Chapter 218: Chapter 218
She was sleeping peacefully, but as she turned over, there was suddenly someone else on the bed.
By the dazzling lightning outside the window, she saw the man’s handsome face clearly.
Yun Ran’s mouth twitched slightly, and in the next second, she slapped him directly.
"Get back to your own doghouse!"
The man grabbed her hand and held it in his palm, his thin lips curving into a graceful and charming smile, "It’s thundering outside; you’re scared, so I’ll keep you company."
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[Talking against your conscience all the time and you’re not afraid of being struck by lightning!]
With her hand caught, Yun Ran lifted her leg and kicked him, "It’s useless no matter what you say, go back to your own doghouse!"
But the next moment, her slender leg was pinned down by his long and powerful legs. His actions were shameless, yet his demeanor was serious, "Lin Wanyue, I’m protecting you."
"With the storm outside, you who often lie and want to abandon and murder your husband, are likely to be struck by lightning."
"With your small frame, it wouldn’t take much to be struck down!"
[Who’s going to be struck by lightning?! Who’s going to vanish from a strike?!]
[Nangong Mo, you’re such a dog!!]
[Did I eat your family’s rice or dig up your family’s ancestral grave?!]
Nangong Mo glanced at Yun Ran’s furious little face, smiling wickedly yet gracefully, "So hurry into my arms, let me protect you well!"
Before Yun Ran could agree, he reached out a long arm and pulled her into his embrace, holding her tightly like a hugging pillow.
[Calm down! Don’t get mad! Getting mad makes you ugly!]
Yun Ran took a deep breath, looking at the handsome face just inches away, resisting the impulse to headbutt him and perish together.
Sardonically, she clenched her teeth, "Twisting facts, fabricating lies, being unreasonable, Nangong Mo, even if lightning were to strike, it should strike you!"
"Strike you into smithereens!"
"A gust of wind comes, and not even residue remains!"
The man, instead of getting angry, laughed, "Strike me? Alright, then you protect me."
Saying that, he pulled her further into his embrace, their foreheads lightly touching, chuckling softly, "I’ve yet to experience life’s four joys, such as success in exams and wedding night, so I can’t die young."
Unable to help it, Yun Ran rolled her eyes, pushing him out, "Nangong Mo, have some shame! Letting a weak woman protect you? Aren’t you embarrassed?"
The man blinked gently, sounding quite innocent, "Then what should I do? You refuse to let me protect you, so I can only have you protect me."
All in all, wishing for him to leave, is impossible.
Yun Ran finally saw through it, what excuse? He simply didn’t want to leave!
"Nangong Mo, I am upright, gentle as water, and considerate, so I won’t be struck by lightning! As for you..."
"You’re insidious, shameless, and black-hearted; I definitely won’t protect you, leave quickly, don’t implicate me."
Her response was the man’s low laughter, unrestrainedly teasing and mocking.
"Lin Wanyue, you gentle as water? Would you dare touch your conscience and say that again?"
[Dog man! Would you die if you didn’t contradict me?!]
Nangong Mo reached out and pinched her puffed-up little face, laughter deep in his eyes, "Forget it, better not say it, flattering yourself could easily invite lightning strikes."
Gazing at the peerlessly handsome face before her, for a moment, Yun Ran absurdly thought: Is it because this person often cursed her earlier that she got struck by lightning?!
As soon as this thought emerged, regardless of its truth, Yun Ran’s gaze at him became even colder and more murderous!
"Nangong Mo, either you go back to your own bed, or I’ll throw you out the window to be struck by lightning. Choose one!"
The man cooperatively pondered seriously, then...
"I choose to sleep in your bed."
Yun Ran: "... Fine! I know, I’ll send you to meet the Duke of Thunder."
Yun Ran used both hands and feet to push and kick him off the bed.
The man’s arms clung tightly to her delicate body, as if saying: Wherever I go, you have to go, even to death, inseparable.
"Nangong Mo, shameless villain, down you go!"
"Lin Wanyue, have you forgotten what you said the night you married me?"
Yun Ran was taken aback, "Which line? Kill you and inherit your Silver?"
The man’s handsome face darkened, flicking her forehead lightly, "You said when you became my wife, our love would be undoubting, never leaving or forsaking me till death, accompanying me to the last moment of life."
[Did I say such cheesy words?!]
"You remembered wrong! I never said that!"
"Since that’s the case, let me help you recall it properly."
Upon hearing this, seeing his devilish gaze, the unfathomable smile at the corner of his lips, Yun Ran’s heart rang warning bells.
"You, what are you trying to do? I’m telling you not to mess aroun—mmm..."
Before Yun Ran could finish speaking, the man’s cool thin lips suddenly pressed against her soft lips, drowning her unfinished words and protests in a domineering yet gentle kiss.
The rainy night was long, some households rejoiced while others worried.
At this moment, the Minister Mansion was shrouded in an atmosphere of gloom and misery, with everyone feeling uneasy, the air filled with a sense of horror and tension.
The guards searched the mansion thoroughly, finding neither intruders nor suspicious traces.
However, those ghastly corpses truly appeared inside the mansion.
This indicated the dreadful martial prowess of the person behind the scenes, who managed to deliver the corpses without anyone in the mansion detecting them.
The grand residence of a second-ranked official was as if left entirely unguarded!
Lin Qianqiu was both furious and frightened.
If the intention was not to deliver corpses but to kill...
Thinking this, he ordered the guards fiercely to identify the mastermind, while planning to expand the Hidden Guard and strengthen mansion defense.
Lin Yanran and Mrs. Qin were moved to another courtyard, where the household doctor was treating them urgently.
After a series of procedures including pressing acupuncture points, pricking fingers with silver needles, administering medicines, and smudging with mugwort, finally, they awoke.
Mrs. Qin was relatively better, but Lin Yanran seemed to have gone mad. Upon awakening, she allowed no one to approach, constantly mumbling nonsense.
Anyone who neared would hear her scream and see her become emotionally agitated.
Helplessly, Lin Qianqiu had the doctor sedate her temporarily.
Mrs. Qin cried her heart out beside the bed.
"My poor child! Which wicked person committed such a heartless, atrocious act!"
"Husband, you must find the murderer and bring justice to Yan’er!"
Lin Qianqiu consoled Mrs. Qin for a while, had the steward take his waist tag to wait outside the palace gates, and as soon as they opened, to invite the Imperial Physician.
Besides that, he instructed to keep the corpses and the scene intact, and sent someone to report the case to the Capital Governor.