Chapter 295 A little guilty
Qin Xiaoning turned her head and replied, "Ever since I got pregnant, I have trouble sleeping at night."

There was a hint of grievance in her voice as she murmured, "You know, being pregnant is really hard. At the beginning, my stomach felt uncomfortable all day and I couldn't even eat."

She talked a lot, and seeing that Lu Ji didn't respond, she rolled her eyes at the man under the cover of darkness, and then continued: "I finally made it through the first three months. Although I can eat now, I can't sleep well. I always wake up at night, and I am often depressed."

"Oh! It's really not easy to have a baby."

After adding fuel to the fire and talking for a while, Lu Ji finally spoke: "So, you went through so much trouble to carry my child, and you want some rewards and benefits from me, right?"

"That's not what I meant." She said, "This is my child too. For our child, I can endure some hardship. I never thought of asking you to repay me, and I never thought of getting any benefit from you."

The little woman spoke in a high-sounding manner, but her tone was weak and she obviously lacked confidence.

Lu Ji was happy.

Although separated by thick darkness, Qin Xiaoning could still clearly catch the man's cold and disdainful smile.

She was a little angry, angry that Lu Ji no longer loved her.

I also hated myself for not listening to him and waiting more patiently.

She felt even more sorry for the child in her belly. This child could have been the eldest son of a noble family, enjoying countless honors. But because she, as a mother, did not plan well, now his future is uncertain.

"If you're worried about the child, there's no need."

The man's sudden words startled Qin Xiaoning. She hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Lu Ji replied: "This is my own flesh and blood. I will naturally give him the best. This is my responsibility as a father."

Qin Xiaoning believes that Lu Ji can love children.

He is a responsible man and she believes he can do what he says.

However, Qin Xiaoning cares more about the child's future identity.

"I'm afraid that as a bastard, he will be bullied in the future." Qin Xiaoning said, sighing slightly: "It's all because of me as a mother. It's all because of me that the child has been delayed."

Lu Ji turned his head to look at Qin Xiaoning: "Who said my child will be a bastard?"

Qin Xiaoning couldn't help but shine when she heard this, but before she could be happy for long, she heard the man say leisurely: "I have plenty of ways to give my child the most honorable status."

Adopt her child as the legal mother's?
Then, this child can be considered a legitimate son.

He did consider the child carefully, but he didn't consider her feelings at all.

She hated Wang Fengyi so much, but from now on her own child would have to call that person mother. How could she feel happy?

Qin Xiaoning was feeling distressed when Lu Ji asked, "What else do you want to say?"

She smiled bitterly: "Since the prince has already considered everything for my child, what else can I say? I am a humble orphan, and the prince can still take great pains to think about my child. I should be grateful. Tomorrow, I will kowtow to the prince to express my gratitude."

After saying this sourly, Qin Xiaoning turned around and moved inside angrily, keeping a wide distance from Lu Ji, leaving only her back to him.

Lu Ji didn't come over to coax her like he did before, but said lightly: "Let me tell you a story." At the moment, she was not in the mood to listen to his story. Qin Xiaoning was about to refuse coldly, but then she thought, who knows what this guy is thinking.

"Go ahead." Finally, she turned around slowly, but her body was still some distance away from him, as if she was deliberately keeping a distance from him.

Lu Ji began to tell her a story.

Once upon a time, there was a poor scholar who married a woman. At the beginning, they were very affectionate, but gradually, the woman was not satisfied. She disliked the scholar for being too poor and unable to give her a good life, so she complained every day. The scholar promised his wife that he would study hard and pass the imperial examination in the future, so that his wife could eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and wear gold and silver. But his wife was unwilling to wait. Later, the woman could not stand the poverty and secretly followed a rich man.

The scholar was heartbroken. He missed his wife every day. After being depressed for a while, he started to study hard. Later, when he met the imperial examination, he rushed thousands of miles to the capital to take the exam, and actually passed the exam.

Later, the scholar became a high-ranking official, bought a large mansion, had a group of servants, and lived a wealthy life. The woman who had abandoned him came back to find him after hearing about the news, saying that she wanted to rekindle their relationship.

After Lu Ji finished the story, he turned to look at Qin Xiaoning and asked, "Do you think that scholar should forgive that lady?"

She knew that he was talking about her through some story.

Although she was wrong to abandon him, she never looked for anyone else. Moreover, when she ran away from home, although she was thinking more about herself, she was also thinking about him.

Seeing that he was using such a woman to insinuate herself, the little woman felt guilty and a little aggrieved. However, when she thought about the hurt that her departure had brought to the man, she no longer held a grudge against Lu Ji.

She subconsciously moved towards Lu Ji, then cleared her throat and asked Lu Ji: "If that lady is pregnant with that scholar's child, do you think that scholar will forgive that lady for the sake of the child?"

Lu Ji snorted coldly, and did not answer the question, but just said: "It's late, go to bed."

After all, I was the one who betrayed him first.

Qin Xiaoning didn't have the face to be angry with Lu Ji anymore.

"Go to sleep." She agreed with the man and tucked the corner of the quilt for him considerately: "The temperature difference between morning and evening is big in Shuwang summer, so you have to cover yourself with a quilt at night."

Lu Ji fell silent.

Although they were separated by the cover of darkness, Qin Xiaoning knew that he was sad at the moment because of the tacit understanding between the two since childhood.

Because of her betrayal, he was deeply hurt.

She moved closer to him and buried her head in his arms. She wanted to apologize to him but found it difficult to speak.

After all, he had never done anything to let her down.

At first, she was homeless and he saved her, then raised her in luxury. Although she later became his concubine, he always took good care of her.

But I always think more about myself.

Sometimes, it's quite selfish.

"You're right, I'm an ungrateful person." She muttered in his arms.

Lu Ji lowered his eyes and glanced at her. Finally, he stretched out his arms and held the little woman in his arms.

"You still know." he said.