Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 54.2
Their eyes met, Shen Zhen followed the candlelight to look into his eyes.
Lu Yan’s appearance really can be said to be the most loved look among the women in the capital with his serious mouth exuding an unforgiving evil.
The cold and deep eyes contained a hint of softness that was not easy to detect.
As she watched, Shen Zhen’s heart skipped a beat.
This girl’s thoughts were like a spark of fire, which was enough to start a prairie fire.
“Why are you looking at me like this?” Lu Yan chuckled.
Her eyes were full of panic and as if she was afraid of being seen through, she looked away.
Lu Yan hugged her body and kissed her eyes softly.
Tsk.
All swollen from crying.
Shen Zhen’s body froze and her toes that were curled together relaxed.
For some reason, when she smelled the scent of sandalwood on his body, she couldn’t help but feel sour in her heart. When she felt sour, her eyes turned red again.
And Lu Yan’s heart ached again.
Will this crying continue the entire night? Torturing him all night?
Lu Yan straightened up, frowned, looked at her and said in a cold tone, “Shen Zhen, you really have a special ability ah. How can you cry like this when there is no one around in the dead of the night?”
Being lectured by him like this, Shen Zhen suddenly felt relieved all over and a bit of comfort showed in her eyes.
She raised her two little white hands, tugged on the hem of his clothes and said, “My Lord, please scold me a few more times. If you scold me a few more times, I’ll be fine.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the man’s face suddenly changed, his eyebrows seemed to be furrowed and his eyes seemed to be surprised and angry.
After a long time, he said: “Really?”
Shen Zhen nodded, “Really.”
Lu Yan smiled brightly, pinched her waist with his big palms and bit her earlobe, “Shen Zhen, you even have a fettish like this…”
The man’s palms became increasingly hot as he lifted her up with both hands and carried her back to the bed.
He pressed down on her slender fingers, interlocking them together….
By the latter half of the night, Shen Zhen really couldn’t bear to hear it anymore, so she covered her ears.
Who wants to hear you say this!
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Early the next morning, Lu Yan woke up with Shen Zhen sleeping peacefully in his arms.
He rubbed his eyebrows with his index finger and sighed. After all the tossing last night, he forgot to ask her why she was crying.
Even without asking, he can roughly guess.
The reason was nothing more than those few people.
Either she misses her father and mother, or her two sisters, or else, she misses Shen Hong from Yangzhou.
Lu Yan remembered that he still needed to go to morning court today, so he got up before her and entered the clean room.
When the side of the bed became empty, Shen Zhen also opened her eyes. The fragments of the vase on the ground had already been cleared away.
After a while, Lu Yan walked in and asked: “Are you awake?”
She sat up and looked at the magnificent scenery before her eyes. Then she suddenly recalled what happened and remorsefully closed her eyes.
Lu Yan didn’t want to give her a chance to reflect, so he reached out and rubbed her head, “Come here and change my clothes. I have to attend morning court today.”
After hearing about the morning court, Shen Zhen didn’t dare to delay.
She lifted the quilt and got out of bed, picked up the official uniform on the side and helped him put it on. When fastening the girdle, she paused and asked: “My Lord, does the injury on your back still hurt?”
Hearing this Lu Yan snorted, did she finally thought of him?
What, Marquis Yunyang’s old injuries can hurt during rainy days but his new injuries wouldn’t hurt?
Lu Yan’s expression did not change as he said calmly: “If you hadn’t mention it, I would have already forgotten about it”
“Forget what?” Shen Zhen looked up at him.
“I forgot to apply any medicine today.”
Shen Zhen asked seriously: “Is it still too late to apply the medicine now?”
“Can you apply it quickly?” Lu Yan asked.
Shen Zhen nodded, turned around and took out the medicine jar from the drawer.
Upon carefully opening his clothes and taking a closer look, she couldn’t help but let out a “hiss” sound.
In fact, the injury has almost healed but now that it’s time to grow new flesh, it looks worse than it was a few days ago…
Shen Zhen’s thin white index finger reached into the medicine jar, gently took out a paste the size of a soybean grain and applied it gently on the surface of his wound.
Then Lu Yan put on his official uniform and was about to turn around and leave when Shen Zhen mysteriously grabbed his cuffs.
Lu Yan paused and looked back at her, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Zhen’s heart was beating fast. She pinched her index finger with her thumb and said softly, “My lord, will you come back today?”
She knew clearly that she, an outside mistress, shouldn’t ask such questions, she should not have asked…..
Lu Yan turned around and looked into her eyes. This was the first time she said such a thing.
“Do you want something?” Lu Yan asked in a deep voice.
Shen Zhen was frightened by his probing gaze and then she replied: “If you are busy, My Lord, remember to bring the medicine with you.” After that, she put the medicine jar into his hand.
Lu Yan lowered his head and looked at the medicine jar in his hand, then looked at her.
Bai Daonian gave him six full jars of this medicine, two cans for her, two cans for Zhenguo Duke mansion and two cans for Yang Zong.
He was not short of medicine, she should remember that.
The man rubbed the edge of the medicine jar and said meaningfully: “I’ll return early.”
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