His Rui

The next morning when Xi Ying woke up he noticed that it was already morning.

He could hear the chirping birds and also smell the fresh scent of the morning breeze already.

He was very surprised as it was the first time he actually slept so peacefully that he didn't even get to know about the time.

The next moment his eyes went to his wife and son who were lying beside him.

Li Rui was still asleep very deeply. Xi Ying's fingers unconsciously rose to touch her smooth cheeks and he caressed them softly.

'She must be very tired to sleep for so long.'

Although he didn't want to wake Li Rui seeing her so peaceful face, he knew that he had to. She hadn't eaten anything the last night also. Fortunately, they had a full meal in the evening. Still, it was not good for Li Rui's body as she was pregnant.

He slowly leaned down to kiss her forehead and whispered softly.

"Rui"

Deeply asleep Li Rui didn't even move a little from this whisper. Mischievousness flashed inside Xi Ying's eyes. He looked beside Li Rui only to see Xi Ling breathing evenly indicating that his son was deeply asleep. His small back faced Xi Ying and Li Rui.

After seeing this, he finally leaned down again and caught those pink luscious lips by his own lips.

Lighting sucking and nibbling on them, he waited for any movement from Li Rui.

Not sooner or later, he finally heard a gasp from that small mouth and he immediately invaded it with his warm tongue.

Xi Ying had to end this sweet kiss too soon as he didn't want to wake Xi Ling up and then see such a scene.

A very deep smile stayed on his lips as he stared at his wife who was lying under him as she breathed heavily.

Xi Ying remembered that he was reading one of the books brought by his shadow guards yesterday. The book actually talked about pregnant women and said that the women in pregnancy sometimes wish for intimacy more than an ordinary woman.

Only then did he understand why Li Rui was so supportive whenever he touched her or kissed her. It was her body reaction something that she can't control.

However, he was still happy that she felt comfortable during their intimate moments.

From the first night of their intimacy after these long four years, he knew that Li Rui didn't love him, not yet. However, he didn't want her to feel forced into anything.

He wants her to enjoy their intimacy as much as he did. Even if pleasure from that intimacy was the only thing that made her feel comfortable unlike him who cherished every moment from those precious moments, he was still happy.

He didn't know if he would ever be able to win Rui's heart with his unconditional love or not but he could at least try to win her body.

Win it in such a way that she won't be able to think of any other person other him.

Because only by doing such things he could assure himself that Li Rui will never leave him.

Xi Ying's eyes went dark because of his thoughts.

However, he had to suppress himself as he can't get too aroused when his wife was pregnant else he will be the one who will suffer.

Xi Ying silently caressed Li Rui's hair as she calmed herself down from the kiss that had left her breathless.

"I will ask the maid to prepare water. Wash yourself and then you need to have something."

Li Rui's cheeks were red. Xi Ying didn't know whether it was because of the embarrassment of being kissed so early in the morning or if it was because she still was feeling breathless.

Either way, he felt distressed for his wife. She gets shy very easily something that he had never thought when he had lived by her side for all those months without his body.

Looking at her calm and indifferent self, Xi Ying remembered how he used to feel that, Rui will always stay out of his reach. The same feeling still has not left him alone.

Though reluctantly, Xi Ying had to pull away from Li Rui and leave the bed, in the end.

He also had to go to the Imperial Palace to attend the Imperial Court meeting as the two days holiday after the Mid Autumn Celebration banquet has ended already.

Xi Ying went out of the room and ordered the maid to prepare the warm water for Li Rui.

After that, he also went to have a bath.

A quarter of shichen later when he came back dressed in new robes, he found a sleepy Xi Ling standing at the door of Li Rui's room.

The child's big black eyes looked around everywhere as he stood at a place.

"What are you looking for?"

Xi Ying asked as he picked up his son from the ground and frowned on seeing that he was standing with his feet naked.

"Father…"

Xi Ling rubbed his eyes as he called out his father and asked innocently

"Father, Xi Ling is searching for Mother. Where is Mother?"

The three-year-old Xi Ling even hugged his father's neck tightly as he asked this question.

Instead of answering his son's question, Xi Ying went inside the room and found a pair of small shoes just under the bed.

He made Xi Ling sit on the bed and then he put the shoes on his small feet one by one.

After doing this, Xi Ying strictly looked at his son and said

"Next time Father sees Xi Ling standing with his feet naked, Xi Ling will be punished."

Xi Ling's black eyes were a little wide and he immediately nodded his head.

Seeing his stupid face, Xi Ying found it a little amusing and suddenly wondered whether his son behaved the same every morning.

"Your Mother will come back soon. She is having a bath."

Xi Ling again nodded his head.

A moment later, Xi Ying called the servants and then ordered them to prepare a bath for Xi Ling also.

"Xi Ling should also go and have a bath. Your Mother doesn't like to see the children with their drool on their lips corner."

Xi Ying said with a straight face and Xi Ling's wide eyes went wider.

Little Xi Ling immediately raised his hand to wipe the drool on his lips corner but didn't find any. Angry, he looked at his father who was looking at him amusingly.

"Father shouldn't lie. Mother doesn't like liars also."

Xi Ling looked at his father with narrowed eyes as he said these words. His small suddenly looked like a little bun making him look cuter.

The little bun and his father stared at each other silently. No one was ready to back down.

Standing at the door of the room, Li Rui who had already come back looked at this scene with a content smile on her lips.

She also knew that Xi Ying must have known about her presence already. He was a very good martial artist so it was very difficult not to be caught by him.

He was just doing all this to make her happy.

And she was really feeling happy and content for the first time in her life after so long.