Chapter 88: He knew it was a self-torture tactic, but he was soft-hearted
Lu Ji followed him out of the house. The little thing didn't run far, but stood at the intersection outside the study yard.

The little girl had her back to this side, standing in the cold wind, wiping her tears. Her thin shoulders were shaking slightly, and she was crying pitifully.

Zhu Feng saw that the prince had rushed out wearing only his undershirt, so he hurriedly chased after him with a cloak. Lu Ji took the clothes, but instead of putting them on himself, he strode up to Qin Xiaoning, raised his hand to wrap her from head to toe with the cloak, and then held her horizontally in his arms.

He knew that she was just trying to make him suffer, but he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.

He held her tightly in his arms and strode towards Qingsong Garden, still saying something bad: "Why are you out here in the middle of the night? If you get sick from the cold, don't cry when you take the medicine."

The little woman buried her head in his arms and let him scold her without saying a word, as docile as a kitten.

Lu Ji carried the little girl all the way back to the main house and threw her into the warm quilt. Just as he was about to turn around, her clothes were firmly grasped by her little hands: "Don't leave."

Her voice was soft and delicate, as if she was begging him coquettishly: "I live alone, and I'm scared."

The man turned around, a little smile on his face, and rolled his eyes at her: "I'll turn off the light."

Only then did she let go of her hand. Lu Ji blew out the candle and just lay down on the bed when the little woman immediately wrapped herself around him and hung on him tightly like an octopus.

"Hasn't the day given enough?"

These light words made the little woman feel as if she was facing a great enemy, and she immediately retracted her hands and feet.

She stammered as she explained, "I absolutely, no, that's not what I meant."

Lu Ji snorted, said nothing more, turned around, and left her with only his cold back.

Maybe it was because she slept too much during the day and had just tossed and turned, Qin Xiaoning had no desire to sleep. She kept her eyes open in the dark for a long time, turning her head to look at the man's back, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.

Lu Ji was about to fall asleep when he felt a tingling sensation on his body. The little thing's small hand slowly crawled into his pajamas like a little squirrel.

Lu Ji raised his hand and grabbed her hand through her clothes, and asked coldly: "What are you doing?"

Hearing the sound, the little woman came up from behind and said coquettishly, "Hug me."

"No hug." He replied coldly and then took her hand away.

After a while, she used her slender fingertips to gently stroke his back through his pajamas, teasing him again and again, and asked in a weak tone: "Are you still angry with me because of Mr. Shen's matter?"

Seeing that he still refused to respond, she pouted and said, "You've hit me and scolded me, but you still won't calm down?"

She glanced at the still motionless silhouette, sniffed, and said with a little grievance, "This is the first time I've been beaten since I was a child. It was so severe. It hurts so much."

The man finally turned around and glared at her through the blurry darkness: "Did I wrongly beat you?"

The little woman quickly slipped into his arms and said aggrievedly, "I didn't say I was wronged, it just hurt a lot, it hurt like hell."

"Deserve it!"

Lu Ji said this viciously, but his big hands couldn't help but touch her buttocks, rubbing them gently, and asked: "Does it really hurt?"

He just wanted to scare her and didn't use much strength. But now that she said that, he was unsure. Her skin was delicate and he might have hit her hard.

So he asked again in a panic, "Does it still hurt?"

So many years have passed, how can it still hurt? This is nonsense.

The little woman didn't say a word. After a while, she buried her head in his arms and asked in a muffled voice, "Don't you love me anymore? You're so cruel to hit me." The man was relentless and said, "If you don't know what to do again, I'll punish you according to the family rules and beat you to a pulp."

Although he said this, he couldn't help but put his big hands around the little woman's waist and subconsciously kissed her on the forehead.

Qin Xiaoning just wanted to know where Lu Ji had been for the past seven or eight days.

It's not that she wants to control her, but she is worried that he is going to patrol the city in the south. He promised to take her with him. It's so hard to get a chance to go on a long trip, but he went alone in a fit of anger. Then she would lose a lot.

Finally, Lu Ji was coaxed into submission. The little woman wanted to ask him something, but she felt that they had just made up and it was not the right time to talk about this, so she endured it patiently.

After seeing Lu Ji off the next day, Qin Xiaoning was on her way to the private school when she found Suifeng, who had gone out with Lu Ji a few days ago.

Suifeng and Yingfeng are Lu Ji's personal bodyguards. Lu Ji usually only takes both of them with him when he goes on a long journey. On weekdays, he usually only takes Yingfeng with him.

Seeing Qin Xiaoning asking about this, Suifeng frowned and said, "Miss Qin, according to the rules of the prince, you cannot reveal your whereabouts."

Qin Xiaoning smiled faintly: "I just want to ask you, did he go to the south to patrol the city?"

Suifeng had an icy face, frowned even more tightly, and simply replied with a few words: "I'm sorry I can't reveal it."

He's really tight-lipped.

Qin Xiaoning had no choice but to give up and turned to go to the private school. As soon as she entered the gate, she was shocked.

I haven't been here for just a few days, but this private school has changed a lot.

The blue brick wall that originally separated the boys' school and the girls' school was raised several feet, and the century-old towering trees at the base of the boys' school wall were also cut down.

"What's going on?" Qin Xiaoning stared at the high wall that was out of reach, full of suspicion.

The fifth girl happened to come over, and she followed Qin Xiaoning to look at the high wall, muttering, "Sister Qin hasn't been here for a few days. I didn't expect this private school to have such a big change, right?"

Qin Xiaoning asked: "Why build such a high wall?"

The fifth girl shook her head and said, "I don't know. Seven or eight days ago, the manager came with a group of craftsmen. They first cut down all the big trees that extended from the men's school to this side, and then started to build the wall. Who knows what's going on."

As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Sister Qin, you may not know that not only here, but also the corner gate that leads to the men's school from the second gate is blocked. Now, when the children of our mansion go to the men's school for class every day, they have to go out of the main gate first and then go around a long way before they can get through."

"Anyway, if you want to go directly from the mansion to the men's school, or from the men's school to the inner house, there is no way. Alas! I heard Fourth Brother complaining this morning. I wonder whose fate it is? What is he trying to do?"

Whose life?
Who else could it be? Lu Ji!

This guy must have done this because he was angry about Shen Qingwen entering the mansion.

It's really domineering.

Qin Xiaoning shook her head, smiled bitterly and changed the subject, asking the Fifth Miss, "How was the Fourth Young Master's Autumn Examination this time?"

The fifth girl shook her head. "Fourth brother said that the test results were not ideal. After the autumn examination, the students in the private school showed the test questions to the teacher. The teacher said that only Mr. Shen's essay was good and he could almost enter the palace examination. It would be good for my fourth brother to enter the imperial examination."

Hearing the Fifth Lady mention Shen Qingshu, Qin Xiaoning felt a dull pain in her buttocks, and hurriedly changed the subject, saying, "Let's not talk about this, it's getting late, let's go in and attend the class."

(End of this chapter)