Chapter 451 - Boldly Displayed Affection
Chapter 451 Boldly Displayed Affection
Long Tianyu gazed at Lin Mengya’s pouty face and for some unknown reason, he found her extremely adorable.
He could not tear his eyes away from that overbearing and proud little face for even a moment.
“You…”
Sumei looked as if she was going to explode with anger. She was about to talk back but quickly realized that she was in an unfavorable position.
In that instant, an idea came to her mind. With tear welling up in her eyes, she pretended to look very pitiful. Unfortunately, she was in such embarrassing sore traits that her attempt at seeking sympathy had failed terribly.
Looking at her pathetic look, Lin Mengya could not be bothered about her.
Sneering at her, Lin Mengya was like a victor who was very pleased with herself. She stuck out her chin as Long Tianyu carried her back into her room.
The moment they entered the room, Lin Mengya quickly backed down from her tough front.
She looked down and it was only at this moment that she realized the delicacy and subtleness of her relationship with Long Tianyu.
Her smiley face was already blushing deeply. She wriggled out of Long Tianyu’s embrace and slipped into her blanket.
She turned her face towards the corner of the wall. She had no courage whatsoever to look at Long Tianyu’s in the eye.
Alas, such was her personality. After every intimate encounter with Long Tianyu, she always
Why on earth was she so useless?!
Smiling, Long Tianyu sat down on Lin Mengya’s bed.
His mind was still immersed in the after taste of her overbearing and cheeky mannerisms just now, as well as the two accidental kisses they shared.
Such a bashful and adorable Lin Mengya had melted his heart.
How he wished that he could behold her beautiful countenance forever. The two whose hearts and minds were in a helter-skelter fell asleep unconsciously with time.
At seven o’clock sharp the next morning, Lin Mengya woke up from her dreams.
It seemed that the Shen Nung System’s function of waking her up was more trustworthy than her own biological clock.
Lin Mengya rubbed her eyes and that annoying sleepiness in her gradually subsided. Out of habit, Lin Mengya turned over and saw him who was sleeping deeply on the floor.
Her eyes opened wide as she suddenly called to mind the events of the night before.
Oh yes, she had let Long Tianyu remain in her room because of Sumei.
Using the knuckles of her left hand, she knocked at her head. Her reaction was still slow early in the morning.
However, she could already hear the sounds of sweeping and watering echoing from the courtyard.
Baishao and the other maids must be trying to avoid seeing what they should not see. After all, the door to Lin Mengya’s room was still shut and everything seemed to be quiet in the room.
Without Baishao’s help, Lin Mengya felt like a handicap. She could not even dress herself properly. As a result, she resorted to just sitting there, resting her chin on her hands as she looked at Long Tianyu, who was still lying on the floor.
He had his blanket covering up to his chest. His left arm was by his side while his right arm crossed his chest.
His eyes were closed and he was breathing evenly. After a long night, his hair did not get messy at all. In fact, it still looked flowy as it spread on both sides of his head.
On the contrary, without looking at the mirror, Lin Mengya knew that her hair must be in a disheveled state.
The thought of such a comparison made her mad. It was frustrating to make such comparisons.
The sleeping beauty in the fairy tales ought to be in such a state, right?
Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the sleeping beauty was, would the prince still be able to bring himself to give her a kiss if she snored and ground her teeth?
The thought to play a trick on him sprung up in her mind like weeds and it kept teasing her.
Lin Mengya finally got down from her bed in tiptoes. Thinking hard, she wondered what she could do to embarrass Long Tianyu.
Lin Mengya pondered over it for a while, opened the bedroom door, and ran towards the study table outside.
Holding the paintbrush dipped in ink in her hands, a devilish smile appeared on Lin Mengya’s face.
Hee hee, this was not going to do much harm, but she could at least laugh at him over this for at least ten days or even half a month.
Lin Mengya returned to Long Tianyu’s side cautiously, contemplating whether to paint a tiger or a tortoise.
However, before she proceeded with her plan, a big arm went around her waist. The other big arm snatched the paintbrush from her hand and tossed it on the ground.
Long Tianyu turned Lin Mengya around with great force and she was wrapped in a warm, firm embrace in the next moment.
Oh no! Her plan had been found out!
In fact, Long Tianyu had been awake since much earlier. He just did not bear to end this precious time alone with Lin Mengya in the room.
He had seen everything from how Lin Mengya sat up from the bed and how she eventually fetched the paintbrush.
He merely wanted to find out what she intended to do.
Long Tianyu could not help but smiled as he glanced at the paintbrush he tossed aside a moment ago.
Lin Mengya was barely getting better and she was already up to something cheeky.
There was a sense of satisfaction as he held Lin Mengya at her slender waist while taking care not to touch her right shoulder. He closed his eyes as he savored this rare moment and feeling of blessedness.
This time, Lin Mengya had thrown herself at him. He would absolutely not let slip this opportunity.
“You’re awake for a long time, aren’t you? You’ve fooled me!”
Lin Mengya felt an annoyance as she realized that it was precisely why Long Tianyu looked immaculate as if he was posting for a photo, while she looked like someone caught in a candid shot. She was mistaken to think that they both had just woken up.
In frustration, she pounded his chest using her left fist, but her attacks were like tickles to Long Tianyu, who continued to keep his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep.
