Chapter 141 Are You Going to Leave Me?

The moon is above the willow branches, but Lu Ji has not returned yet.

Qin Xiaoning sat in front of the window, staring blankly at the stars in the sky.

I am upset, but Lu Ji must be more upset than me.

Although she couldn't leave him, the hardships she experienced in her childhood and living under someone else's roof had tempered her endurance. Lu Ji was different. He had been smooth sailing since childhood and was capable. He had never been forced by anyone. When it came to his lifelong affairs, he was tricked by the saint. One can imagine how angry and depressed he felt.

Qin Xiaoning waited until midnight, when Amber came to the main house. As a housekeeper, she also heard the news that the mansion was going to arrange a marriage for the prince. Seeing Qin Xiaoning's depressed look, she hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and called her quietly, "Miss Qin."

Qin Xiaoning was thinking about something here. Suddenly she turned around with a smile on her face: "Is Brother Chang back? Do you know if the prince will be back tonight?"

Amber nodded: "Desheng just came back from outside with the prince. I heard from my master that the prince drank a lot of wine."

Qin Xiaoning frowned: "Where is he?"

Amber said, "He's in the study. He doesn't look very happy. I asked you to go check on him."

"I'll be right there." Qin Xiaoning grabbed the cloak and put it on, then hurried out of the house.

It was a chilly spring day. It was late at night and the wind outside was strong and cold, making Qin Xiaoning so cold that she couldn't help but shrink her neck.

He was about to get engaged and married, and she would have to be subservient to him. When the time came, she, the biggest victim, had to comfort her master.

That doesn't make sense.

Oh! I am so worried.

When she arrived at the study, she saw that it was pitch black inside and even the lights were not on. Qin Xiaoning pushed the door open and called twice, but no one answered.

This guy must be in a bad mood and drove away all the servants inside.

Qin Xiaoning closed the door, took a candlestick from the table by the window, lit it, and walked into the house by the light of the candle.

The study room outside was pitch black, with no sign of Lu Ji.

"Lu Ji——"

Qin Xiaoning called out, but when no one answered, she went to the inner room holding the candlestick.

This study has three entrances and exits. The outermost one is the reception room, the middle one is where Lu Ji usually works and studies, and the innermost one is a bedroom.

Maybe he was drunk and fell asleep?

Qin Xiaoning entered the inner room, holding the candlestick and subconsciously glanced at the bed. The quilt was tidy and there was no trace of Lu Ji.

A cold wind blew, and the candle flame flickered violently.

It was a very cold day, but the window was open.

Qin Xiaoning put down the candlestick, walked to the window and closed it, glanced at the lake outside the window, and suddenly an idea flashed through her mind.

This person wouldn't be so depressed that he would jump into the water to commit suicide.

"Lu Ji, Lu Ji——"

Without time to think, Qin Xiaoning shouted several times towards the dark lake outside the window.

"it's here."

It’s Lu Ji.

The noise came from inside and outside the study.

Qin Xiaoning didn't even bother to close the window. She hurriedly picked up the candlestick and turned back, searching carefully along the rows of bookshelves.

"Here it is."

Lu Ji spoke, and the little girl then noticed him.

He was sitting in the empty space between two rows of bookshelves, with his back against one of the bookshelves, one leg curled up, the jar of wine in his hand resting on his knees, looking decadent.

"You came into the house with a candlestick, couldn't you look carefully? Why are you yelling outside?"

His words were full of reproach and he wasn't in a good mood.

He was just like that, he looked very successful in public, but when he was unhappy, he was like a child, always throwing tantrums at her. Qin Xiaoning was about to step forward, but after a moment's thought, she extinguished the candle.

This guy has suffered such a great injustice, who knows, he might even cry. If she sees him, he will definitely keep arguing with her tomorrow.

The injured Lu Ji is like a trapped beast, there is no point in talking to him.

He married a noble lady from a rich and powerful family, and from then on he had a virtuous wife and beautiful concubines, enjoying the happiness of having many wives, but he asked her to endure her temper and comfort him.

Qin Xiaoning was also angry, but seeing Lu Ji's look, she couldn't bear to make trouble with him.

"What are you doing sitting here?"

She came closer to him and raised her hand to take the wine from his hand: "Drinking is harmful to your health."

Lu Ji snorted: "You still care about me?"

Look, he's coming for her again. How did she provoke him?
Knowing his bad temper, Qin Xiaoning didn't argue with him and comforted him softly: "How could I not care about you? I just saw the window in the inner room was wide open. I shouted because I was worried about you."

"What are you worried about me for?"

Lu Ji turned to look at her. In the darkness, she couldn't see his expression, but she could still feel the resentment in his eyes.

"Humph! Are you worried that I might lose my temper and jump into the river?"

She asked, "Did you open the window?"

Lu Ji didn't know whether this girl was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. At this time, she actually asked such irrelevant stupid questions.

"What?" he asked back unhappily.

The little girl pretended to be surprised: "Do you really want to jump into the river?"

Lu Ji was so angry that he gasped: "What do you mean by jumping into the river? Why would this prince want to jump into the river?"

"Because someone forced you to get married," she said.

Lu Ji gritted his teeth in anger and stared at her with scarlet eyes: "Qin Xiaoning, are you stupid?"

"I'm not stupid." She said, "If you really jump into the river to commit suicide, people will think you are stupid."

"The Lu family's young master actually jumped into the river and committed suicide because he refused the marriage."

"Oh my, the Lu family's young master is really strong-willed."

She spoke vividly and laughed softly: "If you really jumped into the river because you refused to get married, the saints should build a chastity arch for you."

The man pulled the little girl over and scolded her in a low voice: "Does it make you so happy to see me suffer?"

He held her in his arms, rubbing her hair with his big hands. After a long silence, he slowly asked her, "Have you heard everything?"

The little thing is very clever and nothing can be hidden from her.

Qin Xiaoning did not answer this question, but said: "Lu Ji, don't avoid it. You will have to marry sooner or later. Instead of letting the saint force a princess to your side with ulterior motives, you might as well marry the third daughter of the Wang family."

Lu Ji paused as he was touching her head.

"A Ning, tell me the truth, do you really love me?"

After a long while, the man asked this question which was totally unrelated to the topic.

Qin Xiaoning still didn't give a direct reply. She looked up, held his tired face with both hands, and said, "There are many ways to love someone. I wish you peace. This is Ah Ning's love for you."

The man's face rubbed against her hand obediently, with a hint of grievance in his tone: "Giving me to someone else is also love?"

She said firmly: "It's love."

I explained to him, "Just like when I was sick and refused to take medicine, you would not let me act like a fool. In order to make me feel better, you would endure the pain and force me to drink the bitter medicine. Now I endure the pain and give you to someone else. The same principle is also for your own good."

Finally, she added: "Let you be well, and let the entire Lu family be well."

"how about you?"

Lu Ji asked back: "Are you going to leave me?"

As he spoke, the man hugged the girl tightly in his arms and said anxiously, "Will you leave me when I get married? Have you always thought this way in your heart?"