Chapter 25 Consummation
Qin Xiaoning nodded shyly at Lu Ji, frowned slightly, with tears in her eyes, and asked him timidly, "I heard that the first time is very painful."

Lu Ji smiled, put his arms around her, and replied, "It won't hurt."

"Really?"

She looked at him with her watery eyes, frowning slightly, with doubt in her eyes.

He didn't answer, but leaned in and kissed her.

A faint and lingering fragrance lingers in the mouth.

Once someone touches you, it's hard to control yourself.

Thinking of the last time when he lost control of himself after drinking and kissed her and hurt her, this time, Lu Ji tried his best to restrain himself, kissed her carefully, and guided her little by little. When she gradually became addicted to him, he finally couldn't control himself.

She suddenly burst into tears.

She didn't know if it was because she was too fragile or he was too strong, but her body seemed to be torn apart suddenly and she gasped in pain.

Fortunately, he did not indulge himself. Seeing that she was crying, he stopped at the first taste.

He held her in his arms and comforted her gently, while she cried proudly.

"Didn't you say it didn't hurt?"

After a while, the pain subsided, but she still felt wronged. She punched his hard chest muscles with her pink fists and said angrily, "You're just lying."

He laughed and argued, "I mean it won't hurt me."

She was so angry that she raised her hand to pinch his flesh, but it was like scratching an itch. Seeing that she was still not giving in, he pressed her down again and threatened: "If you make trouble again and provoke me, I will do it again."

She was so scared that she didn't dare to provoke him anymore. She snuggled into his arms, as docile as a kitten, and let him hug her.

Early in the morning, Qin Xiaoning was woken up by Lu Ji's kiss.

She has always been a sleepyhead, and it was too early for her to open her eyes. She raised her hands in a daze and put them around his neck, feeling the heat gradually coming from his body. She remembered the tearing pain in her body last night, and her mind suddenly became clear.

She untied her arms from around him, pressed them against his chest, and whispered, "I need to slow down."

He didn't force it anymore, and leaned close to her ear and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

In fact, the pain has long gone, but I'm still afraid.

That incident last night was so painful that she was still frightened.

"A little." She turned her head away, her face flushed with shyness.

"I'll allow you to rest for a day." He looked at her shy appearance and said with a smile.

Having said this, he stood up. He always got up early, either to practice martial arts or to read for a while in the morning, and he never stayed in bed lazing around.

"You can sleep a little longer."

After he stood up, he considerately tucked the corners of the quilt for her. It was cold in the morning and she didn't want to get up. She continued to stay in the warm quilt. After Lu Ji left, she wanted to take a nap, but after a long while, she couldn't sleep anymore.

It seemed as if the bed became cold as soon as he left.

She said that this man was not to be touched, but after just one night, she became somewhat dependent on him.

Qin Xiaoning no longer had the intention to stay in bed, so she got up after a while and went out of the outer room. She didn't see Lu Ji, so she thought it was time for him to practice martial arts. She went straight back to her back wing, picked out clothes from the closet and put them on, then washed and dressed herself up carefully.

Qin Xiaoning didn't leave her room until the little maid came to urge her, saying that the prince had returned and asked her to go to the main house for dinner.

Lu Ji was already dressed and was sitting at the dining table waiting for her. When he saw her come in, his eyes lit up.

The young lady had obviously dressed up deliberately, wearing a light pink tight skirt, a gauze dress on the outside, and a wide white silk belt around her waist. She walked slowly, like a swaying willow, making people's hearts flutter. Lu Ji waved his hand to dismiss the maids in the room, and unconsciously stood up to greet her. He raised his hand to hold her thin waist, lowered his eyes to look at the jade hairpin on her head, and asked, "This hairpin is the gift I gave you for your coming of age. This is the first time I see you wearing it."

When she was a 15-year-old, he was away on a military expedition, and it was Amber who gave it to her. He said that he had specifically asked Amber to give it to her on her 15-year-old day.

Qin Xiaoning raised her hand and took off the jade hairpin, holding it in her hand, stroking it and said, "This hairpin is too valuable. I'm afraid of losing it, so I usually don't want to wear it."

That is the finest Hetian jade and is very valuable.

He took the jade hairpin and asked her, "I never saw you wearing it, and I thought you didn't like it."

"Does it look good?" he asked her.

This jade is indeed a good piece, but the workmanship is just average. It has the simplest pattern and is definitely not made by an experienced craftsman. Instead, it seems to be made by a novice.

Qin Xiaoning told the truth: "The jade is good, but you were deceived by the jade craftsman." Then, she took the hairpin, pointed at the carving on it, and said: "Look at the craftsmanship, it's just ordinary, it must have been done by a novice."

He smiled and replied, "Of course it was done by a novice."

Seeing her puzzled expression, he continued, "I polished this myself."

He made it for her himself?
Qin Xiaoning really didn't expect this.

I was very surprised and touched.

I feel like crying.

Lu Ji stared at her, taking in her thoughts: "You didn't expect that I would worry so much about you, did you?"

Qin Xiaoning nodded honestly.

"You know how much I love you, but you're indecisive towards me. Don't you feel guilty?" he said.

He really knew her so well.

It’s true a little bit.

Qin Xiaoning blinked, raised her hands to put her arms around his neck, stood on tiptoe, and pouted her cherry lips slightly towards him.

He unconsciously leaned closer to her, and before he touched her, he could smell a faint sweetness.

It's hard to help yourself.

After a kiss, I want to kiss again, it's never enough.

"Who said I was fickle? I gave you everything I have." She leaned on his chest and spoke softly.

Lu Ji hugged her and asked, "Including your heart?"

She looked at him with her autumn-water eyes and nodded.

Lu Ji hugged her arms and couldn't help but tighten them. He lowered his head and kissed her hair. The faint scent of gardenia was sweet and distant, which made people addicted.

She fell into his broad and solid arms, her small hands scratching his chest again and again, murmuring: "Since you have me, I won't allow you to take other concubines."

He will get married sooner or later. Qin Xiaoning is very clear about this. She will never make trouble unreasonably. When his wife comes home, she will have her own place to go and way of living. But before the mistress comes home, he is hers. What she wants is Lu Ji's exclusive favor, even though she knows that this favor is only short-lived and will succumb to reality sooner or later, but she just wants it.

After hearing this, Lu Ji suddenly stopped, raised his hand and held the man in front of him, lowered his eyes to look at her, with a smile on his face, and asked, "It's just the beginning, and you have to set rules for me?"

He is not the kind of person who can be restrained by anyone.

Qin Xiaoning looked up at him and asked, "You can't do it?"

(End of this chapter)