“Sly as an old fox.”
While Lin Mengya spoke, she could feel the cold coming from the floor, even though the weather was getting warmer.
She curled up as she drew closer to Long Tianyu as if he were a natural heater. She even rested her feet on his thighs. She felt warmth all around, being wrapped up in the blanket with Long Tianyu. The drowsiness that left her a moment ago seemed to have returned and crept up on her.
She would treat this as his punishment then!
Lin Mengya, who failed to resist the temptation, gave herself an excuse, behaving just like an ostrich. Resting her head on Long Tianyu’s arm, she gently closed her eyes once again.
She was totally unaware that her giving in to him, the natural heater, had made him secretly delighted.
It was difficult to say who the one taking advantage of the other was.
“Oh! Please forgive us! We did not do this on purpose, Your Highness!”
The door was opened slightly from outside when someone exclaimed.
Lin Mengya began to stir immediately as she awoke.
She abruptly realized that she and Long Tianyu were in an embrace when she slept. She was immediately at a loss of how to feel.
It seemed that her untarnished reputation had been completed ruined.
“You may go. I will be here to wait and serve the prince and the princess here.”
Baishao had quickly came over and saved the day so that the maidservants from Prince Shen’s mansion left. Baishao peeked at her master who was in a confused state, coughed gently and said, “Your Highness the prince, the princess’s right arm is strengthless, and so please be patient…”
What Baishao said made it seemed like their relationship was even more sensual.
Lin Mengya wanted to cry. The heavens must testify for them that they were innocent, and nothing happened between them last night!
Baishao had meant well. After all, it was her master’s instruction to her to make their affection a spectacle for Sumei so they could break her. This was meant to be advantageous for them.
Little did Lin Mengya expect that after the series of events, Lin Mengya was the one who had panicked from the situation?
As Lin Mengya drank her sweet porridge, her head was hanging very low. She would occasionally look up but would quickly look down again.
Fortunately, those working around her were all her people.
“Listen to me, my dear cousin-in-law. The injury on Mengya’s right shoulder hasn’t fully recovered. You just have to take note of certain things when necessary. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if Mengya ended up being handicapped for the rest of her life.”
The rightful master of Prince Shen’s mansion, Zuo Qiuyu advised Long Tianyu earnestly as he straightened his clothes and sat up properly.
Long Tianyu, who usually talked back at him was at this moment keeping very quiet and nodding his head furiously in agreement.
A frustrated Lin Mengya wondered how the two men had achieved a cordial relationship when they usually behaved like arch enemies.
“Of course, as one who had been through what you’re going through now, I understand it’s not easy for the newlyweds like you to restrain yourselves. Here, I’ve created this medication for Mengya to take two times a day, so that her body will be strengthened.”
As Zuo Qiuyu spoke, he brought out a box and gave it to Long Tianyu.
They even exchanged a knowing look as Zuo Qiuyu tapped on the box.
The unspoken exchange of uncouth message made Lin Mengya want to give up on the situation.
“Thanks a lot.”
Finally, after so many days, the expression on Long Tianyu’s face had relaxed for the first time.
Without rejecting Zuo Qiuyu’s good intention, Long Tianyu took the box and kept it with him.
Looking at the two men, Lin Mengya had the urge to bash them up. Unfortunately, she was becoming everyone’s laughing stock now.
Before breakfast, the rumor of Princess Anle’s passionate relationship with her husband was beginning to take root and sprout within Prince Shen’s Mansion.
Nowadays, such juicy news was like bamboo shoots after rain that sprouted anew every day.
Worst still, given her popularity in Lintian, she might have topped the search list by now.
There was no lack of rumors surrounding a celebrity.
Since there was no way for Lin Mengya to resist, all she could do was bear with it.
Thank goodness while Zuo Qiuyu dared make fun of her, he did not dare to go overboard.
Lin Mengya could only endure it until she arrived at the Pavilion of Herb when she would get back at him.
For now, she would just allow Zuo Qiuyu, the small fry, to have his way.
Zuo Qiuyu, who was eating some sweet biscuit, glanced unintentionally at Lin Mengya only to realize that she was looking at him with scheming eyes.
In that instant, he swallowed hard. Then again, who knew when he would be punished? Just enjoy himself while he could.
Once again, he turned to Long Tianyu and began discussing some profound topic, while smiling all the time.
They were discussing topics such as how to upkeep a man’s physique etc.
Lin Mengya could not be bothered about them anymore, so she turned to her food and dug in quietly.
Baishao was delighted about how everything turned out, but she soon hid the grin on her face after observing the twisted expression on her master’s face.
“Did you observe any movement last night?”
Surely, Lin Mengya was referring to Sumei. That basin of water must have chilled her heart.
It was especially at night. Even if she did not end up catching a cold, she supposed Sumei would not be able to fall asleep for the rest of the night after that.
As expected, she did not hear any suppressed cough afterward.
Lin Mengya thought Sumei could continue to pretend to be sick all she wanted if what she did was not enough to deter her.
“Nothing much. I’ve made sure that all the maidservants working in the courtyard slept like they were dead last night. There was no way they could have prepared any hot water for Sumei. I’ve sent someone to have a look at her just now. They said she had woken up.”