it.

He was coming to know that he had stepped inside a swamp. A swamp where he was going to sink deeper and deeper if he moved too much.

A swamp where only the love inside his heart for his wife and children, the fire of avenging whatever he lost in his past life, and the fear of losing everything he had gotten again in this life, could help him get out from it.